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onsen – rain sounds and white noise

April 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

onsen is a small Python command line utility that brings a relaxing hot-springs theme to the terminal.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: awk

April 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to awk, software specialized for textual data manipulation.

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S3ry – AWS S3 interactive terminal client

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

S3ry is an interactive terminal application for managing Amazon S3 buckets and objects.

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arp-scan – minimalistic ARP scan tool

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

arp-scan is a command-line network discovery tool written in Rust.

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hawk – Haskell text processor for the command-line

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Hawk is a command-line text processor that brings Haskell expressions to shell pipelines.

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pawk – brings Python expressions and statements to AWK-style workflows

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pawk is a command-line text processing utility that brings Python expressions and statements to AWK-style workflows.

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Files

wak – compact implementation of the awk programming language

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wak is a compact implementation of the awk programming language designed for both standalone use and integration with Toybox.

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camera-streamer – low-latency camera streaming project for Raspberry Pi systems

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

camera-streamer is a high-performance, low-latency camera streaming project for Raspberry Pi systems and similar single-board computers.

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grimblast – helper for screenshots within Hyprland

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

grimblast is a command-line screenshot utility for Hyprland. Based on grimshot.

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Voice Recognition

MeloTTS – high-quality multi-lingual text-to-speech library

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Web Apps

MeloTTS is a multilingual text-to-speech library written in Python for generating natural-sounding speech locally.

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Files

rawk – POSIX compatible AWK written in Rust

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rawk is an AWK implementation written in Rust for people who want a Rust-based take on the classic text-processing language.

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FTP

unFTP – modern FTP(S) server

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

unFTP is a modern FTP(S) server written in Rust, designed with cloud-native environments in mind.

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gscreenshot – screenshot utility for Linux

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, GUI

gscreenshot is a screenshot utility for Linux that provides both a graphical interface and CLI frontend for multiple screenshot backends.

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13 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Bookmark Managers

March 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

We focus on open source text-based bookmark managers. Most of the tools featured in this article let you manage your bookmarks for websites.

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Typesetting Tools

SILE – typesetting system for Linux

March 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

SILE (Simon’s Improved Layout Engine) is a modern typesetting system designed for producing high-quality printed documents.

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Backup software

10 Best Free and Open Source BorgBackup Front-Ends

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Roundup, System Software

BorgBackup (Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. We recommend the best front-ends for Borg.

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Art

31 Delightful Free and Open Source ASCII Art Tools

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

ASCII art is a graphic design technique that relies primarily on computers for presentation and consists of pictures.

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Earth Science

MetPy – read, visualize and perform calculations with weather data

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

MetPy is a Python library that provides a comprehensive suite of tools for working with meteorological data.

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Earth Science

OpenDrift – framework for ocean trajectory modelling

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Scientific

OpenDrift is a Python-based framework for modelling the trajectories and behaviour of particles, objects, or substances drifting in the ocean and atmosphere.

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Classroom Tools

Perspec – perspective correction of images

March 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Perspec is a desktop app and command-line workflow for perspective correction of images.

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