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Git Clients

9 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Git Clients

November 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Roundup

Our recommended text-based Git clients, captured in a legendary LinuxLinks chart. We only feature free and open source software here.

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mbake – Makefile formatter and linter

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

mbake is a Makefile formatter and linter that offers smart formatting: Tabs for recipes, consistent spacing, line continuation cleanup.

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Coding

6 Best Free and Open Source Haskell Linter Tools

October 30, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

A linter is a tool used to analyze source code for potential errors, stylistic issues, and adherence to coding standards.

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zomodoro – simple pomodoro

October 29, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

zomodoro is a simple pomodoro made with Qt.

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Development

Positron – next-generation data science IDE

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming, Scientific

Positron is a next-generation data science IDE. It’s also an extensible, polyglot tool for writing code and exploring data.

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Coding

9 Useful Free and Open Source JavaScript Linter Tools

October 25, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix JavaScript code.

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16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Debuggers

October 25, 2025 Erik Karlsson Programming, Roundup

Debugging is the process of removing bugs. We recommend our favorite debuggers.

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Git Clients

ggc – modern Git CLI tool

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

ggc is a Git tool written in Go, offering both traditional CLI commands and an interactive interface with incremental search.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Nanocoder – local-first CLI coding agent

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Nanocoder is a local-first CLI coding agent that brings the power of agentic coding tools like Claude Code and Gemini CLI to local models

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11 Best Free and Open Source OpenAPI Linter Tools

October 19, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you validate OpenAPI in your project.

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