The sys-apps category contains various core system applications, and some non-core system applications which have not yet been moved out into other sys- categories.
| accountsservice | D-Bus interfaces for querying and manipulating user account information |
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| ack | ack is a tool like grep, optimized for programmers |
| acl | access control list utilities, libraries and headers |
| adjtime | A perl script to adjust the clock tick of the hardware clock on the system board |
| agedu | A utility for tracking down wasted disk space |
| aix-miscutils | Miscellaneous helpers for AIX (currently just ldd) |
| apmd | Advanced Power Management Daemon |
| apparmor | Userspace utils and init scripts for the AppArmor application security system |
| apparmor-utils | Additional userspace utils to assist with AppArmor profile management |
| apply-default-acl | Apply default POSIX ACLs to files and directories |
| arrayprobe | Utility to report status of an HP (Compaq) array controller (both IDA & CCISS) |
| attr | Extended attributes tools |
| audio-entropyd | Audio-entropyd generates entropy-data for the /dev/random device |
| baobab | Disk usage browser for GNOME |
| bar | Console Progress Bar |
| baselayout | Filesystem baselayout and init scripts |
| baselayout-java | Baselayout for Java |
| baselayout-prefix | Minimal baselayout for Gentoo Prefix installs |
| biosdevname | Sets BIOS-given device names instead of kernel eth* names |
| biosdisk | A script that creates floppy boot images to flash Dell BIOSes |
| bleachbit | Clean junk to free disk space and to maintain privacy |
| busybox | Utilities for rescue and embedded systems |
| byld | build a Linux distribution on a single floppy |
| cciss_vol_status | Shows status of logical drives attached to HP SmartArray controllers |
| ccs-tools | TOMOYO Linux tools |
| checkpolicy | SELinux policy compiler |
| checkservice | Check the status of services running on local/remote machines |
| chname | Run a command with a new system hostname |
| cinit | a fast, small and simple init with support for profiles |
| ckbcomp | Compile an XKB keymap for loadkeys |
| clrngd | Clock randomness gathering daemon |
| cobalt-panel-utils | LCD and LED panel utilities for the Sun Cobalts |
| collectl | Performance monitoring tool capable of interactive reporting and logging to disk |
| colorized-logs | Tools for logs with ANSI color |
| conspy | Remote control for Linux virtual consoles |
| coreutils | Standard GNU utilities (chmod, cp, dd, ls, sort, tr, head, wc, who,...) |
| cpint | Linux/390 Interface to z/VM's Control Program |
| cpuid | Utility to get detailed information about the CPU(s) using the CPUID instruction |
| cracklib-words | large set of crack/cracklib dictionaries |
| crazydiskinfo | Interactive TUI S.M.A.R.T viewer |
| daemonize | Runs a command as a Unix daemon |
| daisydog | A very simple /dev/watchdog daemon |
| darwin-miscutils | Miscellaneous commands used on macOS, High Sierra 10.13 |
| dbus | A message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to each other |
| dbus-broker | Linux D-Bus Message Broker |
| dcfldd | enhanced dd with features for forensics and security |
| dchroot | Utility for managing chroots for non-root users |
| debianutils | A selection of tools from Debian |
| diffutils | Tools to make diffs and compare files |
| dmapi | XFS data management API library |
| dmidecode | DMI (Desktop Management Interface) table related utilities |
| dnotify | Execute a command when the contents of a directory change |
| dog | Dog is better than cat |
| dstat | Versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat and ifstat |
| dtc | Open Firmware device tree compiler |
| duc | A library and suite of tools for inspecting disk usage |
| ed | Your basic line editor |
| edac-utils | Userspace helper for Linux kernel EDAC drivers |
| elfix | A suite of tools to work with ELF objects on Hardened Gentoo |
| elivepatch-client | Live patch installer client working with elivepatch-server |
| elivepatch-server | Live patch building server with RESTFul Api for elivepatch-client |
| entropy | Entropy Package Manager foundation library |
| entropy-server | Entropy Package Manager server-side tools |
| epoch | An init system, a /sbin/init replacement; designed for simplicity |
| etckeeper | A collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a repository |
| ethtool | Utility for examining and tuning ethernet-based network interfaces |
| exa | A modern replacement for 'ls' written in Rust |
| fakechroot | Provide a faked chroot environment without requiring root privileges |
| fakeroot | A fake root environment by means of LD_PRELOAD and SysV IPC (or TCP) trickery |
| fakeroot-ng | A utility to run commands with fake root privileges |
| fbset | A utility to set the framebuffer videomode |
| fd | Alternative to find that provides sensible defaults for 80% of the use cases |
| file | identify a file's format by scanning binary data for patterns |
| findutils | GNU utilities for finding files |
| firejail | Security sandbox for any type of processes |
| firejail-lts | Security sandbox for any type of processes; LTS branch |
| fix-gnustack | Utility to report and remove the executable flag from an ELF object's GNU_STACK |
| flashrom | Utility for reading, writing, erasing and verifying flash ROM chips |
| flock | Manage locks from shell scripts |
| frandom | Fast kernel-land pseudo-random number generator using the RC4 algorithm |
| fwcrv | FireWire CSR Config ROM Viewer |
| fwts | Firmware Test Suite |
| fwupd | Aims to make updating firmware on Linux automatic, safe and reliable |
| fwupdate | Tools for using the ESRT and UpdateCapsule() to apply firmware updates |
| fxload | USB firmware uploader |
| gawk | GNU awk pattern-matching language |
| gcp | File copying utility with progress and I/O indicator |
| gentoo-functions | base functions required by all Gentoo systems |
| gentoo-systemd-integration | systemd integration files for Gentoo |
| gnome-disk-utility | Disk Utility for GNOME using udisks |
| gpet | GTK+ based TOMOYO policy editor |
| gptfdisk | GPT partition table manipulator for Linux |
| gradm | Administrative interface for the grsecurity Role Based Access Control system |
| grep | GNU regular expression matcher |
| grepcidr | Filter IPv4 and IPv6 addresses matching CIDR patterns |
| groff | Text formatter used for man pages |
| gscanbus | Bus scanning, testing and topology visualizing tool for Linux IEEE1394 subsystem |
| gsmartcontrol | Hard disk drive health inspection tool |
| guix | GNU package manager (nix sibling) |
| habitat | Application automation framework |
| hardened-shadow | Hardened implementation of user account utilities |
| haveged | A simple entropy daemon using the HAVEGE algorithm |
| hbaapi | The Host Bus Adapter API for managing Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters |
| hd-idle | Utility for spinning down hard disks after a period of idle time |
| hdparm | Utility to change hard drive performance parameters |
| heirloom-tools | Heirloom toolchest - original Unix tools |
| help2man | GNU utility to convert program --help output to a man page |
| hexdump-esr | Eric Raymond's hex dumper |
| highway | High performance source code search tool |
| hotplug2stdout | A tool for reading kernel uevent(s) to stdout |
| hponcfg | HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility (HPONCFG) |
| hprofile | Utility to manage hardware, network, power or other profiles (fork) |
| hwdata-gentoo | Data for the hwsetup program |
| hwdata-redhat | Hardware identification and configuration data |
| hwids | Hardware (PCI, USB, OUI, IAB) IDs databases |
| hwinfo | Hardware detection tool used in SuSE Linux |
| hwloc | displays the hardware topology in convenient formats |
| hwsetup | Hardware setup program from Knoppix - used only on LiveCD |
| i2c-tools | I2C tools for bus probing, chip dumping, EEPROM decoding, and more |
| ibm-powerpc-utils | Utilities for the maintainance of the IBM and Apple PowerPC platforms |
| ibm-powerpc-utils-papr | Utilities for the maintenance of IBM PowerPC platforms |
| idle3-tools | Read, Set or disable the idle3 timer of Western Digital drives |
| ifd-gempc | GemCore based PC/SC reader drivers for pcsc-lite |
| ifplugd | Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with cable detection |
| init-system-helpers | Helper scripts useful for both OpenRC and systemd |
| input-utils | Small collection of linux input layer utils |
| install-xattr | Wrapper to coreutil's install to preserve Filesystem Extended Attributes |
| intel-performance-counter-monitor | Intel Performance Counter Monitor - A better way to measure CPU utilization |
| intel-sa-00075-tools | Tools from Intel to detect and mitigate the AMT/MEI vulnerability |
| inxi | The CLI inxi collects and prints hardware and system information |
| iotools | Simple commands to access hardware device registers |
| ipmicfg | An in-band utility for configuring Supermicro IPMI devices |
| ipmitool | Utility for controlling IPMI enabled devices. |
| ipmiutil | IPMI Management Utilities |
| iproute2 | kernel routing and traffic control utilities |
| irqbalance | Distribute hardware interrupts across processors on a multiprocessor system |
| isapnptools | Tools for configuring ISA PnP devices |
| iucode_tool | tool to manipulate Intel X86 and X86-64 processor microcode update collections |
| kbd | Keyboard and console utilities |
| kcheck | Record and check required kernel symbols are set |
| kexec-tools | Load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel |
| keyutils | Linux Key Management Utilities |
| kmod | library and tools for managing linux kernel modules |
| lcdsplash | splash Gentoo boot information on LCD's |
| lcdtest | Displays test patterns to spot dead/hot pixels on LCD screens |
| lcdutils | Cobalt RaQ/Qube LCD Writing and Button reading utilities |
| less | Excellent text file viewer |
| likwid | A performance-oriented tool suite for x86 multicore environments |
| linux-misc-apps | Misc tools bundled with kernel sources |
| lkcdutils | Linux Kernel Crash Dumps (LKCD) Utilities |
| lm_sensors | Hardware Monitoring user-space utilities |
| lmctfy | Linux application container management from Google |
| lnxhc | Linux Health Checker |
| logwatch | Analyzes and Reports on system logs |
| lomoco | Lomoco can configure vendor-specific options on Logitech USB mice |
| lsadb | Prints out information on all devices attached to the ADB bus |
| lsb-release | LSB version query program |
| lshw | Hardware Lister |
| lssbus | Small utility for Linux/SPARC that list devices on SBUS |
| makedev | program used for creating device files in /dev |
| man | Standard commands to read man pages |
| man-db | a man replacement that utilizes berkdb instead of flat files |
| man-pages | A somewhat comprehensive collection of Linux man pages |
| man-pages-posix | POSIX man-pages (0p, 1p, 3p) |
| man2html | Standard commands to read man pages |
| mawk | an (often faster than gawk) awk-interpreter |
| mcstrans | SELinux context translation to human readable names |
| memtest86 | A stand alone memory test for x86 computers |
| memtest86+ | Memory tester based on memtest86 |
| memtester | userspace utility for testing the memory subsystem for faults |
| microcode-ctl | Intel processor microcode update utility |
| miller | A tool like sed, awk, cut, join, and sort for name-indexed data (CSV, JSON, ..) |
| minised | a smaller, cheaper and faster sed implementation |
| miscfiles | Miscellaneous files |
| mlocate | Merging locate is an utility to index and quickly search for files |
| modutils | Standard kernel module utilities for linux-2.4 and older |
| moreutils | a collection of tools that nobody thought to write when Unix was young |
| most | Paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the contents of a file |
| mount-gtk | GTK+ based UDisks2 frontend |
| mouseemu | Emulates scrollwheel, right- & left-click for one-button mice/touchpads |
| msr-tools | Utilities allowing the read and write of CPU model-specific registers (MSR) |
| mtree | Directory hierarchy mapping tool from FreeBSD |
| nawk | Brian Kernighan's pattern scanning and processing language |
| nca | Network Console on Acid |
| net-tools | Standard Linux networking tools |
| netboot-base | Baselayout for netboot systems |
| netkit-base | Old-style inetd |
| netloc | Portable Network Locality (netloc) |
| netplug | Brings up/down ethernet ports automatically with cable detection |
| newrelic-sysmond | NewRelic System Monitor |
| nix | A purely functional package manager |
| noexec | a package for preventing processes from using exec system calls |
| nvme-cli | NVM-Express user space tooling for Linux |
| openrc | OpenRC manages the services, startup and shutdown of a host |
| opentmpfiles | A standalone utility to process systemd-style tmpfiles.d files |
| osinfo-db | osinfo database files |
| osinfo-db-tools | Tools for managing the osinfo database |
| pacman | Archlinux's binary package manager |
| paludis | paludis, the other package mangler |
| paxctl | Manages various PaX related program header flags for Elf32, Elf64, binaries |
| paxctld | PaX flags maintenance daemon |
| pciutils | Various utilities dealing with the PCI bus |
| pcmciautils | PCMCIA userspace utilities for Linux |
| pcsc-lite | PC/SC Architecture smartcard middleware library |
| pcsc-slb-rf72-drv | Schlumberger Reflex 72 Serial Smartcard Reader |
| pcsc-tools | PC/SC Architecture smartcard tools |
| pick | a fuzzy search tool for the command-line |
| pkgcore | a framework for package management |
| pmount | Policy based mounter that gives the ability to mount removable devices as a user |
| pmount-gui | A simple graphical frontend for pmount |
| policycoreutils | SELinux core utilities |
| portage | Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo |
| portage-mgorny | Fork of Portage focused on cleaning up and useful features |
| powerpc-utils | PowerPC utilities including nvsetenv, and additional OldWorld apps |
| prctl | Tool to query and modify process behavior |
| prefix-chain-utils | Chained EPREFIX utilities and wrappers |
| preload | Adaptive readahead daemon |
| progress | Coreutils Viewer: show progress for cp, rm, dd, and so forth |
| proot | User-space implementation of chroot, mount --bind, and binfmt_misc |
| pv | Pipe Viewer: a tool for monitoring the progress of data through a pipe |
| qcontrol | Send commands to some microcontrollers, e.g., to change LEDs or sound a buzzer |
| qdirstat | Qt app to show where your disk space has gone and to help you clean it up |
| qingy | A DirectFB getty replacement |
| razercfg | Utility for advanced configuration of Razer mice |
| readahead-list | Preloads files into the page cache to accelerate program loading |
| rename | Easily rename files |
| renameutils | Use your favorite text editor to rename files |
| rescan-scsi-bus | Script to rescan the SCSI bus without rebooting |
| restartd | A daemon for checking your running and not running processes |
| restorecond | Daemon to watch for creation and set default SELinux fcontexts |
| ripgrep | a search tool that combines the usability of ag with the raw speed of grep |
| rkflashtool | Tool for flashing Rockchip devices |
| rng-tools | Daemon to use hardware random number generators |
| roccat-tools | Utility for advanced configuration of Roccat devices |
| s390-tools | User space utilities for the zSeries (s390) Linux kernel and device drivers |
| s6 | skarnet.org's small and secure supervision software suite |
| s6-linux-init | Generates an init binary for s6-based init systems |
| s6-linux-utils | set of tiny linux utilities |
| s6-portable-utils | set of tiny portable unix utilities |
| s6-rc | service manager for the s6 supervision suite |
| salinfo | decode Itanium SAL records (e.g. various hardware errors) |
| sandbox | sandbox'd LD_PRELOAD hack |
| sdparm | Utility to output and modify parameters on a SCSI device, like hdparm |
| secilc | SELinux Common Intermediate Language (CIL) Compiler |
| sed | Super-useful stream editor |
| selinux-python | SELinux core utilities |
| semodule-utils | SELinux policy module utilities |
| servicelog | Provides utilities for logging service-related events |
| setserial | Configure your serial ports with it |
| sg3_utils | Apps for querying the sg SCSI interface |
| shadow | Utilities to deal with user accounts |
| smartmontools | Tools to monitor storage systems to provide advanced warning of disk degradation |
| smcipmitool | An out-of-band utility for interfacing with SuperBlade and IPMI devices via CLI |
| sparc-utils | Various sparc utilities from Debian GNU/Linux |
| spu-tools | CELL spu ps and top alike utilities |
| stroke | A powerful tool to change file timestamps (including ctimes) |
| superiotool | util to detect Super I/O chips and functionality |
| sydbox | ptrace-based sandbox |
| syscriptor | display misc information about your hardware |
| syslog-notify | Notifications for syslog entries via libnotify |
| systemd | System and service manager for Linux |
| systemd-readahead | Split of readahead systemd implementation |
| sysvinit | /sbin/init - parent of all processes |
| tcp-wrappers | TCP Wrappers |
| texinfo | The GNU info program and utilities |
| the_silver_searcher | A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster |
| thunderbolt-software-user-space | Thunderbolt(TM) user-space components |
| timer_entropyd | A timer-based entropy generator |
| tomoyo-tools | TOMOYO Linux tools |
| toybox | Common linux commands in a multicall binary |
| tuned | Daemon for monitoring and adaptive tuning of system devices |
| uam | Simple udev-based automounter for removable USB media |
| ucspi-proxy | proxy program for two connections set up by a UCSPI server and a UCSPI client |
| ucspi-ssl | Command-line tools for building SSL client-server applications |
| ucspi-tcp | Collection of tools for managing UNIX services |
| ucspi-unix | A ucspi implementation for unix sockets |
| udevil | mount and unmount removable devices without a password |
| unscd | simple & stable nscd replacement |
| usb_modeswitch | A tool for controlling 'flip flop' (multiple devices) USB gear like UMTS sticks |
| usbmon | Userland for USB monitoring framework |
| usbredir | TCP daemon and set of libraries for usbredir protocol (redirecting USB traffic) |
| usbutils | USB enumeration utilities |
| usermode-utilities | Tools for use with Usermode Linux virtual machines |
| utempter | App that allows non-privileged apps to write utmp (login) info |
| util-linux | Various useful Linux utilities |
| vbetool | Run real-mode video BIOS code to alter hw state (i.e. reinitialize video card) |
| watchdog | A software watchdog and /dev/watchdog daemon |
| which | Prints out location of specified executables that are in your path |
| x86info | Dave Jones' handy, informative x86 CPU diagnostic utility |
| xinetd | powerful replacement for inetd |
| xmbmon | Mother Board Monitor Program for X Window System |
| yarn | Fast, reliable, and secure node dependency management |
| yum | automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems |
| zorroutils | Zorro bus utility for Amigas running 2.1 and later kernels |