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Category: Utilities

JSON Tools

emuto – manipulate JSON files

April 22, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Emuto is a small language for manipulating and restructuring JSON and other data files. Emuto is inspired by jq and GraphQL.

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Compression

PXZ – parallel LZMA compressor using liblzma

April 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Parallel XZ (PXZ) is a compression utility that takes advantage of running LZMA compression of different parts of an input file.

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Font Tools

LibICU – libraries for Unicode and internationalization

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications.

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Font Tools

FriBidi – implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

FriBidi is the free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm.

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Font Tools

Fontconfig – library for configuring and customizing font access

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Fontconfig is a library designed to provide system-wide font configuration, customization and application access.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: chmod

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to chmod, software that changes file mode bits.

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Documentation

setfacl – set file access control lists

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

setfacl sets (replaces), modifies, or removes the access control list (ACL) to regular files and directories.

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chmod-cli – brings the chmod command in tui format

April 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

chmod-cli is a simple tool that brings the chmod command in tui format.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: ASCII Art Converter

April 1, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews, Utilities

ASCII Art Converter converts images into ASCII art. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: uptime

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to uptime, a utility which tells you how long the system has been running.

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Documentation

tuptime – report historical and statistical real time of the system

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tuptime is a utility that reports historical and statistical real time of the system, keeping it between restarts.

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Documentation

ruptime – poor man’s ruptime

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ruptime is a program that reports uptime to a server, making the information remotely accessible using the ruptime client.

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Documentation

downtimed – system downtime monitoring and reporting tool

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

downtimed is a program for monitoring operating system downtime, uptime, shutdowns and crashes and for keeping record of such events.

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Documentation

lastwake – wake/suspend time system journal analyzer

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lastwake parses the systemd journal to find out: time of last cold boot, and start/end times of each sleep/resume cycle and their duration.

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Documentation

uptimed – uptime record daemon

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

uptimed is an uptime record daemon keeping track of the highest uptimes a computer system ever had.

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Documents

logo-ls – modern ls command

March 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

logo-ls is billed as a modern ls command with vscode like File Icon and Git Integrations. It’s free and open source software.

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Batch Renamers

Flut Renamer – bulk file renamer

March 26, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Flut Renamer is a powerful yet easy-to-use tool designed to help users manage and rename files and directories.

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Batch Renamers

OncePower – bulk renaming files tool

March 26, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

OncePower is a tool based on Flutter for bulk renaming files and the ability to remove useless nested folders.

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File Managers

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux File Managers

March 23, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

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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Application Launchers

5 Best Free and Open Source AppImage Package Managers

March 21, 2024 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This article looks at software which helps you manage AppImages on your system.

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