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kapp – simple deployment tool

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

kapp CLI encourages Kubernetes users to manage resources in bulk by working with “Kubernetes applications” (sets of resources with the same label).

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December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Software

Our popular series on the best free and open source Linux software, hardware including mini PCs and SBCs, phones, and NAS devices.

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Mint – programming language for the front-end web

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Mint is a programming language to write single page applications with tools to write error free, easily readable and maintainable applications.

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kcaldav – simple, safe, and minimal CalDAV server

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

kcaldav is a simple, safe, and minimal CalDAV server depending only on kcgi, sqlite3, and expat.

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7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Caches

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web caches have become a vital mechanism for optimizing the amount of data that is delivered in a given period of time. Good web caches also help to minimise latency, serving pages as quickly as possible.

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Fortress – file explorer with git niceties

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, TUI, Utilities

Fortress is a command-line file explorer written in modern Fortran with fzf integration and git binds for fast staging and committing.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Functions-as-a-Service

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here are the best Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) solutions, sometimes known as serverless. Free and open source goodness.

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MangoWC – Wayland compositor

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop

MangoWC is as lightweight as dwl, and can be built completely within a few seconds. Despite this, Mango does not compromise on functionality.

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prmt – ultra-fast, customizable shell prompt generator

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

prmt is billed as an ultra-fast, customizable shell prompt that won’t slow you down.

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CSSOM – CSS parser

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

CSSOM.js is a CSS parser written in pure JavaScript. It is also a partial implementation of CSS Object Model.

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carl – calendar for the command-line

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

carl tries to mimic the various cal implementations out there, but also adds enhanced features like colors and ical support.

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Volshell – CLI tool for working with memory

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Volshell is a utility to access the volatility framework interactively with a specific memory image.

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fnox – encrypted/remote secret manager

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms Security

fnox lets you manage secrets with encryption or cloud providers—or both.

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Documents

15 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for ls

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

When invoked without any arguments, ls lists the files in the current working directory. We recommend some great replacements.

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AutoSubSync – automatic subtitle synchronization tool

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

AutoSubSync is a user-friendly tool that automatically synchronizes your subtitles with your videos

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BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux – Introduction to the Series

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

This is a new series looking at the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux. It’s a very capable mini PC at a competitive price point.

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Recoil – real time strategy game engine

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Recoil is a battle tested open-source RTS engine that, allied with a flexible Lua API, allows you to implement the perfect UI and mechanics.

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HeadsetStatus – lightweight headset battery monitor for Linux

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

HeadsetStatus is a fast, minimal system tray app that shows battery and connection status for wireless/USB headsets.

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FlareSolverr – proxy server to bypass Cloudflare and DDoS-GUARD protection

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

FlareSolverr is a proxy server to bypass Cloudflare and DDoS-GUARD protection.

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Jarl – fast linter for R

December 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Jarl is a fast linter for R: it does static code analysis to search for programming errors, bugs, and suspicious patterns of code.

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