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b3sum – implementation of the BLAKE3 hash function

July 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

The b3sum Rust crate, which provides a command line interface. It uses multithreading by default

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Network Security

xxHash – non-cryptographic hash algorithm

July 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

xxHash is an extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm, working at RAM speed limit.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: free

July 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

free displays the total amount of free and used physical and swap memory in the system, as well as the buffers and caches used by the kernel.

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Hashrat – hashing tool

July 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Hashrat is a hash-generation utility that supports the md5, sha1, sha256, sha512, whirlpool, jh-22, and more.

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Network Security

hashdir – checksum directories and files

July 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

hashdir aims to be the easiest way to hash a file/directory. This is useful when transferring files, archiving data, or detecting duplicates.

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Hash Calculator – calculates around 50 cryptographic hashes of strings and files

July 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Hash Calculator is a console tool that can calculate about 50 cryptographic hashes of strings and files.

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ddogreen – smart power management

July 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

ddogreen is a simple service that automatically saves energy by switching your Linux laptop between high-performance and power-saving modes.

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fnt – apt for fonts

July 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fnt is a tool to download and install fonts. It helps you to download vector fonts from Debian side, and Google Web Fonts.

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mpvc – mpc-like CLI tool for mpv

June 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mpvc is a music player in POSIX-sh interfacing mpv from the shell and extras/goodies.

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Music

16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Music Players

June 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

All music libraries are different, and the right open source music player can make a world of difference – especially if you’ve a large collection. We recommend the best terminal-based music players.

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