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ytdl-sub – automate media downloads and metadata generation

October 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

ytdl-sub automates media downloads and metadata preparation for Kodi, Jellyfin and Plex with configurable subscriptions and presets.

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Git Clients

Autohook – lightweight Git hook manager

October 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Autohook uses a shell script to manage Git hooks, allowing teams to share project-specific or centralised checks through symbolic links.

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Server

Flatpak External Data Checker – monitor external manifest sources

October 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Flatpak External Data Checker finds stale or broken external sources in manifests and can suggest updated versions automatically.

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ExternalDNS – synchronize Kubernetes resources with DNS providers

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

ExternalDNS synchronizes Kubernetes resources with external DNS providers, automating record creation, updates and cleanup.

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dns-lexicon – manage DNS records across multiple providers

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

dns-lexicon provides a consistent CLI and Python API for creating, updating and deleting records across many DNS providers.

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quacc – automate quantum chemistry and materials science workflows

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

quacc automates quantum chemistry and materials science workflows across local systems, HPC resources and cloud infrastructure.

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27 Best Free and Open Source Test Automation Tools

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Test automation frameworks are a set of best practices, common tools, and libraries that help quality-assurance testers.

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Botfather – cross-platform automation framework

August 31, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity

Botfather is a cross-platform automation framework for scripting Android, desktop, and browser applications with JavaScript and image matching.

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Automation

Best Free and Open Source Visual Automation Tools

August 22, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

This article looks at software which provides a graphical user interface for automating desktop tasks.

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Process Automation

8 Best Free and Open Source Robotic Process Automation Tools

July 21, 2026 Steve Emms Office, Productivity, Programming, Roundup

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a business process automation technology that uses attended or unattended software bots.

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Calibre-Web Automated – ebook library automation

June 24, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Calibre-Web Automated manages ebook libraries with automatic importing, metadata lookup, format conversion, backups and device sync.

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Command Schedulers

Dkron – distributed job scheduling system

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

Dkron coordinates scheduled jobs across Linux clusters using leader failover, node targeting, retries, execution history, and an HTTP API.

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Command Schedulers

Dagu – lightweight workflow orchestration engine

June 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software, Utilities

Dagu orchestrates scheduled workflows with YAML definitions, retries, workers, a web interface, and file-backed execution history.

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Command Schedulers

Ofelia – job scheduler for Docker environments

June 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Utilities

Ofelia schedules Docker and host jobs using crontab expressions, labels or INI configuration, overlap controls, and notification hooks.

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BPM

Automatiko – workflow automation toolkit

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, System Software

Automatiko creates workflow-based services with BPMN, DMN and Serverless Workflow, supporting human tasks, retries and cloud functions.

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BPM

SpiffWorkflow – BPMN and DMN workflow engine

June 12, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, System Software

SpiffWorkflow executes BPMN workflows and DMN decisions, with timer events, sub-processes, task tracking and resumable workflow state.

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Server

Warewulf – stateless cluster provisioning system

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Warewulf simplifies deployment of high-performance computing clusters using network booting, centrally managed node images and configuration overlays.

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Server

Tinkerbell – automated bare metal provisioning engine

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Tinkerbell automates bare metal provisioning with network booting, hardware discovery, workflow orchestration and machine metadata services.

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Ironic – automated bare metal server management

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Ironic automates bare metal server provisioning through hardware inspection, remote management, operating system deployment and REST APIs.

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Server

MAAS – automated bare metal server provisioning

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

MAAS turns physical servers into manageable infrastructure resources with automated discovery, commissioning, deployment and networking.

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