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Xonsh – Python-powered shell

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Xonsh is a Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell language and command prompt. Xonsh is meant for experts and novices alike.

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Oils – new UNIX shell

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Oil is a new Unix shell. It runs your existing shell scripts, and it’s a new language for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell!

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Elvish – expressive programming language and a versatile interactive shell

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Elvish is an expressive programming language and a versatile interactive shell, combined into one seamless package.

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dune – a shell by the beach

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

dune is a shell that’s like a little operating system in itself. This is free and open source software written in Rust.

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DASH – POSIX compliant shell

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of sh aiming to be as small as possible. DASH is a direct descendant of the NetBSD version of ash.

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fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for Linux, macOS, and other operating systems.

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bash – sh-compatible command language interpreter

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Bash is the GNU Project’s Bourne Again SHell, a complete implementation of the IEEE POSIX and Open Group shell specification.

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zsh – advanced and programmable command interpreter

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use. It’s also a powerful scripting language. Free and open source software written in C.

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Font Tools

TruFont – streamlined and hackable font editor

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

TruFont is a font-editing application.The software is written with Python3, ufoLib, defcon, and PyQt5.

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Font Tools

ftCLI – edit fonts using FontTools

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ftCLI is a command line interface built with click to edit fonts using FontTools. Python 3.7 or later is required to install ftCLI.

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Font Tools

Birdfont – free font editor

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Birdfont is a free font editor which lets you create vector graphics and export TTF, OTF, EOT and SVG fonts.

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fontTools – library to manipulate font files from Python

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

fontTools is a library for manipulating fonts, written in Python.The project includes the TTX tool, that can convert TrueType and OpenType fonts to and from an XML text format.

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FontForge – font editor

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

FontForge (previously known as Pfaedit) is an open source font editor, software designed to create and modify outline and bitmap fonts.

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Fonts

Fonty Python – font utility

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Fonty Python is a handy utility that enables users to find, view and manage font files of all kinds.

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Fonts

Fontmatrix – font collections manager

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Fontmatrix is a manager built with the kind of features and abilities graphic designers, layout professionals along with others have felt necessary.

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Font Manager – simple font management for GTK+ desktop environments

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Font Manager is a useful utility that enables users to easily manage fonts on their system. It’s free and open source software.

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zplug – plugin manager for zsh

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

zplug is billed as a next-generation plugin manager for Zsh. Zsh is an extended Bourne shell with many improvements, including some features of Bash, ksh, and tcsh.

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Zinit – flexible and fast Zsh plugin manager

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Zinit is a flexible and fast Zshell plugin manager that will allow you to install everything from GitHub and other sites.

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Znap – easy-to-use tools for Zsh

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Znap is a fast, lightweight set of tools to ease the use of Zsh plugins and Git repos and reduce your shell’s startup time.

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Zim – Zsh configuration framework

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms Utilities

Zim is a Zsh configuration framework that bundles a plugin manager, useful modules, and a wide variety of themes.

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