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Utilities

Basic shell commands

• Core Utilities — The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system

http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils || coreutils

Package management

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• Pacmatic — Pacman wrapper to check Arch News before upgrading, avoid partial upgrades, and warn about configuration file changes.

http://kmkeen.com/pacmatic || pacmatic

• pkgfile — Tool that finds what package owns a file.

http://github.com/falconindy/pkgfile || pkgfile

• pkgtools — Collection of scripts for Arch Linux packages.

https://github.com/Daenyth/pkgtools || pkgtools

• srcpac — Simple tool that automates rebuilding packages from source.

https://projects.archlinux.org/srcpac.git || srcpac

Disk usage display programs

• Disk Usage Analyzer (Baobab) — Disk usage analyzer for the GNOME desktop.

http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab || baobab

• Filelight — Disk usage analyzer that creates an interactive map of concentric, segmented rings that help visualise disk usage on your computer.

http://methylblue.com/filelight/ || kdeutils-filelight

• GdMap — Disk usage analyzer that draws a map of rectangles sized according to file or dir sizes.

http://gdmap.sourceforge.net/ || gdmap

• gt5 — Diff-capable "du-browser".

http://gt5.sourceforge.net || gt5^AUR

• ncdu — Simple ncurses disk usage analyzer.

http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu || ncdu

CD/DVD burning tools

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Clipboard managers

• Anamnesis — Clipboard manager that stores all the clipboard history and offers an interface to do a full-text search. It has both a commandline and GUI mode available.

http://anamnesis.sourceforge.net/ || anamnesis^AUR

• ClipIt — Fork of Parcellite with additional features and bugfixes.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkclipit/ || clipit

• CopyQ — Clever clipboard manager with searchable and editable history, custom actions on items and command line support.

https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ || copyq^AUR

• Glipper — Clipboard manager for the GNOME desktop with many features and plugin support.

https://launchpad.net/glipper || glipper^AUR

• Klipper — Full featured clipboard manager for the KDE desktop.

http://userbase.kde.org/Klipper || kdebase-workspace

• loliclip — Clipboard synchronizer developed for WM users.

https://github.com/Cloudef/PKGBUILDS/tree/master/loliclip || loliclip^AUR

• Parcellite — Lightweight yet feature-rich clipboard manager.

http://parcellite.sourceforge.net/ || parcellite

Compression tools

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Console

• atool — Script for managing file archives of various types.

http://www.nongnu.org/atool/ || atool

• p7zip — Port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems, including Linux. The commandline tool is called 7z.

http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/ || p7zip

Graphical

• Ark — Archiving tool included in the KDE desktop.

http://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark/ || kdeutils-ark

• File Roller — Archive manager included in the GNOME desktop.

http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/ || file-roller

• p7zip — Port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems, including Linux. The GUI requires wxGTK and is called 7zFM.

http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/ || p7zip

• PeaZip — Open source file and archive manager.

http://www.peazip.org/peazip-linux.html || peazip-gtk2^AUR peazip-qt^AUR

• Squeeze — Featherweight front-end for commandline archiving tools.

http://squeeze.xfce.org/ || squeeze-git^AUR

• Xarchive — Generic GTK2 front-end that uses external wrappers around commandline archiving tools.

http://xarchive.sourceforge.net/ || xarchive^AUR

• Xarchiver — Lightweight desktop independent archive manager built with GTK+.

http://xarchiver.sourceforge.net/ || xarchiver^AUR

File managers

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• Dired — Directory editor integrated with Emacs.

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dired.html || emacs

• Midnight Commander — Console-based, dual-paneled file manager.

http://www.midnight-commander.org || mc

• nffm — "Nothing Fancy File Manager", a mouseless ncurses file manager written in C.

https://github.com/mariostg/nffm || nffm-git^AUR

• Pilot — File manager that comes with the Alpine email client.

http://re-alpine.sourceforge.net/ || re-alpine

• Ranger — Console-based file manager with vi bindings, customizability, and lots of features.

http://nongnu.org/ranger || ranger

• Vifm — Ncurses-based two-panel file manager with vi-like keybindings.

http://vifm.sourceforge.net/ || vifm

Graphical

• Andromeda — Qt-based cross-platform file manager.

https://gitorious.org/andromeda || andromeda-git^AUR

• Dino — Easy to use and powerful file manager built in Qt.

http://dfm.sourceforge.net/ || dino-dfm^AUR

• Dolphin — File manager included in the KDE4 desktop.

http://dolphin.kde.org/ || kdebase-dolphin

• Double Commander — File manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.

http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net// || doublecmd-gtk2 doublecmd-qt

• emelFM2 — File manager that implements the popular two-panel design.

http://emelfm2.net/ || emelfm2

• Konqueror — File manager for the KDE desktop.

http://www.konqueror.org/ || kdebase-konqueror

• Krusader — Advanced twin panel (Midnight Commander style) file manager for the KDE desktop.

http://www.krusader.org/ || krusader

• Nautilus — Extensible, heavyweight file manager used by default in GNOME with support for custom scripts.

http://projects.gnome.org/nautilus/ || nautilus

• Nemo — Nemo is the file manager of the Cinnamon desktop. A good alternative to Nautilus.

http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ || nemo

• PCManFM — Lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and can optionally manage the desktop background.

http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/ || pcmanfm

• QtFileMan — File manager similar to PCManFM from LXDE.

http://gitorious.org/qtfileman || qtfileman-git^AUR

• qtFM — Small, lightweight filemanager for Linux desktops based on pure Qt.

http://www.qtfm.org/ || qtfm

• ROX — Small and fast file manager which can optionally manage the desktop background and panels.

http://rox.sourceforge.net || rox

• SpaceFM — GTK+ multi-panel tabbed file manager.

http://ignorantguru.github.com/spacefm/ || spacefm

• Sunflower — Small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager for Linux with support for plugins.

http://code.google.com/p/sunflower-fm/ || sunflower^AUR

• Thunar — File manager that can be run as a daemon with excellent start up and directory load times.

http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html || thunar

• Tux Commander — Windowed file manager with two panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers.

http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/description.php || tuxcmd

• Worker — Fast, lightweight and feature-rich file manager for the X Window System.

http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/ || worker^AUR

• Xfe — Microsoft Explorer-like file manager for X (X File Explorer).

http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/index.php/ || xfe

Merge tools

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• Diffuse — Small and simple text merge tool written in Python.

http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/ || diffuse

• KDiff3 — File and directory diff and merge tool for the KDE desktop.

http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/ || kdiff3

• Kompare — GUI front-end program for viewing and merging differences between source files. It supports a variety of diff formats and provides many options to customize the information level displayed.

http://www.caffeinated.me.uk/kompare/ || kdesdk-kompare

• Meld — Visual diff and merge tool that can compare files, directories, and version controlled projects.

http://meld.sourceforge.net || meld

Vim and Emacs provide merge functionality with vimdiff and ediff.

Taskbars

• Avant Window Navigator — Lightweight dock which sits at the bottom of the screen.

http://launchpad.net/awn || avant-window-navigator

• Bmpanel — Lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for the X11 system.

http://code.google.com/p/bmpanel2/ || bmpanel^AUR

• Cairo-Dock — Highly customizable dock and launcher application.

http://www.glx-dock.org/ || cairo-dock

• Docker — Docking application which acts as a system tray.

http://icculus.org/openbox/2/docker/ || docker

• Docky — Full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker.

http://wiki.go-docky.com/ || docky

• fbpanel — Lightweight, NETWM compliant desktop panel.

http://fbpanel.sourceforge.net/ || fbpanel

• GNOME Panel — Panel included in the GNOME Flashback desktop.

https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomePanel || gnome-panel

• KoolDock — KDE3 docker with great effects that tries to resemble the Mac OS X dock.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kooldock || kooldock-svn^AUR

• LXPanel — Lightweight X11 desktop panel and part of the LXDE desktop.

http://lxde.org/lxpanel || lxpanel

• pancake — Highly configurable, modular panel for the X11 system.

http://www.failedprojects.de/pancake/Template:Linkrot || pancake^AUR

• PyPanel — Lightweight panel/taskbar written in Python and C.

http://pypanel.sourceforge.net/ || pypanel

• qtpanel — Project to create useful and beautiful panel in Qt.

https://gitorious.org/qtpanel/qtpanel || qtpanel-git^AUR

• Stalonetray — Stand-alone system tray.

http://stalonetray.sourceforge.net/ || stalonetray

• Tint2 — Simple panel/taskbar developed specifically for Openbox.

http://code.google.com/p/tint2/ || tint2

• Trayer — Lightweight GTK+-based systray.

https://gna.org/projects/fvwm-crystal/ || trayer

• wbar — Quick launch bar developed with speed in mind.

http://freecode.com/projects/wbar/ || wbar

• Xfce Panel — Panel included in the Xfce desktop.

http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/start || xfce4-panel

Batch renamers

• GPRename — GTK+ batch renamer for files and directories.

http://gprename.sourceforge.net || gprename

• KRename — Very powerful batch file renamer for the KDE desktop.

http://www.krename.net || krename

• metamorphose2 — wxPython based batch renamer with support for regular expressions, renaming multimedia files according to their metadata, etc.

http://file-folder-ren.sourceforge.net || metamorphose2^AUR

• pyRenamer — Application for the mass renaming of files.

http://www.infinicode.org/code/pyrenamer/ || pyrenamer^AUR

• rename.pl — Batch renamer based on perl regex.

http://search.cpan.org/~pederst/rename/bin/rename.PL || perl-rename