Cool Projects

This is a list of projects (all software ones, at least for now) that I think are neat and worth checking out.

• Calibre: Program for manipulating every ebook format under the sun.
• cloc: Program for counting the lines of code for a project.
• Codeberg: Free code-hosting platform ran with respect for free software.
• Dillo: GUI web browser that prioritizes fast performance and low-memory footprint.
• ExifTool: Program for manipulating exif data for various file formats.
• Geeqie: Lightweight and powerful image viewer for Unix-like systems.
• GNU Parallel: Program that provides an easy interface for running commands on multiple inputs in parallel.
• ImageMagick: Powerful library/tool for performing image manipulation. Especially useful for scripting.
• lftp: Cool FTP client.
• Lynx: Terminal web browser. Also a decent HTML text formatter.
• md4c: C library for parsing Markdown files. Comes with the nifty md2html utility.
• newsraft: Lightweight RSS/Atom/whatever feed reader.
• Nicotine+: Free and open-source GUI client to Soulseek.
• Notcurses: Modern TUI library like ncurses but with much more fancier features.
• Quod Libet: Cool GUI music player for Linux, Windows, and Mac. Also includes a nifty tag editor.
• Raku: Modern scripting language that emphasizes the language design philosophy of TIMTOWTDI (There Is More Than One Way To Do It). Was formerly known as Perl 6.
• Simon Tatham’s Puzzle Collection: Collection of various different puzzle programs that run on Windows, Linux, Mac, and on the web.
• Slackware: Linux distribution that has been actively developed by Patrick Volkerding since 1993. Is distinguished from other Linux distributions by its conservative approach to development and “classic” Linux feel.
• Tmux: A modern terminal multiplexer. Can make your terminal act as a window manager of sorts.
• Xfce: Desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems that aims to be lightweight, customizable, and user-friendly.

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