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Author: Steve Emms

Command Schedulers

runcron – minimal cron alternative for automated and container-friendly environments

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

runcron is a minimal cron alternative for automated and container-friendly environments.

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Git Clients

git-secrets – prevent adding secrets into git repositories

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-secrets is a CLI utility that helps avoid committing passwords, access keys, and other sensitive credentials to Git repositories.

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mdx – download manga tool

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Other

mdx uses the MangaDex API to fetch content and can save chapters in formats suitable for comic book readers, e-readers.

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Remote Display

noVNC – VNC client web application

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

noVNC is a web-based VNC client and JavaScript library that lets users access remote desktops from a browser.

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QR Tools

segno – QR code generator

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Segno is a Python library and command line tool for generating QR Codes and Micro QR Codes.

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Diary

TUI-Journal – terminal-based journaling and note-taking application

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

TUI-Journal is a terminal-based journaling and note-taking application written in Rust for people who prefer to stay inside a shell.

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Anti-Malware Tools

15 Best Free and Open Source Anti-Malware Tools

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Security is paramount. Security involves defence in depth. Approaching security one step at a time, with consistency and rigour, you can mitigate threats, and keep intruders at bay.

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Best Free and Open Source Compression Tools

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: compress

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to compress, a utility that reduces the size of files.

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System administration

16 Useful Free and Open Source DNS Clients

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

DNS is one of these things many take for granted that is critical to using the internet. Without DNS, the internet breaks.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cloc

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative free and open source tools to cloc, a tool which counts lines of source code and comments.

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Audio Editors

Spek-rs – acoustic spectrum analyser

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Spek-rs is an acoustic spectrum analyser that creates spectrograms from audio files and wraps FFmpeg’s showspectrumpic functionality.

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Oksskolten – AI-native RSS reader

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Oksskolten is an AI-native RSS reader that fetches the original article for every feed item instead of relying on the limited summaries.

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Comic Books

Comic-DL – command-line downloader for comics and manga

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Other

Comic-DL is a command-line downloader for comics and manga. It fetches content from supported comic and manga websites.

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Diary

moodiary – cross-platform diary application

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Moodiary is a cross-platform diary application built with Flutter and Rust.

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Command Schedulers

Supercronic – crontab-compatible job runner designed for container environments

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

Supercronic is a crontab-compatible job runner designed for container environments.

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Git Clients

git-heatmap – generates a customizable heatmap

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-heatmap is a command-line utility that generates a customizable heatmap from the commit history of local Git repositories.

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Comic Books

Comics Downloader – command-line tool for downloading comics and manga

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Other

Comics Downloader is a command-line tool for downloading comics and manga from supported websites

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QR Tools

qrtool – encode and decode QR code

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

qrtool is a command-line utility for encoding and decoding QR codes.

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Audio Analyzers

Partiels – audio analysis tool

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Partiels is an audio analysis suite for studying the content and characteristics of sound files.

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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.

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