This page lists various utility tools that can help enhance productivity and streamline different tasks. These tools cover a range of functionalities, from system monitoring and management to code development and debugging.
Name
Description
Alternative to
86Box
An emulator of x86-based machines, running older operating systems and software designed for them.
Azure Data Studio
A cross-platform database tool for data professionals using SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.
bat
A Linux command-line utility that provides syntax highlighting for `cat` command output.
Bitwarden
A secure, open-source password manager.
Burls
A browser extension for managing and navigating your bookmarks.
Chocolatey
A Windows package manager that simplifies the installation and management of software by automating the process of downloading, installing, and updating applications.
ChrisTitusTech WinUtil
A Windows utility script by Chris Titus Tech for optimizing and debloating Windows installations.
Ninite
Coolify
An open-source, hassle-free, self-hostable platform for deploying applications.
ERPNext
An open-source enterp ERP system.
FileZilla
A free and open-source FTP solution supporting FTP, SFTP, and FTPS for cross-platform file transfers.
WinSCP
fzf
A command-line fuzzy finder.
Git
A free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub Desktop
An application that allows you to interact with GitHub from your desktop.
GitLab
A complete DevOps platform, delivered as a single application, for managing the entire software development lifecycle.
Google Chrome
A fast, secure, and free web browser built for the modern web.
Mozilla Firefox
Harbor
An open-source container image registry that secures images with role-based access control, scans for vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted content.
Heimdall
An elegant dashboard for all your web applications.
Home Assistant
An open-source home automation platform that focuses on privacy and local control, allowing integration of smart devices and automation routines.
Homebrew
A popular package manager for macOS and Linux, designed to simplify the installation of software and libraries through the command line.
ImageMagick
A powerful, open-source command-line tool suite to create, edit, and convert bitmap images. Commonly used tools include `mogrify` for batch processing.
Insomnia
An open-source API client for designing, debugging, and testing REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs, providing an alternative to Postman.
Postman
Jenkins
An open-source automation server used to build, test, and deploy applications, supporting CI/CD.
k9s
A terminal based UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters.
Launchy
A free cross-platform utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
Wox
Lazydocker
A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose.
Lazygit
A simple terminal UI for git commands.
LeanTime
An open-source project management system for small teams.
Lens
A Kubernetes IDE that simplifies managing Kubernetes clusters, providing a graphical interface and enhanced visualization.
LINQPad
A .NET Program with C# Instant Feedback.
Longhorn
A distributed block storage system for Kubernetes, providing persistent storage for stateful applications.
Macrium Reflect Free
A free backup and disk imaging software for Windows, designed for creating full, incremental, and differential backups of your system and data.
massCode
An open-source code snippet manager for developers, offering a flexible and organized way to store and manage code snippets with support for multiple languages and formatting.
A free, open-source web browser known for its privacy, security, and customizable features.
Google Chrome
Netboot.xyz
A network-based booting tool that offers a way to install or rescue operating systems over the network.
NSwag
The Swagger/OpenAPI toolchain for .NET, supporting both code generation and API client generation.
NSwagStudio
A Windows application for generating Swagger specifications from .NET assemblies and generating API clients.
nvm
Node Version Manager – Simple bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions.
Obsidian
A powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
Paperless-ngx
A document management system that allows for the easy archiving, tagging, and searching of digital documents.
Pi-hole
A DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software.
Portainer
A lightweight management UI that allows you to easily manage your Docker environments.
Postman
An API platform for building and using APIs.
Insomnia
PowerToys
A set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.
Proxmox
A complete open-source server management platform for enterprise virtualization.
Rancher
An open-source platform for managing Kubernetes clusters, making it easy to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications.
Snipe-IT
An open-source IT asset management system for tracking hardware, software, licenses, and accessories.
Space Sniffer
A tool to understand how folders and files are structured on your disks.
Windirstat, WizTree, TreeSize Free
Synergy
A software for sharing one mouse and keyboard between multiple computers.
Traefik
A modern reverse proxy and load balancer designed for microservices and APIs.
TreeSize Free
A tool to show the size of each folder including its subfolders.
Windirstat, WizTree, Space Sniffer
UpSnap
A self-hosted Wake on LAN app.
Uptime Kuma
A fancy self-hosted monitoring tool.
UTM
A virtual machine application for macOS that allows you to run operating systems like Linux, Windows, and others using QEMU and Apple's Hypervisor framework.
Visual Studio
An integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft.
Visual Studio Code
A lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Windirstat
A disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for various versions of Microsoft Windows.
WizTree, TreeSize Free, Space Sniffer
Windows Terminal
A modern, powerful terminal application for Windows, supporting multiple tabs, custom themes, and integrations with shells like PowerShell and WSL.
WinSCP
A free and open-source SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, and SCP client for Windows.
FileZilla
WizTree
A very fast disk space analyzer.
Windirstat, TreeSize Free, Space Sniffer
Wox
An effective launcher for Windows with a full-featured plugin system.