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Author: Steve Emms

Backup software

9 Best Free and Open Source Restic Wrappers

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software

restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. We recommend the best free and open source wrapper tools for restic.

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Tetrotime – terminal clock, timer, and stopwatch

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Tetrotime is a terminal clock, timer, and stopwatch that renders time using falling tetromino shapes.

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Gem of the Week

ImageGlass – versatile image viewer

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Reviews

ImageGlass is a lightweight, versatile image viewer with a clean, modern interface that’s now available for Linux.

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Find Duplicates

19 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on free and open source command-line tools that help you find and remove duplicate files.

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Backup software

Resticara – simplify routine backup jobs

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Resticara is a wrapper around Restic designed to simplify routine backup jobs such as website data, maildirs, and SQL database backups.

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Issue Tracking

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Issue Tracking Systems

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Web Apps

Issue tracking systems play an important role for any development project and collaborative venture whether open source or not.

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Wi-Fi

nettui – unified terminal UI for Wi-Fi and Ethernet

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

nettui is a terminal user interface for managing both Wi-Fi and Ethernet connections from a single application.

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Mail Notification

Mail Notification Tools: 8 Best Free and Open Source Software

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Utilities

Email is arguably one of the most popular and useful functions of a Linux system. Keep abreast of new emails without interruption.

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Find Duplicates

Periscope – organize storage and safely remove redundant files

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Periscope is a command-line duplicate file finder that helps you organize storage and safely remove redundant files without losing data.

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Find Duplicates

Go Find Duplicates – scans directories for duplicate files and directories

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Go Find Duplicates is a command-line utility that scans directories for duplicate files and directories.

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Go IMAP notify – monitors IMAP mailboxes

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

goimapnotify is a utility that monitors IMAP mailboxes and executes scripts when messages are created, deleted, or updated.

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svnsearch – search through SVN log diffs

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

svnsearch is a command-line utility for searching through Subversion repository history using exact text or regular expressions.

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Audio Programming

aero – audio recorder

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

aero is a modern audio recorder desktop application built with C++23 and Qt 6.

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Developer of the Week

Developer of the Week: Matthew Forrester Wolffe

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Matthew Forrester Wolffe has one of those GitHub profiles that immediately caught my attention.

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4 Best Free and Open Source Linux Magnifying Tools

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on screen magnification accessibility tools.

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Emacs Software

10 Best Free and Open Source Emacs-Like Text Editors

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

The original program was written in 1976 as a set of macros for an existing text editor called TECO.

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PowerShell – cross-platform automation and configuration framework

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration framework that combines an interactive command-line shell, a scripting language, and more.

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Analytics Software

12 Best Free and Open Source Google Analytics Alternatives

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data.

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Files

Lem – general-purpose editor/IDE

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Lem is a general-purpose text editor and IDE written in Common Lisp.

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taws – terminal user interface for Amazon Web Services

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI, Utilities

taws is a terminal user interface for Amazon Web Services that lets you browse, inspect, and manage cloud resources from inside the terminal.

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