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paq – fast BLAKE3 file and directory hashing

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

paq is a fast BLAKE3 command-line tool for recursively hashing files and directories with deterministic output and parallel processing.

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Eigenmath – compact symbolic mathematics application

September 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Eigenmath is a compact symbolic mathematics application offering exact arithmetic, calculus, linear algebra, plotting, and script execution.

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h0neytr4p – configurable web honeypot for reconnaissance and exploits

September 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

h0neytr4p is a configurable web honeypot that lets defenders create traps for reconnaissance and exploit attempts without deploying vulnerable applications.

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SentryPeer – SIP honeypot and VoIP fraud detection tool

September 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

SentryPeer is a SIP honeypot and fraud-detection tool that records hostile VoIP activity and can share collected data through peer-to-peer networking.

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Heralding – credentials-catching network honeypot

September 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Heralding is a credentials-catching honeypot that emulates common authentication services and records usernames, passwords, and session data.

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LocalGo – LocalSend-compatible command-line file sharing

September 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

LocalGo is a LocalSend-compatible CLI for secure local file transfers, device discovery, clipboard sharing, web downloads and headless operation.

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Dionaea – honeypot for capturing exploit and malware activity

September 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Dionaea is a network honeypot that emulates vulnerable services, detects shellcode, captures attack activity, and supports numerous protocols.

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worldclock-tty – real-time terminal-based world clock

September 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

worldclock-tty displays multiple time zones in real time with configurable themes, UTC offsets, military time and IANA timezone support.

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OpenCanary – modular multi-protocol network honeypot

September 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

OpenCanary is a lightweight, modular network honeypot that emulates common services and generates alerts when attackers interact with them.

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NPBackup – secure and efficient file backup solution

September 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Reviews, System Software

NPBackup adds a GUI, scheduling, monitoring and multi-repository management to restic’s encrypted, deduplicated backup engine.

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Security

Talisman – detect sensitive data before Git commits

September 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Talisman scans Git changesets for passwords, tokens, private keys and other sensitive data before they are committed or pushed.

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Clocks

clock-rs – modern digital clock for your terminal

September 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, TUI

clock-rs is a configurable terminal clock with timer and stopwatch modes, flexible positioning, colours, date formatting and UTC support.

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WiFi 7

WHAD Client – Wireless Protocol Exploration Framework

September 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

WHAD Client is a command-line framework for capturing, analysing, replaying and experimenting with traffic from supported wireless devices and protocols.

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Security

detect-secrets – detect and prevent secrets in source code

September 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

detect-secrets helps teams detect and prevent credentials from entering source code using baselines, plugins, filters and Git hooks.

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Security

Gitleaks – detect secrets in Git repositories and files

September 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Gitleaks scans Git repositories, files and standard input for passwords, API keys, tokens and other hard-coded secrets in source code.

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Electronic circuit

QucsatorRF – RF and microwave circuit simulator

September 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

QucsatorRF is a command-line circuit simulator designed for RF and microwave circuits and used as a simulation backend for Qucs-S.

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Wi-Fi Internet

hcxtools – Analyze Wi-Fi Capture and Hash Files

September 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

hcxtools is a command-line suite for converting, filtering and analysing wireless captures and authentication hashes during authorised security assessments.

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Typesetting Tools

latexindent.pl – highly configurable LaTeX formatter

September 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

latexindent.pl is a formatter for LaTeX source with configurable indentation, delimiter alignment, text wrapping, substitutions, and YAML rules.

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PDF

open-pdf-sign – Digitally Sign PDF Documents

September 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

open-pdf-sign is a Linux command-line utility and server for applying standards-based electronic signatures and timestamps to PDF documents.

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PDF

rst2pdf – Convert reStructuredText Documents to PDF

September 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

rst2pdf is a Linux command-line tool that converts reStructuredText documents directly into styled PDF files using ReportLab.

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