Category: Utilities

concalc is a calculator for the Linux console. It is just the parser-algorithm of extcalc packed into a simple console program.

bc-gh – implementation of dc and bc

bc-gh is an implementation of Unix dc and POSIX bc with GNU and BSD extensions. It’s free and open source software.

cpc – text calculator

cpc is a text calculator with support for units and conversion. cpc parses and evaluates strings of math. It’s written in Rust.

eva – simple calculator REPL

June 3, 2023 Steve Emms Software, Utilities

eva is a simple calculator REPL, similar to bc, with syntax highlighting and persistent history. It’s free and open source software.

Best Free and Open Source Software – Utilities

Best Free and Open Source Linux Software covering compression tools, system cleaning, password managers, font tools, essential utilities.

Linguist – Ruby library

Linguist detects blob languages, ignore binary or vendored files, suppress generated files in diffs, and generate language breakdown graphs.

enry – command-line tool based on enry

enry is a programming language detector based on go-enry/go-enry/v2 library. enry is free and open source software.

sloc – simple tool to count SLOC

sloc is a simple tool to count source lines of code. It’s free and open source software written in CoffeScript.

polyglot – command-line tool that determines project contents

The goal of poly is to able to point it to any directory and get an accurate, complete, and informative summary of its contents.

Nerd Fonts – iconic font aggregator, collection and patcher

June 3, 2023 Luke Baker Roundup, Utilities

Nerd Fonts is a project that patches developer targeted fonts with a high number of glyphs (icons).

Best Free and Open Source Fonts for Linux

A computer font is implemented as a digital data file containing a set of graphically related glyphs. We recommend the best Linux fonts.

Droid Fonts

Droid is a font family first released in 2007 and created by Ascender Corporation for use by the Open Handset Alliance platform Android.

Roboto – neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface family

Roboto is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface family developed by Google. It’s been dubbed by their signature family of fonts.

Source Code Pro – monospaced font family for user interface and coding environments

Source Code Pro is a set of OpenType fonts that have been designed to work well in user interface (UI) environments.

Liberation Fonts – font family

The Liberation Fonts is a font family which aims at metric compatibility with Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New.

Hermit – monospace font

Hermit is a monospace font designed to be clear, pragmatic and very readable. Its creation has been focused on programming.

Hack – typeface designed for source code