pacman: # Common - base-devel # A set of tools needed for building pkgs - git # Version control system - neovim # Text editor (modern version of VIM) - sudo # Execute commands as root from unprivilledged user - networkmanager # Easy way to manage network connections, especially for WiFi - man-db # A utility for reading manpages - rsync # Fast tool for copying/syncing files - cronie # Run programs at specified time - zsh # Modern system shell # System #- kexec-tools # Kexec allows directly booting into a new kernel # CLI - exa # Colored LS - bat # Colored cat with tons of cool options - dust # User readable du to find biggest dirs/files - tldr # Shorter help pages, if man is too long - hyperfine # Command benchmark - abduco # Terminal session manager - mlocate # System indexing and quick file searching - pkgfile # Pacman metadata explorer - pacman-contrib # Includes multiple additional tools related to pacman - lshw # List hardware components and their attributes - trash-cli # Trash interraction (rather than permanent removal) #- libfaketime # Simulate different time for single command #- figlet # generate ascii text banners in terminal #- neofetch # Show information about system in a terminal #- onefetch # Show information about git repo in a terminal #- asciinema # Record terminal with copy-able playback # TUI - ncdu # Find largest folders (size) - calcurse # Terminal calendar with todo - bpytop # Modern system resource monitor - w3m # Terminal text-only web browser - newsboat # Terminal RSS feed reader # Networking/Internet - httpie # Obtaining http info from webpages - dnsutils # Tools for managing DNS - net-tools # Configuration tools for linux networking - whois # CLI for the WHOIS directory service (RFC 3912) protocol #- sshuttle # Transparent proxy server that forwards all TCP packets over SSH #- vnstat # Tool for monitoring network traffic (speed and total data transfered) # Media - imagemagick # Terminal image manipulation - mediainfo # Show info about media files (videos/photos) - youtube-dl # Tool for easy downloading of youtube videos - ffmpegthumbs # FFmpeg based thumbnail creator for videos - ffmpegthumbnailer # Ffmpeg based thumbnail creator for file mgrs # Security - arch-audit # Find installed packgaes with vulnerabilities (Similar to pkg-audit) - firejail # Sandboxing isolation tool - lynis # Security and System auditing tool - rkhunter # Check for the presence of rootkits and other unwanted tools. - apparmor # Mandantoy Access Control using Linux Security Module - audit # Collect system info about given events (requires audit=1 boot param) #- ufw # Uncomplicated firewall (I prefer application level FW like opensnitch) #- clamav # Anti-virus for Linux (usually only needed for servers) # WM/Xorg - xorg-server # Xorg server implementation - xorg-xinit # Simple way to start X - xorg-xrandr # Manage multiple monitors in X - xorg-xsetroot # Customize appearance of X root - xmonad # Window Manager written in haskell - xmonad-contrib # Additional tools for xmonad - xmobar # Panel built for xmonad - xdotool # X11 automation tool - trayer # System tray standalone panel - xsel # X11 clipboard manager (alternatively there's xclip) - clipmenu # A simple clipboard manager using dmenu and xsel - xsecurelock # Secure lockscreen - xss-lock # Using external locker as X screensaver - xwallpaper # Setting wallpaper in X - numlockx # Enabling numlock from terminal (used in xprofile) - dunst # Notification daemon - papirus-icon-theme # Breeze inspired icon theme # Audio - alsa-lib # Implementation of Linux sound support - alsa-utils # Utilities for alsa audio - pulseaudio # General purpose sound server - pulseaudio-alsa # ALSA configuration for PulseAudio - pulsemixer # CLI and curses mixer for PulseAudio # GUI - alacritty # Terminal Emulator - mpv # Video player - nomacs # Photo viewer - pcmanfm # File manager - firefox # Browser - flameshot # Screenshot taking tool - obs-studio # Advanced video recording tool - lxappearance # GTK configuration - ueberzug # Embed images within a terminal - krita # Image editor (gimp alternative) - discord # Popular chat app - network-manager-applet # NetworkManager trayer icon # Device mounting - udisks2 # Allows users to mount devices without root - udiskie # Auto-mounter using udisks2 - gvfs # Allows using sftp:// in file managers like PcManFM # Fonts - libxft - ttf-hack - ttf-joypixels - noto-fonts - noto-fonts-cjk - noto-fonts-emoji - ttf-font-awesome - ttf-jetbrains-mono # Printer - cups # Daemon for printing - hplip # Tool to set-up HP printers - xsane # Scanning # Bluetooth - bluez # Daemon for bluetooth protocol - bluz-utils # CLI utility for managing bluetooth connections - blueman # Graphical utility for managing bluetooth connections - pulseaudio-bluetooth # Bluetooth speaker/headphone support for PulseAudio # Development - git-delta # Neat tool for showing git diffs and resolving merges - codespell # Spell checker for code files - github-cli # Manage multiple GitHub features from terminal - pyenv # Tool for easily managing python environments #- code # Open sourced version of vscode (doesn't have good extensions support) aur: # System - mkinitcpio-numlock # Enable numlock in initramfs (before asking for encryption key) - topgrade # A tool to update entire system (pacman, yay, pip, npm, git, neovim, ...) # CLI - pixterm # Convert images to ANSI colored blocks # TUI - lf # Terminal file manager (ranger-like) # Networking/Internet - ngrok # Forward your localhost without ip recovery - ipinfo-cli # Official cli tool for ipinfo (provides geolocation and other info about given IP) # Security - opensnitch # Application level firewall with traffic monitoring (Alternatively, there's portmaster) # WM/Xorg #- picom-git # Git version of picom compositor - picom-ibhagwan-git # Forked picom version with support for both rounded corner and dual_kawase blur - devour # WM agnostic window swallowing for terminals - xcursor-simp1e-breeze-snow # Breeze cursor theme # GUI - spotify # Online music player - exodus # Software cryptocurrency wallet - qalculate-gtk-nognome # Calculator with thousands of features, there's also less powerful kde default's kcalc #- mailspring-libre # Beautiful and fast mail client without tracking # Misc #- scrcpy # A way of seeing and controlling phone through a pc # Fonts - nerd-fonts-complete # Development - visual-studio-code-bin # Official vVsual Studio Code text editor for programmers #- code-marketplace # Enable the offical MS vscode marketplace for 'code' (code-oss) git: - https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-git.git # Pacman wrapper and AUR helper github-cli: - meiji163/gh-notify