- [RANCID](https://shrubbery.net/rancid/) - RANCID monitors a device's configuration, including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc) and uses a version-control-system to maintain history of changes.
- [Oxidised](https://github.com/ytti/oxidized) - Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool. It's a RANCID replacement!
- \*[Blog post about Oxidised](https://log.cyconet.org/2016/01/29/oxidized-silly-attempt-at-really-awesome-new-cisco-config-differ/)
- In general, most [configuration management software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_configuration_management_software) will keep everything in plain-text.
Terraform lets you manage a lot of things in plain-text, including Cloud Assets, Databases, Networking, configuration for various Web services, your CI/CD configuration, and even your Google Calendar. A full list of providers is [on the Terraform Registry](https://registry.terraform.io/browse/providers).
- [Git Large File Storage](https://git-lfs.github.com/) - Replaces large fileswith text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server. Maintained by github
- \*[Adobe Version Cue](http://sixrevisions.com/project-management/the-ultimate-guide-to-version-control-for-designers/) - Blog post explaining version control to designers
- [SnowFS](https://github.com/Snowtrack/SnowFS) - a fast, scalable version control file storage for graphic files. There is a [commercial offering](https://www.snowtrack.io/) as well.
- [bup](https://github.com/bup/bup) - Very efficient backup system based on the git packfile format, providing fast incremental saves and global deduplication (among and within files, including virtual machine images)
- \*[Todo list in version control](http://urasaru.org/post/19414431348/getting-my-todo-list-under-version-control) - Based on using notational velocity and tracking it in git.
- [Fork the Cookbook](http://forkthecookbook.com/) - GitHub for recipes
- [diy.soylent](https://diy.soylent.com/) - Soylent recipes can be tracked and include changelogs. They can also be forked.
## Diagrams & Flowcharts
- [Web Sequence Diagrams](https://www.websequencediagrams.com/) - Generates imagess from your plain text descriptions. Has [an API](http://www.websequencediagrams.com/embedding.html) for plugin support, so you can embed easily.
- [Kanga Modelling](https://kangamodeling.codeplex.com/) - UML diagram generator in plain text. Written in .NET
- [yuml.me](http://yuml.me/) - Class UML diagrams, described in plain text, and easily embeddable.
- [ledger](https://www.ledger-cli.org/) - Ledger is a powerful, double-entry accounting system that is accessed from the UNIX command-line
- [hledger](https://hledger.org/) - cross-platform accounting software for both power users and folks new to accounting.
- [beancount](http://furius.ca/beancount) - A double-entry bookkeeping computer language that lets you define financial transaction records in a text file, read them in memory, generate a variety of reports from them, and provides a web interface.