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Yesser Calculator – extensible calculator

October 21, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Yesser Calculator is an extensible calculator app made using .NET and Avalonia.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Nanocoder – local-first CLI coding agent

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Nanocoder is a local-first CLI coding agent that brings the power of agentic coding tools like Claude Code and Gemini CLI to local models

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Files

Jimmy – convert your notes to Markdown

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, TUI

Jimmy is a tool to convert your notes from different formats to Markdown. It has both a CLI and TUI.

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Business Intelligence

Rill – operational BI tool

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

For data consumers, Rill ensures reliable, fast-loading dashboards with accurate, real-time metrics.

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Selection of utilities

Dinfo – detailed information about a directory

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Dinfo (Directory Info) is a C# tool that provides detailed information about a directory.

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teleport – modern SSH server

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Teleport provides connectivity, authentication, access controls and audit for infrastructure.

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Linux Distributions

CRUX – lightweight Linux distribution

October 20, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

CRUX is a lightweight Linux distribution for the x86-64 architecture targeted at experienced Linux users.

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Music

Kalorite – lightweight audio player

October 20, 2025 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia

Kalorite is a small-size Qt6 audio player that aims to be modern and easy-to-use made for the developer’s needs to use on KDE.

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fortbite – command-line calculator

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

fortbite is a command-line calculator written in Fortran that handles arbitrary precision arithmetic, complex numbers, and matrices.

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Annotation tool

Draw Pen – simple screen annotation

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Draw Pen is a simple screen annotation tool that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Text Editor

Scratchmark – organized Markdown editor

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Scratchmark is an organized Markdown editor designed for note keeping and writing. It’s intended to become a spiritual successor to ThiefMD. This is free and open source software. Website: github.com/sevonj/scratchmark Support: Developer: Sevonj License: GNU General Public License v3.0 Scratchmark

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DNA

trackplot – visualize various next-generation sequencing data

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

trackplot is a tool for visualizing DNA-seq, RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq and full-length sequencing datasets.

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ssh2incus – SSH server for Incus instances

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

ssh2incus provides a full-featured SSH server that connects directly to Incus containers and virtual machines.

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Web Browsers

wyeb – vim-like webkit2gtk web browser

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

wyeb is a vim-like webkit2gtk web browser. wyeb is inspired by dwb and luakit, so basically usage is similar to them.

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Game Tools

Anagramarama – make words from a jumble of letters

October 18, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Anagramarama is a simple wordgame. Guess all the different permutations of a scrambled word which form another word within the time limit.

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ssh3 – faster and rich secure shell using HTTP/3

October 18, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

SSH3 is a complete revisit of the SSH protocol, mapping its semantics on top of the HTTP mechanisms.

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Selection of utilities

DOSBox Staging – DOS/x86 emulator with advanced features

October 18, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators

DOSBox Staging is a modern continuation of DOSBox with advanced features and current development practices.

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DNA

HiGlass – tool for exploring and compare genomic contact matrices and tracks

October 18, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

HiGlass is a web-based viewer for datasets too large to view at once.

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Singing

LRCGET – download synced LRC lyrics

October 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

LRCGET is a utility for mass-downloading LRC synced lyrics for your offline music library.

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System administration

dyndnsc – dynamic dns update client

October 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dyndnsc is a command line client for sending updates to dynamic dns (ddns, dyndns) services.

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