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crepe – grep-like search tool

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

crepe is a grep-like text search tool that highlights matches instead of filtering lines. Built in Rust for speed and reliability.

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File Managers

16 Best Free and Open Source Orthodox Linux File Managers

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

Orthodox file managers are one of the older families of file managers.

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Folder

Dupster – duplicate file finder

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Dupster is a terminal-first duplicate file finder built for developers, system administrators, and power users who live in the command line.

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Command Schedulers

Cronkit – make cron jobs human-readable

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Cronkit is a command-line tool that makes cron jobs human-readable, auditable, and visual.

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Selection of utilities

zeP – package and version manager for Zig

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

zeP is a fast, lightweight package manager and Zig version manager designed with simplicity, and comfort for the end-user

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Ianny – prevent repetitive strain injuries

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Ianny is a simple, lightweight, easy to use, and effective Linux Wayland desktop utility that helps with preventing repetitive strain injuries

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Selection of utilities

X-CMD – command-line toolkit

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

X-CMD (pronounced as “X Command”) is a compact yet powerful command-line toolkit that offers over 100+ functional modules

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System Cleaning

Moonbit – modern system cleaner

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

Moonbit is a modern system cleaner built in Go with a TUI and CLI.

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Software

yayfzf – AUR package finder

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

yayfzf is an AUR package fzf finder to search, install, remove, and manage packages using yay.

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process

DotState – dotfile manager

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

DotState is a terminal-based tool that helps you manage your dotfiles effortlessly.

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Files

BCMR – Better Copy Move Remove

January 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

BCMR is a command-line tool written in Rust that lets you elegantly copy, move, and remove files.

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Selection of utilities

Waytermirror – real-time Wayland screen mirroring to a terminal

January 13, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Waytermirror offers real-time Wayland screen mirroring to a terminal using Unicode braille characters, half‑blocks, ASCII

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Wallpaper Setter

hpaper – advanced wallpaper management for Wayland

January 12, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

hpaper is a blazingly fast Go-based wallpaper management daemon for Wayland compositors

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ReShell – modern shell

January 12, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

The ReShell project aims to provide a complete alternative to popular Linux shells such as the sh family (sh, bash, zsh, ksh, …)

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Text Editor

21 Best Free and Open Source Linux Markdown Editors

January 12, 2026 Luke Baker Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax created by John Gruber in 2004. We feature our recommended open source Markdown editors.

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mmtui – TUI disk mount manager

January 12, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

mmtui is a TUI disk mount manager for TUI file managers for Linux.

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Tools that help you

Mansnip – navigate through man pages

January 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Mansnip is a command-line tool that makes Linux manual pages (manpages) easier to search and navigate by extracting relevant snippets.

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btdu – sampling disk usage profiler for btrfs

January 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

btdu is a sampling disk usage profiler for btrfs. It’s written in the D language.

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TBDel – manage files for deletion

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

TBDel is a simple command-line tool for managing a list of files and directories marked for deletion.

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Monitor System

bb – process viewer

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

bb is a simple process viewer that’s written in the Rust programming language.

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