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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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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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: rename
This article spotlights alternative tools to rename which renames the specified files by replacing the first occurrence of expression in their name by replacement.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2025 Updates
November 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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ONLYOFFICE DocSpace 3.5 released: upgraded editors, smarter sharing, and stronger control
ONLYOFFICE has launched DocSpace 3.5, their open-source document management and collaboration platform.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: October 2025 Updates
October 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: September 2025 Updates
September 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: hexdump
We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig
This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.
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25 Strong Free and Open Source Chess Engines
Computer chess has been a phenomenal success, aiding chess analysis, and allowing players to play when no human opponents are available.
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