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Chess

BBP Pairings – Swiss-system chess tournament engine

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Games

BBP Pairings is an engine for pairing players in a Swiss-system chess tournament.

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Vulnerability Detection

14 Best Free and Open Source Vulnerability Detection Tools

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Vulnerability scanning is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend the best free and open source vulnerability detection tools.

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Search

dsearch – filesystem search service

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

dsearch is a native file system search tool with configurable indexes and a CLI + REST API for searching files with various parameters.

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Noorfetch – minimalist system fetch

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Noorfetch is a minimalistic and fast summary of information about your computer, written in Rust.

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12 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Tools

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security, System Software

We recommend free and open source firewall tools.

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Find Duplicates

9 Best Free and Open Source Tools to Search the Filesystem

February 25, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.

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Command Schedulers

Systemd manager tui – manage systemd services

February 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Systemd manager tui is a program for managing systemd services through a TUI (Terminal User Interface).

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Phpactor – heavy-lifting refactoring and introspection tools

February 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Phpactor is a PHP completion, refactoring, introspection tool and language server.

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netinfo – display network and system information

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

netinfo is a fast, minimal, and reliable command-line utility to display your network and system information.

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blaeckfetch – system fetch

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

blaeckfetch is a fast, minimalist system fetch for your terminal. It’s powered by blaeck for rendering.

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Selection of utilities

fdir – search language for your filesystem

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fdir aims to offer a fast, intuitive way to find, filter, and act on files using human-friendly commands

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Linux Distributions

Deblinux – lightweight operating system based on Debian

February 10, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Deblinux is a lightweight operating system based on Debian, designed to provide a fast and stable experience even on older hardware.

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Coding

CuteKit – build system and package manager

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

CuteKit is a suite of tools and utilities for compiling, cross-compiling, linking, and packaging project written in low-level languages.

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farmOS – farm planning and record keeping system

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

farmOS is a web-based application for farm management, planning, and record keeping.

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Security

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux MAC/RBAC Tools

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Harden a computer system or network using access controls such as Mandatory Access Control (MAC) or Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).

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Plant

HortusFox – self-hosted collaborative plant management system

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

HortusFox is a self-hosted collaborative plant management system which you can use in your own environment to manage all your plants.

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zigfetch – system profiler

February 2, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Zigfetch is a minimal neofetch/fastfetch like system information tool.

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SSD

NoxDir – visualize file system usage

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

NoxDir is a high-performance, cross-platform command-line tool for visualizing and exploring your file system usage.

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Monitor System

Xtop – TUI system monitor

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms TUI

Xtop is a modern, cross-platform TUI system monitor crafted in Rust. Heavily inspired by btop, it leverages Rust’s safety and performance

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Circuit board

Xfetch – system information tool

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Xfetch is a cross-platform system information fetching tool inspired by fastfetch and neofetch, written in Rust.

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