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Category: CLI

Backup software

9 Best Free and Open Source Restic Wrappers

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software

restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. We recommend the best free and open source wrapper tools for restic.

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Tetrotime – terminal clock, timer, and stopwatch

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Tetrotime is a terminal clock, timer, and stopwatch that renders time using falling tetromino shapes.

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Find Duplicates

19 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on free and open source command-line tools that help you find and remove duplicate files.

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Backup software

Resticara – simplify routine backup jobs

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Resticara is a wrapper around Restic designed to simplify routine backup jobs such as website data, maildirs, and SQL database backups.

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Find Duplicates

Periscope – organize storage and safely remove redundant files

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Periscope is a command-line duplicate file finder that helps you organize storage and safely remove redundant files without losing data.

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Find Duplicates

Go Find Duplicates – scans directories for duplicate files and directories

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Go Find Duplicates is a command-line utility that scans directories for duplicate files and directories.

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Go IMAP notify – monitors IMAP mailboxes

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

goimapnotify is a utility that monitors IMAP mailboxes and executes scripts when messages are created, deleted, or updated.

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svnsearch – search through SVN log diffs

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

svnsearch is a command-line utility for searching through Subversion repository history using exact text or regular expressions.

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Video Conversion

VidCom – simple utility for video archiving and compression

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

VidCom is a simple utility for video archiving and compression. It offers both a graphical interface and a command line interface

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process

OxMgr – Rust process manager and PM2 alternative

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

OxMgr is a lightweight process manager for supervising long-running services across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Robotics

marina – dataset manager for robotics

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

marina is a dataset manager for robotics to organize, share, and discover datasets and bags across storage backends.

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20 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based News Aggregators

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

A news aggregator is software which collect news, weblog posts, and other information. We recommend the best terminal-based news aggregators.

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Wallpaper Setter

Icebg – Wayland wallpaper setter

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Icebg is a lightweight wallpaper setter for Wayland compositors.

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Network

assh – make your ssh client smarter

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

assh is a transparent wrapper for SSH that makes client configuration more powerful and easier to manage.

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Manga

wewbo – search and watch anime episodes

March 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

wewbo is a command-line-based application that allows you to search for anime, select episodes, and watch them

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Console MPD Clients

10 Best Free and Open Source Console MPD Clients

March 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 best console-based MPD clients.

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Learning with Linux

hashcards – plain text-based spaced repetition system for flashcards

March 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Web Apps

Hashcards is a plain-text spaced repetition flashcard application designed for users who prefer a lightweight, flexible study workflow

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Selection of utilities

t2sz – compresses a file into a seekable zstd

March 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

t2sz compresses a file into a seekable zstd, splitting the file into multiple frames.

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TAYGA – out-of-kernel stateless NAT64 implementation

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

TAYGA is a stateless NAT64 implementation designed to provide IPv6 connectivity to IPv4-only hosts and services.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: file

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

file determines the type of data contained in a file by examining its contents rather than relying on filename extensions.

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