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QR Tools

qr-rs – encode URLs or text into QR codes

February 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

qr-rs is a command line interface utility to encode URLs or more generally text into QR codes in various file formats and colors.

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TiMidity++ – MIDI to WAVE converter and player

February 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

TiMidity++ is a software synthesizer. It can play MIDI files by converting them into PCM waveform data.

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Markdown

Glow – render Markdown on the command-line

February 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Glow is a terminal based markdown reader designed from the ground up to bring out the beauty—and power—of the CLI.

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QR Tools

qr-backup – paper backup of files using QR codes

February 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

qr-backup takes file(s), and outputs a “paper backup”: a printable black-and-white PDF full of QR codes.

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Foto – simple image viewer

February 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Foto is a simple image viewer. It simply shows an image either on a window or in the terminal. It is designed to be used in scripts.

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Encrypted Files

Encpipe – encryption tool

February 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Encpipe is billed as the simplest encryption tool in the world.

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vv – image viewer for sixel terminals

February 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews

vv is different from the vast majority of image viewers. It’s a small command-line program to view images from the terminal.

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IntelliShell – like IntelliSense, but for shells

February 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

IntelliShell acts like a bookmark store for commands. No need to have a clean history to find something useful with CTRL + R.

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Snip – simple snippet manager

February 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Snip is a simple snippet manager for your predefined Ultisnips Snippet Directory.

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Coding

Freeze – generate images of code and terminal output

February 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Utilities

Freeze generates PNGs, SVGs, and WebPs of code and terminal output alike.

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Programming

Chroma – general purpose syntax highlighter

February 4, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Chroma takes source code and other structured text and converts it into syntax highlighted HTML, ANSI-coloured text, and more.

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Gum – tool for glamorous shell scripts

February 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Gum lets you leverage the power of Bubbles and Lip Gloss in your scripts and aliases without writing any Go code.

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Email

bower – curses frontend for the Notmuch email system

February 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

bower is a curses frontend for the Notmuch email system. There are two main views: the index, and the combined thread/pager.

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The Way – code snippets manager

February 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

the-way is a terminal-based code snippets manager.Record and retrieve snippets you use every day, or occasionally, without starting a browser.

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Encryption

Kryptor – simple, modern, and secure file encryption and signing tool

February 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Kryptor lets you encrypt multiple files/directories with a passphrase, symmetric key, or asymmetric keys.

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Files

Docfd – TUI multiline fuzzy document finder

February 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Docfd is a text user interface multiline fuzzy document finder written in OCaml.

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Tools that help you

wat offers instant, central, community-built docs

February 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Wat is an interactive app built to drastically reduce time spent searching for syntax and code usage questions.

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Terminal Session Recording

agg – asciinema gif generator

January 31, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

agg is a command-line tool for generating animated GIF files from terminal session recordings.

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VoIP

Ement.el – Matrix client for Emacs

January 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Ement.el is a Matrix client for Emacs. It aims to be simple, fast, featureful, and reliable, while integrating naturally with Emacs.

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Tools that help you

halp is a CLI tool to get help with CLI tools

January 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

halp aims to help find the correct arguments for command-line tools by checking the predefined list of commonly used options/flags.

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