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CCodemerge – merges multiple C/C++ source files into a single text file

November 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

CCodemerge is a command-line utility that merges multiple C/C++ source files into a single text file.

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Hug SCM – The Humane Source Control Management Interface

November 12, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Hug SCM is an intuitive interface for Git and other version control systems. It works as a universal language.

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axx – generalized assembler

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

axx.py is a general assembler that generalizes assemblers. In theory, it can process almost any von Neumann type processor architecture.

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Actioneer – graphical desktop client for GitHub Actions

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Programming

Actioneer is a native GNOME desktop client for GitHub Actions.

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mbake – Makefile formatter and linter

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

mbake is a Makefile formatter and linter that offers smart formatting: Tabs for recipes, consistent spacing, line continuation cleanup.

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zomodoro – simple pomodoro

October 29, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

zomodoro is a simple pomodoro made with Qt.

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Positron – next-generation data science IDE

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming, Scientific

Positron is a next-generation data science IDE. It’s also an extensible, polyglot tool for writing code and exploring data.

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ggc – modern Git CLI tool

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

ggc is a Git tool written in Go, offering both traditional CLI commands and an interactive interface with incremental search.

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Nanocoder – local-first CLI coding agent

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Nanocoder is a local-first CLI coding agent that brings the power of agentic coding tools like Claude Code and Gemini CLI to local models

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Rate My OpenAPI – improve the quality of your OpenAPI specifications

October 16, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Rate My OpenAPI is a suite of tools designed to help software developers who are using OpenAPI to design and implement their APIs.

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oval – CLI for (O)penAPI Specification document (val)idation

October 15, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

oval is an OpenAPI Specification (OAS) document validator that was built to replace the CLI provided by swagger-tools.

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Git Clients

GitHub Desktop – Electron-based GitHub app

October 14, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

GitHub Desktop is an open-source Electron-based GitHub app. It is written in TypeScript and uses React. This fork adds Linux support.

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OpenAPI Spec validator – validates OpenAPI Specs

October 14, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

OpenAPI Spec Validator is a CLI, pre-commit hook and python package that validates OpenAPI Specs against the OpenAPI 2.0 (aka Swagger), OpenAPI 3.0 and OpenAPI 3.1 specification.

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Git Clients

Jig – Git pre-commit hook on steroids

October 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Jig is a command line tool and framework for getting more from the Git pre-commit hook.

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OAS-Kit – convert Swagger 2.0 definitions to OpenAPI 3.0

October 13, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

OAS-Kit converts Swagger 2.0 definitions to OpenAPI 3.0 and resolve/validate/lint.

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Git Clients

hk – git hook manager and project linting tool

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

hk is a git hook manager and project linting tool with an emphasis on performance.

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Git Clients

pre-commit – framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

pre-commit is a framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks written in Python.pre-commit is a framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

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Git Clients

lefthook – Git hooks manager

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

lefthook is a Git hooks manager for Node.js, Ruby, Python and many other types of projects.

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Git Clients

husky – Git hooks made easy

October 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Husky improves your commits and more. Just 2 kB with no dependencies.

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Git Clients

overcommit – manage and configure Git hooks

October 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

overcommit is a tool to manage and configure Git hooks. It supports a wide variety of hooks that can be used across multiple repositories.

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