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Encryption

agevault – directory encryption using age

September 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

agevault is a simple command-line directory encryption tool built around age, using passphrase-protected identities to lock and unlock vaults.

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step-ca – online certificate authority for automated certificate management

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms Security

step-ca is an automated certificate authority for managing X.509 and SSH certificates, ACME services and private PKI.

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Syft – generate Software Bills of Materials

September 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Syft generates Software Bills of Materials from container images, filesystems and archives, with support for SPDX, CycloneDX and attestations.

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File Managers

SafeBucket – on-premises file sharing platform

September 14, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

SafeBucket is a self-hosted file sharing platform with direct storage transfers, public links, RBAC, OIDC, MFA, auditing and pluggable infrastructure.

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Security

Directory Checksum – recursively hash directory contents

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Directory Checksum recursively hashes directory contents to identify changes and help diagnose Docker, BuildKit, and other OCI build-cache issues.

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Security

bitrat – fast multi-algorithm file checksum tool

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

bitrat is a fast command-line checksum tool supporting multiple hash algorithms, HMAC, parallel processing, and nested file hierarchies.

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Static Site Generator

Gojekyll – Jekyll-compatible static site generator

September 13, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Gojekyll is a Go implementation of a Jekyll-compatible static site generator with Liquid templates, Sass, live reload, file watching, and incremental builds.

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h0neytr4p – configurable web honeypot for reconnaissance and exploits

September 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

h0neytr4p is a configurable web honeypot that lets defenders create traps for reconnaissance and exploit attempts without deploying vulnerable applications.

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File Managers

Gokapi – self-hosted temporary file sharing service

September 11, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Gokapi is a self-hosted file sharing service with expiring links, encryption, file requests, user roles, S3 storage and OpenID Connect.

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Watchtower – terminal-based global intelligence dashboard

September 10, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Watchtower is a terminal dashboard combining global news, markets, local information and optional AI-generated intelligence briefs.

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File Managers

LocalGo – LocalSend-compatible command-line file sharing

September 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

LocalGo is a LocalSend-compatible CLI for secure local file transfers, device discovery, clipboard sharing, web downloads and headless operation.

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Security

Talisman – detect sensitive data before Git commits

September 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Talisman scans Git changesets for passwords, tokens, private keys and other sensitive data before they are committed or pushed.

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Security

Gitleaks – detect secrets in Git repositories and files

September 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Gitleaks scans Git repositories, files and standard input for passwords, API keys, tokens and other hard-coded secrets in source code.

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Configuration Management

Serf – decentralized service discovery and orchestration

September 6, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Serf is a lightweight, masterless command-line tool and Go library for decentralized service discovery, cluster membership and orchestration.

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System administration

SDNS – recursive DNS resolver with DNSSEC validation

September 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

SDNS is a recursive DNS resolver written in Go with DNSSEC validation, encrypted DNS transports, policy controls and operational monitoring.

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Network

justray – modern VPN client for the terminal

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

justray is a terminal VPN client with TUI and CLI interfaces, broad protocol support, subscriptions, TUN mode, proxy mode, and node testing.

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Bookmark manager tool

Omnom – self-hosted web content preservation service

September 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Omnom is a self-hosted web content preservation service that combines bookmarking, feed aggregation and Fediverse support.

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Bookmark manager tool

Readeck – self-hosted read-it-later application

September 1, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Readeck is a self-hosted read-it-later app for saving, organising, searching and annotating web content, with EPUB export and browser extensions

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JSON Tools

Dasel – query, modify and transform structured data

August 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Dasel is a command-line tool for querying, modifying and transforming structured data. It provides a unified syntax.

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Art

Bit – terminal-based ANSI logo designer

August 30, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Bit is a terminal-based ANSI logo designer and bitmap-font utility for creating stylised text.

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