zlint provides a colorful directory listing with a compact grid layout, Nerd Font icons, long view, sorting, filtering, and more.
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Category: Utilities
pls – modern alternative to ls
pls is a modern alternative to ls that offers cleaner, more colourful output with sensible defaults and extensive customisation.
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SerialGUI-Rs – graphical serial monitor
SerialGUI-rs is a graphical serial monitor. It uses the serialport-rs library for serial communication and eframe for its desktop interface.
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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Parallel Lossless Compression Tools
This roundup focuses on lossless compression tools which use multiple cores. Only free and open source software is included here.
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Kanzi – modern lossless data compressor
Kanzi is a modern, modular, portable, and efficient lossless data compressor.
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21 Best Free and Open Source Orthodox Linux File Managers
Orthodox file managers are one of the older families of file managers.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Simple Backup Software
We recommend home users install software that hides the complexity of doing backups. Here’s our verdict on open source solutions.
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28 Best Free and Open Source Linux Markdown Editors
Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax created by John Gruber in 2004. We feature our recommended open source Markdown editors.
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Hunk – terminal diff viewer
Hunk is a terminal diff viewer designed for reviewing code changes interactively rather than reading plain unified diff output.
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swpui – find and replace text across files
swpui is a terminal user interface utility for finding and replacing text across files.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Serial Terminals
Best free Linux serial terminal tools for debugging embedded systems, microcontrollers, and hardware consoles.
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11 Best Free and Open Source eBook Tools
An electronic book (commonly abbreviated e-book) is a text and image-based publication which can be read on a computer or other digital devices such as an e-book reader.
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Copyous – modern clipboard manager for GNOME
Copyous is a clipboard manager extension for GNOME Shell. It keeps a history of copied content inside the desktop environment.
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26 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Window Managers
Stacking window managers (also known as floating window managers) draw all windows in a specific order, allowing them to overlap.
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22 Best Free and Open Source Vim-Like Text Editors
Text editors remain a controversial area. Here are our recommended Vim-like text editors. They are all released under an open source license.
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20 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files
This roundup focuses on free and open source command-line tools that help you find and remove duplicate files.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cut
This article spotlights alternative tools to cut.
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DepsGuard – harden your package manager config
DepsGuard is a command-line utility that hardens package manager configuration files against supply chain attacks.
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14 Best Free and Open Source Sticky Note Applications
A sticky note (often known as a Post-it Note) is a small piece of paper with a strip of glue on its back. Here’s our verdict.
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15 Best Free and Open Source GUI Clipboard Managers
Linux has a number of proficient clipboard managers. We make our recommendations – all free and open source.
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