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chop – CLI todo manager

January 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

chop is a stream filter for todo lists. Like sed or sort, but for todos.

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044-time management

pomo – simple customizable Pomodoro timer

January 3, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

pomo is a simple, customizable Pomodoro timer for your terminal, built with Bubble Tea.

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SQL

sqlit – lazygit of SQL databases

January 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents, TUI

sqlit supports all major databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB, FirebirdSQL, Oracle, DuckDB, CockroachDB, and more.

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Coding

ktlint – Kotlin linter with built-in formatter

January 3, 2026 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

ktlint is a Kotlin linter in spirit of feross/standard (JavaScript) and gofmt (Go).

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tinycss2 – CSS parser and generator

January 3, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

tinycss2 is a low-level CSS parser and generator written in Python: it can parse strings, return objects representing tokens and blocks

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gsh – POSIX-compatible, Generative Shell

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

gsh is a modern, POSIX-compatible, generative shell that’s in an early stage of development.

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SoS – data collection tool

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

SoS is an extensible, portable, support data collection tool primarily aimed at Linux distributions and other UNIX-like operating systems.

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Side – Linux distribution

January 2, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Side is an independently-developed lightweight Linux distribution featuring the PiSi package manager.

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cpx – CLI for C++ that unifies the fragmented C++ ecosystem

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

cpx provides a cohesive, Cargo-like experience for managing projects, dependencies, and builds, regardless of your underlying build system.

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Laboratory

Increasing Lab Efficiency with an Open Source LIMS

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is a software-based laboratory and information management system that provides streamlined workflow automation and management.

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process

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: stow

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct sets of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem.

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Text Editor

16 Best Free and Open Source Vim-Like Text Editors

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Text editors remain a controversial area. Here are our recommended Vim-like text editors. They are all released under an open source license.

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Best Free IRC

zuse – terminal IRC client

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

ZUSE is a sleek, minimal IRC client for your terminal. Built with Go and powered by the elegant Bubble Tea framework.

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Psalm – static analysis tool

January 2, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming

Psalm is a static analysis tool that attempts to dig into your program and find as many type-related bugs as possible.

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Coding

7 Best Free and Open Source PHP Linter Tools

January 2, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix PHP code.

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SSH

OpenSSH GUI – graphical frontend

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

OpenSSH GUI is a frontend for managing your SSH Keys – on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Git Clients

Garden – command runner and multi-repo Git configuration tool

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Garden helps you create development workflows over collections of self-contained, loosely-coupled and inter-dependent Git worktrees.

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Game Tools

Robocode – educational programming game

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms Games

Robocode is an engaging and educational programming game that allows you to code, test, and improve robot battle tanks.

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Metetch – system information display utility

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Metetch is a fast system information tool with a minimal aesthetic inspired by KDE Plasma and Wayland.

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FTP Client

FTPGrab – grah files from FTP or SFTP servers

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

FTPGrab is a CLI application written in Go and delivered as a single executable (and a Docker image) to grab your files from a remote FTP or SFTP server to your NAS, server or computer. With Go, this can be

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