Linux Utilities

Personal reference list of Linux programs and packages – biased to my work, interests, and needs when setting-up Linux boxes.

Approximately 1.3k programs (1% of Ubuntu repo), arranged alphabetically.

Sources

Ubuntu repository, GitHub, SourceForge, vendor websites.
Collated over a number of years from Linux magazines, web searches, and repo hunting.

Notes

A tick in the repo column means the package should exist in the main Ubuntu repo. Nevertheless, some packages can be hidden away – these are marked with 'use apt' (apt search <pkg> to search and sudo apt install <pkg> to install).

Some of the programs listed are included by default with Ubuntu-based distros. Nevertheless, they remain, since on some distro installs they are curiously absent.

Ubuntu repo search

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package	description	repo	URL	notes
0xtools	/proc/ profiler	✖️	0xtools
p7zip	file archiver	✔️	7-Zip	also p7Zip-full
abcde	CD ripper	✔️	ABCDE
abiword	lightweight wordprocessor	✔️
abricotine	Markdown editor	✖️	Abricotine
acl	ACL utilities	✔️
adb	Android Debug Bridge	✔️
aescrypt	cross-platform file encryption	✖️	AESCrypt
afick	file integrity notifier	✖️	AFICK
afl	fuzzer	✔️	AFL Google's
aide	host-based IDS	✔️
aircrack-ng	wireless cracker	✔️	aircrack-ng
alacritty	GPU-accelerated CLI emulator	✖️	alacritty
alien	.rpm to .deb converter	✔️
amass	attack surface mapper	✖️	Amass
ananicy	nice-ness daemon	✖️	Ananicy
anbox	Android runtime	✖️	anbox
anjuta	C/C++ editor	✔️
anki	flashcards	✖️	Anki repo
ansible	alternative to Puppet/Chef	✔️		only dependencies are Python/SSH; pip install ansible
ansifilter	remove control codes	✖️	Ansifilter
antimony	CAD modeller	✖️	Antimony
antiword	Word files converted to text/PS/PDF	✔️
apachetop	top for Apache	✔️		use apt
apfs-fuse	FUSE driver for mounting Apple filesystem	✖️	apfs-fuse
apktool	reverse engineer Android apk files	✔️
apostrophe	Markdown editor	✖️	Apostrophe
appimagecraft	AppImage builder	✖️	appimagecraft
appimagelint	AppImage checker	✖️	appimagelint
appimagepool	AppImageHub Client	✖️	AppImagePool
aqemu	Qemu + KVM GUI	✔️
arandr	GUI for xrandr (X settings)	✔️
ardour	audio editor	✔️
arecabackup	backup	✖️	Areca Backup	Java-based
argus	IP network transaction auditor	✔️
argyll	monitor colour callibrator	✔️		GUI is dispcalgui
arista	media converter	✔️	Arista Transcoder
arp-scan	ARP scanner/fingerprinting	✔️
arpwatch	Ethernet MAC address monitor	✔️
artha	offline thesaurus	✔️
asciinema	terminal recorder	✔️	asciinema repo	asciinema rec >> exit
astyle	code formatter	✔️	Artistic Style	C/C++/Java; good for other langs too
asunder	CD ripper	✔️	Asunder
athena-jot	data generator	✔️
atril	MATE PDF viewer	✔️
attr	filesystem extended attribute utils	✔️
audacious	music player	✔️	Audacious
audacity	sound editor	✔️
aview	images to ASCII art	✔️
auditd	user auditing	✔️		auditctl, aureport, ausearch, autrace
aura	background setter	✖️	Aura
automater	webhost look-up	✖️		extensive look-up
auto-cpufreq	laptop power manager	✖️	auto-cpufreq
automysqlbackup	periodic backups of MySQL DBs	✔️
autossh	auto restart SSH sessions	✔️
autotrash	purge trash files	✔️
avahi-daemon	discover hosts	✔️		name instead of IP
avidemux	video editor/converter	✖️		for quick edits to single video clip
awffull	weblog analyser	✔️		localhost-based
axel	CLI download accelerator	✔️
azpainter	image editor	✖️	AzPainter	16-bit colours
b2	BBC Micro emulator	✖️	b2
babeltrace	trace conversion	✔️
babe-qt	tiny Qt music player	✖️	babe-qt
backerupper	tar.gz backups	✖️	Backerupper	allows file exclusion
backintime	backup tool	✔️	backintime
bacon	BASIC to C converter	✖️	BaCon
bacula	backup	✔️
bandwhich	TUI bandwidth utilisation	✖️	bandwhich
bandwidthd	track network usage	✔️		HTML/image output
bashate	Bash script linter	✔️
bashtop	resource monitor	✖️	bashtop	see bpytop
bat	cat on steroids	✖️	bat
beast	music synthesis	✔️
bed	daemon vulnerability checker	✖️	bed
bench	CLI benchmark tool	✖️	bench
bfbtester	EXE brute-force tester	✔️
billreminder	bill reminders	✖️	Bill Reminder
binary-analyser	analyse binaries	✖️	Binary Analyser
bing-ip2hosts	enumerate hostnames via Bing	✔️
binstats	binary stats	✔️		overview of installed binaries
binwalk	binary file searcher	✔️	binwalk	sub-files + code
birdfont	font editor	✖️	BirdFont
bit	Git CLI client	✖️	bit
blast	API load tester	✖️	blast
bleachbit	system cleaner	✔️
bless	GUI hex editor	✔️
blip	MySQL monitor	✖️	blip repo
bluelog	Bluetooth scanner	✖️
blueman	GUI for Bluetooth	✔️
bluemon	de/activate programs on Bluetooth link quality	✔️
bluetooth	Bluetooth support	✔️
bluez	Bluetooth tools	✔️
bmon	bandwidth monitor	✔️
bonzomatic	shader coding tool	✖️	Bonzomatic
bookworm	eBook reader	✖️	Bookworm
boostchanger	CPU controller	✖️	boostchanger
bootchart	boot time analyser	✔️
bootiso	ISO to USB booter	✖️	bootiso
borgbackup	CLI backup tool	✔️		uses compression and encryption
boxbackup-client	Box backup	✔️	boxbackup	rsync-like and encrypted
boxbackup-server	Box backup	✔️	boxbackup
bpfcc-tools	eBPF tools	✔️
bpytop	resource monitor	✖️	bpytop
brandy	BBC Micro emulator	✔️
brasero	ISO burner	✔️
bridge-utils	configure Ethernet bridge	✔️
broadband-speed		✖️	speedtest-cli
brutex	combine WFuzz/Hydra to brute-force ports	✖️	BruteX
btop	resource monitor	✔️	btop
btproxy	MITM Bluetooth analysis	✖️	btproxy
btscanner	scanner for Bluetooth devices	✔️
buku	browser-independent bookmark manager	✖️	Buku
bum	bootup manager	✔️		also sysv-rc-conf
bvi	hex editor	✔️		vi-like
bwm-ng	CLI bandwidth monitor	✔️
byobu	screen command manager/multiplexer	✔️		through function keys
byzanz	small screencast creator	✔️
cadubi	ASCII art drawing	✔️
calibre	eBook converter/library	✔️
catfish	GUI file search using mlocate	✔️
catimg	CLI image viewer	✖️	catimg
cccc	C/C++ code analyser	✔️
ccextractor	subtitle extractor	✖️	CCExtractor
celestia	celestial simulator	✔️
cellwriter	handwriting recogniser	✔️
cfg2html	collect and display system config info	✖️	cfg2html
cflow	C source control flow analyser	✔️
cdparanoia	CD ripper	✔️
ccrypt	AES recursive file encrypter	✔️		overwrites files, passphrases allegedly unsalted
checkbashisms		✔️		in devscripts
checkinstall	installation tracker	✔️		source > package > install with package manager
checksecurity	basic security check	✔️
chaosreader	trace network sessions, export to HTML	✔️
cherrytree	notes organiser with 7-Zip encryption	✔️	CentOS version
chkrootkit	rootkit detector	✔️
chm2pdf	.chm to PDF converter	✔️
chntpw	change Windows SAM password	✔️
cinelerra	non-linear video editor	✖️
ckport	EXE function/call checker	✔️
claws-mail	GTK mail client	✔️
clementine	music player/streamer	✔️
cloaker	GUI file encryption	✖️	Cloaker
cloakify	text steganography tool	✖️	Cloakify
cloc	count lines of code	✔️	CLOC	most languages
clonezilla	HDD backup/cloner	✔️
cloudcompare	photo to 3D point map	✖️	CloudCompare
clusterssh	admin. simultaneous SSH shells	✔️
cmatrix	CLI Matrix	✔️
cmdlauncher	commands to GUI	✖️	CmdLauncher
cmospwd	CMOS/BIOS password recovery	✔️		pre-UEFI
cmsmap	CMS vulnerability scanner	✖️	CMSmap
cmus	CLI music player	✔️
cockpit	server manager web interface	✔️	Cockpit
cockpit-docker	Cockpit docker manager	✖️	cockpit-docker
codeblocks	C editor/IDE	✔️
codecounter	C/BASIC/web code counter	✖️	CodeCounter
codelite	C editor	✔️		PHP/JS/Python also supported
collectd, kcollectd	system stats harvester/monitoring daemon	✔️
collectl	collect performance data	✔️	Collectl
colordiff	colourise diff output	✔️
colorgrab	dropper	✖️	colorgrab
colorhug	colorimeter	✔️
conduit	sync tool for GNOME (files, bookmarks)	✔️
contextfree	image generator	✔️
converseen	batch image manipulator	✔️	Converseen	GUI for ImageMagick
convertall	unit converter	✔️
compiz	window and compositing manager	✔️
compizconfig-settings-manager	compiz config settings	✔️		screen inverter
conky	GUI system monitor	✔️
corectrl	hardware profile manager	✖️	CoreCtrl
cpu-g	GUI CPU analyser	✖️	CPU-G
cpu-x	GUI CPU/motherboard analyser	✖️	CPU-X
cpufetch	CLI CPU analyser	✖️	cpufetch
cpupower	CPU frequency manager	✖️
cppcheck	C code linter	✔️
cpuid	CPU info	✔️
cpulimit	limit process CPU usage	✔️
crazydiskmark	GUI disk benchmarker	✖️	crazydiskmark	ppa:fredcox-p/crazydiskmark
credcrack	credential harvester	✖️	CredCrack
croc	CLI file transfer	✖️	croc repo
crunch	password list generator	✔️
cryptcat	encrypted netcat	✔️		flaws?
cryptocat	encrypted IM	✖️	CryptoCat
cryptkeeper	GUI encfs for GNOME	✔️
cryptote	encrypted tabbed notes	✖️	Cryptote
cscope	C interactive checker	✔️
csvtool	CLI CSV file manipulator	✔️
ctags	C code indexing tool	✔️
ctop	TUI Docker container metrics	✖️	ctop	docker-ctop
cuda-z	CUDA-enabled GPU info	✖️	CUDA-Z
cudatext	code editor	✖️	CudaText
cups-pdf	print to PDF	✔️
curl	CLI transfer data	✔️
cutegram	IM	✖️	Cutegram
cvassistant	multiple CV manager	✖️	CVAssistant
curl-loader	HTTP benchmark	✖️	curl-loader
cutereport	report generator	✖️	CuteReport
cutter	GUI radare2 binary analyser/disassembler	✖️	cutter
cxref	C code to LaTeX/HTML	✔️
cyberfox	64-bit browser	✖️
cython	Python C extensions	✔️
dangerzone	document sanitiser	✖️	dangerzone
darkhttpd	tiny file server	✖️	Darkhttpd	34kB
darkstat	network traffic analyser	✔️	Darkstat
darktable	RAW images	✔️	Darktable, article
darling	Mac CLI Wine	✖️	Darling
datacleaner	database scanner	✖️
dateutils	CLI date/time utilities	✖️	Dateutils
davfs2	mount WebDAV resource	✔️
dban	disk destroyer	✖️	DBAN
dbbench	database benchmarking tool	✖️	dbbench
dbdeployer	MySQL database deployer	✖️	dbdeployer
dconf-editor	GUI dconf editor	✔️
dcraw	CLI RAW converter	✔️
ddd	GUI debugger for GDB etc	✔️		includes Python, Bash
ddrescue	data recovery tool	✔️		see gddrescue
deadbeef	music player	✖️	deadbeef repo
deadman	CLI website status checker	✖️	deadman	uses ping
debconf-utils	debconf utilities	✔️
deborphan	unused packages finder	✔️
debreate	Debian package manager	✖️	Debreate
debsums	package checksum comparisons	✔️
deen	data en-/decoding	✖️	deen
deja-dup	GUI backup tool using duplicity	✔️	DejaDup	GnuPG encryption, no compression
delve	Go debugger	✖️	delve
denyhosts	SSH protection	✔️
desktop-files-creator	.desktop file creator	✖️	desktop-files-creator
devicesinlan	LAN scanner	✖️	DevicesInLAN
devilspie2	run script upon window interaction	✔️	Devilspie2
devede	create DVDs/DVD menus	✔️
devscripts	Debian package maintenance	✖️
devtodo	CLI ToDo list	✔️
dh-autoreconf	autoreconf helper	✔️
dhcpcd	DHCP server for auto-configuring networking	✔️		sudo dhcpcd wlan0
dhcpdump	parse DHCP packets from tcpdump	✔️
dia	diagram editor	✔️
dialog	Bash dialog	✔️
diction	sentence style helper (en/de)	✔️
diffmerge	diff	✖️	DiffMerge
diffoscope	file/dir diff	✔️	diffoscope
diffpdf	PDF diff	✖️	diffpdf
difftree	compare directories	✖️	difftree
diffuse	file compare/merge	✔️
dify	image diff	✖️	dify
digikam	photo manager	✔️		KDE-based
ding	GUI dictionary	✔️
discourse	phpBB	✖️	Discourse
discover	automate pen test tasks	✖️	discover
dispcalgui	GUI for Argyll colour management	✔️
dissy	GUI for objdump	✔️
dive	Docker image explorer	✖️	dive
dmitry	server host info	✔️
dnsdiag	DNS testing tools	✖️	dnsdiag	pip3 install dnsdiag; dnsping, dnstraceroute, dnseval
dnsmasq-utils	manage DHCP leases	✔️
dnstracer	trace DNS queries to source	✔️
dnswalk	DNS debugger/nameserver lookup	✔️
docker	container runtime	✔️	Docker
docker-doc	Docker documentation	✔️
docker-registry		✔️
dog	DNS tool	✔️	dog
doggo	DNS tool	✖️	doggo
dolphie	MySQL monitor	✖️	dolphie repo
doona	daemon vulnerability	✖️
dos2unix	convert EOL chars	✔️		tofromdos may be better
downtimed	downtime monitor	✔️
doxygen	C/PHP auto-documenter	✔️
doxygen-doxywizard	config GUI for doxygen	✔️
dragit	GUI file transfer tool	✖️	dragit
drgeo	geometric sketcher	✔️
drive	CLI GDrive client	✖️	drive
droidcam	turn phone into PC webcam	✖️	droidcam
dsniff	network sniffer	✔️
dstat	resource stats tool	✔️	Dstat
dsvpn	Dead Simple VPN	✖️	dsvpn
dtrx	archive viewer/unpacker	✔️
duc	TUI/GUI disk usage analyser	✔️	Duc repo	use apt
duf	disk usage monitor	✖️	duf
dukto	LAN transfer tool	✖️	dukto
dupeguru	duplicate file finder	✖️	dupeGuru repo
duplicity	encrypted backup	✔️	Duplicity	built on rsync
dvdbackup	DVD ripper	✔️
e4defrag	ext4 defragger	✖️
earlyoom	faster OOM	✔️	earlyoom
easyeffects	equalizer	✔️	easyeffects	revamped PulseEffects
easy-rsa	certificate generator	✔️	repo doc AW	OpenVPN etc
easyssh	GUI SSH connection manager	✖️	easyssh
edotool	input device activity simulator	✖️	edotool
efiboots	boot manager	✖️	efiboots
eiciel	GUI ACL editor	✔️	Eiciel repo
eko	audio editor	✖️	Eko
elfparser	ELF analyser	✖️	ELF parser repo
elfutils	ELF utilities	✔️
emilpro	disassembler	✖️
emma	MySQL GUI client	✔️
encryptpad	text editor with encryption	✖️	EncryptPad
encryptr	SpiderOak note storage	✖️	Encryptr
engauge-digitizer	graph digitizer: extract nums	✔️
enscript	text converter PS/HTML/RTF	✔️
ent	entropy checker	✔️
entr	trigger actions on file change	✔️	Entr
eqonmize	financial app	✖️	Eqonmize
eric	Python IDE	✔️	Eric
espeak	text speaker + GUIs	✔️		GUI is gespeaker
etcher	ISO to USB	✖️	Etcher repo	Chrome-bloated
etckeeper	version control of /etc	✔️
etherape	GUI network monitor	✔️
ethtool	display/change Ethernet device settings	✔️
ethr	network performance analyser	✖️	ethr
etm	event and task manager	✖️	ETM
exa	colourful ls replacement	✖️	Exa repo
exelearning	authoring tool	✖️	eXeLearning	pps:exelearning/exelearning
exiftool	edit EXIF data	✔️	EXIFtool
exiv2	EXIF/metadata editor	✔️
exmplayer	GUI for MPlayer	✔️
extundelete	recover deleted files	✔️
f3	flash memory analyser	✖️	f3
fail2ban	set firewall rules for multiple wrong logins	✔️
falco	security tool	✖️	falco
fancontrol-gui	fan controller	✖️	fancontrol-gui
fatback	recover data from disks/USBs	✔️		fatback /dev/sdbx -o /recfiles -a
fatsort	FAT filesystem file sorter	✔️
fbcat	framebuffer grabber	✔️		outputs .ppm convert with ImageMagick
fcrackzip	ZIP cracker	✔️
fd-find	alternative find	✔️	fd
fdupes	compare files in two directories	✔️		uses hashes
featherpad	C++ editor	✖️	FeatherPad	few dependencies
fehashmac	CLI hasher	✖️	fehashmac
fern-wifi-cracker	GUI for aircrack	✖️
ffmpeg	media playing/conversion utility	✔️
ffuf	web fuzzer	✖️	ffuf
figlet	ASCII lettering from text	✔️
filefrag	file defragger	✖️
fileverifier	verify files	✖️
filezilla	FTP/SFTP	✔️
filezillasecure	Filezilla fork: multithreading	✖️	FileZillaSecure	no plaintext passwords version
finch	MySQL benchmarker	✖️	finch
findimagedupes	duplicate image finder	✔️
findmyhash	query multiple websites for hash	✖️	findmyhash
fio	flexible I/O tester	✔️
firejail	sandbox untrusted apps	✔️	firejail
firewalld	versatile firewall	✔️
fishsynch	sync files	✖️	Fish Synch
fiziko	pen-and-ink drawings from code	✖️	fiziko
flac	FLAC tools	✔️
flameshot	screenshot tool	✖️	flameshot
flashlight	auto info tool for pen tests	✖️	flashlight
flasm	dis/assembler for Flash bytecode	✔️
flatseal	GUI Flatpak permissions manager	✖️	Flatseal
flawfinder	C/C++ code checker	✔️		simpler than splint
flif	free lossless image format encoder	✖️	FLIF
flifcrush	FLIF image optimiser	✖️	flifcrush
flightgear	flight simulator	✔️	flightgear
flow	diagrams	✖️
flowblade	video editor	✔️	flowblade
fmap	web app vulnerabilities	✖️
focus	task reminder	✖️	Focus
focuswriter	word processor	✔️
fog	network computer cloning	✖️	FOG
fontfinder	GUI Google font browser	✖️	fontfinder
fontforge	font editor	✖️	FontForge
fonts-croscore	fonts for improved screen readability	✔️
fonts-crosextra-carlito	Calibri-compatible font	✔️
fonts-crosextra-caladea	Cambria-compatible font	✔️
font-manager	GNOME font manager	✔️
foremost	recover/extract files	✔️
forkstat	CLI process monitor	✔️
fotoxx	photo editor	✔️		good at editing, poor interface
fping	ICMP to network hosts	✔️
fpm	package converter	✖️	fpm
fracplanet	fractals	✔️
fractalnow	fast fractal generator	✔️
fraqtive	3D Mandelbrot/Julia	✔️
freac	audio encoder/ripper	✖️	freac repo
freebasic	BASIC compiler	✖️	FreeBASIC
freefilesynch	GUI folder compare and sync	✔️
freemind	mindmap editor	✖️	FreeMind	Java-based
freeplane	mindmap editor	✔️		Java-based
frescobaldi	sheet music editor	✔️
freshmemory	flashcards	✖️	Fresh Memory
frogr	Flickr uploader/organiser	✔️
fruitywifi	wireless network auditing tool	✖️	FruityWifi
fsarchiver	tar.gz alternative	✔️	fsarchiver
fsearch	file search	✖️	FSearch
fslint	problem file manager/cleaner	✔️
fsmon	file system monitor	✖️	fsmon
fswatch	file change monitor	✖️	fswatch
fswebcam	webcam	✔️		sudo fswebcam /dev/video0 x.jpg
ftrace	ELF function analyser	✖️	ftrace
funkload	web server benchmarker	✔️	FunkLoad	includes unit testing
fusil	fuzzer	✔️		collection of scripts
fuzz	fuzz EXEs with datastream input	✔️
fwbuilder	firewall admin GUI	✔️
fwlogwatch	firewall log analyser	✔️
fzf	TUI fuzzy finder	✔️	repo
g213colours	key colour customiser for G213 keyboard	✖️	G213Colors	requires python3-usb
gadmin-samba	GUI config for Samba	✔️
gadmin-rsync	GUI config for rsync	✔️
gadmin-openvpn-client	GUI config for OpenVPN	✔️
gadmin-openvpn-server	GUI config for OpenVPN	✔️
gajim	GPG Jabber client	✔️
gaupol	subtitles editor	✔️	gaupol
gamemode	optimise system performance on demand	✖️	gamemode
gatling	static page web server	✔️
gcad3d	CAD	✖️	gCAD3D
gcc	GNU C compiler	✔️
gcolor2	GUI colour picker	✔️		prefer GPick
gconf-editor	GConf editor	✔️
gdb	GNU debugger	✔️
gddrescue	dd drive/data recovery	✔️	ddrescue-gui	ppa:hamishmb/myppa
gdm	GNOME display manager	✔️
gdmap	visual HDD space usage	✔️
geany	code editor/IDE	✔️
gearlever	AppImage manager	✖️	gearlever
genisoimage	create CD/DVD images	✔️
gespeaker	GUI for eSpeak	✔️
gethead	HTTP header vulnerability tool	✖️	gethead
geeqie	GTK image viewer	✔️	Geeqie	good for multiple image comparison, sidecar files
gfio	GUI for fio	✔️
gfortran	GNU Fortran 95 compiler	✔️
gh-ost	MySQL trigger-less schema migrator	✖️	gh-ost
ghex	GUI hex viewer	✔️
ghostwriter	FocusWriter-like text editor	✖️	GhostWriter	Markdown default
giada	DJ tool	✖️
gifcurry	video editor for GIFs	✖️	gifcurry
gigolo	mount manager	✔️
gimp	image editor	✔️
gimp-dcraw	GIMP RAW plugin	✔️
gimp-ufraw	GIMP RAW importer	✔️
git	source control	✔️		git, git-gui, gitk, gitg, git-doc, git-extras
git-big-picture	Git branch visualisation	✔️
git-crypt	Git file encryption	✔️
git-extras	Git extensions	✔️
git-gui	Git GUI	✔️		git gui
git-repair	Git repo repair	✔️		use with git fsck and git gc
git-secrets	prevent sensitive data being committed	✖️	git-secrets
gitg	Git repo viewer	✔️
gitin	commit/branch/status explorer for Git	✖️	gitin
gitinspector	Git repo stat tool	✔️
gitk	Git repo browser	✔️
gitkraken	Git GUI	✖️	GitKraken
gkrellm	GUI system monitor	✔️
glade	GTK+ GUI creator	✔️
glances	top-like app (sophisticated)	✔️	Glances	also pip install glances
glchess	chess	✔️		uses Crafty engine; use apt
glogg	GUI logfile view/query	✔️	glogg
gmysqlcc	GUI MySQL client	✔️
gnofract	fractal generator	✖️		.deb SourceForge package; good images
gnome-battery-bench		✖️	GNOME Battery Bench
gnome-bluetooth	GNOME Bluetooth tools	✔️
gnome-boxes	manage remote/virtual systems	✔️
gnome-builder	GNOME app builder	✖️	Gnome Builder
gnome-disk-utility	manage disks/media	✔️
gnome-network-admin	GUI for whois/ping	✔️
gnome-rdp	remote desktop	✔️
gnome-system-monitor	GNOME monitor	✔️
gnome-tweak-tool	GNOME 3 editor	✔️
gnucash	finance manager	✔️
gnumeric	spreadsheet	✔️
gnupg2	GnuPG version 2	✔️
gnuplot	graphs	✔️		core
gnuplot-x11	graphics	✔️
gnuplot-qt	graphics	✔️
go-fuzz	fuzzer	✖️	go-fuzz
go-mysql	MySQL toolset	✖️	go-mysql
go-rsync	GUI for rsync	✖️	go-rsync
goaccess	CLI realtime logfile viewer	✔️	GoAccess repo	avoid distro repo; compile deps: libgeoip-dev, libncursesw5-dev
gobuster	directory, DNS, vhost buster	✖️	gobuster
gocryptfs	encrypted overlay filesystem	✖️	gocryptfs
golly	game of life simulator	✔️
googler	CLI Google search	✖️	googler
gosync	GDrive sync	✖️	GoSync
gotop	TUI system monitor	✖️	gotop
gotty	CLI application projected as web app	✖️	GoTTY
gource	source control visualisation tool	✔️
govie	movie utility	✖️	Govie
gpa	GUI for GnuPG	✔️
gparted	view/manage partitions	✔️
gpgdir	encrypt directories	✔️
gpgit	CLI GnuPG file encryption simplified	✖️	GPGit
gpg-tui	TUI GnuPG manager	✖️	gpg-tui repo
gphoto2	CLI digital camera processor	✔️
gpick	screen colour pick/palette/inverter	✔️
gping	CLI visual ping host	✖️	gping
gpm	mouse interface/copy-paste on CLI	✔️
gpt fdisk	GPT disk tools	✖️	GPT fdisk	also see gdisk in repo
gqrx	GUI radio receiver	✔️	Gqrx
grabber	web app scanner	✖️
graphviz	graph tools	✔️
graudit	grep rough source code audit	✖️	graudit
graylog	manage PC logfiles in one place	✖️	Graylog
grdesktop	GUI for rdesktop	✔️
grive2	GDrive syncer	✖️	Grive2
grsynch	GUI for rsync	✔️	Grsynch
grub-customizer	GUI GRUB editor	✖️	GRUB customizer
grv	CLI Git repo viewer	✖️	GRV
gscan2pdf	PDFs from scans	✔️
gsconnect	Android connector	✖️	GSConnect
gsettings	GNOME config CLI tool	✔️
gsmartcontrol	GUI for smartctl	✔️
gstm	GNOME SSH tunnel manager	✔️
gsync	GDrive syncer	✖️		pip install gsync
gtkam	GUI transfer from cameras	✔️
gtkhash	GUI hash calculator	✔️
gtg	GNOME ToDo organiser	✔️
gtkstresstesting	benchmarker	✖️	GtkStressTesting	utilises stress-ng
guake	multi-tabbed/multi-coloured CLI	✔️
guetzli	JPG encoder/compressor	✖️	guetzli
gufw	GUI for ufw	✔️
guitar	GUI Git client	✖️	Guitar
gvfs-backends	SMB browsing	✔️
haguichi	GUI for VPN app	✖️	Haguichi
handbrake	DVD ripper/video transcoder	✔️	HandBrake
hardinfo	hardware info	✔️
harvester	info harvester	✖️	theHarvester
HAI	hash algorithm identifier	✖️	Hash-Algorithm-Identifier
hash-identifier	identify hash	✖️	hash-identifier
haveged	random number generator	✔️
hdparm	tune HDD parameters	✔️
hdck	HDD/media diagnostics	✖️	hdck
health-check	process monitoring tool	✔️
heaptrack	heap memory profiler	✖️	heaptrack
heartbeat	high-availability servers	✔️
hegemon	TUI system monitor	✖️	hegemon
helm	music synthesizer	✖️	Helm
hexyl	CLI hex editor	✖️	hexyl
highlight	convert code to HTML/RTF	✔️
hnwatch	CLI news feed	✖️
homebank	finance manager	✔️
hopper	GUI disassembler	✖️	Hopper	proprietary, demo
hoptodesk	remote desktop	✖️	HopToDesk
horst	CLI WLAN analyser	✔️
hostmap	enumerate (v)hosts of IP	✖️	Hostmap
hottoe	sound control app	✖️	hottoe
hping3	TCP/IP packet generator	✔️
htmlq	CLI HTML stream processor	✖️	htmlq	jq for HTML
htop	hyper top	✔️
http-logs-analyzer	HTTP log analyser	✖️	http-logs-analyzer
httpdirfs	HTTP directory mounter	✖️	httpdirfs
httperf	HTTP benchmark	✔️
httping	HTTP pinger	✔️
httpry	HTTP logging and info	✔️
httpstat	HTTP request timer	✖️	httpstat
httptunnel	tunnels data in HTTP requests	✔️
httrack	copy websites	✔️
hugin	panorama stitcher + photo editor	✔️
hwinfo	hardware info	✔️		deprecated
hx	CLI hex editor	✖️	hx
hydra	GUI network brute-forcer	✔️
hydrogen	drum machine	✔️
hyperfine	CLI benchmark tool	✖️	hyperfine
i7z	Core CPU reporting	✔️
icinga	Nagios-like network monitor	✔️	Icinga
idle3	Python IDE	✔️
ifstat	interface statistics monitoring	✔️		vmstat-like
iftop	network interface usage	✔️
imagemagick	CLI image manipulator	✔️
imgp	image converter	✔️	imgp
i-nex	GUI system hardware lister	✖️	i-nex	similar to CPU-Z
incron	daemon for file system events	✔️
indent	C code formatter	✔️
indicator-cpufreq	change CPU frequency	✔️
infernal-twin	auto wireless hacking tool	✖️	infernal-twin
inguma	pentest framework	✖️
inkscape	vector imager	✔️
innotop	MySQL InnoDB monitor	✖️	innotop .deb	exists in CentOS EPEL
innotopgo	MySQL InnoDB monitor	✖️	innotopgo
inotify	monitor filesystem events	✔️		good for Samba folders
input-remapper	input device button mapper	✖️	input-remapper
input-utils	kernel input layer utilities	✔️		lsinput, input-events, input-kbd
instarecon	auto digital recon	✖️	instarecon	high level recon
intel-gpu-tools	intel_gpu_time, intel_gpu_top	✔️
inxi	system info	✔️
ioping	disk I/O latency tool	✔️	ioping
iotop	I/O monitor	✔️
ipcalc	parameter calculator for IPv4	✔️
iperf	network bandwidth performance	✔️
iperf3	network bandwidth performance	✔️
ipgrab	tcpdump-like, detailed header info	✔️		more explicit than tcpdump
iproute2	IP tools	✔️
ipsec-tools	IPsec utilities	✔️
ipset	tool for kernel IP sets	✔️
iptables-persistent	iptables set-up on boot	✔️		sudo service iptables-persistent start
iptraf	IP LAN monitor	✔️
ipython	enhanced Python shell and env	✔️
iridium	Chromium-based browser	✖️	Iridium	enhanced privacy over Chrome
iris	colour palette editor	✖️	Iris
isohybrid	DVD.iso > bootable from Flash	✔️
isomaster	CD/DVD image editor	✔️
jade	diagram editor	✖️	jade
java		✔️		apt-get install default-jre
jarte	lightweight wordprocessor (with .docx support)	✔️
jbit	6502 CPU simulator	✖️	JBit
jed	code editor	✔️
jedit	code editor	✔️
jnettop	network traffic monitor	✔️
jo	CLI JSON creator	✔️
joomscan	Joomla scanner	✖️
john	password cracker	✖️
johnny	GUI for john	✖️	johnny
joplin	notes/todo app	✖️	Joplin
jp2a	JPG to ASCII art	✔️
jpeginfo	JPG info/integrity	✔️
jq	CLI JSON stream processor	✔️
julia	fast math-oriented language	✔️	Julia
kaku	music player	✖️	Kaku
kamailio	SIP proxy	✔️	kamailio
kanboard	project manager	✖️	Kanboard
katoolin	auto install Kali Linux tools	✖️	katoolin
kazam	video screen recorder	✔️
kdecachegrind	PHP cache analyser	✖️
kdenlive	video editor	✔️		KDE
kdiskmark	GUI disk benchmarker	✖️	KDiskMark
keepassx	password vault	✔️
keepassxc	password vault	✖️	KeePassXC	revised KeePassX
kerkythea	renderer	✖️	Kerkythea
kexi	database GUI (MySQL/SQLite/PostgreSQL)	✖️	Kexi
kismet	wireless sniffer/monitor	✔️
kmon	TUI kernel module manager	✖️	kmon
knock	subdomain scanner	✖️	knock
knotter	Celtic knot app	✖️	Knotter info
kolormanager	X colour calibration	✖️	KolorManager
komodoedit	code editor	✖️
krita	image editor	✔️	Krita	hand-drawn focus
krop	PDF cropper/editor	✖️	Krop
ksnip	snipping tool	✖️	ksnip
kst	data plotting tool	✔️	Kst	kst2
kwipe	data eraser	✖️	KWipe repo	partition emphasis
lamaperia	printable maps from OpenStreetMap	✖️	Lamaperia
lame	MP3 encoder	✔️
landrop	LAN file transfer	✖️	LANDrop repo
lazagne	credentials recovery	✖️	LaZagne
lazpaint	image editor	✖️	LazPaint repo
lazydocker	TUI Docker manager	✖️	lazydocker
lazygit	TUI Git client	✖️	lazygit
lcrack	password cracker	✔️
lepton	JPG compressor	✖️	lepton
lftp	CLI FTP	✔️
libmarkdown-php	Markdown library	✔️
libre-menu-editor	desktop menu editor	✖️	libre-menu-editor
libreoffice-dbg	debugger	✔️
libssl-dev	OpenSSL libraries	✔️
libtomcrypt	crypto toolkit	✔️
libtree	ldd tree	✖️	libtree
liferea	GUI RSS	✔️
lightworks	video editor	✖️	LightWorks	720p only
lightzone	RAW editor	✖️	LightZone
linkchecker	website link checker	✔️
linklint	website link checker	✔️
linphone	Skype replacement	✔️		requires SIP account
linssid	GUI wireless scanner	✔️
linux-crashdump	kernel crashdump set-up	✔️
linux-firmware	drivers	✔️		apparently includes wireless drivers
linux-malware-detect	Linux malware detector	✖️	linux-malware-detect
linux-wifi-hotspot	GUI wireless hotspot tool	✖️	linux-wifi-hotspot
linuxrespin	distro builder	✖️	Linux Respin
lives	video editor	✔️		requires x264, gpac for decent output
lldpd	LLDP discovery daemon	✔️		discover LAN switches etc, lldpctl, lldpcli
lm-sensors	for sensors	✔️
lms	login manager settings	✖️	lms
lmms	audio editor	✔️
ln	vector image generator	✖️	ln
lnav	logfile reader with colour	✔️	lnav
localsend	file transfer	✖️	LocalSend
log2ram	RAM logger	✖️	log2ram
logcheck	logfile alerter	✔️
logisim	digital circuit designer	✖️	Logisim
logkeys	keylogger	✔️		!
logwatch	logfile analyser	✔️
lshw-gtk	lshw hardware GUI	✔️
lsscsi	list SCSI devices	✔️
lttng	program tracing	✔️		almost as powerful as SystemTap
luckybackup	rsync-based GUI backup	✔️
lynis	security auditor	✔️	Lynis
lyx	Latex WYSIWYG	✔️		500MB
lzop	fast compression	✔️
macchanger	spoof network card MAC	✔️
macchina	system info	✖️	Macchina
magicrescue	file recovery by filetype/header bytes	✔️
magic-wormhole	secure file transfer	✖️	magic-wormhole
mailutils	mail utilities	✔️
maltego	people-places analysis tool	✖️	Maltego	Java-based
maltrail	malicious traffic detector	✖️	maltrail
mandelbulber	3D Mandelbrot	✔️
mangl	GUI man page viewer	✖️	mangl
mariadb-server	MariaDB	✔️
mariadb-client	MariaDB	✔️
markdown	Markdown to HTML	✔️
marker	Markdown editor	✖️	Marker
masterpdfeditor	PDF editor	✖️	MasterPDFEditor	powerful but proprietary
mat2	metadata anonymiser	✔️		use apt; mat -d <file>
maths	maths problem solver	✖️	maths	ppa:nasc-team/daily
mattermost	team messaging	✖️	Mattermost
mcfly	CLI history manager	✖️	mcfly
md5deep	batch/recursive md5sum	✔️
mdadm	software RAID controller	✔️
medusa	router/network brute-forcer	✔️
meld	GUI sdiff	✔️
mermaid	Markdown diagrams	✖️	Mermaid
mesa-utils	MesaGL utilities	✔️
meshlab	triangular mesh creator	✔️
meshroom	3D photogrammetry/reconstruction	✖️	meshroom	requires Nvidia GPU/CUDA
metadata cleaner	metadata wiper	✖️	Metadata Cleaner	uses mat2
micro	CLI editor	✖️	micro repo
midori	lightweight browser	✔️
miller	terminal CSV viewer/processor	✖️	miller
mindforger	Markdown notebook/IDE	✖️	mindforger
minitube	native YouTube client	✔️
minuet	music trainer	✖️	minuet
missioncenter	system monitor	✖️	Mission Center
mitmproxy	MITM HTTP proxy	✔️
mixxx	audio mixer/editor	✔️
mlocate	for locate	✔️		if locate is missing
mmv	mass move/rename	✔️
mongodb	MongoDB	✔️		meta package; or pecl install mongo
monit	notify upon server log-ins	✖️
monitorix	GUI system monitor	✖️	Monitorix
moreutils	combine, errno, isutf8, parallel, zrun	✔️
most	advanced pager, includes colour, bin viewer	✔️
mp3diags	MP3 file analyser	✔️
mpd	music player daemon	✔️
mpg123	CLI MP3 player	✔️		decoding library very good
mplayer	CLI movie player	✔️
mps-youtube	YouTube music player	✔️	mps-youtube
mpv	CLI movie player	✔️		based on mplayer
mtools	multi-cast connection tester	✖️
mtr	ping and traceroute combined	✔️		also mtr-tiny
mtr-tiny	ping and traceroute combined	✔️
muffet	website link checker	✖️	muffet
multitail	splitscreen logfile viewer	✔️
mundus	home file cleaner	✖️
mupen64plus	N64 console emulator	✔️
musescore	music score editor	✔️
mycli	CLI MySQL client	✔️	mycli repo
mypaint	tablet-supporting paint program	✔️
mysql	MySQL database	✔️
mysql-utilities	MySQL	✔️
mysql-workbench	MySQL	✔️
mysqldiffchecker	MySQL instances diff	✖️	mysqlDiffChecker
mysql-shell	mysqlsh	✔️
mysqlshell-plugins	MySQL Shell Plugins	✖️	mysqlshell-plugins
mysqltuner	mysqld settings analyser	✔️	mysqltuner
mystatusgo	MySQL monitoring tool	✖️	myStatusgo
mytop	MySQL monitor	✔️
mz	versatile packet/network traffic generator	✔️
nagios-nrpe-server	Nagios component for remote server	✔️	Nagios
nanotts	speech synthesizer	✖️	NanoTTS
nast	CLI Wireshark	✔️
nasty	GnuPG password cracker	✔️
nbtscan	scan network for NetBIOS info (Samba)	✔️
ncdu	Ncurses disk usage viewer	✔️
ncrack	network cracker	✖️
ncrypt	CLI file encrypt	✖️	Ncrypt	only SHA-1 key hashing
ncursesfm	CLI file manager	✖️	ncursesFM
neofetch	system info	✔️	neofetch	use apt
nemo-fileroller	FileRoller for Nemo	✔️
netcat	TCP/IP Swiss army knife	✔️
netcatgui	GUI for netcat	✖️	netcatgui
net-creds	sniffs data from interface/pcap	✖️	net-creds
netdata	real-time performance monitor	✔️	netdata repo	:19999
netdiag	network diagnosis tools	✔️		trafshow, netwatch, statnet, tcpspray, tcpblast
netdiscover	active/passive network address ARP scanner	✔️
nethogs	bandwidth hog monitor	✔️
netperf	network benchmark	✔️
netplan	Ubuntu network manager	✔️
netrw	netcat-like, transport files over network	✔️
netsurf	lightweight browser	✔️
net-tools	network tools	✔️		ifconfig, route
netwag	GUI for netwox	✔️
netwox	networking utilities	✔️
neural-enhance	image enhancer	✖️	neural-enhance
newsboat	CLI RSS reader	✔️		also newsbeuter
nftables	netfilter firewall utility	✔️		nft
nginx	web/proxy server	✔️
ngrep	network traffic grep	✔️
nightingale	music player	✖️	Nightingale
nikola	static website generator	✔️
nikto	web server security scanner	✔️
nipper-ng	security analysis of switches/routers	✖️
nitroshare	cross-platform network file transfer	✖️	NitroShare repo
nixnote	Evernote client	✖️	NixNote
nload	network load	✔️		use apt
nltk	NLP for Python	✔️
nmap	network scanner	✔️
nmapsi4	GUI for NMap	✔️
nmcli	CLI for NetworkManager	✔️
nmon	network/CPU/disk performance	✔️
nohang	low memory handler	✖️	nohang
nomacs	image viewer	✔️	nomacs	good for image comparison via sync
notepadqq	code editor	✖️	Notepadqq
notepas	code editor	✖️
notes-up	editor supporting Markdown	✖️	Notes-up	PDF export
novelwriter	text editor	✖️	novelWriter repo
npkill	Node.js module remover	✖️	npkill
npm	Node.js package manager	✔️
nstreams	tcpdump output analyser	✔️
ntfs-3g	NTFS driver	✔️	NTFS-3G	r/w
ntfsfix	fix NTFS	✖️
ntfsundelete	recover NTFS files	✔️
ntfy	push notifier	✖️	ntfy
ntop	top network users	✔️
nuttcp	network performance measurement	✔️
nutty	network utility	✖️	Nutty repo	ppa:bablu-boy/nutty.0.1
nvidia-smi	NVidia GPU management CLI	✖️
nvtop	GPU monitor	✖️	nvtop
obnam	incremental daily backups with SFTP/GnuPG support	✔️
obs	video recording/livestreaming	✖️	OBS
obsidian	Markdown mindmap tool	✖️	obsidian
oclint	C/C++/ObjC static code analyser	✖️	OCLint repo
ocrfeeder	OCR text scanner	✔️
ocrmypdf	OCR PDF files	✔️
octave	numerical computation library and GUI	✔️		Matlab-like
od2txt	ODT to text converter	✔️
oletoy	file format analyser	✖️	re-lab
olive	video editor	✖️	olive repo
omd	Nagios fork	✖️	OMD	easier set-up than Nagios
onedrive-d	OneDrive sync	✖️	onedrive-d
onetime	one-time pad	✔️
onionshare	secure communications	✖️	onionshare
oolite	Elite game	✔️	Oolite
openarena	Quake-like FPS	✔️
openrgb	hardware RGB lighting manager	✖️	OpenRGB
openshot	video editor	✔️		good all rounder, requires Frei0r-plugins
opensnitch	outgoing network connections manager	✖️	opensnitch
openssh-server	OpenSSH	✔️
openvpn	VPN	✔️
opera	browser	✔️		use apt
oprofile	system profiler	✔️
optipng	optimise PNGs	✔️
orca	screenreader	✔️
orchestrator	MySQL replication manager	✖️	orchestrator
osync	rsync simplifier	✖️	osync
outrun	delegate tasks to remote machines	✖️	outrun
p0f	passive OS fingerprinting tool	✔️		quieter than NMap
pack	password analyser	✖️
packit	network injection/capture tool	✔️
packeth	GUI Ethernet packet generator	✔️
packetsender	GUI packet generator	✖️	Packet Sender
pamix	PulseAudio mixer	✖️	PAmix
pandoc	DOCX/RTF/HTML/Markdown converter	✔️	Pandoc
panwriter	Markdown editor	✖️	panwriter	tight integration with pandoc
paper-clip	PDF metadata editor	✖️	paper-clip
parallel	multi-threaded Bash scripts	✔️		in moreutils
parted	disk partitioner	✔️		creates GPT partitions, but does not resize
passwordsafe	password vault	✔️	Password Safe
patator	multi brute-forcer	✔️	patator
pavucontrol	PulseAudio volume control	✔️		independently adjust audio streams
pax-utils	ELF checking utilities	✔️		dumpelf, scanelf, lddtree, pspax etc
pbnj	monitor network changes	✔️
pdfbooklet	PDF printer	✖️	PDFbooklet
pdfcrack	PDF password cracker	✔️
pdfedit	PDF editor	✔️		good at text, no image editing
pdfgrep	PDF search	✔️	PDFgrep
pdfmod	PDF editor	✔️		simple but good: edit meta data, remove page, extract page
pdfresurrect	PDF analyser	✖️	pdfresurrect
pdnsd	proxy DNS server	✔️
pdfmixtool	PDF editor	✖️	pdfmixtool repo
pdftk	PDF tool	✔️
pdftotext	PDF to text	✔️		in poppler-utils
peazip	multi-zip GUI and converter	✖️	PeaZip
pemcracker	PEM cracker	✖️	pemcracker
pentbox	security and stability tester	✖️
percona-toolkit	MySQL toolkit	✔️
perf	performance analysis tools	✔️		in linux-tools-common
perf-tools-unstable	perf helper tools by Brendan Gregg	✔️		iosnoop, iolatency, uprobe
perforator	perf extender	✖️	perforator
pewpew	server stress tester	✖️	pewpew
pgadmin3	GUI admin for PostgresSQL	✔️
pgpdump	GnuPG/PGP file visualiser	✔️
phatch	batch image converter	✔️
phoronix	benchmark suite	✖️	Phoronix
photoflare	image editor	✖️	PhotoFlare
photorec	file recovery tool	✖️	photorec
php7cc	PHP 7 incompatible code detector	✔️
php-markdown	PHP Markdown renderer	✔️
php-codesniffer	phpcs in CLI	✔️
phplint	PHP linter	✖️	phplint
phpunit	PHP unit test suite	✔️		not Mr Bergmann's PHPUnit
phrasendrescher	SSH dictionary attacker	✖️		pd ssh -d pass.txt -t <IP> -v)
pic	graphics programming language	✖️	piC
picard	audio file manager	✔️
pigz	multi-threading GZIP	✔️
pingnoo	ping analyser	✖️	pingnoo
pinta	Paint.net clone	✔️
piper	mouse config	✖️	piper
pitivi	video editor	✔️		suitable for: clips to combine, add audio track, filter
pixelorama	sprite editor	✖️	Pixelorama
pktstat	resolve packet details/connections	✔️
playonlinux	Microsoft games through Wine	✔️
playshell	CLI media player	✖️	playshell
plecast	Wordpress plugin analyser	✖️
plumecreator	book writing editor	✖️
pmd	source code analyser	✖️	PMD	Java-based
pmount	mount removable devices as normal user	✔️
png2svg	PNG to SVG	✖️	png2svg
pngcrush	PNG compressor	✔️
pnpm	leaner Node.js package manager	✖️	pnpm
pnscan	multi-threaded port scanner	✔️
polygen	random sentences from grammar definitions	✔️
portainer	GUI Docker manager	✖️	portainer
portdog	port scan detector	✖️	PortDog
portsentry	port scan detector	✔️
postgresql	PostgreSQL	✔️
potamus	music player using directories	✖️	Potamus
povray	CLI raytracer	✔️
powertop	power consumption analyser	✔️
ppa-purge	disable a PPA	✔️
preload	adaptive binary preloader	✔️
prelockd	memory/OOM tool	✖️	prelockd
prettyeq	PulseAudio equaliser	✖️	prettyeq
printer-driver	various drivers	✔️
privoxy	SOCKS requests to HTTP requests	✔️		block UDP leaks in Tor
procdump	create core dumps of apps	✖️	ProcDump
procenv	show process environment	✔️	procenv
processing	programming language	✖️
procinfo	socklist, lsdev, system stats from /proc	✔️
profile-sync-daemon	move browser profiles to RAM	✖️	profile-sync-daemon	systemd
prometheus.io	Nagios replacement for microservices	✖️	Prometheus
prowler	AWS security tool	✖️	prowler
proxychains	redirect connections through proxy servers	✔️
psad	port scan detector	✔️		from iptables
psensor	temperature sensors GUI	✔️
pspp	statistical analysis	✔️	PSPP	SPSS replacement
pst-utils	read Microsoft Outlook .pst files	✔️		.pst to .mbox
pstop	MySQL top from perf schema	✖️	ps-top
publican	docbook XML publisher	✔️
puddletag	music file tag editor	✔️
pulseeffects	equalizer for PulseAudio apps	✖️	pulseeffects	ppa:yunnxx/gnome3
putty	PuTTY for Linux	✔️
pv	pipe view meter	✔️		benchmark SSH etc
pwgen	password generator	✔️
pychecker	Python error checker	✔️
pylint	Python code static checker	✔️
pylint3	Python 3 code static checker	✔️
pypy	Python JIT compiler	✔️
pyrenamer	mass file renamer	✔️
pyrit	GPU WPA2 wireless cracker	✔️
python3-csvkit	CSV utilities	✔️
python3-enigma	Enigma machine library	✔️	Py-Enigma
python3-matplotlib	plotting system	✔️
python3-pip	Python 3 package installer	✔️
python3-psutil	psutil	✔️		access reporting tools
python3-usb	Python 3 USB interface	✔️
python-evdev	generic input event interface	✔️
python-mysqldb	Python MySQL API	✔️
python-pip	Python installer	✔️		apt-get install python3-pip
python-setuptools		✔️		needed for python-mysqldb
qalc	CLI calculator	✔️
qemu	processor emulator	✔️		apt-get install kvm qemu-kvm qemu-kvmextras
qemu-kvm	multiple virtual PCs	✔️
qjournalctl	GUI for systemd's journalctl	✖️	qjournalctl
qmmp	music player	✔️
qownnotes	notepad with Markdown	✖️	QOwnNotes
qmplay2	video/YouTube player	✖️	QMPlay2	GPU acceleration; good options
qpdf	CLI PDF editor	✖️	QPDF
qrencode	QR generator	✔️		qrencode -o f.png 'txt' # -s height of pixel, -l H highest level of error correction
qtox	encrypted chat	✖️	qTox
qtpfsgui	HDR tonemapper	✔️
qtqr	GUI QR generator	✔️
qtractor	audio/MIDI multitrack sequencer	✔️
qtvirtmanager	virtual hosts manager	✖️	qt-virt-manager
quetoo	Quake2 remake	✖️	quetoo
quiterss	RSS reader	✔️		uses WebKit
qupzilla	lightweight Chromium-based browser	✔️
rabbitvcs	SVN GUI	✔️
radamsa	general purpose fuzzer	✖️	radamsa
radeon-profile	Radeon GPU profiler	✖️	radeon-profile
radeontop	Radeon GPU top	✔️
rand	random character generator	✔️
rapidscan	web vulnerability Scanner	✖️	rapidscan
rapidsvn	SVN GUI	✔️
rarcrack	RAR cracker	✖️	rarCrack
rare	CLI regex parser	✖️	rare
raspiraw	RaspPi RAW processing	✖️	raspiraw
ratproxy	passive web app security assessor	✔️
rats	rough auditing tool for security	✔️
rawtherapee	RAW file editor	✔️	RawTherapee
rclone	rsync for cloud drives	✖️	RClone repo
rclonebrowser	GUI for rclone	✖️	RcloneBrowser
rcrack	cracker via rainbow tables	✖️
rdiff-backup	remote incremental backup	✔️
realvnc	remote desktop client	✔️
reaver	router WPS PIN brute-forcer	✔️
recoll	desktop/network GUI search engine	✔️
recsveditor	CSV editor	✖️	reCsvEditor	Java-based
rednotebook	calendar and notebook	✔️	RedNotebook
redshift	diurnal screen colour temp adjuster	✔️		deps: Geoclue-2.0
redshift-gtk	GUI for redshift	✔️
reformat	text formatter	✔️		line length, margin
remarkable	Markdown editor	✖️	Remarkable	deps: python3-markdown, python3-bs4, wkhtmltopdf
remmina	Gnome GUI remote desktop client	✔️
remmina-plugin-vnc	VNC plugin for Remmina	✔️
remnux	Linux malware analyser	✖️	REMnux
retext	ReText/Markdown editor	✔️	Retext
retroshare	encrypted IM/filesharing	✖️	RetroShare
rdesktop	CLI remote desktop client	✔️		grdesktop for GUI
recode	file charset conversion	✔️
recoverjpeg	recover JPGs/MOVs	✔️		from SD card
regexxer	file regex view and replace	✔️
richochet	Tor chat	✖️	richochet
rig	random person id generator	✔️
rkhunter	rootkit hunter	✔️
rmlint	dups and cruft remover	✖️	rmlint repo
rnd64	multi-threaded random data generator	✖️	RND64
rng-tools	daemon to use hardware TRNG	✔️		includes rngtest
rooster	CLI password manager	✖️	rooster	scrypt, AES-256, HMAC-SHA256
rosaimagewriter	USB Flash tool	✖️
rosegarden	music editor	✔️
rsmangler	word permutations	✖️
rsnapshot	filesystem snapshot	✔️
rssh	restricted shell	✔️		give user only: scp, sftp, rsync
rst2pdf	ReText to PDF	✔️
rsyncrypto	rsync encryption	✔️
rtgen	rainbow table generator	✖️		rtgen md5 loweralpha-numeric 1 5 0 3800 33554432 0
ruby	Ruby interpreter	✔️		irb
rustbuster	web fuzzer	✖️	rustbuster
rustc	Rust compiler	✖️
rustdesk	remote desktop	✖️	rustdesk repo
rymdport	encrypted file sharing	✖️	rymdport
s-tui	CLI hardware monitor	✖️	s-tui repo
samhain	IDS	✔️
sampler	CLI visualisation tool	✖️	sampler
sane	document scan tools	✔️
sane-airscan	SANE network scanner	✖️	sane-airscan
savedesktop	desktop config save	✖️	SaveDesktop
sbackup	simple backup	✔️
scalpel	file recovery/data carver	✔️	scalpel
scamper	network measurement tool	✔️
scrcpy	Android screen connector	✔️	scrcpy
screenruler	pixel ruler	✔️
screenstudio	screencast creator	✖️	ScreenStudio
scribus	desktop publisher/PDF editor	✔️
scrypt	encryption utility	✔️	scrypt
secure-delete	wipe files/swap/memory	✔️
sendemail	CLI email client	✔️
sendmail	mail agent	✔️
sentry	brute-force blocker	✖️	sentry
sfk	comprehensive file utilities	✖️	Swiss File Knife
sg3-utils	SCSI utilities	✔️
shellcheck	Bash lint	✔️	ShellCheck
shellnoob	shell code generator	✖️	shellnoob
shellpic	preview images in SSH	✖️	shellpic
sherlock	OSINT tool	✖️	sherlock
shotcut	video editor	✖️	Shotcut
shwr	HTML presentations	✖️	Shwr
siege	server stress tester	✔️
sigil	eBook editor	✖️	Sigil
silver-searcher	source code grep	✖️	TSS
simplebackup	backup utility	✔️
simplescreenrecorder	record programs	✖️	SSR
simon	voice recognition	✔️
singlefilez	webpage archiver	✖️	SingleFileZ
sipcrack	SIP log-in dumper/cracker	✔️
sipvicious	audit SIP-based VoIP systems	✖️
sirikali	GUI for gocryptfs/encfs/securefs	✖️	SiriKali
skeema	CLI MySQL schema management	✖️	skeema
sk1	vector graphics editor	✖️	sK1
skipfish	web app recon tool	✔️
skrooge	money accounting	✔️
skype	VoIP telephony	✖️	skype
slack-desktop	team messenger	✔️		proprietary
slate	pixel art editor	✖️	slate
slowhttptest	server stress tool	✔️
slurm	bandwidth monitor	✔️
smartdeblur	restore blurred images	✖️	SmartDeblur
smartmontools	monitor/control storage that supports SMART	✔️		contains smartctl
smbclient	Samba client	✔️
smbmap	SMB network mapper	✖️	smbmap
smc	GUI system monitor	✖️	smc
smem	memory reporting tool	✔️
smemstat	memory monitoring tool	✔️
smilla-enlarger	image upscaler	✖️	smilla-enlarger
smplayer	video player	✔️		GPU acceleration
snapper	BTRFS filesystem snapshots	✔️
sngrep	SIP messages flow viewer	✔️	Sngrep wiki
snort	IDS	✔️
sntop	poll servers	✔️		uses ping
socat	relay for bidirectional data transfer	✔️
softethervpn	VPN	✖️
sonic-pi	coding synth	✔️
sol-r	ray tracer	✖️	Sol-R
sox	CLI audio file manipulator	✔️
sparta	internal network infrastructure pen tool	✖️	sparta
sparkleshare	Dropbox alternative using SSH and Git	✔️
spectre-meltdown-checker	Spectre and Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker	✖️	spectre-meltdown-checker
speedtest-cli	CLI Internet bandwidth speed tester	✔️	speedtest-cli	pip install speedtest-cli
speedometer	CLI network traffic monitor	✔️
spek	acoustic spectrum analyser	✔️	spek
spirit	MySQL online schema changer	✖️	spirit
splint	C linter	✔️
sqlbrute	brute-force SQL injection	✖️	SQLBrute
sqlcipher	SQLite encryption	✔️
sqlite3	SQLite	✔️
sqlitebrowser	SQLite GUI	✔️		simpler than sqliteman
sqliteman	SQLite GUI	✔️		SQLiteStudio is better for unicode data import
sqlitestudio	SQLite GUI	✖️	SQLiteStudio repo
sqlmap	SQL injection tool	✔️	SQLMap repo
sqlninja	Microsoft SQL Server injection	✖️	sqlninja
sqlsus	MySQL attacker	✖️
srm	secure file deletion	✖️	SRM	slow, punishing on SSDs
ssldump	SSLv3/TLS network protocol analyser	✔️
sshguard	SSH brute-force protection	✔️	SSHGuard	more intelligent than fail2ban
sslscan	SSL scanner	✔️
ssh-audit	SSH config analyser	✖️	ssh-audit
sshfs	mount remote filesystem	✔️		GNOME already does this through gvfs
sshpass	send password to SCP etc from script	✔️
sshsysmon	server monitoring via SSH	✖️	SshSysMon repo
sshtalk	SSH chat server	✖️
sshuttle	VPN over SSH	✔️	sshuttle	TCP, not UDP or ICMP
stacer	GUI system monitor/manager/optimiser	✖️	Stacer
standardnotes	cross-platform encrypted notes app	✖️	standardnotes repo	includes Android
statsprocessor	word generator	✖️
statusok	website/API monitor	✖️	statusok
strace	system call tracer	✔️
stress	CPU/memory/disk stresser	✔️
stress-ng	advanced system stresser	✔️
structure-synth	3D structure generator	✔️
stunnel	SSL tunnel for own apps	✔️	STunnel
subbrute	enumerate DNS records/subdomains	✖️	subbrute
subversion	SVN	✔️
sucrack	su multi-threaded brute-forcer	✔️
sunflow	raytracer	✔️		Java-based
suricata	IDS	✔️
sux	su for X	✔️
svar	voice activated recorder	✖️	svar
svg-edit	SVG editor	✖️
swaks	SMTP test tool	✔️
swatch	log file event notifier	✔️
sxid	SUID/SGID/dir checker	✔️
symphytum	personal database	✖️	symphytum
syncthing	sync cloud/network app	✖️	Syncthing
synfig	vector 2D animation	✔️
sysbench	system benchmarker	✔️	info
sysdig	system exploration/troubleshooting	✔️
sysmontask	GUI system monitor, Windows-style	✖️	SysMonTask
sysstat	system stats/benchmarking	✔️		sar is binary log reader
system-config-lvm	LVM partitioning GUI	✔️
system-config-samba	Samba GUI	✔️
systemd-ui	systemd GUI	✔️		systemadm
systemdgenie	systemd utility	✖️	systemdgenie
systemtap	kernel instrumentation	✔️
sysv-rc-conf	SysV runlevel config	✔️		use apt
tabview	CLI CSV viewer	✖️	tabview	pip install tabview
taskwarrior	CLI ToDo list	✖️	Taskwarrior
tasque	task manager	✔️
tcpdump	CLI network traffic analyser	✔️
tcpflow	TCP flow recorder	✔️
tcpick	TCP stream sniffer/connection tracker	✔️
tcpreplay	replay saved tcpdump files	✔️
tcpslice	extract from/stitch tcpdump files	✔️
tcpspy	TCP/IP connections logger	✔️
tcptrace	graphical tcpdump output	✔️
tcptrack	monitor tcp network connections	✔️
tcpxtract	extract files from network traffic	✔️
terminalizer	record terminal actions	✖️	terminalizer
terminator	multiple terminals	✔️
terminix	CLI emulator	✖️	terminix
termpix	CLI image viewer	✖️	termpix
termshark	TUI Wireshark	✖️	termshark
testdisk	disk/partition recovery tool	✔️	TestDisk
tesseract-ocr	OCR processor	✔️
texmaker	LaTeX editor	✔️
textadept	minimalist cross-platform text editor	✖️	textadept repo
textosaurus	text editor (Qt/Scintilla)	✖️	textosaurus
texttospeech	text speaker	✖️	texttospeech
thonny	Python editor/IDE	✔️	Thonny
thorium	lighter faster Chromium	✖️	thorium
tkdiff	GUI for diff	✖️	tkdiff
tig	CLI Git info viewer	✔️
tiger	report root vulnerabilities	✔️
tigervnc	remote desktop	✔️
tightvnc	remote desktop	✔️
timeshift	system restore utility	✔️
tinyproxy	non-caching HTTP proxy	✔️
tlp	laptop power manager	✖️	TLP
tmsu	file tagging app	✖️	TMSU
tmux	CLI multiplexer	✔️
todo.txt	CLI ToDo notes	✖️	todo.txt
tofromdos	EOL character converter	✔️
tomahawk	media player	✔️
tor	anonymising overlay	✔️		get source, not repo version
torsocks	use SOCKS-friendly apps with Tor	✔️		e.g. SSH
trace-cmd	kernel function tracing analyser	✔️
traceroute	trace packets	✔️
trafshow	show network traffic	✔️		see Netdiag
transmageddon	media file converter	✔️
trash-cli	CLI trash bin control	✔️		trash-empty, trash-list
tree	CLI directory tree lister	✔️
treeline	TreePadLite/XML/bookmark editor	✔️	Treeline
treepadlite	notes manager	✖️	TreePadLite
trelby	screenwriting program	✖️	Trelby
trickle	bandwidth throttler	✔️
trimage	PNG/JPG compressor	✔️
trupax	encrypt files and folders	✖️	TruPax
tshark	CLI Wireshark	✔️
tsung	HTTP benchmark and database tester	✔️	TSung	sophisticated
tt-rss	tiny tiny RSS	✔️
ttf-mscorefonts-installer	Microsoft TTF fonts	✔️
tuc	improved cut	✖️	tuc
tuptime	historical (total) uptime	✔️
tuxguitar	music app including scoresheet	✔️	Tuxguitar
typora	Markdown/Mermaid editor	✔️	Typora
uberwriter	Markdown editor	✖️	UberWriter repo
ubuntu-tweak	Ubuntu config tool	✔️		use apt
udptunnel	tunnel UDP over TCP	✔️
ugui_flif	GUI for FLIF	✖️	UGUI_FLIF
ufraw	RAW processor	✔️	UFRaw
uftrace	C program tracer	✔️
ufw	firewall	✔️
ugrep	advanced grep	✔️	ugrep
umplayer	video player	✖️		supposed better DVD playback than VLC
uncrustify	code formatter	✔️
unetbootin	ISO to USB boot	✔️
unhide	find hidden processes	✔️
unhtml	remove HTML tags from file	✔️
unison	CLI file sync tool	✔️	unison
unison-gtk	GUI for unison	✔️
units	CLI unit converter	✔️
unoconv	Microsoft Office .doc converter	✖️	Unoconv
unshield	extract .cab files from InstallShield	✔️
unsnap	migrate Snap to Flatpak	✖️	unsnap
unsort	jumbles lines in file	✔️
upscayl	image upscaler	✖️	upscayl
urlwatch	webpage update monitor	✔️
usbimager	leightweight USB image writer	✖️	usbimager
usbview	GUI lsusb	✔️	usbview
usermanager	GUI user/group manager	✖️	UserManager
valac	Vala compiler	✔️
valentinastudio	MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL browser	✖️	Valentina Studio
valgrind	memory debugger and profiler	✔️
valkyrie	GUI for valgrind	✔️
vbindiff	visual binary file compare	✔️
vega	web app tester	✖️		Java-based
vegeta	HTTP load tester	✖️	vegeta
ventoy	create bootable USB drives	✖️	Ventoy repo
veracrypt	TrueCrypt replacement	✖️	VeraCrypt
veusz	GUI scientific plotter	✔️	Veusz
vidalia	Tor GUI frontend	✔️
video-trimmer	video editor	✖️	video-trimmer
vim	code/text editor	✔️
vinagre	GNOME remote desktop client	✔️
vinetto	interrogate thumbs.db files	✔️
virt-manager	GUI VM manager	✔️	virt-manager	good options range; still 'experimental'
virtualbox	virtual machines	✔️	Virtual Box	GPU acceleration
vizex	disk usage visualiser	✖️	vizex
visual studio code	code editor/IDE	✖️	Visual Studio Code	also vscodium and a snap
vivaldi	highly-customisable browser	✖️	Vivaldi
vmware	virtual machines	✔️		GPU acceleration
vnstat	CLI network traffic monitor	✔️
vobcopy	CD/MP4 track copier	✔️
voiphopper	VoIP security testing tool	✖️
voipong	VoIP sniffer/call detector	✖️
vokoscreen	screencast creator	✔️
vpaint	vector paint	✖️	VPaint
vrfy	verify email addresses	✔️
vrms	virtual Richard Stallman: list non-free packages	✔️
vscodium	VS Code without telemetry	✖️	VSCodium
w3af	web app vulnerability framework	✔️
waidps	wireless auditing + IDS	✖️	waidps
wallpaperd	wallpaper rotator	✖️
wammu	(old) phone manager, info exporter	✔️
wapiti	web app vulnerability scanner	✔️
warehouse	flatpak manager	✖️	warehouse
warpinator	LAN file transfer	✔️	warpinator
watchman	directory monitor tool	✖️	watchman
wavemon	wireless network monitor	✔️
wbox	HTTP testing tool and config-less HTTP server	✔️
wdiff	word diff	✔️		extended diff
webcamoid	webcam tool	✖️	Webcamoid
weborf	HTTP network file sharing	✔️	weborf
webp	webp-pixbuf-loader	✔️
webshag	web server auditor	✖️
webslayer	web app brute-forcer	✖️
wfuzz	web app brute-forcer	✔️	wfuzz
wget	web file retriever	✔️
whatweb	web scanner	✔️
whipper	CD ripper	✖️	whipper
whiptail	TUI shell interface	✔️
whois	WHOIS client	✔️
whowatch	user login monitoring	✔️
whycanticonnect	connection analyser	✖️	Why Can't I Connect?
wicd	wireless manager	✔️
wifite	CLI wireless auditor/attacker	✔️
wig	web app info gatherer	✖️	wig	e.g CMS version
winff	GUI media converter using ffmpeg/avconv	✔️		uses ffmpeg
wings3d	3D modeller	✔️
wireguard	VPN	✖️	WireGuard
wireshark	GUI network traffic analyser	✔️
wkhtmltopdf	HTML to PDF	✔️		WebKit-based
wordgrinder	CLI wordprocessor	✖️	WordGrinder
workrave	RSI timer	✔️
wpscan	WordPress scanner	✖️	wpscan repo
wpseku	WordPress security scanner	✖️	WPSeku
wrk2	HTTP benchmarker	✖️	wrk2
wtop	Apache top	✖️	wtop
wuzz	CLI HTTP inspection tool	✖️	wuzz
x264	video encoder	✔️
x265	video compressor	✖️	x265
x2go	remote GUI connection	✖️	X2Go	with SSH
x86info	CPU info	✔️
xa65	6502 CPU cross-assembler	✔️	xa65
xanmod	kernel performance patch	✖️	XanMod
xaos	fractals	✔️
xauth	X authentication - needed for remote X GUI	✔️
xcalib	X monitor calibration	✔️		includes screen inverter
xchm	.chm file reader	✔️
xclip	CLI to X clipboard	✔️
xdebug	phpN-xdebug	✔️		where 'N' is version
xdg-app	app sandbox	✖️		ppa:alexlarsson/xdg-app
xdotool	simulate keyboard/mouse inputs	✔️
xfractint	fractals	✔️
xicc	set ICC colour profile for X	✔️
xiphos	Bible	✔️
xmlcopyeditor	XML editor	✔️
xmlint	XML linter	✔️
xnee	X user-action recorder	✔️
xnretro	retro photo effects	✖️
xowa	Wikipedia reader	✖️	Xowa
xplico	network analysis	✖️	Xplico	browser-based
xplot	simple data plotter	✔️
xpra	attach/detach X programs	✔️
xprobe	remote OS identification	✔️		NMap-like, calls xprobe2
xrandr-invert-colors	X screen inverter	✖️	xic	xcalib alternative
xrdp	RDP server	✔️
xresprobe	X resolution probe	✔️
xsane	document scanner GUI	✔️
xscreensaver-data-extra	extra GNOME screensavers	✔️
xsensors	temperature sensors GUI	✔️
xspy	keylogger	✖️		!
xsser	XSS auditor	✖️
xsuspender	suspend inactive X11 apps	✖️	xsuspender
xul-ext-lightning	Thunderbird calendar	✔️
xsel	access X clipboard (pipe in/out)	✔️
xz-utils	xz files	✔️
yara	EXE malware identifier	✔️
youtube-dl	YouTube downloader	✔️
youtube-dl-gui	youtube-dl GUI	✖️	youtube-dl-gui
yersinia	network vulnerability checker	✔️
zabbix	network monitoring package	✔️
zap	zed attack proxy	✖️		web app vulnerabilities
zbar-tools	QR and barcode utilities	✔️		zbarimg
zeal	programming language docs browser	✔️	Zeal
zeit	GUI for at and cron	✖️	zeit
zenith	TUI system monitor	✖️	zenith
zenity	shell dialog boxes	✔️
zenmap	NMap GUI	✔️
zentyal	server GUI set-up + MS Exchange replacement	✔️
zerotier	easy VPN	✖️	ZeroTier
zim	'desktop wiki' notepad	✔️
zint	barcode generator	✖️	zint
zipcmp	zip contents comparison	✔️
zmap	large network scanner	✔️		no actual connects like NMap, open ports
zopfli	zlib/gzip compressor	✔️	zopfli
zurmo	CRM	✖️	Zurmo
zzuf	app fuzzer	✔️	zzuf

License

Licensed under the MIT License.