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lule – ANSI color generator

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

lule is a command line tool to set 255 colors on tty’s and other places that use ANSI colors.

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QuickSnip – OCR and Google Lens search

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Software

QuickSnip is a Wayland utility for OCR and Google Lens search, built using Quickshell.

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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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HyprQuickFrame – screenshot utility for Hyprland

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

HyprQuickFrame is a native screenshot utility for Hyprland built with Quickshell.

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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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Image Viewers

Lightning Image Viewer – fast and lightweight desktop image viewer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Reviews

Lightning Image Viewer (LIV) is billed as a desktop image (previewer) with some notable UX features.

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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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Files

Hazelnut – automated file organizer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Hazelnut is a terminal-based automated file organizer inspired by Hazel.

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Images

rsimg – terminal image viewer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

rsimg is a terminal image viewer written in rust which displays images with Unicode characters.

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Typing

Couik – terminal-based typing test

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

Couik is a terminal-based typing test designed for speed, aesthetics, and simplicity. Built with Bubble Tea.

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Image of Files

filebyte – list files and directories

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

filebyte is a CLI tool to list files and directories with intelligent size formatting, advanced filtering, and comprehensive file analysis.

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picocom – minimal dumb-terminal emulation program

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is, in principle, very much like minicom, only it’s “pico” instead of “mini”.

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Selection of utilities

up – write Linux pipes

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

up (Ultimate Plumber) is a tool for writing Linux pipes in a terminal-based UI interactively, with instant live preview of command results.

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Video-Emulators

StarPSX – PlayStation 1 emulator

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms Emulators, Games, GUI

StarPSX is a PlayStation 1 emulator written in Rust. It features a native cross-platform GUI (eframe/egui) with a built-in debugger.

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Invoices

Spent – minimalist personal finance tracker

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Spent is a minimalist personal finance tracker for the Linux desktop with cross-platform support.

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Pixi – pixel art editor and animation editor

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Pixi is an cross-platform open-source pixel art editor and animation editor written in Zig.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

lancher – local project-template manager

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lancher lets you store, manage, and replicate project templates from your filesystem or git repositories.

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Image of Files

HardBore – file manager using web technologies

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Web Apps

HardBore is a file manager that’s in a very early stage of development. Sub-2ms cold start, native OS integration, full keyboard navigation.

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critique – review git diffs

February 16, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

critique is a terminal UI for reviewing git diffs with syntax highlighting, split view, and word-level diff.

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Screen Capture

wayscrollshot – scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland

February 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, GUI

wayscrollshot is a scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland that captures and stitches images in real-time as you scroll.

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