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Category: Utilities

Bookmark manager

bkmr – CLI knowledge management system

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

bkmr is a fast, feature-rich command-line tool that extends bookmark management, snippet handling, markdown rendering, script execution and more.

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USB

lsplug – replacement for lsusb

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lsplug is a replacement for lsusb that shows more useful info and less useless info.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: traceroute

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

traceroute tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to a given host. We recommend the best alternatives.

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Documents

17 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for ls

January 20, 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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Documents

mokii – ls replacement

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Mokii is a modern file listing utility that levels up your ls game. It brings Unicode icons, color coding, sorting options

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Password manager

passcualito – command-line password manager

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

passcualito is a simple command-line password manager for Linux that’s written in the Go programming language.

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Documentation

rip – fuzzy find and kill processes

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

rip is a utility that lets you fuzzy find and kill processes from your terminal.

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Find Duplicates

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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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

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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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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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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Image of Files

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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Documents

xls – ls utility

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xls is a utility program for listing files.

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Files

iris – config-driven file organizer

January 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

iris helps you sort and organize your messy folders automatically using defined rules. It’s written in Rust.

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Find Duplicates

trxsh – trash manager

January 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

trxsh is a simple and efficient command-line trash manager written in Go.

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Diff Tools

oyo – step-through diff viewer

January 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

oyo extends traditional diffs with an optional step-through mode.

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