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Category: Utilities

ldf – report filesystem space info of devices

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ldf reports filesystem space info of devices and RAM/swap usage.

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SSD

rust-df – simple df like utility in Rust

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rust-df (rdf) is a very simple tool that displays output like the df utility, but it’s written in the Rust language.

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di – disk information tool

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

di is a disk information utility, displaying everything (and more) that your df command does.

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Monitor System

dgop – system monitoring tool with CLI and REST API

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

dgop is a system monitoring tool with CLI and REST API that can be used standalone, or as a companion for DankMaterialShell.

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Best Free GUI Diff Tools

10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Linux Diff Tools

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

We look at GUI tools that let you see the difference between two files or two versions of the same file.

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Compression

ouch – compress and decompress files and directories

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ouch is a command-line interface tool for compressing and decompressing for various formats.

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QR Tools

QR ScanGen – QR code scanner and generator

October 9, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

QR ScanGen is a QR code scanner and generator which is easy and fast to use, and has no buttons except to switch cameras.

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Flashcards

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Flashcard Software

October 9, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

Flashcards are one of the best tools for memorizing information. This is partly because of their versatility.

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Diff Tools

17 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools

October 8, 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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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

7 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI System Profilers

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

A system profiler is a utility that presents information about the hardware attached to a computer. Here’s our verdict.

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Wallpaper Setter

23 Best Free and Open Source Wallpaper Setters

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Do you find your Linux desktop background rather mundane but have problems in finding attractive wallpapers?

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Whippy Term – modern GUI based terminal program

September 30, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Whippy Term is a modern terminal program. It has been designed to have a modern UI and to run on modern OS’s including Linux.

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Password Managers

MUTN – self-hosted, SSH-synchronized password and note manager

September 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

MUTN is a simple, self-hosted, SSH-synchronized password and note manager based on libmutton. It is the successor to sshyp.

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Selection of utilities

autogit – automatically build, update or install Pacman applications

September 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Autogit is a Bash tool to automatically build, update or install Pacman applications from PKGBUILD’s

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System

pacbro – package browser for Arch

September 26, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

pacbro is a terminal based package browser for Arch Linux with extensive filtering capabilities.

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Photo collection

PicPlanner – plan your next photo locations

September 23, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Utilities

PicPlanner calculates the position of the sun, moon, and milky way to plan the perfect time to take a picture.

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Software

Paru – feature packed AUR helper

September 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Paru is a standard Pacman wrapping AUR helper with lots of features and minimal interaction.

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Software

pacseek – search and install Arch Linux packages

September 21, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

pacseek is terminal user interface software which allows you to browse and search through the Arch Linux package databases as well as the AUR/

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Software

buildaur – AUR helper with asp support

September 21, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

The AUR is an software repository for Arch Linux users and their self created or packaged software which is not in an official repository.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: hexdump

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.

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