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Category: Utilities

Monitor System

bpftop – dynamic real-time view of running eBPF programs

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

bpftop is a command-line monitoring tool developed by Netflix that provides a real-time, top-like interface for observing running eBPF programs

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Selection of utilities

RFC Reader – terminal-based viewer for IETF Request for Comments documents

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

RFC Reader is a terminal-based viewer for IETF Request for Comments documents written in Rust.

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Files

hawk – Haskell text processor for the command-line

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Hawk is a command-line text processor that brings Haskell expressions to shell pipelines.

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Pardus Font Manager – lightweight font management application

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Pardus Font Manager is a lightweight font management application developed for Pardus, a Debian based Linux distribution.

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Files

pawk – brings Python expressions and statements to AWK-style workflows

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pawk is a command-line text processing utility that brings Python expressions and statements to AWK-style workflows.

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Files

wak – compact implementation of the awk programming language

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wak is a compact implementation of the awk programming language designed for both standalone use and integration with Toybox.

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Files

rawk – POSIX compatible AWK written in Rust

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rawk is an AWK implementation written in Rust for people who want a Rust-based take on the classic text-processing language.

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Monitor Calibration

ddcui – graphical user interface for ddcutil

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Utilities

ddcui is a graphical user interface for ddcutil, a Linux utility used to control and query monitor settings via the DDC/CI protocol.

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Flash OS

Raspberry Pi Imager – create bootable media

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Utilities

Raspberry Pi Imager is a cross-platform application designed to simplify the process of preparing bootable media for Raspberry Pi devices.

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Glyphr Studio – web-based font editor

March 30, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities, Web Apps

Glyphr Studio is a web-based font editor aimed at typeface design beginners and hobbyists.

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Fontra – browser-based font editor

March 27, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities, Web Apps

Fontra uses a JavaScript client running in the browser together with a Python server running locally or remotely.

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GPU Hot – real-time NVIDIA GPU monitoring dashboard

March 25, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities, Web Apps

GPU Hot shows NVIDIA GPU temperatures, memory, power and process activity through a self-hosted dashboard with cluster monitoring.

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Selection of utilities

APTUI – TUI package manager for APT-based distros

March 25, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

APTUI is a terminal user interface (TUI) written in Go for managing APT packages.

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Monitor System

Usage – analyse system resources and storage

March 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Usage is a GNOME utility for checking CPU, memory, network activity and storage usage, with accessible views of running applications.

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Find Duplicates

Periscope – organize storage and safely remove redundant files

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Periscope is a command-line duplicate file finder that helps you organize storage and safely remove redundant files without losing data.

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Find Duplicates

Go Find Duplicates – scans directories for duplicate files and directories

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Go Find Duplicates is a command-line utility that scans directories for duplicate files and directories.

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PowerShell – cross-platform automation and configuration framework

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

PowerShell is a cross-platform automation and configuration framework that combines an interactive command-line shell, a scripting language, and more.

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taws – terminal user interface for Amazon Web Services

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI, Utilities

taws is a terminal user interface for Amazon Web Services that lets you browse, inspect, and manage cloud resources from inside the terminal.

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Images

Image Compare – image comparison and visual diff tool

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Image Compare is a visual image diff tool with synchronised views, grids, stacked comparison, relative zoom and exportable SSIM heatmaps.

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process

OxMgr – Rust process manager and PM2 alternative

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

OxMgr is a lightweight process manager for supervising long-running services across Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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