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Git Clients

wtp – enhanced Git worktree management

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

wtp (Worktree Plus) is a powerful Git worktree management tool that extends git’s worktree functionality

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Linux

LazyCat Terminal – terminal emulator

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

LazyCat Terminal is billed as a high-performance terminal emulator with multi-tab, split-pane, and transparent background support

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Chihaya – BitTorrent tracker

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Chihaya is built for developers looking to integrate BitTorrent into a preexisting production environment.

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CPU

pdpmake – public domain implementation of make

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Software

pdpmake is a public domain implementation of make which follows the POSIX standard.

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Modular Font Editor K – modular font editor

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

MFEKglif is a Glyph editor for the Modular Font Editor K project.

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Lixplore-cli – Academic literature search & export CLI tool

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, TUI

Lixplore-cli is a Unix-inspired command-line tool for searching scientific literature, built for terminal enthusiasts

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Typing

retype – typing practice

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

retype is a typing practice application. Type along to epub books.

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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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Git Clients

LazyWorktree – Git worktree management for the terminal

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

LazyWorktree is a BubbleTea-based Terminal User Interface designed for efficient Git worktree management.

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Password manager

Passy – offline password manager with cross-platform synchronization

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Passy is an offline password manager with cross-platfrom synchronization. It’s written in Dart.

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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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Task Manager

Finitodo – graphical task/todo list manager

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Finitodo is a graphical task/todo list manager that aims to be flexible and capable without being overly complicated.

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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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Image of Files

10 Best Free and Open Source Qt File Managers

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

This article focus on the finest Qt file managers. We include the best free and open source software written with this toolkit.

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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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Font Tools

Slice – create custom font design spaces

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Slice is a cross-platform GUI app that generates fonts with custom design sub-spaces from variable font inputs.

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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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