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Best Free and Open Source Office Suites

VisiData – interactive multitool for tabular data

October 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Office

VisiData is a tool that lets you quickly open, explore, summarize, and analyze datasets in your computer’s terminal.

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Internet Radio

hullcaster – terminal-based podcast manager

October 18, 2024 Luke Baker CLI, Multimedia, Reviews

hullcaster is a terminal-based podcast manager built in Rust.

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Calculators

x48ng – reboot of the HP 48 emulator

October 12, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

x48ng is a HP 48 emulator. The HP 48 is a series of graphing calculators designed and produced by Hewlett-Packard from 1990 until 2003.

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Coding

tqdm – fast progress bar

October 9, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

tqdm is a fast, extensible progress bar for Python and CLI.

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Static Site Generators

Assemble – rapid prototyping and static site generation

October 5, 2024 Eilidih Parris CLI, Web Apps

Assemble is a command line tool and developer framework for rapid prototyping, static site generation, landing pages and more.

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Coding

Rich – Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting

October 5, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Rich is a Python library for writing rich text (with color and style) to the terminal, and for displaying advanced content

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Text Editor

idea – keep ideas safe

October 4, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

idea is a lightweight CLI tool and module for keeping ideas in a safe place quick and easy.

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Art

img2ascii – command-line tool for converting images to ASCII art

October 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

img2ascii is a command-line tool for converting images to ASCII art.

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Coding

alive-progress – progress Bar, with real-time throughput

October 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

alive-progress is a progress Bar, with real-time throughput, ETA, and very cool animations.

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Text Editing

tdo – opinionated command-line note-taking system

October 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

tdo is a opinionated, command line based note-taking system.

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Art

Diagon – transforms markdown-style expression into an ascii-art representation

October 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Diagon is an interactive interpreter. It transforms markdown-style expression into an ascii-art representation.

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Download manager

FlexGet – multipurpose automation download tool

October 2, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Reviews

FlexGet is a multipurpose automation tool for all of your media.

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Text Editing

zk – plain text note-taking assistant

October 1, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

zk is a command-line tool helping you to maintain a plain text Zettelkasten or personal wiki.

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Painting tools

BlockPaint – terminal-based painting tool

October 1, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

BlockPaint is a painting program that allows you to draw pixel graphics in the terminal using the mouse.

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Vector illustration of a hand holding a bonsai tree

Linux Candy: PyBonsai – generates procedural ASCII art trees

October 1, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews

PyBonsai is a Python script that generates procedural ASCII art trees in the comfort of your terminal.

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jot – note management for the terminal

October 1, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Jot is a feature-stripped version of Obsidian focused on rapid note management through the terminal.

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Log Analyzers

Chipmunk – logfile viewer and analyzer

October 1, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Chipmunk is a fast logfile viewer that can deal with huge logfiles (>10 GB).

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Art

Artem – convert images to ASCII art

September 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Artem is a small cli program to easily convert images to ascii art, named after the Latin word for art.

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Circuit board

ArTTY – art for your TTY

September 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

ArTTY is billed as “Art for your TTY”.

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Best Free and Open Source Navigation Tools

fastdiract – quick shell navigation and command execution

September 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fastdiract (fastdir + fastaction) is a pair of shell tools based on key-value storage for quick shell navigation and command execution.

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