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Task Manager

rusk – cross-platform terminal task manager

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

rusk is a minimal cross-platform terminal task manager. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.

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Selection of utilities

Brioche – package manager

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Brioche is a package manager and build tool for building and running your most complex software projects.

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044-time management

timesup – simple cli timer with notifications

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

timesup is a simple cli timer with Linux notifications using notify-send.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

cmdcreate – create custom commands

December 18, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cmdcreate allows you to create custom commands for your Linux terminal without needing to enter the same “complex” commands

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Clipboard

bp – cross-platform clipboard tool

December 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

bp (“better paste”) is a cross-platform clipboard tool written in Rust, based on cb.

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csc – command-line scientific calculator

December 17, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

csc is a command-line scientific calculator that’s written in the Rust language.

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Chat

Usenet Reborn – TUI client for Usenet enthusiasts

December 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Usenet Reborn is a terminal‑based NNTP client

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Image of Files

FileSSH – TUI-based file explorer for SSH servers

December 17, 2025 Steve Emms Software

FileSSH lets you browse and manage files on a remote server, edit them in-place, and recursively download directories.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Tenere – TUI interface for LLMs

December 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific, TUI

Tenere is a TUI interface for Large Language Models. Tenere supports the following backends: ChatGPT, llama.cpp, and ollama.

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Hex Editor

hexhog – configurable hex viewer and editor

December 16, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

hexhog offers basic hex editing features for files, such as editing/deleting/inserting bytes, as well as selecting and copy/pasting bytes.

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Best Free and Open Source HTML Editors

HTMinL – fast, in-place HTML minifier

December 16, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

HTMinL is a fast, in-place HTML minifier. It prioritizes safety and code sanity over ultimate compression

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Albania

mcat – extended cat command

December 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Utilities

mcat is a terminal image, video and Markdown viewer. It’s written in the Rust programming language.

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Circuit board

rustffetch – neofetch-like information manager

December 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

rustffetch is a simple, fast and flexible neofetch-like information manager.

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Lightning CSS – parser, transformer, bundler, and minifier

December 15, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Lightning CSS is an extremely fast CSS parser, transformer, and minifier written in Rust. Use it with Parcel, as a standalone library or CLI

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Screen Capture

lqth – screenshot utility

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

lqth is a simple but fast screenshot utility inspired by xscreenshot and follows the suckless philosophy. It supports X only (no Wayland support).

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Git Clients

gitlogue – cinematic Git commit replay tool

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

gitlogue is a cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story.

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New York

lukaj – interactive diff tool for SVG images

December 14, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

lukaj is an interactive diff tool for SVG images written in Rust.

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Archive Manager

ZeroFS – filesystem that makes S3 your primary storage

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

ZeroFS makes S3 storage feel like a real filesystem. It provides file-level access via NFS and 9P and block-level access via NBD.

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Automation

snipt – text snippet expansion tool

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

snipt is a powerful text snippet expansion tool that boosts your productivity by replacing short text shortcuts with longer content.

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Cloud storage

g1c – Google Cloud Instances Terminal UI Manager

December 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

g1c is a terminal user interface for monitoring and managing Google Cloud Instances.

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