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quicssh-rs – simple ssh server

October 21, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

quicssh-rs is a QUIC proxy that allows to use QUIC to connect to an SSH server without needing to patch the client or the server.

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XMPP

Davis – CalDAV, CardDAV and WebDAV server

October 21, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

Davis is a CalDAV, CardDAV and WebDAV server with web administration, calendar sharing, scheduling and flexible authentication options.

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Smartphone

Volla Phone Quintus running Ubuntu Touch: Upgrading to Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0

October 21, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Phone, Reviews

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 is the first release of Ubuntu Touch that’s based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, a major upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04.

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Bible

bibref – discover internal references in the Bible

October 21, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

bibref is a tool that helps discovering internal references in the Bible, finding citations of the Septuagint in the Greek New Testament.

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Linux Distributions

LangitKetujuh OS – Linux distribution

October 21, 2025 Erik Karlsson Software

LangitKetujuh OS is an Indonesian desktop and multimedia Linux distribution based on Void Linux.

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Yesser Calculator – extensible calculator

October 21, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Yesser Calculator is an extensible calculator app made using .NET and Avalonia.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Nanocoder – local-first CLI coding agent

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Nanocoder is a local-first CLI coding agent that brings the power of agentic coding tools like Claude Code and Gemini CLI to local models

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Files

Jimmy – convert your notes to Markdown

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, TUI

Jimmy is a tool to convert your notes from different formats to Markdown. It has both a CLI and TUI.

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Business Intelligence

Rill – code-first business intelligence platform

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

Rill is a code-first business intelligence platform for fast dashboards, semantic models, data exploration, and operational analytics.

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Selection of utilities

Dinfo – detailed information about a directory

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Dinfo (Directory Info) is a C# tool that provides detailed information about a directory.

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teleport – modern SSH server

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Teleport centralises infrastructure access using short-lived credentials, role-based policies, session recording and an SSH-aware proxy.

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Linux Distributions

Kwort – minimalist and fast Linux distribution

October 20, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

Kwort is a minimalist and fast Linux distribution that combines simple and and useful applications to create a system for advanced users

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BOSGAME M4 Plus

BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

The AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS has 8 cores, 16 threads and is competitive against newer processors from AMD and Intel.

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Linux Distributions

CRUX – lightweight Linux distribution

October 20, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

CRUX is a lightweight Linux distribution for the x86-64 architecture targeted at experienced Linux users.

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Music

Kalorite – lightweight audio player

October 20, 2025 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia

Kalorite is a small-size Qt6 audio player that aims to be modern and easy-to-use made for the developer’s needs to use on KDE.

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fortbite – command-line calculator

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

fortbite is a command-line calculator written in Fortran that handles arbitrary precision arithmetic, complex numbers, and matrices.

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Annotation tool

Draw Pen – simple screen annotation

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Draw Pen is a simple screen annotation tool that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Text Editor

Scratchmark – organized Markdown editor

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Scratchmark is an organized Markdown editor designed for note keeping and writing. It’s intended to become a spiritual successor to ThiefMD. This is free and open source software. Website: github.com/sevonj/scratchmark Support: Developer: Sevonj License: GNU General Public License v3.0 Scratchmark

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DNA

trackplot – visualize various next-generation sequencing data

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

trackplot is a tool for visualizing DNA-seq, RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq and full-length sequencing datasets.

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ssh2incus – SSH server for Incus instances

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

ssh2incus provides SSH access to Incus containers and virtual machines, with on-demand instances, file transfer and persistent sessions.

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