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USB

lsplug – replacement for lsusb

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lsplug is a replacement for lsusb that shows more useful info and less useless info.

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Audio Analyzers

mp3rgain – lossless MP3 volume adjustment

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mp3rgain adjusts MP3 volume without re-encoding by modifying the global_gain field in each frame’s side information.

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System Administration

penguins’ eggs – create live ISO images and custom Linux respins

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Penguins’ Eggs is a tool to create live ISO images and custom Linux respin.

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Selection of utilities

Bento – stream processor

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Bento is a high performance and resilient stream processor, able to connect various sources and sinks in a range of brokering patterns.

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Alaska

ImPPG – image post-processor

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

ImPPG performs Lucy-Richardson deconvolution, unsharp masking, brightness normalization and tone curve adjustment.

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Reference Management

Gorae – TUI librarian for PDFs and EPUBs

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Gorae is a terminal-first TUI librarian for PDFs and EPUBs—fast browsing, solid metadata, quick search, and mouse support.

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tuicr – TUI for code review

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

tuicr is a TUI tool that lets you review AI-generated diffs like a GitHub pull request, right from your terminal.

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Coding

Odin – programming language

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Odin is a programming language with distinct typing, built for high performance, modern systems, and built-in data-oriented data types.

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SQL

sqlfmt – SQL formatter

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents

sqlfmt formats your dbt SQL files. It is similar in nature to black, gofmt, and rustfmt (but for SQL).

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Selection of utilities

Lemurs – TUI display/login manager

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

Lemurs is a Terminal User Interface (TUI) Display/Login Managers written in Rust that works on most Linux and BSD distributions.

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Selection of utilities

beekeeper-qt – deduplicate redundant data

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

beekeeper-qt lets you free up disk space by removing redundant block-level data, both inside files and across multiple files.

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Network

Realm – simple relay server

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Realm is a simple, high performance relay server.

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System administration

RevLix – data recovery tool

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

RevLix is a data recovery tool developed to recover deleted files on Linux systems. This program uses the PhotoRec infrastructure.

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ETR – ECMP traceroute

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ETR is a MTR-like tool for discovering and analyzing ECMP (Equal-Cost Multi-Path) network routes.

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Documents

mokii – ls replacement

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Mokii is a modern file listing utility that levels up your ls game. It brings Unicode icons, color coding, sorting options

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ttl – modern traceroute

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

ttl is a network diagnostic tool that goes beyond traceroute: MTU discovery, NAT detection, route flap alerts, IX identification, and more.

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Hard drive utility

disktui – TUI for disk management and partitioning

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

disktui is a TUI for disk management and partitioning written in Rust.

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Selection of utilities

pacsea – Pacman and AUR utility

January 20, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Pacsea is a TUI application for browsing and installing Arch and AUR packages.

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vcs2l – fork of vcstool

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

vcs2l is a fork of vcstool which is a version control system (VCS) tool, designed to make working with multiple repositories easier.

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netwhy – diagnose slow or unreliable network connections

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

netwhy is a lightweight Linux command-line tool that diagnoses slow or unreliable network connections.

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