kirc is an extremely fast and simple IRC client designed with portability in mind.
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Circada – IRC client
Circada is a console-based IRC client that comes with two modes, normal chat mode and the navigation mode.
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Sushi shell – Bash clone shell
Sushi shell (formerly known as Rusty Bash) is a a Bash clone shell implemented in Rust.
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mod_dav – Apache Module for WebDAV
mod_dav provides class 1 and class 2 WebDAV (‘Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning’) functionality for Apache.
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mbake – Makefile formatter and linter
mbake is a Makefile formatter and linter that offers smart formatting: Tabs for recipes, consistent spacing, line continuation cleanup.
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coBib – console bibliography
coBib is a simple, console-based bibliography management tool.
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SSHM – transforms how you manage and connect to SSH hosts
SSHM is a command-line tool that transforms how you manage and connect to your SSH hosts.
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Document Scanner – GNOME based tool
Document Scanner lets you capture images using image scanners (e.g. flatbed scanners) that have suitable SANE drivers installed.
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Merkato – monitor stocks and currencies
Merkato is a modern financial data tracker that brings market information directly to your desktop.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: October 2025 Updates
October 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Easy Flatpak – manage flatpaks with a simple GUI
Easy Flatpak helps you install Flatpak apps in a user-friendly way. The tool has recipes for some of them to install them even better.
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bibiman – TUI for fast and simple interaction with a BibLaTeX database
bibiman is a simple terminal user interface for handling your BibLaTeX database as part of a terminal-based scientific workflow.
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SLADE3 – modern editor for Doom-engine based games
SLADE3 is a modern editor for Doom-engine based games and source ports. It can view, modify, and write many different game-specific formats.
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hyprwhspr – native speech-to-text
hyprwhspr is a native speech-to-text designed for Arch / Omarchy. It aims to provide fast, accurate and easy system-wide dictation.
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Karapulse – karaoke player
Karapulse is a Linux karaoke player supporting CDG/MP3 as well as video files.
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bibman – CLI/TUI bibliography manager
bibman is a CLI/TUI bibliography manager. It does not use a database but stores every bibliographic entry as a separate text file.
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sshtool – simple interactive SSH session manager
sshtool is a simple interactive SSH session manager with encrypted configuration storage using GPG.
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Shimmy – lightweight OpenAI API server
Shimmy is a 4.8MB single-binary that provides 100% OpenAI-compatible endpoints for GGUF models.
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mtr085 – full screen ncurses traceroute tool
mtr combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping programs in a single network diagnostic tool.
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SSH Manager TUI – terminal-based SSH connection manager
SSH Manager TUI is a terminal-based SSH connection manager with a modern color interface, designed to simplify managing multiple SSH profiles.
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