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Framework

iocraft – craft CLIs, TUIs, and text-based IO

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

iocraft is a library for crafting beautiful text output and interfaces for the terminal or logs.

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tui-input – library supporting multiple backends

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

tui-input is a TUI input library supporting multiple backends. This crate can be used with tui-rs and ratatui.

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csscss – CSS redundancy analyzer

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

csscss will parse any CSS files you give it and let you know which rulesets have duplicated declarations.

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Coding

libfyaml – fully-featured YAML 1.2 and JSON parser/writer

January 29, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

libfyaml is a fully-featured YAML 1.2 and JSON parser/writer with zero-copy operation and no artificial limits.

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Framework

Crossterm – terminal manipulation library

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Crossterm is a pure-rust, terminal manipulation library that makes it possible to write cross-platform text-based interfaces.

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Framework

Zaz – terminal manipulation library

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Zaz is a terminal manipulation library for Rust and C/FFI bindings for other languages.

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Coding

pretty-yaml – human-readable YAML-serialized data

January 28, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

pretty-yaml (or pymail) is a PyYAML-based python module to produce a bit more pretty and human-readable YAML-serialized data.

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ugdb – TUI for gdb

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

ugdb is an unsegen based alternative TUI for gdb.

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Coding

BugStalker – Rust debugger

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

BugStalker is a modern debugger for Linux x86-64. Written in Rust for Rust programs.

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whatstyle – find a code format style

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

whatstyle finds a code format style that fits given source files.

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Files

Athas – cross-platform code editor

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Athas is a lightweight, cross-platform code editor, built with Tauri (Rust and React) with Git support, AI agents, vim keybindings.

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Git Clients

wtp – enhanced Git worktree management

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

wtp (Worktree Plus) is a powerful Git worktree management tool that extends git’s worktree functionality

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CSS

brick – Haskell TUI programming toolkit

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

brick is a Haskell terminal user interface (TUI) programming toolkit.

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CPU

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: make

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to make, a utility which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files.

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scss-lint – keep SCSS files clean and readable

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

scss-lint is a tool to help keep your SCSS files clean and readable by running it against a collection of configurable linter rules.

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Git Clients

LazyWorktree – Git worktree management for the terminal

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

LazyWorktree is a terminal interface for Git worktrees with forge status, sessions, hooks, notes, custom commands and container integration.

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PDF

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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