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Hypervisors

pvetui – TUI For Proxmox virtual environment

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

pvetui (Proxmox Virtual Environment Terminal User Interface) is a TUI tool for managing a Proxmox VE server or cluster.

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Task Manager

rusk – cross-platform terminal task manager

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

rusk is a minimal cross-platform terminal task manager. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.

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LibCSS – CSS parser and selection engine

December 19, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

LibCSS is a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) parser and selection engine, written in C. It was developed as part of the NetSurf project.

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Hex Editor

rehex – hex editor for reverse engineering

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI

rehex is a cross-platform hex editor for reverse engineering and everything else.

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nfpm – deb, rpm, apk, ipk and arch Linux packager

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

nfpm is a simple deb, rpm, apk, ipk, and arch linux packager written in Go.

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Selection of utilities

Brioche – package manager

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Brioche is a package manager and build tool for building and running your most complex software projects.

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amalgo – create consolidated snapshots of source code

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Amalgo is a CLI tool that creates consolidated snapshots of source code for analysis, documentation, and sharing with LLMs.

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044-time management

timesup – simple cli timer with notifications

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

timesup is a simple cli timer with Linux notifications using notify-send.

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Dictionary Tools

PyGlossary – convert dictionary files

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

PyGlossary is a tool for converting dictionary files aka glossaries. It supports a wide range of formats.

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Selection of utilities

ferp – grep clone

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ferp aims to be a clone of grep, but written in modern Fortran.

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AyanDict – basic dictionary app

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

AyanDict is a simple cross-platform desktop dictionary application based on Qt framework and written in Go.

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ParserLib – CSS3 SAX-inspired parser

December 18, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

The ParserLib CSS parser is a CSS3 SAX-inspired parser written in JavaScript.

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NZBGet – binary Usenet downloader

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NZBGet is a binary downloader, which downloads files from Usenet based-on information given in nzb files.

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Music player

doudou – personal music player that puts privacy first

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Web Apps

Stream your music collection from your own media server with a beautiful, modern interface that works on all your devices.

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Music player

Lidarr – music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new tracks

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Database

TigerBeetle – financial transactions database

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Database

TigerBeetle is a reliable, fast, and highly available database for financial accounting.

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SQL

Musoq – SQL Swiss Army Knife

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Database

Stop writing throwaway scripts. Use SQL instead.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

cmdcreate – create custom commands

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cmdcreate allows you to create custom commands for your Linux terminal without needing to enter the same “complex” commands

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rumdl – Markdown linter

December 18, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

rumdl is a modern Markdown linter and formatter, built for speed with Rust.

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Headphones – automated music downloader for NZB and Torrent

December 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Headphones is an automated music downloader for NZB and Torrent. It supports SABnzbd, NZBget, Transmission, µTorrent, Deluge and Blackhole.

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