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Author: Steve Emms
Drawy – brainstorming tool
Drawy is a work-in-progress infinite whiteboard tool which aims to be a native-desktop alternative to the web-based Excalidraw.
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7 Useful Free Static Web Servers
This roundup focuses on web servers that are designed for mostly static content.
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par2cmdline – PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool
par2cmdline is a program for creating and using PAR2 files to detect damage in data files and repair them if necessary.
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vty – terminal interface library
vty is a terminal interface library. It provides a high-level interface for doing terminal I/O.
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Pass-CLI – password and API key manager
Pass-CLI is a fast, secure password and API key manager that stores credentials locally with AES-256-GCM encryption.
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Gopherbook – self-hosted comic library and CBZ/CBT reader
Gopherbook is a lightweight, single-binary, self-hosted web comic reader and library manager written in Go.
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Beads – distributed, git-backed graph issue tracker for AI agents
Beads provides a persistent, structured memory for coding agents. It replaces messy markdown plans with a dependency-aware graph
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6 Best Free and Open Source Web Application Firewalls
A web application firewall (WAF) is a type of application firewall that lets you see and analyze HTTP traffic to and from a web application. We recommend our favourite WAFs.
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oq – terminal-based OpenAPI Spec (OAS) viewer
oq is a terminal-based OpenAPI Spec (OAS) viewer. It’s written in the Go language.
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Linux Candy: asciify – turn images into attractive ASCII art
asciify is a CLI tool that converts images into ASCII art. It’s part of our Linux Candy series.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: stow
Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct sets of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem.
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Gruyère – view and kill processes listening on ports
Gruyère is a tiny TUI program for viewing and killing processes listening on ports.
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10 Useful Free Linux Network Tunnels
In networking, tunnels are a method for discretely transmitting data across a network using protocols that are not supported by that network.
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BookLore – organize and manage your book collection
BookLore is a powerful, self-hosted web application designed to organize and manage your personal book collection with elegance and ease.
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miro – PDF viewer
miro is a native pdf viewer for Linux (Wayland/X11), macOS, and Windows with configurable keybindings.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Audio Samplers
A sampler is an electronic or digital musical instrument which uses sound recordings (or “samples”) of real instrument sounds.
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jolt – terminal-based battery and energy monitor
jolt provides real-time insights into power consumption, process energy usage, and battery health—all in a clean, themeable TUI.
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gump – smarter cd command
gump is a directory jumper using frecency. Type directory fragments, land where you meant.
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iocraft – craft CLIs, TUIs, and text-based IO
iocraft is a library for crafting beautiful text output and interfaces for the terminal or logs.
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