- these tools focus on simplicity and low overhead
- command line for the win
- packages typically installed with npm, pip, cpan not listed here
git-core
tig # ncurses git interface
aptitude # 'aptitude install' can save you!
npm
python-pip
axel # download faster. try 'axel -n 20 example.com/bigFile'. for real
rsync # remote delta copy. try it with inotify!
curl # do anything over any protocol (not quite but nearly)
wget
lftp # great for conditional batch downloads from FTP
rtorrent
gt5 # browse HTML of your disk use. great for finding big old files to delete. or maybe you prefer ncdu
ufw # easy firewall
fail2ban # or maybe the simpler denyhosts
openssh-client
openssh-server
nmap # check if your ports are open
iftop # monitor network traffic live
nethogs # which processes are using the network most?
iperf3 # network throughput test between two boxes you control
mtr # trace / ping combo
#tor-arm # monitor traffic on a tor node
#atsar # silently collects system stats. or if you are super cool use collectd with statsd plugin
vnstat # silently collects network traffic stats
#imagemagick # image editing tool. or if you like forks use graphicsmagick
#gifsicle
#libav-tools # video editing
feh # view images.
#canto # CLI for feeds
#moc # music library in the command line
#scrot # take screenshots. I know - gross name
mtpaint # crazy simple GUI image editor
#cmatrix # dumb and fun
#ninvaders # fun but not dumb
#flpsed # a WYSIWYG PDF and postscript editor
w3m # maybe you prefer the browser "links"
w3m-img # images for w3m
surfraw # better than a browser
mawk # fast awk
jq # parse JSON fast
python3-csvkit # use CVSs the Unix way with pipes
pdftk # edit PDFs
poppler-utils # edit PDFs
#redis-server # key-value db
#redis-tools # key-value db
postgresql-9.5-postgis-2.2 # relational db, with GIS functions
sqlite3 # relational db
spatialite-bin # GIS for SQLite
gnuplot # nice for quick plotting in terminal
xmlstarlet # parse XML
xsltproc # use XSLT. so convenient
gnumeric # spreadsheet program great for converter "ssconvert"
raptor-utils # turtle parsing. you heard me. it is an RDF thing
antiword # msoffice -> text
odt2txt # openoffice -> text
html2text # just simple
dtrx # automatically "Do The Right eXtraction"
p7zip-full
zip
unzip
unrar
vim # text editor
zsh # shell
tmux # terminal multiplexer - more terminals!!
detox # automatically fix bad file/directory names
xclip # pipe to clipboard! or maybe you like xsel
htop # monitor system processes
suckless-tools # includes slock, simple screen locker
mupdf # pdf viewer - might want evince instead
mutt # email client. alpine is a lot simpler
getmail4 # backup email in maildir
hunspell # spellcheck CLI
gnupg2 # encrypt / decrypt with keys and password
pinentry-curses # for gnupg2
paperkey # helps preserve GPG secret key on paper!
dcfldd # like dd but extra features
bmap-tools # like dd but faster
anacron # cron for boxes not up 24/7
nwipe # wipe devices
pv # see progress of a pipe. I know you're impatient
build-essential
at
man
lsof
strace
parted
gparted
python-dev
python-setuptools
pkg-config
ascii # ASCII lookup table
python-numpy # code depending on numpy install often has trouble installing numpy itself
i3 # tiled window manager
kpcli # keepass CLI # and libreadline-dev for cpan Term::ReadLine::Gnu
libwebkit-dev # compiling browsers from source often needs this
moreutils # sponge is super convenient. however, it will mess with your GNU parallel install because it also has a command named "parallel"
keychain # enter SSH passphrase once, use many times eg in terminal multiplexer