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emplace – synchronize installed packages across multiple machines

September 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

emplace synchronizes installed packages across machines, tracks package installations from the shell, uses Git, and can also manage configuration files.

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Video Conversion

ab-av1 – AV1 encoding with fast quality sampling

September 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

ab-av1 is a video encoding tool that samples VMAF or XPSNR, searches for suitable CRF values, predicts output size, and drives FFmpeg encodes.

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15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Clocks

September 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, TUI

We pick the finest terminal-based clocks. Most of them offer a TUI, with the remaining few running from the command-line.

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Verilator – SystemVerilog simulator and lint system

September 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Verilator is a SystemVerilog simulator and lint system aimed at high-performance digital design verification.

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svlint – configurable SystemVerilog linter

September 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

svlint is a configurable SystemVerilog linter with selectable rules, bundled rulesets, TOML configuration and editor integration through svls.

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Verible – SystemVerilog parser, linter, formatter and language server

September 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Verible is a suite of SystemVerilog developer tools providing style linting, formatting, parsing, project analysis and language server support.

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pretty-php – opinionated PHP code formatter

September 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pretty-php is a PHP code formatter with deterministic output, small diffs, style presets, equivalence checks, and CLI integration.

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WartRemover – flexible Scala code linter

September 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

WartRemover is a flexible Scala linter that uses compiler plugins and configurable warts to reject unsafe, surprising or undesirable code.

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Scapegoat – static code analysis for Scala

September 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Scapegoat is a Scala static code analyser that flags bugs, questionable constructs and style problems through configurable compiler inspections.

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Security

Directory Checksum – recursively hash directory contents

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Directory Checksum recursively hashes directory contents to identify changes and help diagnose Docker, BuildKit, and other OCI build-cache issues.

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Scalafix – refactoring and linting tool for Scala

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Scalafix is a Scala refactoring and linting tool with syntactic and semantic rules for checking, rewriting and modernising source code.

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Benchmarking

elbencho – distributed storage benchmark

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

elbencho is a distributed storage benchmark measuring latency, throughput and IOPS across file systems, object stores, block devices and GPUs.

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Coding

Zarn – static security analysis for Perl applications

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Zarn is a lightweight Perl static security analysis tool using AST inspection and taint tracking to identify possible vulnerabilities.

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Security

bitrat – fast multi-algorithm file checksum tool

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

bitrat is a fast command-line checksum tool supporting multiple hash algorithms, HMAC, parallel processing, and nested file hierarchies.

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plotting-article

OSCAR – comprehensive computer algebra research system

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

OSCAR is a comprehensive computer algebra system covering number theory, algebra, group theory, geometry, combinatorics and polyhedral computation.

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Security

paq – fast BLAKE3 file and directory hashing

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

paq is a fast BLAKE3 command-line tool for recursively hashing files and directories with deterministic output and parallel processing.

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Eigenmath – compact symbolic mathematics application

September 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Eigenmath is a compact symbolic mathematics application offering exact arithmetic, calculus, linear algebra, plotting, and script execution.

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h0neytr4p – configurable web honeypot for reconnaissance and exploits

September 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

h0neytr4p is a configurable web honeypot that lets defenders create traps for reconnaissance and exploit attempts without deploying vulnerable applications.

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SentryPeer – SIP honeypot and VoIP fraud detection tool

September 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

SentryPeer is a SIP honeypot and fraud-detection tool that records hostile VoIP activity and can share collected data through peer-to-peer networking.

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Heralding – credentials-catching network honeypot

September 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Heralding is a credentials-catching honeypot that emulates common authentication services and records usernames, passwords, and session data.

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