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Regal – linter, debugger and language server for Rego

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Regal is a linter, debugger and language server for Rego, making your Rego magnificent, and you the ruler of rules!

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detekt – static code analysis for Kotlin

December 28, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

detekt helps you write cleaner Kotlin code so you can focus on what matters

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Fernflower – decompiler from Java bytecode to Java

December 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Fernflower is a decompiler from Java bytecode to Java.

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flir – parse and rewrite R code

December 27, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

flir is an R package to detect and rewrite code patterns. It was originally created to be an R linter and an alternative to lintr.

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DWARF Explorer – GUI utility for navigating the DWARF debug information

December 27, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

DWARF Explorer is a cross-platform GUI utility for visualizing the DWARF debugging information in executable files

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Mago – extremely fast PHP linter, formatter, and static analyzer

December 26, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Mago is a comprehensive toolchain for PHP that helps developers write better code. Inspired by the Rust ecosystem.

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ktfmt – pretty-prints (formats) Kotlin code

December 25, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

ktfmt is a program that pretty-prints (formats) Kotlin code, based on google-java-format.

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Kotlinter Gradle – plugin for linting and formatting

December 25, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Painless Gradle plugin for linting and formatting Kotlin source files using the awesome ktlint engine.

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Coding

Konsist – static code analyzer tailored for Kotlin

December 25, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Konsist is a linter that guards the consistency of Kotlin projects by enforcing a cohesive code structure and unified architecture.

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Coding

sticks – modern, lightweight CLI tool for managing C and C++ projects

December 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

sticks is published under the MIT license.

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Git Clients

fuss – quick staging dirty git files

December 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

fuss is an interactive tree utility for complete git workflows, written in modern Fortran.

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lux – package manager for Lua

December 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

lux is a luxurious package manager for Lua.

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kirill – JSON validator

December 24, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

kirill scans projects large and small for JSON correctness.

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Redress – tool for analyzing stripped binaries

December 23, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

The redress software is a tool for analyzing stripped Go binaries compiled with the Go compiler.

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Prog8 – structured programming language

December 23, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Prog8 is a structured programming language for the 8-bit 6502/6510/65c02 microprocessor from the late 1970’s and 1980’s

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Austin TUI – Top-like Interface for Austin

December 23, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Austin TUI is a top-like text-based user interface for Austin, the frame stack sampler for CPython.

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lintr – provides static code analysis for R

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

lintr provides static code analysis for R. It checks for adherence to a given style, identifying syntax errors and possible semantic issues.

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PHPStan – PHP static analysis tool

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

PHPStan focuses on finding errors in your code without actually running it.

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PHP_CodeSniffer – tokenizes PHP files and detects violations

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined set of coding standards.

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PHPLint – speed up linting PHP files

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

PHPLint is a tool that can speed up linting of php files by running several lint processes at once.

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