All of the time trackers featured in this roundup are console applications, using a command-line interface.
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Category: CLI
Forbidden APIs – detect prohibited Java API usage
Forbidden APIs is a static analysis tool that detects prohibited Java API usage, helping enforce coding standards and application portability.
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Dabri – offline speech-to-text dictation
Dabri provides offline speech-to-text dictation on Linux, with hotkeys, Whisper and Parakeet models, Vulkan acceleration and CLI control.
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22 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based YouTube Tools
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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Tennis – stylish terminal viewer for CSV, JSON and SQLite data
Tennis displays CSV, TSV, JSON and SQLite data as colourful terminal tables with automatic layouts, sorting, filtering, and previews.
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SSort – automatically organise Python statements
SSort reorganises Python statements by dependency, groups class members and offers checking and diff modes for source consistency.
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charmascii – generate decorative ASCII art from text
charmascii creates colourful ASCII art from text, with FIGlet fonts, decorative borders, image export and a command-line interface.
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clj-depend – Clojure namespace dependency analyser
clj-depend analyses Clojure namespace dependencies, enforcing architectural layers, detecting circular references and checking custom rules.
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reorder-python-imports – automatically organise Python imports
reorder-python-imports is a command-line utility that automatically reorganises import statements in Python source files.
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Bootleg Toolbox – verify and manage lossless concert recordings
Bootleg Toolbox checks live concert recordings, detects lossy audio sources, repairs sector boundary errors and creates private torrents.
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DeepFilterNet Plus – noise suppression for microphones and recordings
DeepFilterNet Plus suppresses microphone background noise on Linux and cleans WAV recordings on Linux, macOS and Windows using filtering.
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Carve – Find and remove unused Clojure code
Carve identifies and removes unused Clojure vars, cleans namespace references and offers interactive reviews, dry runs and CI reports.
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docformatter – automatic formatter for Python docstrings
docformatter formats Python docstrings according to PEP 257, with configurable wrapping, style support and automated code quality checks.
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Rubyripper – secure audio CD ripping and encoding
Rubyripper securely extracts audio CDs with repeated reads, error analysis, MusicBrainz tags and support for multiple audio formats.
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HushMic – real-time microphone noise suppression
HushMic provides real-time microphone noise suppression on Linux, with PipeWire virtual input, local processing and adjustable controls.
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bmon – terminal-based bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
bmon monitors network bandwidth in a terminal with live traffic graphs, interface statistics, configurable filters and JSON output.
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smartctl_exporter – Prometheus exporter for storage health monitoring
smartctl_exporter exposes disk health data from smartctl to Prometheus, including temperatures, errors, power-on time and NVMe wear.
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Spor – automatic project snapshot and undo tool
Spor records project changes automatically, offering reversible snapshots, branching history, file restoration and a terminal interface.
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termtastic – terminal client for Meshtastic networks
termtastic is a terminal Meshtastic client for messaging over LoRa networks, managing radio settings, exploring nodes and viewing telemetry.
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ytm – terminal-based YouTube Music player
ytm is a terminal YouTube Music player with interactive search, queues, lyrics, radio, playlists and mpv-powered audio playback.
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