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mux-media – CLI utility for muxing media

January 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

mux-media is a CLI utility for muxing media (e.g. video, audio, subtitles).

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Text Editor

jrnlc – plain-text terminal journal

January 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

jrnlc is a personal project built to be simple, fast, and predictable. It stores journal entries in a plain-text file

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Coding

intentrace – strace with intent

January 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

intentrace is a strace. It works similarly to strace in that it intercepts and records system calls when a process issues them

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Photo collection

ODiff – native image comparison tool

January 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI

ODiff is a fast native image comparison tool. It compares the visual difference between 2 images in milliseconds.

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BinVec – convert raster graphics into vector graphics

January 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

BinVec is a graphical program that converts raster graphics into vector graphics with real-time previews.

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Image of Files

TBDel – manage files for deletion

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

TBDel is a simple command-line tool for managing a list of files and directories marked for deletion.

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SSLyze – SSL/TLS scanning tool and Python library

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

SSLyze is a fast and powerful SSL/TLS scanning tool and Python library.

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Cloud

Az-TUI – manage Azure Container Apps

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Az-TUI is a terminal-based user interface (TUI) for managing Azure Container Apps, inspired by tools like K9s.

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DHV – dive into Python code

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

DHV is a terminal-based tool for diving into Python code, giving easy visual access to bytecode disassembly and the abstract syntax tree.

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Backup software

GoBackup – backup your databases

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

GoBackup is a backup tool design for application servers, to backup your databases, files to cloud storage.

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SQLFluff – dialect-flexible SQL linter

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

SQLFluff is an open source, dialect-flexible and configurable SQL linter. It’s written in the Python language.

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Monitor System

bb – process viewer

Updated October 9, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

bb is a lightweight Rust process viewer with process-tree navigation, searching, sorting, highlighting and direct process signalling.

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Desktop

Orbitiny Desktop – modern looking desktop environment

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

Orbitiny Desktop is a portable, innovative and traditional but modern looking desktop environment for Linux.

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Linux

Zashterminal – modern terminal emulator

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Zashterminal is a modern, intuitive, and innovative terminal built with GTK4 and Adwaita. It’s written in Python.

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powerstat – measure machine power consumption

Updated October 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

powerstat measures machine power consumption from battery statistics or Intel RAPL and reports detailed system utilization statistics.

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sqruff – SQL linter and formatter

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

sqruff is a fast SQL formatter/linter.

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Network

Nomad Network – mesh communication

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Nomad Network is off-grid, resilient mesh communication with strong encryption, forward secrecy and extreme privacy.

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Data Science

PsychoPy – create experiments in behavioural science

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Scientific

PsychoPy is an open-source package for creating experiments in behavioural science.

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Files

iris – config-driven file organizer

January 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

iris helps you sort and organize your messy folders automatically using defined rules. It’s written in Rust.

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Best Free and Open Source Documentation Generators

Brief – browse command-line cheatsheets

January 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI

Brief is an app for browsing command-line cheatsheets written in Python, using GTK4 and Libadwaita.

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