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Documents

pls – modern alternative to ls

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pls is a modern alternative to ls that offers cleaner, more colourful output with sensible defaults and extensive customisation.

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Passive OS Fingerprinting

MuonFP – enterprise-ready passive TCP fingerprinter

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Security

MuonFP identifies and classifies network traffic from TCP packet characteristics.

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Video

Soia – modern media player built on mpv

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Soia is a modern media player built on mpv. It provides a clean interface for watching local media and streaming from network sources.

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Documents

Carelo – dual-pane file manager for Linux

June 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Carelo is fast, local-first file management with dual panes, previews, remotes, and custom tools.

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Bitcoin

Liana – Bitcoin wallet

June 29, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, GUI

Liana is a Bitcoin wallet designed around timelocked recovery policies.

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Selection of utilities

swpui – find and replace text across files

June 28, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

swpui is a terminal user interface utility for finding and replacing text across files.

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Rustmission – terminal user interface for managing a Transmission daemon

June 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Rustmission is a terminal user interface for managing a Transmission daemon.

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Files

Leaf – terminal Markdown previewer

June 28, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Leaf is a terminal Markdown previewer that aims to provide a polished, GUI-like reading and navigation experience from the command line.

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Cloud storage

RClone Manager – graphical interface for managing Rclone remotes

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

RClone Manager provides a desktop application for browsing cloud storage, transferring files, mounting remotes, serving content.

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Music

FolderPlay – minimalist music player for local music collections

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Built with Rust and GTK4, FolderPlay is designed for listeners who organise their audio by folders.

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Text Editor

SoloMD – local-first Markdown editor

June 26, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

SoloMD is a local-first Markdown editor for managing plain Markdown notes and knowledge bases.

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Text Editor

red – modern modal text editor written in Rust

June 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

red is a modern modal text editor written in Rust. It offers a Vim-inspired editing model together with code-oriented features.

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Selection of utilities

DepsGuard – harden your package manager config

June 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

DepsGuard is a command-line utility that hardens package manager configuration files against supply chain attacks.

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Git Clients

Oyui – modern TUI merge tool and staging interface for Jujutsu and Git

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Oyui is a terminal user interface for reviewing, editing, and staging diffs in Jujutsu and Git.

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Notes

clin – terminal note management application inspired by Obsidian

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

clin provides a compact TUI environment for creating, editing, browsing, searching, and organising Markdown notes.

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gistui – terminal UI for managing GitHub Gists

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

gistui is a terminal user interface for managing GitHub Gists.

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Monitor System

SysWatch – single-host system diagnostics in your terminal

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

SysWatch is a terminal-based system diagnostics application for Linux and macOS.

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Text Editor

Croft – VS Code inspired terminal user interface text editor

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Croft is a VS Code inspired terminal user interface text editor designed for developers who want a familiar project editing environment.

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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

gnfetch – Linux system information tool

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

gnfetch is a Linux system information tool written in Rust. It offers an alternative to neofetch and fastfetch.

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Herdr – terminal-based agent multiplexer

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Herdr is a terminal-based agent multiplexer designed for managing coding agents and terminal processes in one persistent workspace.

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