Utilities
Athena OS has several commands and applications that could be useful for its usage. They can vary between Athena Arch and Athena Nix.
| Command | Description | Athena Arch | Athena Nix |
|---|---|---|---|
| asciinema | Record and share your terminal sessions. | X | X |
| athena-theme-tweak | Switch to different Athena themes. | X | |
| athena-welcome | Welcome application that allows main security tools installation and mirrorlist update. | X | X |
| bashtop | Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes. | X | |
| bat | A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration. | X | X |
| bfetch | SuperB general-purpose fetch displayer. | X | X |
| bless | High-quality, full-featured hex editor. | X | X |
| btrfs-assistant | GUI management tool to make managing a Btrfs filesystem easier. | X | |
| chat-gpt | ChatGPT Desktop application. | X | |
| codium | Community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of VS Code. | X | X |
| convert | Convert between image formats as well as resize an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, and much more. | X | X |
| downgrade | Downgrade one (or multiple) packages by using the pacman cache or the Arch Rollback Machine. | X | |
| git | Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system. | X | X |
| goofcord | Highly configurable and privacy-focused Discord client. | X | X |
| la | An lsd -a alias. | X | X |
| ll | An lsd -alFh alias. | X | X |
| lsd | An ls command with a lot of pretty colors and some other stuff. | X | X |
| nano | Simple terminal-based text editor. | X | X |
| ncdu | Check which directories are using your disk space. | X | X |
| neofetch | CLI system information tool written in BASH. | X | X |
| nvim | Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability. | X | X |
| octopi | A powerful Pacman (Package Manager) front end using Qt libs. | X | |
| orca | Screen reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via speech and refreshable braille. | X | X |
| pacman | Arch Linux package manager. | X | |
| pactree | Package dependency tree viewer. | X | |
| paru | Pacman wrapping AUR helper with lots of features and minimal interaction. | X | |
| pfetch | A pretty system information tool written in POSIX sh. | X | X |
| probe | Probe for hardware, check operability and find drivers. | X | X |
| pywhat | Identify anything. It easily lets you identifying emails, IP addresses, and more. | X | |
| timeline | Cross-platform application for displaying and navigating events on a timeline. | X | X |
| tmux | Terminal multiplexer that allow you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them and reattach them to a different terminal. | X | X |
| tree | Recursive directory listing program that produces a depth indented listing of files. | X | X |
| vim | Highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. | X | |
| vnstat | Console-based network traffic monitor. | X | X |
| xcp | An extended cp command. | X | X |
| z | A smarter cd command for your terminal. | X | X |
Just for fun.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| cmatrix | Scrolling Matrix like screen in the terminal. |
| cowsay | Generate an ASCII picture of a cow saying something provided by the user. |
| devil | Quotes by devil eyes. |
| figlet | Print input using large characters made up of ordinary screen characters. |
| fortune | Print a random, hopefully interesting, adage. |
| lolcat | Concatenate files, or standard input, to standard output, and add rainbow coloring to it. |
| nyancat | Animated, color, ANSI-text program that renders a loop of the classic Nyan Cat animation. |
| sl | A steam locomotive running across your screen. Next time write ls in a good manner. |
| toilet | Print text using large characters made of smaller characters. |
| train | Choo-choo! |