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pyvim – implementation of Vim in Python

September 21, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

pyvim is an implementation of Vim in Python. There are no C extensions.

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VNote – Vim-inspired note-taking application

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

VNote is designed to provide a pleasant note-taking platform with excellent editing experience.

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Hex Editor

7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Hex Editors

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, TUI

A hex editor is a special type of editor that can open any type of file and display its contents, byte by byte.

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PDF

apvlv – document viewer

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

apvlv is a PDF/EPUB/TXT/FB2/MOBI/CBZ/HTML …viewer and it behaves like the Vim text editor.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: hexdump

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.

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Hex Editor

hx – hex editor for the terminal

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

hx is a hex editor using plain C and POSIX libs. The project’s code is somewhat influenced by the kilo project.

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Selection of utilities

Epicenter – ecosystem of open-source, local-first apps

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

The eventual goal is to store all of your data—notes, transcripts, chat histories—in a single folder of plain text and SQLite.

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Janus – simple notepad

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Janus is a simple native Linux notepad meant for text editing. It supports UTF-8 and binary data.

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SSHM – SSH connection manager

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

SSHM is an enterprise-grade SSH connection manager with integrated tmux sessions and intuitive TUI.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.

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Diff Tools

objdiff – local diffing tool for decompilation project

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

objdiff is a local diffing tool for decompilation projects. There is also a GUI available.

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Personal finance

Actual Budget – fast and privacy-focused app to manage your finances

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms Financial

Actual Budget is a fast and privacy-focused app for managing your finances.

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Archive Manager

Simple Archiver – alternative to tar

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Simple Archiver is an alternative to tar. Despite its name, this open source tool has a fairly wide range of features.

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SSHUP – simple SSH manager

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

SSHUP is a simple SSH manager with a text-user interface.

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Linux Distributions

AROS One – AmigaOS compatible Linux distribution

September 19, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

The AROS Research Operating System is a lightweight, efficient, and flexible desktop operating system, compatible with AmigaOS.

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8 Best Free and Open Source General Purpose Linter Tools

September 19, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

A linter is a tool used in software development to analyze code for potential errors, stylistic issues, and adherence to coding standards.

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Software

Yay – AUR helper

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Yay (Yet Another Yogurt) is an Arch User Repository (AUR) helper tool.

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Git Clients

17 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Git Clients

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Git is one of a number of open source revision control systems available for Linux. We recommend the finest GUI-based tools.

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System administration

q – command line DNS client

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

q is a tiny command line DNS client with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH.

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Sync-in – file sync and server management

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Internet

Sync-in is available as a desktop application (Linux, macOS, and Windows and a command line interface (CLI), Sync-in adapts to your workflow

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