Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into searchable, editable documents.
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Author: Steve Emms
SACAD: Smart Automatic Cover Art Downloader
SACAD is a command line tool to download album covers without manual intervention, ideal for integration in scripts, audio players, etc.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Progress Kemp LoadMaster
Kemp LoadMaster is a fully featured load balancer and application delivery controller. We recommend the best FOSS alternatives for Linux.
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facad is a modern colorful directory listing tool
facad is a modern, colorful directory listing tool for the command line. It’s written in C.
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ArchiveKeep keeps your files archived in multiple places
ArchiveKeep is a utility that keeps your files archived in multiple places, in a reliable and simple way.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2025 Updates
March 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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svu is a small helper for release scripts and workflows
svu provides utility commands and functions to increase specific portions of the version.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dd
This article spotlights alternative tools to dd, a popular utility to convert and copy a file.
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concurrently lets you run multiple commands concurrently
concurrently is similar to the command npm run watch-js & npm run watch-less but better.
ddrescueview examines ddrescue’s mapfiles
ddrescueview is a small tool that allows users to graphically examine ddrescue’s mapfiles in a user friendly GUI application.
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