Mindwtr (Mind Like Water) is a complete Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system for desktop and mobile.
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Author: Steve Emms
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ping
This article spotlights alternative tools to ping. All software featured here is free and open source goodness.
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TLEscope – satellite visualization tool
TLEscope is a satellite visualization tool designed to transform Two-Line Element (TLE) sets into intuitive, interactive data.
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4 Best Free and Open Source Shutdown Timers
Linux is blessed with an abundance of useful utilities. We feature interesting shutdown timers. Open source goodness as you’d expect.
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ring – ping rewritten in Rust
ring is a simple ping too that’s been written in Rust.
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nmsurf – minimal NetworkManager frontend
nmsurf provides a simple interface to manage networks using NetworkManager, with support for launcher-based menus such as wofi.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Flat File Content Management Systems
A flat file CMS stores content as flat files, instead of storing in a database. We capture our recommendations.
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zerobrew – fast Homebrew-compatible package manager
zerobrew is a fast Homebrew-compatible package manager.
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yamldiff – diff between two YAML files
yamldiff is a CLI tool to diff two YAML/JSON files. Supports multi-document YAML files (documents separated by —).
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TheaTTYr – terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations
TheaTTYr is a terminal theater for playing VT100 art and animations. It’s written in the Rust language.
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ecscope – monitor AWS ECS resources from the terminal
ecscope lets you monitor AWS ECS resources from the terminal. It provides a TUI which shows services, tasks and containers in a single view.
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Cursus – stores your history and makes it searchable
Cursus writes your commands into an sqlite database.
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14 Best Free and Open Source Vulnerability Detection Tools
Vulnerability scanning is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend the best free and open source vulnerability detection tools.
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ZGrab – application-layer network scanner
ZGrab is a fast, modular application-layer network scanner designed for completing large Internet-wide surveys.
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OneDriveGUI – simple Linux GUI for OneDrive
OneDriveGUI is a simple GUI for OneDrive Linux client with multi-account support.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates
February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Chisel – fast TCP/UDP tunnel
Chisel is a fast TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP, secured via SSH. Single executable including both client and server.
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11 Best Free and Open Source GUI Batch Renamers
A batch renamer lets you renames files and folders without having to click on every single file individually. Here’s some open source goodies.
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ssm – SSH connection manager
ssm is an SSH connection manager designed to connect, filter, tag, and much more from a simple terminal interface.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Weather Tools
This article focuses on terminal-based weather tools for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.
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