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Jumper – files/directories jumper

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Jumper is a CLI program that helps you jumping to the directories and files that you frequently visit, with minimal number of keystrokes.

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5 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Matrix Clients

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

This roundup features the finest terminal-based Matrix clients. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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domain-check – check domain availability

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

domain-check is a CLI tool for checking domain availability using RDAP and WHOIS protocols.

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BBP Pairings – Swiss-system chess tournament engine

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Games

BBP Pairings is an engine for pairing players in a Swiss-system chess tournament.

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fre – track your most-used directories and files

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fre is a CLI tool for tracking your most-used directories and files.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ping

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to ping. All software featured here is free and open source goodness.

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Documentation

ring – ping rewritten in Rust

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ring is a simple ping too that’s been written in Rust.

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Emojis

9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Emoji Tools

March 2, 2026 Erik Karlsson CLI, Other, Roundup, Utilities

An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages. We recommend terminal based emoji tools.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

zerobrew – fast Homebrew-compatible package manager

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zerobrew is a fast Homebrew-compatible package manager.

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Selection of utilities

yamldiff – diff between two YAML files

March 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

yamldiff is a CLI tool to diff two YAML/JSON files. Supports multi-document YAML files (documents separated by —).

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Cursus – stores your history and makes it searchable

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Cursus writes your commands into an sqlite database.

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Security

ZGrab – application-layer network scanner

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

ZGrab is a fast, modular application-layer network scanner designed for completing large Internet-wide surveys.

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XMPP

Chisel – fast TCP/UDP tunnel

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Chisel is a fast TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP, secured via SSH. Single executable including both client and server.

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ssm – SSH connection manager

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

ssm is an SSH connection manager designed to connect, filter, tag, and much more from a simple terminal interface.

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15 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Weather Tools

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Scientific

This article focuses on terminal-based weather tools for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.

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outside – multi-purpose weather client

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

outside is a multi-purpose weather client for your terminal.

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rainy – neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool

February 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

rainy is a neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool.

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Artistic Style – source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier

February 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Artistic Style is a source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier for the C, C++, C++/CLI, Objective‑C, C# and Java programming languages.

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Wales

stormy – neofetch-like weather CLI

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

stormy is a minimal, customizable, and neofetch-like weather CLI inspired by rainy.

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Search

dsearch – filesystem search service

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

dsearch is a native file system search tool with configurable indexes and a CLI + REST API for searching files with various parameters.

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