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13 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line Python Application Development Tools

October 15, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Roundup

Python comes with several different libraries that allow you to write a command line interface for your scripts.

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27 Best Free and Open Source Command Line Navigation Tools

September 28, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

Tiny but useful tools that complement the cd command. Free and open source goodness.

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7 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools

October 23, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software

Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux, top is a troubleshooting tool that often comes up in conversation. We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.

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Rembg – background segmentation tool using machine learning

April 25, 2022 Erik Karlsson Graphics, Reviews, Software

Rembg is a tool to remove the backgrounds from images. It’s written in Python and published under an open source license.

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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Managing Users – Part 15

August 31, 2021 Steve Emms Beginners, CLI, Desktop

We investigate how to manage users using both the GUI and the command-line. This article is part of the Linux for Starters Guide.

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Linux for Starters: Your Guide to Linux – Files and Permissions – Part 10

July 21, 2021 Steve Emms Beginners, CLI

In this article we’ll take you through the basics of files and permissions. We’ll use the ls command. Part of the Linux for Starters series.

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Annie – video downloader built with Go

August 24, 2020 Luke Baker CLI, Internet, Multimedia, Reviews, Software, Utilities

Annie is an open source video downloader. It’s written in the Go programming language. Here’s our verdict on this tool.

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cointop – monitor cryptocurrencies in the terminal

August 14, 2020 Luke Baker CLI, Financial, Reviews, Software, Utilities

cointop is a fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application for tracking and monitoring cryptocurrency coin stats in real-time.

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Excellent Utilities: Watson – CLI tool to track time

May 11, 2020 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Reviews, Software

Watson is a CLI-based open source utility that helps you track the time spent on projects. It’s free and open source goodness.

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Utilities

Excellent Utilities: exa – replacement for ls

December 30, 2019 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Software, Utilities

exa is a replacement for the venerable ls command. exa sports more features and arguably better defaults than ls.

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