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DeepHN – Full-text search of 30M Hacker News posts and linked webpages▲324
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LinkAce – Self-hosted, FOSS bookmark archive▲227
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fman▲138
A modern file manager for power users
2017
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Cerebro▲247
Search everything in a few clicks
2017
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Unix-like personal webpage▲134
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Tux.io – a (now working) Linux desktop in your browser▲64
2017 · tux.io
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Sysdig, a tool for Linux system exploration▲171
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A Gnus Back End for HN▲103
2019 · github.com
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Open-source search engine with 2bn-page index▲229
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fman – file manager for programmers▲178
2017 · fman.io
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RSS Search Engine▲192
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Stork: A customizable, WASM-powered full-text search plugin for the web▲137
2020 · stork-search.net
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hackernews_tui – A Terminal UI to browse Hacker News discussions▲160
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Sedy, a GitHub Bot Bringing Linux Sed to Code Reviews▲144
2017 · marmelab.com
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HN Deck – An alternative way to browse Hacker News▲115
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Cwiki▲130
A Command line interface for searching Wikipedia!
2017
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Nixar – New design of Linux command line▲130
2015 · nixar.work
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UXY – adding structure to Unix tools▲126
2019 · github.com
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Dash Dash – Redesigned Linux Man Pages▲5
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Fist – Persistent Full Text Search and Indexing Server Written in C▲124
2019 · github.com
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Pisa – Full Text Search Engine Written in C++▲96
2020 · github.com
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Search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, other sites from the terminal▲73
2016 · github.com
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GitHub user search engine▲11
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Linkwok – Picking up where search engines left off▲22
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