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Git Clients

Garden – command runner and multi-repo Git configuration tool

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Garden helps you create development workflows over collections of self-contained, loosely-coupled and inter-dependent Git worktrees.

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Pyroscope – continuous profiling platform

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Pyroscope is a continuous profiling platform designed to surface performance insights from your applications.

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Natural Language Processing

19 Useful R Natural Language Processing Tools

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Scientific

Natural language processing (NLP) is a set of techniques for using computers to detect in human language the kinds of things that humans detect automatically.

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try-rs – Rust-based workspace manager

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

try-rs is a CLI tool designed to manage the chaos of projects. It’s a temporary workspace manager for fast experimentation in the terminal.

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Natural Language Processing

8 Excellent C++ Natural Language Processing Tools

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Scientific

Natural language processing (NLP) is an exciting field of computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational linguistics.

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Sidef – high-level programming language

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Sidef is a modern, high-level programming language designed for versatile general-purpose applications

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Home Automation

5 Best Free and Open Source X10 Home Automation Software

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Utilities

X10 is an open standard for controlling home electrical equipment remotely. It works across home power lines and is extremely low-bandwidth.

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DevOps

nnd – debugger for Linux

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

nnd is a debugger for Linux. It’s distributed as a single 6 MB executable file with no dependencies.

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google-java-format – reformats Java source code

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

google-java-format is a program that reformats Java source code to comply with Google Java Style.

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Regal – linter, debugger and language server for Rego

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Regal is a linter, debugger and language server for Rego, making your Rego magnificent, and you the ruler of rules!

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detekt – static code analysis for Kotlin

December 28, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

detekt helps you write cleaner Kotlin code so you can focus on what matters

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Maths

8 Essential Free and Open Source Python Maths Tools

December 28, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup, Scientific

Great libraries and tools that are ideal for mathematicians working with Python.

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Fernflower – decompiler from Java bytecode to Java

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Fernflower is a decompiler from Java bytecode to Java.

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flir – parse and rewrite R code

December 27, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

flir is an R package to detect and rewrite code patterns. It was originally created to be an R linter and an alternative to lintr.

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DWARF Explorer – GUI utility for navigating the DWARF debug information

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

DWARF Explorer is a cross-platform GUI utility for visualizing the DWARF debugging information in executable files

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Mago – extremely fast PHP linter, formatter, and static analyzer

December 26, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Mago is a comprehensive toolchain for PHP that helps developers write better code. Inspired by the Rust ecosystem.

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ktfmt – pretty-prints (formats) Kotlin code

December 25, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

ktfmt is a program that pretty-prints (formats) Kotlin code, based on google-java-format.

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Kotlinter Gradle – plugin for linting and formatting

December 25, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Painless Gradle plugin for linting and formatting Kotlin source files using the awesome ktlint engine.

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Coding

Konsist – static code analyzer tailored for Kotlin

December 25, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Konsist is a linter that guards the consistency of Kotlin projects by enforcing a cohesive code structure and unified architecture.

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Coding

sticks – modern, lightweight CLI tool for managing C and C++ projects

December 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

sticks is published under the MIT license.

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