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Emojis

12 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Emoji Tools

August 3, 2026 Erik Karlsson CLI, Other, Roundup, Utilities

An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages. We recommend terminal based emoji tools.

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Rink – unit-aware calculator

August 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities, Web Apps

Rink is a unit-aware calculator for unit conversion and dimensional analysis.

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process

Pueue – command-line task manager

August 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Pueue is a command-line task manager for sequential and parallel execution of long-running shell commands.

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process

PM2 – production process manager

July 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

PM2 is a production process manager designed primarily for Node.js and Bun applications.

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Documents

21 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for ls

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

When invoked without any arguments, ls lists the files in the current working directory. We recommend some great replacements.

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Selection of utilities

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Archive Managers

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

Useful terminal-based archive managers.

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Files

lsnote – modern replacement for the venerable ls command

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lsnote is a modern replacement for the venerable ls command. It augments directory listings with persistent file notes, emoji icons, Git status indicators, and coloured column headers.

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Files

ls-f – Linux terminal ls replacement

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ls-f is a modern replacement for the venerable ls command. It enhances directory listings with Nerd Font icons, colourized output.

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Documents

zlist – modern replacement for ls

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zlint provides a colorful directory listing with a compact grid layout, Nerd Font icons, long view, sorting, filtering, and more.

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Documents

pls – modern alternative to ls

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pls is a modern alternative to ls that offers cleaner, more colourful output with sensible defaults and extensive customisation.

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Diff Tools

Hunk – terminal diff viewer

June 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Hunk is a terminal diff viewer designed for reviewing code changes interactively rather than reading plain unified diff output.

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Find Duplicates

20 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files

June 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on free and open source command-line tools that help you find and remove duplicate files.

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cut command

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cut

June 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to cut.

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Selection of utilities

DepsGuard – harden your package manager config

June 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

DepsGuard is a command-line utility that hardens package manager configuration files against supply chain attacks.

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HTTP

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: curl

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternatives tools to curl, a utility for transferring data from or to a server, supporting many protocols.

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Monitor System

SysWatch – single-host system diagnostics in your terminal

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

SysWatch is a terminal-based diagnostic monitor for CPU, memory, disks, processes and network activity, with history and recordings.

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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

gnfetch – terminal system information with graphical cards

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

gnfetch presents Linux system information as text or graphical cards, with themes, several layouts and PNG export of card output.

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tio – serial device I/O tool

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tio connects to serial devices with automatic reconnection, device identification, flexible I/O routing, logging and Lua scripting.

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Clipboard

Ringboard – efficient Linux clipboard history manager

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, TUI, Utilities

Ringboard provides persistent Linux clipboard history for text, images and binary data, with CLI, TUI and GUI clients and fast searching.

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Clipboard

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux CLI Clipboard Managers

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

The applications featured here keep the focus on fast, keyboard-driven clipboard management in the terminal.

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