Internet and network

installed - suggested

Web browsers

firefox-esr - Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)

Firefox ESR is a powerful, extensible web browser with support for modern web application technologies.

  • firefox-esr 140.8.0esr-1~deb13u1 - Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)

  • firefox-esr-l10n-fr 140.8.0esr-1~deb13u1 - French language package for Firefox ESR

  • webext-ublock-origin-firefox 1.67.0+dfsg-1~deb13u1 - lightweight and efficient ads, malware, trackers blocker (Firefox)

  • webext-keepassxc-browser 1.9.7+repack1-1+deb13u1 - Web browser extension to organize web site credentials in KeePassXC

  • luakit 1:2.4.0-1 - fast and small web browser extensible by Lua

  • chromium 145.0.7632.116-1~deb13u1 - web browser

  • nss-passwords 0.6-1 - read passwords from a Mozilla keyring

  • w3m 0.5.3+git20230121-2.1 - WWW browsable pager with excellent tables/frames support

  • links2 2.29-2+b3 - Web browser running in both graphics and text mode

  • surf 2.1+git20250419-1 - Simple web browser by suckless community

  • elinks 0.18.0-1+b1 - advanced text-mode WWW browser

Instant messaging

  • pidgin 2.14.14-1 - graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client

  • pidgin-otr 4.0.2-6 - Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin

  • libpurple-bin 2.14.14-1 - multi-protocol instant messaging library - extra utilities

  • purple-rocketchat 0.1~hg20200403.800ef89-1+b1 - Rocket.Chat protocol plugin for libpurple

  • purple-discord 0.9.2025.03.09.git.465575d-1 - Discord messaging service plugin for libpurple

  • purple-xmpp-http-upload 0.2.4-2.1 - HTTP File Upload plugin for libpurple

  • purple-xmpp-carbons 0.2.3-1.1 - XMPP XEP-0280: Message Carbons plugin for libpurple

  • pidgin-plugin-pack 2.8.0-1+b2 - Collection of Pidgin plugins

  • pidgin-extprefs 0.7-4 - extended preferences plugin for the instant messenger pidgin

  • pidgin-gnome-keyring 2.0-3 - integrates pidgin (and libpurple) with the system keyring

  • finch 2.14.14-1 - text-based multi-protocol instant messaging client

  • telegram-send 0.37-3 - Send messages and files over Telegram from the command-line

  • dino-im 0.5.0-1 - modern XMPP client

  • gajim 2.1.1-2 - GTK+-based Jabber client

  • mcabber 1.1.2-2+b2 - small Jabber (XMPP) console client

  • weechat 4.6.3-1 - Fast, light and extensible chat client (metapackage)

  • purple-xmpp-http-upload 0.2.4-2.1 - HTTP File Upload plugin for libpurple

VoIP/videoconference

mumble - Low latency encrypted VoIP client

Mumble is a low-latency, high quality voice chat program for gaming. It features noise suppression, encrypted connections for both voice and instant messaging, automatic gain control and low latency audio with support for multiple audio standards. Mumble includes an in-game overlay compatible with most open-source and commercial 3D applications. Mumble is just a client and uses a non-standard protocol. You will need a dedicated server to talk to other users. Server functionality is provided by the package “mumble-server”.

  • mumble 1.5.735-5 - Low latency encrypted VoIP client

Mail clients

thunderbird - mail/news client with RSS, chat and integrated spam filter support

Thunderbird is an mail client suitable for free distribution. The goal of Thunderbird is to produce a cross platform stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It supports different mail accounts, no matter of the used protocol like POP(s) or IMAP(s), has an integrated learning Spam filter, and offers easy organization of mails with tagging and virtual folders. Also, more features can be added by installing extensions.

  • thunderbird 1:140.8.0esr-1~deb13u1 - mail/news client with RSS, chat and integrated spam filter support

  • thunderbird-l10n-fr 1:140.8.0esr-1~deb13u1 - French language package for Thunderbird

  • geary 46.0-7 - lightweight email client designed for the GNOME desktop

  • claws-mail 4.3.1-1 - Fast, lightweight and user-friendly GTK based email client

  • claws-mail-plugins 4.3.1-1 - Installs plugins for the Claws Mail mailer

  • mailnag 2.2.0-3 - extensible mail notification daemon

  • mutt 2.2.13-1 - text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading

  • alpine 2.26+dfsg-3 - Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful

  • getmail6 6.19.07-1 - mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS

  • evolution 3.56.2-0+deb13u1 - groupware suite with mail client and organizer

  • evolution-plugins 3.56.2-0+deb13u1 - standard plugins for Evolution

  • offlineimap 7.3.3+dfsg1-1+0.0~git20240826.db34745+dfsg-2 - transitional package

File transfer and synchronization

  • rsync 3.4.1+ds1-5+deb13u1 - fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool

  • nextcloud-desktop 3.16.7-1~deb13u1 - Nextcloud folder synchronization tool

  • nextcloud-desktop-cmd 3.16.7-1~deb13u1 - folder synchronization with an Nextcloud server - cmd client

  • lftp 4.9.2-3+b1 - Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP/BitTorrent client programs

  • unison-gtk 2.53+1 - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows with GTK+ interface

  • rclone 1.60.1+dfsg-4 - rsync for commercial cloud storage

  • rclone-browser 1.8.0-6 - Simple cross platform GUI for rclone

  • git-annex 10.20250416-2 - manage files with git, without checking their contents into git

  • nautilus-dropbox 2019.02.14-1.2+b1 - Dropbox integration for Nautilus

  • syncthing 1.29.5~ds1-2 - decentralized file synchronization

  • seafile-cli 9.0.13-1 - Client CLI for the Seafile Client

  • seafile-daemon 9.0.13-1 - Client daemon for the Seafile Client

  • seafile-gui 9.0.13+ds1-1 - Seafile Desktop Client

  • grsync 1.3.1-1+b1 - GTK+ frontend for rsync

  • filezilla 3.68.1-1 - Full-featured graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client

  • gftp 2.9.1~beta-4 - FTP client (metapackage)

  • pastebinit 1.7.1-1 - command-line pastebin client

  • onionshare-cli 2.6.3-1 - Share a file over Tor Hidden Services anonymously and securely - cli

  • owncloud-client 5.3.2.15463+dfsg-1 - folder synchronization with an ownCloud server - GUI

Bittorrent

qbittorrent - bittorrent client based on libtorrent-rasterbar with a Qt5 GUI

BitTorrent client written in C++ and based on libtorrent-rasterbar with a Qt5 user interface. qBittorrent is a feature rich but lightweight client that is very similar to uTorrent. Its main features are:

  • qbittorrent 5.1.0-2 - bittorrent client based on libtorrent-rasterbar with a Qt5 GUI

  • deluge-gtk 2.2.0-1 - multi-interface BitTorrent client (graphical UI)

  • deluge-console 2.2.0-1 - multi-interface BitTorrent client (text UI)

  • deluge-web 2.2.0-1 - multi-interface BitTorrent client (web frontend)

  • transmission-gtk 4.1.0~beta2+dfsg-3+deb13u1 - lightweight BitTorrent client (GTK+ interface)

  • transmission-cli 4.1.0~beta2+dfsg-3+deb13u1 - lightweight BitTorrent client (command line programs)

  • transmission-daemon 4.1.0~beta2+dfsg-3+deb13u1 - lightweight BitTorrent client (daemon)

  • transmission-remote-gtk 1.5.1-1+b1 - GTK+ interface for the Transmission BitTorrent daemon

  • uget 2.2.3-2+b3 - easy-to-use download manager written in GTK+

  • aria2 1.37.0+debian-3 - High speed download utility

  • rtorrent 0.9.8-1.1 - ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent from rakshasa

  • btfs 2.24-1+b3 - access torrent files as a filesystem

  • nicotine 3.3.10-1 - graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network

Media download

yt-dlp - downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites

yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc. The main focus of this project is adding new features and patches while also keeping up to date with the original project.

  • yt-dlp 2026.02.21-1~bpo13+1 - downloader of videos from YouTube and other sites

  • streamlink 7.3.0-2 - CLI for extracting video streams from various websites to a video player

Downloaders/web crawlers

kiwix - offline Wikipedia reader

Kiwix is an offline reader and manager for online content like Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, or TED Talks. Kiwix allows you to read and search through offline content as they were online. Similar to a browser, Kiwix works with the highly compressed ZIM file format.

  • curl 8.14.1-2+deb13u2 - command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax

  • wget 1.25.0-2 - retrieves files from the web

  • kiwix 2.4.1-1.1+b1 - offline Wikipedia reader

  • kiwix-tools 3.7.0-1.1 - collection of Kiwix tools

  • aria2 1.37.0+debian-3 - High speed download utility

  • zim-tools 3.5.0-1.2+b2 - various ZIM command-line tools

  • httrack 3.49.6-1 - Copy websites to your computer (Offline browser)

  • axel 2.17.14-2 - light command line download accelerator

  • wike 3.1.1-1+deb13u1 - Wikipedia reader for the GNOME Desktop

Feed readers

  • liferea 1.15.8-2+b1 - feed/news/podcast client with plugin support

  • newsboat 2.36-1.1 - text mode rss feed reader with podcast support

  • gnome-feeds 2.2.0-5 - RSS/Atom feed reader for GNOME

  • tickr 0.7.1-1+b1 - GTK-based highly graphically-customizable Feed Ticker

  • rss2email 1:3.14-1 - receive RSS feeds by email

LAN file sharing

  • samba 2:4.22.6+dfsg-0+deb13u1 - SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix

  • samba-vfs-modules 2:4.22.6+dfsg-0+deb13u1 - Samba Virtual FileSystem plugins (transitional package)

  • smbclient 2:4.22.6+dfsg-0+deb13u1 - command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix

  • servefile 0.5.4-3.2 - serve or receive files from shell via a small HTTP server

Network management

network-manager-gnome - transitional package for network-manager-applet and nm-connection-editor

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages ethernet, Wi-Fi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.

  • network-manager-gnome 1.36.0-3+b1 - transitional package for network-manager-applet and nm-connection-editor

  • network-manager-applet 1.36.0-3+b1 - network management framework (notification area applet)

  • network-manager-openvpn-gnome 1.12.3-1~deb13u1 - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin GNOME GUI)

  • wireguard 1.0.20210914-3 - fast, modern, secure kernel VPN tunnel (metapackage)

  • dnsmasq-base 2.91-1 - Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server - executable

  • hostname 3.25 - utility to set/show the host name or domain name

  • bridge-utils 1.7.1-4+b1 - Utilities for configuring the Linux Ethernet bridge

  • ethtool 1:6.14.2-1 - display or change Ethernet device settings

  • iw 6.9-1 - tool for configuring Linux wireless devices

  • wpasupplicant 2:2.10-24 - client support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i)

  • connman 1.44-3 - Intel Connection Manager daemon

  • connman-ui 0~20150623-1+b3 - full-featured GTK-based tray icon UI for ConnMan

  • cmst 2023.03.14-2 - QT GUI for Connman with system tray icon

  • wpagui 2:2.10-24 - graphical user interface for wpa_supplicant

  • network-manager-ssh 1.2.11-1.1+b1 - network management framework (SSH plugin core)

  • avahi-daemon 0.8-16 - Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon

  • libnss-mdns 0.15.1-4+b1 - NSS module for Multicast DNS name resolution

  • avahi-autoipd 0.8-16 - Avahi IPv4LL network address configuration daemon

  • avahi-dnsconfd 0.8-16 - Avahi DNS configuration tool

  • avahi-discover 0.8-16 - Service discover user interface for avahi

  • avahi-ui-utils 0.8-16 - Avahi GTK+ utilities

Cellphone and modem support

Wireless

blueman - Graphical bluetooth manager

Blueman is a GTK+ bluetooth management utility for GNOME using bluez D-Bus backend.

  • blueman 2.4.4-1 - Graphical bluetooth manager

  • bluetooth 5.82-1.1 - Bluetooth support (metapackage)

  • blueman 2.4.4-1 - Graphical bluetooth manager

  • wireless-regdb 2025.07.10-1 - wireless regulatory database for Linux

  • gnome-user-share 48.0-1 - User level public file sharing via WebDAV

  • ganyremote 8.1.1-2 - GTK+ frontend for anyRemote

  • hostapd 2:2.10-24 - access point and authentication server for Wi-Fi and Ethernet

  • aircrack-ng 1:1.7+git20230807.4bf83f1a-2 - wireless WEP/WPA cracking utilities

  • btscanner 2.1-9 - ncurses-based scanner for Bluetooth devices

Firewall

gufw - graphical user interface for ufw

gufw is an easy and intuitive way to manage your Linux firewall. It supports common tasks such as allowing or blocking pre-configured, common p2p, or individual port(s), and many others!

  • ufw 0.36.2-9 - program for managing a Netfilter firewall

  • gufw 24.04.0-3 - graphical user interface for ufw

  • iptables 1.8.11-2 - administration tools for packet filtering and NAT

  • ferm 2.5.1-4 - maintain and setup complicated firewall rules

  • iptables-persistent 1.0.23 - boot-time loader for netfilter rules, iptables plugin

  • firehol 3.1.8+ds-1 - easy to use but powerful iptables stateful firewall (program)

  • fail2ban 1.1.0-8 - ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors

  • ipset-persistent 1.0.23 - boot-time loader for netfilter rules, ipset plugin

  • crowdsec 1.4.6-10+b4 - lightweight and collaborative security engine

  • opensnitch 1.6.9-3 - GNU/Linux interactive application firewall

Network diagnostic/monitoring

gnome-nettool - network information tool for GNOME

GNOME Nettool is a network information tool which provides user interfaces for some of the most common command line network tools including: * ifconfig * ping * netstat * traceroute * port scanning * DNS lookup * finger * whois

  • gnome-nettool 42.0-2.1 - network information tool for GNOME

  • traceroute 1:2.1.6-1 - Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network

  • bind9-dnsutils 1:9.20.18-1~deb13u1 - Clients provided with BIND 9

  • dnsmasq 2.91-1 - Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server - system daemon

  • dns-root-data 2025080400~deb13u1 - DNS root hints and DNSSEC trust anchor

  • arpwatch 2.1a15-9 - Ethernet/FDDI station activity monitor

  • bwm-ng 0.6.3-2+b1 - small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor

  • darkstat 3.0.721-2 - network traffic analyzer

  • ddupdate 0.7.2-1 - Tool updating DNS data for dynamic IP addresses

  • driftnet 1.5.0-0.2+b1 - picks out and displays images from network traffic

  • dsniff 2.4b1+debian-34 - Various tools to sniff network traffic for cleartext insecurities

  • fping 5.1-1 - sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts

  • httpry 0.1.8-3+b1 - HTTP logging and information retrieval tool

  • ifstat 1.1.1-2+b1 - InterFace STATistics Monitoring

  • iftop 1.0~pre4-9+b1 - displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface

  • ipcalc 0.51-1 - parameter calculator for IPv4 addresses

  • ipcalc-ng 1.0.3-2 - parameter calculator for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

  • sipcalc 1.1.6-3 - Advanced console-based ip subnet calculator

  • ipv6calc 4.1.0-0.2 - small utility for manipulating IPv6 addresses

  • subnetcalc 2.6.2-1 - IPv4/IPv6 Subnet Calculator

  • iperf 2.2.1+dfsg-1 - Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool

  • iptraf-ng 1:1.2.1-2 - Next Generation Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor

  • ngrep 1.47+ds1-6 - grep for network traffic

  • p0f 3.09b-4 - Passive OS fingerprinting tool

  • pktstat 1.8.5-8+b1 - top-like utility for network connections usage

  • jmeter 2.13-5 - Load testing and performance measurement application (main application)

  • jnettop 0.13.0-3 - View hosts/ports taking up the most network traffic

  • logstalgia 1.1.4-1+b2 - web server access log visualizer

  • macchanger 1.7.0-6 - utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces

  • mtr 0.95-1.1+b1 - Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool

  • natpmpc 20230423-1.2+b3 - portable and fully compliant implementation of NAT-PMP (client)

  • nethogs 0.8.8-1 - Net top tool grouping bandwidth per process

  • bmon 1:4.0-10 - portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator

  • netmask 2.4.4-4 - helps determine network masks

  • nmon 16q+debian-1 - performance monitoring tool for Linux

  • prips 1.2.2-1 - tool that prints the IP addresses in a given range

  • slurm 0.4.4-1 - Realtime network interface monitor

  • socat 1.8.0.3-1 - multipurpose relay for bidirectional data transfer

  • speedometer 2.9-0.2 - measure and display the rate of data across a network connection

  • speedtest-cli 2.1.3-3 - Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net

  • sslsniff 0.8+git20111017-1 - SSL/TLS man-in-the-middle attack tool

  • tcpdump 4.99.5-2 - command-line network traffic analyzer

  • dhcpdump 1.9-1+b1 - Parse DHCP packets from a network interface

  • tcpstat 1.5-8.2 - network interface statistics reporting tool

  • tcptrack 1.4.3-2 - TCP connection tracker, with states and speeds

  • thc-ipv6 3.8-1+b2 - The Hacker Choice’s IPv6 Attack Toolkit

  • trickle 1.08+ds-1.1 - user-space bandwidth shaper

  • tshark 4.4.13-0+deb13u1 - network traffic analyzer - console version

  • usbip 2.0+6.12.73-1 - USB device sharing system over IP network

  • vnstat 2.13-1 - console-based network traffic monitor

  • vnstati 2.13-1 - image output support for vnStat

  • wireshark 4.4.13-0+deb13u1 - network traffic analyzer - graphical interface

  • termshark 2.4.0-2+b8 - Terminal UI for tshark, inspired by Wireshark

  • fierce 1.6.0-1 - Domain DNS scanner

  • sslscan 2.1.5-1 - Tests SSL/TLS enabled services to discover supported cipher suites

  • dropwatch 1.5.4-4 - tool for detecting and diagnosing dropped network packets

  • notus-scanner 22.6.5-1 - vulnerable products detection (Python 3)

  • sublist3r 1.1-4 - Fast subdomains enumeration tool for penetration testers

  • sockperf 3.7-1 - Network benchmarking utility for testing latency and throughput

SSH

  • sshuttle 1.3.1-1 - Transparent proxy server for VPN over SSH

  • sshfs 3.7.3-1.1+b2 - filesystem client based on SSH File Transfer Protocol

  • pssh 2.3.5-2 - Parallel versions of SSH-based tools

  • putty-tools 0.83-3 - command-line tools for SSH, SCP, and SFTP

  • autossh 1.4g-1+b1 - Automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels

  • endlessh 1.1-5.1 - SSH tarpit that slowly sends an endless connection banner

Remote access/desktop clients

SSH

openssh-server - secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines

This is the portable version of OpenSSH, a free implementation of the Secure Shell protocol as specified by the IETF secsh working group.

Scanners

  • nmap 7.95+dfsg-3 - The Network Mapper

  • nikto 1:2.1.5-3.1 - web server security scanner

  • zmap 2.1.1-2.1+b1 - network scanner for researchers

  • sqlmap 1.9.6-1 - automatic SQL injection tool

  • themole 0.3-3.1 - automatic SQL injection exploitation tool

  • arp-scan 1.10.0-2+b1 - arp scanning and fingerprinting tool

  • arping 2.25-1 - sends IP and/or ARP pings (to the MAC address)

  • whatweb 0.5.5-1 - Next generation web scanner

  • knockpy 7.0.2-1 - Python3 tool designed to enumerate subdomains on a target domain

  • spectre-meltdown-checker 0.46-1 - Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker

  • ndiff 7.95+dfsg-3 - The Network Mapper - result compare utility

  • masscan 2:1.3.2+ds1-2 - TCP port scanner

  • pompem 0.2.0-7 - Exploit and Vulnerability Finder

  • dirb 2.22+dfsg-7 - URL bruteforcing tool

  • dhcpig 1.6-1 - DHCP exhaustion script using scapy network library

  • wafw00f 2.3.1-1 - identify and fingerprint Web Application Firewall products

  • smbmap 1.10.7-1 - handy SMB enumeration tool

  • wig 0.6-3 - WebApp Information Gatherer

  • reaver 1.6.6-2+b1 - brute force attack tool against Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN number

  • bully 1.4.00-2+b1 - Implementation of the WPS brute force attack, written in C

  • hydra 9.5-3 - very fast network logon cracker

  • ophcrack 3.8.0-3+b3 - Microsoft Windows password cracker using rainbow tables (gui)

  • hashcat 6.2.6+ds2-1 - World’s fastest and most advanced password recovery utility

  • hashcat-data 6.2.6+ds2-1 - Data files for hashcat advanced password recovery utility

  • mdk3 6.0-9 - Wireless attack tool for IEEE 802.11 networks

  • dnsmap 0.36-4 - DNS domain name brute forcing tool

  • dnsenum 1.3.2-1 - tool to enumerate domain DNS information

  • dirsearch 0.4.3-1 - Web path scanner

  • aws-nuke 2.16.0-1+b19 - Delete a whole AWS account and all resources

  • firewalk 5.0-5+b1 - active reconnaissance network security tool

  • urlextractor 0.2.0-2.1 - Information gathering and website reconnaissance

  • siege 4.1.6-1 - HTTP regression testing and benchmarking utility

Tor

  • tor-geoipdb 0.4.8.16-1 - GeoIP database for Tor

  • tor 0.4.8.16-1 - anonymizing overlay network for TCP

  • torsocks 2.5.0-1 - use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor

  • torbrowser-launcher 0.3.7-3 - helps download and run the Tor Browser Bundle

GeoIP databases

  • geoip-bin 1.6.12-11.1+b1 - IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library

  • geoip-database 20250401-1 - IP lookup command line tools that use the GeoIP library (country database)

Out-of-band management

  • ipmitool 1.8.19-9 - utility for IPMI control with kernel driver or LAN interface (daemon)

  • gwakeonlan 0.8.6-1 - wakes up your machines using Wake on LAN