Tools¶
Modern command-line tools¶
Note
Most of the HN or Reddit comments in the following sections usually also have recommendations for other tools, they are worth checking out.
A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common unix commands [reddit]
A list of new(ish) command line tools
List of terminal tools
Tailspin: a log file highlighter [HN]
Broot – A new way to see and navigate directory trees [HN] See also this article: A better tree command
Eza: A modern, maintained replacement for ls [HN]
lnav: An advanced log file viewer for the small-scale
jless - a command-line JSON viewer [HN]
hyperfine - A command-line benchmarking tool.
How FZF and ripgrep improved my workflow [HN]
z.lua: fast & smart “cd”: [HN]
Query the Unicode database from the commandline, with good support for emojis
Advanced Terminal Tips and Tricks [reddit]
fq: jq for binary formats - tool, language and decoders for working with binary and text formats
jc: Serializes the output of command-line tools to structured JSON output
Sysz – An fzf terminal UI for systemctl [HN]
flameshot - screenshot tool:
dog - A fast, friendly DNS client [github]
Resource monitoring tools¶
nethogs - top for network (grouped by process):
btop++: A monitor of resources [reddit, HN]
glances: a cross-platform system monitoring tool written in Python [github]
du-like tools (disk usage)¶
gdu: Fast disk usage analyzer
duf: Disk Usage/Free Utility - a better ‘df’ alternative reddit
dua-cli: View disk space usage and delete unwanted data, fast.
Task runners¶
File sharing¶
syncthing
tresorit
Password managers¶
Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust: VaultWarden
see discussion about password managers, turning off auto-fill for pw managers
crypto and secrets¶
Alternatives to PGP (2020) [reddit]
Generating More Secure GPG Keys: A Step-by-Step Guide
http://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2013/09/generating-a-private-key-i-can-trust/ https://alexcabal.com/creating-the-perfect-gpg-keypair/