monitor,ngrep,http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/,https://github.com/jpr5/ngrep/,"(Network grep) applies the `grep` logic to the network layer, allowing to match regular expressions against data payloads of packets; it recognizes IPv4/6, TCP, UDP, ICMPv4/6, IGMP and Raw across Ethernet, PPP, SLIP, FDDI, Token Ring and null interfaces."
file-handling,progress,,https://github.com/Xfennec/progress,"A tool to monitor the progress of common Coreutils command-line tools (`cp`, `mv`, `dd`, `tar`, `rsync`, etc.); it uses an ncurses interface to display the percentage of data copied; it works by reading from system files and retrieving the necessary information for the estimation."
monitor,powertop,https://01.org/powertop,https://github.com/fenrus75/powertop,A `top`-like utility to monitor the sources of power consumption; allows to turn on/off many components; quite useful to track possible power-related issues.
monitor,sysdig,https://www.sysdig.org/,,"Sysdig captures system calls and events from the Linux kernel. You can save, filter, and analyze the data with our CLI or our desktop app. Think of sysdig as strace + tcpdump + htop + iftop + lsof + wireshark for your entire system."
monitor,sysdig,https://www.sysdig.org/,https://github.com/draios/sysdig,"Sysdig captures system calls and events from the Linux kernel. You can save, filter, and analyze the data with our CLI or our desktop app. Think of sysdig as strace + tcpdump + htop + iftop + lsof + wireshark for your entire system."
monitor,smem,https://www.selenic.com/smem/,https://selenic.com/repo/smem,"Python program that reports memory usage; it can report the ""proportional set size"" (PSS), a meaningful representation of the amount of memory used by libraries and applications in a virtual memory system; it has built-in chart generation."
monitor,top,http://www.unixtop.org/,,The classical Unix utility that provides a rolling display of top cpu using processes.
monitor,watch,http://www.linfo.org/watch.html,,"Periodically runs a command in the console while temporarily clearing the screen content; it makes it easy to check differences between the output of two subsequent commands; it provides ""diff"" functionality to highlight the changing characters between outputs."
@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ system,hstr,,https://github.com/dvorka/hstr,A tool for managing the history; pow
system,parallel,https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/,https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/parallel.git,A shell tool from GNU for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers; it can split the input and pipe it into commands in parallel.
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,,Encrypted filesystem in user-space based on [FUSE](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUSE); mounts an encrypted directory into a clear one.
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."
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/,,"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."
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ organizers,khal,,https://github.com/pimutils/khal,"CLI and terminal calendar pro
organizers,ppl addressbook,http://ppladdressbook.org/,,"`ppl` is free software made out of other free software. It's built on top of Ruby and Git, and the completely free vcard address book format."
note-taking,kb,,https://github.com/gnebbia/kb,A minimalist knowledge base manager.
organizers,khard,,https://github.com/lucc/khard,Console carddav client written in Pyhton.
todo-manager,iKog,https://sites.google.com/site/henspace/ikog/,,"A fully-featured task manager incapsulated within a Python script (just carry around the script to retain all the TODOs). When the script is run, a Python shell is opened, where task-related commands can be entered (ADD, LIST, etc.); a pity that commands are uppercase, which requires the annoying use of the Shift key."
todo-manager,iKog,https://sites.google.com/site/henspace/ikog/,https://github.com/boyska/ikog,"A fully-featured task manager incapsulated within a Python script (just carry around the script to retain all the TODOs). When the script is run, a Python shell is opened, where task-related commands can be entered (ADD, LIST, etc.); a pity that commands are uppercase, which requires the annoying use of the Shift key."
todo-manager,Yokadi,https://yokadi.github.io/,https://github.com/agateau/yokadi,Project-based todo manager: every task must be specified with a mandatory project indication. Tasks are stored within a SQLlite DB. Written in Python.
organizers,Org mode,http://orgmode.org/,https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git,"Super-powerful [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) plugin to manage outlines with associated timestamps, priorities, labels, etc.; available views grouped by time (agenda), tags, etc.; plain text storage format."
organizers,pal,http://palcal.sourceforge.net/,https://sourceforge.net/p/palcal/code/HEAD/tree/,"Calendar program for Unix/Linux systems that can keep track of events; custom, plain text storage format; interesting and fully functional."
todo-manager,todo.txt,http://todotxt.org/,https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli,Minimalistic todo manager that uses a simple plain text file to keep track of items; implemented as a shell script.
todo-manager,todolist,http://todolist.site/,,"A minimal clone of [Wunderlist](https://www.wunderlist.com/), with 30% of its features. GTD oriented. It stores the task list in a hidden JSON file in the home directory, making it easy to backup or share them."
todo-manager,TuDu,https://code.meskio.net/tudu/,https://github.com/meskio/tudu,"A comand line interface to manage hierarchical todos. Each task has a title, a long text description, a deadline (tudu warns you when the date is close), and a scheduled date. There are categories and priorities."
organizers,Wyrd,http://freecode.com/projects/wyrd/,,Curses front-end for [Remind](https://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind) written in OCaml with vertically scrollable time table.
organizers,Wyrd,http://freecode.com/projects/wyrd/,https://gitlab.com/wyrd-calendar/wyrd,Curses front-end for [Remind](https://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind) written in OCaml with vertically scrollable time table.
productivity,arbtt,http://arbtt.nomeata.de/,https://github.com/nomeata/arbtt,"(automatic, rule-based time tracker) runs in background, collecting information regarding open windows, focussed ones, etc.; it can be configured to display statistics on the collected data, e.g., figuring out the time spent on one specific window."
productivity,ledger,http://ledger-cli.org/,https://github.com/ledger/ledger,"A powerful, double-entry accounting system from the command-line; it uses a simple yet powerful text syntax to specify the items to account."
calc,Qalculate,https://qalculate.github.io/,https://github.com/Qalculate/libqalculate,"Multi-purpose calculator with customizable functions, units, arbitrary precision, plotting (it includes a GUI)."
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category
name
homepage
git
description
45
monitor
ngrep
http://ngrep.sourceforge.net/
https://github.com/jpr5/ngrep/
(Network grep) applies the `grep` logic to the network layer, allowing to match regular expressions against data payloads of packets; it recognizes IPv4/6, TCP, UDP, ICMPv4/6, IGMP and Raw across Ethernet, PPP, SLIP, FDDI, Token Ring and null interfaces.
46
file-handling
progress
https://github.com/Xfennec/progress
A tool to monitor the progress of common Coreutils command-line tools (`cp`, `mv`, `dd`, `tar`, `rsync`, etc.); it uses an ncurses interface to display the percentage of data copied; it works by reading from system files and retrieving the necessary information for the estimation.
47
monitor
powertop
https://01.org/powertop
https://github.com/fenrus75/powertop
A `top`-like utility to monitor the sources of power consumption; allows to turn on/off many components; quite useful to track possible power-related issues.
48
monitor
sysdig
https://www.sysdig.org/
https://github.com/draios/sysdig
Sysdig captures system calls and events from the Linux kernel. You can save, filter, and analyze the data with our CLI or our desktop app. Think of sysdig as strace + tcpdump + htop + iftop + lsof + wireshark for your entire system.
49
monitor
smem
https://www.selenic.com/smem/
https://selenic.com/repo/smem
Python program that reports memory usage; it can report the "proportional set size" (PSS), a meaningful representation of the amount of memory used by libraries and applications in a virtual memory system; it has built-in chart generation.
50
monitor
top
http://www.unixtop.org/
The classical Unix utility that provides a rolling display of top cpu using processes.
51
monitor
watch
http://www.linfo.org/watch.html
Periodically runs a command in the console while temporarily clearing the screen content; it makes it easy to check differences between the output of two subsequent commands; it provides "diff" functionality to highlight the changing characters between outputs.
62
system
parallel
https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/parallel.git
A shell tool from GNU for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers; it can split the input and pipe it into commands in parallel.
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.
66
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.
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/
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.
75
organizers
ppl addressbook
http://ppladdressbook.org/
`ppl` is free software made out of other free software. It's built on top of Ruby and Git, and the completely free vcard address book format.
76
note-taking
kb
https://github.com/gnebbia/kb
A minimalist knowledge base manager.
77
organizers
khard
https://github.com/lucc/khard
Console carddav client written in Pyhton.
78
todo-manager
iKog
https://sites.google.com/site/henspace/ikog/
https://github.com/boyska/ikog
A fully-featured task manager incapsulated within a Python script (just carry around the script to retain all the TODOs). When the script is run, a Python shell is opened, where task-related commands can be entered (ADD, LIST, etc.); a pity that commands are uppercase, which requires the annoying use of the Shift key.
79
todo-manager
Yokadi
https://yokadi.github.io/
https://github.com/agateau/yokadi
Project-based todo manager: every task must be specified with a mandatory project indication. Tasks are stored within a SQLlite DB. Written in Python.
Super-powerful [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) plugin to manage outlines with associated timestamps, priorities, labels, etc.; available views grouped by time (agenda), tags, etc.; plain text storage format.
81
organizers
pal
http://palcal.sourceforge.net/
https://sourceforge.net/p/palcal/code/HEAD/tree/
Calendar program for Unix/Linux systems that can keep track of events; custom, plain text storage format; interesting and fully functional.
84
todo-manager
todo.txt
http://todotxt.org/
https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt-cli
Minimalistic todo manager that uses a simple plain text file to keep track of items; implemented as a shell script.
85
todo-manager
todolist
http://todolist.site/
A minimal clone of [Wunderlist](https://www.wunderlist.com/), with 30% of its features. GTD oriented. It stores the task list in a hidden JSON file in the home directory, making it easy to backup or share them.
86
todo-manager
TuDu
https://code.meskio.net/tudu/
https://github.com/meskio/tudu
A comand line interface to manage hierarchical todos. Each task has a title, a long text description, a deadline (tudu warns you when the date is close), and a scheduled date. There are categories and priorities.
87
organizers
Wyrd
http://freecode.com/projects/wyrd/
https://gitlab.com/wyrd-calendar/wyrd
Curses front-end for [Remind](https://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind) written in OCaml with vertically scrollable time table.
88
productivity
arbtt
http://arbtt.nomeata.de/
https://github.com/nomeata/arbtt
(automatic, rule-based time tracker) runs in background, collecting information regarding open windows, focussed ones, etc.; it can be configured to display statistics on the collected data, e.g., figuring out the time spent on one specific window.
89
productivity
ledger
http://ledger-cli.org/
https://github.com/ledger/ledger
A powerful, double-entry accounting system from the command-line; it uses a simple yet powerful text syntax to specify the items to account.
90
calc
Qalculate
https://qalculate.github.io/
https://github.com/Qalculate/libqalculate
Multi-purpose calculator with customizable functions, units, arbitrary precision, plotting (it includes a GUI).