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Click – Python package to create beautiful command line interface

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Click is a Python package for creating beautiful command line interfaces in a composable way with as little code as necessary.

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argparse – parser for command-line options, arguments and sub-commands

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

argparse is a parser for command-line options, arguments and sub-commands.

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Gooey – convert console programs into end-user-friendly GUI software

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Gooey turns (almost) any Python 2 or 3 Console Program into a GUI application with one line.

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Python Prompt Toolkit – library for building powerful interactive command line applications

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Python Prompt Toolkit is a library for building powerful interactive command line applications in Python.

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Typer – library for building CLI applications

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Typer is an open source library for building CLI applications that users will love using and developers will love creating.

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docopt – command-line interface description language

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

docopt creates beautiful command-line interfaces.

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Asciimatics – create full-screen text UIs

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Asciimatics is a package to help people create full-screen text UIs (from interactive forms to ASCII animations) on any platform.

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cement – CLI application framework for Python

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Cement is an advanced application framework for Python, with a primary focus on Command Line Interfaces (CLI).

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cliff – framework for building command line programs

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

cliff is a framework for building command line programs. It uses entry points to provide subcommands, output formatters, and more.

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Encrypted Files

Cryptomator – multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of files in the cloud

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Cryptomator encrypts your data quickly and easily, so you can safely upload it to your favourite cloud service.

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httperf – HTTP load generator

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

httperf is a tool that provides a flexible facility for generating various HTTP workloads and for measuring server performance.

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FunkLoad – functional and load Web tester

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

FunkLoad is a functional and load Web tester whose main use cases are functional testing of Web projects.

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ApacheBench – benchmark tool

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

ApacheBench (ab) is a tool for benchmarking your Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server.

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Performance

Siege – http load testing and benchmarking utility

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Siege is a multi-threaded regression test and benchmark utility. It can stress test a single URL with a user defined number of simulated users.

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Apache JMeter – load test functional behavior and measure performance

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Apache JMeter is a Java desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance.

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Locust – open source load testing tool

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Locust is an easy to use, scriptable and scalable performance testing tool.

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mpq – minimalist viewer and manipulator for MPD

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

With mpq you can view and manipulate songs in the mpd queue. mpq is free and open source software. Console based.

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ne – text editor

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

ne is a full screen open source text editor. It is intended to be an easier to learn alternative to vi, yet still portable across POSIX-compliant OS.

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Text Editor

Textadept – text editor software

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers. Version also available for the terminal.

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Text Editor

nano – text editor

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

nano is a curses-based text editor. It is a clone of Pico, the editor of the Pine email client.

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