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Holloway’s Upscaler – command-line image and video enlargement

August 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Scientific

Holloway’s Upscaler enlarges images and video with Real-ESRGAN models, FFmpeg integration, format choices and resumable workflows.

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Git Clients

gita – manage multiple Git repositories

August 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

gita manages multiple Git repositories from the terminal, showing status across projects and running Git or shell commands in batches.

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Essential System Utils

psrecord – record the CPU and memory activity of a process

August 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

psrecord monitors process CPU and memory usage, recording time-series data, CSV logs and plots, with optional child-process tracking.

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vacuum – OpenAPI, AsyncAPI and JSON Schema linter

August 7, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

vacuum is a fast OpenAPI linter for Linux with Spectral rulesets, JSON Schema and AsyncAPI checks, reports, and an interactive dashboard.

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Coding

mypy – static type checker for Python

August 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Mypy adds gradual static typing to Python projects, with generics, strict checks, incremental analysis and an extensible plugin system.

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Coding

Prospector – unified Python source code analysis

August 1, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Prospector runs Python linters to identify errors, style violations and complexity problems, with configurable profiles and reports.

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Bandit – find security issues in Python code

July 31, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Bandit scans Python source code for common security issues using AST analysis, severity ratings and configurable checks for CI workflows.

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Security

PurrCrypt – file encryption wrapped in cat and dog sounds

July 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

PurrCrypt is a Rust command-line encryption tool that combines secp256k1 public-key cryptography with cat and dog themed text encoding.

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Coding

Pylint – comprehensive static code analyser for Python

July 29, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Pylint analyses Python code for errors, code smells and coding conventions. Explore its checks, configuration, plugin system and reports.

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Flake8 – extensible Python linting framework

July 26, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Flake8 combines Pyflakes, pycodestyle and McCabe checks in one Python linter, with a rich plugin ecosystem and configurable diagnostics.

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ERB Lint – linter for ERB and HTML templates

July 24, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

ERB Lint checks ERB and HTML templates using built-in or custom linters, with configurable rules, and RuboCop integration.

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RuboCop – Ruby static code analyzer and formatter

July 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

RuboCop is a static code analyzer and formatter with autocorrection, extensive configuration, multiple output formats and editor support.

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Reek – code smell detector for Ruby

July 21, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Reek examines Ruby classes, modules and methods for code smells, with configurable detectors, multiple output formats and editor integrations.

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YouTube

ytcc – track video playlists and podcast subscriptions

July 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

ytcc tracks new videos and podcasts from subscribed playlists, with watched status, terminal playback, downloads, and RSS output.

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Encrypted Files

v02enc – symmetric encryption for multiple recipients

July 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

v02enc is a password-based command-line encryption tool supporting multiple recipients, authenticated encryption and file workflows

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System administration

DNSControl – infrastructure as code for DNS

July 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

DNSControl manages DNS as code with a JavaScript-compatible DSL, provider plugins, previews, Git workflows and automated deployment.

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Password manager

SpicyPass – lightweight offline password manager

June 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

SpicyPass is an offline password manager with command-line and graphical interfaces, encryption, idle locking and password generation.

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Password manager

pa – lightweight password manager using age encryption

June 25, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pa is a lightweight password manager using age encryption, automatic Git tracking, multiple recipients and straightforward shell commands.

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VersaTiles – process and serve map tiles

May 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

VersaTiles is a Rust toolkit for converting, processing, validating, storing, and serving vector and raster map tile data.

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Git Clients

Git Interactive Rebase Tool – terminal sequence editor for Git

April 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

Git Interactive Rebase Tool provides a terminal sequence editor for Git rebase with visual editing, reordering, diffs and advanced actions.

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