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Author: Steve Emms
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: compress
This article spotlights alternative tools to compress, a utility that reduces the size of files.
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16 Useful Free and Open Source DNS Clients
DNS is one of these things many take for granted that is critical to using the internet. Without DNS, the internet breaks.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cloc
This article spotlights alternative free and open source tools to cloc, a tool which counts lines of source code and comments.
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Spek-rs – acoustic spectrum analyser
Spek-rs generates audio spectrograms using FFmpeg, with configurable colour palettes, drag-and-drop support and graphical spectral analysis.
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Oksskolten – AI-native RSS reader
Oksskolten is an AI-native RSS reader that fetches the original article for every feed item instead of relying on the limited summaries.
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Comic-DL – command-line downloader for comics and manga
Comic-DL is a command-line downloader for comics and manga. It fetches content from supported comic and manga websites.
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moodiary – multimedia personal diary and journal
moodiary supports rich-text entries, multimedia memories, full-text search, private backups, themes and optional synchronisation services.
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Supercronic – crontab-compatible job runner designed for container environments
Supercronic is a crontab-compatible job runner designed for container environments.
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git-heatmap – generates a customizable heatmap
git-heatmap is a command-line utility that generates a customizable heatmap from the commit history of local Git repositories.
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Comics Downloader – command-line tool for downloading comics and manga
Comics Downloader is a command-line tool for downloading comics and manga from supported websites
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qrtool – command-line QR code encoder and decoder
qrtool generates and decodes QR, Micro QR and rMQR codes with image and terminal output, colour controls, integration and scripting support.
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Partiels – audio analysis and feature extraction
Partiels analyses audio recordings with Vamp plugins, spectrograms, acoustic measurements, annotation tools and data export facilities.
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Mini Diarium – encrypted local-first journaling application
Mini Diarium is a private desktop journal with encrypted entries, multiple diaries, rich-text editing, tags, backups and import/export.
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git-history – analyze Git history using SQLite
git-history is a command-line tool that turns the history of structured data files in a Git repository into a SQLite database.
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29 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical Calculators
One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is a desktop calculator. We cover the best graphical tools.
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Open Sound Meter – real-time sound system measurement
Open Sound Meter provides real-time spectrum, phase, impulse response, coherence, delay and SPL measurements for sound system tuning.
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36 Best Free and Open Source Wallpaper Setters
Do you find your Linux desktop background rather mundane but have problems in finding attractive wallpapers?
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Fusion – self-hosted friendly RSS reader
Fusion is a lightweight RSS reader designed for self-hosting. It provides a responsive web interface for following RSS and Atom feeds.
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Stan – Haskell STatic ANalyser
Stan uses GHC-generated HIE files to inspect source code, identify code that could be improved, and offer guidance.
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