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3 Free and Open Source CLI ebook Readers

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, Productivity, Roundup, Software

This article showcases CLI ebook readers for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.

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Selection of utilities

Telepipe – command-line shell for GNOME

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Telepipe is a graphical command-line shell for GNOME that offers a desktop-oriented way to run text-mode command-line programs.

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Network

rdapper – command-line RDAP client

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

rdapper retrieves registration data for internet resources and presents the results in a human-readable terminal format.

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Maths

REDUCE – general-purpose computer algebra system for symbolic computation

April 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

REDUCE is a portable general-purpose computer algebra system for symbolic computation.

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YouTube

18 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based YouTube Tools

April 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

Funky developers have created applications that allow you to bypass the web-only barrier of YouTube. Here’s our recommended terminal-based YouTube tools.

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Files

peek – multi-buffer terminal pager

April 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

peek is a lightweight ncurses-based terminal pager written in C.

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Documentation Generators

rucat – cat-like utility

April 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rucat is a cat-like command line utility that combines multiple files, directories, or standard input into a single structured output.

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Selection of utilities

forkrun – NUMA-aware contention-free streaming parallelization

April 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

forkrun is a Bash-native streaming parallelization engine for Linux that’s designed as a drop-in replacement for Parallel and xargs -P.

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File Managers

tidy – organizes files in a chosen directory into category folders

April 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

tidy is a command-line utility written in Rust that organizes files in a chosen directory into category folders according to file extensions.

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Files

umber – tool to replace cat

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

umber is a command-line utility designed to replace cat for reading source code and other text files in the terminal.

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Files

AutoTidy – desktop file organiser

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

AutoTidy is a desktop file organiser that helps keep folders such as Downloads, Screenshots, and Desktop under control.

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Selection of utilities

axe – xargs alternative

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

axe is a command-line utility that serves as an alternative to xargs, with a particular focus on argument processing and argument ordering.

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File Managers

7 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based File Sharing Tools

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

We are always on the look out for easy, simple and secure ways to transfer files and folders. Try these terminal-based tools.

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cargo-audit – Cargo subcommand

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

cargo-audit is a Cargo subcommand for Rust projects that checks the dependencies recorded in Cargo.lock against the RustSec Advisory Database.

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cargo-deny – Cargo subcommand for Rust projects

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

cargo-deny is a Cargo subcommand for Rust projects that helps audit and enforce dependency policy.

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2026 calendar

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cal

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternatives tools to cal, a utility for displaying calendars on the command-line.

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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Clocks

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, TUI

We pick the finest terminal-based clocks. Most of them offer a TUI, with the remaining few running from the command-line.

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Selection of utilities

rush – command-line tool for executing jobs in parallel

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rush is a tool similar to parallel and gargs.

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File Managers

autotidy – cross-platform file organization daemon

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

autotidy is a cross-platform file organization daemon that watches directories and applies user-defined YAML rules to incoming files.

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Dylint – Rust linting tool

April 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Dylint is a linting tool that lets developers run lints packaged as dynamic libraries rather than being limited to a fixed built-in lint set.

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