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Author: Steve Emms

Password manager

25 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Password Managers

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, TUI, Utilities

A password manager is a utility which helps users store and retrieve passwords and other data. Here’s our open source recommendations.

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drgn – rogrammable debugger

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

drgn is a programmable debugger that puts scripting at the centre of the debugging workflow.

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Eye Care Software

sunsetr – automatic blue-light filter

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

sunsetr is a blue-light filter for Wayland to reduce eye strain by shifting displays from neutral daylight tones to warmer evening settings.

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Git Clients

git-smart – small collection of Git helper commands

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-smart is a small collection of Git helper commands that try to make common repository tasks safer and more informative.

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Git Clients

git-recent – jump between recently used local Git branches

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

git-recent is a command-line utility that helps developers quickly jump between recently used local Git branches.

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Coding

JSLint – JavaScript code quality and coverage tool

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

JSLint can lint JavaScript from the shell or from your own code, generate HTML reports, produce V8 coverage reports for Node.js and npm programs

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Machine Learning

waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan – upscaler and denoiser

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

waifu2x-ncnn-vulkan is a command-line image upscaler and denoiser built on the ncnn inference framework.

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Pixed – pixel art editor

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Pixed is a touch-friendly pixel art editor written in C# and .NET 9 using the Avalonia UI framework.

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Bosgame M7 Mini PC

Bosgame M7 Core Ultra 9 285H running Linux – Benchmarking

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The BOSGAME M7 is a very powerful mini PC based on the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H processor with integrated Intel Arc 140T graphics.

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DNA

11 Best Free and Open Source Web Based Genome Browsers

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

A Genome browser provides a graphical interface for users to browse, search, retrieve and analyze genomic sequence and annotation data.

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PixlPunkt – modern, cross-platform pixel art editor

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

PixlPunkt is a pixel art editor that brings together painting tools, layered editing, animation workflow and tile work.

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Food and Drink Software

15 Best Free and Open Source Food and Drink Software

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 15 high quality food and drink software.

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Git Clients

git-open – small command-line helper

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-open is a small command-line helper that adds a handy git open command to Git.

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Machine Learning

chaiNNer – node-based image processing GUI

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

chaiNNer is a node-based image processing application that lets users build visual workflows by connecting processing nodes.

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Encrypted Files

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI File Encryption Tools

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

This roundup looks at the finest GUI-based file encryption tools. Only free and open source software is included.

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pydoclint – Python docstring linter

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pydoclint is a Python docstring linter intended for developers who want stricter, more reliable docstring validation in Python projects.

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Git Clients

git-when-merged – command-line tool

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-when-merged is a command-line tool that helps you find the merge commit that first brought a specific commit into a branch.

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Documentation

advcpmv – patch for cp

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

advcpmv is a maintained patch set for Core Utilities that extends cp and mv with progress-aware transfer output.

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Documentation

cpx – modern replacement for the traditional cp command

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cpx is a command-line utility for Linux that rethinks the classic cp command with an emphasis on speed, resilience.

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Git Clients

git-fixup – command-line helper for Git users

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-fixup is a command-line helper for Git users who rely on interactive rebase and autosquash.

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