Here’s a link dump of useful tools I’ve been using a lot recently. Everything mentioned here has been very good in my experience.

General #

KOReader is a powerful e-reader software that runs on many devices, including Android.

BentoPDF is a free tool for modifying PDFs. It can split, merge, crop, compress, edit, and much more.

OpenRGB is an open-source RGB lighting controller.

Hugo is the tool I use to build this site.

For development #

renovate monitors your repositories for dependency updates and automatically creates patches. It can even automatically merge patches under certain conditions.

For macOS #

maccy is a searchable clipboard manager that keeps track of all things copied with CMD + V.

DeskPad creates a virtual monitor that you can use to screen share exactly the windows you want.

Stats is a system monitor that lives in the menu bar. It can visualize many stats such as CPU temperature or RAM usage.

Thaw is a menu bar manager that lets you hide all nonessential menu bar items. They can be shown with one click.

For Linux #

Arch Linux, the OG, has been my OS of choice for a year. Up to date and with a wide variety of packages. So far it has managed to run all games I’ve thrown at it.

nethogs shows you the current network usage of running processes.

Ventoy is a bootloader for USB drives that allows you to boot from any disk image stored to the drive. Very useful for diagnostic and repair tools.

Zim Framework is a fast framework for zsh that comes with a lot of useful modules.

typewritten is a beautiful, minimal zsh prompt.

tldr provides easy-to-access cheat sheets for many Linux / GNU commands.

For Android #

FairEmail is a powerful privacy-first e-mail client.

Termux is a terminal emulator for Android.

Stratum is a free and open-source TOTP two-factor authentication app with automatic backups and easy exports and imports.

For Git #

glab is a CLI tool for GitLab. It lets you interact with GitLab and its API without using the browser or custom scripts.

fj is the same thing for Forgejo.

For Flutter & Dart #

fvm manages Flutter versions for you and lets you set a custom version per project.

For PHP / Symfony #

Foundry is an easy-to-use library for creating test and dev fixtures for Symfony/Doctrine applications.

EasyAdminBundle helps you quicky create an Admin UI for your Symfony application.

For Kubernetes #

k3s is a small-footprint Kubernetes distribution that can run single- or multi-node clusters. It has been running all my sites and services for years with no issues.

Argo CD is a declarative GitOps tool that I use to deploy all my sites and services.

k9s is a terminal UI for managing Kubernetes clusters. It combines the benefits of a GUI with those of a CLI and makes interacting with my cluster a breeze.

For local LLMs #

omlx is a powerful and easy to use tool for managing and hosting local LLMs on macOS.

For Claude Code #

rtk reduces token usage by stripping outputs of frequently used commands down to what actually matters.

superpowers provides skills for highly structured brainstorming, debugging, and implementation. So far it seems to have saved me from a lot of sloppy code that others have encountered with Claude.

ccstatusline is a pretty and highly customizable status line for Claude Code.