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zlist – modern replacement for ls

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zlint provides a colorful directory listing with a compact grid layout, Nerd Font icons, long view, sorting, filtering, and more.

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Video

KikoPlay – full-featured danmu media player

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

KikoPlay is a full-featured danmu media player using libmpv as its playback engine and Qt for its interface

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pls – modern alternative to ls

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pls is a modern alternative to ls that offers cleaner, more colourful output with sensible defaults and extensive customisation.

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

CrowdSec – collaborative security engine

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Security

CrowdSec is a collaborative security engine that detects and responds to malicious behaviour.

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SerialGUI-Rs – graphical serial monitor

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

SerialGUI-rs is a graphical serial monitor. It uses the serialport-rs library for serial communication and eframe for its desktop interface.

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XMPP

8 Best Free and Open Source Console Based XMPP Clients

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on the best console-based XMPP clients. They are free and open source goodness.

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Passive OS Fingerprinting

MuonFP – enterprise-ready passive TCP fingerprinter

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Security

MuonFP identifies and classifies network traffic from TCP packet characteristics.

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Static Site Generator

Metabrowse – static site generator for code search

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Metabrowse is a static site generator for code search with IDE features for Scala. It uses the Scalameta Semantic API.

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Coding

ktfmt-gradle – Gradle plugin that applies the ktfmt formatter to Kotlin projects

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

ktfmt-gradle is a Gradle plugin that applies ktfmt formatting to Kotlin projects. Free and open source software.

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Selection of utilities

sxwm – dynamic tiling window manager for X11

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

sxwm is a simple, feature-rich dynamic tiling window manager for X11.

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Passive OS Fingerprinting

Leetha – passive network fingerprinting and analysis engine

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Leetha is a passive network fingerprinting and analysis engine.

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DevOps

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Compilers

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Linux has a diverse range of other compilers available, many of which are released under freely distributable licenses. Here are the finest.

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Static Site Generator

workflowr – R package

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

workflowr is an R package that helps researchers organize analysis projects as reproducible research websites.

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Compression

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Parallel Lossless Compression Tools

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on lossless compression tools which use multiple cores. Only free and open source software is included here.

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Static Site Generator

quickblog – lightweight static blog engine

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Software

quickblog is a lightweight static blog engine for Clojure and babashka.

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XMPP

Fluux Messenger – modern, cross-platform XMPP client

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Fluux Messenger is a modern, cross-platform XMPP client for communities and organizations.

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Compression

Kanzi – modern lossless data compressor

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Kanzi is a modern, modular, portable, and efficient lossless data compressor.

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Video

Soia – modern media player built on mpv

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Soia is a modern media player built on mpv. It provides a clean interface for watching local media and streaming from network sources.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: June 2026 Updates

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Software

June 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Security

DarkMoon – AI-powered autonomous penetration testing platform

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Security

DarkMoon is an AI-powered autonomous penetration testing platform.

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