0install

32bit_chroot

915resolution

9mount

abi-wrapper

accountsservice

ack

ack is a tool like grep, aimed at programmers with large trees of heterogeneous source code

acl

access control list utilities, libraries and headers

adjtime

A perl script to adjust the clock tick of the hardware clock on the system board (should work on most platforms).

afulnx

agedu

aix-miscutils

Miscellaneous helpers for AIX (currently just ldd)

AMDOverdriveCtrl

anything-sync-daemon

apmd

Advanced Power Management Daemon

apparmor

apparmor-utils

apply-default-acl

apt

arch-install-scripts

arch-iuse-test

arrayprobe

CLI utility that reports the status of a HP (Compaq) array controller (both IDA & CCISS supported).

ataidle

attr

Extended attributes tools

audio-entropyd

baobab

bar

Console Progress Bar

baselayout

Filesystem baselayout and init scripts

baselayout-java

baselayout-prefix

baselayout-systemd

bd

become

binfind

biosdevname

biosdisk

A script that creates floppy boot images to flash Dell BIOSes

bleachbit

bootutils

Collection of utilities to facilitate booting of modern Kernel 2.6 based systems using initramfs.

bpkg

bubba-install

bubblewrap

busybox

Utilities for rescue and embedded systems

byld

build a Linux distribution on a single floppy

calculate-lib

calculate-server

calculate-toolkit

calculate-utils

can-utils

cantools

cciss_vol_status

Shows status of logical drives attached to HP SmartArray controllers.

ccs-tools

TOMOYO Linux tools

cfnrename

A simple utility that allows you to easily rename multiple files

cgroup-helper

checkpolicy

SELinux policy compiler

checkservice

Check the status of services running on local/remote machines

chname

Run a command with a new system hostname.

cinit

a fast, small and simple init with support for profiles

ckbcomp

clib

click

clrngd

Clock randomness gathering daemon

cobalt-panel-utils

LCD and LED panel utilities for the Sun Cobalts

collectl

light-weight performance monitoring tool capable of reporting interactively as well as logging to disk

conspy

Remote control for virtual consoles

cookbug

coreutils

Standard GNU file utilities (chmod, cp, dd, dir, ls...), text utilities (sort, tr, head, wc..), and shell utilities (whoami, who,...)

cpi

cpint

Linux/390 Interface to z/VM's Control Program

cpu-x

cpuid

cracklib-words

large set of crack/cracklib dictionaries

daemonize

Runs a command as a Unix daemon

daisydog

darwin-miscutils

Miscellaneous commands used on Darwin/Mac OS X systems, Tiger

data-science-toolbox

dbus

A message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to each other

dcfldd

enhanced dd with features for forensics and security

dchroot

Utility for managing chroots for non-root users

ddcxinfo-knoppix

ddcxinfo-knoppix-bin

debianutils

A selection of tools from Debian

diffutils

Tools to make diffs and compare files

dkms-gentoo

dmapi

XFS data management API library

dmd

dmidecode

DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table related utilities

dnotify

Execute a command when the contents of a directory change

dog

Dog is better than cat

dstat

Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat and ifstat

dtc

Utility to pre-compile Open Firmware device-trees for otherwise device-tree-less devices such as the PS3

duc

e4rat

ec2-shim

ed

Your basic line editor

edac-utils

Userspace helper for Linux kernel EDAC drivers

elfix

entropy

Official Sabayon Linux Package Manager library

entropy-server

Official Sabayon Linux Package Manager Server Interface (tagged release)

entropybroker

epoch

etckeeper

Etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, or bzr repository.

ethtool

Utility for examining and tuning ethernet-based network interfaces

evrouter

fakechroot

Provide a faked chroot environment without requiring root privileges

fakeroot

Run commands in an environment faking root privileges

fakeroot-ng

A utility to run commands with fake root privileges

fbset

A utility to set the framebuffer videomode

file

identify a file's format by scanning binary data for patterns

findpat

findutils

GNU utilities for finding files

firejail

firejail-lts

firetools

fix-gnustack

fjinit

fkill-cli

flashbench

flashrom

Utility for reading, writing, erasing and verifying flash ROM chips

flock

fm-system

fr-bepo-keymap

Bépo keymap for the Linux Console

frandom

fsearch

fstrimDaemon

fwcrv

FireWire CSR Config ROM Viewer

fwts

fwup

fwupd

fwupdate

fxload

USB firmware uploader

gawk

GNU awk pattern-matching language

gcp

gentoo-functions

gentoo-systemd-integration

getpir

gnome-disk-utility

Disk Utility for GNOME using devicekit-disks

gpet

gpio

gprename

gptfdisk

gpu-detector

gpu-switch

gradm

Administrative interface for the grsecurity Role Based Access Control system

grep

GNU regular expression matcher

grepcidr

groff

Text formatter used for man pages

groff-utf8

gscanbus

a little bus scanning, testing, and topology visualizing tool for the Linux IEEE1394 subsystem

gsmartcontrol

guix

guix-bin

hardened-shadow

hardinfo

hasp

haveged

hbaapi

The Host Bus Adapter API for managing Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

hd-idle

hdparm

Utility to change hard drive performance parameters

heirloom-tools

help2man

GNU utility to convert program --help output to a man page

hexdump-esr

Eric Raymond's hex dumper

hidesvn

highway

hotplug2stdout

hponcfg

hprofile

Utility to manage hardware, network, power or other profiles

hw-probe

hwdata-gentoo

Data for the hwsetup program

hwdata-redhat

Hardware identification and configuration data

hwids

hwinfo

hwinfo is the hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux.

hwloc

hwsetup

Hardware setup program from Knoppix - used only on LiveCD

hxdump

i2c-tools

I2C tools for bus probing, chip dumping, register-level access helpers, EEPROM decoding scripts, and more

ibm-powerpc-utils

This package provides utilities for the maintainance of the IBM and Apple powerpc platforms.

ibm-powerpc-utils-papr

This package provides the utilities which are intended for the maintenance of IBM powerpc platforms.

idle3-tools

ifd-gempc

GemCore based PC/SC reader drivers for pcsc-lite

ifd-okrfid

ifplugd

Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with cable detection

illum

inetutils

initscripts-fedora

input-utils

Small collection of linux input layer utils

install-xattr

intel-performance-counter-monitor

inxi

iostat

iotools

ipmitool

Utility for controlling IPMI enabled devices.

ipmiutil

IPMI Management Utilities

ipmiview

iproute-mptcp

iproute2

kernel routing and traffic control utilities

ipssend

irqbalance

Distribute hardware interrupts across processors on a multiprocessor system

irqd

isapnptools

Tools for configuring ISA PnP devices

iucode_tool

jchroot

jshon

jsonpipe

kbd

Keyboard and console utilities

kernelat

kernelconfig

kexec-tools

Load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel

keyboard-configuration-helpers

keyexec

keyutils

Linux Key Management Utilities

klogripper

kmod

kmscon

kpatch

ksmtuned

ksm_preload

laptasus

lcdsplash

splash Gentoo boot information on LCD's

lcdtest

Displays test patterns to spot dead/hot pixels on LCD screens

lcdutils

Cobalt RaQ/Qube LCD Writing and Button reading utilities

less

Excellent text file viewer

lfsb

libcec-daemon

libertine

libfind

libhbalinux

libtsm

likwid

linux-ftools

linux-misc-apps

lkcdutils

Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) Utilities

lmctfy

lms

lm_sensors

Hardware Monitoring user-space utilities

lnxhc

logwatch

Analyzes and Reports on system logs

lomoco

Lomoco can configure vendor-specific options on Logitech USB mice.

lsadb

Prints out information on all devices attached to the ADB bus

lsb-release

LSB version query program

lshw

Hardware Lister

lssbus

Small utility for Linux/SPARC that list devices on SBUS

lsusb-apple

maemo-flasher35

magic-pax

magneto-core

Official Sabayon Linux Entropy Notification Applet Core library

makedev

program used for creating device files in /dev

makedev-gentoo

makedumpfile

man

Standard commands to read man pages

man-db

man-db, the on-line manual database

man-pages

A somewhat comprehensive collection of Linux man pages

man-pages-fortran

man-pages-linux-kernel-api

man-pages-posix

POSIX man-pages (0p, 1p, 3p)

man2html

manfind

mawk

an (often faster than gawk) awk-interpreter

mcstrans

mdp

MegaCli

memtest86

A stand alone memory test for x86 computers

memtest86+

Memory tester based on memtest86

memtester

userspace utility for testing the memory subsystem for faults

metastore

microcode-ctl

Intel processor microcode update utility

miller

minised

a smaller, cheaper, faster SED implementation

miscfiles

Miscellaneous files

mlocate

Merging locate is an utility to index and quickly search for files

mmc-utils

modutils

Standard kernel module utilities for linux-2.4 and older

more

Primitive text file viewer

moreutils

a growing collection of the unix tools that nobody thought to write thirty years ago

most

a paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the contents of a file.

mount-gtk

mouseemu

Emulates scrollwheel, right- & left-click for one-button mice/touchpads

msr-tools

mtree

check the permissions of a file system against a spec file

nawk

nca

Network Console on Acid

net-tools

Standard Linux networking tools

netboot-base

Baselayout for netboot systems

netkit-base

Old-style inetd

netloc

netplug

Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with cable detection

newrelic-sysmond

nix

A purely functional package manager

noexec

a package for preventing processes from using exec system calls

nse

nvme-cli

nvramtool

omnikey-pcsc-syncapi

oneshot

oolite

openrc

OpenRC manages the services, startup and shutdown of a host

openrc-runhooks-plugin

openrc-wrapper

opentmpfiles

openwsman

osinfo-db

osinfo-db-tools

package-query

pacman

paludis

paludis, the other package mangler

pause

paxctl

Manages various PaX related program header flags for Elf32, Elf64, binaries.

paxctld

paxopen

pciutils

Various utilities dealing with the PCI bus

pcmciautils

PCMCIA userspace utilities for Linux kernel 2.6.13 and beyond

pcsc-lite

PC/SC Architecture smartcard middleware library

pcsc-slb-rf72-drv

Schlumberger Reflex 72 Serial Smartcard Reader

pcsc-tools

PC/SC Architecture smartcard tools

perc-cerc-apps

petty

pkgcore

pkgcore package manager

pmount

Policy based mounter that gives the ability to mount removable devices as a user

pmount-gui

policycoreutils

SELinux core utilities

portage

Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo

powermated

powerpc-utils

PowerPC utilities including nvsetenv, and additional OldWorld apps

prctl

Tool to query and modify process behavior

prefix-chain-utils

preload

Adaptive readahead daemon.

procd

progress

proot

pv

Pipe Viewer: a tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipe

pyrenamer

Mass rename files

qcontrol

Allows to send commands to some microcontrollers, for example to change leds or sound a buzzer

qdirstat

qdiskusage

Qt4 Graphical Disk Usage Analyzer

qingy

a DirectFB getty replacement

raidutils

Utilities to manage i2o/dtp RAID controllers.

ranwhen

raspberrypi-utilities-armv6

razercfg

rcopy

readahead-list

Preloads files into the page cache to accelerate program loading.

readahead-royale

remendeko

remote-login-service

rename

tool for easily renaming files

renameutils

Use your favorite text editor to rename files

rescan-scsi-bus

Script to rescan the SCSI bus without rebooting

restartd

A daemon for checking your running and not running processes

restorecond

rhash

rigo-daemon

rindeal-base-system-settings

ripgrep

rkflashkit

rkflashtool

rm-protection

rng-tools

Daemon to use hardware random number generators.

roccat-tools

s390-tools

A set of user space utilities that should be used together with the zSeries (s390) Linux kernel and device drivers

s6

s6-linux-init

s6-linux-utils

s6-portable-utils

s6-rc

salinfo

samefile

sandbox

sandbox'd LD_PRELOAD hack

sblim-cmpi-base

sblim-cmpi-fsvol

sblim-gather

sc-controller

schedule

sdparm

Utility to output and modify parameters on a SCSI device, like hdparm

secilc

sed

Super-useful stream editor

seeker

selinux-python

semodule-utils

sensei-raw-ctl

servicelog

Provides utilities for logging service-related events

setserial

Configure your serial ports with it

sfind

sg3_utils

Apps for querying the sg SCSI interface

shadow

Utilities to deal with user accounts

sift

simso

skiller-ctl

slocate

smartmontools

control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.)

sparc-utils

Various sparc utilities from Debian GNU/Linux

spu-tools

CELL spu ps and top alike utilities

starter

strerror

stroke

superiotool

Utility for detection of SuperIO chips

syscriptor

Program that displays information about your hardware

sysd

syslog-notify

Notifications for syslog entries via libnotify

systemd

systemd-amavisd-milter

systemd-custom-timer

systemd-dovecot-timer

systemd-opendmarc

systemd-pure-ftpd

systemd-readahead

systemd-rmilter

systemd-shim

systemd-swap

systemd-sysv-utils

systemd-user-units

sysvinit

/sbin/init - parent of all processes

tboot

tcp-wrappers

TCP Wrappers

temerge

texinfo

the_silver_searcher

timelimit

timer_entropyd

A timer-based entropy generator

tmpfs

tog-pegasus

tomoyo-tools

TOMOYO Linux tools

toybox

tuned

tuxonice-userui

User Interface for TuxOnIce

uam

Simple udev-based automounter for removable USB media

ubox

ubuntu-app-launch

ubuntu-keyring

ubus

ucg

uci

ucspi-proxy

A proxy program for two connections set up by a UCSPI server and a UCSPI client.

ucspi-ssl

Command-line tools for building SSL client-server applications.

ucspi-tcp

Collection of tools for managing UNIX services

ucspi-unix

A ucspi implementation for unix sockets

udevil

uksmstat

uksmtools

ultracopier

Advanced file copying tool

unscd

simple & stable nscd replacement

upstart

Event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon.

ureadahead

usb-modeswitch

usb-modeswitch-data

usbguard

usbguard-applet

usbmon

Userland for USB monitoring framework

usbredir

usbutils

USB enumeration utilities

usb_modeswitch

USB_ModeSwitch is a tool for controlling 'flip flop' (multiple devices) USB gear like UMTS sticks.

user-session-units

userchroot

usermode

usermode-utilities

Tools for use with Usermode Linux virtual machines

utempter

App that allows non-privileged apps to write utmp (login) info

util-linux

Various useful Linux utilities

v86d

A daemon to run x86 code in an emulated environment.

vbetool

Run real-mode video BIOS code to alter hardware state (i.e. reinitialize video card)

vbtracetool

watchdog

A software watchdog

which

Prints out location of specified executables that are in your path

wsmancli

x86info

Dave Jones' handy, informative x86 CPU diagnostic utility

xinetd

powerful replacement for inetd

xlightframe

xlogin

xlsh

xmbmon

Mother Board Monitor Program for X Window System

xorg-gtest

xorg-launch-helper

yaourt

yarn

yum

automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems

zidrav4unix

zorroutils

Zorro bus utility for Amigas running 2.1 and later kernels

zram-utils

0install

help2man

pmount-gui

32bit_chroot

hexdump-esr

policycoreutils

915resolution

hidesvn

portage

9mount

highway

powermated

abi-wrapper

hotplug2stdout

powerpc-utils

accountsservice

hponcfg

prctl

ack

hprofile

prefix-chain-utils

acl

hw-probe

preload

adjtime

hwdata-gentoo

procd

afulnx

hwdata-redhat

progress

agedu

hwids

proot

aix-miscutils

hwinfo

pv

AMDOverdriveCtrl

hwloc

pyrenamer

anything-sync-daemon

hwsetup

qcontrol

apmd

hxdump

qdirstat

apparmor

i2c-tools

qdiskusage

apparmor-utils

ibm-powerpc-utils

qingy

apply-default-acl

ibm-powerpc-utils-papr

raidutils

apt

idle3-tools

ranwhen

arch-install-scripts

ifd-gempc

raspberrypi-utilities-armv6

arch-iuse-test

ifd-okrfid

razercfg

arrayprobe

ifplugd

rcopy

ataidle

illum

readahead-list

attr

inetutils

readahead-royale

audio-entropyd

initscripts-fedora

remendeko

baobab

input-utils

remote-login-service

bar

install-xattr

rename

baselayout

intel-performance-counter-monitor

renameutils

baselayout-java

inxi

rescan-scsi-bus

baselayout-prefix

iostat

restartd

baselayout-systemd

iotools

restorecond

bd

ipmitool

rhash

become

ipmiutil

rigo-daemon

binfind

ipmiview

rindeal-base-system-settings

biosdevname

iproute-mptcp

ripgrep

biosdisk

iproute2

rkflashkit

bleachbit

ipssend

rkflashtool

bootutils

irqbalance

rm-protection

bpkg

irqd

rng-tools

bubba-install

isapnptools

roccat-tools

bubblewrap

iucode_tool

s390-tools

busybox

jchroot

s6

byld

jshon

s6-linux-init

calculate-lib

jsonpipe

s6-linux-utils

calculate-server

kbd

s6-portable-utils

calculate-toolkit

kernelat

s6-rc

calculate-utils

kernelconfig

salinfo

can-utils

kexec-tools

samefile

cantools

keyboard-configuration-helpers

sandbox

cciss_vol_status

keyexec

sblim-cmpi-base

ccs-tools

keyutils

sblim-cmpi-fsvol

cfnrename

klogripper

sblim-gather

cgroup-helper

kmod

sc-controller

checkpolicy

kmscon

schedule

checkservice

kpatch

sdparm

chname

ksmtuned

secilc

cinit

ksm_preload

sed

ckbcomp

laptasus

seeker

clib

lcdsplash

selinux-python

click

lcdtest

semodule-utils

clrngd

lcdutils

sensei-raw-ctl

cobalt-panel-utils

less

servicelog

collectl

lfsb

setserial

conspy

libcec-daemon

sfind

cookbug

libertine

sg3_utils

coreutils

libfind

shadow

cpi

libhbalinux

sift

cpint

libtsm

simso

cpu-x

likwid

skiller-ctl

cpuid

linux-ftools

slocate

cracklib-words

linux-misc-apps

smartmontools

daemonize

lkcdutils

sparc-utils

daisydog

lmctfy

spu-tools

darwin-miscutils

lms

starter

data-science-toolbox

lm_sensors

strerror

dbus

lnxhc

stroke

dcfldd

logwatch

superiotool

dchroot

lomoco

syscriptor

ddcxinfo-knoppix

lsadb

sysd

ddcxinfo-knoppix-bin

lsb-release

syslog-notify

debianutils

lshw

systemd

diffutils

lssbus

systemd-amavisd-milter

dkms-gentoo

lsusb-apple

systemd-custom-timer

dmapi

maemo-flasher35

systemd-dovecot-timer

dmd

magic-pax

systemd-opendmarc

dmidecode

magneto-core

systemd-pure-ftpd

dnotify

makedev

systemd-readahead

dog

makedev-gentoo

systemd-rmilter

dstat

makedumpfile

systemd-shim

dtc

man

systemd-swap

duc

man-db

systemd-sysv-utils

e4rat

man-pages

systemd-user-units

ec2-shim

man-pages-fortran

sysvinit

ed

man-pages-linux-kernel-api

tboot

edac-utils

man-pages-posix

tcp-wrappers

elfix

man2html

temerge

entropy

manfind

texinfo

entropy-server

mawk

the_silver_searcher

entropybroker

mcstrans

timelimit

epoch

mdp

timer_entropyd

etckeeper

MegaCli

tmpfs

ethtool

memtest86

tog-pegasus

evrouter

memtest86+

tomoyo-tools

fakechroot

memtester

toybox

fakeroot

metastore

tuned

fakeroot-ng

microcode-ctl

tuxonice-userui

fbset

miller

uam

file

minised

ubox

findpat

miscfiles

ubuntu-app-launch

findutils

mlocate

ubuntu-keyring

firejail

mmc-utils

ubus

firejail-lts

modutils

ucg

firetools

more

uci

fix-gnustack

moreutils

ucspi-proxy

fjinit

most

ucspi-ssl

fkill-cli

mount-gtk

ucspi-tcp

flashbench

mouseemu

ucspi-unix

flashrom

msr-tools

udevil

flock

mtree

uksmstat

fm-system

nawk

uksmtools

fr-bepo-keymap

nca

ultracopier

frandom

net-tools

unscd

fsearch

netboot-base

upstart

fstrimDaemon

netkit-base

ureadahead

fwcrv

netloc

usb-modeswitch

fwts

netplug

usb-modeswitch-data

fwup

newrelic-sysmond

usbguard

fwupd

nix

usbguard-applet

fwupdate

noexec

usbmon

fxload

nse

usbredir

gawk

nvme-cli

usbutils

gcp

nvramtool

usb_modeswitch

gentoo-functions

omnikey-pcsc-syncapi

user-session-units

gentoo-systemd-integration

oneshot

userchroot

getpir

oolite

usermode

gnome-disk-utility

openrc

usermode-utilities

gpet

openrc-runhooks-plugin

utempter

gpio

openrc-wrapper

util-linux

gprename

opentmpfiles

v86d

gptfdisk

openwsman

vbetool

gpu-detector

osinfo-db

vbtracetool

gpu-switch

osinfo-db-tools

watchdog

gradm

package-query

which

grep

pacman

wsmancli

grepcidr

paludis

x86info

groff

pause

xinetd

groff-utf8

paxctl

xlightframe

gscanbus

paxctld

xlogin

gsmartcontrol

paxopen

xlsh

guix

pciutils

xmbmon

guix-bin

pcmciautils

xorg-gtest

hardened-shadow

pcsc-lite

xorg-launch-helper

hardinfo

pcsc-slb-rf72-drv

yaourt

hasp

pcsc-tools

yarn

haveged

perc-cerc-apps

yum

hbaapi

petty

zidrav4unix

hd-idle

pkgcore

zorroutils

hdparm

pmount

zram-utils

heirloom-tools