We highly recommend installing a framework with Zsh as it makes dealing with configuration, plugins and themes a lot more straightforward.
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Category: Utilities
Rat Zsh – fast and reproducible Zsh plugin manager
Rat Zsh is a Rust Zsh plugin manager with TOML configuration, parallel sync, revision pinning, conditional loading, update checks, and reproducible setups.
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ZPico – tiny package manager for Zsh
ZPico is a tiny Zsh package manager supporting GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Framagit, local repositories, branch selection, updates, and self-updating.
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emplace – synchronize installed packages across multiple machines
emplace synchronizes installed packages across machines, tracks package installations from the shell, uses Git, and can also manage configuration files.
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23 Useful Free and Open Source PDF Tools
This article focuses on useful PDF tools which can help you create PDFs as well as small utilities/libraries that help you work with PDF.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Character Map Tools
A character map allows you to view and access the characters in a particular font. We select the best ones for Linux.
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rofimoji – emoji and Unicode character picker
rofimoji is a searchable emoji and Unicode character picker for rofi and similar selectors, with clipboard, typing, and frecency support.
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Excise – interactive terminal storage navigator
Excise is a terminal storage navigator with interactive disk maps, careful space accounting, reporting and safeguards for permanent deletion.
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Essential Utilities: Flash OS Images
Linux offers a gamut of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. In our eyes, it’s the breadth of these tools that help to make Linux a compelling operating system.
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Glyphana – search and discover Unicode glyphs
Glyphana is a graphical Unicode character map for finding, inspecting and collecting individual glyphs.
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14 Best Free and Open Source OCR Tools
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into searchable, editable documents.
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AX-ZSH – modular Zsh configuration system
AX-ZSH is a modular Zsh configuration framework with plugin management, caching, themes, upgrades and integration with Oh My Zsh plugins.
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Zephyr – lightweight modular Zsh framework
Zephyr is a lightweight, modular Zsh framework with independent plugins for completion, history, prompts, editing and shell configuration.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Podcast Tools
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 16 high quality open source GUI podcast tools. They offer an excellent way to manage and download podcasts.
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12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Image Compression Tools
Data compression is the process of storing data in a format that uses less space than the original representation would use.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Font Managers
Need an efficient way to manage your fonts? Step forward a dedicated font manager utility.
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17 Best Free and Open Source Linux File Managers
A file manager is software which provides a user interface to assist in the organisation of files. It helps users manage their files.
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Mintstick – create and format USB sticks
Mintstick is a graphical Linux utility for writing ISO and IMG files to USB sticks, formatting drives and verifying ISO images.
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Calibrate your Monitor with these Open Source Tools
If you value image quality and accuracy, calibration of your monitor will be important. These tools ensure your monitor is calibrated.
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Fedora Media Writer – create bootable USB installation media
Fedora Media Writer downloads, verifies and writes Fedora images and other ISO files to bootable USB drives.
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