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Author: Steve Emms

Selection of utilities

nless – terminal user interface pager

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

nless is a terminal user interface pager for exploring structured and semi-structured data.

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Hex Editor

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Hex Editors

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, TUI

A hex editor is a special type of editor that can open any type of file and display its contents, byte by byte.

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forbidigo – Go linter for forbidding identifiers

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

forbidigo is a linter for Go code that checks source files for identifiers and expressions you want to forbid.

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Git Clients

gitonic – graphical Git client

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

gitonic helps developers manage a workspace made up of multiple Git repositories from a single desktop application.

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gosec – Go Security Checker

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

gosec is a command-line security scanner for Go projects.

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Diff Tools

RCompare – file and directory comparison toolkit

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

RCompare is a file and directory comparison toolkit written in Rust.

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Selection of utilities

CPU Info – presents detailed hardware and software information

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

CPU Info is a multiplatform application that presents detailed hardware and software information for a device.

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revive – linter for Go

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

revive is a fast, configurable static analysis framework for Go that’s designed as a drop-in replacement for golint.

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Chemistry

GPAW – Python package for density-functional theory calculations

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

GPAW provides density-functional theory calculations based on the projector-augmented wave method and the Atomic Simulation Environment.

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System Profilers

Big Hardware Info – view and share hardware information on Linux

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

Big Hardware Info gathers detailed system and device information.

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Minisforum MS-R1 Mini Workstation

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

In this article I’ll walk through installing Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on the Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation.

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Git Clients

MeGit – standalone graphical Git client

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

MeGit is a standalone graphical Git client built around EGit, the Git tooling from the Eclipse ecosystem.

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Hex Editor

XVI – hex editor using ncurses

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

xvi is a hex editor that uses an ncurses-based interface and is designed for interactive binary file editing from the console.

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Chemistry

DFTB+ – general package for performing fast atomistic calculations

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

DFTB+ is a fast quantum mechanical atomistic simulation package based on the Density Functional Tight Binding method.

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Git Clients

RelaGit – modern graphical Git client

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

RelaGit is a modern graphical Git client that focuses on making routine version control tasks easier to manage.

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Log Analyzers

15 Best Free and Open Source Log Analyzers

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

Making sense of logs helps organisations make better customer-focused decisions. We recommend the finest open source log analyzers.

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Wombat – high-precision scientific calculator

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Wombat is a high-precision scientific calculator for Linux powered by the Numbat programming language.

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Chemistry

PySCF – quantum chemistry framework

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

PySCF is a mature quantum chemistry framework that combines a high-level Python interface with performance-critical compiled code.

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Selection of utilities

FilesFinder – search for files within a given repository

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

FilesFinder is a command-line utility that searches for files within a repository while respecting ignore rules.

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Chemistry

Indigo – universal cheminformatics toolkit

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

Indigo is a universal cheminformatics toolkit for working with molecules and reactions.

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