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Monitoring

Logria – log aggregation tool

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, TUI

Logria is a terminal-based log aggregation and monitoring tool written in Rust.

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Packémon – generate packets of arbitrary input

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Packémon is a TUI tool for generating packets of arbitrary input and monitoring packets on any network interfaces

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Flying robot

aim – CLI download/upload tool with resume

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

aim is a command line download/upload tool with resume. It’s written in the Rust language.

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8 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Emulators Built With Web Technologies

March 14, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

This article recommends terminal emulators built with web technologies – JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

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Game Engines

DOORS – pixel art logic game

March 14, 2026 Steve Emms Games

DOORS is a pixel art logic game that’s written in the JavaScript.

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monitui – TUI for wrangling your hyprland monitors

March 14, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, TUI

monitui is a terminal UI that makes Hyprland monitor configuration actually pleasant.

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Selection of utilities

FFF – opinionated fuzzy file picker for neovim

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

FFF is an opinionated fuzzy file picker for neovim. Just for files, but it tries to solve file picking completely.

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47 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Emulators

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A terminal emulator is computer software which emulates a dumb video terminal. We make our recommendations.

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CRT’s a ridiculous terminal emulator

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

CRT is a visually expressive terminal emulator written in Rust that focuses on aesthetic customisation and GPU-accelerated rendering.

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Data Science

Datui – data exploration in the terminal

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, TUI

Datui is an interactive terminal user interface (TUI) for exploring and analyzing data files.

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Selection of utilities

shpool – service that enables session persistence

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

shpool is a service that enables session persistence by allowing the creation of named shell sessions owned by shpool.

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Image of Files

peek-cli – CLI tool that opens a file or folder in your browser

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

peek-cli is a tiny Rust command-line tool that lets you instantly preview any file directly in your default web browser.

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Selection of utilities

Archium – wrapper for AUR helpers

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Archium is a CLI tool for managing packages on Arch Linux. It provides a simple and intuitive interface for common package management tasks

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Security

Bao – verified streaming tool

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Bao is an implementation of BLAKE3 verified streaming, as described in Section 6.4 of the BLAKE3 spec.

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DNA

Cryfa – encryption tool for genomic data

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific, Security

Cryfa is an encryption tool specifically designed for genomic data.

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Graphics card image

gptop – cross-platform GPU monitor

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, TUI

gptop is a terminal-based GPU monitoring utility designed to provide real-time insights into GPU activity in a text user interface

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samply – sampling CPU profiler

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

samply is a sampling CPU profiler. Run a command, record a CPU profile of its execution, and open the profiler UI.

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Feluda – detect license usage restrictions

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Feluda detects license usage restrictions in your project.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

bigsay – display tool

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

bigsay is a high-visibility GTK4 text display tool written in the Python language.

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Selection of utilities

doot – simple dotfiles manager

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

doot is billed as a fast, simple and intuitive dotfiles manager that just gets the job done.

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