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Embellish – install nerd fonts

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Embellish is a user-friendly application designed for managing Nerd Fonts on your system.

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Linux Distributions

Vinari OS – Debian-based Linux distribution

September 18, 2025 Erik Karlsson Distro

Featuring the GNOME 43.9 desktop environment, it comes preloaded with essential development tools and everyday utilities.

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sshmate – simplify interactions with SSH servers

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

sshmate is a tool designed to simplify interactions with SSH servers. It provides an easy way to connect to servers.

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Cruise – Docker TUI client

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Cruise is a powerful, intuitive, and fully-featured TUI (Terminal User Interface) for interacting with Docker.

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micro-racing

Pixel Wheels – retro top-down race game

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Pixel Wheels is a retro top-down race game for Linux, macOS, Windows and Android.

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GPS

AAT Activity Tracker – GPS-tracking application

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

AAT is a GPS-tracking application for tracking sportive activities, with an emphasis on cycling.

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semgrep – static analysis for many languages

September 18, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Semgrep is a fast, open-source, static analysis tool that searches code, finds bugs, and enforces secure guardrails and coding standards

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Violations Lib – parse report files from static code analysis

September 17, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Violations Lib is a Java library for parsing report files like static code analysis.

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SSHR – TUI SSH manager

September 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

SSHR is a TUI for managing and connecting to SSH hosts. It’s written in Rust.

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Free and Open Source Board Games

Hunt – word search game

September 17, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Hunt is an easy word search game. You can play with or without a timer, or a blitz mode,

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PyMarkdown – Markdown linter

September 17, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Its parser aims to be highly compliant to both the GitHub Flavored Markdown specification and the CommonMark specification.

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Selection of utilities

Aurea – Flatpak metainfo banner previewer

September 17, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Aurea is a simple preview banner made to read metainfo files from Flatpak apps and represent them as they would on Flathub.

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Software

Octopi – powerful Pacman Qt frontend

September 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Octopi consists of a package browser, sudo helper, notifier, cache cleaner and repository editor.

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SKM – simple SSH keys manager

September 16, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

SKM is a simple and powerful SSH Keys Manager. It helps you to manage your multiple SSH keys easily.

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WallpaperDownloader

chwp – change background wallpaper from the command line

September 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

chwp is a Rust-based tool to change the wallpaper without leaving the command-line.

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Password Managers

Key Rack – view and edit passwords

September 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Key Rack allows you to view, create and edit secrets, such as passwords or tokens, stored by apps. It supports both Flatpak secrets and system-wide keyrings.

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ty – fast Python type checker

September 16, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

ty is a fast Python type checker and language server. ty will run on all Python files in the working directory and or subdirectories.

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Fourmolu – formatter for Haskell source code

September 15, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Fourmolu is a formatter for Haskell source code. It is a fork of Ormolu, with upstream improvements continually merged.

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Software

cylon – Arch Linux maintenance program

September 15, 2025 Steve Emms System Software, TUI, Utilities

cylon is a TUI (terminal user interface) which provides updates and maintains an Arch based Linux distribution.

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Synapse – Matrix homeserver

September 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Synapse is an open source Matrix homeserver implementation written in the Python programming language.

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