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OCLint – static code analysis for C, C++ and Objective-C

August 25, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

OCLint finds code smells, unused code and excessive complexity in C, C++ and Objective-C, with configurable checks and reporting.

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Coding

cpplint – static code checker for C and C++

August 24, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

cpplint checks C and C++ source against Google’s style guide, with configurable filters, recursive scanning and CI-friendly reports.

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System administration

dnsi – tool to investigate the DNS

August 23, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnsi is a command line tool to investigate various aspects of the Domain Name System (DNS).

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Cppcheck – static analysis tool for C and C++

August 23, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, GUI, Programming

Cppcheck analyses C and C++ code for undefined behaviour, memory errors and portability issues, with CLI and GUI tools and custom rules.

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goscrobble – simple music scrobbler daemon

August 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

goscrobble is a simple music scrobbler daemon for MPRIS-based music players (e.g. Spotify or tidal-hifi).

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Documentation

peep – CLI text viewer tool

August 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

peep is the CLI text viewer tool which runs on Linux and macOS. This tool works interactively like the less command.

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Encrypted Files

Xecrets Cli – AxCrypt-compatible command-line encryption toolbox

August 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Xecrets Cli is an AxCrypt-compatible command-line encryption toolbox with file encryption, public keys, secret sharing and scripting.

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Documentation Generators

ls-lint – fast file and directory name linter

August 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ls-lint is an extremely fast directory and filename linter. Bring some structure to your project filesystem.

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Kingfisher – secret‑scanning and live validation tool

August 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Kingfisher is a secret‑scanning and live validation tool combining Hyperscan regex engine with language‑aware parsing.

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System administration

dnsperf – measure DNS server latency and throughput

August 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnsperf measures DNS server throughput and latency with repeatable workloads, while resperf tests resolving-service capacity under load.

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Dictionary Tools

rdict – offline CLI dictionary

August 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rdict is an offline CLI dictionary using data from wiktionary. It’s written in the Rust programming language.

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Documentation

Krafna – Obsidion dataview plugin-like tool for command line

August 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Krafna is a terminal-based alternative to Obsidian’s Dataview plugin, allowing you to query your Markdown files using standard SQL syntax.

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Music

rescrobbled – music scrobbler daemon

August 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

rescrobbled is a music scrobbler daemon. It detects active media players running on D-Bus using MPRIS

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Files

render – command line reader offering better readability of web pages

August 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

reader is a lightweight tool offering better readability of web pages on the CLI. It’s written in the Go language.

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OpenAPI Linter – CLI and a Node.js library

August 18, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

OpenAPI Linter is a CLI and a Node.js library to validate OpenAPI specification. It is based on Spectral by Stoplight with OpenAPI rules with additional rules. The goal of Linter is to check whether the spec contains enough information to

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Cherrybomb – audit, validate, run API tests

August 18, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Cherrybomb helps prevent incorrect code implementation. It works by validating and testing your API using an OpenAPI file.

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cambd – Cambridge dictionary CLI app

August 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cambd is a Cambridge dictionary cli app which can automatically suggests related words when a typo is detected.

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gofmt – formats Go programs

August 17, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

gofmt formats Go source code consistently, can simplify code, rewrite expressions, show diffs and process files, directories or stdin.

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golangci-lint – fast Go linters runner

August 17, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

golangci-lint runs a large collection of Go linters and formatters with caching, parallel execution, autofixes and flexible configuration.

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Programming

godl – Godot version manager

August 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Programming

godl is a version manager for Godot, written in QML/C++ with the Qt Quick libraries.

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