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Coding

CuteKit – build system and package manager

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

CuteKit is a suite of tools and utilities for compiling, cross-compiling, linking, and packaging project written in low-level languages.

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Coding

3 Useful Free and Open Source YAML Code Formatters

February 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This roundup selects some useful code formatters for YAML developers.

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DailyDash – head-up display for developers

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

DailyDash is a terminal-based “Head-Up Display” (HUD) designed for focus-driven developers.

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Application Servers

Hot Free and Open Source Application Servers for Lua

February 7, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup, Web Apps

An application server is computer software which provides the business logic for an application program. Here’s our recommended servers for Lua.

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6 Top Free and Open Source Erlang Web Frameworks

February 6, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

One of the types of software that’s important for a web developer is the web framework. We explore Erlang web frameworks.

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T – text processing language and utility

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

t is a concise language for manipulating text, replacing common usage patterns of Unix utilities like grep, sed, cut, awk, sort, and uniq.

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Phorge – powerful developer toolkit

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Web Apps

Phorge is an opinionated, community-driven platform for collaborating, managing, organizing and reviewing software development projects.

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pproftui – terminal-based diagnostic tool

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

pproftui is a terminal-based UI for Go’s pprof that makes profiling interactive, intuitive, and fast.

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3 Top Free and Open Source D Web Frameworks

February 4, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

D is a general-purpose systems programming language with a C-like syntax that compiles to native code.

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6 Top Free and Open Source Scala Web Frameworks

February 4, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

We highlight the finest Scala web frameworks available for Linux. We only feature free and open source goodness here.

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Git Clients

stax – CLI and TUI for stacked Git branches and PRs

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

Stacked branches let you split work into small, reviewable pieces that build on each other (and visualize it as a tree).

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ziglint – linting suite

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

ziglint searches the current directory for .zig files and lint them against the various tests in the suite.

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Development Tools

3 Top Free and Open Source Scala Web Micro-Frameworks

February 3, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on the best Scala web micro-frameworks. Only free and open source software is included.

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go-critic – opinionated Go source code linter

February 3, 2026 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

go-critic is a highly extensible Go source code linter providing checks currently missing from other linters.

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4 Useful Free and Open Source CSS Code Formatters

February 2, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This roundup selects some useful code formatters for CSS developers.

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Development Tools

6 Top Free and Open Source Ruby Web Frameworks

February 1, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

When it comes to web development, there are a fairly small range of Ruby frameworks to choose. The choice depends on finding the right tool for the job at hand.

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Flow – static type checker

February 1, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

Flow is a static type checker for your JavaScript code. It does a lot of work to make you more productive.

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Development Tools

3 Top Free and Open Source Perl Web Frameworks

February 1, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

A web framework offers the developer a choice about how to solve a specific problem. We pick the best Perl web frameworks.

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Coding

Scalene – memory profiler

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Scalene is a high-performance, high-precision CPU, GPU, and memory profiler for Python with AI-powered optimization proposals.

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Framework

haskeline – CLI for user input

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Haskeline provides a user interface for line input in command-line programs. This library is similar in purpose to readline

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