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Compression

rapidgzip – parallelized decompression of gzip files

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rapidgzip can be used for parallel decompression of almost any gzip file.

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YouTube

ytsurf – YouTube in your terminal

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

ytsurf lets you watch YouTube in your terminal. Clean and distraction-free.

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Data Science

binjr – time series browser

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

binjr is a time series browser; it renders time series data produced by other applications as dynamically editable representations

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SQL

DoltgreSQL – Postgres-compatible version of Dolt

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Database

DoltgreSQL, or Doltgres for short, is a Postgres-compatible version of Dolt.

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File Managers

e2ecp – transfer files

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

e2ecp lets you transfer files between machines through the web, through a CLI, or both.

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Linux

Kerminal – modern terminal emulator and SSH manager

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Kerminal is a modern terminal emulator that combines the power of a full-featured local terminal with advanced SSH connection management.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2025 Updates

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Software

November 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Keyboard

wl-kbptr – move the mouse pointer with the keyboard

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wl-kbptr — short for Wayland Keyboard Pointer — is a utility to help move the mouse pointer with the keyboard.

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USB

CapacityTester – checks for fake USB flash drives

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

CapacityTester is a tool to test your new USB flash drive to find out if its full capacity can be used or if it’s fake.

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rong – color generator

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Rong is a CLI that extracts a Material You color palette from an image or video, and applies it across your system using configurable template mappings.

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Natural Language Processing

text – R-package for analyzing natural language with transformers-based large language models

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

text is an R package for analyzing natural language with transformers-based large language models.

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YAPF – Python formatter based on clang-format

December 1, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

The ultimate goal is that the code YAPF produces is as good as the code that a programmer would write if they were following the style guide.

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JBang – write and run Java scripts

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

JBang makes it easy to write and run Java scripts without traditional project setup.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

facsimile – terminal text editor

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

facsimile is a terminal text editor written in Fortran. It offers VSCode-style keybindings.

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Stopwatch

MatteriaTrack – mystical Final Fantasy-themed CLI time tracker

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

MatteriaTrack is a mystical Final Fantasy-themed CLI time tracker for power users.

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Flash OS

MajUSB Bootable Creator – USB bootable drives

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms GUI

MajUSB Bootable Creator is a modern, cross-platform USB bootable drive creator written in Rust with a GTK4 GUI.

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Manga

venera – comic app

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

venera is a comic reader that support reading local and network comics.

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File Managers

AltSendme – send files and folders anywhere in the world

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Internet

AltSendme is a file transfer tool that harnesses the power of cutting-edge peer-to-peer networking

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Find Duplicates

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: grep

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.

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Lobster – statically typed programming language

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Lobster is a statically typed programming language with a Python-esque syntax

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