dotfiles

alanxoc3's dotfiles. feel free to plagiarize. the following is software i use or recommend...

commandline

• age. A simple cli tool/protocol to encrypt files. Way simpler than gpg.
• amfora. CLI based gemini client.
• concards. Use this to review flashcards.
• dust. Easy way to find which files take up the most space on a system.
• eza. A modern implementation of ls.
• fd. Search file names super fast. Faster and cooler than find.
• feh. Simple image viewer.
• fzf. Fuzzy find for anything.
• git. The magical version control software.
• himalaya. Finally, a good scriptable email client.
• just. Easy way to organize many tiny similar commands/aliases into 1 command.
• k9s. Tui for kubernetes management. Sometimes slow. Wish it did a bit less. But better than other things.
• lookatme. A markdown + terminal based presentation tool. Had some outstanding bugs last time I tried it.
• minisign. A simple cli tool to sign files.
• mpv. Nice CLI based media player. Good for webradios, gifs, and streaming videos.
• pa. A simple age encrypted password manager. Similar to pass, but simpler.
• pwgen. A minimal password generation tool.
• rg. Search file content super fast. Faster and cooler than grep.
• sponge. Collect stdin before executing command.
• sq. A simpler, more modern, less feature complete than gnupg, cli interface for pgp. I recommend staying away from pgp if possible though.
• tldr. Repo full of markdown cheatsheets for cli tools.
• tmux. Terminal multiplexer.
• transmission-cli. A popular bittorrent client.
• ttrack. Time tracker CLI app.
• unbuffer. Trick command to think stdout is a terminal device.
• wl-gammarelay-rs. A simple daemon for changing linux/wayland brightness/temp/invert.
• zsh. The shell I currently use.

data

• csvlens. A decent csv cli viewer. Ran into some visual bugs over time, but is much better than most other things I've tried.
• dbmate. Framework agnostic cli tool to manage (postgres) schema changes.
• diff-so-fancy. Makes git diff and diff -u look a bit better. Looking for a good side-by-side diff viewer though.
• jq. A JSON language. I swear JSONL is the easiest data format to work with.
• jsonnet. A JSON configuration language. I wish kubernetes used this instead of YAML by default.
• psql. Default postgres cli client. I can do most postgres things with psql+kak+llms.
• ssconvert. Just a tool for converting excel to csv.
• xsv. Master csv cli tool.

development

• aider. The only Cursor IDE-like ai pair programmer. I wish it was a bit less bloated, but there isn't an alternative right now.
• mockoon. Good way to create WS mocks for integration testing.
• pylsp. A language server.

gamedev

• pico8. The original fantasy console.
• shrinko8. Smart minifier for pico-8 lua.

desktop

• greetd. Minimal login manager daemon.
• agreety. Comes with greetd, a simple login manager tty frontend.
• chromium. I always come back to chromium as my browser. It just works and it's fast. Maybe I'll switch again later.
• fcitx5. CJK input, works with wlroots. Much better than pre-v5.
• foot. The terminal emulator I use.
• gammastep. Redshift for wayland, makes your screen red and easy on the eyes.
• grim. Screenshot for wlroots/wayland.
• ioskva. A comprehensive terminal font.
• iwd. Finally, a wifi solution that is actually easy to use from the CLI.
• kdenlive. A video editor. I used this once, I would love a more lightweight & fast solution though.
• keyd. Keyboard mapping customization actually done the right way.
• physlock. A simple solution to lock a linux computer including all TTYs.
• river. Tiling window manager for wayland.
• tailscale. Very easy way to setup a vpc between laptops/servers.
• warpd. A keynav replacement that works with wayland. Currently has a bug when used with fcitx5.
• waylock. Simple wayland lock screen. New version uses the ext-session-lock wayland protocol.
• wlr-randr. Monitor management randr tool but for wayland.

editor

• kak-ansi. Ansi color codes to kakoune highlighters.
• kak-lsp. Language server support for kakoune.
• kakoune. A modal editor that closely follows the unix philosophy.

server

• agate. Simple gemini server written in rust.
• archlinux. My main operating system. Nice for servers too.
• certbot. Https for free. Thank you.
• docker. Mainly used for extra layer of security on servers.
• gemini. The future of the internet.
• ii. Minimalist IRC client that uses unix pipes.
• kineto. Gemini to https proxy.
• linode. Simple service to get a server up and running.
• minecraft. A very blocky game.
• nginx. Port redirection + other stuff for your server.
• syncthing. Self hosted/decentralized dropbox-like replacement.
• systemd. Bulky, but it works great for the most part.

services

• asciinema. Super easy to record your terminal screen.
• chatgpt. Artificial Intelligence.
• croc. A great/fast/secure file sharing utility + service.
• gh. Github made an official CLI. Can be useful for managing PRs & issues.
• mastodon. Decentralized alternative to twitter.
• radico8. The webradio I listen to for hours each week.

wishlist

Some things I want but don't have.

• A "shuf" command that can work with large files. Maybe randomly selecting bytes. Or shuffling in batches of x number of lines, that way it works with long streams of stdin.