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gnu-tar gnu-tar

GNU tar — full-featured tar archiving utility with advanced features beyond POSIX tar.

⬇ 24.3k/30d
watchman watchman

File watching service that monitors filesystem changes and triggers actions in response.

⬇ 24.1k/30d
fd fd

Fast, user-friendly filesystem search command written in Rust; a modern find alternative with regex, smart defaults, and parallelized traversal.

⬇ 15.4k/30d ★ 43.4k 2d ago
bat bat

Rust clone of cat with syntax highlighting, line numbers, and Git integration.

⬇ 13.4k/30d ★ 59.3k 3d ago
aria2 aria2

Fast, lightweight command-line download manager with resume and multi-connection support.

⬇ 12.7k/30d
libmagic libmagic

C library and command-line tool that identifies file types by magic number bytes, not extension.

⬇ 8.6k/30d
acl acl

Command-line utility for managing POSIX access control lists (ACLs) on filesystems.

⬇ 5.1k/30d
libudfread libudfread

C library for reading Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystems from optical and removable media.

⬇ 4.5k/30d
age age

Modern file encryption tool written in Go with small keys, post-quantum support, and UNIX composability.

⬇ 3.8k/30d ★ 22.6k 3mo ago
gallery-dl gallery-dl

Python command-line downloader for image galleries from Pixiv, Danbooru, DeviantArt, Twitter, Tumblr, and 100+ other sites.

⬇ 3.1k/30d ★ 18.6k 7d ago
fswatch fswatch

Cross-platform file system event monitor that triggers shell commands on directory changes.

⬇ 3.0k/30d
sox sox

Audio file converter and effects processor supporting 30+ formats (WAV, MP3, FLAC, Ogg, etc.) with real-time filtering and synthesis.

⬇ 2.2k/30d
stow stow

GNU utility for managing symlink trees to organize software installations under a single directory.

⬇ 2.0k/30d
dysk dysk

Rust command-line tool for displaying filesystem information with a modern, colorful interface.

⬇ 1.9k/30d
dust dust

Rust rewrite of du that displays disk usage with intuitive hierarchical visualization and percentages.

⬇ 1.7k/30d ★ 11.9k 3mo ago