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: 2026-06-25 00:28:49 UTC
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https://github.com/tomarrell/tre
A simple, fast and interactive alternative to 'tree'
Last synced: 04 Oct 2025
https://github.com/archer-01/minitalk
Small data exchange between two programs using UNIX signals
Last synced: 05 Mar 2026
https://github.com/ldilley/umaskcalc
:heavy_division_sign: A umask calculator app for Android
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Last synced: 07 May 2026
https://github.com/simonprovost/rpl
/rpl is fork (with one new feature) source from UNIX procedure that reads standard input, replaces all desired occurrences, and searches for the suffix specified in the parameters ⌨️
c fork improvement rpl unix unix-command
Last synced: 07 Jul 2025
https://github.com/jonathanstowe/raku-unix-privileges
A module for handling UNIX privileges
Last synced: 02 Apr 2025
https://github.com/ralphhightower/ralphhightower
Ralph Hightower's GitHub / Web Site
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Last synced: 10 Apr 2025
https://github.com/begriffs/semln
Filter to add semantic line breaks in many languages
filter semantic-segmentation unicode unix
Last synced: 08 Jul 2025
https://github.com/yehorbk/cross-term
Cross-platform terminal emulator with flexible script configuration
cross-term macos terminal terminal-emulator unix windows
Last synced: 06 Apr 2026
https://github.com/gyreas/purrcat
My purr cat, a Java implementation of Unix cat.
cat command-line coreutils java unix
Last synced: 16 Feb 2026
https://github.com/jcarrano/man.sh
CGI man page viewer and shell script based web server
cgi-script http-server manual sed unix
Last synced: 27 Mar 2025
https://github.com/latentdream/shepherd
🐑 Cross-platform file change motoring | No dependency
Last synced: 16 May 2026
https://github.com/philspil66/unix-june-1972
This is the working source code to PDP-11 Unix from 1972.
pdp pdp-11 unix vintage-computers
Last synced: 07 May 2025
https://github.com/hayabusa-cloud/iofd
Universal file descriptor abstractions for Unix systems in Go
Last synced: 17 Feb 2026
https://github.com/nchern/imapstats
A command line tool to fetch message stats from imap servers
cli command-line email imap unix
Last synced: 21 Jul 2025
https://github.com/sixarm/unix-system-version-information
Unix system version information
lsb-release pkginfo script shell sw-vers system uname unix version
Last synced: 20 Jun 2025
https://github.com/ruben2163/terminal-emulator-python
This is a linux terminal in python that uses a virtual file system
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Last synced: 18 Jul 2025
https://github.com/dmg-techlabs/syscloner
A cli tool to backup and restore your linux system
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Last synced: 17 May 2026
https://github.com/nielash/rclone-permissions-mapper
Tool to convert uid and gid between mac and linux defaults when syncing files via cloud storage using rclone sync.
bash chown cloud-storage copy gid go golang linux mac macos metadata osx permissions rclone rclone-sync shell ubuntu uid unix
Last synced: 04 Apr 2026
https://github.com/swathimystery/software-development-philosophy
Rules for software development. A proven methodology.
lean manifesto philosophy software unix
Last synced: 29 Mar 2025
https://github.com/crafterkolyan/localhost-throttle
Tool to throttle or redirect your network connections
linux localhost macos macosx network python redirect redirection throttle throttling unix windows
Last synced: 07 Mar 2026
https://github.com/xuender/startup
Startup is Go library based on Go 1.18+
go golang golang-library startup unix windows
Last synced: 04 Apr 2025
https://github.com/lucaswerkmeister/ceylond
Ceylon modules to write socket-based daemons
ceylon daemon linux socket systemd unix unix-domain-socket
Last synced: 04 Apr 2025
https://github.com/soumyadip007/shell-programming
A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by the Unix shell, a command-line interpreter. The various dialects of shell scripts are considered to be scripting languages. Typical operations performed by shell scripts include file manipulation, program execution, and printing text
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Last synced: 30 May 2026
https://github.com/davep/protocols.el
Protocol database access functions
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Last synced: 13 May 2025
https://github.com/florian-a/pipex
Même Mario Bros n'a pas aimé ce projet
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Last synced: 25 Feb 2025
https://github.com/urpagin/my-coreutils
Coreutils my way.
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Last synced: 25 Jun 2026
https://github.com/domfarolino/os
Repository to accompany me along me OS journey
c concurrency kernel-module linux mutex operating-systems posix posix-apis semaphore synchronization system-calls system-v unix
Last synced: 20 Jan 2026
https://github.com/azaki2005/llmscript
🧑💻 Write your shell scripts in natural language
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Last synced: 08 Apr 2026
https://github.com/ralphhightower/blog
@RalphHightower/blog – This is my personal blog with a heavy anti-Trump emphasis, occasionally a post that's non-political. 2015, I assessed Trump as a stupid, effing idiot with severe character flaws. 2024 pre-election, I had concerns for democracy; post-election, I have fears for democracy. This blog is built with Jekyll 4.4.1. No code.
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Last synced: 13 Sep 2025
https://github.com/logan-bobo/wc-go
Implementation of the wc UNIX command line utility in Go.
Last synced: 01 May 2026
https://github.com/SixArm/unix-system-version-information
Unix system version information
lsb-release pkginfo script shell sw-vers system uname unix version
Last synced: 04 Apr 2025
https://github.com/remram44/unix-at
Talk to the at(1) daemon, to schedule jobs for later
at atq cron job-queue job-scheduler linux python unix
Last synced: 13 Mar 2025
https://github.com/turbomack/unix-recursive
Fast and flexible primitives for recursive file system IO on Posix systems
Last synced: 20 Jan 2026
https://github.com/michaelchadwick/dotfiles
My MacOS/UNIX dotfiles.
bashrc dotfiles linux macos-dotfiles mercurial profile shell unix zshrc
Last synced: 14 May 2025
https://github.com/brandonmfong/xpro
xml Shell Profile
bash linux powershell unix xml xpro zsh
Last synced: 17 Aug 2025
https://github.com/mhmdhussein/42-minishell
A UNIX shell written in C for the 42 school curriculum. Supports command execution, pipes, redirections, environment variables, and built-in commands. Designed to mimic bash behavior while reinforcing knowledge of processes, signals, and file descriptors.
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Last synced: 09 May 2026
https://github.com/aniketfuryrocks/hostcat
UNIX Command Line tool to switch between Local Dns profiles
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Last synced: 18 Mar 2025
https://github.com/fabiospampinato/sanitize-basename
Sanitize a file name for cross-platform validity.
basename cross-platform file name sanitize unix windows
Last synced: 27 Jul 2025
https://github.com/relrod/hed
A simple line-oriented editor in Haskell
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Last synced: 19 Sep 2025
https://github.com/hubtou/fortunes-freebsd-classic
Classical fortune data files from FreeBSD
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Last synced: 14 Feb 2026
https://github.com/egomobile/e-gpt
Command line tool that interacts with ChatGPT without additional software and an embedded UI.
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Last synced: 29 Sep 2025
https://github.com/crater-space/cli
A super-lightweight, universal, "meta" package manager for UNIX-like platforms
linux package-management package-manager unix
Last synced: 06 Aug 2025
https://github.com/dwoz/microdot-shell
Micro 'dot files' management
bash bashrc dotfiles linux linux-shell productivity shell unix unix-shell
Last synced: 09 Apr 2026
https://github.com/yellow-footed-honeyguide/unpak
Utility for unpacking any type of archive 📦
cli-tools extract extractor unix
Last synced: 11 Aug 2025
https://github.com/vallen217/macro_counter
A terminal program to track, record, and view macronutritional data.
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Last synced: 09 Mar 2026
https://github.com/blackm0re/pyotp2289
A pure Python implementation of "A One-Time Password System" - RFC-2289
2289 cryptography freebsd otp password python security unix
Last synced: 21 Aug 2025
https://github.com/yavuzsonmez/42-minitalk
A small data exchange program, based on client/server model, using UNIX signals.
42 42born2code 42heilbronn bits client minitalk posix server signal unicode unix
Last synced: 25 Aug 2025
https://github.com/troglobit/ns
Example of how to use getaddrinfo()
dns name-resolution posix unix
Last synced: 07 Apr 2025
https://github.com/cwchentw/shlibs
Tiny but Handy Aliases and Functions for Bourne Shell
bash dotfiles linux posix shell-aliases shell-functions shell-script unix zsh
Last synced: 10 Apr 2026
https://github.com/j256/null
Unix command line utility which combines /dev/null, tree, md5sum, and other useful features.
command-line-tool devnull md5sum tee unix unix-command
Last synced: 04 Jan 2026
https://github.com/ladjs/policies
Policies helper for Lad
api basic-auth group koa lad mongodb mongoose passport permissioning policies unix
Last synced: 28 Jun 2025
https://github.com/gabrielcsapo/run-then
🚲 do something when, a text parser with purpose
Last synced: 15 Mar 2025
https://github.com/yavuzsonmez/42-webserv
NGINX-like HTTP/1.1 server using TCP sockets and I/O multiplexing written in C++98
cpp98 http io-multiplexing socket tcp unix
Last synced: 15 May 2025
https://github.com/malinoskj2/symlink-app-wip
Conveniently make symlinks with yaml
cli config dotfiles linux rust shell symlink terminal terminal-based unix utility yaml yaml-configuration
Last synced: 11 Apr 2026
https://github.com/wesleych3n/process-cpp
A rust-like C++ API to easily create process, pipe stdio, etc on win/unix
cmake cpp pipes rust stdio subprocess unix windows
Last synced: 20 Apr 2026
https://github.com/christarazi/galloc
An implementation of `malloc(3)` in the Go programming language
brk dynamic-memory-allocation go golang heap linux malloc memory-management unix
Last synced: 27 Apr 2026
https://github.com/isaiah512/linux-shell
a c++ implementation of a linux shell with core shell functionalities, including command parsing, process creation, signal handling and shell built-ins.
command-line cpp educational linux linux-shell operating-system shell terminal unix unix-shell
Last synced: 09 Mar 2025
https://github.com/cromerc/opensysusers
A replacement for sysusers.d without systemd.
linux shell-script systemd sysusers unix
Last synced: 18 Apr 2025
https://github.com/iomega8561/playos
PlayOS is an interactive SwiftUI desktop simulation designed to help younger generations grasp essential computing concepts in a safe, sandboxed environment
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Last synced: 11 Apr 2026
https://github.com/daxter-army/linux_system_guide
commands, concepts, working, theory, practical things guide for linux operating system
Last synced: 15 Mar 2025
https://github.com/alexanderwe/rs-tree
A simple tree command implementation in Rust
Last synced: 03 Aug 2025
https://github.com/sidoshiro/trasher
♻️ C memory pool library for my projects and studies 🚮
allocation c compact linux memory-pool pools shell trasher unix
Last synced: 28 May 2026
https://github.com/alexcoder04/infinity
My dotfiles (again...)
config configuration customization dotfiles i3 i3wm lf linux nvim scripts shell sway terminal tiling-window-manager unix wm zsh
Last synced: 12 Apr 2026
https://github.com/alishyyy/clio
Clio is a Unix/Linux command-line tool that displays random historical facts about computing. Stay curious and explore the past, one fact at a time! 🚀
Last synced: 22 Apr 2025
https://github.com/prdpx7/webdict-cli
Search dictionary.com and urbandictionary from CLI
cli-app dictionary nodejs unix
Last synced: 24 Jul 2025
https://github.com/zemerik/macbrew
🚀 Advanced terminal emulator built in Rust with Python integration - A comprehensive command-line experience
cli command-line development emulator homebrew linux macos python rust shell terminal unix
Last synced: 20 Jan 2026
https://github.com/2kabhishek/shelly
Publish CLI Tools 🐚✨
prototyping script shell template unix
Last synced: 04 Feb 2026
https://github.com/shuritch/nixos
❄️ This is setup for my NixOS devices. ❄️
color-scheme config configuration declarative-programming dotfiles home-manager linux linux-rice nix nix-flake nixos nixos-configuration os rice setup unix unixporn
Last synced: 23 Apr 2025
https://github.com/vroncevic/dist_py_module
Distributing python modules
distributed generator install-script linux macos module pip python3 qnx setup setuptools temaplate tool unix
Last synced: 24 Jan 2026
https://github.com/sgoudham/myclipboard
Utility Library to Access and Manipulate the Default System Clipboard
clipboard clipboard-history cross-platform java macos unix windows
Last synced: 14 Apr 2025
https://github.com/txuswashere/linux-software
collection of AWESOME Linux applications and tools for any users/developers.
free-software linux linux-app linux-desktop linux-distribution list lists open-source opensource resource-pack resourcepack resources unix
Last synced: 11 Mar 2026
https://github.com/kitsunesemcalda/microunixclone-
A useless clone of Unix system
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Last synced: 03 Apr 2025
https://github.com/serginator/multibootusb
settings for my multiboot usb
grub kali-linux linux rescue-system systemrescuecd tails toolkit unix
Last synced: 12 Apr 2026
https://github.com/ufuayk/brofetch
A detailed and fun command-line system information tool.
brofetch cli cli-tool fetch linux linux-shell neofetch sh shell system-information unix
Last synced: 31 Jul 2025
https://github.com/gershnik/ptl
C++ library for Unix system APIs.
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Last synced: 06 May 2026