asciify is a CLI tool that converts images into ASCII art. It’s part of our Linux Candy series.
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Author: Steve Emms
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: stow
Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct sets of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem.
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Gruyère – view and kill processes listening on ports
Gruyère is a tiny TUI program for viewing and killing processes listening on ports.
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9 Useful Free Linux Network Tunnels
In networking, tunnels are a method for discretely transmitting data across a network using protocols that are not supported by that network.
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BookLore – organize and manage your book collection
BookLore is a powerful, self-hosted web application designed to organize and manage your personal book collection with elegance and ease.
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miro – PDF viewer
miro is a native pdf viewer for Linux (Wayland/X11), macOS, and Windows with configurable keybindings.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Audio Samplers
A sampler is an electronic or digital musical instrument which uses sound recordings (or “samples”) of real instrument sounds.
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jolt – terminal-based battery and energy monitor
jolt provides real-time insights into power consumption, process energy usage, and battery health—all in a clean, themeable TUI.
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gump – smarter cd command
gump is a directory jumper using frecency. Type directory fragments, land where you meant.
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iocraft – craft CLIs, TUIs, and text-based IO
iocraft is a library for crafting beautiful text output and interfaces for the terminal or logs.
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rovr – post-modern terminal file explorer
rovr is a modern, customizable, and aesthetically pleasing terminal file explorer.
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tui-input – library supporting multiple backends
tui-input is a TUI input library supporting multiple backends. This crate can be used with tui-rs and ratatui.
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7 Best Free and Open Source IRC Servers
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tree
This article spotlights alternative tools to tree, a utility that lists the contents of directories in a tree-like format.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Groupware Software
Groupware software is designed to enable users to collaborate, regardless of location, via the internet or a corporate intranet.
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Volla Phone Quintus running Volla OS: Introduction to the Series
This series looks at Volla OS, an Android operating system which has been de-googled. All your data is yours.
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5 Handy Free Linux Typesetting Systems
Typesetting systems let you generate high quality documentation including books with minimal effort.
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hygg – minimalistic Vim-like TUI document reader
hygg is a minimalistic Vim-like TUI document reader.
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Fint – keyboard-driven GUI file manager
Fint is billed as a high-performance, keyboard-driven GUI file manager for Linux, combining TUI efficiency with GUI media capabilities.
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0xProto – programming font focused on source code legibility
0xProto is a programming font focused on source code legibility. 0xProto is free and open source.
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