Picoware

Picoware is my personal collection of utility applications, installers, and scripts. For instructions on using these programs, see the Install section of the documentation.

Installers

The following table shows the available installer programs. These are Bash, and PowerShell scripts that download dependencies, configure system settings, and install each program for immediate use.

Name	Description
cargo	Installs Cargo Rust package manager.
deno	Installs Deno JavaScript runtime.
jq	Installs Jq JSON parser.
just	Installs Just command runner.
nushell	Installs Nushell structured data shell.
rust-script	Installs Rust Script Rust script executor.
scripts	Installs programs from the following scripts table.
uv	Installs Uv Python package manager.

Scripts

The following table shows the available scripts. These are single file programs that perform convenience tasks. They can be installed with the repository's scripts installer.

Name	Description
caffeinate	Prevent system from sleeping during a program.
clear-cache	Remove package manager caches.
fdi	Interactive Fd searcher.
mlab	Wrapper script for running Matlab as a CLI.
rgi	Interactive Ripgrep searcher.
rstash	Interactive Rclone backup manager.
trsync	Rsync for one time remote connections.
tscp	SCP for one time remote connections.
tssh	SSH for one time remote connections.
vimu	Convenience script for QEMU and Virsh.

Apps

The following table shows the available GUI applications. These applications are currently minimal example GUI applications meant as placeholders.

Name	Description
augraph	Audio plotting example application.
denoui	Example GUI application with Deno.
rustui	Example GUI application with Rust.

Actions

The following table shows the available action programs. These actions are Bash and PowerShell scripts that are intended for one-time usage to change system settings or run a temporary program.

Name	Description
purge-snap	Remove all traces of the Snap package manager.
tmate-session	Install and run Tmate for CI pipelines.