I really like simple software that is built for a specific task which it then does extraordinary with a simple to understand codebase. Similar to the philosophy of suckless.org.

What are your favourite programs that “suck less”?

  • ambitiousslab@lemmy.mlEnglish
    17·
    4 days ago
    • podget: TUI podcast aggregator, implemented as a couple thousand lines of bash
    • mblaze: similar to mh - a suite of simple unix tools to work with email
    • sxiv: lightweight image viewer
    • pass: TUI password manager following the unix philosophy
    • khard, khal, todoman and vdirsyncer: contact manager, calendar client, todolist and syncer, which are relatively simply implemented
    • everett@lemmy.ml
      4·
      4 days ago

      sxiv and pqiv have both been great for my niche use case, which involves displaying a single image that auto-updates via inotify.