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Git Clients

git-heatmap – generates a customizable heatmap

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-heatmap is a command-line utility that generates a customizable heatmap from the commit history of local Git repositories.

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git-history – analyze Git history using SQLite

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-history is a command-line tool that turns the history of structured data files in a Git repository into a SQLite database.

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22 Best Free and Open Source Linux Debuggers

May 15, 2026 Erik Karlsson Programming, Roundup

Debugging is the process of removing bugs. We recommend our favorite debuggers.

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Stan – Haskell STatic ANalyser

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Stan uses GHC-generated HIE files to inspect source code, identify code that could be improved, and offer guidance.

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git-who – command-line Git analysis tool

May 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-who is a command-line Git analysis tool that extends the idea of git blame from individual lines to whole file trees.

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Onefetch – displays information about a local Git repository

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Onefetch is a command-line utility that displays information about a local Git repository directly in your terminal.

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Weeder – perform whole-program dead-code analysis

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Weeder is a command-line utility for Haskell that performs whole-program dead-code analysis.

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BFG Repo-Cleaner – clean unwanted data from Git repository history

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

BFG Repo-Cleaner is a command-line tool for cleaning unwanted data from Git repository history.

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12 Best Free and Open Source OpenAPI Linter Tools

May 14, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you validate OpenAPI in your project.

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crash – Linux kernel crash analysis utility

May 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

crash is a Linux kernel crash analysis utility for examining live systems and kernel dump files.

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rr – record-and-replay debugger for Linux

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

rr is a record-and-replay debugger for Linux that captures a program’s execution and lets you replay the exact same run later inside gdb.

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12 Useful Free and Open Source JavaScript Linter Tools

May 13, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix JavaScript code.

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drgn – programmable debugger

May 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

drgn is a programmable debugger that puts scripting at the centre of the debugging workflow.

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Git Clients

git-smart – small collection of Git helper commands

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-smart is a small collection of Git helper commands that try to make common repository tasks safer and more informative.

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Git Clients

git-recent – jump between recently used local Git branches

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

git-recent is a command-line utility that helps developers quickly jump between recently used local Git branches.

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Coding

JSLint – JavaScript code quality and coverage tool

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

JSLint can lint JavaScript from the shell or from your own code, generate HTML reports, produce V8 coverage reports for Node.js and npm programs

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Git Clients

git-open – small command-line helper

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-open is a small command-line helper that adds a handy git open command to Git.

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Coding

24 Best Free and Open Source Python Linter Tools

May 12, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix Python code.

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pydoclint – Python docstring linter

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pydoclint is a Python docstring linter intended for developers who want stricter, more reliable docstring validation in Python projects.

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Git Clients

git-when-merged – command-line tool

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

git-when-merged is a command-line tool that helps you find the merge commit that first brought a specific commit into a branch.

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