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Author: Steve Emms

Task Manager

TTDL – Terminal ToDo List

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

TTDL is a CLI tool to manage todo lists in todo.txt format.

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Hourglass – simple time keeping application

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Hourglass is a simple time keeping application designed for elementary OS. It also works with other Linux distributions.

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Documentation

meow – renders text using your existing Neovim configuration

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

meow is a command line tool that aims to be a replacement for cat/bat with better highlighting. It’s written in Lua.

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numr – text calculator for natural language expressions

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

numr is a text calculator for natural language expressions with a vim-style TUI.

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ChatGPT

Termagotchi – terminal-based Tamagotchi simulation

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms Other, TUI

Termagotchi is a terminal-based Tamagotchi simulation written in Go, featuring a simple and hacky TUI interface.

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File Managers

Tyr – intelligent file organization powered by machine learning

December 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Tyr is a fast file organizer built in Rust that automatically categorizes and groups your files.

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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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