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pdfcpu – PDF processing library

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pdfcpu is a PDF processing library written in Go that supports encryption and offers both an API and a command-line interface (CLI).

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Stylelint – CSS linter

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Stylelint is a CSS linter that helps you avoid errors and enforce conventions.

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tuicr – TUI for code review

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

tuicr is a TUI tool that lets you review AI-generated diffs like a GitHub pull request, right from your terminal.

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Coding

Odin – programming language

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Odin is a programming language with distinct typing, built for high performance, modern systems, and built-in data-oriented data types.

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Ratatui – create terminal user interfaces

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Ratatui is a Rust crate for cooking up TUIs. It provides a simple and flexible way to create text-based user interfaces.

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jiq – interactive JSON query tool

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

jiq is an interactive JSON query tool with real-time output.

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Git Clients

gohome – Git standup and activity reporting CLI

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

gohome automates your daily status reporting by recursively scanning your workspace to find git repositories.

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postcss-bem-linter – BEM linter for PostCSS

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

BEM-style describes CSS that follows a more-or-less strict set of conventions determining what selectors can be used.

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Framework

Cobra – library for creating powerful modern CLI applications

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Cobra is a library for creating powerful modern CLI applications.

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UnCSS – removes unused CSS from stylesheets

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

UnCSS is a tool that removes unused CSS from your stylesheets. It works across multiple files and supports Javascript-injected CSS.

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Beartype – static type checking

January 19, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

Beartype is a pure-Python PEP-compliant near-real-time hybrid runtime-static third-generation type-checker emphasizing efficiency

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vcs2l – fork of vcstool

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

vcs2l is a fork of vcstool which is a version control system (VCS) tool, designed to make working with multiple repositories easier.

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CSS

cview – terminal-based user interface toolkit

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

cview is a terminal-based user interface toolkit. This package is a fork of tview.

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Framework

Lip Gloss – style definitions for nice terminal layouts

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Lip Gloss takes an expressive, declarative approach to terminal rendering. Users familiar with CSS will feel at home with Lip Gloss.

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Coding

Hancho – build system

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Hancho is a simple, pleasant build system that fits in a single Python file with no dependencies and no installation required.

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Framework

gocui – create console user interfaces

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

gocui is a minimalist Go package aimed at creating Console User Interfaces.

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Framework

termui – Golang terminal dashboard

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

termui is a cross-platform and fully-customizable terminal dashboard and widget library built on top of termbox-go.

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Framework

tview – terminal UI library with rich, interactive widgets

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

tview is a Go package provides commonly used components for terminal based user interfaces.

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Coding

RQ – simple Python library

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

RQ (Redis Queue) is a simple Python library for queueing jobs and processing them in the background with workers.

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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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