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Wallpaper Setter

Wewa – renders web content as desktop wallpaper

May 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Wewa is a cross-platform command line tool written in Rust that renders web content as desktop wallpaper.

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Password manager

pago – command-line password manager

May 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pago is a Go-based command-line password manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems.

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Selection of utilities

steamfetch – display your Steam stats

May 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

steamfetch is a terminal utility inspired by neofetch that presents Steam profile and library statistics in a styled command-line display.

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Diff Tools

RCompare – file and directory comparison toolkit

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

RCompare is a file and directory comparison toolkit written in Rust.

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Selection of utilities

FilesFinder – search for files within a given repository

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

FilesFinder is a command-line utility that searches for files within a repository while respecting ignore rules.

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pff – Pretty Fast Find

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Pretty Fast Find (pff) is a command-line file search utility written in Rust.

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Log Analyzers

tailspin – terminal log file highlighter

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

tailspin is a terminal log file highlighter designed for inspecting log output in the shell.

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Log Analyzers

Nerdlog – remote-first terminal log viewer

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

Nerdlog is a remote-first terminal log viewer designed to help you inspect logs from one or more machines through a single interface.

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Log Analyzers

hl – command-line tool for inspecting structured logs

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

hl is designed for fast analysis of large log files and streams, helping users search, sort, and navigate log output.

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Diff Tools

biodiff – terminal-based binary diff viewer

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

biodiff compares two files side by side in a hex view and uses alignment algorithms to keep similar regions lined up.

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Selection of utilities

fdf – high performance command line file finder

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fdf is a high performance command line file finder written in Rust.

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Diff Tools

VBinDiff – visual binary diff

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

VBinDiff is a text-based visual binary diff and hexadecimal file viewer that displays file contents in hexadecimal alongside ASCII.

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Circuit board

ufetch – system profiler

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ufetch is a small system information utility for Unix-like operating systems.

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Selection of utilities

hist-rs – high-throughput CLI to count unique lines

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hist-rs is a Rust command-line utility built for high-throughput line-oriented text processing.

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Selection of utilities

cuniq – count unique lines in text input

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cuniq is a command-line utility written in Rust for counting unique lines in text input.

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Selection of utilities

hashit – generate file hashes quickly

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hashit is a cross-platform command-line utility for generating file hashes quickly.

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Image of Files

35 Best Free and Open Source Command Line Navigation Tools

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

Tiny but useful tools that complement the cd command. Free and open source goodness.

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Selection of utilities

uniqs – alternative to uniq

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

uniqs is a Rust command-line utility that serves as an alternative to uniq with streaming support.

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Selection of utilities

xuniq – line deduplicator

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xuniq is a high-performance and stable line deduplicator. Unlike the standard uniq utility, xuniq does not require your input to be sorted.

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Selection of utilities

hashdeep – generate and verify file hashes

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hashdeep is a command line tool for generating and verifying file hashes across large collections of files.

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