bcron is a cron system designed with secure operations in mind. It’s free and open source software written in C.
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Category: CLI
anacron – periodic command scheduler
Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days.
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systemd – array of system components
systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It’s free and open source software written in C.
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knockson – simple multi-threaded port scanner
knockson is a simple multi-threaded port scanner. It’s written in the Rust programming language and published under the MIT License.
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MASSCAN – mass IP port scanner
MASSCAN is an Internet-scale port scanner. It can scan the entire Internet in under 5 minutes, transmitting 10 million packets per second.
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naabu – fast port scanner
naabu is a fast port scanner written with a focus on reliability and simplicity.
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RustScan – modern port scanner
RustScan is a modern take on the port scanner. Sleek and fast in operation. All while providing extensive extendability.
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unimap – scan only once by IP address
Scan only once by IP address and reduce scan times with Nmap for large amounts of data with unimap.
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ZMap – fast single packet network scanner
ZMap is a fast single-packet network scanner optimized for Internet-wide network surveys.
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Kronos Is A Terminal Music Player Written in Rust
Kronos is a terminal-based music player that’s designed for playing locally stored audio files. It’s written in Rust.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: strings
Alternative tools to strings, a utility that prints the sequences of printable characters in files.
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stringsext – search for multi-byte encoded strings in binary data
stringsext is a Unicode enhancement of the strings tool with additional functionalities.
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sad – Space Age seD
sad is a batch file edit tool. It will show you a really nice diff of proposed changes before you commit them.
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45 Outstanding Linux Utilities to Maximize your Productivity
This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential utilities. These are small, indispensable tools, useful for anyone running a Linux machine.
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Excellent Utilities: pastel – generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors
pastel is a command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors. This tool supports a variety of color formats and color spaces.
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ccat – colorizing cat
ccat is the colorizing cat. It works similar to cat but displays content with syntax highlighting. Written in Go.
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tempy – visually pleasing weather report
tempy will render a simple, visually pleasing weather report for current and near-future conditions to your terminal.
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touche – touch command
touche is a Rust implementation of the touch utility. This tool was inspired by bonk, another Rust implementation.
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bonk – fast touch alternative
bonk is billed as a blazingly fast touch alternative with a sprinkle of mkdir. It’s written in the Rust programming language.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: touch – change file timestamps
This article spotlights alternative tools to touch, a command to change file timestamps.
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