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Security

PurrCrypt – secure encryption tool

July 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

PurrCrypt is a fur-ociously secure encryption tool that encodes your secrets as adorable cat and dog sounds.

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Coding

Pylint – static code analyser

July 29, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Pylint is a static code analyser for Python 2 or 3. The latest version supports Python 3.10.0 and above.

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Pyflakes – checks Python source files for errors

July 27, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Pyflakes analyzes programs and detects various errors. It works by parsing the source file, not importing it

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cp

July 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to cp, a tool for copying files and directories.

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cgmnlm – colorful Gemini line mode client

July 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

cgmnlm is a colorful Gemini line mode client which includes a CLI utility (gmni) and a line-mode browser (cgmnlm).

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: rm

July 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to rm, a command that removes files or directories.

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rmz – zippy alternative to rm

July 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rmz is a zippy alternative to rm, a tool to remove files and directories.

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cpz – zippy alternative to cp

July 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cpz (cp zippy) is a zippy alternative to cp, a tool to copy files and directories. It focuses on maximizing performance.

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Configuring music

Elektroid – sample and MIDI device manager

July 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

Elektroid is a sample and MIDI device manager. It includes the elektroid GUI application and the elektroid-cli CLI application.

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System

µgRD – generate a custom initramfs environment

July 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

µgRD is designed to generate a custom initramfs environment to boot the system which built it.

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