Uses

Collection of software that I use on my devices.

Apps

General

• Firefox Open source

  Web browser

  arkenfox Privacy, security and anti-tracking settings

  arkencrab Experimental arkenfox toolbox
• Helium New Open source

  Chromium-based web browser Previously used: Ungoogled Chromium
• Orion macOS

  WebKit-based browser
• 1Password Paid

  Cross-platform password manager
• Things Paid macOS

  Getting Things Done
• Obsidian

  Flexible note taking app

Development

• Ghostty Open source

  Fast, feature-rich terminal emulator Previously used: iTerm2
• Visual Studio Code Open source

  General purpose code editor
• Figma Freemium

  Interface design tool
• Orbstack Freemium macOS

  Faster, native Docker engine

Utilities

• CleanShot X Paid macOS

  Better screen capture app
• iStat Menus Paid macOS

  Menu bar system monitor Previously used: Stats
• Amphetamine macOS

  Keeps macOS awake
• Pure Paste macOS

  Paste as plain text by default
• IINA Open source macOS

  Modern media player for macOS
• Little Snitch New Paid macOS

  Host-based interactive application firewall

Browser Extensions

• uBlock Origin Open source

  Wide-spectrum content blocker
• Stylus Open source

  Userstyles manager
• SponsorBlock Open source

  Skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos
• Wipr Paid macOS iOS

  Content blocker for Safari Previously used: 1Blocker, AdGuard

Programs

The following list is automatically generated from my Nix flake system configuration.

• am

  A beautiful and feature-packed Apple Music CLI
• arkencrab

  Experimental arkenfox toolbox
• bash-interactive

  GNU Bourne-Again Shell, the de facto standard shell on Linux (for interactive use)
• bat

  Cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration
• bun

  Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, transpiler and package manager – all in one
• cargo-audit

  Audit Cargo.lock files for crates with security vulnerabilities
• cargo-bloat

  Tool and Cargo subcommand that helps you find out what takes most of the space in your executable
• cargo-cache

  Manage cargo cache (${CARGO_HOME}, ~/.cargo/), print sizes of dirs and remove dirs selectively
• cargo-deny

  Cargo plugin for linting your dependencies
• cargo-expand

  Cargo subcommand to show result of macro expansion
• cascadia-code

  Monospaced font that includes programming ligatures and is designed to enhance the modern look and feel of the Windows Terminal
• curl

  Command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax
• darwin-manual-html

  The Darwin manual in HTML format
• deadnix

  Find and remove unused code in .nix source files
• deno

  Secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
• direnv

  Shell extension that manages your environment
• doggo

  Command-line DNS Client for Humans. Written in Golang
• doppler

  Official CLI for interacting with your Doppler Enclave secrets and configuration
• dprint

  Code formatting platform written in Rust
• du-dust

  du, but more intuitive
• eza

  Modern, maintained replacement for ls
• fd

  Simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find
• ffmpeg

  Complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video
• fish

  Smart and user-friendly command line shell
• fnm

  Fast and simple Node.js version manager
• fzf

  Command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
• gh

  GitHub CLI tool
• git

  Distributed version control system
• go

  Go Programming language
• helix-with-lsps

  Post-modern modal text editor
• hyperfine

  Command-line benchmarking tool
• ibm-plex

  IBM Plex Typeface
• Image-ExifTool

  Tool to read, write and edit EXIF meta information
• inter

  Typeface specially designed for user interfaces
• jq

  Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
• just

  Handy way to save and run project-specific commands
• lxgw-wenkai

  Open-source Chinese font derived from Fontworks' Klee One
• man-db

  Implementation of the standard Unix documentation system accessed using the man command
• moldau

  Modern version manager for Node.js package managers
• morlana

  nix-darwin utilities
• nerd-fonts-symbols-only

  Nerd Fonts: Just the Nerd Font Icons. I.e Symbol font only
• nix

  Nix package manager
• nix-melt

  Ranger-like flake.lock viewer
• nix-output-monitor

  Processes output of Nix commands to show helpful and pretty information
• nix-zsh-completions

  ZSH completions for Nix, NixOS, and NixOps
• nixfmt

  Official formatter for Nix code
• nrr

  Minimal, blazing fast npm scripts runner
• reuse

  Tool for compliance with the REUSE Initiative recommendations
• ripgrep

  Utility that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep
• ruff

  Extremely fast Python linter and code formatter
• ryan-mono-bin

  Ryan's homemade Iosevka build
• ShellCheck

  Shell script analysis tool
• starship

  Minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell
• statix

  Lints and suggestions for the nix programming language
• tealdeer

  Very fast implementation of tldr in Rust
• texinfo-interactive

  GNU documentation system
• tokei

  Count your code, quickly
• typst

  New markup-based typesetting system that is powerful and easy to learn
• uv

  Extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust
• vhs

  Tool for generating terminal GIFs with code
• watchexec

  Executes commands in response to file modifications
• xh

  Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests
• xkcdpass

  Generate secure multiword passwords/passphrases, inspired by XKCD
• yt-dlp

  Feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader
• zoxide

  Fast cd command that learns your habits
• zsh

  Z shell