Projects within Tools

  • ANK_djbdns

    - Web interface for 'djbdns'
  • Active Spam Killer

    - Spam filter
  • AdacURL

    - Ada95 binding to the 'cURL' library
  • ArgusEye

    - A GUI for the Argus network auditing suite.
  • Aria

    - Download tool with GUI that can pause, resume, and queue downloads
  • AutoScan

    - Network management tool
  • Autossh

    - Monitors and automatically reestablishes SSH connections
  • BIRD

    - Dynamic routing daemon
  • Balance

    - TCP proxy
  • BannerKiller

    - Page filtering Web proxy
  • Bigboos

    - A network monitoring system.
  • BioMail

    - Biomedical literature alert tool
  • Bitflu

    - A BitTorrent client/daemon for Unix.
  • BlueZ

    - Bluetooth for GNU/Linux
  • CTC

    - Daemon that prevents ads from downloading
  • Checkaliases

    - Reads and monitors a sendmail alias file
  • Checkurls

    - Checks to see if a file at a specified URL has been changed
  • Chungles

    - A system for easy file sharing among computers on a local network.
  • Comanche

    - Multiplatform configuration manager for the Apache web server
  • Console Downloader

    - Is a command line download manager.
  • CrawlTrack

    - CrawlTrack is a php script able to track search-engine crawlers on website.
  • Darkstat

    - Network statistics gatherer
  • DataparkSearch

    - Web search engine
  • Directnet

    - Peer-to-peer instant messenger
  • Dnstracer

    - Traces DNS information
  • Drall

    - Allows remote access to files without telnet or FTP
  • ECNCheck

    - Tests for ECN support and RFC-violating refusal
  • EPICS

    - Distributed Process Control Tool Kit Components
  • Exhale

    - Exhale is a Freenet insertion client for Freenet 0.5 and 0.6
  • FFPF

    - Packet filter specifically designed for speed
  • Fake

    - Activates backup servers on a LAN
  • Fast File Search

    - Crawls FTP servers and SMB shares and stores the information it finds to a database
  • Firehose

    - Strings together devices to achieve very high speed data transfers
  • FreeIPMI

    - Intelligent platform management system
  • FunkLoad

    - A functional and load tester for Web applications.
  • G-Kermit

    - File transfer program
  • GNU MAC Changer

    - Is a utility to manipulate a MAC address
  • GPuTTY

    - PuTTY clone for Gnome
  • Garpd

    - GNU Gratuitous ARP Daemon
  • Gbiff2

    - Displays headers when new mail has arrived
  • Getleft

    - Downloads all links from a particular URL
  • Gip

    - Makes IP address-based calculations
  • Give/Take

    - Filesharing application
  • Gnome Workstation Command Center

    - GUI interface to the command line
  • Gsmbscanner

    - NetBIOS scanner program
  • Gspoof

    - Facilitates building and sending TCP packets
  • HAproxy

    - TCP/HTTP load balancer
  • Hammerhead

    - A Web stress testing tool.
  • Hldfilter

    - E-mail filter
  • Httptunnel

    - Creates a data path in HTTP requests
  • Ifmail-tx

    - Fidonet transport and gateway
  • Independent Coffeeshop Access Manager

    - A user manager for the NoCat wireless/wired authentication manager.
  • Inferno

    - OS and development environment for distributed and networked systems
  • Internet Junkbuster

    - Blocks unwanted banner ads and cookies
  • Jungle Monkey

    - Distributed file sharing program
  • KTorrent

    - BitTorrent client for KDE
  • Knettools

    - Network testing tools
  • Larbin

    - Web crawler
  • Lftp

    - FTP client
  • Libcisco

    - Automates configuration management for Cisco network equipment
  • Libcurl

    - Multiprotocol file transfer library
  • Linux Bandwidth Arbitrator

    - Helps network admins control bandwidth
  • Looking Glass

    - A looking glass written as a CGI script
  • Loukotka

    - A tool for making online slide shows.
  • MLdonkey

    - Multi-network file sharing client
  • MQ4CPP

    - Message queueing for C++
  • MQS

    - Minimalist queueing system
  • Mail2chart

    - Generates statistical charts from e-mail
  • Mail2clf

    - Generates a CLF file from email
  • Maildrop

    - Email filter and delivery agent
  • Mars

    - Network status monitor
  • MegaUpload

    - Progress monitor for PHP file uploads
  • Mibble

    - SNMP MIB file parser library
  • Minorfish

    - Simple list manager
  • Mirmon

    - Monitors mirrors
  • Mkautosmb

    - Makes the local SMB network browsable
  • MultiGet

    - Graphical download manager
  • MySAR

    - A dynamic web-based squid log analysis system
  • Net-snmp

    - Tools and libraries for the Simple Network Management Protocol
  • Net::Telnet::Cisco

    - Automates Cisco management with Perl
  • NetMess

    - File sharing system
  • Netsukuku

    - A P2P network system
  • NetworkManager

    - Program to provide a persistent network connection
  • Nget

    - Command line NNTP file grabber
  • NoSpam

    - Content-based spam filter
  • NyFolder

    - NyFolder is a Different Kind of P2P.
  • OpenBerg Reader

    - An open-standards-based eBook reader.
  • PHPFileExchange

    - Web-based file exchange system
  • PerlBoard

    - Threaded messageboard system
  • Pootypedia

    - A tool for tracking your end users' hardware.
  • ProZilla

    - Download accelerator
  • PuTTY

    - Free Telnet, SSH, and Rlogin clients plus a terminal emulator
  • PycURL

    - Python interface to the cURL library
  • RabbIT

    - Speeds up surfing over slow links
  • RearSite

    - Lets you manage files from a Web interface
  • Rocks

    - Protects sockets-based applications from network failures
  • SFT

    - File transfer program
  • SNMPTT

    - SNMP trap handler for use with Net-SNMP snmptrapd
  • SSHMan

    - a simple SSH agent helper.
  • ScriptsMill Comments

    - It is a free php script that allows users to add comments on certain pages of your website
  • SendIP

    - Sends arbitrary IP packets
  • Serlvers

    - Serlvers is a set of Erlang modules designed to help in the implementation of IP services (i.e. TCP/IP or Internet servers).
  • Shareaza

    - sophisticated file-sharing sytem
  • Sharktorrent

    - A cross-platform BitTorrent client.
  • Simple Grid Protocol

    - Grid Computing protocol & software tools
  • Socat

    - Relay for bidirectional data transfer
  • Socketpipe

    - Connects the input/output of a remote process with local programs
  • Spam Assassin

    - Tests mail headers and body texts to detect spam
  • Spaminator

    - Web interface for sendmail's anti-spam functionality
  • Spinner

    - Keeps telnet and ssh links from dropping
  • Splonk

    - Spam eliminator
  • StatEye

    - Determines web site traffic
  • SwiftSurf

    - HTTP proxy
  • TclCurl

    - Binding library for libcurl
  • Tcpreplay

    - Lets users replay captured network traffic
  • The Anomy Sanitizer

    - Blocks e-mail based security risks
  • TightVNC

    - Enhanced version of VNC
  • TinyDYN

    - Client and server software for dynamic DNS services
  • Totd

    -
  • Transmission

    - A lightweight BitTorrent client.
  • TwoFTPd

    - FTP server
  • UFTP

    - UFTP - UDP based FTP with multicast
  • Unix2tcp

    - Connection forwarder
  • Varnish

    - A high-performance HTTP accelerator.
  • WebDialer

    - Configures and starts/stops connections from a browser
  • Wget4web

    - Monitors download information through a browser
  • Whatmask

    - Helps manipulate network settings
  • WhiteWater

    - Filesharing tool
  • Whois proxy

    - Perl whois tool
  • Wifi Radar

    - Connect and List local Wifi Networks
  • Wireshark

    - Network protocol analyzer
  • XDM-Choose

    - Replacement chooser for XDM
  • aMule

    - All-platform port of eMule
  • aircrack

    - Tools for auditing wireless networks '
  • apt-torrent

    - 'apt' backend to fetch packages via the bittorrent protocol
  • aria2

    - A high speed download utility.
  • authfail

    - Tracks IP addresses that cause authentication failures
  • basE91

    - Efficient binary data to ASCII text encoder
  • booh

    - Booh is a static Web-Album generator.
  • c-nocem

    - Applies NoCeM actions on the local news spool
  • cronolog

    - Web log rotation program
  • curl

    - curl and libcurl is a tool for transferring files using URL syntax
  • deepOfix Messaging Server

    - Complete Messaging Server
  • drbd

    - Block device for building high-availability clusters
  • drill

    - Debugging/query tool for DNSSEC
  • gFTP

    - Multithreaded FTP client
  • gSOAP

    - A web services toolkit that provides SOAP/XML to C/C++ binding.
  • gerstensaft

    - Frontend for Simple Asynchronous File Transfer
  • gnome-nettool

    - Graphical interfaces for common command line network tools
  • gnunet

    - Anonymous peer-to-peer file-sharing
  • gtk-gnutella

    - A GTK+ Gnutella clone.
  • hindent

    - HTML formatter
  • htpasstool

    - htpasstool is a web-based management tool for Apache .htpasswd files
  • icpld

    - Sends ICMP requests to IP addresses and monitors the connection
  • ipcalc

    - Helps users design sub- and super-networks
  • ipsc

    - IP subnet calculator
  • ipsvd

    - Set of Internet protocol service daemons
  • jCIFS

    - SMB client library written in Java
  • jwhois

    - Internet whois client
  • libnetdude

    - Packet manipulation backend of 'netdude'
  • lufs

    - Userspace filesystem framework
  • mail2thread

    - Finds and outputs mail threads
  • msredird

    - Serial port redirector
  • mynetmonitor

    - Mynetmonitor is a gtk2 net monitor with system
  • mysqlBIND

    - Manages multiple DNS/BIND name servers
  • nepim

    - Measures available bandwidth between hosts
  • net-check

    - Monitors Internet connectivity
  • netboot

    - Boots an operating system through a network interface on a x86 system
  • netdude

    - Inspects and manipulates tcpdump tracefiles
  • netprofiler

    - Writes network settings into config files
  • netrw

    - Transports data over the Internet
  • nfswatch

    - Montiors and displays a record of network traffic
  • ngrep

    - Applies 'grep' functionality to the network layer
  • ntop

    - Network traffic usage monitor
  • octod

    - A network controlled download manager.
  • online-bookmarks

    - Stores bookmarks, favorites, and links on the Web
  • pdnsd

    - Proxy DNS server
  • pftpd

    - Anonymous FTP daemon
  • phpLogCon

    - is a web based syslog and network event data log analysis, search, graphing and reporting tool.
  • phptelemeter

    - A script that reads ISP quota meter pages.
  • pmacct

    - Gathers IP traffic information
  • ppp

    - Connects machines to the Internet through dialup lines
  • ppplog

    - Keeps track of PPP online sessions
  • pppoesk

    - A program to terminate bogus PPPoE sessions.
  • pseudo-cron

    - Lets users run cron jobs on a Website without shell access
  • pyNeighborhood

    - GTK+ 2 front-end for Samba client tools.
  • rp-pppoe

    - PPPoE client and server suite
  • rsyslogd

    - Enhanced 'syslogd'
  • ser2net

    - Connects from a network connection to a serial port
  • sercd

    - Serial port redirector
  • sipcalc

    - Advanced IP subnet calculator
  • sredird

    - Lets you share a serial port throughout a network
  • surblhost

    - Command-line program that looks up hostnames in the Spam URI Realtime Blocklist (SURBL)
  • u2nl

    - Listens on a TCP port and tunnels all connections transparently via an HTTPS proxy
  • vnstat

    - Network traffic monitor that uses the /proc filesystem to get information
  • w3m

    - Text mode browser
  • xnetintf

    - X application for managing network interfaces
  • ypserv

    - Simple network lookup service
 
 

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