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ctrld – configurable DNS forwarding proxy

August 10, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

ctrld is a highly configurable DNS forwarding proxy. All DNS protocols are supported.

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speccy – enforce quality rules on your OpenAPI specifications

August 10, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

speccy makes sure your OpenAPI 3.0 specifications are more than just valid. It makes sure they’re useful.

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Koito – ListenBrainz-compatible scrobbler

August 10, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Koito is a modern, themeable ListenBrainz-compatible scrobbler for self-hosters who want control over their data and insights

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Save Desktop – saves your Linux desktop environment configuration

August 10, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Save Desktop lets you save your current configuration (themes, icons, wallpapers, desktop environment settings, extensions.) with one click.

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Program code

Flogo – programming language

August 9, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Flogo is a programming language for beginners, designed for learning programming basics within a friendly environment using flow charts.

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Selection of utilities

vet – curl sanity checker

August 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

vet is a command-line tool that acts as a safety net for the common but risky curl | bash pattern.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

cxt – extract and aggregate project context

August 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

cxt is a command-line tool that aggregates file and directory contents into your clipboard.

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Monitoring

tree++ – tree command with icons

August 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Tree is a recursive directory listing program that produces a depth indented listing of files. tree++ adds icons.

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Selection of utilities

kat – cat command with syntax highlighting

August 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

kat is a cat command with syntax highlighting for a variety of different programming languages including C, C++, Python, JavaScript, and more.

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Files

Buffer – embrace ephemeral text

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Productivity

Buffer provides a minimal editing space for all those things that don’t need keeping. It’s written in Rust.

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Ten Forward – control a NAT-PMP gateway

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Ten Forward requests port forwarding to your gateway. Create multiple mapping configurations, which can individually be requested.

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Music

empress – MPRIS media controls made simple

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

empress is a simple command-line abstraction over the D-Bus MPRIS specification which allows for querying and controlling media players.

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Redocly CLI – lint OpenAPI

August 8, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Redocly CLI is an all-in-one OpenAPI utility. It builds, manages, improves, and quality-checks your OpenAPI descriptions

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Spectral – flexible JSON/YAML linter

August 8, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Spectral is a flexible JSON/YAML linter for creating automated style guides, with baked in support for OpenAPI, Arazzo, and AsyncAPI.

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Breathing – guides your breathing pattern

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Breathing is a simple application that guides your breathing pattern. This pattern is recommended by experts to help ease anxiety.

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vacuum – OpenAPI, AsyncAPI and JSON Schema linter

August 7, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

vacuum is a fast OpenAPI linter for Linux with Spectral rulesets, JSON Schema and AsyncAPI checks, reports, and an interactive dashboard.

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playerctl – MPRIS media player command-line controller

August 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

playerctl is a command-line utility and library for controlling MPRIS media players, querying metadata, and tracking active players.

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fanxiang S880 2TB NVMe SSD Review

August 7, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

This is a capsule review of the fanxiang S880 2TB NVMe SSD. It’s available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities.

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Firefly AIBOX 3588S

Firefly AIBOX-3588S Running Linux: Access Remote File Systems Over SSH with SSHFS

August 7, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

SSHFS is a file system in user space (FUSE) that uses the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to mount a remote file system.

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Selection of utilities

Stimulator keeps your computer awake

August 7, 2025 Steve Emms Software

Stimulator prevents the desktop environment (DE) from sleeping. It should work regardless of the used DE thanks to the Inhibit portal.

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