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Git Clients

Desktop Plus – fork of GitHub Desktop

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Desktop Plus is a Git client with advanced functionality and Bitbucket integration. This is an up-to-date fork of GitHub Desktop.

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Valot – modern time tracking application

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Valot is designed for developers, freelancers, and professionals who need to track their work time efficiently.

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Vulnerability Detection

ZAP – web app scanner

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms Security, Web Apps

ZAP can help you automatically find security vulnerabilities in your web applications while you are developing and testing your applications.

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MangaYouKnow – manga reader

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

MangaYouKnow is billed as a clean manga reader with the purpose of letting you know each chapter the moment its out.

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Encryption software

Vault – tool for securely accessing secrets

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms Security

Secure, store, and tightly control access to tokens, passwords, certificates, encryption keys for protecting secrets.

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Task Manager

Todo TUI – Vim-like TUI that honors the simplicity of todo.txt

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Todo TUI lets you navigate with intuitive, familiar keybindings (j, k, etc.)

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Task Manager

Judo – terminal-based todo list application

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Judo is a simple TUI for managing todo lists. You can create multiple lists, add items to them, mark items as complete, and delete items.

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System administration

wig – simple and lightweight DNS client

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wig is a simple and lightweight DNS client written in the C language.

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Unyo – anime streaming and manga reader

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Unyo is a desktop application (inspired from Dantotsu) where you can watch and read your favourite animes and mangas.

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Book

webdav – simple and standalone WebDAV server

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

webdav is a simple and standalone WebDAV server written in the Go programming language.

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System administration

ddclient – update dynamic DNS entries

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on many dynamic DNS services. It uses curl for internet access.

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Security

InterceptSuite – network traffic interception tool

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Security

InterceptSuite is a network traffic interception tool engineered for comprehensive TLS/SSL inspection, analysis, and manipulation.

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Game Tools

Principia – sandbox physics game

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Principia is a physics-based sandbox building game. Build and play advanced contraptions, circuiting, minigames, robot adventures and more.

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Manga

Korai – manga reader

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Korai is billed as a next generation manga reader.

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Mixer

PAMix – audio mixer

October 2, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

PAMix is an ncurses/curses pulseaudio mixer written in C similar to pavucontrol.

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System administration

awl – DNS lookup tool

October 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

awl is a command-line DNS lookup tool that supports DNS queries over UDP, TCP, TLS, HTTPS, DNSCrypt, and QUIC.

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JHenTai – cross-platform manga app

October 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

JHenTai is a manga app for E-Hentai, supporting Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows.

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Text Editor

moe – command-line editor inspired by Vim

October 2, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

moe is a command line based editor inspired by Vim written in Nim.

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Mixer

ncpamixer – ncurses PulseAudio Mixer

October 2, 2025 Steve Emms Software

ncpamixer is an ncurses mixer for PulseAudio inspired by pavucontrol.

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Coding

CGDB – lightweight console frontend to the GNU debugger

October 1, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

CGDB is a very lightweight console frontend to the GNU debugger. It provides a split screen interface showing the GDB session below and the program’s source code above. The interface is modelled after vim’s, so vim users should feel right

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