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Chihaya – BitTorrent tracker

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Chihaya is built for developers looking to integrate BitTorrent into a preexisting production environment.

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Static Site Generator

MakeStaticSite – generate and deploy static websites

January 23, 2026 Eilidih Parris Web Apps

MakeStaticSite is a set of Bash shell scripts that configure and use Wget to generate a static website from a (typically dynamic) website

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CPU

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: make

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to make, a utility which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files.

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XMPP

3 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based XMPP Clients

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

XMPP (also known as Jabber) is an open and free alternative to commercial messaging and chat providers. Web-based clients are featured.

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CPU

pdpmake – public domain implementation of make

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Software

pdpmake is a public domain implementation of make which follows the POSIX standard.

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Linux Candy

WallPicker – wallpacker picker with Wallhaven integration and AI upscaling

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Reviews, Utilities

WallPicker is a modern wallpaper picker application. This isn’t the first wallpaper program that’s been explored in this series.

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Font Tools

Modular Font Editor K – modular font editor

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

MFEKglif is a Glyph editor for the Modular Font Editor K project.

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Dynamic Window Managers

7 Best Free and Open Source Dynamic Window Managers

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

A dynamic window manager is a tiling window manager where windows are tiled based on preset layouts between which the user can switch.

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Education

Lixplore-cli – Academic literature search & export CLI tool

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, TUI

Lixplore-cli is a Unix-inspired command-line tool for searching scientific literature, built for terminal enthusiasts

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

6 Best Free and Open Source Tools for SSH Intrusion Prevention

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

This article recommends open source software that employ different techniques to make it harder for a server running SSH to be compromised.

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Typing

retype – typing practice

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

retype is a typing practice application. Type along to epub books.

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Static Site Generators

3 Best Free and Open Source CoffeeScript Static Site Generators

January 23, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

Sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers.

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Intrusion Prevention - SSH

ConfigServer Security & Firewall – front-end to iptables or nftables

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Security

ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) is a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall and Login/Intrusion Detection and Security application.

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USB

lsplug – replacement for lsusb

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lsplug is a replacement for lsusb that shows more useful info and less useless info.

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Audio Analyzers

mp3rgain – lossless MP3 volume adjustment

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mp3rgain adjusts MP3 volume without re-encoding by modifying the global_gain field in each frame’s side information.

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scss-lint – keep SCSS files clean and readable

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

scss-lint is a tool to help keep your SCSS files clean and readable by running it against a collection of configurable linter rules.

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System Administration

penguins’ eggs – create live ISO images and custom Linux respins

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Penguins’ Eggs is a tool to create live ISO images and custom Linux respin.

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Git Clients

LazyWorktree – Git worktree management for the terminal

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

LazyWorktree is a BubbleTea-based Terminal User Interface designed for efficient Git worktree management.

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Password manager

Passy – offline password manager with cross-platform synchronization

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Passy is an offline password manager with cross-platfrom synchronization. It’s written in Dart.

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Selection of utilities

Bento – stream processor

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Bento is a high performance and resilient stream processor, able to connect various sources and sinks in a range of brokering patterns.

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