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Network

wakeonlan – Perl Wake-on-LAN utility

October 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wakeonlan is a Perl command-line utility for sending Wake-on-LAN magic packets with flexible targets, ports, files and delays.

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System administration

wig – simple and lightweight DNS client

October 4, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

wig is a lightweight C-based DNS lookup utility for Linux, supporting custom nameservers, record types, TCP queries and configurable ports.

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System administration

ddclient – update dynamic DNS entries

October 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

ddclient updates dynamic DNS records across numerous providers, with configurable IP detection, daemon operation and scheduled updates.

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Log Analyzers

Grafito – self-hosted web interface for system events

June 19, 2025 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Grafito brings journal entries to a self-hosted web dashboard with live updates, filtering, event charts and optional AI explanations.

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NVIDIA System Monitor – graphical GPU task manager

May 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

NVIDIA System Monitor is a Qt application that shows NVIDIA GPU utilisation, memory usage, power, clocks and individual processes.

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Log Analyzers

Logdy – real-time log viewer with a web interface

March 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software, Web Apps

Logdy provides real-time log viewing in a local web interface, with live filtering, custom parsers, sockets and command output support.

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Log Analyzers

toolong – terminal application for viewing and searching logs

March 5, 2025 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

toolong is a terminal log viewer offering live tailing, multi-file tabs, timestamp-based merging, fast access and JSONL formatting.

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Email

dma – compact mail transfer agent

January 28, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

dma is a compact mail transfer agent for local submission and outbound delivery, with SMTP authentication, TLS and simple configuration.

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cpupower – examine and tune processor settings

November 29, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

cpupower lets Linux users inspect CPU frequencies, adjust scaling governors, monitor idle states and configure processor behaviour.

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thermald – thermal daemon for controlling system temperatures

October 28, 2024 Steve Emms System Software

thermald monitors temperatures and manages supported thermal controls, helping Linux systems avoid overheating while preserving performance.

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TuneD – adaptive system tuning service

October 23, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

TuneD optimizes Linux systems with reusable tuning profiles, device monitoring, D-Bus control and power-profile integration.

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Log Analyzers

Chipmunk – high-performance log and trace analysis tool

October 1, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

Chipmunk is a native Rust log analysis tool for huge files, live network streams, automotive traces, custom filters and real-time charts.

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System Administration

Flatpak KCM – manage application permissions in KDE Plasma

July 22, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Flatpak KCM lets KDE Plasma users manage application sandbox permissions, filesystem access and desktop portal permissions.

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System Administration

jdFlatpakSnapshot – create and restore application data snapshots

July 16, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

jdFlatpakSnapshot creates and restores snapshots of Flatpak application data, with compression, import and export, and a desktop interface.

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Documentation

tuptime – historical system uptime and downtime statistics

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tuptime records system uptime and downtime across reboots, with boot histories, shutdown statistics, sleep time and CSV reporting.

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Documentation

ruptime – remote uptime monitoring and system inventory

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ruptime monitors uptime across multiple networks with encrypted reporting, remote host inventories, load statistics and benchmark tools.

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Documentation

downtimed – system downtime monitoring and reporting

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

downtimed records system shutdowns, crashes and downtime durations, with persistent timestamps, historical reports and Unix support.

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Documentation

uptimed – daemon for tracking system uptime records

March 31, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

uptimed tracks the longest system uptimes, with historical records, sortable rankings, milestone notifications and configurable limits.

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DevOps

strace – Linux system call tracing and debugging utility

November 11, 2023 Erik Karlsson CLI, Programming

strace traces Linux system calls and signals, with syscall filtering, timing statistics, descriptor inspection and fault injection.

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Log Analyzers

KSystemLog – graphical system and service event viewer

November 9, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

KSystemLog is a KDE utility for examining system messages, viewing multiple sources in tabs, filtering entries and spotting errors.

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