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fpm – Fortran Package Manager

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Utilities

Fortran Package Manager is a package manager and build system for Fortran. It aims to improve the user experience of Fortran programmers.

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Bubble Tea – build terminal apps

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Bubble Tea offers a fun, functional and stateful way to build terminal apps.

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4 Useful Free and Open Source Kotlin Linters

January 17, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix Kotlin code. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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GitTop – lightweight desktop client for GitHub notifications

January 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

GitTop is a lightweight desktop client for GitHub notifications. Why spin up a browser just to check your GitHub notifications?

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rsenv – hierarchical environment management

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

rsenv is a hierarchical environment management with secure vault storage.

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unmake – makefile linter

January 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

unmake is a makefile linter emphasizing portability. It targets the POSIX make standard. It’s written in Rust.

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jjj – modal interface for Jujutsu

January 13, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

jjj is a modal interface for Jujutsu, inspired by the utility of Lazygit and the powerful interface of Helix.

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SwiftLint – enforce Swift style and conventions

January 11, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

SwiftLint is a tool to enforce Swift style and conventions, loosely based on the now archived GitHub Swift Style Guide.

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Coding

3 Useful Free and Open Source R Linters

January 11, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

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

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Scrap – block based programming language

January 11, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Scrap is a new block based programming language with the aim towards advanced users.

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Coding

intentrace – strace with intent

January 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

intentrace is a strace. It works similarly to strace in that it intercepts and records system calls when a process issues them

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14 Useful Free and Open Source CSS Parsers

January 10, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

A CSS parser is a component of a web browser (or any CSS-processing tool) that reads CSS code and turns it into a structured format.

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DHV – dive into Python code

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

DHV is a terminal-based tool for diving into Python code, giving easy visual access to bytecode disassembly and the abstract syntax tree.

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SQLFluff – dialect-flexible SQL linter

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

SQLFluff is an open source, dialect-flexible and configurable SQL linter. It’s written in the Python language.

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sqruff – SQL linter and formatter

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

sqruff is a fast SQL formatter/linter.

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Coding

Seer – GUI frontend to GDB

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Seer aims to provide a simple yet attractive GUI frontend to GDB.

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Coding

ktlint – Kotlin linter with built-in formatter

January 3, 2026 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

ktlint is a Kotlin linter in spirit of feross/standard (JavaScript) and gofmt (Go).

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tinycss2 – CSS parser and generator

January 3, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

tinycss2 is a low-level CSS parser and generator written in Python: it can parse strings, return objects representing tokens and blocks

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cpx – CLI for C++ that unifies the fragmented C++ ecosystem

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

cpx provides a cohesive, Cargo-like experience for managing projects, dependencies, and builds, regardless of your underlying build system.

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Psalm – static analysis tool

January 2, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

Psalm is a static analysis tool that attempts to dig into your program and find as many type-related bugs as possible.

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