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14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Podcast Tools
Podcasting lets listeners automatically receive the latest episodes of their chosen programmes as soon as they are released.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: Wget
We spotlight alternatives tools to Wget, a non-interactive network downloader.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ping
This article spotlights alternative tools to ping. All software featured here is free and open source goodness.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates
February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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bfree – human-friendly view of Linux memory and swap
bfree is a human-friendly view of Linux memory and swap. Inspired by tools like btop, bfree gives you memory and swap stats.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: more
This article spotlights alternative tools to more.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: less
This article spotlights alternative tools to less. All of the tools are free and open source and sport a command-line interface.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: grep
This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ps
We explore free and open source alternatives to ps, a command that reports a snapshot of the current processes.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tree
This article spotlights alternative tools to tree, a utility that lists the contents of directories in a tree-like format.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: January 2026 Updates
January 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: jq – JSON processor
This article spotlights alternative tools to jq, a command-line JSON processor.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: make
This article spotlights alternative tools to make, a utility which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: traceroute
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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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: rm
This article spotlights alternative tools to rm, a command that removes files or directories.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: man
A Linux system comes with a whole collection of system reference manuals (known as man pages). There’s a man page for each command or program.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: sudo
This article spotlights alternative tools to sudo, a command which lets you execute a command as another user.
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msuage – command line memory usage information tool
msuage is a command line memory usage information tool written in Rust. It’s an alternative to the free command.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: df
This article spotlights alternative tools to df, a utility that reports file system space usage in Linux and other UNIX operating systems.
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