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Author: Steve Emms

Diff Tools

riff – wrapper around diff

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Riff is a wrapper around diff that highlights which parts of lines have changed.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: sigye – terminal clock

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, TUI

sigye is a terminal clock with ASCII art fonts. The name “sigye” (시계) means “clock” in Korean. It also offers Pomodoro functionality

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Mastodon

7 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Mastodon Clients

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

Mastodon is a free and open source microblogging platform similar to X, but with user privacy and decentralization in mind.

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Database

Goose – database migration tool

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents

Goose is a database migration tool. Both a CLI and a library. Manage your database schema by creating incremental SQL changes or Go functions.

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Intrusion Detection

9 Best Free and Open Source Host-Based Intrusion Detection Systems

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

An intrusion detection system is a device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations.

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Mastodon

Mastui – Mastodon client for the terminal

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Mastui is a modern Mastodon client. Built with Python and the powerful Textual framework, it provides a highly efficient, multi-column layout.

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Screen Capture

grabIT – screenshot and screen recorder script

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

grabIT is billed as a versatile screenshot, screen recording, and file uploader with OCR support for multiple services.

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Mastodon

5 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Mastodon Clients

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Here’s our verdict on the finest web-based Mastodon clients captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-ratings chart.

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WebRTC

PairUX – collaborative screen sharing

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

PairUX is a collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control. It’s like Screenhero, but open source.

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Notes

mnemo – note-taking app

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

mnemo is a local-first, cross-platform note-taking app leveraging the Typst ecosystem. It’s designed to minimize distractions

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T – text processing language and utility

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

t is a concise language for manipulating text, replacing common usage patterns of Unix utilities like grep, sed, cut, awk, sort, and uniq.

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farmOS – farm planning and record keeping system

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

farmOS is a web-based application for farm management, planning, and record keeping.

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Linux

Termix – web-based server management platform

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Termix is a self-hosted all-in-one server management platform. It provides a multi-platform solution for managing your servers

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Video Conversion

ffdash – VP9 video encoder

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

ffdash is a terminal UI for batch VP9/AV1 video encoding with hardware acceleration, real-time progress monitoring.

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Stock Market Investment Tools

7 Best Free and Open Source Stock Market Investment Tools

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Roundup

We focus on the best free and open source software that help you make better stock market investment decisions.

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Coding

Phorge – powerful developer toolkit

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Web Apps

Phorge is an opinionated, community-driven platform for collaborating, managing, organizing and reviewing software development projects.

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Whosthere – Local Area Network discovery tool

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Whosthere is a Local Area Network discovery tool with a modern Terminal User Interface (TUI) written in Go.

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qui – qBittorrent web UI

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

qui is a fast, modern web interface for qBittorrent. It manages multiple qBittorrent instances from a single, lightweight application.

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pproftui – terminal-based diagnostic tool

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

pproftui is a terminal-based UI for Go’s pprof that makes profiling interactive, intuitive, and fast.

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Image of Files

FTB – terminal-based file browser

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

FTB is a powerful terminal-based interactive file browser developed using FTXUI library, providing intuitive directory navigation.

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