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Noise

qmassa – display GPU usage stats

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

qmassa is a Rust terminal-based tool for displaying GPUs usage stats on Linux.

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HTTP

Grab – asynchronous file downloader

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Grab is an asynchronous file downloader. It combines the simplicity of wget with the power of multi-threaded concurrency.

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Git Clients

mergiraf – syntax-aware Git merge conflict resolver

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

mergiraf is a syntax-aware Git merge driver that reconciles structured code changes and falls back to ordinary merging where needed.

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Anti-Malware Tools

YARA-X – malware pattern matching engine

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

YARA-X is a Rust-based malware pattern matching engine with a powerful CLI, compiled rules, detailed diagnostics and editor integration.

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Game Tools

Open Gamepad UI – game launcher and overlay

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Open Gamepad UI is a game launcher and overlay written using the Godot Game Engine 4 designed with a gamepad native experience in mind.

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CDROM

Rip Rip Hooray! – specialized audio CD-ripper

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

Rip Rip Hooray! is a specialized audio CD-ripper optimized for track recovery.

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Security

Kanha – web-app pentesting suite

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

With kanha you can do Fuzzing, Reverse dns lookup, common http response, subdomain takeover detection and many more.

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Task Manager

Ratado – keyboard-driven terminal task manager

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Ratado is a fast, keyboard-driven terminal task manager built with Rust and Ratatui.

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Task Manager

corner – terminal-based task journal for developers

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

corner captures project tasks and journal entries in Markdown, with scheduled notes, tags, searches, Vim navigation and task archiving.

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typos – source code spell checker

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

typos finds and corrects spelling mistakes among source code: Fast enough to run on monorepos. Low false positives so you can run on PRs.

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Selection of utilities

rgrc – Rusty Generic Colouriser

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

rgrc is a fast,Rust-based command-line tool that colorizes the output of other commands using regex-based rules.

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Shooter Games

Dealve – find game deals

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Games, TUI

Dealve simplifies finding the best game deals across Steam, GOG, Humble Bundle, Epic Games, and more.

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Image of a digital clock

stardial – space-anime themed terminal clock

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

stardial is a space-anime themed terminal clock, with starfield backgrounds, themes, and gentle effects.

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Encrypted Files

rsecure – AES-GCM file encryption and decryption tool

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

rsecure is a command-line tool for AES-GCM file encryption and decryption. Aimed at protecting sensitive files, backups, and personal data.

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flux – search, monitor, and nuke processes

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

flux strips away the clutter and focuses on what matters: quickly finding, monitoring, and acting on processes.

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Monitoring

crabdrop – file manager for S3-compatible storage

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

crabdrop works with AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, and any S3-compatible service.

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Network

xfr – modern iperf3 alternative

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

xfr is a modern iperf3 alternative with a live TUI, multi-client server, and QUIC support.

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Image Viewers

Lightning Image Viewer – fast and lightweight desktop image viewer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Reviews

Lightning Image Viewer (LIV) is billed as a desktop image (previewer) with some notable UX features.

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Files

Hazelnut – automated file organizer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Hazelnut is a terminal-based automated file organizer inspired by Hazel.

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Images

rsimg – lightweight terminal image viewer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

rsimg renders JPEG and PNG images using Unicode and truecolour output, automatically fitting pictures to the terminal window.

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