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Author: Steve Emms

IDE

toast – lightweight terminal-based IDE

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Toast is a lightweight terminal-based IDE designed for quick edits without leaving the command line.

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Game Tools

Plutonic – suika-like / spuntika-like game

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Games

Plutonic is a physics-based puzzle game where players launch planets into a gravity field and try to combine them.

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WebRTC

Nextcloud Talk – chat, video and audio calls for Nextcloud

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Multimedia

Nextcloud Talk adds self-hosted chat, video calls, screen sharing and collaboration to Nextcloud, with desktop and web clients.

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Map – Linux Wardley map editor

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Map is a Linux Wardley map editor that turns a compact plain text notation into visual strategy maps.

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Selection of utilities

hashit – generate file hashes quickly

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hashit is a cross-platform command-line utility for generating file hashes quickly.

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CoMaps – community-led offline maps and navigation

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

CoMaps is a privacy-focused mapping and navigation app with offline maps, route planning, voice guidance, search, tracks, and bookmarks.

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Maths

JGEX – construct, explore and prove geometry theorems

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Java Geometry Expert, also known as JGEX, is a Java application for constructing, exploring, and proving geometry theorems.

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Alaska

SVGO – Node.js tool for optimizing SVG files

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

SVGO is a Node.js tool for optimising SVG files by removing redundant data often added by vector editors

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Vulnerability Detection

LIEF – work with executable and binary formats

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Security

LIEF is a cross-platform library for working with executable and binary formats.

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DevOps

RetDec – retargetable machine-code decompiler

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Security

RetDec is a retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM.

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Kotoba – Japanese – English dictionary

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI, Utilities

Kotoba is a Japanese-English dictionary application for GNOME.

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Documentation

Rizin – UNIX-like reverse engineering framework

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Rizin is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset for examining binaries, disassembling code, debugging programs.

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Security

Cutter – graphical reverse engineering platform

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Cutter is a graphical reverse engineering platform designed for analysing compiled binaries without needing a command line.

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Selection of utilities

uniqs – alternative to uniq

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

uniqs is a Rust command-line utility that serves as an alternative to uniq with streaming support.

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Selection of utilities

xuniq – line deduplicator

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xuniq is a high-performance and stable line deduplicator. Unlike the standard uniq utility, xuniq does not require your input to be sorted.

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Dictionary Tools

SilverDict – web-based alternative to GoldenDict

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Utilities, Web Apps

SilverDict is a web-based dictionary application designed as a modern alternative to GoldenDict.

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Vulnerability Detection

unblob – extraction suite for working with unknown binary blobs

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

unblob is an extraction suite for working with unknown binary blobs.

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Selection of utilities

hashdeep – generate and verify file hashes

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hashdeep is a command line tool for generating and verifying file hashes across large collections of files.

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Anti-Malware Tools

FLOSS – malware analysis utility

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

FLOSS is a malware analysis utility that automatically extracts and deobfuscates strings from executable binaries.

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Security

NetTool – web-based network diagnostic console

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms Security, Web Apps

NetTool is a web-based network diagnostic console for Raspberry Pi and other Linux devices.

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