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lash – symlink manager for dotfiles

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Lash is a command-line application that is intended to replace Stow. It is not intended to be a drop-in replacement but it does aim to replace most of the implemented functionality of Stow.

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fling – file/directory symlinker

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fling computes and creates/removes the minimal amount of symlinks needed in a directory to refer to files and directories in another directory, similar to Stow.

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stown – manage file system object mapping via symlinks

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stown manages file system object mapping via symlinks. It was inspired by Stow, which was found very useful but too unwieldy.

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Dploy – tool for creating symbolic links

November 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Dploy is a tool for creating symbolic links similarly to Stow. It is provided as a CLI tool and Python 3.6.2+ module.

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XStow – replacement for Stow

November 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

XStow is a replacement of Stow. It supports all features of Stow with some extensions.

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stow-cm – config manager like stow

November 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stow-cm is a config manager like stow written in the Rust programming language.

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Stow – symlink farm manager

November 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem

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Terminal Multiplexer

pw3270 – TN3270 emulator

November 26, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

pw3270 is a modern, GTK-based, completely free TN3270 emulator.

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powersupply – display power status of phones

November 24, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

powersupply is a graphical power_supply status tool for Linux mobile platforms.

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boxunbox – simple symlinker inspired by stow

November 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

boxunbox is a simple symlinker inspired by stow with more control over where each individual folder gets linked.

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Images of shells by the sea

sh – shell parser, formatter, and interpreter

November 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

sh is a shell parser, formatter, and interpreter. It supports POSIX Shell, Bash, and mksh. It requires Go 1.24 or later.

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Laptop

RogPerfTuner – utility to manage Asus ROG laptop performance and RGB lighting

November 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

RogPerfTuner is here to simplify your life and help you enjoy gaming on your Asus ROG laptop once and for all.

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Annotation tool

wayscriber – screen annotation tool for Wayland compositors

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

wayscriber is a ZoomIt-like screen annotation tool for Wayland compositors, written in Rust.

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Wallpaper Setter

randwall – randomly changes the desktop wallpaper

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

randwall periodically fetches and sets random wallpapers from Wallhaven’s toplist

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Selection of utilities

ReflectorTK – simple GUI for reflector

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ReflectorTK provides a straightforward graphical interface for configuring and running the reflector to update Arch Linux’s mirrorlist.

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brush – POSIX- and bash compatible shell

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

brush (Bo(u)rn(e) RUsty SHell) is a POSIX- and bash-compatible shell, implemented in Rust. It’s built and tested on Linux, macOS, and WSL.

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Foreign Languages

Useful Ubuntu Touch Apps – Translate

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms Reviews, Ubuntu Touch, Utilities

Translate for Ubuntu Touch is an app that offers good translations with more privacy than with Google Translate.

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Selection of utilities

Spruce – clean up application caches

November 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Spruce is a lightweight cache cleaner and system maintenance tool designed for Linux.

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CPU

zeptofetch – ultra-minimal system information tool

November 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zeptofetch delivers system information in under 2ms* with a 28KB binary*. No scripts, no bloat, just pure C doing exactly what you need.

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Monitor System

Lyvoxa Stellar – Linux system monitor

November 16, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Built in Rust, it aims to offer an intuitive Terminal User Interface (TUI) with advanced features for modern system administration.

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