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DNA

D-GENIES – interactive dot plots for genome comparisons

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

D-GENIES compares large genome assemblies with interactive dot plots, revealing sequence rearrangements, inversions and repeated regions.

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Anti-Malware Tools

Paranoya – IOC and YARA malware scanner

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Paranoya is an IOC and YARA scanner that checks files and directories for suspicious and malicious content.

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Rebiber – replace unofficial BibTeX entries with official record

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education

Rebiber replaces unofficial BibTeX entries with official DBLP or ACL Anthology records while retaining citation keys.

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complexipy – fast cognitive complexity analyser for Python

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

complexipy measures cognitive complexity in Python code, identifying difficult functions and regressions with fast Rust-based analysis.

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Zuban – fast Python type checker and language server

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Zuban is a fast Rust-based Python type checker with Mypy compatibility, incremental analysis and language server support for editors.

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Web

Timekpr-nExT – control computer usage

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Timekpr-nExT is a Linux screen-time manager for setting daily, weekly and monthly limits, schedules and application restrictions.

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DNSDiag – DNS measurement, troubleshooting and security auditing tools

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

DNSDiag provides command-line tools for DNS latency measurement, route tracing, resolver comparison, DNSSEC checks and security auditing.

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DevOps

PINCE – powerful GDB front-end and reverse engineering tool

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

PINCE is a feature-rich GDB front-end for debugging and reverse engineering with memory scanning, tracing and code injection.

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Database

iRedis – interactive Redis command-line client

October 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Database, Documents

iRedis is an interactive Redis client with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, command hints, history and rich command-line editing.

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Tach – enforce dependencies and interfaces in Python projects

October 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Tach is a Rust-powered tool for defining and enforcing dependencies, interfaces and architectural boundaries within Python projects.

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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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Arid – fast duplicate-code checker for Python

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Arid is a fast duplicate-code checker for Python projects written in Rust, with configurable analysis, baselines and CI-friendly reports.

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DNSViz – analyse and visualise DNS and DNSSEC behaviour

October 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

DNSViz analyses DNS and DNSSEC behaviour, captures query data, assesses problems, and generates textual or graphical reports.

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Flashcards

Lingueez – desktop vocabulary trainer for language learning

September 30, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Lingueez is a desktop vocabulary trainer with flashcards, translation, text-to-speech, reading tools, quizzes, progress tracking and sync.

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Log Analyzers

Matomo Log Analytics – import server logs into Matomo

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Matomo Log Analytics imports web server access logs into Matomo for server-side visitor analytics, with broad log format and automation support.

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Ratio – WCAG colour contrast checker

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Ratio is a colour-contrast checker that validates foreground and background combinations against key WCAG accessibility requirements.

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Server

vsFetch – graphical Linux system information viewer

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

vsFetch is a GTK graphical system information viewer for Linux with hardware details, desktop data, themes, layouts and animations.

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TV

Bing-r – desktop IPTV and media player

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Bing-r is a desktop IPTV and media player for M3U playlists, live TV, VOD, channel filtering, favourites and hardware-accelerated playback.

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Color tool

Colorice – wallpaper-driven Linux colour scheme generator

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI

Colorice generates wallpaper-driven Linux colour schemes in Oklab, enforces readable contrast, and applies palettes through configurable templates.

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pywal16 – generate and change colour schemes on the fly

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

pywal16 generates 16-colour palettes from images and applies them across Linux desktops, terminals and applications using flexible templates.

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