List of useful tools

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)