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Task Manager

chop – CLI todo manager

January 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

chop is a stream filter for todo lists. Like sed or sort, but for todos.

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044-time management

pomo – simple customizable Pomodoro timer

January 3, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

pomo is a simple, customizable Pomodoro timer for your terminal, built with Bubble Tea.

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SQL

sqlit – lazygit of SQL databases

January 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents, TUI

sqlit supports all major databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, MariaDB, FirebirdSQL, Oracle, DuckDB, CockroachDB, and more.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

SoS – data collection tool

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

SoS is an extensible, portable, support data collection tool primarily aimed at Linux distributions and other UNIX-like operating systems.

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Best Free IRC

zuse – terminal IRC client

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

ZUSE is a sleek, minimal IRC client for your terminal. Built with Go and powered by the elegant Bubble Tea framework.

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SSH

OpenSSH GUI – graphical frontend

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

OpenSSH GUI is a frontend for managing your SSH Keys – on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Git Clients

Garden – command runner and multi-repo Git configuration tool

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Garden helps you create development workflows over collections of self-contained, loosely-coupled and inter-dependent Git worktrees.

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FTP Client

FTPGrab – grah files from FTP or SFTP servers

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

FTPGrab is a CLI application written in Go and delivered as a single executable (and a Docker image) to grab your files from a remote FTP or SFTP server to your NAS, server or computer. With Go, this can be

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Clipboard

nocb – nearly optimal clipboard manager

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

nocb describes itself as a nearly optimal clipboard manager – fast, compressed, hash-based storage.

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Backup software

mackup – keeps application settings in sync

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mackup is a tool for backup and keeping your application settings in sync.

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Application Launchers

SimplyToast – startup and background process manager

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

SimplyToast is a minimal, fast, and visually clean tool designed to give you full control over startup applications, background processes, and more.

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Wallpaper Setter

gSlapper – wallpaper utility

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

gSlapper is a wallpaper utility for Wayland that combines the best of swww and mpvpaper by allowing both static and video wallpapers.

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Email

Modoboa – mail hosting and management platform

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Modoboa is a mail hosting and management platform including a modern and simplified Web User Interface.

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Selection of utilities

orphanhunter – identify and remove orphaned packages

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

OrphanHunter is a lightweight utility for Arch Linux designed to identify and remove orphaned packages and files that clutter your system

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Data Science

Alchemist – extensible simulator for pervasive computing

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

Alchemist is a simulator for pervasive, aggregate, and nature-inspired computing.

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Command Schedulers

Cronicle – multi-server task scheduler and runner

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

Cronicle is a multi-server task scheduler and runner, with a web based front-end UI.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: December 2025 Updates

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms Software

December 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Text Editor

Dawn – lightweight document drafter

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

Dawn is a distraction-free writing environment with live markdown rendering.

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Pyroscope – continuous profiling platform

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Pyroscope is a continuous profiling platform designed to surface performance insights from your applications.

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Shooter Games

Rare – graphical interface for Legendary

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Rare is a graphical interface for Legendary, a command line alternative to Epic Games launcher, written in PySide6.

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