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Submit to Terminal Trove

A curated showcase of command-line and terminal UI tools with install instructions per platform, a 'tool of the week' and a newsletter. Accepted tools get a detailed page with previews, features and package-manager install commands.

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Terminal Trove at a glance

Pricing
Free
No fee on the submission form; sponsorships are $500/week (site), $500/issue (newsletter) or $2,000 for four weeks
Link type
Dofollow
Listing https://terminaltrove.com/grut/ links to https://github.com/jongio/grut/?ref=terminaltrove with no rel attribute (rendered HTML checked 2026-09-23)
Review
Manual review
Link back required
No
Account required
Not verified
Domain Rating
DR52
Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
Tranco rank
#588,637
Research top-sites ranking. Lower is more popular.
Who browses it
Developers, sysadmins and DevOps engineers looking for terminal tools
Last checked

How to submit to Terminal Trove

  1. Open the Terminal Trove submission page

    This is the page makers use to add a product.

  2. Sign up if asked

    We couldn’t confirm whether an account is required. Use a company email if one is needed.

  3. Have your assets ready

    Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.

  4. Fill in the form carefully

    Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Terminal Trove (Developers, sysadmins and DevOps engineers looking for terminal tools), not for search engines.

  5. Wait for review

    A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.

Tips for Terminal Trove

  • Prepare a PNG preview (and ideally a GIF) of the tool running in a terminal
  • Give install commands per platform and package manager, and make sure the package actually exists there
  • Fill in the 'what makes this different' and 'who is this for' fields with concrete detail; they have minimum lengths
  • Linking the source repo lets them pull releases, language and licence automatically

From Terminal Trove’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.

What to prepare

The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for developer tool directories.

  • Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
  • A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
  • Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
  • 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
  • The exact page you want the link to point to
  • Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
  • Links to your docs and a quick-start or install command
  • Your GitHub or GitLab repo, if public
  • Supported languages, frameworks and platforms
  • Pricing for the API or hosted tier, including free limits

Is Terminal Trove worth it?

Good for your SEO foundation

Terminal Trove reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.

  • Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 52 (strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
  • Tranco rank #588,637: a smaller site, near the end of the top 1 million.
  • A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
  • Free to list, so the only cost is your time.

This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.

Questions about Terminal Trove

Is Terminal Trove free?

Yes. Listing on Terminal Trove is free. Pricing details: No fee on the submission form; sponsorships are $500/week (site), $500/issue (newsletter) or $2,000 for four weeks. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.

Does Terminal Trove give a dofollow link?

Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Listing https://terminaltrove.com/grut/ links to https://github.com/jongio/grut/?ref=terminaltrove with no rel attribute (rendered HTML checked 2026-09-23).

How do I submit to Terminal Trove?

Submit at https://terminaltrove.com/submit/. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Prepare a PNG preview (and ideally a GIF) of the tool running in a terminal.

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Sources

The pages we opened on Sep 23, 2026 to write this page.