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software options (last tallied 2022-09-01) - Coggle Diagram
software options
(last tallied 2022-09-01)
window management
keyboard
shortcuts
sxhkd
An X daemon that reacts to input events by executing commands
hkd
Display server agnostic key mapper program configured similarly to dwm
xciao
Transforms one key press into another for specific X windows only
xcape
Allows modifier keys to act as other keys when pressed and released on their own
compositors
xcompmgr
Simple X compositor handling transparency and shadows
picom
[2]
Standalone Xorg compositor capable of transparency, blur and many visual effects
menu tools
dmenu
Generic menu for X letting a user choose options provided via stdin
xmenu
Context menu utility for X that takes specification via stdin
pmenu
A pie menu utility for X that takes specification via stdin
rofi
A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
91menu
A graphical mouse-driven menu
jgmenu
Feature rich menu utility
xob
X overlay bar for showing volume, progress, brightness, etc.
dock
plank
[2]
Aims to be the simplest dock available
cairo
[2]
A desktop interface that takes the shape of docs, desklets, panel, etc.
docky
Gnome based dock launcher
eww
ElKowars wacky desktop widgets / bar
polybar
A fast and easy to use status bar
desktop
xwinwrap
Allows an application to be placed as a desktop background
PCManFM
Adds desktop icons
nautilus
File manager for the Gnome desktop environment that supports adding icons on the desktop
nemo-desktop
Fork of nautilus and used by the Cinnamon desktop, adds icons on the desktop
caja
File manager for the MATE desktop environment that supports adding icons on the desktop
screen locking
slock
Simple X display locker
xautolock
Starts programs after a certain period of user inactivity
xidlehook
Starts programs after a certain period of user inactivity
window switcher
jumpapp
A run-or-raise application X11 switcher
rofi
A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
skippy-xd
A full-screen exposé-style standalone task switcher for X11
terminal
shell utilities
bashmarklets
go-execute
Bookmarking commands filling a gap between aliases and scripts
syms
Lists symlinks in the current directory or recursively
mcd
Create a directory and cd into it afterwards
less-wrapper
A grep -n compatible wrapper that lts you less a file at a given line number
vi-wrapper
A grep -n compatible wrapper that lets you vi(m) a file at a gtiven line number
go-west
A bash and zsh solution for bookmarking directories
menu tools
smenu
Powerful CLI selection tool for interactive or scripting use
devour
X11 Window Swallower
ls alternatives
lsd
LSD (ls deluxe), a replacement for ls
exa
A modern replacement for ls
loop
Repeat a command continuously (like watch -g)
entr
Run a command when files change
multiplexers
mtm
Small and useful terminal multiplexer
screen
tmux
file
file managers
nnn
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
midnight commander
A GNU visual file manager
vifm
A file manager with curses interface
yazi
Terminal file manager written in Rust
ranger
A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console
file search
fd
An alternative to find implemented in Rust
ripgrep
recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your .gitignore
the_silver_searcher
A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster
ack3
A grep-like search tool optimized for source code
system checks
inxi
A full featured CLI system information tool
btop
A resource monitor
nmon
A resource monitor
htop
ncurses based resource monitor
benchmarking
hyperfine
A command-line benchmarking tool
image
sixel
sixvid
View animated gif images in terminal
vv
A simple image viewer using sixel graphics
lsix
An ls command that gives image previews
img2sixel
Convert an image to sixel graphics
terminal emulators
st
alacritty
wezterm
gnome-terminal
kitty
xterm
mlterm
konsole
Terminator
Guake
Tilix
Hyper
Tilda
eDEX-UI
Cool Retro Terminal
Yakuake
urxvt
LXTerminal
Tabby
shell
csh
bash
ksh
zsh
dash
sh
backup
borg backup
Backup solution with deduplication, compression, authenticated encryption and mounting of previous backups.
image
screenshot
maim
Comprehensive yet minimalistic screenshot utility
slop
A standalone program to capture an area of the screen selected by the user, used by maim and riodraw features
flameshot
Fancy and feature rich screenshot utility
editors
inkscape
Vector based drawing program
krita
Professional painting program
gimp
Image editor
imagemagick
Standalone tools allowing scripted image editing
azpainter
A full colour painting software for illustration drawing
viewer
feh
Image viewer aimed at console users
nsxiv
Simple X image viewer, successor to sxiv
video
video editing
kdenlive
Comprehensive video editor
video capture
OBS Studio
Video recording and streaming
simplescreeenrecorder
deepin screen recorder
players
go-chromecast
cli for Google Chromecast, Home devices and Cast Groups
password manager
KeePassXC
Password database manager
unsorted
stw
Simple text window for X
systray
alltray
Allows placing any window in the systray based on the window icon
wjt
A slider widget for X
input/output
mouse
barrier
Allows the mouse and keyboard to be shared across machines (open source alternative to Synergy)
xoop
Wraps the mouse cursor across the screen
encircle
Wraps the mouse cursor across the screen with Xinerama support
audio
ZynAddSubFX
A fully featured musical software synthesizer
graphics
colour temperature
cotemp
A simple program that uses Xrandr to apply a color temperature and/or brightness on every screen