Browsers

• Abaco
• Dillo
• ELinks - rich fork of Links, without a graphical mode.
• surf - based browser that can be embedded into other applications.

Desktop Environments

• XFCE
• MATE - friendly.
• LXQt
• LXDE
• Enlightenment

Distributions

• Alpine Linux - oriented distribution known for being lightweight.
• Devuan - free version of Debian, offering the familiar APT package manager.
• Artix Linux - based, but uses runit or openrc as init systems instead of systemd.

File Managers

• Ranger - line file manager written in Python, with a visually appealing layout.
• LF - line file manager written in Go, a faster alternative to Ranger.
• NNN

Image Viewers

• feh
• sxiv

Media Players

• MPV - line and graphical capabilities.
• moc
• ncmpcpp - based music player, ideal for minimal setups.

Password Managers

• pass
• spm

Recommendations for Other Tools

• quark
• mtm
• mutt
• MPV

Terminals

• rxvt-unicode
• Kitty - rich terminal emulator.
• Alacritty - accelerated terminal for speed and performance.
• ST

Text Editors

• acme
• helix - modern modal text editor based on Kakoune, written in Rust.
• micro - based editor with familiar keybindings (e.g., ctrl-c for copy).
• vim

Window Managers

• DWM
• IceWM
• i3-gaps
• bspwm