These are programs I use, have used, or love the idea of using. Some I have configured extensively, others I run stock. This is not a minimalism flex or a dotfiles tour. It is a practical catalogue of software I would recommend to someone building a Unix workflow from scratch.
If you want to see my hardware, see hardware. If you want to see what I think is harmful, see harmful.
Operating Systems
Gentoo Description pending.
Core Utilities
sbase Description pending.
Init Systems
OpenRC Description pending.
Shells
fish Description pending.
rc Description pending.
Terminals
dvtm Description pending.
Window Managers
dwm Description pending.
Status Bars
dwmblocks Description pending.
Launchers
dmenu Description pending.
Lockscreens
slock Description pending.
Editors
vis Description pending.
nvim Description pending.
Emacs Description pending.
Browsers
Helium Description pending.
surf Description pending.
Tor Browser Description pending.
Nyxt Description pending.
Freedom (IPFS Browser) Description pending.
File Managers
nnn Description pending.
Music & Audio
mpd Description pending.
ncmpcpp Description pending.
Video
mpv Description pending.
ani-cli Description pending.
RSS & News
sfeed Description pending.
Documents & Writing
sent Description pending.
PDF & Image Viewers
zathura Description pending.
nsxiv Description pending.
Fetch & System Info
fastfetch Description pending.
Version Control
git Description pending.
gh Description pending.
lazygit Description pending.
git-delta Description pending.
Networking & VPN
Mullvad VPN Description pending.
proxychains-ng Description pending.
OpenVPN Description pending.
Encryption & Security
pass Description pending.
DNS & Ad Blocking
Custom Hosts File Description pending.
Backup & Sync
rsync Description pending.
Syncthing Description pending.
GNU Stow Description pending.
Torrents
rtorrent Description pending.
Usenet
tin Description pending.
Chat & IRC
catgirl Description pending.
System Monitoring
btop Description pending.
Calendar & Contacts
calcurse Description pending.
abook Description pending.
Notifications
dunst Description pending.
Compositors
picom Description pending.
Clipboard & Screenshots
xclipboard Description pending.
scrot Description pending.
Bookmarks
buku Description pending.
Containers
lazydocker Description pending.
Graphics
Inkscape Description pending.
GIMP Description pending.
Theming
cwal Description pending.
Compilers
tcc Description pending.
Programming Languages
C Description pending.
Go Description pending.
Bash Description pending.
Cron
scron Description pending.
Site Downloads
wget Description pending.
LLM
Ollama Description pending.