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Picat – logic-based multi-paradigm programming language

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Picat is a simple, and yet powerful, logic-based multi-paradigm programming language aimed for general-purpose applications.

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Password manager

spw – generate secure passwords

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

spw lets you generate secure passwords using multiple algorithms with hardware RNG support.

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Annobin – binary annotation and examination package

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Annobin is a binary annotation and examination package. It consists of two main parts: plugins and annocheck.

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Roguelike Games

Shadow of the Wyrm – single player, traditional roguelike

December 20, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Shadow of the Wyrm is a single player, traditional roguelike. You play a shipwrecked adventurer, washed up on the shore of an island far from home.

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Circuit board

UniFetch – fork of Neofetch

December 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

UniFetch is a command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+, forked from Neofetch.

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XGo – AI-native programming language

December 20, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

XGo is programming that reads like plain English. But it’s also incredibly powerful — it lets you leverage assets from C/C++, Go, Python +

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Video Editing

buttery – video editor with manual motion smoothing

December 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

buttery is a video editor with manual motion smoothing. buttery generates continuous GIF loops.

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Blog Applications

Gibson – serve your own blog in markdown

December 20, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

Gibson is a little project to serve your own blog in markdown. It has been inspired by Bloggr.

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Scan Tailor Advanced – interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

ScanTailor Advanced merges the features of the ScanTailor Featured and ScanTailor Enhanced versions, brings new ones and fixes.

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Resterm – terminal-based REST/GraphQL/gRPC/WebSocket/SSE client

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Resterm is a terminal client for working with HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket and SSE. No cloud sync, no signups, no heavy desktop app.

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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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Software

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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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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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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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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