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basedpyright – fork of pyright

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Basedpyright is a fork of pyright with various type checking improvements, pylance features and more.

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Files

23 Best Free and Open Source Linux TUI File Explorers

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup

A terminal UI based (TUI) file explorer is software which lets you explore the file system. We recommend the best open source options.

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SQL

squix – manage and execute SQL queries across multiple databases

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents, TUI

Squix is a minimal command-line database manager that allows users to manage connections and execute SQL queries across multiple databases.

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Hard disk

Vykar – fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups in Rust

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, System Software, Web Apps

Vykar is a backup utility that creates encrypted, deduplicated snapshots of data and stores them in local or remote repositories.

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Application Launchers

29 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Application Launchers

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

Application launchers play an integral part in making the Linux desktop a more productive environment to work and play.

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RustLock – Wayland screen locker

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

RustLock is a command-line tool written in Rust that allows users to quickly lock their Linux session from the terminal.

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Documentation

mimetype – command-line utility that determines the MIME type of files

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mimetype is a command-line utility that determines the MIME type of files. It uses the freedesktop.org shared MIME-info database.

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Go XML Formatter – format XML

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

The Go XML Formatter, xmlfmt, will format the XML string in a readable way.

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Conan – distributed C and C++ package manager

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Conan is specifically designed and optimized for accelerating the development and Continuous Integration of C and C++ projects.

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Selection of utilities

Filecraft – automate file management tasks

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Filecraft is a command line utility designed to automate common file organisation tasks. It’s written in Python and Go.

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Email

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Email Clients

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

Here are our recommended console email clients. All free and open source goodness.

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Email

NeoMutt – fork of Mutt with added features

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NeoMutt is a command line mail reader. It’s a fork of Mutt with added features. NeoMutt is a project of projects.

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Documentation

xdg-mime – query information about file type

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xdg-mime is a command-line tool used to query and manage MIME type associations on Linux and other Unix-like systems

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NPS – intranet tunneling proxy server

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NPS is a lightweight and efficient intranet tunneling proxy server that supports forwarding multiple protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, etc.).

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xml-formatter – pretty print XML

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

xml-formatter converts XML into a human readable format (pretty print) while respecting the xml:space attribute.

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System Administration

System-Tools – basic system management tools

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

System-Tools is a collection of helpful tools for basic system management of Linux and FreeBSD systems.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: catspeak – like cowsay but catty

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

catspeak is a command-line tool that generates an ASCII picture with a message. It’s a cowsay like program of a speaking cat.

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Alaska

imgcat – output images in the terminal

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

imgcat displays images and gifs in your terminal emulator.

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Git Clients

meteor – tool to help write conventional commits with git

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Meteor is a simple, highly customisable CLI tool that helps you to write conventional commits with git.

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Network Security

ddgst – hashing and checksum utility

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

ddgst is a cross-platform command-line hashing and checksum utility written in the D programming language.

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