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Category: CLI

Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

goup – Go version manager

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

goup is an elegant Go version manager.

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Utilities

Parm – cross-platform binary installer

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Parm is a cross-platform binary installer with a package manager-esque workflow. Install any program from GitHub via their REST API.

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ty – Python type checker

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

ty is an extremely fast Python type checker and language server, written in Rust.

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Joker – small Clojure interpreter, linter and formatter

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Joker is a small Clojure interpreter, linter and formatter written in Go.

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star – command line bookmark manager

November 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

star is a (slightly over-engineered) Unix command line bookmark manager.

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NextTrace – visual route tracking CLI tool

November 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

NextTrace is a visual routing tool that aims to be lightweight. It’s developed using Golang.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: traceroute

November 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

traceroute tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to a given host. We recommend the best alternatives.

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Fastrace – traceroute utility

November 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Fastrace is a fast traceroute utility designed for network diagnostics and performance analysis.

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NiTch Revived – fast system fetch

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

NiTch Revived is a small and incredibly fast system fetch written fully in Nim without any dependencies.

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lash – symlink manager for dotfiles

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Lash is a command-line application that is intended to replace Stow. It is not intended to be a drop-in replacement but it does aim to replace most of the implemented functionality of Stow.

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process

fling – file/directory symlinker

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fling computes and creates/removes the minimal amount of symlinks needed in a directory to refer to files and directories in another directory, similar to Stow.

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8 Best Free and Open Source Git Hooks Managers

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Roundup

Git Hooks are a built-in feature of Git that allow developers to automate tasks and enforce policies throughout the Git workflow.

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stown – manage file system object mapping via symlinks

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stown manages file system object mapping via symlinks. It was inspired by Stow, which was found very useful but too unwieldy.

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kustomize – manage declarative configuration of Kubernetes

November 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

kustomize lets you customize raw, template-free YAML files for multiple purposes, leaving the original YAML untouched and usable as is.

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Yagni – Leiningen plugin for finding dead code

November 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Yagni is a static code analyzer that helps you find unused code in your applications and libraries.

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process

Dploy – tool for creating symbolic links

November 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Dploy is a tool for creating symbolic links similarly to Stow. It is provided as a CLI tool and Python 3.6.2+ module.

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process

XStow – replacement for Stow

November 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

XStow is a replacement of Stow. It supports all features of Stow with some extensions.

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SpotBugs – find bugs in Java code

November 27, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

SpotBugs is a program which uses static analysis to look for bugs in Java code. It’s a fork of the abandoned FindBugs.

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lein-bikeshed – Leiningen plugin

November 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

lein-bikeshed is a Leiningen plugin designed to tell you your code is bad, and that you should feel bad.

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stow-cm – config manager like stow

November 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stow-cm is a config manager like stow written in the Rust programming language.

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