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IxeRam – terminal-native memory scanner and debugger for Linux

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

IxeRam provides a “Cheat Engine-like” experience for developers and reverse engineers who prefer the terminal or work over SSH.

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lazykiq – rich terminal UI for Sidekiq

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

lazykiq is a rich terminal UI for Sidekiq, a popular, high-performance background job processing framework for Ruby.

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Coding

13 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line Python Application Development Tools

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Roundup

Python comes with several different libraries that allow you to write a command line interface for your scripts.

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Maestro – end-to-end testing for Mobile and Web apps

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Maestro is an open-source framework that makes UI and end-to-end testing for Android, iOS, and web apps simple and fast.

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lazyreno – terminal user interface dashboard for self-hosted Renovate CE instances

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

LazyReno is a terminal user interface dashboard for self-hosted Renovate CE instances.

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oxicop – fast Ruby linter

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

oxicop is billed as an extremely fast Ruby linter, written in Rust.oxicop reads .rubocop.yml from your project root automatically.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Snippet Tools

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Roundup, Utilities

A snippet tool is utility software that can boost your productivity. They are especially useful to save complex commands

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Perforator – Continuous Profiling app

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Perforator is a production-ready, Continuous Profiling app that can collect CPU profiles from your production.

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Git Clients

ec – terminal Git mergetool

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

ec (easy-conflict) is a terminal Git mergetool with a 3-way TUI and Neovim integration.

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14 Useful Free and Open Source JavaScript Web Frameworks

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Web Apps

Our recommended free and open source JavaScript web frameworks.

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Text Editor

9 Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted Pastebin Alternatives

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

A pastebin or text storage site is a type of online content-hosting service where users can store plain text (e.g. source code snippets for code review).

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Development Tools

18 Top Free and Open Source Rust Web Frameworks

March 11, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

One of the types of software that’s important for a web developer is the web framework. We pick the best Rust web backend frameworks.

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Git Clients

GitY – simple and fast Git repository browser

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

GitY is a simple and fast Git repository browser. View branches, commit diffs, and search through all commit messages.

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PDF

17 Best Free and Open Source PDF Development Libraries

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

We pick the finest free and open source PDF libraries.

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samply – sampling CPU profiler

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

samply is a sampling CPU profiler. Run a command, record a CPU profile of its execution, and open the profiler UI.

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Feluda – detect license usage restrictions

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Feluda detects license usage restrictions in your project.

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Development Tools

8 Top Free and Open Source Lua Web Frameworks

March 10, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Here’s our recommended web frameworks for Lua captured in a legendary Linuxlinks’ chart. We only feature free and open source software.

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Front-end Frameworks

11 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Front-End Frameworks

March 9, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Programming, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

CSS frameworks represent the building blocks of many diverse web projects. We cover extremely lightweight front-end frameworks and boilerplates.

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pj – project finder CLI

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pj is a fast project directory finder that searches your filesystem for git repositories and project directories.

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12 Best Free and Open Source Terminal String Styling Tools

March 9, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Adding color and styling to terminal output helps make a command line interface more engaging, informative, and easy to understand.

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