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Category: CLI

Selection of utilities

Filecraft – automate file management tasks

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Filecraft is a command line utility designed to automate common file organisation tasks. It’s written in Python and Go.

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Email

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Email Clients

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

Here are our recommended console email clients. All free and open source goodness.

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Email

NeoMutt – fork of Mutt with added features

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NeoMutt is a command line mail reader. It’s a fork of Mutt with added features. NeoMutt is a project of projects.

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Documentation

xdg-mime – query information about file type

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xdg-mime is a command-line tool used to query and manage MIME type associations on Linux and other Unix-like systems

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NPS – intranet tunneling proxy server

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NPS is a lightweight and efficient intranet tunneling proxy server that supports forwarding multiple protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, etc.).

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xml-formatter – pretty print XML

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

xml-formatter converts XML into a human readable format (pretty print) while respecting the xml:space attribute.

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System Administration

System-Tools – basic system management tools

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

System-Tools is a collection of helpful tools for basic system management of Linux and FreeBSD systems.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: catspeak – like cowsay but catty

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

catspeak is a command-line tool that generates an ASCII picture with a message. It’s a cowsay like program of a speaking cat.

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Alaska

imgcat – output images in the terminal

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

imgcat displays images and gifs in your terminal emulator.

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Git Clients

meteor – tool to help write conventional commits with git

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Meteor is a simple, highly customisable CLI tool that helps you to write conventional commits with git.

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Network Security

ddgst – hashing and checksum utility

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

ddgst is a cross-platform command-line hashing and checksum utility written in the D programming language.

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Selection of utilities

termshot – generate screenshots of your terminal

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

termshot reads the console output and renders an output image that resembles a user interface window.

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Selection of utilities

dotool – simulate input

March 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dotool reads actions from stdin and simulates keyboard/mouse input. It works systemwide and supports keyboard layouts.

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Music Player

CLIAMP – retro terminal music player inspired by Winamp

March 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

CLIAMP is billed as a retro-inspired terminal music player influenced by the classic Winamp 2.x era. It’s really cool!

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Musical instruments

mufetch – neofetch-style CLI for music

March 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mufetch displays beautiful music information with cover art in your terminal. Search for tracks, albums, or artists.

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Machine Learning in Linux

models – CLI and TUI to browse AI models and coding agents

March 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

models is a CLI and TUI for browsing AI models and coding agents.

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Image of Files

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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VoIP

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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Chess

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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