favorite software

non-exhaustive list of mostly FOSS i use. i keep my git host profiles separate from here, but if you want to see my config for any of these (if applicable), feel free to ask!

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environment

• alpine linux - small and efficient, on my laptop
• debian linux - on my devbox and desktop
• termux - why i'll never quit android

shell

• zsh - interactive shell
• bash - but i write most scripts with !#/usr/bin/env bash
• stow - dotfile/symlink management
• busybox - stripped down unix coreutils
• tmux - terminal multiplexer
• git - itself!
• neovim - modal text editor:
  • mini.nvim
  • no-neck-pain.nvim
  • render-markdown.nvim
• vim - the OG! my vimrc has fewer plugins
• fastfetch - system information
• pass - gpg-encrypted password management

gui

• swaywm - wayland compositor
• foot - terminal emulator
• wmenu - wayland dynamic menu
• grim - wayland screenshots
• slurp - select wayland region
• obsidian - really only on android

python

• uv - python packaging
• ty - python lsp
• ruff - python linter

multimedia

• mpv - video player
• mpd - music player
• ncmpcpp - music player tui
• playerctl - mpris media layer CLI
• mpd-mpris - to make "" work lol
• ffmpeg - like. it does everything
• beets - music library management
• foliate - desktop ebook reader
• capy reader - android RSS reader

file transfer

• syncthing - cloudless filesharing over LAN with a nice localhost gui
• kdeconnect - "airdrop" for linux
• rsync - filesharing, mostly for backups
• sshfs - mounts remote directories natively
• transmission - torrent client for like a decade atp

web

browsers

• qutebrowser - keyboard-driven, configurable browser in python
• librewolf - privacy-obsessed firefox fork:
  • vimium - vim keybindings for firefox/chrome
  • xkit rewritten - makes tumblr bearable
• w3m - terminal web pager, great for reading ao3

websites & services

• codeberg - git host from forgejo, less stimulating than github /pos
• otwachive - archive of our own
• colorpicker - hsl > rgb always!
• tailscale - vpn
• nekoweb - hosting :)
• use & modify - open source font discovery
• woff2base - convert fonts to base64
• z-library

fonts

• recursive
• cozette
• 3270
• iosevka
• IBM VGA 9x16
• STIX two text

miscellaneous

• sass - css for the lazy
• vesktop - wayland-minded linux discord client
• qmk - mechanical keyboard firmware in python, configured in c
• gimp - raster graphics editor
• csvkit - parse through spreadsheets
• pandoc - conversion from markup languages to rich formats