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Encryption

disk-encryption-tool – encrypt existing Linux storage with LUKS

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

disk-encryption-tool converts existing Linux storage to LUKS encryption, with Btrfs and swap handling, initrd integration and key management.

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OSS Review Toolkit – automate open source compliance

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

ORT automates dependency analysis, license compliance, vulnerability checks, policy evaluation and Software Bill of Materials generation.

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Images

Flaca – losslessly compress GIF, JPEG and PNG images

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Flaca is a Rust command-line tool for maximally and losslessly compressing GIF, JPEG and PNG images for production web use.

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Anti-Malware Tools

Kunai Sandbox – QEMU-based malware analysis platform

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Kunai Sandbox isolates malware in QEMU virtual machines and records detailed system and network activity for threat analysis and detection engineering.

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DevOps

Reko – general-purpose machine code decompiler

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Reko is a general-purpose machine code decompiler with broad architecture support, command-line operation and an extensible analysis engine.

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ebook reader

6 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based ebook Readers

September 20, 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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Easy-RSA – command-line PKI management utility

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Easy-RSA is a command-line PKI utility for creating certificate authorities, signing certificates and managing revocation with OpenSSL.

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Encrypted Files

sigtool – file signing and encryption utility

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

sigtool is a command-line tool for signing, verifying, encrypting and decrypting files with Ed25519, X25519, AES-GCM and OpenSSH keys.

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ScanCode Toolkit – scan code for licenses and software components

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

ScanCode Toolkit detects licenses, copyrights, packages, dependencies and vulnerabilities in source and binary code with extensive outputs.

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Images

cavif – convert PNG and JPEG images to AVIF

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

cavif is a pure-Rust command-line tool that converts PNG and JPEG images to AVIF with quality, speed and colour controls.

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Encryption

agevault – directory encryption using age

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

agevault is a simple command-line directory encryption tool built around age, using passphrase-protected identities to lock and unlock vaults.

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Security

IPED – digital evidence processor and analysis tool

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Security

IPED processes and analyses digital evidence with high-performance indexing, data carving, searching, timelines, viewers and reporting tools.

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SBOM Tool – scalable Software Bill of Materials generator

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

SBOM Tool generates and validates SPDX Software Bills of Materials for build artifacts, with component detection and CI/CD integration.

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Folder navigation

SD – dynamic directory navigation utility

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

SD is a shell directory navigation utility that ranks visited locations by frequency and recency and supports cycling through matching paths.

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Encrypted Files

transcrypt – transparent encryption for Git repositories

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

transcrypt provides transparent encryption for selected files in Git repositories using Git filters and OpenSSL while preserving normal workflows.

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Folder navigation

Zsh-z – fast directory navigation for Zsh

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Zsh-z is a pure Zsh directory navigation tool that learns frequently and recently visited locations and jumps to them with short queries.

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Security

UAC – Unix-like artefact collector for incident response

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

UAC automates forensic artefact collection from Linux and other Unix-like systems with portable, profile-driven incident response workflows.

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Syft – generate Software Bills of Materials

September 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Syft generates Software Bills of Materials from container images, filesystems and archives, with support for SPDX, CycloneDX and attestations.

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Security

Dissect – digital forensics and incident response framework

September 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Dissect is a Python digital forensics and incident response framework for analysing forensic artefacts across disk, file system and OS formats.

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File Managers

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

September 17, 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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