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Git Clients

diffnav – Git diff pager

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

diffnav is a git diff pager based on delta but with a file tree, à la GitHub.

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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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Git Clients

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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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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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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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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