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List of useful tools

Written by Solène, on 22 March 2017.
Tags: #unix

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Here is a list of software that I find useful, I will update this list everytime I find a new tool. This is not an exhaustive list, theses are only software I enjoy using:

Backup Tool

  • duplicity
  • borg
  • restore/dump

File synchronization tool

  • unison
  • rsync
  • lsyncd

File sharing tool / “Cloud”

  • boar
  • nextcloud / owncloud
  • seafile
  • pydio
  • syncthing (works as peer-to-peer without a master)
  • sparkleshare (uses a git repository so I would recommend storing only text files)

Editors

  • emacs
  • vim
  • jed

Web browsers using keyboard

  • qutebrowser
  • firefox with vimperator extension

Todo list / Personal Agenda…

  • org-mode (within emacs)
  • ledger (accounting)

Mail client

  • mu4e (inside emacs, requires the use of offlineimap or mbsync to fetch mails)

Network

  • curl
  • bwm-ng (to see bandwith usage in real time)
  • mtr (traceroute with a gui that updates every n seconds)

Files integrity

  • bitrot
  • par2cmdline
  • aide

Image viewer

  • sxiv
  • feh

Stuff

  • entr (run command when a file change)
  • rdesktop (RDP client to connect to Windows VM)
  • xclip (read/set your X clipboard from a script)
  • autossh (to create tunnels that stays up)
  • mosh (connects to your ssh server with local input and better resilience)
  • ncdu (watch file system usage interactively in cmdline)
  • mupdf (PDF viewer)
  • pdftk (PDF manipulation tool)
  • x2x (share your mouse/keyboard between multiple computers through ssh)
  • profanity (XMPP cmdline client)
  • prosody (XMPP server)
  • pgmodeler (PostgreSQL database visualization tool)