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Static Site Generator

quickblog – lightweight static blog engine

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Software

quickblog is a lightweight static blog engine for Clojure and babashka.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: June 2026 Updates

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Software

June 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Internet Forum Software

Apache Answer is a self-hosted Q&A platform

June 28, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Apache Answer is a self-hosted Q&A platform for building community forums, help centres and knowledge management sites.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: date

June 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to date, a utility that prints or sets the system date and time.

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cut command

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cut

June 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to cut.

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HTTP

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: curl

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

We spotlight alternatives tools to curl, a utility for transferring data from or to a server, supporting many protocols.

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Backup software

Pluton – self-hosted backup management platform

June 15, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Pluton is a self-hosted backup management platform that helps users create, manage, monitor, and restore encrypted backups.

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Game Tools

Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered is a fan-made modernization of the classic visual novel Katawa Shoujo.

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Finance

Rex – keep track of incomes and expenses

June 2, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Rex is a terminal user interface application for managing incomes, expenses, and transactions. Built with Rust and Ratatui.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: May 2026 Updates

May 31, 2026 Steve Emms Software

May 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: whois

May 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

whois searches for an object in a RFC 3912 database. We spotlight alternative tools to whois.

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Command Schedulers

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cron

May 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to cron, a daemon to execute scheduled commands.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cp

May 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to cp, a tool for copying files and directories.

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Best Free and Open Source Compression Tools

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: compress

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to compress, a utility that reduces the size of files.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cloc

May 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative free and open source tools to cloc, a tool which counts lines of source code and comments.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cksum

May 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to cksum, a tool to compute and verify file checksums.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: April 2026 Updates

April 30, 2026 Steve Emms Software

April 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cat

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

cat derives its name from concatenation and provides other nifty options too. This article spotlights alternative tools to cat.

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ebook reader

3 Free and Open Source CLI ebook Readers

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, Productivity, Roundup, Software

This article showcases CLI ebook readers for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.

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Eigen – matrix calculator

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Eigen is a GTK4 matrix calculator for Linux that focuses on common linear algebra tasks in a clean, accessible interface.

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