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Selection of utilities

checkpac – fast package checker for Arch

December 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

checkpac is a fast and simple package checking tool for Arch Linux. Find installed packages, check versions, and discover available packages

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Security

EVTXtract – recovers and reconstructs fragments of EVTX log files

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

EVTXtract recovers and reconstructs fragments of EVTX log files from raw binary data, including unallocated space and memory images.

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Typing

Darkwrite – eye-candy note taking and to-do app

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Darkwrite is billed as an eye-candy note taking and to-do application for all desktops.

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Clocks

Clox – geeky clock for terminal enthusiasts

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

Clox is a terminal-based clock application designed for terminal enthusiasts who appreciate simplicity, elegance, and productivity.

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SQL

data-peek – SQL client desktop application

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

Built for developers who want to quickly peek at their data without the bloat. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.

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Text Editor

Pragtical – practical and pragmatic code editor

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Pragtical is a cross-platform code editor with a modern graphical interface, developed using C and Lua(JIT), powered by SDL

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Apple Numbers

xleak – Excel files in your terminal

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Office, TUI

xleak brings Excel spreadsheets to the terminal with beautiful rendering, powerful export capabilities, and a feature-rich interactive TUI.

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CDROM

redumper – low-level byte-perfect CD disc dumper

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

redumper is a low-level byte-perfect CD disc dumper. It supports incremental dumps, advanced SCSI/C2 repair, and more.

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Documents

lsx – improved ls command

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lsx is a utility that functions like ls but with some improvements. It’s written in the Rust programming language.

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Terminal Multiplexer

TUIOS – Terminal UI Operating System

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

TUIOS is a terminal-based window manager that provides a modern, efficient interface for managing multiple terminal sessions.

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Images of shells by the sea

rash – rudimentary shell

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

rash, or really awesome shell (or rat ass shell if you prefer), is a rudimentary shell written in C

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Apple Numbers

Vex – Excel viewer

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Office, TUI

Vex is a beautiful, fast, and feature-rich terminal-based Excel and CSV viewer built with Go.

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Security

Useful Free and Open Source Security Testing Software

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Here’s some useful software for performing security testing. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

msuage – command line memory usage information tool

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

msuage is a command line memory usage information tool written in Rust. It’s an alternative to the free command.

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SSD

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: df

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to df, a utility that reports file system space usage in Linux and other UNIX operating systems.

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Gaming Chat

Rivet – terminal UI Discord client

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Rivet is a terminal UI Discord client written in Rust. It’s in an early stage of development.

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Security

AVML – Acquire Volatile Memory for Linux

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

AVML is an X86_64 userland volatile memory acquisition tool written in Rust, intended to be deployed as a static binary.

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Selection of utilities

makeself – make self-extractable archives

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

makeself.sh is a small shell script to create self-extracting tar.gz archives.

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System administration

dnst – Domain Name System Tools

December 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnst :: Domain Name System Tools is a toolset to assist DNS operators with zone and nameserver maintenance.

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SSD

dusage – command-line disk usage information tool

December 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dusage is a command line disk usage information tool written in the Rust programming language.

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