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Graphics

todds – CPU-based DDS texture encoder

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

todds is a CPU-based DDS texture encoder optimized for fast batch conversions with high encoding quality.

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Video Conversion

video-compare – split-screen video comparison tool

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

video-compare is a split-screen video comparison tool, utilizing FFmpeg libraries and SDL2.

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Circuit board

Xfetch – system information tool

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Xfetch is a cross-platform system information fetching tool inspired by fastfetch and neofetch, written in Rust.

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Network

Gurren – SSH tunnel manager

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

Gurren is a fast, terminal-based SSH tunnel manager with a TUI and background service.

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CPU

pfetch – system information tool

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

pfetch is a pretty system information tool written in POSIX sh.

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Bookmark manager

bkmr – CLI knowledge management system

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

bkmr is a fast, feature-rich command-line tool that extends bookmark management, snippet handling, markdown rendering, script execution and more.

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Stopwatch

Tomat – Pomodoro timer

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Tomat is a Pomodoro timer for Linux, designed for seamless integration with waybar and other status bars.

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Coding

BugStalker – Rust debugger

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

BugStalker is a modern debugger for Linux x86-64. Written in Rust for Rust programs.

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Network

AWSM – AWS manager

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

AWSM is billed as a powerful CLI tool to simplify working with AWS profiles, credentials, and sessions.

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Education

Relational – educational tool for relational algebra

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, GUI

Relational is an educational tool to provide a workspace for experimenting with relational algebra, an offshoot of first-order logic.

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whatstyle – find a code format style

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

whatstyle finds a code format style that fits given source files.

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Goofys – Amazon S3 backend filey-system interface

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Goofys allows you to mount an S3 bucket as a filey system.

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trzsz-ssh – enhanced SSH client with file transfers

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

trzsz-ssh combines OpenSSH-compatible connections with host selection, file transfers, batch logins and resilient remote sessions.

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Cloud storage

kubefwd – port forward pods within a Kubernetes namespace

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

kubefwd is a command-line utility that bulk port forwards Kubernetes services to your local workstation.

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Accountancy

rustledger – Rust implementation of Beancount

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Financial

rustledger is a drop in Rust replacement for Beancount.

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Git Clients

wtp – enhanced Git worktree management

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

wtp (Worktree Plus) is a powerful Git worktree management tool that extends git’s worktree functionality

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Chihaya – BitTorrent tracker

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Chihaya is built for developers looking to integrate BitTorrent into a preexisting production environment.

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CPU

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: make

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to make, a utility which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files.

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Education

Lixplore-cli – Academic literature search & export CLI tool

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, TUI

Lixplore-cli is a Unix-inspired command-line tool for searching scientific literature, built for terminal enthusiasts

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USB

lsplug – replacement for lsusb

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lsplug is a replacement for lsusb that shows more useful info and less useless info.

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