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ascii-chat – video chat in your terminal

December 23, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

ascii-chat is a client-server application that operates over TCP/IP with color and audio and crypto and compression and multiple clients.

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lintr – static code analysis for R

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

lintr analyses R scripts and packages for style problems, syntax issues and suspicious code using configurable checks and editor support.

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Command Schedulers

Cronboard – terminal-based dashboard for managing cron jobs

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Cronboard is a terminal application that allows you to manage and schedule cronjobs on local and remote servers.

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dotbins – manages CLI tool binaries in your dotfiles repository

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dotbins uniquely integrates tool-specific shell configurations (aliases, completions, etc.) directly in your dotfiles workflow.

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Machine Learning in Linux

GPTScript – build AI assistants that interact with your systems

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

GPTScript is a framework that allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to operate and interact with various systems.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Pipelex – declarative language for composable Al workflows

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Pipelex is an open-source language that enables agents to build and run repeatable AI workflows.

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hsh – better shell

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

hsh is a slightly different take on your shell. It’s closer to a user agent than you standard POSIX shell.

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Log Analyzers

phos – log colorizer

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

phos is a fast, portable log colorizer written in the Rust language.

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Rusticon – favicon editor

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Rusticon is a mouse driven SVG favicon editor for your terminal.

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PHP Coding Standards Fixer – automatically fix PHP coding style

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

PHP Coding Standards Fixer checks and automatically corrects PHP formatting, coding standards and migration rules across entire projects.

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PHPStan – PHP static analysis tool

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

PHPStan analyses PHP code without executing it, detecting type errors, undefined symbols and other defects with configurable rule levels.

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PHP_CodeSniffer – PHP coding standards checker

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

PHP_CodeSniffer checks PHP coding standards with configurable sniffs and rulesets, and fixes many violations using its phpcbf tool.

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PHPLint – fast parallel PHP syntax checker

December 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

PHPLint checks PHP syntax in parallel, with result caching, flexible file selection and reports suitable for continuous integration.

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System administration

gasroot – run a process as the root user

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

gasroot launches authorized commands as root through a graphical password prompt, with wheel-group checks and environment controls.

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Files

mdq – select and render specific elements in a Markdown document

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

mdq aims to do for Markdown what jq does for JSON: provide an easy way to zero in on specific parts of a document.

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Flay – analyzes code for structural similarities

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Flay analyzes code for structural similarities. Differences in literal values, variable, class, method names, whitespace …

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Sports Games

mlbt – TUI for the MLB Statcast API

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms Games, TUI

mlbt is a terminal user interface for the MLB Statcast API, with the intention of providing a light weight way to consume baseball data.

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Internet

Superseedr – Rust BitTorrent client

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Superseedr is a modern Rust BitTorrent client featuring a high-performance terminal UI, real-time swarm observability

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Text Editor

ad – modal text editor inspired by Plan 9 Acme

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

ad combines Vim-style editing with Plan 9 Acme-inspired extensibility, structural text commands, an editor filesystem and mouse support.

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Programming Tools for Kids

Picat – logic-based multi-paradigm programming language

December 21, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Picat is a simple, and yet powerful, logic-based multi-paradigm programming language aimed for general-purpose applications.

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