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Wimpy's World

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Hello 👋 I'm Martin (also known as Wimpy), a long-time Linux user, developer & community builder 🐧 Maker 🪛 Linux Matters host 🎙️ Occasional game jam participant and aspiring game developer using pico-8, LÖVE, and Defold 🕹️

I lead Ubuntu MATE 🧉 and I'm the creator of a bunch of other projects and Quickemu 🧑‍💻

We have a modest Discord server for Wimpy's World 💬 which serves as a community hub. We're a friendly bunch, and all are welcome 🏳️‍🌈 Join us!

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I steam live-coding on Twitch 📡 and those streams are archived on YouTube 📺️

These awesome people sponsor me: mmartial castrojo Thank you! ❤️ If you appreciate my work, then please consider sponsoring me too 🤑 Curious what I've been working on recently?

GitHub Contribution Snake

Recent project contributions 🏗️

  • wimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
    • Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
  • linuxmatters/jive-encoder (2 weeks ago)
    • Drop your podcast .wav into a shiny MP3, AAC or Opus with metadata, cover art, and all 🗜️
  • linuxmatters/jive-vocals (2 weeks ago)
    • Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises 🗣️
  • linuxmatters/ffmpeg-statigo (2 weeks ago)
    • Real FFmpeg bindings for Go. Not a wrapper. Not a CLI tool. The actual libraries 📚
  • linuxmatters/jive-visualiser (2 weeks ago)
    • Spin your podcast .wav into a groovy MP4 visualiser with spring-driven real-time audio frequencies ✨

Recent pull requests 🛠️

Recent releases 📦️

  • sinelaw/fresh (v0.4.4, 6 days ago)
    • Terminal based IDE & text editor: easy, powerful and fast
  • kenn-io/agentsview (v0.38.1, 1 week ago)
    • Local-first session search, analytics, insights, and token use statistics for coding agents, supporting Claude Code, Codex, and more than 20 other agents.
  • linuxmatters/jive-vocals (0.7.0, 2 weeks ago)
    • Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises 🗣️
  • linuxmatters/jive-visualiser (0.5.0, 2 weeks ago)
    • Spin your podcast .wav into a groovy MP4 visualiser with spring-driven real-time audio frequencies ✨
  • linuxmatters/jive-encoder (0.5.0, 2 weeks ago)
    • Drop your podcast .wav into a shiny MP3, AAC or Opus with metadata, cover art, and all 🗜️

Recent starred projects ⭐️

  • WoozyMasta/png (4)
    • Drop-in accelerated image/png using klauspost zlib, SIMD and decoder optimizations.
  • emmansun/base64 (16)
    • Base64 with SIMD acceleration
  • gen2brain/base64 (4)
    • SIMD-accelerated encoding/base64
  • gen2brain/jpegn (7)
    • JPEG decoder with SIMD optimizations
  • kenn-io/agentsview (4495)
    • Local-first session search, analytics, insights, and token use statistics for coding agents, supporting Claude Code, Codex, and more than 20 other agents.

🎙️ Podcast

Linux Matters Podcast

I co-present Linux Matters podcast with my friends @popey and @marxjohnson. Here are some recent episodes:

📺️ YouTube

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✍️ Blog

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  1. nix-config nix-config Public

    Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️

    Nix 717 32

  2. deb-get deb-get Public

    apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦

    Shell 1.7k 179

  3. sidra sidra Public

    An elegant Apple Music desktop client for Linux, macOS and Windows. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎

    TypeScript 560 31

  4. ia-get ia-get Public

    File downloader for archive.org ⬇️

    Rust 285 43

  5. tailor tailor Public

    Ready-to-wear project templates for GitHub repositories 👔

    Go 29 3

  6. glyph-party glyph-party Public

    Finally, a Unicode search tool that sparks joy instead of despair. 10,000+ characters, zero tears 😂

    JavaScript 14 2

Repositories

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  • tailor Public

    Ready-to-wear project templates for GitHub repositories 👔

    wimpysworld/tailor's past year of commit activity
    Go 29 BlueOak-1.0.0 3 0 0 Updated Sep 11, 2026
  • nix-config Public

    Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️

    wimpysworld/nix-config's past year of commit activity
    Nix 717 BlueOak-1.0.0 32 0 0 Updated Sep 11, 2026
  • sidra Public

    An elegant Apple Music desktop client for Linux, macOS and Windows. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎

    wimpysworld/sidra's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 560 BlueOak-1.0.0 31 4 1 Updated Sep 11, 2026
  • deb-get Public

    apt-get for .debs published via GitHub or direct download 📦

    wimpysworld/deb-get's past year of commit activity
    Shell 1,748 MIT 179 123 (1 issue needs help) 18 Updated Sep 11, 2026
  • nix-packages Public

    Nix packages published by Wimpy's World ️❄️

    wimpysworld/nix-packages's past year of commit activity
    Nix 1 BlueOak-1.0.0 1 0 1 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • homebrew-tap Public

    Homebrew tap for Wimpy's World tools 🚰

    wimpysworld/homebrew-tap's past year of commit activity
    Ruby 0 BlueOak-1.0.0 1 0 1 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • critters Public

    Reveal odd and invisible whitespace characters.

    wimpysworld/critters's past year of commit activity
    Rust 0 BlueOak-1.0.0 1 0 7 Updated Sep 9, 2026
  • ia-get Public

    File downloader for archive.org ⬇️

    wimpysworld/ia-get's past year of commit activity
    Rust 285 MIT 43 4 8 Updated Sep 8, 2026
  • antsy-alien-attack-pico Public

    The year is 2139. Planet Earth is under attack by aliens, and they're (still) antsy! 👾🛸💥

    wimpysworld/antsy-alien-attack-pico's past year of commit activity
    HTML 12 MIT 1 1 1 Updated Sep 8, 2026
  • vecdecor Public

    A configurable decorator plugin for Wayfire 🔥

    wimpysworld/vecdecor's past year of commit activity
    C++ 1 MIT 0 0 1 Updated Sep 1, 2026
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