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Chat

rirc – terminal-based IRC client

November 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

rirc is a minimalistic IRC client written in the C programming language.

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SSD

dut – disk usage calculator

November 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

By default, dut will output a tree of the biggest directories it finds under your current directory.

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System Administration

asroot – simpler alternative to sudo and doas

November 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

asroot is a command-line utility to run a process as the root user. It’s written in the C language

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Chat

insomnia – frontend for the hii IRC client

November 3, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

insomnia is a collection of small programs and scripts connected using tmux to create a simple irssi-like text-based user interface for hii.

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Groupware

kirc – tiny IRC client

November 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

kirc is an extremely fast and simple IRC client designed with portability in mind.

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mod_dav – Apache Module for WebDAV

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

mod_dav provides class 1 and class 2 WebDAV (‘Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning’) functionality for Apache.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Shimmy – lightweight OpenAI API server

October 29, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

Shimmy is a 4.8MB single-binary that provides 100% OpenAI-compatible endpoints for GGUF models.

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Selection of utilities

mtr085 – full screen ncurses traceroute tool

October 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

mtr combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping programs in a single network diagnostic tool.

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Yesser Calculator – extensible calculator

October 21, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Yesser Calculator is an extensible calculator app made using .NET and Avalonia.

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Selection of utilities

Dinfo – detailed information about a directory

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Dinfo (Directory Info) is a C# tool that provides detailed information about a directory.

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Web Browsers

wyeb – vim-like webkit2gtk web browser

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

wyeb is a vim-like webkit2gtk web browser. wyeb is inspired by dwb and luakit, so basically usage is similar to them.

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Game Tools

Anagramarama – make words from a jumble of letters

October 18, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Anagramarama is a simple wordgame. Guess all the different permutations of a scrambled word which form another word within the time limit.

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Archive Manager

HTTPDirFS – HTTP Directory Filesystem

October 18, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

HTTPDirFS is a filesystem which allows you to mount HTTP directory listings or a single file, with a permanent cache.

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TinySSH – minimalistic SSH server

October 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

tinysshd is a minimalistic SSH server which implements only a subset of SSHv2 features.

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Desktop

Mending Wall – fixes common problems when using more than one desktop environment

October 15, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, GUI, Utilities

Mending Wall is a Linux application to fix issues when hopping between multiple desktop environments.

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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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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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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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Image showing an example of pixel artwork

PixiEditor – universal 2D editor

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

PixiEditor is a universal 2D editor that was made to provide you with tools and features for all your 2D needs.

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System administration

wig – simple and lightweight DNS client

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wig is a simple and lightweight DNS client written in the C language.

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