Alternative tools to strings, a utility that prints the sequences of printable characters in files.
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Category: Utilities
stringsext – search for multi-byte encoded strings in binary data
stringsext is a Unicode enhancement of the strings tool with additional functionalities.
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sad – Space Age seD
sad is a batch file edit tool. It will show you a really nice diff of proposed changes before you commit them.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Keychain Access
Keychain Access stores your passwords and account information, and reduces the number of passwords you have to remember and manage. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
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45 Outstanding Linux Utilities to Maximize your Productivity
This is a series of cornerstone articles highlighting essential utilities. These are small, indispensable tools, useful for anyone running a Linux machine.
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Excellent Utilities: pastel – generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors
pastel is a command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors. This tool supports a variety of color formats and color spaces.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: ProtonUp-Qt
ProtonUp-Qt is software which helps you install custom builds of Proton such as GE-Proton. ProtonUp-Qt sports a graphical front-end
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ccat – colorizing cat
ccat is the colorizing cat. It works similar to cat but displays content with syntax highlighting. Written in Go.
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touche – touch command
touche is a Rust implementation of the touch utility. This tool was inspired by bonk, another Rust implementation.
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bonk – fast touch alternative
bonk is billed as a blazingly fast touch alternative with a sprinkle of mkdir. It’s written in the Rust programming language.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: NoiseTorch-ng
NoiseTorch-ng is billed as an “easy to use open source application for Linux with PulseAudio or PipeWire”.
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prs – fast and secure password manager for the terminal
prs is a secure, fast and convenient password manager for the terminal. Security is backed by the battle-tested GPG.
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KWalletManager – manage KDE wallets and saved credentials
KWalletManager manages KDE wallet secrets, stored passwords and application access, with encrypted exports and searchable wallet entries.
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Secrets – GNOME password manager for KeePass databases
Secrets is a GNOME password manager using encrypted KeePass databases, with secure generators, search, attachments and automatic locking.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: MangoHud
MangoHud is a Vulkan and OpenGL overlay to help you monitor FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load, and more besides.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Password Manager
Google Password Manager is a password manager built into Chrome and Android devices. We recommend free and open source alternatives.
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Awesome Free Linux Game Tools
Complementing Linux games are a wide range of tools that are designed for gamers. We feature the best tools that are available. This is a new series.
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htmlq – like jq but for html
htmlq is like jq, but for HTML. It uses CSS selectors to extract bits of content from HTML files. This is free and open source software.
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zet – command-line utility for doing set operations on files considered as sets of lines
zet is a command-line utility for doing set operations on files considered as sets of lines. It’s free and open source software.
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Awesome Linux Game Tools: gpu-screen-recorder-gtk
gpu-screen-recorder-gtk is a GTK frontend for GPU Screen Recorder. It’s billed as a screen recorder that minimizes system performance by recording using the GPU only.
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