clang-format c source code formatter. can also format preprocessor macros

cryptsetup setup disk encryption. dm-crypt, luks

darktable photography workflow application and raw developer

blender 3d computer graphics editor

dash posix-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible

dcron cron implementation

diff finds line differences between texts

dmenu dmenu is a dynamic menu for X. can be used for example to choose a command to be run by typing

dwm window manager for x

emacs customisable text editor and integrated development environment

ffmpeg audio and video converter

firefox

flac free lossless audio compression

gimp pixel based image manipulation for tasks like photo retouching, image composition, image authoring and more. tasks can be automated with "http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-scripting.html" "scheme"

git version control system

httpie http requests on the command-line

losslesscut convert and cut a video into multiple custom segments

mirage image viewer. can change fast between images in the same directory, for example using the mouse wheel

mpd music player that runs in the background, separating playback functionality from user interfaces

mupdf pdf, xps and ebook viewer

nano text editor. mini emacs

ncdu displays disk usage by browsable directory structure sorted by size descending

ncmpc client for mpd

nginx http proxy and web server

nodejs command-line calculator. also a standalone javascript interpreter

openssh secure shell remote connections

pacman package manager with an efficient interface and usage, with probably the most packages available anywhere. creating packages is easy

qemu machine emulator, virtual machine

replacer replace text in multiple files

roundcube web based email management

sbase simpler replacements for many core tools like cp, cat, mount, and more

simplescreenrecorder, still the best (2023). select a rectangle, window or screen and record with easily selectable settings, optionally with cursor and audio

smplayer media player. fast seeking

sqlite an sql database that uses single files with exceptional documentation

sshfs mount filesystems using ssh

st a simple terminal implementation for x. works great in combination with screen as a better replacement for tabbing

suckless software with a focus on simplicity, including dwm, dmenu and st among others

thunar graphical file-manager. supports custom right-click commands, tabs and a bulk file renamer "thunar -B"

xclip allows to copy command output or file content into the main clipboard

alsamixer control sound volume

apache bench http performance testing

aurget arch linux related: pacman-like interface to the AUR

bastet version of tetris that chooses the worst possible blocks

f-droid repository for free-software android apps

firehol iptables based firewall

gnuplot

gnu software

google earth desktop app for viewing satellite imagery, 3d in many areas, and streetview. best graphics quality and usability in the desktop version

graphicsmagick image processing system

graphviz for creating and rendering (directed) graph drawings

gr execute a command in multiple git repositories at once

guileemacs

ldm automount unencrypted devices

librejs a way to let http clients automatically determine the license of included javascript files

musl-libc libc

privoxy non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities, for example ad-blocking or blocking of sites

reddit source code for the link submission and discussion website

redmine issue tracking system

rhyme rhyming dictionary

sox sound processing utility

sqlighting fork of sqlite that is much faster

srm secure file removal

suckless.org/rocks a similar list of applications

systemd system and service manager. does a bit too much perhaps

tagsistant tagging filesystem

units converts quantities expressed in various systems of measurement to their equivalents in other systems of measurement

unp unpacks things. available in the repositories of many linux distributions

utimer command-line countdown/stopwatch

valgrind finds memory leaks

w3m terminal web text browser

xbindkeys execute commands with keypresses

xdot uses the "dot" utility from graphviz to draw a directed or undirected graph using the dot graph definition language

xdotool produce xserver events (mouse clicks, keyboard events, etc) from the command-line

xmodmap utility for modifying keymaps and pointer button mappings

xz-utils file compression

youtube-dl

zenity command-line program to create graphical dialogs