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What are some tiny, lightweight apps for Linux that are really neat? (self.foss)

submitted 1 year ago by Witch to c/foss

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Playing around with PeppermintOS on a "new " old laptop, and having fun. Its making me realize that tiny things can really work to impress. (Especially when you're waiting on a ram upgrade, haha!)

Could be terminal based or GUI, I'm just curious---what tiny apps do you use that you think are neat? Things that don't take up much storage or memory.

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[–] zsotykai 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My two favorites are recently:

nnn for managing files
miller for all my CSV needs
rg for searching in files
navi for my cheatsheet needs
nb for my jotting needs
ledger because I love to know about my money

[–] TehPers 4 points 1 year ago

Ripgrep is honestly such an awesome tool. Super fast, easy to use, and has built-in support for hidden files and .gitignores making it more flexible than traditional grep.

[–] StrayCatFrump 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

ledger because I love to know about my money

Nice. I've been putting off for some time trying to find something better than GnuCash or buckling down and writing my own. This looks perfect.

[–] zsotykai 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should check out: https://plaintextaccounting.org

[–] StrayCatFrump 2 points 1 year ago

Wow! Will do. Thanks.

[–] argv_minus_one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you dislike about GnuCash?

[–] StrayCatFrump 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A few things, like:

I don't need (or want, really) a GUI. Inputting with vim is pretty ideal.
Having a plain text file that's easily legible and parseable and that I could convert into another format (by writing simple tools, worst case) is very appealing.
It's too opinionated.