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Hypervisors

vm-curator – manage desktop QEMU/KVM virtual machines

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

vm-curator is a fast and friendly Rust TUI for managing desktop QEMU/KVM virtual machines with 3D acceleration.

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Recaf – Java bytecode editor

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Recaf is an easy to use modern Java bytecode editor that abstracts away the complexities of Java programs.

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Documentation

mimetype – command-line utility that determines the MIME type of files

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mimetype is a command-line utility that determines the MIME type of files. It uses the freedesktop.org shared MIME-info database.

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Security

PMG – package manager guard

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Package Manager Guard (PMG) protects developers from getting compromised by malicious packages.

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Go XML Formatter – format XML

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

The Go XML Formatter, xmlfmt, will format the XML string in a readable way.

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Conan – distributed C and C++ package manager

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Conan is specifically designed and optimized for accelerating the development and Continuous Integration of C and C++ projects.

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Docker

oxker – TUI to view and control Docker containers

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

oxker is a Rust terminal interface for monitoring and controlling Docker containers, with logs, filtering, charts and inspect tools.

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Blightmud – terminal client designed for playing Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) games

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Games, TUI

Blightmud provides a fast and flexible text interface that allows players to connect to MUD servers and interact with game worlds.

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YouTube

Mixtapes – YouTube Music desktop player

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Mixtapes is a YouTube Music desktop player with library management, offline downloads, playlist editing, scrobbling and media controls.

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Database

pspg – Postgres pager

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents, TUI

pspg is a pager (with very rich functionality) designed for work with tables. The tool is designed for PostgreSQL, but MySQL is supported too.

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Selection of utilities

Filecraft – automate file management tasks

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Filecraft is a command line utility designed to automate common file organisation tasks. It’s written in Python and Go.

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Comic Books

ComiGo – web-based comic book reader

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

ComiGo is a cross-platform comic and manga reader that runs locally and provides a browser-based interface

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Task Manager

omm – keyboard-driven task manager

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms TUI

omm (short for “on-my-mind”) is a keyboard-driven task manager designed for the command line.

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Font Tools

Sitra – get fonts from online sources

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Sitra lets you get your fonts from online sources with a sleek, friendly user interface.

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todlog – terminal-based task and daily log manager

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

todlog organises daily tasks, backlogs and timestamped journal entries in Markdown files, with search and date navigation.

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Documentation

xdg-mime – query and manage MIME type associations

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xdg-mime queries file MIME types, inspects default handlers, changes application associations and installs or removes MIME definitions.

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NPS – intranet tunneling proxy server

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NPS is a lightweight and efficient intranet tunneling proxy server that supports forwarding multiple protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, etc.).

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Ethernet

wakey – manage and wake devices using Wake-on-LAN

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

wakey is a terminal interface for managing Wake-on-LAN devices and groups, checking status and waking individual or grouped systems.

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xml-formatter – pretty print XML

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

xml-formatter converts XML into a human readable format (pretty print) while respecting the xml:space attribute.

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System Administration

System-Tools – basic system management tools

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

System-Tools is a collection of helpful tools for basic system management of Linux and FreeBSD systems.

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