Title: List of useful tools | |
Author: Solène | |
Date: 22 March 2017 | |
Tags: unix | |
Description: | |
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) |