What Command-Line Tools Has Maas Lalani Built?

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Maas Lalani builds command-line tools that bring normally graphical tasks — spreadsheets, presentations, chess, drawing, invoices, even Twitter — into the terminal. His personal site lists eight such projects under a "Command Line Tools" heading: Sheets, Slides, Gambit, Draw, Confetty, Nap, Invoice, and Twttr. Each is described as running in your terminal or TTY, reflecting his stated preference for open-source software and command-line interfaces.

The terminal tools

Tool What it does
Sheets Spreadsheets in your terminal
Slides Presentations in your terminal
Gambit Play chess in your terminal
Draw Draw in your terminal
Confetty Confetti in your TTY
Nap Code snippets in your terminal
Invoice Invoices in your terminal
Twttr Browse Twitter in your terminal

What ties them together

Every tool in the list shares the same premise: take an activity you'd normally do in a GUI or browser and make it work inside a terminal session. The naming and descriptions are deliberately literal — "Spreadsheets in your terminal," "Presentations in your terminal" — so the scope of each project is clear from the label alone.

This isn't a random collection. Lalani describes himself as someone who loves open-source software and command-line interfaces, and the tool list is the clearest expression of that focus on his site.

Beyond the terminal

The same page also lists other project categories that sit outside the command-line theme:

  • Augmented Reality — Size Link (visualize dimensions in AR)
  • Products — Project Folded (send origami to loved ones), Just Focus (block distracting websites), Remove Vanity Metrics (hide Twitter metrics), Founder Rewind (old interviews with founders), Mafia List (startups from X-company employees), Offset List (carbon offsetting companies)
  • Work — GitHub, Apple, Charm, Locket Camera, Shopify, Hawkeye, Lending Loop
  • Patents — 2 applications, 1 published

Where to find them

The tools are listed on his personal site, maaslalani.com, alongside his resume, blog, and contact details ([email protected], @maaslalani). If you want to try one, the site is the starting point — the descriptions tell you what each does, though you'll need to follow through to the individual project pages or repositories for install and usage details.