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rdapper – RDAP and WHOIS domain registration library

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

rdapper normalizes domain registration data with RDAP-first lookups, WHOIS fallback, registrar details, DNSSEC and availability helpers.

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Uniplot – lightweight terminal plotting library for Python

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, TUI

Uniplot is aimed at users who need quick visualisation without relying on graphical desktop dependencies or notebook-only workflows.

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Framework

iocraft – craft CLIs, TUIs, and text-based IO

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

iocraft is a library for crafting beautiful text output and interfaces for the terminal or logs.

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Framework

tui-input – library supporting multiple backends

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

tui-input is a TUI input library supporting multiple backends. This crate can be used with tui-rs and ratatui.

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Crossterm – terminal manipulation library

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Crossterm is a pure-rust, terminal manipulation library that makes it possible to write cross-platform text-based interfaces.

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Zaz – terminal manipulation library

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Zaz is a terminal manipulation library for Rust and C/FFI bindings for other languages.

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pdfcpu – PDF processing library

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pdfcpu is a PDF processing library written in Go that supports encryption and offers both an API and a command-line interface (CLI).

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Ratatui – create terminal user interfaces

January 21, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Ratatui is a Rust crate for cooking up TUIs. It provides a simple and flexible way to create text-based user interfaces.

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RQ – simple Python library

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

RQ (Redis Queue) is a simple Python library for queueing jobs and processing them in the background with workers.

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Wangle – networking library

July 31, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Wangle is a library that makes it easy to build protocols, application clients, and application servers.

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WebRTC

Elixir WebRTC – implementation of the W3C WebRTC API

May 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Elixir WebRTC implements the W3C WebRTC API in Elixir, supporting audio, video, ICE, DTLS, RTP and optional DataChannels.

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WebRTC

str0m – Sans I/O WebRTC implementation

May 2, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

str0m is a Sans I/O WebRTC implementation in Rust with no internal networking or async runtime, giving applications control over I/O.

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WebRTC

Pion – pure Go implementation of WebRTC

May 1, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Pion WebRTC is a pure Go implementation of the WebRTC API with ICE, DTLS, SRTP, DataChannels, audio, video and broad platform support.

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FTP Client

SuppaFTP – FTP and FTPS client library for Rust

April 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

SuppaFTP is a Rust FTP and FTPS client library with sync and async APIs, active and passive modes, TLS backends and a built-in CLI.

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PDF

JasperReports – Java business reporting engine

April 11, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

JasperReports Library creates business reports with JRXML templates, subreports, charts, parameters and exports to PDF, HTML and Excel.

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QR Tools

libqrencode – C library for generating QR codes

February 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

libqrencode is a compact C library and command-line encoder for QR codes, supporting bitmap output, structured append and Micro QR symbols.

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Development Tools

SrTemplate – string template system

December 31, 2024 Eilidih Parris Programming

Mr. strings template (SrTemplate) is a library that allows you to render just text templates. It’s written in Rust.

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Front-end Frameworks

Picnic – lightweight CSS library

December 14, 2024 Eilidih Parris Web Apps

Picnic is a lightweight and beautiful library. It’s written in SCSS with many variables and classes (placeholders) to make it easy to extend.

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Development Tools

mogwai – view library for creating GUI applications

December 6, 2024 Eilidih Parris Programming

mogwai is a library for building asynchronous user interfaces.

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Development Tools

Draco – build client side web application

December 2, 2024 Eilidih Parris Programming

Draco is a Rust library for building client side web applications with Web Assembly.

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