Command-line tools: B

• b2-tools

  B2 Cloud Storage Command-Line Tools

• b3sum

  Command-line implementation of the BLAKE3 cryptographic hash function

• babel

  Compiler for writing next generation JavaScript

• babl

  Dynamic, any-to-any, pixel format translation library

• backgroundremover

  Remove background from images and video using AI

• backlog-md

  Markdown‑native Task Manager & Kanban visualizer for any Git repository

• bacon

  Background rust code check

• bagels

  Powerful expense tracker that lives in your terminal

• baguette

  Headless iOS Simulator manager and host-side input injection for iOS 26

• baidupcs-go

  Terminal utility for Baidu Network Disk

• balena-cli

  Command-line tool for interacting with the balenaCloud and balena API

• ballerina

  Programming Language for Network Distributed Applications

• bandcamp-dl

  Simple python script to download Bandcamp albums

• bandit

  Security-oriented static analyser for Python code

• bandwhich

  Terminal bandwidth utilization tool

• baobab

  Gnome disk usage analyzer

• baresip

  Modular SIP useragent

• base64

  Encode and decode base64 files

• basedpyright

  Pyright fork with various improvements and built-in pylance features

• basex

  Light-weight XML database and XPath/XQuery processor

• bash

  Bourne-Again SHell, a UNIX command interpreter

• bash-completion

  Programmable completion for Bash 3.2

• bash-completion@2

  Programmable completion for Bash 4.2+

• bash-git-prompt

  Informative, fancy bash prompt for Git users

• bash-language-server

  Language Server for Bash

• bash-preexec

  Preexec and precmd functions for Bash (like Zsh)

• bashate

  Code style enforcement for bash programs

• bashunit

  Simple testing library for bash scripts

• basis_universal

  Basis Universal GPU texture codec command-line compression tool

• bastet

  Bastard Tetris

• bat

  Clone of cat(1) with syntax highlighting and Git integration

• bat-extras

  Bash scripts that integrate bat with various command-line tools

• bats-core

  Bash Automated Testing System

• batt

  Control and limit battery charging on Apple Silicon MacBooks

• bazarr

  Companion to Sonarr and Radarr for managing and downloading subtitles

• bazel

  Google's own build tool

• bazel-diff

  Performs Bazel Target Diffing between two revisions in Git

• bazelisk

  User-friendly launcher for Bazel

• bbot

  OSINT automation tool

• bbrew

  TUI for managing Homebrew, Flatpak, and Mac App Store packages

• bbtools

  Brian Bushnell's tools for manipulating reads

• bc

  Arbitrary precision numeric processing language

• bcftools

  Tools for BCF/VCF files and variant calling from samtools

• bchunk

  Convert CD images from .bin/.cue to .iso/.cdr

• bcrypt

  Cross platform file encryption utility using blowfish

• bdw-gc

  Garbage collector for C and C++

• beads

  Memory upgrade for your coding agent

• beads_viewer

  Terminal-based UI for the Beads issue tracker

• beancount

  Double-entry accounting tool that works on plain text files

• bear

  Generate compilation database for clang tooling

• beautysh

  Bash beautifier

• bedtools

  Tools for genome arithmetic (set theory on the genome)

• beets

  Music library manager and tagger

• benthos

  Stream processor for mundane tasks written in Go

• bento

  Fancy stream processing made operationally mundane

• bento4

  Full-featured MP4 format and MPEG DASH library and tools

• berkeley-db

  High performance key/value database

• berkeley-db@5

  High performance key/value database

• bettercap

  Swiss army knife for network attacks and monitoring

• betterleaks

  Secrets scanner built for configurability and speed

• bfg

  Remove large files or passwords from Git history like git-filter-branch

• bfs

  Breadth-first version of find

• biber

  Backend processor for BibLaTeX

• binaryen

  Compiler infrastructure and toolchain library for WebAssembly

• bind

  Implementation of the DNS protocols

• bindgen

  Automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C (and some C++) libraries

• binutils

  GNU binary tools for native development

• binwalk

  Searches a binary image for embedded files and executable code

• biome

  Toolchain of the web

• bison

  Parser generator

• bitcoin

  Decentralized, peer to peer payment network

• bitrise

  Command-line automation tool

• bitwarden-cli

  Secure and free password manager for all of your devices

• bitwuzla

  SMT solver for bit-vectors, floating-points, arrays and uninterpreted functions

• bkcrack

  Crack legacy zip encryption with Biham and Kocher's known plaintext attack

• bkmr

  Unified CLI Tool for Bookmark, Snippet, and Knowledge Management

• bkt

  CLI utility for caching the output of subprocesses

• black

  Python code formatter

• blake3

  C implementation of the BLAKE3 cryptographic hash function

• blast

  Basic Local Alignment Search Tool

• bloaty

  Size profiler for binaries

• block-goose-cli

  Open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions

• blueprint-compiler

  Markup language and compiler for GTK 4 user interfaces

• blueutil

  Get/set bluetooth power and discoverable state

• bmake

  Portable version of NetBSD make(1)

• bmon

  Interface bandwidth monitor

• bob

  Version manager for neovim

• bochs

  Open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++

• bombardier

  Cross-platform HTTP benchmarking tool

• bookokrat

  Terminal EPUB Book Reader

• boost

  Collection of portable C++ source libraries

• boost-build

  C++ build system

• boost-python3

  C++ library for C++/Python3 interoperability

• bore-cli

  Modern, simple TCP tunnel in Rust that exposes local ports to a remote server

• borgbackup

  Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption

• borgmatic

  Simple wrapper script for the Borg backup software

• boring

  Simple command-line SSH tunnel manager that just works

• bosh-cli

  Cloud Foundry BOSH CLI v2

• botan

  Cryptographic algorithms and formats library in C++

• bottom

  Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor

• bowtie2

  Fast and sensitive gapped read aligner

• boxes

  Draw boxes around text

• bpython

  Fancy interface to the Python interpreter

• bpytop

  Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor

• breezy

  Version control system implemented in Python with multi-format support

• brev

  CLI tool for managing workspaces provided by brev.dev

• brew-gem

  Install RubyGems as Homebrew formulae

• brew-php-switcher

  Switch Apache / Valet / CLI configs between PHP versions

• brightness

  Change macOS display brightness from the command-line

• brogue

  Roguelike game

• broot

  New way to see and navigate directory trees

• brotli

  Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm by Google

• brpc

  Better RPC framework

• bruno-cli

  CLI of the open-source IDE For exploring and testing APIs

• btop

  Resource monitor. C++ version and continuation of bashtop and bpytop

• bubblewrap

  Unprivileged sandboxing tool for Linux

• buf

  New way of working with Protocol Buffers

• buildifier

  Format bazel BUILD files with a standard convention

• buildkit

  Concurrent, cache-efficient, and Dockerfile-agnostic builder toolkit

• buildozer

  Rewrite bazel BUILD files using standard commands

• buku

  Powerful command-line bookmark manager

• bulk_extractor

  Stream-based forensics tool

• bullet

  Physics SDK

• bump-my-version

  Version bump your Python project

• bun

  Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager

• bundler-completion

  Bash completion for Bundler

• bundletool

  Command-line tool to manipulate Android App Bundles

• butane

  Translates human-readable Butane Configs into machine-readable Ignition Configs

• bwa

  Burrow-Wheeler Aligner for pairwise alignment of DNA

• byacc

  (Arguably) the best yacc variant

• byobu

  Text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer

• bzip2

  Freely available high-quality data compressor

• bzt

  BlazeMeter Taurus

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