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wol.rs – Wake On LAN library and command line tool

October 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wol.rs is a Wake On LAN magic packet command line tool and crate.

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Jig – Git pre-commit hook on steroids

October 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Jig is a command line tool and framework for getting more from the Git pre-commit hook.

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SSD

colordf – colored and configurable version of df

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

colordf is a colored and configurable version of df, forked from cdf.

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OAS-Kit – convert Swagger 2.0 definitions to OpenAPI 3.0

October 13, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

OAS-Kit converts Swagger 2.0 definitions to OpenAPI 3.0 and resolve/validate/lint.

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rust-df – simple df like utility in Rust

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rust-df (rdf) is a very simple tool that displays output like the df utility, but it’s written in the Rust language.

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di – disk information tool

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

di is a disk information utility, displaying everything (and more) that your df command does.

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hk – git hook manager and project linting tool

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

hk is a git hook manager and project linting tool with an emphasis on performance.

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OWLEN – terminal User Interface LLM client for Ollama

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific, TUI

OWLEN is a Rust-powered, terminal-first interface for interacting with local large language models.

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MangaSharp – CLI manga downloader and reader

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Other

MangaSharp is a CLI that supports downloading manga and other comics from a variety of sites.

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Typesetting Tools

Hayagriva – bibliography management

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education

Hayagriva is a tool that can help you or your apps deal with literature and other media. Use as a library or as a Command Line Interface.

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System administration

In-a-dyn – small and simple Dynamic DNS, DDNS, client

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

In-a-dyn is a small and simple Dynamic DNS, DDNS, client with HTTPS support.

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Pomodorolm – simple time tracker

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Pomodorolm is a simple, good looking and configurable pomodoro tracker with tray icon. It’s written in Elm and Rust.

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Git Clients

pre-commit – framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

pre-commit is a framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks written in Python.pre-commit is a framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

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Git Clients

lefthook – Git hooks manager

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

lefthook is a Git hooks manager for Node.js, Ruby, Python and many other types of projects.

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Manga

ahoviewer – image viewer, manga reader, and booru browser

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Other

ahoviewer is a GTK image viewer, manga reader, and booru browser.

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System administration

dnsupdate – modern and flexible dynamic DNS client

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dnsupdate is a dynamic DNS client that has first-class support for IPv6 and aims to be easily configurable

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Compression

ouch – compress and decompress files and directories

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ouch is a command-line interface tool for compressing and decompressing for various formats.

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Selection of utilities

ntfy – simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

With ntfy you can send notifications to your phone or desktop via scripts from any computer

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Game Tools

KHangMan – based on the well-known hangman game

October 10, 2025 Steve Emms Games

KHangMan is a game based on the well-known hangman game. It is aimed at children aged six and over.

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System administration

GoDNS – dynamic DNS (DDNS) client tool

October 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

GoDNS is a cross-platform dynamic DNS (DDNS) client tool written in the Go programming language.

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