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KeySmith – SSH key management

July 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

KeySmith provides an intuitive interface for generating, managing, and deploying SSH keys without needing to use command-line tools.

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Selection of utilities

Dotfiles Installer – install dotfiles with the minimum of fuss

July 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Take control of your dotfiles configurations with Dotfiles Installer, designed to make dotfile management seamless.

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opencu – minimalistic serial terminal emulator

July 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

opencu is serial terminal emulator. It’s a port of OpenBSD’s serial terminal emulator cu to Linux.

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Photo collection

Mapollage – photo kml generator for Google Earth

July 15, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics

Mapollage is a photo kml generator for Google Earth.

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LocalStack is a cloud service emulator

July 15, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

LocalStack is a cloud service emulator that runs in a single container on your laptop or in your CI environment.

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Selection of utilities

Sysdig – dig deeper

July 15, 2025 Steve Emms Security, System Software

Sysdig is a universal system visibility tool with native support for containers.

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Chess

minnow – simple and fairly weak chess engine

July 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Games

minnow is a chess engine with partial UCI compatibility, a 10×12 board representation with piece lists.

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Chess

Texel is a free chess engine

July 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Games

Texel applies many of the standard methods for computer chess programs, such as iterative deepening, negascout, aspiration windows…

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Data Science

HDF Compass – experimental viewer program for HDF5

July 14, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

HDF Compass is an experimental viewer program for HDF5 and related formats, designed to complement other more complex applications.

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Trusted-CGI – lightweight self-hosted lambda/applications/cgi/serverless-functions engine

July 13, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

Trusted-CGI is a lightweight runner for lambda functions/apps in CGI like mode.

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Gaming

X Minecraft Launcher – modern Minecraft launcher

July 13, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

X Minecraft Launcher is a feature-rich Minecraft launcher to manage resources like modpacks, resource packs, mods, and shader packs.

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ttysterm is a simple serial terminal

July 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ttysterm is a minimalist terminal program like *minicom* or *cu*.

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education

Hypatia – research tool for the Linux desktop

July 12, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Hypatia is a research tool for the Linux desktop. It’s designed to provide at-a-glance information about the topics you’re reading

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Warble

muttum – guess a word in few attempts

July 12, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

With muttum, pick a dictionary and try to find the random word.

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Education

Gradebook – keep track of your grades

July 11, 2025 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Gradebook is a simple tool that helps you keep track of your grades. This way you always know how you are doing in your courses.

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Files

Lorem – generate placeholder text

July 11, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Lorem is a simple app to generate the well-known Lorem Ipsum placeholder text.

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CuteCom – graphical serial terminal

July 11, 2025 Steve Emms Software

CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal that’s aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices.

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HTTP

IP Lookup – find info about an IP address.

July 11, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

IP Lookup is a simple GUI utility to look up details such as the internet provider and geographic location for an IP address.

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YouTube

Playlifin – sync YouTube playlists to Jellyfin

July 10, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia

Playlifin is a tool to convert a Youtube Music playlist to a Jellyfin playlist.

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Arcade Games

Asteroid Shooter – time-bound survival asteroid shooter

July 10, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Asteroid Shooter is a local 2-player spaceship asteroid survival game. Each game round lasts 120 seconds.

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