Command-line tools: P

• p11-kit

  Library to load and enumerate PKCS#11 modules

• p7zip

  7-Zip (high compression file archiver) implementation

• pake

  Turn any webpage into a desktop app with Rust with ease

• pam-reattach

  PAM module for reattaching to the user's GUI (Aqua) session

• panache

  Language server, formatter, and linter for Markdown, Quarto, and R Markdown

• pandoc

  Swiss-army knife of markup format conversion

• pandoc-crossref

  Pandoc filter for numbering and cross-referencing

• paneru

  Sliding, tiling window manager for MacOS

• pango

  Framework for layout and rendering of i18n text

• pangomm@2.46

  C++ interface to Pango

• par2

  Parchive: Parity Archive Volume Set for data recovery

• parallel

  Shell command parallelization utility

• pari

  Computer algebra system designed for fast computations in number theory

• parquet-cli

  Apache Parquet command-line tools and utilities

• parsedmarc

  DMARC report analyzer and visualizer

• pass

  Password manager

• passenger

  Server for Ruby, Python, and Node.js apps via Apache/NGINX

• pastel

  Command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors

• patchelf

  Modify dynamic ELF executables

• patchpal

  AI Assisted Patch Backporting Tool Frontend

• patchutils

  Small collection of programs that operate on patch files

• pay

  HTTP client that automatically handles 402 Payment Required

• payload-dumper-go

  Android OTA payload dumper written in Go

• pcl

  Library for 2D/3D image and point cloud processing

• pcre2

  Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API

• pcsc-lite

  Middleware to access a smart card using SCard API

• pdal

  Point data abstraction library

• pdf2svg

  PDF converter to SVG

• pdfalyzer

  PDF analysis toolkit

• pdfcpu

  PDF processor written in Go

• pdfcrack

  PDF files password cracker

• pdfgrep

  Search PDFs for strings matching a regular expression

• pdfly

  CLI tool to extract (meta)data from PDF and manipulate PDF files

• pdfpc

  Presenter console with multi-monitor support for PDF files

• pdftk-java

  Port of pdftk in java

• pdftoipe

  Reads arbitrary PDF files and generates an XML file readable by Ipe

• pdm

  Modern Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards

• pdns

  Authoritative nameserver

• pdsh

  Efficient rsh-like utility, for using hosts in parallel

• peco

  Simplistic interactive filtering tool

• percona-server

  Drop-in MySQL replacement

• percona-toolkit

  Command-line tools for MySQL, MariaDB and system tasks

• percona-xtrabackup

  Open source hot backup tool for InnoDB and XtraDB databases

• perl

  Highly capable, feature-rich programming language

• perl-xml-parser

  Perl module for parsing XML documents

• perltidy

  Indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read

• petsc

  Portable, Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation (real)

• pfetch-rs

  Pretty system information tool written in Rust

• pg_cron

  Run periodic jobs in PostgreSQL

• pg_partman

  Partition management extension for PostgreSQL

• pgbackrest

  Reliable PostgreSQL Backup & Restore

• pgbadger

  Log analyzer for PostgreSQL

• pgbouncer

  Lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL

• pgcli

  CLI for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

• pgformatter

  PostgreSQL syntax beautifier

• pgloader

  Data loading tool for PostgreSQL

• pgpdump

  PGP packet visualizer

• pgrouting

  Provides geospatial routing for PostGIS/PostgreSQL database

• pgvector

  Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres

• pgweb

  Web-based PostgreSQL database browser

• phantom

  CLI tool for seamless parallel development with Git worktrees

• php

  General-purpose scripting language

• php-code-sniffer

  Check coding standards in PHP, JavaScript and CSS

• php-cs-fixer

  Tool to automatically fix PHP coding standards issues

• php@8.2

  General-purpose scripting language

• php@8.3

  General-purpose scripting language

• php@8.4

  General-purpose scripting language

• phpbrew

  Brew & manage PHP versions in pure PHP at HOME

• phpmyadmin

  Web interface for MySQL and MariaDB

• phpstan

  PHP Static Analysis Tool

• phpunit

  Programmer-oriented testing framework for PHP

• phrase-cli

  Tool to interact with the Phrase API

• physfs

  Library to provide abstract access to various archives

• pi-coding-agent

  AI agent toolkit

• picoclaw

  Ultra-efficient personal AI assistant in Go

• picocom

  Minimal dumb-terminal emulation program

• picotool

  Tool for interacting with RP2040/RP2350 devices and binaries

• pie

  PHP Installer for Extensions

• pieces-cli

  Command-line tool for Pieces.app

• pigz

  Parallel gzip

• pillow

  Friendly PIL fork (Python Imaging Library)

• pinact

  Pins GitHub Actions to full hashes and versions

• pinentry

  Passphrase entry dialog utilizing the Assuan protocol

• pinentry-mac

  Pinentry for GPG on Mac

• pinocchio

  Efficient and fast C++ library implementing Rigid Body Dynamics algorithms

• pint

  Prometheus rule linter/validator

• pip-audit

  Audits Python environments and dependency trees for known vulnerabilities

• pip-tools

  Locking and sync for Pip requirements files

• pipdeptree

  CLI to display dependency tree of the installed Python packages

• pipenv

  Python dependency management tool

• pipes-sh

  Animated pipes terminal screensaver

• pipewire

  Server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines

• pipx

  Execute binaries from Python packages in isolated environments

• pixi

  Package management made easy

• pixman

  Low-level library for pixel manipulation

• pixz

  Parallel, indexed, xz compressor

• pjproject

  C library for multimedia protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP and more

• pkcs11-helper

  Library to simplify the interaction with PKCS#11

• pkcs11-tools

  Tools to manage objects on PKCS#11 crypotographic tokens

• pkgconf

  Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

• pkgx

  Standalone binary that can run anything

• pkl

  CLI for the Pkl programming language

• plakar

  Create backups with compression, encryption and deduplication

• plantuml

  Draw UML diagrams

• platformio

  Your Gateway to Embedded Software Development Excellence

• playwright-cli

  CLI for Playwright: record/generate code, inspect selectors, take screenshots

• playwright-mcp

  MCP server for Playwright

• pluto

  CLI tool to help discover deprecated apiVersions in Kubernetes

• pmd

  Source code analyzer for Java, JavaScript, and more

• pmix

  Process Management Interface for HPC environments

• pmtiles

  Single-file executable tool for creating, reading and uploading PMTiles archives

• pngcheck

  Print info and check PNG, JNG, and MNG files

• pngcrush

  Optimizer for PNG files

• pngpaste

  Paste PNG into files

• pngquant

  PNG image optimizing utility

• pnpm

  Fast, disk space efficient package manager

• pnpm@10

  Fast, disk space efficient package manager

• po4a

  Documentation translation maintenance tool

• pocket-tts

  Text-to-speech application designed to run efficiently on CPUs

• pocketbase

  Open source backend for your next project in 1 file

• poco

  C++ class libraries for building network and internet-based applications

• podlet

  Generate podman quadlet files from a podman command or compose file

• podman

  Tool for managing OCI containers and pods

• podman-compose

  Alternative to docker-compose using podman

• podman-tui

  Podman Terminal User Interface

• podofo

  Library to work with the PDF file format

• poetry

  Python package management tool

• ponyc

  Object-oriented, actor-model, capabilities-secure programming language

• popeye

  Kubernetes cluster resource sanitizer

• poppler

  PDF rendering library (based on the xpdf-3.0 code base)

• popt

  Library like getopt(3) with a number of enhancements

• portable-ruby

  Powerful, clean, object-oriented scripting language

• portaudio

  Cross-platform library for audio I/O

• portless

  Replace port numbers with stable, named local URLs for humans and agents

• portmidi

  Cross-platform library for real-time MIDI I/O

• postgis

  Adds support for geographic objects to PostgreSQL

• postgres-language-server

  Language Server for Postgres

• postgresql@15

  Object-relational database system

• postgresql@16

  Object-relational database system

• postgresql@17

  Object-relational database system

• postgresql@18

  Object-relational database system

• postgrest

  Serves a fully RESTful API from any existing PostgreSQL database

• posting

  Modern API client that lives in your terminal

• potrace

  Convert bitmaps to vector graphics

• povray

  Persistence Of Vision RAYtracer (POVRAY)

• powerlevel10k

  Theme for zsh

• powerline-go

  Beautiful and useful low-latency prompt for your shell

• powerman

  Control (remotely and in parallel) switched power distribution units

• powershell

  Command-line shell and scripting language

• ppsspp

  PlayStation Portable emulator

• pqiv

  Powerful image viewer with minimal UI

• pre-commit

  Framework for managing multi-language pre-commit hooks

• precious

  One code quality tool to rule them all

• prek

  Fast Git hook manager written in Rust, drop-in alternative to pre-commit

• premake

  Write once, build anywhere Lua-based build system

• presenterm

  Terminal slideshow tool

• prettier

  Code formatter for JavaScript, CSS, JSON, GraphQL, Markdown, YAML

• prettierd

  Prettier daemon

• prettyping

  Wrapper to colorize and simplify ping's output

• primecount

  Fast prime counting function program and C/C++ library

• primesieve

  Fast C/C++ prime number generator

• privoxy

  Advanced filtering web proxy

• procs

  Modern replacement for ps written in Rust

• profanity

  Console based XMPP client

• progress

  Coreutils progress viewer

• proj

  Cartographic Projections Library

• projectm

  Milkdrop-compatible music visualizer

• prometheus

  Service monitoring system and time series database

• promptfoo

  Test your LLM app locally

• proto

  Pluggable multi-language version manager

• protobuf

  Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format)

• protobuf-c

  Protocol buffers library

• protobuf@33

  Protocol buffers (Google's data interchange format)

• protoc-gen-go

  Go support for Google's protocol buffers

• protoc-gen-go-grpc

  Protoc plugin that generates code for gRPC-Go clients

• protoc-gen-grpc-java

  Protoc plugin for gRPC Java

• protoc-gen-grpc-swift

  Protoc plugin for generating gRPC Swift stubs

• protoc-gen-grpc-web

  Protoc plugin that generates code for gRPC-Web clients

• protoc-gen-js

  Protocol buffers JavaScript generator plugin

• protolint

  Pluggable linter and fixer to enforce Protocol Buffer style and conventions

• proton-pass-cli

  Command-line interface for Proton Pass

• prowler

  Tool for cloud security assessments, audits, incident response, and more

• proxychains-ng

  Hook preloader

• proxygen

  Collection of C++ HTTP libraries

• psalm

  PHP Static Analysis Tool

• pscale

  CLI for PlanetScale Database

• psgrep

  Shortcut for the 'ps aux | grep' idiom

• pspg

  Unix pager optimized for psql

• psqlodbc

  Official PostgreSQL ODBC driver

• pssh

  Parallel versions of OpenSSH and related tools

• pstoedit

  Convert PostScript and PDF files to editable vector graphics

• pstree

  Show ps output as a tree

• psutils

  Utilities for manipulating PostScript documents

• psysh

  Runtime developer console, interactive debugger and REPL for PHP

• ptpython

  Advanced Python REPL

• pueue

  Command-line tool for managing long-running shell commands

• pugixml

  Light-weight C++ XML processing library

• pulsarctl

  CLI for Apache Pulsar written in Go

• pulseaudio

  Sound system for POSIX OSes

• pulumi

  Cloud native development platform

• pup

  CLI companion with 200+ commands across 33+ Datadog products

• pure

  Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt

• pure-ftpd

  Secure and efficient FTP server

• putty

  Implementation of Telnet and SSH

• pv

  Monitor data's progress through a pipe

• pvetui

  Terminal UI for Proxmox VE

• pwgen

  Password generator

• pwntools

  CTF framework used by Gallopsled in every CTF

• py-spy

  Sampling profiler for Python programs

• py3cairo

  Python 3 bindings for the Cairo graphics library

• pybind11

  Seamless operability between C++11 and Python

• pycparser

  C parser in Python

• pydantic

  Data validation using Python type hints

• pyenv

  Python version management

• pyenv-virtualenv

  Pyenv plugin to manage virtualenv

• pyenv-virtualenvwrapper

  Alternative to pyenv for managing virtualenvs

• pygit2

  Bindings to the libgit2 shared library

• pygments

  Generic syntax highlighter

• pygobject3

  GNOME Python bindings (based on GObject Introspection)

• pyinstaller

  Bundle a Python application and all its dependencies

• pylint

  It's not just a linter that annoys you!

• pymol

  Molecular visualization system

• pympress

  Simple and powerful dual-screen PDF reader designed for presentations

• pymupdf

  Python bindings for the PDF toolkit and renderer MuPDF

• pyqt

  Python bindings for v6 of Qt

• pyqt-builder

  Tool to build PyQt

• pyrefly

  Fast type checker and IDE for Python

• pyright

  Static type checker for Python

• pyscn

  Intelligent Python Code Quality Analyzer

• pyside

  Official Python bindings for Qt

• pytest

  Simple powerful testing with Python

• python-build

  Simple, correct PEP 517 build frontend

• python-freethreading

  Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

• python-gdbm@3.11

  Python interface to gdbm

• python-gdbm@3.12

  Python interface to gdbm

• python-gdbm@3.13

  Python interface to gdbm

• python-gdbm@3.14

  Python interface to gdbm

• python-gdbm@3.15

  Python interface to gdbm

• python-lsp-server

  Python Language Server for the Language Server Protocol

• python-markdown

  Python implementation of Markdown

• python-matplotlib

  Python library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations

• python-packaging

  Core utilities for Python packages

• python-setuptools

  Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages

• python-tabulate

  Pretty-print tabular data in Python

• python-tk@3.12

  Python interface to Tcl/Tk

• python-tk@3.13

  Python interface to Tcl/Tk

• python-tk@3.14

  Python interface to Tcl/Tk

• python-tk@3.15

  Python interface to Tcl/Tk

• python-yq

  Command-line YAML and XML processor that wraps jq

• python@3.11

  Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

• python@3.12

  Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

• python@3.13

  Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

• python@3.14

  Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

• python@3.15

  Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

• pytorch

  Tensors and dynamic neural networks

• pytr

  Use TradeRepublic in terminal and mass download all documents

• pyupgrade

  Upgrade syntax for newer versions of Python

• pyvim

  Pure Python Vim clone

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