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mokii – ls replacement

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Mokii is a modern file listing utility that levels up your ls game. It brings Unicode icons, color coding, sorting options

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ttl – modern traceroute

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

ttl is a network diagnostic tool that goes beyond traceroute: MTU discovery, NAT detection, route flap alerts, IX identification, and more.

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UnCSS – removes unused CSS from stylesheets

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

UnCSS is a tool that removes unused CSS from your stylesheets. It works across multiple files and supports Javascript-injected CSS.

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vcs2l – fork of vcstool

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

vcs2l is a fork of vcstool which is a version control system (VCS) tool, designed to make working with multiple repositories easier.

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cview – terminal-based user interface toolkit

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

cview is a terminal-based user interface toolkit. This package is a fork of tview.

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Task Manager

Schedrem – cross-platform task scheduler and reminder

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Schedrem is a Python package that provides a tool for scheduling tasks and setting reminders.

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netwhy – diagnose slow or unreliable network connections

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

netwhy is a lightweight Linux command-line tool that diagnoses slow or unreliable network connections.

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Git Clients

diffnav – Git diff pager

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

diffnav is a git diff pager based on delta but with a file tree, à la GitHub.

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CPU

Brrtfetch – animated system information fetcher

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI

Brrtfetch displays the user specified GIF rendered as animated ASCII art alongside the system information from your favourite fetcher.

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data analytics

Yōzefu – explore data of a Kafka cluster

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

Yōzefu is an interactive terminal user interface (TUI) application for exploring data of a kafka cluster.

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Password manager

passcualito – command-line password manager

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

passcualito is a simple command-line password manager for Linux that’s written in the Go programming language.

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Documentation

rip – fuzzy find and kill processes

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

rip is a utility that lets you fuzzy find and kill processes from your terminal.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: Fractal Art – desktop wallpaper generator

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews

Fractal Art is software which generates colorful wallpapers. It’s free and open source software written in Haskell.

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Find Duplicates

crepe – grep-like search tool

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

crepe is a grep-like text search tool that highlights matches instead of filtering lines. Built in Rust for speed and reliability.

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Command Schedulers

Cronkit – make cron jobs human-readable

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Cronkit is a command-line tool that makes cron jobs human-readable, auditable, and visual.

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CPU

bestfetch – system fetch

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

bestfetch is billed as a customizable, beautiful, and blazing fast system fetch.

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rsenv – hierarchical environment management

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

rsenv is a hierarchical environment management with secure vault storage.

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Selection of utilities

X-CMD – command-line toolkit

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

X-CMD (pronounced as “X Command”) is a compact yet powerful command-line toolkit that offers over 100+ functional modules

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Menu

6 Small Free and Open Source Console Menu Utilities

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup

This article looks at six tiny utilities that offer menu facilities.

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Media Center

mnamer – media renamer

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mnamer (media renamer) is an intelligent and highly configurable media organization utility. It’s written in Python.

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