Unix

Unix is a powerful, multiuser, multitasking operating system originally developed at AT&T Bell Labs in the 1960s. Known for its portability, efficiency, and flexibility, Unix has influenced many other operating systems, including Linux and the various BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) systems. This topic covers the history, architecture, and key features of Unix, as well as its various derivatives and implementations. It also explores Unix’s impact on modern computing, including its role in the development of networking, security, and software development practices.

GitHub: https://github.com/topics/unix
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix
Created by: AT&T Bell Labs
Released: 1969
Related Topics: linux, operating-systems, posix, bsd,
Aliases: unix-system, unix-os,
Last updated: 2026-06-22 00:28:42 UTC
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https://github.com/xwmx/bindle

A configuration and dotfile management tool for your personal unix-like computer.

bash bootstrap config configuration dotfiles linux shell terminal unix

Last synced: 06 May 2025

https://github.com/xadaemon/daemonize-me

Rust library to ease the task of creating daemons

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Last synced: 11 Mar 2026

https://github.com/hknakst/Sistem-programlama

Sistem Programlama Türkçe Kaynak (KTÜ)

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Last synced: 29 Apr 2025

https://github.com/pavanjadhaw/dotfiles-old

🍁 dotfiles || plain text configuration files for my linux system

dotfiles rice unix

Last synced: 08 Jul 2025

https://github.com/verseles/xpm

Universal package manager for any unix-like distro

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Last synced: 05 Jan 2026

https://github.com/as/torgo

A UNIX-like Non-GNU command line toolkit

cli coreutils golang gotools linux nt plan9 unix windows

Last synced: 31 Jan 2026

https://github.com/utam0k/mican

🍊 A simple Unix shell written in Rust

mican rust shell unix unix-command

Last synced: 22 Mar 2025

https://github.com/matprec/rust-font-loader

A font loading utility written in rust.

coretext font font-loader fontconfig linux macos rust unix windows wingdi

Last synced: 05 Apr 2025

https://github.com/ibara/oed

Portable OpenBSD ed(1) editor.

bsd c editor openbsd text text-editor unix

Last synced: 24 Oct 2025

https://github.com/Josef-Friedrich/Hue-shell

A collection of UNIX shell scripts to control the Hue LED lamps from Philips.

hue-lamps shell unix

Last synced: 09 May 2025

https://github.com/roberthawdon/dfshow

An open source implementation of some of the applications from Larry Kroeker's DF-EDIT

bsd cli command-line file-manager linux macos terminal-based unix

Last synced: 03 Apr 2025

https://github.com/troglobit/sntpd

sntpd is a fork of Larry Doolittle's ntpclient with added daemon, syslog, and IPv6 support

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Last synced: 18 Mar 2025

https://github.com/statico/cadubi

:art: Creative ASCII Drawing Utility By Ian (1997)

ansi-art ansi-colors ascii-art cli command-line console editor graphics perl unix

Last synced: 09 Apr 2025

https://github.com/petdance/altbox

Website for altbox.dev, the alternative toolbox for developers

command-line hacktoberfest linux shell tools unix

Last synced: 14 Apr 2025

https://github.com/iguessthislldo/georgios

Hobby Operating System

hobby-os kernel operating-system osdev unix x86 x86-32 zig ziglang

Last synced: 12 Apr 2025

https://github.com/xwmx/bask

A runner and framework for command-centric Bash scripts.

bash command-line linux shell task-runner unix

Last synced: 19 Oct 2025

https://github.com/justinmeiners/classic-colors

Paint program for Unix. Inspired by MS Paint (Windows 95-98).

c graphics motif ms-paint paint paint-application unix x11

Last synced: 24 Aug 2025

https://github.com/wzshiming/ctc

Console Text Colors - The non-invasive cross-platform terminal color library does not need to modify the Print method

color colors console go non-invasive unix

Last synced: 20 Jul 2025

https://github.com/zazuum/xlsxgrep

xlsxgrep is a CLI tool to search text in XLSX, XLS, XLSM, CSV, TSV and ODS files. It works similarly to Unix/GNU Linux grep.

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Last synced: 08 Apr 2026

https://github.com/raforg/rawhide

find files using pretty C expressions

c command-line cygwin file find freebsd linux macos netbsd openbsd pcre2 solaris unix

Last synced: 24 Oct 2025

https://github.com/bourgeoisbear/openbsdfirewall

Simple OpenBSD Home Firewall Config for ALIX Board

dhcpd firewall firewall-configuration ipv4 networking openbsd pf resolv-conf router routing unix

Last synced: 24 Oct 2025

https://github.com/nk412/quickhist

quickly plot a histogram on the CLI

bash cli histogram plot unix

Last synced: 23 Jul 2025

https://github.com/gottox/sqsh-tools

🗜️ fast r/o squashfs implementation written in C.

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Last synced: 06 Jul 2025

https://github.com/diegomagdaleno/bsdcoreutils

BSD coreutils is a port of many utilities from BSD to Linux and macOS.

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Last synced: 22 Jul 2025

https://github.com/0xcpu/bonomen

BONOMEN - Hunt for Malware Critical Process Impersonation

malware-analysis malware-research unix windows

Last synced: 02 Apr 2025

https://github.com/k4zoku/nowm

🚫 Managing window without a window manager. (59 slocs)

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Last synced: 12 Jun 2025

https://github.com/felipenlunkes/osdev

A list of reference material to operating system development and administration and operating system history

freebsd history list operating-system osdev posix unix

Last synced: 20 Feb 2026

https://github.com/google/command-fds

A Rust library for passing arbitrary file descriptors when spawning child processes.

command fd process subprocess unix

Last synced: 27 Mar 2026

https://github.com/nugine/rlimit

Resource limits

rust syscall unix

Last synced: 16 May 2025

https://github.com/jonschlinkert/unixify

Convert a windows file path to a unix-style file path.

filepath normalize path posix slash slashes unix

Last synced: 09 Apr 2025

https://github.com/susam/timebox

A timer script for Windows/Linux/Unix/macOS to practice timeboxing (the time management technique)

batch-script linux macos posix productivity shell-script timeboxing timer-script unix windows

Last synced: 12 Oct 2025

https://github.com/horizonunix/uxtu4unix

Universal x86 Tuning Utility for AMD Ryzen APUs on Hackintosh / macOS and Linux

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Last synced: 04 May 2026

https://github.com/mklement0/clipboardtext

Universal clipboard text support for PowerShell, notably also in PowerShell Core (cross-platform) and Windows PowerShell v2-v4

cli clipboard powershell powershell-core powershell-module unix windows windows-powershell

Last synced: 16 Oct 2025

https://github.com/mono/mono.posix

POSIX/Unix interface for Mono, .NET and .NET Core. Provides functionality for managed code to access POSIX/Unix features not accessible via the BCL. This repository supersedes the older code in https://github.com/mono/mono

dotnet mono posix unix

Last synced: 21 Aug 2025

https://github.com/mwiater/ghost

Ghost: A lightweight, cross-platform tool for network inspection and host scanning, written in Go. Quickly perform ARP scans and inspect network details on both Unix and Windows systems.

cobra-cli cross-platform go golang goreleaser unix windows

Last synced: 21 Sep 2025

https://github.com/TamasSzekeres/x11-cr

X11 bindings for Crystal language.

desktop gui linux unix window-manager x11

Last synced: 27 Mar 2025

https://github.com/r1vs3c/searchbins

Offline command line tool that searches for GTFOBins binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems.

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Last synced: 26 Apr 2025

https://github.com/aleimba/bac-genomics-scripts

Collection of scripts for bacterial genomics

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Last synced: 02 Apr 2025

https://github.com/pavdmyt/git-ctm

⏳ git Commit Time Machine ⌛

cli cli-utility console git python terminal unix version-control

Last synced: 11 Apr 2025

https://github.com/mohd-akram/jawk

Awk for JSON.

awk json shell unix

Last synced: 13 Apr 2025

https://github.com/alhadis/research-unix-v10

Source code of Research Unix v10, released by The Unix Heritage Society.

mirror research-unix tuhs unix

Last synced: 17 Jul 2025

https://github.com/azadkuh/vim-cmus

vim-cmus: control cmus music player directly from vim

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Last synced: 29 Apr 2025

https://github.com/xmuli/linuxexample

Unix / Linux Example

example linux unix

Last synced: 12 Apr 2025

https://github.com/rafael-santiago/aegis

Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Windows debugging detection library. With support for C and Go.

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Last synced: 05 Apr 2025

https://github.com/ymgenesis/AudioTool

A bash script to automate management of audio streams in MKV files. Ability to create EAC3 7.1 from TrueHD & DTS, EAC3 and AC3 5.1 and below from anything, and strip audio streams from MKV files.

ac3 atmos audio audio-encoding bash dolby eac3 ffmpeg ffprobe macos mkv plex plex-media-server shell truehd unix

Last synced: 13 Apr 2025

https://github.com/raforg/sshdo

controls which commands may be executed via incoming ssh

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Last synced: 09 Oct 2025

https://github.com/duolingo/splinter

Simple pattern-based linter :rat:

bash grep linter regex unix

Last synced: 14 May 2025

https://github.com/kaworu/jamesm

me going through JamesM's kernel development tutorials

kernel tutorial unix

Last synced: 21 Mar 2025

https://github.com/pageauc/cam-track

Windows, Unix, Raspberry Pi Computer python program to Track Camera X, Y Movements and Convert to Camera Pointing Position. Useful for Stabilization or Robotics Course Correction

cam-track camera-movement camera-tracking debian motion-tracking opencv-python pan-tilt python raspberry-pi-computer rpi-camera search-rectangles template-matching threshold tracking unix usb-cameras video-stream windows

Last synced: 04 Mar 2026

https://github.com/emperorpenguin18/gobble

Rust rewrite of Devour

arch-linux archlinux cli linux rice rust terminal unix wayland window-manager x11

Last synced: 30 Apr 2025

https://github.com/FabioLolix/BSD-Timeline

BSD Distributions Timeline

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Last synced: 16 Aug 2025

https://github.com/fabiololix/bsd-timeline

BSD Distributions Timeline

bsd bsd-timeline distribution-timeline svg unix

Last synced: 09 Apr 2025

https://github.com/mklement0/perli

Multi-platform Perl REPL

interactive learning-by-doing perl5 repl shell unix windows

Last synced: 10 Apr 2025

https://github.com/egoist/tre

Create file tree.

file-tree tree unix

Last synced: 18 Feb 2026

https://github.com/7USTIN/dotfiles

⚙️ Configuration files for my Arch Linux setup

arch bspwm dotfiles linux neovim polybar unix

Last synced: 10 Jul 2025

https://github.com/wunki/dotfiles

Command-line lovers unite! I'm sharing my dotfiles, so you don't have to be me and spend years tweaking configuration files for the best developer experience. Enjoy!

dotfiles fish nvim tmux unix

Last synced: 17 Dec 2025

https://github.com/lvntky/artilleryos

ArtilleryOS is a unique graphical operating system that combines the simplicity and power of Unix-like systems. Featuring a custom-designed kernel.

c kernel linux operating-system os osdev unix

Last synced: 16 Aug 2025

https://github.com/jtsiomb/termtris

Tetris game for terminals

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Last synced: 21 Mar 2025

https://github.com/turborium/turboraylib

TurboRaylib is a cool and clean Raylib bindings for Object Pascal (Delphi and FreePascal)

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Last synced: 27 Oct 2025

https://github.com/enzo1982/boca

A component library used by the fre:ac audio converter

audio components framework freebsd linux macos multi-platform unix windows

Last synced: 12 May 2025

https://github.com/mobsenpai/sugoi

すごい Sugoi | Comfy environment for AwesomeWM

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Last synced: 17 Jun 2025

https://github.com/charyan/osh

Ollama Shell Helper (osh) : English to Unix-like Shell Commands translation using Local LLMs with Ollama

llm ollama python shell unix

Last synced: 14 Mar 2025

https://github.com/elliot40404/volgo

Volgo is a cross-platform CLI app written in Go for controlling system volume from the terminal. Use simple commands or a beautiful interactive TUI—even over SSH!

bubbletea charmbracelet cli cross-platform go golang linux macos music ssh terminal tui unix volume windows

Last synced: 17 Aug 2025

https://github.com/rousan/upfy

A bash script to populate a fresh unix system with useful commands and aliases

bash fresh script setup system unix

Last synced: 13 Jul 2025

https://github.com/d4t4s3c/suforce

Obtain a user's system password, this tool uses the su binary to perform a brute force attack until a successful collision occurs.

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Last synced: 15 Jul 2025

https://github.com/ynikitenko/yarsync

Yet Another Rsync: a file synchronization and backup tool

administration-tools backup linux mirroring rsync-wrapper synchronization unix

Last synced: 17 Mar 2025

https://github.com/nicolasgasco/42_cursus

All the projects done while being a student of 42Urduliz, Bilbao.

2d 3d 42 42cursus 42projects 42urduliz algorithms asm c cpp docker docker-compose nasm-assembly nestjs react typescript-react unix virtualization

Last synced: 12 Apr 2025

https://github.com/savecoders/dotfiles

My dofiles in AwesomeWM

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Last synced: 23 Oct 2025

https://github.com/10xJSChad/climenu

Compact application for creating text menus with executable entries. Use it to build straightforward static shortcut menus or dynamically generate advanced menus for more complex programs.

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Last synced: 17 Nov 2025

https://github.com/greyside/errand-boy

A memory-conscious alternative to os.fork() and subprocess.Popen().

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Last synced: 25 Oct 2025

https://github.com/peterdavehello/unitial

🖥 My rc / configs / dotfiles 📂

bash config config-bashrc configs dotfiles gitconfig hacktoberfest rc-files sh shell shellscript tcsh tcshrc unix vimrc zsh zshrc

Last synced: 16 Mar 2025

https://github.com/xgqfrms/linux-online-docs

linux-online-docs(鸟哥的Linux 私房菜) :fire: :rocket: :tada: :cn:

bash bash-script cmd command-line docs linux macos online shell unix windows xgqfrms zsh

Last synced: 03 Jul 2025

https://github.com/nyxnor/onionjuggler

Manage your Onion Services via CLI or TUI on Unix-like operating system with a POSIX compliant shell.

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Last synced: 15 Apr 2025

https://github.com/salomemm/web_development_bootcamp

Collection of projects and exercises for "The Complete 2021 Web Development Bootcamp" by Angela Yu at Udemy.

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Last synced: 29 Oct 2025

https://github.com/raggi/apue

Source code pack from http://www.apuebook.com/, plus fixes for easy teaching/learning (OSX)

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Last synced: 25 Jul 2025

https://github.com/SalomeMM/Web_Development_Bootcamp

Collection of projects and exercises for "The Complete 2021 Web Development Bootcamp" by Angela Yu at Udemy.

api bootstrap css databases ejs expressjs html javascript jquery json mongodb mongoose no-sql nodejs oauth passportjs reactjs restful-api sql unix

Last synced: 11 Mar 2025

https://github.com/codesofrishi/smartcd

Expedite your navigation of Linux filesystem.

bash bash-plugin cd cli command-line command-line-tool enhancd fuzzy-search fzf linux shell shell-script smartcd terminal unix zsh zsh-plugin

Last synced: 01 May 2025

https://github.com/nathan-fiscaletti/consolesize-go

A library for determining the size of the Console in Go (GoLang) (supports both Windows and Unix systems)

console go golang unix windows

Last synced: 17 Mar 2025

https://github.com/stefan-schroedl/tabulator

A set of Unix shell command line tools for quick and convenient batch processing of tabular text files (a.k.a., tab-delimited, tsv, csv, or flat data file format) with a header line. Provides column reference by name, automatic delimiter and compression detection for per-line transformations, sql-like group-by operation and relational join.

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