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trzsz-ssh – drop-in replacement for openssh

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

trzsz-ssh ( tssh ) is an ssh client designed as a drop-in replacement for the openssh client.

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Flying robot

Surge – terminal-based download manager

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Surge is a terminal (TUI) download manager. Designed for power users who prefer a keyboard-driven workflow.

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Cloud storage

kubefwd – port forward pods within a Kubernetes namespace

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

kubefwd is a command-line utility that bulk port forwards Kubernetes services to your local workstation.

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senpai – modern terminal IRC client

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

senpai is an IRC client that works best with bouncers.

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Chihaya – BitTorrent tracker

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Chihaya is built for developers looking to integrate BitTorrent into a preexisting production environment.

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XMPP

3 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based XMPP Clients

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

XMPP (also known as Jabber) is an open and free alternative to commercial messaging and chat providers. Web-based clients are featured.

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

6 Best Free and Open Source Tools for SSH Intrusion Prevention

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

This article recommends open source software that employ different techniques to make it harder for a server running SSH to be compromised.

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

ConfigServer Security & Firewall – front-end to iptables or nftables

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Security

ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) is a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall and Login/Intrusion Detection and Security application.

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Network

Realm – simple relay server

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Realm is a simple, high performance relay server.

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ETR – ECMP traceroute

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ETR is a MTR-like tool for discovering and analyzing ECMP (Equal-Cost Multi-Path) network routes.

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Internet Radio

Transistor – GUI internet radio player

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Reviews

Transistor is a GUI internet radio player for Linux written in C++. It’s impressive to say the least!

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Flying robot

aria2tui – download manager

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

aria2TUI is a download management tool. It acts as a TUI client for the aria2c download utility.

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ttl – modern traceroute

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

ttl is a network diagnostic tool that goes beyond traceroute: MTU discovery, NAT detection, route flap alerts, IX identification, and more.

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Load Balancing

12 Best Free and Open Source Load Balancers

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Load balancing is defined as the methodical and efficient distribution of network or application traffic across multiple servers. Here’s our verdict on the best ones for Linux.

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CRM

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux CRM Software

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

The purpose of this article is to focus on software which helps to improve the level of service provided by a firm to its customers, as well as to maximise the organisation’s profitability.

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netwhy – diagnose slow or unreliable network connections

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

netwhy is a lightweight Linux command-line tool that diagnoses slow or unreliable network connections.

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Network

Karing – proxy utility

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Karing is billed as a simple and powerful proxy utility. It’s written in Dart.

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data analytics

Yōzefu – explore data of a Kafka cluster

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

Yōzefu is an interactive terminal user interface (TUI) application for exploring data of a kafka cluster.

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Network

claws – TUI for AWS resource management

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

claws is a terminal UI for AWS resource management. It’s written in the Go programming language.

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Nexus – terminal-based HTTP client for API testing

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Nexus is a terminal-based HTTP client for API testing built in Rust.

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