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Flash OS

Impression – create bootable drives

July 30, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, Utilities

Impression is a straightforward and modern application to create bootable drives.

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Documentation

srgn – syntax-aware code search and replacement

July 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

srgn searches and transforms source code within syntax-aware scopes, combining regular expressions, Tree-sitter queries and text actions.

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Files

brename – batch renaming safely

July 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

brename is a practical cross-platform command-line tool for safely batch renaming files/directories via regular expression.

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Documentation

repgrep – interactive replacer for ripgrep

July 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

repgrep combines ripgrep search with interactive match selection, live replacement previews, capture groups and Unicode file encoding.

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Find

rawhide – find files using pretty C expressions

July 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rawhide (rh) lets you search for files on the command line using expressions and user-defined functions.

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Monitoring

rwatch – terminal command monitoring with diff highlighting

July 28, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rwatch repeatedly executes commands with output diff highlighting, configurable intervals, ANSI colours and change-based exit rules.

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Documentation

rep – edit grep search results

July 28, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rep edits grep-formatted search results and writes approved changes back to source files, with diff previews and editor-based workflows.

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Find

findpick – general purpose file picker combining “find” command with a fuzzy finder

July 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

findpick is a general purpose file picker combining “find” command with a fuzzy finder. It’s written in Bash.

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Documentation

amber – code search and replace tool

July 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

amber searches and replaces text across source trees, with multithreaded scanning, interactive approval and configurable file filtering.

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Monitoring

reflex – rerun commands when files change

July 27, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

reflex watches filesystem changes and reruns commands using glob or regex filters, service restarts and multi-command configuration.

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Monitoring

wfh – synchronise local files with remote development hosts

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wfh watches local development files and synchronises modifications to a remote host using rsync for editing locally and building remotely.

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Monitoring

watchexec – execute commands when filesystem changes occur

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

watchexec monitors filesystem changes and reruns commands with file filters, ignore rules, debouncing, process control and notifications.

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Monitoring

watcher – rerun development commands when files change

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

watcher monitors directory changes and reruns commands with ignore rules, startup execution, delays and long-running process support.

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Monitoring

chokidar-cli – monitor filesystem changes and execute commands

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

chokidar-cli watches files and folders using glob patterns, triggers commands on changes, and offers debouncing, ignoring and polling modes.

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Find

treegrep – pattern matcher frontend or backend

July 26, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

treegrep is a frontend for existing pattern matchers or a standalone pattern matcher which presents results in a tree format.

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Utility Software

Xterm.js – build terminals in the browser

July 23, 2024 Steve Emms Programming, Utilities

Xterm.js is a front-end component that lets applications bring fully-featured terminals to their users in the browser.

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System Administration

Flatpak KCM – manage application permissions in KDE Plasma

July 22, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Flatpak KCM lets KDE Plasma users manage application sandbox permissions, filesystem access and desktop portal permissions.

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Emoji

Feeling Finder – help convey emotion in text communication

July 21, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, Utilities

Feeling Finder is software to help convey emotion in text communication. It’s written in Dart and C++.

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System Administration

malcontent – parental controls for Linux

July 21, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

malcontent brings parental controls to Linux with application restrictions, screen-time monitoring, daily limits and bedtime schedules.

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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Notepad

July 17, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Notepad is a simple text editor; it creates and edits plain text documents. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

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