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Hex Editor

poke – extensible editor for structured binary data

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

poke is an extensible editor for structured binary data with a dedicated language, reusable pickles, interactive editing and scripting.

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Log Analyzers

Matomo Log Analytics – import server logs into Matomo

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Matomo Log Analytics imports web server access logs into Matomo for server-side visitor analytics, with broad log format and automation support.

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Radio

AIS-catcher – versatile AIS receiver for software-defined radio

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Web Apps

AIS-catcher is a lightweight AIS receiver for SDR hardware with NMEA output, network forwarding, filtering, statistics and a built-in web viewer.

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Image Compression Tools

vat – render vector graphics in your terminal

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI

vat renders SVG, Compose ImageVectors and Android Vector Drawables directly in terminals that support the Kitty graphics protocol.

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pywal16 – generate and change colour schemes on the fly

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

pywal16 generates 16-colour palettes from images and applies them across Linux desktops, terminals and applications using flexible templates.

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Hakoniwa – process isolation using Linux security facilities

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Hakoniwa provides Linux process isolation with namespaces, cgroups, resource limits, Landlock, seccomp and configurable filesystem access.

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isolate – secure execution environment for untrusted programs

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

isolate securely runs untrusted Linux programs in restricted environments with namespaces, cgroups, resource limits and syscall filtering.

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Music image

mpdris2-rs – expose MPD playback through MPRIS2

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mpdris2-rs is a lightweight Rust bridge exposing MPD playback and queue information through MPRIS2, with remote cover art support.

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Static Site Generator

Freezed – TYPO3 Fluid Static Site Generator

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

Freezed is a PHP static site generator using TYPO3 Fluid templates, stackable themes, build hooks, sitemap generation and static output.

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Security

Notation – sign and verify software artifacts

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Notation is a command-line tool for signing and verifying container images and other artifacts stored in OCI registries.

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Syd – configurable application sandbox for Linux

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Syd is a Linux application sandbox using seccomp, Landlock and namespaces to control filesystem, network and process behaviour.

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Security

in-toto – framework for software supply chain integrity

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

in-toto protects software supply chains by recording signed metadata for each step and checking the result against a defined layout.

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Security

cosign – sign and verify software artifacts with Sigstore

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

cosign signs and verifies containers, binaries and other software artifacts using Sigstore, keys, identities and transparency logs.

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Documentation Generators

Daux.io – Markdown Documentation Generator

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Daux.io turns Markdown files and folders into structured documentation websites with navigation, themes, syntax highlighting and static output.

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NsJail – process isolation and sandboxing utility

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

NsJail is a process isolation tool designed to run applications inside tightly controlled environments.

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bubblewrap – low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

bubblewrap is a low-level Linux sandboxing tool for constructing restricted process environments with namespaces, bind mounts and seccomp.

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Terminal Session Recording

TermSVG – record and export terminal sessions

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

TermSVG records terminal sessions, replays asciicast files, and exports recordings as animated SVG, GIF or WebM with themes and playback controls.

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Manga

Tanko – CLI Manga Reader and Downloader

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Other

Tanko is a command-line manga reader and downloader supporting image rendering, offline downloads, reading history and multiple sources.

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Logfile Viewer

fblog – view and filter JSON logs

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

fblog is a command-line JSON log viewer with Lua filtering, customizable formatting and colorized log levels.

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Logfile Viewer

Logalize – extensible log colorizer

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Logalize is a fast, extensible log colorizer with configurable formats, patterns, words and themes.

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