Core Utils for dev workflows

Open-source CLI, backend and productivity tools for shipping small automations faster.

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Cross-platform by default

All tools are compatible with macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Open-source tools for developers

Core Utils is an open-source ecosystem of developer tools spanning CLI utilities, desktop apps, browser tools, backend starters and workflow automation. All tools are compatible with macOS, Linux, and Windows, and many projects are built with Python.

Featured tools: EasyRealBackend, PushGuard and RepoPulse. View all projects on GitHub.

Coming next · in development

Next up: Core OS, an appliance OS for factories and SMEs

A Linux-based appliance that turns a PC into a local Core server: launch apps like CoreManufacturing, manage network, storage and updates, and skip the terminal entirely. Still in product and architecture design — nothing installable yet.

Design phaseAppliance OSNot installable yet

Read the early docs

Very early build · not public yet

Also brewing: Core Home, one dashboard for your whole house

Computers, home server, media, files, backups, network, automations, voice, AI, gaming and ambience, unified in a single local-first control center. No cloud lock-in, no vendor apps to juggle. Free and open source, built in the open once it ships — today it is a private, very early build.

Local-firstFree & open sourcePrivate build

Not public yet

🖨️ New around here

Running a print farm? Meet your new shopfloor.

CoMa dispatches jobs across every printer brand you own and posts the results straight into a built-in ERP — quotes, invoices, inventory, the works. Self-hosted, single file, zero cloud bill.

5 printer brandsBuilt-in ERPMIT · self-hosted

Enter CoMa →

Desktop version

Core Utils Desktop

Install, update, uninstall, and launch Core Utils tools from a local hub with a desktop icon and app-menu integration.

Settings and updatesEN / ES

Learn more Download hub GitHub

git clone https://github.com/mdwcoder/CoreUtilsDesktop.git && cd CoreUtilsDesktop && ./init.sh

Real workflows for developers

Open workflows directory

A few practical ways Core Utils tools combine across AI, Git, Linux and daily development.

AI · Repositories

Prepare a repo for AI work

Turn a large project into clean, useful, safer context for AI-assisted development.

Generate clean context, analyze project structure, and save technical decisions before asking an AI model for help.

1Analyze the repository.

2Generate clean AI context.

3Save relevant decisions.

4Review status before pushing.

ai-context-cliRepoPulseMemoryNoteCLIPushGuard

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Git · Security

Review before pushing

An automatic pre-push checklist for avoiding small mistakes with real risk.

Detect sensitive files, secrets, temporary files or problematic changes before uploading code.

1Scan local changes.

2Detect sensitive or unnecessary files.

3Review structure and activity.

4Push with more confidence.

PushGuardRepoPulseCore File PrivacyTest-By-AI

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Linux · Automation

Prepare a Linux development environment

Move from a clean system to a usable dev environment with less friction.

Automate setup, install utilities, and leave a machine ready for development without repeating manual steps.

1Run base configuration.

2Install terminal utilities.

3Add Python tools.

4Manage the toolkit from the desktop hub.

AutoConfigOSCLITermKitCLIPythonCLIToolsCore Utils Desktop

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Services

Forge

Help forge core-utils with your tool suggestions, feature ideas and bug reports.

Connect

Chat with all core-utils users in the general channel or message any GitHub user privately.

Relay

Talk with clients professionally without sharing your phone or email.

EasyForms

Create quick forms with custom questions for satisfaction surveys, needs assessments and more, collecting responses in JSON.

DevWrapped

Your year in code, wrapped. Turn any GitHub developer's last 12 months into a shareable recap card.

Ollama Chat

Chat with your local Ollama models straight from the browser — zero backend, nothing leaves your machine.

DB Viewer

Browse, query and edit your own database straight from the browser — your bridge, your rules, nothing touches Core Utils.

Webhook Tester

Get a unique URL and inspect every HTTP request sent to it in real time — method, headers, query and body.

EasyTools

Small, focused browser tools that keep your content on your device and work without an account.

ToolGallery

Explore all the tools built to enhance your developer workflow.

Devs

Discover and connect with developers in the Core Utils community.