Programs I Use

A collection of all the programs I use daily

Last update: 2026-04-23

1 Philosophy

I choose software based on the following criteria:

If a tool has remote syncing, all data should be still available locally, instead of blocked by an internet connection.
I must have access to all my data, no matter what.
If I decide to switch tools, they must allow me to export my data.
I should be able to tinker with the tools, to shape them to fit my needs best.
The usage must be clean and simple.
90% of the software I choose has its source open, often free to change and fork.
Most tools I use does not have an interface, which turns them scriptable in many ways.
I prefer lightweight solutions.

I’m okay with having one or two proprietary software, but I do not accept myself relying on them, for essential things.

For a full list of all the programs I use, you can check on aocoronel/pacmirror-config. This list is always updated.

Arch-based specific:

GUIs:

Audio editor: Tenacity
Image editor: GIMP
Image viewer: nsxiv
Office: LibreOffice
PDF viewer: Zathura
Screenshoter: Flameshot
Terminal emulator: Suckless simple terminal
Text editor: Emacs
Video editor: Shotcut
Web browser: Firefox with arkenfox.js, uBlock Origin, SurfingKeys and Tampermonkey
Window swithcer: Rofi
YouTube frontend: FreeTube in desktop, PipePipe in Android

TUIs:

Email client: neomutt
File manager: Either oil.nvim or dired in Emacs. Whenever I need something fancier I use ranger or pcmanfm
Media player: mpv
Music player: cmus
RSS feeds: newsboat
Text editor: Neovim

CLIs:

Backup: restic
Bookmark manager: bmark
Dotfile manager: neostow
File encryption: tomb
File syncing: use sync files using ssh, sftp and rsync
Media converter: ffmpeg
Password manager: pass to store OTP, and lesspass as my stateless password manager
Shell: zsh

Other:

Note-taking: black pen and A4 white paper
Task management: my head and occasionally spread over the filesystem as plain-text