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Category: Utilities

Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: more

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to more.

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Documentation

lore – less-like terminal pager

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lore is a very basic less-like terminal pager.

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Search

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Search Engines

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.

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Selection of utilities

swaptop – real-time swap usage monitor

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

swaptop is a real-time swap usage monitor for Linux and Windows systems with a TUI interface.

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Noise

qmassa – display GPU usage stats

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

qmassa is a Rust terminal-based tool for displaying GPUs usage stats on Linux.

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Clipboard

cclip – clipboard manager for Wayland

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cclip is a clipboard manager for Wayland that consists of two tools

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Calendar

13 Best Free and Open Source GUI-Based Calendar Software

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

You don’t need a proprietary hosted solution for your calendar needs. There are open source projects offering a perfect fit.

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Linux Candy: Lolcat++ is a rewrite of the popular LOLCAT

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

Lolcat++ is a rewrite of lolcat. The original is written in Ruby, whereas this rewrite is coded in the C++ language.

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Find Duplicates

krep – optimized string search utility

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

krep is an optimized string search utility designed for maximum throughput and efficiency when processing large files and directories.

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Selection of utilities

hapless – run and manage background processes

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hapless is a small utility that lets you easily run and manage background processes.

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Clipboard

TFCBM – clipboard manager

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

TFCBM is a clipboard manager for Linux. It keeps a searchable history of everything you copy.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Runa – GUI package manager for the AUR

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Runa is a graphical AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager for Linux. It works on any desktop environment that supports GTK3.

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Selection of utilities

rgrc – Rusty Generic Colouriser

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rgrc is a fast,Rust-based command-line tool that colorizes the output of other commands using regex-based rules.

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stardial – space-anime themed terminal clock

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stardial is a space-anime themed terminal clock, with starfield backgrounds, themes, and gentle effects.

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flux – search, monitor, and nuke processes

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

flux strips away the clutter and focuses on what matters: quickly finding, monitoring, and acting on processes.

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Audio

10 Best Free and Open Source Audio Converters

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 10 high quality free and open source Linux audio converters.

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3D Printer

ElegooSlicer – slicer for FDM printers

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ElegooSlicer is a slicer compatible with most Fused Deposition Modeling printers that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Files

Hazelnut – automated file organizer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Hazelnut is a terminal-based automated file organizer inspired by Hazel.

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filebyte – list files and directories

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

filebyte is a CLI tool to list files and directories with intelligent size formatting, advanced filtering, and comprehensive file analysis.

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picocom – minimal dumb-terminal emulation program

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is, in principle, very much like minicom, only it’s “pico” instead of “mini”.

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