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Database

sling – slings from a data source to a data target

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Database

Sling offers an easy solution to create and maintain small to medium volume data pipelines using the Extract & Load (EL) approach.

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Search

Vespa – AI search platform

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Vespa is an AI Search Platform for developing and operating large-scale applications that combine big data, vector search, machine-learned ranking, and real-time inference.

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Backup software

Plakar – scalable backup solution

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Plakar provides a powerful, and scalable backup solution. Besides file-level backups it captures application data with its full context.

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OpenSearch – enterprise-grade search and observability suite

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

OpenSearch is a community-driven search and analytics suite that makes it easy to ingest, search, visualize, and analyze data.

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Git Clients

gitlogue – cinematic Git commit replay tool

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

gitlogue is a cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story.

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Say – terminal‑first voice and video call utility

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

Say is a terminal‑first voice and video call utility that builds an embedded Yggdrasil node via ygg and speaks directly to other peers over the Ygg overlay network.

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Platform Games

AAAAXY – nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms Games

AAAAXY is a nonlinear 2D puzzle platformer taking place in impossible spaces. Although your general goal is reaching the surprising end of the game, you are encouraged to set your own goals while playing. Exploration will be rewarded, and secrets

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New York

lukaj – interactive diff tool for SVG images

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

lukaj is an interactive diff tool for SVG images written in Rust.

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rework – plugin framework for CSS preprocessing

December 14, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

rework is a plugin framework for CSS preprocessing. CSS manipulations built on css, allowing you to automate vendor prefixing

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aqua – declarative CLI version manager

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

aqua is a declarative CLI version manager written in Go. It works as a single binary.

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System administration

dnspyre – command-line DNS benchmark tool

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnspyre is a command-line DNS benchmark tool built to stress test and measure the performance of DNS servers.

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Automation

snipt – text snippet expansion tool

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

snipt is a powerful text snippet expansion tool that boosts your productivity by replacing short text shortcuts with longer content.

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Cloud storage

g1c – Google Cloud Instances Terminal UI Manager

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

g1c is a terminal user interface for monitoring and managing Google Cloud Instances.

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Git Clients

pygitzen – Python-native terminal-based Git client

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

pygitzen lets you navigate and manage your Git repositories with a beautiful TUI interface inspired by LazyGit.

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SQL

ChartDB – web-based database diagramming editor

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Database, Web Apps

ChartDB is a powerful, web-based database diagramming editor. Instantly visualize your database schema with a single “Smart Query.”

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Find Duplicates

hgrep – grep with human-friendly search output

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hgrep is a grep tool to search files with a given pattern and print the matched code snippets with human-friendly syntax highlighting.

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Encryption software

LibrePGP – updated specification of the OpenPGP encryption standard

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

LibrePGP wants to preserve the core principles of openness and compatibility.

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Git Clients

prek – reimagined version of pre-commit

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

prek is a reimagined version of pre-commit, built in Rust. It is designed to be a faster, dependency-free and drop-in alternative

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cdncheck – detect various technology for a given IP address

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

cdncheck is a tool for identifying the technology associated with dns / ip network addresses.

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Notes

NotNative – modern note-taking app

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

NotNative is a modern note-taking app built for Linux with Vim-like editing, AI chat, MCP automation, and YouTube integration.

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