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Author: Steve Emms

di – disk information tool

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

di is a disk information utility, displaying everything (and more) that your df command does.

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Git Clients

hk – git hook manager and project linting tool

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

hk is a git hook manager and project linting tool with an emphasis on performance.

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Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Music Player

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, GUI, Hardware, Mini PC, Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

Let’s play some music on the Raspberry Pi 5. It’s a very capable music player.

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Machine Learning

OWLEN – terminal User Interface LLM client for Ollama

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific, TUI

OWLEN is a Rust-powered, terminal-first interface for interacting with local large language models.

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MangaSharp – CLI manga downloader and reader

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Other

MangaSharp is a CLI that supports downloading manga and other comics from a variety of sites.

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ebook reader

3 Free and Open Source CLI ebook Readers

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, Productivity, Roundup, Software

This article showcases CLI ebook readers for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.

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Monitor System

dgop – system monitoring tool with CLI and REST API

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

dgop is a system monitoring tool with CLI and REST API that can be used standalone, or as a companion for DankMaterialShell.

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Reference Managers

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Bibliography Tools

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Roundup, Scientific

A common misconception is that bibliography tools are really only useful for academics. However, this type of software is a type of reference manager offering the ability to collect large amounts of metadata.

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Typesetting Tools

Hayagriva – bibliography management

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education

Hayagriva is a tool that can help you or your apps deal with literature and other media. Use as a library or as a Command Line Interface.

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Email

5 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight GUI Email Clients

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Email remains the killer information and communications technology. Email volume shows no sign of diminishing, despite the increasing popularity of collaborative messaging tools.

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