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QR Tools

Qrca – QR code scanner for Plasma Mobile

February 15, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Qrca is a simple application for Plasma Desktop and Plasma Mobile that lets you scan many barcode formats and create your own QR code images.

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Monitoring

stree – visualize the directory tree structure of an S3 bucket

February 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stree is a CLI tool designed to visualize the directory tree structure of an S3 bucket.

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Linux

39 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Emulators

February 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A terminal emulator is computer software which emulates a dumb video terminal. We make our recommendations.

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Refine – tweak various aspects of GNOME

February 14, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Refine is a simple tool that lets you tweak various aspects of GNOME.

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Utility Software

greentext – create green-text memes

February 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

The GreenText Generator CLI is a command-line tool built with Go that lets you create classic greentext with ease.

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Remote Display

Dippi – calculate display info like DPI and aspect ratio

February 12, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Dippi is a tool which can analyze any display. Input a few details and figure out the aspect ratio, DPI, and details of a particular display.

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Butler – companion for Home Assistant

February 12, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Butler is a hybrid native and web app for Home Assistant. Butler is designed and developed on and for GNOME.

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QR Tools

AR Tag Placement and Finder Tool – minimalist image editor

February 11, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Utilities

The AR Tag Placement and Finder Tool is a minimalist image editor designed for placing augmented reality (AR) tags and QR codes, into images.

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QR Tools

qr-rs – encode URLs or text into QR codes

February 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

qr-rs is a command line interface utility to encode URLs or more generally text into QR codes in various file formats and colors.

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Tools that help you

6 Best Free and Open Source Cheatsheet Tools

February 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

A cheatsheet is a concise set of notes used for quick reference. We recommend the best cheatsheet tools for Linux.

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Endlessh

Melt – backup and restore SSH private keys using memorable seed phrases

February 8, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Melt is a utility that lets you backup and restore SSH private keys using memorable seed phrases.

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QR Tools

qr-backup – paper backup of files using QR codes

February 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

qr-backup takes file(s), and outputs a “paper backup”: a printable black-and-white PDF full of QR codes.

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QR Tools

QR Scanner – QR scanner/generator app

February 7, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

QR Scanner is a QR code scanner and generator built with Flutter.

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QR Tools

CoBang – QR code and barcode scanner

February 6, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

CoBang is a native QR Code and barcode scanner application for the Linux desktop.

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IntelliShell – like IntelliSense, but for shells

February 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

IntelliShell acts like a bookmark store for commands. No need to have a clean history to find something useful with CTRL + R.

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Snip – simple snippet manager

February 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Snip is a simple snippet manager for your predefined Ultisnips Snippet Directory.

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Coding

Freeze – generate images of code and terminal output

February 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Utilities

Freeze generates PNGs, SVGs, and WebPs of code and terminal output alike.

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QR Tools

Qreator – create your own QR codes

February 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Qreator enables you to easily create your own QR codes to encode different types of information in an efficient and compact way.

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Gum – tool for glamorous shell scripts

February 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Gum lets you leverage the power of Bubbles and Lip Gloss in your scripts and aliases without writing any Go code.

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Sign files

Minisign – sign files and verify signatures

February 3, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Minisign is a very simple tool to sign files and verify digital signatures.

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