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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: make
This article spotlights alternative tools to make, a utility which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files.
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pdpmake – public domain implementation of make
pdpmake is a public domain implementation of make which follows the POSIX standard.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: traceroute
traceroute tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to a given host. We recommend the best alternatives.
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disktui – TUI for disk management and partitioning
disktui is a TUI for disk management and partitioning written in Rust.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cp
This article spotlights alternative tools to cp, a tool for copying files and directories.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: rm
This article spotlights alternative tools to rm, a command that removes files or directories.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: man
A Linux system comes with a whole collection of system reference manuals (known as man pages). There’s a man page for each command or program.
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Hammer – story editor
Hammer is a simple tool for building stories that’s written in the Kotlin language.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cron
This article spotlights alternative tools to cron, a daemon to execute scheduled commands.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: December 2025 Updates
December 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: grep
This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: sudo
This article spotlights alternative tools to sudo, a command which lets you execute a command as another user.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ping
This article spotlights alternative tools to ping. All software featured here is free and open source goodness.
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lnko – simple stow-like dotfile linker
lnko is a simple stow-like dotfile linker written in the Lua programming language.
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PHP Coding Standards Fixer – fixes your code to follow the standards
The PHP Coding Standards Fixer (PHP CS Fixer) fixes your code to follow the standards.
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FileSSH – TUI-based file explorer for SSH servers
FileSSH lets you browse and manage files on a remote server, edit them in-place, and recursively download directories.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cat
cat derives its name from concatenation and provides other nifty options too. This article spotlights alternative tools to cat.
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Useful Ubuntu Touch Apps – Sturm Reader
Sturm Reader is an ebook reader for Linux tailored for Ubuntu Touch and portable devices.
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LinuxLinks – The Home of Linux
Our popular series on the best free and open source Linux software, hardware including mini PCs and SBCs, phones, and NAS devices.
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