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Noise

qmassa – display GPU usage stats

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

qmassa is a Rust terminal-based tool for displaying GPUs usage stats on Linux.

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HTTP

Grab – asynchronous file downloader

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Grab is an asynchronous file downloader. It combines the simplicity of wget with the power of multi-threaded concurrency.

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Mixer

AnalogVUMeter – classic analog stereo VU meter

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

AnalogVUMeter is a cross-platform desktop application that visually replicates a classic analog stereo VU meter (needle-style)

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BablerEdit – desktop translation editor

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

BablerEdit is a modern, open-source desktop translation editor for managing multi-language localization files.

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Game Tools

Open Gamepad UI – game launcher and overlay

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Open Gamepad UI is a game launcher and overlay written using the Godot Game Engine 4 designed with a gamepad native experience in mind.

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CSharpier – opinionated code formatter for C# and XML.

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

CSharpier is an opinionated code formatter for C# and XML. It parses your code and re-prints it using its own rules.

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Find Duplicates

krep – optimized string search utility

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

krep is an optimized string search utility designed for maximum throughput and efficiency when processing large files and directories.

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Selection of utilities

hapless – run and manage background processes

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hapless is a small utility that lets you easily run and manage background processes.

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Database

Squall – TUI SQLite viewer and editor

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Database, TUI

Squall is a SQLite viewer and editor that runs in your terminal. Squall is written in Python and uses the Textual package.

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typos – source code spell checker

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

typos finds and corrects spelling mistakes among source code: Fast enough to run on monorepos. Low false positives so you can run on PRs.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Runa – GUI package manager for the AUR

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Runa is a graphical AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager for Linux. It works on any desktop environment that supports GTK3.

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Selection of utilities

rgrc – Rusty Generic Colouriser

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rgrc is a fast,Rust-based command-line tool that colorizes the output of other commands using regex-based rules.

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Shooter Games

Dealve – find game deals

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Games, TUI

Dealve simplifies finding the best game deals across Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, Epic Games, and more.

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WiFi

AIRCTL – WiFi management tool

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

AIRCTL provides a clean interface to scan, connect, and manage wireless networks.

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Graphics card image

GPU-Viewer – frontend to glxinfo, vulkaninfo, clinfo and es2_info

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

GPU-Viewer aims to capture all the important details of glxinfo, vulkaninfo and clinfo in a GUI.

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flux – search, monitor, and nuke processes

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

flux strips away the clutter and focuses on what matters: quickly finding, monitoring, and acting on processes.

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Digital Asset Management

5 Best Free and Open Source Digital Asset Management Software

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Digital asset management (DAM) allows organization to obtain greater value from creative digital assets like images and videos by making them easy to organize, access, catalogue, find, retrieve and distribute.

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Monitoring

crabdrop – file manager for S3-compatible storage

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

crabdrop works with AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, and any S3-compatible service.

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Network

xfr – modern iperf3 alternative

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

xfr is a modern iperf3 alternative with a live TUI, multi-client server, and QUIC support.

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Network

zrok – secure internet sharing platform

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

zrok lets you securely share web services, files, and network resources — whether they’re across the internet or your private network.

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