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# List of Applications/Utilities

From ArchWiki

## Utilities

### Basic shell commands

- Core Utilities — The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system

  http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils || coreutils

### Package management

See also: AUR Helpers and Pacman GUI Frontends

- Lostfiles — Script for detecting orphaned files.

  https://github.com/graysky2/lostfiles || lostfiles

- Pacmatic — Pacman wrapper to check Arch News before upgrading, avoid partial upgrades, and warn about configuration file changes.

  http://kmkeen.com/pacmatic || pacmatic

- pkgfile — Tool that finds what package owns a file.

  http://github.com/falconindy/pkgfile || pkgfile

- pkgtools — Collection of scripts for Arch Linux packages.

  https://github.com/Daenyth/pkgtools || pkgtools

- srcpac — Simple tool that automates rebuilding packages from source.

  https://projects.archlinux.org/srcpac.git || srcpac

### Disk usage display programs

- Disk Usage Analyzer (Baobab) — Disk usage analyzer for the GNOME desktop.

  http://www.marzocca.net/linux/baobab || baobab

- Filelight — Disk usage analyzer that creates an interactive map of concentric, segmented rings that help visualise disk usage on your computer.

  http://methylblue.com/filelight/ || kdeutils-filelight

- GdMap — Disk usage analyzer that draws a map of rectangles sized according to file or dir sizes.

  http://gdmap.sourceforge.net/ || gdmap

- gt5 — Diff-capable "du-browser".

  http://gt5.sourceforge.net || gt5

- ncdu — Simple ncurses disk usage analyzer.

  http://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu || ncdu

### CD/DVD burning tools

See also: Burning CD/DVD with GUI

### Clipboard managers

- Anamnesis — Clipboard manager that stores all the clipboard history and offers an interface to do a full-text search. It has both a commandline and GUI mode available.

  http://anamnesis.sourceforge.net/ || anamnesis

- ClipIt — Fork of Parcellite with additional features and bugfixes.

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkclipit/ || clipit

- CopyQ — Clever clipboard manager with searchable and editable history, custom actions on items and command line support.

  https://github.com/hluk/CopyQ || copyq

- Glipper — Clipboard manager for the GNOME desktop with many features and plugin support.

  https://launchpad.net/glipper || glipper

- Klipper — Full featured clipboard manager for the KDE desktop.

  http://userbase.kde.org/Klipper || kdebase-workspace

- loliclip — Clipboard synchronizer developed for WM users.

  https://github.com/Cloudef/PKGBUILDS/tree/master/loliclip || loliclip

- Parcellite — Lightweight yet feature-rich clipboard manager.

  http://parcellite.sourceforge.net/ || parcellite

- Pasteall — A clipboard monitor simple and functional.

  https://github.com/LaraCraft304/Pasteall || pasteall

### Compression tools

#### Console

- atool — Script for managing file archives of various types.

  http://www.nongnu.org/atool/ || atool

- p7zip — Port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems, including Linux. The commandline tool is called 7z.

  http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/ || p7zip

#### Graphical

- Ark — Archiving tool included in the KDE desktop.

  http://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark/ || kdeutils-ark

- File Roller — Archive manager included in the GNOME desktop.

  http://fileroller.sourceforge.net/ || file-roller

- p7zip — Port of 7-Zip for POSIX systems, including Linux. The GUI requires wxGTK and is called 7zFM.

  http://p7zip.sourceforge.net/ || p7zip

- PeaZip — Open source file and archive manager.

  http://www.peazip.org/peazip-linux.html || peazip-gtk2 peazip-qt

- Squeeze — Featherweight front-end for commandline archiving tools.

  http://squeeze.xfce.org/ || squeeze-git

- Xarchive — Generic GTK2 front-end that uses external wrappers around commandline archiving tools.

  http://xarchive.sourceforge.net/ || xarchive

- Xarchiver — Lightweight desktop independent archive manager built with GTK+.

  http://xarchiver.sourceforge.net/ || xarchiver

### File managers

#### Console

- Dired — Directory editor integrated with Emacs.

  http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Dired.html || emacs

- Midnight Commander — Console-based, dual-paneled file manager.

  http://www.midnight-commander.org || mc

- nffm — "Nothing Fancy File Manager", a mouseless ncurses file manager written in C.

  https://github.com/mariostg/nffm || nffm-git

- Pilot — File manager that comes with the Alpine email client.

  http://re-alpine.sourceforge.net/ || re-alpine

- Ranger — Console-based file manager with vi bindings, customizability, and lots of features.

  http://nongnu.org/ranger || ranger

- Vifm — Ncurses-based two-panel file manager with vi-like keybindings.

  http://vifm.sourceforge.net/ || vifm

#### Graphical

- Andromeda — Qt-based cross-platform file manager.

  https://gitorious.org/andromeda || andromeda-git

- Dino — Easy to use and powerful file manager built in Qt.

  http://dfm.sourceforge.net/ || dino-dfm

- Dolphin — File manager included in the KDE4 desktop.

  http://dolphin.kde.org/ || kdebase-dolphin

- Double Commander — File manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.

  http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net// || doublecmd-gtk2 doublecmd-qt

- emelFM2 — File manager that implements the popular two-panel design.

  http://emelfm2.net/ || emelfm2

- Konqueror — File manager for the KDE desktop.

  http://www.konqueror.org/ || kdebase-konqueror

- Krusader — Advanced twin panel (Midnight Commander style) file manager for the KDE desktop.

  http://www.krusader.org/ || krusader

- Nautilus — Extensible, heavyweight file manager used by default in GNOME with support for custom scripts.

  http://projects.gnome.org/nautilus/ || nautilus

- Nemo — Nemo is the file manager of the Cinnamon desktop. A good alternative to Nautilus.

  http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ || nemo

- PCManFM — Lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and can optionally manage the desktop background.

  http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/ || pcmanfm

- QtFileMan — File manager similar to PCManFM from LXDE.

  http://gitorious.org/qtfileman || qtfileman-git

- qtFM — Small, lightweight filemanager for Linux desktops based on pure Qt.

  http://www.qtfm.org/ || qtfm

- ROX — Small and fast file manager which can optionally manage the desktop background and panels.

  http://rox.sourceforge.net || rox

- SpaceFM — GTK+ multi-panel tabbed file manager.

  http://ignorantguru.github.com/spacefm/ || spacefm

- Sunflower — Small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager for Linux with support for plugins.

  http://code.google.com/p/sunflower-fm/ || sunflower

- Thunar — File manager that can be run as a daemon with excellent start up and directory load times.

  http://thunar.xfce.org/index.html || thunar

- Tux Commander — Windowed file manager with two panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers.

  http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/description.php || tuxcmd

- Worker — Fast, lightweight and feature-rich file manager for the X Window System.

  http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker/ || worker

- Xfe — Microsoft Explorer-like file manager for X (X File Explorer).

  http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/ || xfe

### Merge tools

- Diffuse — Small and simple text merge tool written in Python.

  http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/ || diffuse

- KDiff3 — File and directory diff and merge tool for the KDE desktop.

  http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/ || kdiff3

- Kompare — GUI front-end program for viewing and merging differences between source files. It supports a variety of diff formats and provides many options to customize the information level displayed.

  http://www.caffeinated.me.uk/kompare/ || kdesdk-kompare

- Meld — Visual diff and merge tool that can compare files, directories, and version controlled projects.

  http://meld.sourceforge.net || meld

Vim and Emacs provide merge functionality with vimdiff and `ediff`.

### Taskbars

- Avant Window Navigator — Lightweight dock which sits at the bottom of the screen.

  http://launchpad.net/awn || avant-window-navigator

- Bmpanel — Lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for the X11 system.

  http://code.google.com/p/bmpanel2/ || bmpanel

- Cairo-Dock — Highly customizable dock and launcher application.

  http://www.glx-dock.org/ || cairo-dock

- Docker — Docking application which acts as a system tray.

  http://icculus.org/openbox/2/docker/ || docker

- Docky — Full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker.

  http://wiki.go-docky.com/ || docky

- fbpanel — Lightweight, NETWM compliant desktop panel.

  http://fbpanel.sourceforge.net/ || fbpanel

- GNOME Panel — Panel included in the GNOME Flashback desktop.

  https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomePanel || gnome-panel

- KoolDock — KDE3 docker with great effects that tries to resemble the Mac OS X dock.

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/kooldock || kooldock-svn

- LXPanel — Lightweight X11 desktop panel and part of the LXDE desktop.

  http://lxde.org/lxpanel || lxpanel

- pancake — Highly configurable, modular panel for the X11 system.

  http://www.failedprojects.de/pancake/[dead link 2013-05-19] || pancake

- PerlPanel — The ideal accompaniment to a light-weight Window Manager such as OpenBox, or a desktop-drawing program like iDesk.

  http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/perlpanel || perlpanel

- PyPanel — Lightweight panel/taskbar written in Python and C.

  http://pypanel.sourceforge.net/ || pypanel

- qtpanel — Project to create useful and beautiful panel in Qt.

  https://gitorious.org/qtpanel/qtpanel || qtpanel-git

- Stalonetray — Stand-alone system tray.

  http://stalonetray.sourceforge.net/ || stalonetray

- Tint2 — Simple panel/taskbar developed specifically for Openbox.

  http://code.google.com/p/tint2/ || tint2

- Trayer — Lightweight GTK+-based systray.

  https://gna.org/projects/fvwm-crystal/ || trayer

- wbar — Quick launch bar developed with speed in mind.

  http://freecode.com/projects/wbar/ || wbar

- Xfce Panel — Panel included in the Xfce desktop.

  http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/start || xfce4-panel

### Batch renamers

- GPRename — GTK+ batch renamer for files and directories.

  http://gprename.sourceforge.net || gprename

- KRename — Very powerful batch file renamer for the KDE desktop.

  http://www.krename.net || krename

- metamorphose2 — wxPython based batch renamer with support for regular expressions, renaming multimedia files according to their metadata, etc.

  http://file-folder-ren.sourceforge.net || metamorphose2

- pyRenamer — Application for the mass renaming of files.

  http://www.infinicode.org/code/pyrenamer/ || pyrenamer

- rename.pl — Batch renamer based on perl regex.

  http://search.cpan.org/~pederst/rename/bin/rename.PL || perl-rename

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