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Author: Steve Emms

Selection of utilities

Arf – fzf Pacman wrapper and AUR helper

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Arf is an fzf Pacman wrapper and AUR helper written in Python.

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Documentation

TrID – identify file types from their binary signatures

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

TrID is a CLI utility designed to identify file types by analysing their binary signatures rather than relying on filename extensions.

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Files

Deletor – file deletion tool

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

Deletor is a file deletion tool that combines a powerful text interface with visual directory navigation, and classic command line mode.

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Selection of utilities

Firm – terminal-based work management system

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Firm is a text-based work management system for technologists.

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Home Automation

micasa – modal TUI for tracking home projects

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

micasa is a modal TUI for tracking home projects, maintenance schedules and vendor quotes.

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Hex Editor

HexWalk – hex editor, viewer, and analyzer

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

HexWalk is a graphical hex editor and binary analysis application designed for inspecting and modifying binary files.

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Graphics card image

GPU-T – graphics card information utility for Linux

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

GPU-T is a modern desktop utility built with .NET and Avalonia UI designed to provide detailed information about your video card and GPU.

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Internet Radio

Receiver – a modern internet radio player progressing rapidly

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Receiver is an awesome open source internet radio player. If you like internet radio, you really should try it today!

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Selection of utilities

cdhist – Linux shell cd history directory stack

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cdhist is a utility which provides a Linux shell cd history directory stack.

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Batch Renamers

18 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Batch Renamers

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

This article showcases terminal based batch renamers. We only feature free and open source software.

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Selection of utilities

Launcher Studio – create and manage .desktop files

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Launcher Studio is a GTK4 desktop application for creating and managing .desktop files on Linux.

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Batch Renamers

brn2 – bulk renamer with swapping

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

brn2 is a fork of brn, a command line tool used to easily mass-rename files in your preferred text editor.

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Font Tools

FontGet – install and manage fonts from the command line

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

FontGet is a command-line utility designed to simplify discovering, installing, and managing fonts directly from the terminal.

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pj – project finder CLI

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pj is a fast project directory finder that searches your filesystem for git repositories and project directories.

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Front-end Frameworks

Pico – minimal CSS framework for semantic HTML

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Web Apps

Pico is a lightweight CSS framework designed to style semantic HTML with minimal effort.

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Hex Editor

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Hex Editors

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

A hex editor is a special type of editor that can open any type of file and display its contents, byte by byte. This type of editor lets you view and edit binary files.

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Files

Marko – WYSIWYG Markdown editor

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Marko is a simple, lightweight WYSIWYG Markdown editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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basedpyright – fork of pyright

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Basedpyright is a fork of pyright with various type checking improvements, pylance features and more.

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Video Conversion

Leonardo – media conversion application

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Leonardo is a media conversion application that provides a graphical interface for converting audio and video files using FFmpeg.

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YouTube

Sunder – desktop YouTube music client

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Sunder is a native desktop music player that streams from YouTube without the bloat.

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