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Winix Less Troy Willmot

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Use this command to install Winix Less:
winget install --id=Winix.Less -e

Winix Less is a terminal pager designed to enhance command-line experiences on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It supports ANSI color codes, enabling vibrant text display in the terminal, and includes robust search functionality for quickly locating content within output streams. The tool also features follow mode, allowing users to monitor log files or streaming data in real-time as new content is added.

Key Features:

  • ANSI Color Support: Renders colored text directly in the terminal, improving readability and visual appeal.
  • Search Functionality: Quickly find specific patterns or strings within output streams using intuitive search commands.
  • Follow Mode: Continuously updates the display when new data is appended to a file or stream, ideal for monitoring logs.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for developers, system administrators, and anyone working with command-line tools on cross-platform environments. Winix Less provides a more intuitive and efficient way to view and interact with terminal output, reducing time spent navigating or parsing information in the console.

The software can be installed via winget, ensuring seamless integration into your workflow.

README

Winix

CI License: MIT GitHub release

Cross-platform CLI tools for the gaps between Windows and *nix.

Winix is a suite of small, focused command-line tools compiled to native binaries via .NET AOT. Each tool fills a gap where a standard Unix utility either doesn't exist on Windows, has no good cross-platform implementation, or where a modern take can genuinely improve on the original. Tools are designed to be composable — piping, exit codes, and structured output work the way Unix users expect — while also being readable by humans in the terminal with colour, tables, and clear error messages. Windows has powerful scripting, but many of its built-in tools produce output that's difficult to pipe, parse, or read at a glance. Every Winix tool ships as a single native binary with no runtime dependency.

Tools

ToolWhat it does
timeitTime a command — wall clock, CPU time, peak memory, exit code
squeezeCompress and decompress files (gzip, brotli, zstd)
peepWatch a command on interval + re-run on file changes
wargsBuild and execute commands from stdin
filesFind files by name, size, date, type, and content
treexEnhanced directory tree with colour, filtering, size rollups
Versions
0.2.0
Website
github.com
License
Last updated
4/21/2026
Download latest version
manMan page viewer with colour, hyperlinks, and pager
lessTerminal pager with ANSI colour, search, and follow mode
whoholdsFind which processes hold a file lock or bind a port
scheduleCross-platform task scheduling with cron expressions
ncTCP/UDP send-receive, port checks, TLS clients
winixSuite installer — installs and updates all tools via native package managers

Why each tool, on each platform

The biggest value is on Windows, where many of these tools simply don't exist. On Linux and macOS the tools still earn their keep by combining multiple utilities, improving defaults, or providing a consistent interface across platforms. Even where a native equivalent exists, there's value in a single set of tools that behaves identically everywhere — scripts, CI pipelines, and muscle memory transfer across platforms without adaptation.

ToolWindowsLinux / macOS
timeitNothing built-in. Measure-Command exists but doesn't show memory, doesn't pass exit codes, can't be piped.Improves on time with peak memory, machine-readable JSON, and proper exit-code passthrough.
squeezeNo native CLI for compression. Users install 3+ separate tools or reach for 7-Zip.One tool instead of separate gzip, brotli, zstd CLIs. Auto-detects format on decompression.
peepNo watch. No entr. PowerShell loops are verbose and don't handle file-watching.Combines watch (interval) + entr (file-change trigger) in one binary with a TUI.
wargsNo xargs. ForEach-Object is PowerShell-only and doesn't handle parallel execution or line-delimited input well.Sane defaults over xargs: line-delimited, no -0 needed, correct quoting on all platforms.
filesNo find. Get-ChildItem exists but is slow, verbose, and PowerShell-only.Cleaner than find, with glob patterns, gitignore support, text/binary detection, and JSON output.
treexBuilt-in tree is bare-bones (no colour, no sizes, no filtering).Adds colour, size rollups, gitignore, clickable hyperlinks, and filtering over standard tree.
manNo man at all.Alternative renderer with colour and hyperlinks. Renders groff natively — no groff install needed. Bundled pager.
lessNo pager. more exists but can't scroll back, search, or handle ANSI colour.Better defaults than system less: ANSI colour on by default, mouse scroll, follow mode.
whoholdsNo built-in file-lock query. handle.exe (Sysinternals) requires a separate download + admin rights.Wraps lsof with cleaner output, structured JSON, and a unified syntax for both files and ports.
scheduleschtasks.exe exists but is notoriously hard to script. No cron syntax.Unified interface over crontab with the same flags and output format as Windows.
ncNo netcat. Test-NetConnection is verbose and limited.Consistent behaviour across BSD/GNU/ncat forks. Adds TLS client support and port-range checking.
winixSuite installer via Scoop or winget.Suite installer via brew or dotnet tool.

Install

Scoop (Windows)

scoop bucket add winix https://github.com/Yortw/winix
scoop install winix/timeit    # individual tool
scoop install winix/winix     # all tools

Winget (Windows, stable releases)

winget install Winix.TimeIt
winget install Winix.Squeeze
winget install Winix.Peep
winget install Winix.Wargs
winget install Winix.Files
winget install Winix.TreeX
winget install Winix.Man
winget install Winix.Less
winget install Winix.WhoHolds
winget install Winix.Schedule
winget install Winix.NetCat
winget install Winix.Winix

.NET Tool (cross-platform)

dotnet tool install -g Winix.TimeIt
dotnet tool install -g Winix.Squeeze
dotnet tool install -g Winix.Peep
dotnet tool install -g Winix.Wargs
dotnet tool install -g Winix.Files
dotnet tool install -g Winix.TreeX
dotnet tool install -g Winix.Man
dotnet tool install -g Winix.Less
dotnet tool install -g Winix.WhoHolds
dotnet tool install -g Winix.Schedule
dotnet tool install -g Winix.NetCat
dotnet tool install -g Winix.Winix

Direct Download

Download native binaries from GitHub Releases. Available for Windows (x64), Linux (x64), and macOS (x64, ARM64). Windows binaries are Authenticode-signed.

Quick Start

# Time a build
timeit dotnet build

# Watch tests, re-run on file changes
peep -w "src/**/*.cs" dotnet test

# Compress with zstd
squeeze --zstd largefile.bin

# Find files and batch-process them
files src --ext cs | wargs dotnet format

# Browse a directory tree with sizes
treex --size --gitignore --no-hidden

# Read a man page on any platform
man timeit

# Find what's locking a file
whoholds myapp.dll

# Quick port check
nc -z db.internal 5432

# Schedule a recurring job (cross-platform cron)
schedule add "0 9 * * 1-5" -- backup.sh /data

# JSON output for CI
timeit --json dotnet test

# AI agent metadata
files --describe

For AI agents

Every tool supports --describe for structured JSON metadata (flags, types, examples, composability, exit codes) and --json for machine-parseable output. See llms.txt for a summary and links to per-tool AI agent guides in docs/ai/.

Building from source

git clone https://github.com/Yortw/winix.git
cd winix
dotnet build Winix.sln
dotnet test Winix.sln

# AOT native binary (single tool)
dotnet publish src/timeit/timeit.csproj -c Release -r win-x64

License

MIT