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revela – static image gallery generator

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

revela is a static web image gallery generator. It optimizes images for the web and generates HTML files to create a photo/image gallery.

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Selection of utilities

Shelly – modern Arch package manager

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Shelly is a modern reimagination of the Arch Linux package manager, designed to be a user-friendly alternative to pacman and octopi.

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rustormy – neofetch-like weather CLI

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

rustormy is a minimal and neofetch-like weather CLI with multiple data providers support, ASCI-icons, ANSI colors, and various output modes.

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Password manager

Puny Manager – local encrypted password vault manager

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Puny Manager provides local encrypted password vaults with command-line management, password auditing, backups and import/export tools.

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netinfo – display network and system information

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

netinfo is a fast, minimal, and reliable command-line utility to display your network and system information.

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blaeckfetch – system fetch

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

blaeckfetch is a fast, minimalist system fetch for your terminal. It’s powered by blaeck for rendering.

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Selection of utilities

fdir – search language for your filesystem

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

fdir aims to offer a fast, intuitive way to find, filter, and act on files using human-friendly commands

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ziglint – code analysis tool

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

ziglint is a configurable code analysis tool for Zig codebases.

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Network

NetSonar – network diagnostics tool

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NetSonar is a network diagnostics tool for pinging hosts, managing network interfaces, and discovering local devices/services.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

ghorg – clone or backup entire repositories

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Use ghorg to quickly clone all of an orgs, or users repos into a single directory.

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Selection of utilities

preset – save and run command presets

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

preset is a program for managing and running command sequences at once, so you don’t have to manually type your commands.

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Selection of utilities

cmdperf – interactive command performance benchmarking

February 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cmdperf is a terminal tool designed to quickly measure, compare, and understand the performance characteristics of shell commands.

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Selection of utilities

grepai – CLI for semantic code search

February 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

grepai is a privacy-first CLI for semantic code search. It uses vector embeddings to understand code meaning.

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Network

webchanges – checks web content

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

webchanges anonymously checks web content and commands for changes, delivering instant notifications and AI-powered summaries.

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Coding

CuteKit – build system and package manager

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

CuteKit is a suite of tools and utilities for compiling, cross-compiling, linking, and packaging project written in low-level languages.

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Technology

Rooks – steganographic tool

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

Rook Stego is a steganographic tool that implements some of the most advanced hiding methods.

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Selection of utilities

dekl – declarative package and dotfile management for Arch Linux

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dekl allows you to define your system’s packages and configuration in YAML files, making your setup reproducible and version-controllable.

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Bookmark manager

Libro – terminal based book tracking tool

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, TUI

Libro is a terminal-based tool to track your reading history, with your data stored locally in a SQLite database.

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Chess

Fastchess – manage chess games with engines

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Games

Fastchess is a command-line tool designed to manage and orchestrate chess games between engines.

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Diff Tools

riff – wrapper around diff

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Riff is a wrapper around diff that highlights which parts of lines have changed.

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