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Author: Steve Emms

Diary

Mini Diarium – local-only journaling application

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity

Mini Diarium is a local-only journaling application that focuses on privacy, ownership, and a deliberately small feature set. It stores journal data on your machine, encrypts entries at rest, and avoids cloud sync, telemetry, analytics, and background network activity. Built

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Git Clients

git-history – analyze Git history using SQLite

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-history is a command-line tool that turns the history of structured data files in a Git repository into a SQLite database.

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Calculators

29 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical Calculators

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

One of the basic utilities supplied with any operating system is a desktop calculator. We cover the best graphical tools.

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Audio Editors

Open Sound Meter – measurement tool

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

Open Sound Meter is a cross-platform measurement application for tuning sound systems in real time.

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Wallpaper Setter

36 Best Free and Open Source Wallpaper Setters

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Do you find your Linux desktop background rather mundane but have problems in finding attractive wallpapers?

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Fusion – self-hosted friendly RSS reader

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Fusion is a lightweight RSS reader designed for self-hosting. It provides a responsive web interface for following RSS and Atom feeds.

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Stan – Haskell STatic ANalyser

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Stan uses GHC-generated HIE files to inspect source code, identify code that could be improved, and offer guidance.

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Git Clients

git-who – command-line Git analysis tool

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-who is a command-line Git analysis tool that extends the idea of git blame from individual lines to whole file trees.

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Manga

Tanoshi – self-hosted manga reader

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Tanoshi is a self-hosted manga reader that provides a web-based library for browsing, searching, reading, and tracking manga across devices.

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Git Clients

Onefetch – displays information about a local Git repository

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Onefetch is a command-line utility that displays information about a local Git repository directly in your terminal.

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Manga

Suwayomi Server – manga reader server

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Suwayomi Server is a manga reader server designed for users who want to run their own desktop or self-hosted manga library system.

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Weeder – perform whole-program dead-code analysis

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Weeder is a command-line utility for Haskell that performs whole-program dead-code analysis.

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MS-02 Ultra

Minisforum MS-02 Ultra 285HX running Linux – Benchmarking

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

I’ve benchmarked the Minisforum MS-02 Ultra using a range of tests, most of them run with the Phoronix Test Suite.

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Diary

Daily You – privacy-focused diary and journaling application

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Daily You is a privacy-focused diary and journaling application that helps you record daily thoughts, reflections, and meaningful moments.

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Comic Books

Issued – personal comic library server

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Issued is a personal comic library server that lets you host a digital comic collection on a home server, NAS, or desktop computer.

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Compression

24 Best Free and Open Source Linux Compression Tools

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software available for Linux, we have compiled a list of 24 useful free compression tools.

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Git Clients

BFG Repo-Cleaner – clean unwanted data from Git repository history

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

BFG Repo-Cleaner is a command-line tool for cleaning unwanted data from Git repository history.

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Compression

ZXC – lossless compression library and command-line tool

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ZXC is a high-performance lossless compression library and command-line tool written primarily in C.

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Food and Drink Software

14 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Food and Drink Software

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Web Apps

This roundup focuses on the finest web-based food and drink software for Linux.

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crash – Linux kernel crash analysis utility

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

crash is a Linux kernel crash analysis utility for examining live systems and kernel dump files.

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