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Forbidden APIs – detect prohibited Java API usage

November 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Forbidden APIs is a static analysis tool that detects prohibited Java API usage, helping enforce coding standards and application portability.

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Voice Recognition

Dabri – offline speech-to-text dictation

November 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

Dabri provides offline speech-to-text dictation on Linux, with hotkeys, Whisper and Parakeet models, Vulkan acceleration and CLI control.

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YouTube

22 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based YouTube Tools

November 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

Funky developers have created applications that allow you to bypass the web-only barrier of YouTube. Here’s our recommended terminal-based YouTube tools.

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JSON Tools

Tennis – stylish terminal viewer for CSV, JSON and SQLite data

November 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Tennis displays CSV, TSV, JSON and SQLite data as colourful terminal tables with automatic layouts, sorting, filtering, and previews.

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SSort – automatically organise Python statements

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

SSort reorganises Python statements by dependency, groups class members and offers checking and diff modes for source consistency.

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charmascii – generate decorative ASCII art from text

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

charmascii creates colourful ASCII art from text, with FIGlet fonts, decorative borders, image export and a command-line interface.

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clj-depend – Clojure namespace dependency analyser

November 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

clj-depend analyses Clojure namespace dependencies, enforcing architectural layers, detecting circular references and checking custom rules.

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reorder-python-imports – automatically organise Python imports

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

reorder-python-imports is a command-line utility that automatically reorganises import statements in Python source files.

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Audio Analyzers

Bootleg Toolbox – verify and manage lossless concert recordings

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

Bootleg Toolbox checks live concert recordings, detects lossy audio sources, repairs sector boundary errors and creates private torrents.

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VoIP

DeepFilterNet Plus – noise suppression for microphones and recordings

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

DeepFilterNet Plus suppresses microphone background noise on Linux and cleans WAV recordings on Linux, macOS and Windows using filtering.

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Carve – Find and remove unused Clojure code

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Carve identifies and removes unused Clojure vars, cleans namespace references and offers interactive reviews, dry runs and CI reports.

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docformatter – automatic formatter for Python docstrings

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

docformatter formats Python docstrings according to PEP 257, with configurable wrapping, style support and automated code quality checks.

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CDROM

Rubyripper – secure audio CD ripping and encoding

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

Rubyripper securely extracts audio CDs with repeated reads, error analysis, MusicBrainz tags and support for multiple audio formats.

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VoIP

HushMic – real-time microphone noise suppression

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

HushMic provides real-time microphone noise suppression on Linux, with PipeWire virtual input, local processing and adjustable controls.

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Utility

bmon – terminal-based bandwidth monitor and rate estimator

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

bmon monitors network bandwidth in a terminal with live traffic graphs, interface statistics, configurable filters and JSON output.

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Hard disk image

smartctl_exporter – Prometheus exporter for storage health monitoring

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

smartctl_exporter exposes disk health data from smartctl to Prometheus, including temperatures, errors, power-on time and NVMe wear.

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Spor – automatic project snapshot and undo tool

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

Spor records project changes automatically, offering reversible snapshots, branching history, file restoration and a terminal interface.

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termtastic – terminal client for Meshtastic networks

October 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

termtastic is a terminal Meshtastic client for messaging over LoRa networks, managing radio settings, exploring nodes and viewing telemetry.

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YouTube

ytm – terminal-based YouTube Music player

October 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, TUI

ytm is a terminal YouTube Music player with interactive search, queues, lyrics, radio, playlists and mpv-powered audio playback.

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YouTube

ytdl-sub – automate media downloads and metadata generation

October 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

ytdl-sub automates media downloads and metadata preparation for Kodi, Jellyfin and Plex with configurable subscriptions and presets.

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