networking,PSSH,https://code.google.com/archive/p/parallel-ssh/,https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh,"PSSH provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools. Included are pssh, pscp, prsync, pnuke, and pslurp. The project includes psshlib which can be used within custom applications."
networking,rtop,http://www.rtop-monitor.org/,https://github.com/rapidloop/rtop,"rtop is a simple, agent-less, remote server monitoring tool that works over plain SSH. Written in golang, it does not need any software to be installed on the server that you want to monitor. It works by establishing an SSH session, and running commands on the remote server to collect system metrics."
networking,geoiplookup,,https://github.com/maxmind/geoip-api-c,A little application to find geographical and network information of an IP address based no the geoip C API.
networking,quickserve,,https://github.com/charliesome/quickserve,"Quickserve is a very simple HTTP server written in Python that is intended for quickly sharing files on an ad-hoc basis. Aside from opening a port in your firewall if you have one, quickserve requires no set-up and should work with no hassle."
networking,quickserve,,https://github.com/haileys/quickserve,"Quickserve is a very simple HTTP server written in Python that is intended for quickly sharing files on an ad-hoc basis. Aside from opening a port in your firewall if you have one, quickserve requires no set-up and should work with no hassle."
text-search,ack,http://beyondgrep.com/,https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack3,"A tool like `grep` optimized for programmers; written in Perl, it speeds up searches thanks to skipping non interesting directories, such as `.git`."
text-search,ag,,https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher,"(The silver searcher) is a text search utility targeted to source code; it skips versioning systems data directories; it is inspired by `ack`, but faster."
text-search,paragrep,http://software.clapper.org/paragrep/,https://github.com/bmc/paragrep,Greps regular expressions in a text file(s) and prints out the paragraphs containing those expressions; a paragraph is defined as a block of text delimited by an empty or blank line; fully customizable via command line parameters.
text-search,sift,https://sift-tool.org/,https://github.com/svent/sift,"Fast and powerful open source alternative to grep; it targets flexibility and performance: can be as fast as ""regular"" grep and allows to specify complex expressions to find text."
text-processing,ccat,,https://github.com/jingweno/ccat,A `cat` command with colorized output.
text-processing,ccat,,https://github.com/owenthereal/ccat,A `cat` command with colorized output.
text-processing,fzf,,https://github.com/junegunn/fzf,(FuZzy Finder) is a general-purpose command-line finder with fuzzy search/filter capabilities; good integration with `vim`.
text-processing,grc,,https://github.com/pengwynn/grc,(Generic Colouriser) can be configured to parse a given text stream and to colorize it according to regexp written in configuration files; different patterns can be associated to file types.
data-management,jq,https://stedolan.github.io/jq/,https://github.com/stedolan/jq,"(JSON Query?) is sed-like processor for JSON data; can be used to process JSON files and data streams and perform operations such as those allowed by `cat`, `sed`, `grep` and `awk` on regular text files."
text-processing,percol,,https://github.com/mooz/percol,"A Python script that ""1) receives input lines from `stdin` or a file, 2) lists the input lines and waits for input that filter/select the line(s), 3) outputs the selected line(s) to `stdout`""; can be used to add interactivity to many regular shell commands."
text-processing,pick,,https://github.com/calleerlandsson/pick,Utility that allows users to choose one option from a set of choices using an interface with fuzzy search functionality.
text-processing,pick,,https://github.com/mptre/pick,Utility that allows users to choose one option from a set of choices using an interface with fuzzy search functionality.
data-management,q,http://harelba.github.io/q/,https://github.com/harelba/q,"Executes SQL-like queries on CSVs/TSVs tabular data files; each tabular file is treated as a database table; support to all SQL constructs (`WHERE`, `GROUP BY`, `JOIN`)."
font,FIGlet,http://www.figlet.org/,https://github.com/cmatsuoka/figlet,"Not exactly a font manager, but a nice program for making large letters out of ordinary text; an astonishing number of different fonts is available."
font,toilet,http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/toilet,https://github.com/cacalabs/toilet,"A program that tries to improve `FIGlet`; can load FIGlet fonts; supports Unicode input and output, colour fonts and output, and various output formats, including HTML, IRC and ANSI; uses `libcaca` to produce nice textual effects."
editors,jed,http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/index.html,https://github.com/jedsoft/jed,A text editor with a drop-down menu facility that make it especially user-friendly.
editors,joe,http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/,https://sourceforge.net/projects/joe-editor/,(Joe's Own Editor) is a compact text editor written in C; a detailed list of features and missing ones is explicitly reported in the website; this editor is mentioned in several web sources for its capability in handling large files.
editors,nano,https://www.nano-editor.org/,https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/nano.git,"Easy to use, lightweigth text editor; no complex keybindings to remember."
editors,micro,,https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/,"A terminal-based text editor written in Go that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals."
editors,micro,,https://github.com/zyedidia/micro,"A terminal-based text editor written in Go that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals."
editors,neovim,https://neovim.io/,https://github.com/neovim/neovim,"A work in progress attempt to improve [vim](http://www.vim.org/), dropping older/unused OS compatibility, improving the codebase readability, modularity and maintainability; it has chances to become the next choice of vim users."
editors,slap,,https://github.com/slap-editor/slap,Text editor inspired by [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com/) written in NodeJS; extedable in Javascript.
editors,vai,,https://github.com/stefanoborini/vai,"A text editor similar to `vim` written in Python; many feature are nicely replicated, some are still missing; however, the advantage of this implementation is its simplicity, maintainability and extensibility, thanks to the Python implementation."
security,cipher,,https://github.com/ash-shell/cipher,An Ash module that makes it easy to perform aes-256-cbc encryption for files and directories.
security,hashcat,https://hashcat.net/hashcat/,https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat,"A robust and efficient password cracking tool that can help you recover lost passwords, audit password security, benchmark, or just figure out what data is stored in a hash."
security,encfs,http://www.arg0.net/#!encfs/c1awt,https://github.com/vgough/encfs,Encrypted filesystem in user-space based on [FUSE](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUSE); mounts an encrypted directory into a clear one.
security,LUKS,https://guardianproject.info/code/luks/,https://github.com/guardianproject/luks/wiki,"Hard disk encryption tool; it stores all setup information in the partition header, enabling easy data transport or migration."
security,LUKS,https://guardianproject.info/code/luks/,https://github.com/guardianproject/luks,"Hard disk encryption tool; it stores all setup information in the partition header, enabling easy data transport or migration."
password-manager,safe.sh,,https://github.com/windowsrefund/safe,"Pure Bash script to manage secure archives; simple and clean; uses [gnugpg](https://gnupg.org/) for encryption/decryption, thus can leverage tools like [GPG Agent](https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Invoking-GPG_002dAGENT.html)."
password-manager,titan,https://www.byteptr.com/titan/,https://github.com/nrosvall/ylva,"Password management belongs to the command line, deep into the Unix heartland, the shell. Titan is written in C and is available under the MIT license."
office,trino,,https://github.com/eneserdogan/trino,Quick and easy translation of words and phrases entered in the command line.
@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ viewers,glow,,https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow,"Render markdown on the CLI,
viewers,feh,https://feh.finalrewind.org/,https://git.finalrewind.org/feh,"""X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users"" (cit.); with no fancy GUI, it is controlled via commandline arguments and configurable key/mouse actions."
viewers,Terminal Markdown Viewer,,https://github.com/axiros/terminal_markdown_viewer,Python based Markdown viewer for the terminal.
viewers,mplayer,http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html,,One of the most popular video/audio players around; plays most audio and video formats (using ASCII characters) in the shell; provides a GUI for graphical visualization.
viewers,mpv,https://mpv.io/,https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/,"A cross-platform media player with many features such as frame timing, MKV chapters and subtitles. It is a responsive video player with minimal layout customizable with themes. A good alternative media player to VLC since it can handle almost all the media formats as VLC, but using much less resources."
viewers,mpv,https://mpv.io/,https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv,"A cross-platform media player with many features such as frame timing, MKV chapters and subtitles. It is a responsive video player with minimal layout customizable with themes. A good alternative media player to VLC since it can handle almost all the media formats as VLC, but using much less resources."
music,ncmpcpp,https://rybczak.net/ncmpcpp/,https://github.com/ncmpcpp/ncmpcpp,"NCurses Music Player Client (Plus Plus) - featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc. Relevant features: tag editor, playlist editor, easy to use search engine, media library, music visualizer, ability to fetch artist info from [last.fm](https://www.last.fm/), new display mode, alternative user interface, ability to browse and add files from outside of MPD music directory."
music,espeak,http://espeak.sourceforge.net/,https://sourceforge.net/p/espeak/code/HEAD/tree/,A compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages.
music,Alsamixer,http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Main_Page,https://github.com/alsa-project,ALSA mixer with curses interfaces.
music,cmus,https://cmus.github.io/,https://github.com/cmus/cmus,A fast and lightweight audio player with configurable keybindings and playlist support.
music,MOC,https://moc.daper.net/,,(music on console) is a powerful and easy to use console audio player; user interface a la Midnight Commander; plenty of features; fully controllable from the keyboard.
music,mpg123,http://mpg123.org/,https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpg123/,"Quick `mp3` sound file player; no visual interface, just a command-line audio file player for `mp3` files."
music,mps-youtube,,https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube,"A curses player for music tracks from Youtube; it allows to search for songs and playlists; it downloads the video, extracts the audio track and plays it; handles local playlists and many configuration parameters."
music,mps-youtube,,https://github.com/mps-youtube/yewtube,"A curses player for music tracks from Youtube; it allows to search for songs and playlists; it downloads the video, extracts the audio track and plays it; handles local playlists and many configuration parameters."
music,ogg123,https://www.xiph.org/downloads/,https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph,"Quick `ogg` sound file player; no visual interface, just a command-line audio file player for the free and open `ogg` file format."
graphics,ImageMagick,http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php,https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick,"Software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images; it handles many file formats (including PDF and SVG) and provides processing tools to ""resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves""."
graphics,scrot,,https://github.com/dreamer/scrot,A simple CLI tool to capture screenshots.
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category
name
homepage
git
description
4
networking
PSSH
https://code.google.com/archive/p/parallel-ssh/
https://github.com/lilydjwg/pssh
PSSH provides parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools. Included are pssh, pscp, prsync, pnuke, and pslurp. The project includes psshlib which can be used within custom applications.
5
networking
rtop
http://www.rtop-monitor.org/
https://github.com/rapidloop/rtop
rtop is a simple, agent-less, remote server monitoring tool that works over plain SSH. Written in golang, it does not need any software to be installed on the server that you want to monitor. It works by establishing an SSH session, and running commands on the remote server to collect system metrics.
6
networking
geoiplookup
https://github.com/maxmind/geoip-api-c
A little application to find geographical and network information of an IP address based no the geoip C API.
Quickserve is a very simple HTTP server written in Python that is intended for quickly sharing files on an ad-hoc basis. Aside from opening a port in your firewall if you have one, quickserve requires no set-up and should work with no hassle.
8
text-search
ack
http://beyondgrep.com/
https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack3
A tool like `grep` optimized for programmers; written in Perl, it speeds up searches thanks to skipping non interesting directories, such as `.git`.
9
text-search
ag
https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
(The silver searcher) is a text search utility targeted to source code; it skips versioning systems data directories; it is inspired by `ack`, but faster.
10
text-search
paragrep
http://software.clapper.org/paragrep/
https://github.com/bmc/paragrep
Greps regular expressions in a text file(s) and prints out the paragraphs containing those expressions; a paragraph is defined as a block of text delimited by an empty or blank line; fully customizable via command line parameters.
11
text-search
sift
https://sift-tool.org/
https://github.com/svent/sift
Fast and powerful open source alternative to grep; it targets flexibility and performance: can be as fast as "regular" grep and allows to specify complex expressions to find text.
(FuZzy Finder) is a general-purpose command-line finder with fuzzy search/filter capabilities; good integration with `vim`.
14
text-processing
grc
https://github.com/pengwynn/grc
(Generic Colouriser) can be configured to parse a given text stream and to colorize it according to regexp written in configuration files; different patterns can be associated to file types.
15
data-management
jq
https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
https://github.com/stedolan/jq
(JSON Query?) is sed-like processor for JSON data; can be used to process JSON files and data streams and perform operations such as those allowed by `cat`, `sed`, `grep` and `awk` on regular text files.
16
text-processing
percol
https://github.com/mooz/percol
A Python script that "1) receives input lines from `stdin` or a file, 2) lists the input lines and waits for input that filter/select the line(s), 3) outputs the selected line(s) to `stdout`"; can be used to add interactivity to many regular shell commands.
Utility that allows users to choose one option from a set of choices using an interface with fuzzy search functionality.
18
data-management
q
http://harelba.github.io/q/
https://github.com/harelba/q
Executes SQL-like queries on CSVs/TSVs tabular data files; each tabular file is treated as a database table; support to all SQL constructs (`WHERE`, `GROUP BY`, `JOIN`).
19
font
FIGlet
http://www.figlet.org/
https://github.com/cmatsuoka/figlet
Not exactly a font manager, but a nice program for making large letters out of ordinary text; an astonishing number of different fonts is available.
20
font
toilet
http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/toilet
https://github.com/cacalabs/toilet
A program that tries to improve `FIGlet`; can load FIGlet fonts; supports Unicode input and output, colour fonts and output, and various output formats, including HTML, IRC and ANSI; uses `libcaca` to produce nice textual effects.
22
editors
jed
http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/index.html
https://github.com/jedsoft/jed
A text editor with a drop-down menu facility that make it especially user-friendly.
23
editors
joe
http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/joe-editor/
(Joe's Own Editor) is a compact text editor written in C; a detailed list of features and missing ones is explicitly reported in the website; this editor is mentioned in several web sources for its capability in handling large files.
24
editors
nano
https://www.nano-editor.org/
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/nano.git
Easy to use, lightweigth text editor; no complex keybindings to remember.
A terminal-based text editor written in Go that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.
26
editors
neovim
https://neovim.io/
https://github.com/neovim/neovim
A work in progress attempt to improve [vim](http://www.vim.org/), dropping older/unused OS compatibility, improving the codebase readability, modularity and maintainability; it has chances to become the next choice of vim users.
27
editors
slap
https://github.com/slap-editor/slap
Text editor inspired by [Sublime Text](https://www.sublimetext.com/) written in NodeJS; extedable in Javascript.
28
editors
vai
https://github.com/stefanoborini/vai
A text editor similar to `vim` written in Python; many feature are nicely replicated, some are still missing; however, the advantage of this implementation is its simplicity, maintainability and extensibility, thanks to the Python implementation.
63
security
cipher
https://github.com/ash-shell/cipher
An Ash module that makes it easy to perform aes-256-cbc encryption for files and directories.
64
security
hashcat
https://hashcat.net/hashcat/
https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat
A robust and efficient password cracking tool that can help you recover lost passwords, audit password security, benchmark, or just figure out what data is stored in a hash.
65
security
encfs
http://www.arg0.net/#!encfs/c1awt
https://github.com/vgough/encfs
Encrypted filesystem in user-space based on [FUSE](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUSE); mounts an encrypted directory into a clear one.
Hard disk encryption tool; it stores all setup information in the partition header, enabling easy data transport or migration.
67
password-manager
safe.sh
https://github.com/windowsrefund/safe
Pure Bash script to manage secure archives; simple and clean; uses [gnugpg](https://gnupg.org/) for encryption/decryption, thus can leverage tools like [GPG Agent](https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Invoking-GPG_002dAGENT.html).
68
password-manager
titan
https://www.byteptr.com/titan/
https://github.com/nrosvall/ylva
Password management belongs to the command line, deep into the Unix heartland, the shell. Titan is written in C and is available under the MIT license.
69
office
trino
https://github.com/eneserdogan/trino
Quick and easy translation of words and phrases entered in the command line.
94
viewers
feh
https://feh.finalrewind.org/
https://git.finalrewind.org/feh
"X11 image viewer aimed mostly at console users" (cit.); with no fancy GUI, it is controlled via commandline arguments and configurable key/mouse actions.
One of the most popular video/audio players around; plays most audio and video formats (using ASCII characters) in the shell; provides a GUI for graphical visualization.
A cross-platform media player with many features such as frame timing, MKV chapters and subtitles. It is a responsive video player with minimal layout customizable with themes. A good alternative media player to VLC since it can handle almost all the media formats as VLC, but using much less resources.
98
music
ncmpcpp
https://rybczak.net/ncmpcpp/
https://github.com/ncmpcpp/ncmpcpp
NCurses Music Player Client (Plus Plus) - featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc. Relevant features: tag editor, playlist editor, easy to use search engine, media library, music visualizer, ability to fetch artist info from [last.fm](https://www.last.fm/), new display mode, alternative user interface, ability to browse and add files from outside of MPD music directory.
99
music
espeak
http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
https://sourceforge.net/p/espeak/code/HEAD/tree/
A compact open source software speech synthesizer for English and other languages.
A fast and lightweight audio player with configurable keybindings and playlist support.
102
music
MOC
https://moc.daper.net/
(music on console) is a powerful and easy to use console audio player; user interface a la Midnight Commander; plenty of features; fully controllable from the keyboard.
103
music
mpg123
http://mpg123.org/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpg123/
Quick `mp3` sound file player; no visual interface, just a command-line audio file player for `mp3` files.
A curses player for music tracks from Youtube; it allows to search for songs and playlists; it downloads the video, extracts the audio track and plays it; handles local playlists and many configuration parameters.
105
music
ogg123
https://www.xiph.org/downloads/
https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph
Quick `ogg` sound file player; no visual interface, just a command-line audio file player for the free and open `ogg` file format.
106
graphics
ImageMagick
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick
Software suite to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images; it handles many file formats (including PDF and SVG) and provides processing tools to "resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves".
Alessandro Carbone
1 year ago