This page contains many helpful tools or services for system administrators and all others.

Tool Link Usage type
Disk2VHD Sysinternals Disk2VHD Clone a physical drive to a VHD
SIDCHG Stratesave SIDCHG Info / SIDCHG Download Change Windows SID after cloning a drive (e.g. when using in a domain)
CT Notwin CT-Notwin Heise Reset user password of a local Windows user without loggin in
Nirsoft DevManView Nirsoft DevManView Delete (unused) Windows drivers (manually)
SDCardFormatter SDCard.org Formatter Format SD cards
Win32DiskImager Win32DiskImager.org Burn images on SD-cards
ProfWiz forensit.com - Profwiz Change Domain of Windows user profiles
TransWiz forensit.com - Transwiz Ex- and import of Windows user profiles
Tool Link Usage type
tails.net https://tails.net/index.en.html Privacy-focussed Linux Distro designed to be run on USB sticks
Cockpit cockpit-project.org Web-based desktop access to Linux environments
RustDesk rustdesk.com Alternative to AnyDesk or TeamViewer (free, self-hostable, reliable)
Blockada Blockada.org Local VPN for mobile phones to block Ads (Android)
PiHole pi-hole.net DNS Server with Webinterface to block Ads (developed for Raspberry Pi but run on nearly every Linux)
AdguardHome AdguardHome DNS DNS Server mit Webinterface zum Entfernen von Ads
Binnen-I be gone Binnen-I be gone - Chrome Webstore Plugin for Webbrowsers to automatically remove “gender speech” in German language
The-QR-Code-Generator the-qrcode-generator.com Free tool to create QR-Codes
Openmediavault openmediavault.org Open-source debian-based network-attached storage solution
Ventoy ventoy.net USB-Boot-Tool, can directly boot into any ISO without burning it to the flash drive
MedicatUSB medicatusb.com All-in-One Systemrecovery USB-Tool (Built on top of ventoy)
SergeiStrelec sergeistrelec.name All-in-One Systemrecovery USB-Tool based on Windows, similar to Medicat
Balena Etcher Balena Etcher - Github Flash images on USB-sticks
Service Link Usage type
icanhazip icanhazip.com View public IP (also via CLI)
distrosea distrosea.com Test several Linux Distros within a browser. (free)
Package Link Usage type
fail2ban fail2ban GitHub Automatically scan logs to block IPs with too many failed authentications. Installation via apt.
pm2 keymetrics.io CLI process management tool for servers (not free)
smb4k apps.kde.org/smb4k Mount network shares directly to a path (can be used under Kubuntu, to mount directly), has a GUI
pdftk pdflabs.com Manage PDF's from CLI
poppler-utils ubuntuusers.de/poppler-utils Manage PDF's from CLI (For example merging with pdfunite)
gohttp github.com/codeskyblue/gohttpserver Simple HTTP file server for Linux (secure-by-password functionality)
Software Link Usage type
BlueMail bluemail.me MailClient (IMAP/POP/Exchange[Outlook]), also available on other OSes
Thunderbird thunderbird.net MailClient (IMAP/POP)
OnlyOffice onlyoffice.com Office (Office365 like), self-hostable onlyoffice.com
WPS Office wps.com Office (Office365 like)
Nextcloud Office nextcloud.com/office Office synced with Nextcloud
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  • Last modified: 2024/07/08 12:45
  • by Zyzonix