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chwp – change desktop wallpaper from the command line

September 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

chwp changes desktop backgrounds from the command line using image URLs, search keywords, local paths and multi-monitor spanning.

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ty – fast Python type checker and language server

September 16, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

ty is a Rust-based Python type checker with incremental analysis, configurable diagnostics and language server integration for editors.

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Pamac – Gtk and CLI front ends of libpamac

September 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

Pamac offers lpm, AUR, Appstream, Flatpak, and Snap support.

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clang-tidy – Clang-based C and C++ linter

September 14, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

clang-tidy detects C and C++ bugs, style problems and modernisation opportunities with configurable checks and automatic fixes.

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aurto – Arch Linux AUR tool

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

aurto is an Arch Linux AUR tool for managing an auto-updating local ‘aurto’ package repository using aurutils.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Gerbil – desktop app to easily run Large Language Models locally

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Scientific

Gerbil lets you run LLMs locally powered by KoboldCpp which itself is a highly modified fork of llama.cpp.

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Coding

HTMLHint – static code analysis tool

September 13, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

HTMLHint is a static code analysis tool. It’s written in JavaScript and TypeScript.

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Software

aurutils – helper tools for the AUR

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

aurutils is a collection of scripts to automate usage of the Arch User Repository, with different tasks such as package searching, and more.

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Software

trizen – lightweight AUR package manager

September 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

trizen is a lightweight AUR package manager that’s written in the Perl programming language.

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Perltidy – indents and reformats Perl scripts

September 11, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Perltidy is a Perl script which indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read.

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Circuit board

F-Fetch – fast and minimal system fetcher

September 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

F-Fetch is a very fast, minimal terminal system fetcher. It is highly customizable

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Software

pikaur – AUR helper with minimal dependencies

September 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pikaur is an AUR helper with minimal dependencies. Review PKGBUILDs all in once, next build them all without user interaction.

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Selection of utilities

chsrc – change source

September 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI

chsrc is a command-line utility to change source everywhere for every software.

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Software

Pakku – pacman wrapper with additional features

September 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Pakku is a pacman wrapper with additional features, such as AUR support. It’s written in Nim.

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Encryption

Shufflecake – create multiple hidden volumes

September 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Shufflecake creates multiple hidden encrypted volumes on Linux storage devices, providing layered plausible deniability under coercion.

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Software

Aura – package manager for Arch Linux

September 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Aura is a package manager for Arch Linux. Its original purpose was in supplementing Pacman to support the building of AUR packages

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hindent – extensible Haskell pretty printer

September 6, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

hindent reformats Haskell source with configurable indentation, line lengths, import sorting and integrations for Emacs and Vim.

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Shell prompt

Zpm – Zsh plugin manager

September 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Zpm is a plugin manager for Zsh that combines the imperative and declarative approach. At first run, zpm will do complex logic and generate cache, after that will be used cache only, so it makes this framework to be very

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Git Clients

Useful Free and Open Source Git Tools

September 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Utilities

Git is an open source distributed version control system which was originally designed by Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux.

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ntpd-rs – synchronizing your computer’s clock

September 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

ntpd-rs is a tool for synchronizing your computer’s clock, implementing the NTP and NTS protocols. It is written in Rust.

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