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System administration

In-a-dyn – small and simple Dynamic DNS, DDNS, client

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

In-a-dyn is a small and simple Dynamic DNS, DDNS, client with HTTPS support.

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Git Clients

pre-commit – framework for managing multi-language Git hooks

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pre-commit manages Git hooks across languages, installing isolated environments to run formatters, linters and repository checks.

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Git Clients

Lefthook – fast and flexible Git hooks manager

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Lefthook manages Git hooks across projects, with parallel commands, file filtering, flexible configuration and reusable local overrides.

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System administration

dnsupdate – modern and flexible dynamic DNS client

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnsupdate is a dynamic DNS client with IPv6 support, YAML configuration, multiple providers and address-change detection to limit updates.

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Compression

ouch – terminal compression and archive management utility

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ouch simplifies terminal archiving with automatic format detection, compression, extraction, archive listings and accessibility features.

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System administration

GoDNS – dynamic DNS client with multi-provider support

October 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

GoDNS keeps dynamic DNS records up to date with multiple providers, a web management panel, IPv4/IPv6 support and change notifications.

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Git Clients

husky – Git hooks made easy

October 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Husky installs Git hooks for JavaScript projects, using shell scripts to run commit checks, linters and tests across supported Git clients.

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Git Clients

Overcommit – configurable Git hooks manager

October 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Overcommit manages Git hooks with Ruby configuration, built-in code checks, parallel execution and safeguards for custom scripts.

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Network

wakeonlan – Perl Wake-on-LAN utility

October 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wakeonlan is a Perl command-line utility for sending Wake-on-LAN magic packets with flexible targets, ports, files and delays.

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Git Clients

simple-git-hooks – lightweight Git hooks manager

October 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

simple-git-hooks installs Git hooks from package.json or a separate config file, with minimal dependencies and flexible hook skipping.

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System administration

dness – dynamic DNS client

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dness is a dynamic DNS client which updates the WAN IP address on the DNS server.

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Git Clients

git-hooks – manage Git hooks across multiple scopes

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-hooks organises reusable Git hooks across projects, user profiles and machines, with scoped hook directories and community scripts.

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Book

dave – simple WebDAV server

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Web Apps

dave (Distributed Authoring and Versioning made easy) is a simple WebDAV server.

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Encryption software

Vault – secure secrets management and encryption

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security, Web Apps

Vault centralizes secrets management with dynamic credentials, certificate issuance, access policies, audit logging and encryption.

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System administration

wig – simple and lightweight DNS client

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wig is a lightweight C-based DNS lookup utility for Linux, supporting custom nameservers, record types, TCP queries and configurable ports.

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System administration

ddclient – update dynamic DNS entries

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ddclient updates dynamic DNS records across numerous providers, with configurable IP detection, daemon operation and scheduled updates.

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Speech

hns – privacy-focused speech-to-text CLI utility

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews, Scientific

hns records your voice, transcribes it locally using faster-whisper, and copies the transcription to your clipboard.

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System administration

awl – command-line DNS lookup tool

October 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

awl is a command-line DNS client with encrypted query protocols, dig-style syntax, record inspection and JSON, XML and YAML output.

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Password Managers

MUTN – self-hosted password and note manager with SSH synchronisation

September 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

MUTN manages passwords and notes in the terminal, using self-hosted SSH synchronisation, encrypted storage and optional TOTP support.

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Selection of utilities

autogit – automatically build, update or install Pacman applications

September 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Autogit is a Bash tool to automatically build, update or install Pacman applications from PKGBUILD’s

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