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aqua – declarative CLI version manager

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

aqua is a declarative CLI version manager written in Go. It works as a single binary.

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Archive Manager

ZeroFS – filesystem that makes S3 your primary storage

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

ZeroFS makes S3 storage feel like a real filesystem. It provides file-level access via NFS and 9P and block-level access via NBD.

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System administration

dnspyre – command-line DNS benchmark tool

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnspyre is a command-line DNS benchmark tool built to stress test and measure the performance of DNS servers. This tool is based and originally forked from dnstrace, but was largely rewritten and enhanced with additional functionality. This is free and

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Family History

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Family History Software

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Other, Roundup

This article highlights the best genealogy software that runs under Linux.

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Automation

snipt – text snippet expansion tool

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

snipt is a powerful text snippet expansion tool that boosts your productivity by replacing short text shortcuts with longer content.

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g1c – Google Cloud Instances Terminal UI Manager

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

g1c is a terminal user interface for monitoring and managing Google Cloud Instances.

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Git Clients

pygitzen – Python-native terminal-based Git client

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

pygitzen lets you navigate and manage your Git repositories with a beautiful TUI interface inspired by LazyGit.

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SQL

ChartDB – web-based database diagramming editor

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Database, Web Apps

ChartDB is a powerful, web-based database diagramming editor. Instantly visualize your database schema with a single “Smart Query.”

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Encryption software

6 Best Free and Open Source Email Encryption Tools

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Sending encrypted messages is one method of ensuring electronic privacy. We feature the best free and open source email encryption tools.

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Find Duplicates

hgrep – grep with human-friendly search output

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hgrep is a grep tool to search files with a given pattern and print the matched code snippets with human-friendly syntax highlighting.

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Hypervisors

6 Best Free and Open Source Type 1 Hypervisors

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators, Internet, Roundup, System Software

This article identifies the finest open source Type 1 hypervisors that are available to download.

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Encryption software

LibrePGP – updated specification of the OpenPGP encryption standard

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

LibrePGP wants to preserve the core principles of openness and compatibility.

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6 Useful Code Formatters for Python

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This roundup selects some useful code formatters for Python developers.

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Git Clients

prek – reimagined version of pre-commit

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

prek is a reimagined version of pre-commit, built in Rust. It is designed to be a faster, dependency-free and drop-in alternative

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cdncheck – detect various technology for a given IP address

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

cdncheck is a tool for identifying the technology associated with dns / ip network addresses.

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Notes

NotNative – modern note-taking app

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

NotNative is a modern note-taking app built for Linux with Vim-like editing, AI chat, MCP automation, and YouTube integration.

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Circuit board

albafetch – displays system information

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

albafetch is a simple and fast program to display a lot of system information.

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Clipboard

PasteLock – encrypted clipboard manager

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

PasteLock is an encrypted clipboard manager with login, scrollable history and text/image paste storage.

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Dax – shell with CLI

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Dax is a custom Unix shell implementation. It provides a familiar command-line interface with support for standard shell features.

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Text Editor

mq – jq-like command-tool for Markdown processing

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

mq is a markdown processor that can filter markdown nodes by using jq-like syntax.

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