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Author: Steve Emms

Security

MDNS Scanner – scan networks

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

MDNS Scanner scans a network and create a list of IPs and associated hostnames, including mDNS hostnames and other aliases.

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Selection of utilities

zur – AUR helper

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zur is just another AUR helper. The AUR is a community-driven repository for Arch Linux users that contains package build scripts.

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Real-Time Strategy Games

Ballerburg SDL – classical castle combat game

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Ballerburg SDL is a classical castle combat game for Linux and other systems that are supported by the SDL library.

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Static Site Generator

Marmite – static site generator for blogs

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

Marmite [Markdown makes sites] is a very simple static site generator.

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Clipboard

clipsim – simple and fast X clipboard manager

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

clipsim is a clipboard manager. It retrieves clipboard text when the window owning it is closed, and keeps a clipboard history.

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Performance

trickle – bandwidth shaper

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

trickle is a lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper that is highly configurable.

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Video-Emulators

NooDS – portable Nintendo DS and GBA emulator

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators

NooDS aims to be a fast and portable DS and GBA emulator. It features accurate software rendering with upscaling.

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Documentation

Vanish – rm with cache

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Vanish (vx) is a .modern, safe file deletion tool with recovery capabilities.

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RPG Games

Eldiron – classical RPG creator

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Eldiron is a cross-platform creator for classic retro role-playing games (RPGs). It supports 2D and first-person RPGs.

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Git Clients

Dash – rich terminal UI for GitHub

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Dash is a rich terminal UI for GitHub that doesn’t break your flow.

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ebook reader

Useful Ubuntu Touch Apps – Sturm Reader

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Reviews, Software, Ubuntu Touch

Sturm Reader is an ebook reader for Linux tailored for Ubuntu Touch and portable devices.

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Musical instruments

Pipewire Soundpad – soundboard application

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

PipeWire Soundpad (PWSP) is a simple yet powerful soundboard application written in Rust.

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Typesetting Tools

KaTeX – fast math typesetting for the web

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

KaTeX is a fast, easy-to-use JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web.

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Selection of utilities

dashi – simple shell for Linux window managers

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Dashi is a simple shell for lightweight window managers on Linux with minimal resources.

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Best Free and Open Source Calendar Software

6 Best Free and Open Source CalDAV Servers

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

CalDav (Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV) is an internet standard allowing clients to access scheduling or meeting information on a remote server.

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Security

yarp – yet another registry parser

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

yarp is yet another registry parser written in the Python programming language.

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Video-Emulators

Citron – Nintendo homebrew emulator

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Citron is a cutting-edge Nintendo Homebrew emulator offering an optimized experience for playing your favorite games and exploring new ones.

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CSScomb – coding style formatter for CSS

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

CSScomb is a coding style formatter for CSS. You can easily write your own configuration to make your style sheets beautiful and consistent.

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Find Duplicates

mgrep – semantically grep everything

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mgrep is a calm, CLI-native way to semantically grep everything, like code, images, pdfs and more.

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Clipboard

clipbox – clipboard manager for Wayland

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

clipbox is a clipboard manager for Wayland with rofi integration, featuring multiple buffers, pinning, image preview, and password masking.

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