Coinmon is a free and open-source command line tool used for checking cryptocurrency prices online in a very easy way. It pulls data from coinmarket API’s and displays it in a simple tabular format. The tool is still in development to improve on user experience. Here’s it’s official repository.

Installation of Coinmon

Before we begin the installation, NodeJS 6.0.0 or higher and npm. NOde.JS is a platform based on javascript for server-side scripting.

Installing from EPEL

Install the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) using the command below

 yum install epel-release

EPEL is now installed. Next, install NodeJS using the command below

 yum install nodejs

Verify that the installation was successful

node --version

Sample Output

v6.12.2

Finally, install npm

yum install npm

Let’s now install coinmon

npm install -g coinmon

Sample output

/usr/bin/coinmon -> /usr/lib/node_modules/coinmon/src/index.js
/usr/lib
└─┬ coinmon@0.0.13 
  ├─┬ axios@0.17.1 
  │ ├─┬ follow-redirects@1.4.1 
  │ │ └─┬ debug@3.1.0 
  │ │   └── ms@2.0.0 
  │ └── is-buffer@1.1.6 
  ├─┬ cli-table2@0.2.0 
  │ ├── lodash@3.10.1 
  │ └─┬ string-width@1.0.2 
  │   ├── code-point-at@1.1.0 
  │   ├─┬ is-fullwidth-code-point@1.0.0 
  │   │ └── number-is-nan@1.0.1 
  │   └─┬ strip-ansi@3.0.1 
  │     └── ansi-regex@2.1.1 
  ├── colors@1.1.2 
  ├── commander@2.13.0 
  ├─┬ emojic@1.1.14 
  │ ├─┬ camelo@1.1.11 
  │ │ ├── regex-escape@3.4.8 
  │ │ └─┬ uc-first-array@1.1.8 
  │ │   └── ucfirst@1.0.0 
  │ ├── emojilib@2.2.12 
  │ ├── iterate-object@1.3.2 
  │ └── r-json@1.2.8 
  ├── humanize-plus@1.8.2 
  └─┬ ora@1.3.0 
    ├─┬ chalk@1.1.3 
    │ ├── ansi-styles@2.2.1 
    │ ├── escape-string-regexp@1.0.5 
    │ ├── has-ansi@2.0.0 
    │ └── supports-color@2.0.0 
    ├─┬ cli-cursor@2.1.0 
    │ └─┬ restore-cursor@2.0.0 
    │   ├─┬ onetime@2.0.1 
    │   │ └── mimic-fn@1.1.0 
    │   └── signal-exit@3.0.2 
    ├── cli-spinners@1.1.0 
    └── log-symbols@1.0.2

Launch coinmon

coinmon

To search for a particular currency, use the -f flag e.g.

 coinmon -f btc 

To convert the rates to different currencies

 coinmon -c AUD 

The above converts the currency displayed to Australian dollars.

Wrapping up.

Coinmon is a simple and free to use utility that makes it easier for a user to keep tabs on performance on various cryptocurrency coins in the market and saves you the agony of poring over a dozen sites. Give it a try today 🙂