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Category: Utilities

Diff Tools

16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools

February 23, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result is known as a diff.

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QR Tools

QRab – QR code reader

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

QRab is software that grabs text of QR code from a screen and copies it to the clipboard.

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QR Tools

Zint – barcode generating solution

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

The Zint project aims to provide a complete cross-platform open source barcode generating solution.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Magnifier

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Magnifier is a screen magnifier app intended for visually impaired people to use when running Microsoft Windows. We recommend the best FOSS alternatives.

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Flashcards

hascard – minimal command-line utility for reviewing notes

February 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Utilities

hascard is a minimal command-line utility for reviewing notes. ‘Flashcards’ can be written in markdown-like syntax.

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QR Tools

libqrencode – encoding data in a QR Code symbol

February 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

libqrencode is a fast and compact library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol,

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QR Tools

ClipQR – scan QR codes

February 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

ClipQR is a simple app to scan QR codes on screen and from camera, the result is in your clipboard.

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Monitoring

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tree

February 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to tree, a utility that lists the contents of directories in a tree-like format.

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QR Tools

Decoder – scan and generate QR codes

February 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Decoder is billed as a fancy yet simple QR Codes scanner and generator. It’s written in Rust.

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Magnifiqus – Qt based screen magnifier

February 17, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Magnifiqus is a screen magnifier system tray tool; once started, a floating window appears after clicking on the tray icon.

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