Free Apps

update
07 jul 2025: I will update each listing with OS compatibility information soon. I work in Linux but python-based scripts can be cross-compatible with some tweaking.
texrep
A faithful revival of the 1995 DOS classic, texrep keeps file search-and-replace gloriously simple - just feed it old:new pairs and a filename.
Example: texrep apple:orange hello:goodbye file.txt (outputs file.NN.txt with changes).
License: Blue Oak License
Docs: texrep.txt   Script: texrep.py.txt   DOS version: Free Software for DOS
textnet
textnet is a Python-based finger client supporting additional text-only protocols. Features smart wrapping, HTML rendering and quick script editing.
new: 07 jul 2025
License: Blue Oak License   Doc: HTML Documentation   Script: textnet.txt
bfinger
bfinger is a bash-based Finger client (RFC 1288) using /dev/tcp for socket connections to query remote Finger servers, with full 8-bit character and ASCII art support.
License: Blue Oak License   Script: bfinger.txt
redirector
News to Archive Redirector is a Firefox extension that automatically redirects article pages from various paywalled sites to archive.is. See readme.txt for more information.
License: Blue Oak License
Documentation: README.TXT   Extension: (1) manifest.json (2) background.js
fm
The Multi-Server Finger Monitor. A simple little Finger server checker with the grandest of names! Checks 3 core servers for recent user activity in one glance.
License: n/a   Script: fm.txt   Screenshot: fm.png
quotes
quotes is a lightweight cross-platform Python-based random quote generator. Both the script (quotes) and a quotes file (quotes.txt) are needed.
new: 07 jul 2025
License: Blue Oak License   File: Quotes File   Script: quotes.py.txt
cdates
cdates is a simple terminal calendar that displays the current month with events from a caldates file. (1) Marks today and event days with * (2) shows up to 12 events (3) includes the first week of the next month. You need both the cdates and the caldates files
License: Blue Oak License  Documentation: cdates doc (html)
Script: cdates   Events: caldates  Screenhot: cdates.png
nview
nview is a Bash wrapper that captures finger client output and displays it in NFO Viewer, including automated temp file cleanup and optional pipeline filtering.
License: Blue Oak License   Script: nview.txt Screenshots: Light, Dark
sv
sv (Spartan Viewer) is a Python CLI tool that fetches and renders single Spartan/Gemini protocol content or local .gmi files with ANSI-styled formatting, smart word-wrapping, and redirect support for terminal viewing.
License: Blue Oak License  Script: sv.txt  Screenshots: Rendered Page, Help
sbl
sbl (Spartan Bookmark Launcher) is a companion script to sv (Spartan Viewer) above. Running 'sbl' will launch URLs embedded in the script as: "sv {url} | less -R".
License: Blue Oak License  Script: sbl.txt  Screenshots: Main Screen, Help
codepage437
codepage437 is a UTF-8 friendly version of the original code page for DOS. Includes conversion information (linux) to make it compatible with code pages used on other operating systems.
License: CC0: No Rights Reserved  Light: cpage437  Dark: cpage437