This is not an exhaustive list, I’m not going to go trough coreutils, but I’m referencing this as it can probably be useful to someone (there are a lot of programs in that list that would have saved me dozen of hours if I knew them earlier).
Also, this is not something definitive, I’ll update it over time.
| Purpose | Tools |
|---|---|
| Window manager | Xmonad |
| Notifications daemon | Dunst |
| Text editor | GNU Emacs |
| File sync | Syncthing |
| Firewall | UFW, Custom hostsfile |
| Terminal emulator | kitty |
| Terminal multiplexer | tmux |
| Password Manager | KeePassXC |
| File listing | exa |
| Process monitoring | htop, bottom |
| Syntax helper | tldr |
| Shell | fish |
| Program launcher | rofi |
| Image viewer | feh |
| Status bar | Polybar |
| VPN | Wireguard |
| Screen locker | i3lock |
| Screen temperature | Redshift |
| Screenshot | Flameshot, scrot |
| File manager | nnn, Nemo, Emacs Dired |
| Calculator | Qalculate, Octave |
| grep | ripgrep |
| Project cleaner | Kondo |
| Backups | Borg |
| Disk space viewer | Diskonaut |
| Duplicates cleaner | Czkawka |
| Music | CMUS |
| Web Server | Nginx, Caddy |
| Note taking | Emacs Org Mode |
| Dotfiles management | Emacs Org Mode |
| Calendar | Emacs Org Mode |
| Spaced repetitions | Emacs Org Drill |
| Information organisation | Emacs Org Roam |
| Bookmarks management | Emacs Org Mode/Org Capture |
| System hardening/auditing | Lynis, grapheneX, AppArmor, RkHunter |
| Automation | Ansible |
| k8s context switcher | kubectx |
| Website fuzzer | ffuf |
| HTTP Debugger | HTTPie, HTTP Prompt |
| Domain Enumeration | Amass, Recon-ng |