Skip to content
LinuxLinks

LinuxLinks

Best Free Linux Software & Open Source Reviews

  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Series
  • Search

Category: CLI

gosec – Go Security Checker

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

gosec scans Go source for security problems using AST, SSA and taint analysis, with SARIF output, CI integration and a broad rule set.

Read more
Diff Tools

RCompare – file and directory comparison toolkit

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

RCompare is a file and directory comparison toolkit with a Rust core, PySide6 GUI, specialised file diffing, sync tools and CLI support.

Read more
Selection of utilities

FilesFinder – search for files within a given repository

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

FilesFinder is a command-line utility that searches for files within a repository while respecting ignore rules.

Read more
Selection of utilities

pff – Pretty Fast Find

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Pretty Fast Find (pff) is a command-line file search utility written in Rust.

Read more

YARD-Lint – linter for Ruby YARD documentation

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

YARD-Lint checks Ruby YARD documentation for completeness, correctness and consistency, with diff workflows, and coverage checks.

Read more

Hellwal – fast and extensible color palette generator

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Hellwal is designed to create terminal and desktop color schemes from wallpaper images or predefined theme files.

Read more
Log Analyzers

tailspin – terminal log file highlighter

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

tailspin is a terminal log file highlighter designed for inspecting log output in the shell.

Read more
Log Analyzers

Nerdlog – remote-first terminal log viewer

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

Nerdlog is a remote-first terminal log viewer designed to help you inspect logs from one or more machines through a single interface.

Read more
Log Analyzers

hl – command-line tool for inspecting structured logs

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

hl is designed for fast analysis of large log files and streams, helping users search, sort, and navigate log output.

Read more
Static Site Generator

Basildon – PHP static site generator

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

Basildon builds static websites from text content and Twig templates with shortcodes, SQLite build data and external data sources.

Read more
Terminal Session Recording

20 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Session Recording

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

Console screencast software (also known as terminal recorder) lets you capture your terminal. Here’s our verdict.

Read more

multimon-ng – digital transmission mode decoder

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

multimon-ng is a command-line decoder for paging, signalling and digital radio modes, with live pipelines, file input and structured output.

Read more
Static Site Generator

PHPSSG – component-based PHP static site generator

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

PHPSSG builds static sites from composable PHP components and plain PHP templates with hooks, incremental builds and disk caching.

Read more
Diff Tools

biodiff – terminal-based binary diff viewer

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

biodiff compares two files side by side in a hex view and uses alignment algorithms to keep similar regions lined up.

Read more
Static Site Generator

Crossroads – PHP static site generator

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

Crossroads builds static sites from Markdown content using Latte templates, taxonomies, responsive images, plugins and SEO tools.

Read more

matugen – Material You and Base16 colour generation tool

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

matugen generates Material You and Base16 colour schemes from images or colours with flexible templates and extensive customisation.

Read more
Static Site Generator

StaticForge – extensible PHP static site generator

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

StaticForge processes Markdown and HTML through an event-driven PHP pipeline with Twig templates, search, feeds and deployment tools.

Read more
Terminal Session Recording

rec – records terminal sessions

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

rec is a command-line utility that records terminal sessions and turns them into reusable workflows.

Read more
Radio

rtl_433 – receives and decodes radio transmissions

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

rtl_433 is a command-line utility that receives and decodes radio transmissions from low-power devices operating on common ISM bands.

Read more
Selection of utilities

fdf – high performance command line file finder

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fdf is a high performance command line file finder written in Rust.

Read more

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 … 18 19 20 21 22 … 128 Next Posts»

Best Free Software

Document Management Systems
Documents
Web Browsers
Internet
Education
Education
Internet Radio
Audio
YouTube Tools
Video
Paint Palette
Graphics
System Administration
Admin
Docks
Desktop
Productivity
Productivity
Genome Browsers - Web Based
Science
Games
Games
Vulnerability detection
Security
Replacements for du
Utilities
Object Relational Mapping
Coding
Stockmarket
Finance
Web Delivery
Web Apps
Crafting
Other
Programming Books
Books

Data Science

Data ScienceTake our free interactive courses in data science. There are courses for Python using pandas and plotnine and R using ggplot2.

Get up to speed in 20 minutes. No programming knowledge is required.

Recent Comments

  • Noam on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • Jessie on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • Sean Parsons on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • Steve Emms on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • TheOldFellow on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • TheOldFellow on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • Steve Emms on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • Jantzen on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • Jessie on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts
  • Robert D on Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts

Programming Books

Read our curated lists of great free programming books. Learn Java, C, Python, C++, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and many more languages.

Alternatively, check out our series of great free programming tutorials.

Feedback

Help expand our coverage of Linux software by completing our:

  • Open-source software form
  • Linux distro form

Your feedback is very much appreciated. Complete our contact form.

Support Us


Donate
to LinuxLinks

Thank you for supporting LinuxLinks. If you like our site, the best way to ensure it remains available is to make a donation.

Small Devices

We’re publishing a series of articles for each of these Linux-based phones, Mini PCs, SBCs, and NAS devices.

Minisforum N5 Pro NAS – AMD
Beelink EQi 304 – Intel
BOSGAME VTA-439 – AMD
Minisforum M2 Panther Lake
Minisforum MS-02 Mini Workstation
BOSGAME M7 285H – Intel
Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation
Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus laptop
BOSGAME M6 HX370 – AMD
BOSGAME M4 Plus – AMD
Minisforum AI X1 Pro – AMD
Minisforum UM890 Pro – AMD
PELADN WO4 5600H – AMD
Volla Phone Quintus with UT (ARM)
HP ProBook 440 G8 Refurb – Intel
ASRock NUC BOX-255H – Intel

Replace Proprietary Software

Migrate from large multinational software companies and embrace free and open source solutions.

Google
Google
Microsoft
Microsoft
Apple
Apple
Adobe
Adobe
IBM
IBM
Autodesk
Autodesk
Oracle
Oracle
Atlassian
Atlassian
Corel
Corel
Cisco
Cisco
Intuit
Intuit
SAS
SAS
Progress
Progress
Salesforce
Salesforce
Citrix
Citrix

Reviews

ReviewsWe’ve written tons of in-depth and completely impartial reviews of open source software. Read our reviews.

New to Linux?

NewbieBegin your Linux journey with our easy-to-understand guide designed for newcomers.

Mega Compilations

100 GUI Apps
100 TUI Apps
100 CLI Apps

Recent Posts

  • Kookbook – recipe manager using structured Markdown files
  • Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Phone Link
  • Journaler – Privacy-Focused Daily Journaling App
  • complexipy – fast cognitive complexity analyser for Python
  • 20 Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted Cloud Storage Tools
  • Octlitch – Fedora-based Linux distribution with KDE Plasma
  • zns – fast command-line DNS client
  • GoCard – file-based spaced repetition system
  • 9 Best Free and Open Source Markdown Linter Tools
  • LiquidHaskell – refinement type checker for Haskell

Archives

Related

Contact us
Link us
FAQ
Comment FAQ
Privacy Policy

© LinuxLinks 1998-2026: Designed by LinuxLinks.