Independent Open Source Developer · Linux, Windows & Android
Crafting clean, fast, offline-first desktop, CLI & mobile tools that solve real problems.
Building the Forge Suite — 16 developer productivity tools, now expanding onto Android.

Self-taught developer. I turn complex, painful workflows into simple, beautiful tools.

My philosophy: software should be lightweight, offline-first, and respect user privacy. No telemetry. No bloat. No cloud lock-in.

Every project starts as a solution to my own frustration with existing tools on Linux — once it works well enough for me, I open-source it.

• 🔒 Privacy-first — your data stays on your machine
• ⚡ Performance — startup in milliseconds, not seconds
• 🎯 Minimal dependencies — ship as AppImage or single binary whenever possible
• 🐧 Linux as a first-class platform — not an afterthought
• 📱 Now going mobile — porting the same offline-first philosophy to Android
• 🤝 Open source by default — MIT-licensed and contribution-friendly

"The best tool is the one you actually use."

16 privacy-first, offline-first tools — across the Forge Suite, Android Lab and AI studios — targeting Debian Linux, Windows, macOS, ARM64, and proot-Termux.

A zero-dependency web UI + CLI manager for Ollama — one self-contained binary.

Manage Ollama from a browser or the terminal. Start and stop the server, browse, pull, create, push and remove models, chat with them, sign in to ollama.com, and install, upgrade or uninstall the Ollama binary. Compiles to a single self-contained executable.

Key Features: Web UI + CLI · Start/stop the Ollama server · Browse/pull/create/push/remove models · Chat with models · ollama.com sign-in · Install/upgrade/version-check/uninstall · Single-binary build (Node SEA)

Tech: JavaScript · Node.js (standard library only) · Node SEA · Ollama REST API

Self-hosted Forgejo — fully managed from CLI or GUI.

Self-contained Git forge management suite with a Go CLI and a PyQt6 GUI. Supports systemd and proot-Termux on Linux, plus Windows and macOS (amd64 and arm64). Includes Forge Drive, a Flask frontend proxying the Forgejo REST API with a dark UI.

Key Features: Full lifecycle control (start/stop/logs) · Forgejo REST API proxy (Forge Drive) · proot + systemd dual-mode · Runtime-configurable settings · Package registry management · Gitea fallback on Windows

Tech: Go · Python · PyQt6 · Flask · Forgejo REST API

🪟 Windows and 🍎 macOS supported — Gitea is used when the Forgejo binary is unavailable

Mount any cloud storage as SFTP in one click.

Turn Google Drive, Dropbox, S3, Mega — any rclone remote — into a scriptable SFTP endpoint. Go CLI backend with a PyQt5 GUI and system tray integration. Modular architecture with fixed OAuth flows.

Key Features: OAuth2 flow · Remote creation wizard · System tray · Modular GUI · ARM64/Termux support

Tech: Go · Python · PyQt5 · rclone · PyInstaller

Cloudflared tunnel management — clean, modular, reliable.

Modular PyQt6 GUI manager for Cloudflared tunnels. QThread signal-based worker decoupling, retry-with-backoff, persistent config, and platform-safe process termination.

Key Features: Modular architecture · QThread signal workers · Retry-with-backoff · One-click tunnel start/stop · Persistent config

Tech: Python · PyQt6 · cloudflared

Modern QEMU VM manager for power users.

QEMU/KVM VM manager with a Go CLI toolset (qemu-run, qemu-ctl, qemu-disk) and a PyQt6 GUI. Snapshot management, live migration and a disk manager for QCOW2 images. Multi-arch targets (x86_64, ARM64, RISC-V).

Key Features: QCOW2 snapshots · Live migration · Disk manager (create, resize, convert) · Multi-arch

Tech: Go · Python · PyQt6 · QEMU · Shell

The SFTP client that gets out of your way — now in your pocket too.

Rewritten in Flutter for secure file transfer, automation, and remote file management over SFTP. Cross-platform on Linux and Android.

Key Features: Cross-platform Flutter UI · Secure file transfer · Automation · Remote file management · Linux + Android builds

Tech: Flutter · Dart

📱 Android supported — first Forge tool to ship a mobile build

qbittorrent-nox — tray-managed, privacy-first.

Single-instance tray manager for qbittorrent-nox. PTY-based password capture, fcntl single-instance lock, and a separate GTK WebView launcher. Full ARM64 + proot-Termux support.

Key Features: Single-instance lock (fcntl) · PTY password capture · System tray · qb-webui GTK WebView launcher · proot + ARM64 support

Tech: Go · Python · PyQt6 · GTK

llama.cpp on Linux — with a proper desktop GUI.

Local LLM desktop GUI for llama.cpp, built on a pure C/C++ engine. Refactored into a Python package with a CMake-based PyInstaller build, deadlock-free subprocess streaming, and Linux mouse-wheel fixes.

Key Features: Chat · Quantize · Convert · Inference · CMake PyInstaller build · Deadlock-free streaming

Tech: C++ · Python · llama.cpp · CMake · PyInstaller

⚠️ Fork of ggml-org/llama.cpp — custom GUI layer

One command to rule all your SSH connections.

Passwordless SSH manager with CLI and GUI. Named profiles, key setup, a Doctor dialog, and a GTK3 + VTE tabbed terminal. Full ARM64 + proot-Termux support.

Key Features: Passwordless key setup · Named profiles · GTK3/VTE tabbed GUI · Doctor dialog · ARM64 + proot support

Tech: Go · Python · GTK3 · VTE · Shell

LAN file sharing — one click, any device.

PyQt6 desktop app with a Flask backend for zero-config LAN file sharing. Drag-and-drop upload, forced-download route, dark UI, and breadcrumb navigation.

Key Features: Dark UI · Flask file server · Drag-and-drop · Forced-download route · Breadcrumb nav · Windows & Linux builds

Tech: Python · PyQt6 · Flask · PyInstaller

🪟 Windows supported — pre-built .exe available via GitHub Actions

Python learning + dev environment — all in one GUI.

PyQt6 desktop app combining a Bengali-language Python typing trainer, a code editor with syntax highlighting and run/stop, and a Python Manager for OS-aware version detection, PATH management, and installation.

Key Features: 93 learning modes · Full code editor · Python Manager tab · OS-aware Python detection · PATH management · Windows & Linux builds

Tech: Python · PyQt6 · PyInstaller

🪟 Windows supported — pre-built .exe available via GitHub Actions

Take a local server public — one click, one tunnel.

PyQt6 GUI for managing a Tailscale Funnel, exposing a local web server to the public internet without port-forwarding.

Key Features: One-click Funnel start/stop · Status monitoring · No manual port-forwarding

Tech: Python · PyQt6 · Tailscale Funnel

Git remotes and GitHub Actions, one GUI.

Bundled PyQt6 GUI with two tools: a local multi-remote Git Manager, and a gh CLI-powered GitHub Actions Manager for workflow runs, artifacts and cache cleanup.

Key Features: Multi-remote Git management · Workflow runs and live logs · Artifacts and cache cleanup · Repo code browser · Built via GitHub Actions for Linux amd64, Linux arm64 and Windows

Tech: Python · PyQt6 · gh CLI

New territory: taking the offline-first, no-telemetry philosophy of the Forge Suite onto Android.

An agentic AI assistant that never leaves your phone.

Offline, autonomous agentic AI personal assistant for Android, powered by native llama.cpp, Flutter, and a local RAG architecture.

Tech: Flutter · Dart · llama.cpp (native) · Local RAG

A Linux VM in your pocket. No root required.

Native QEMU virtual machine launcher for Android, running ARM64 Linux VMs directly on-device without root.

Tech: Kotlin · QEMU · KVM · ARM64

A sleek, Material 3 terminal emulator for Android.

Terminal emulator built on Termux's TerminalView — virtual keys, multiple sessions, and Debian, Alpine and Kali NetHunter rootfs sessions, with configurable keyboard shortcuts.

Tech: C · Android (Gradle) · Termux TerminalView

🍴 Fork of RohitKushvaha01/ReTerminal

Linux user management — even inside Termux.

PyQt6 GUI for Linux user accounts. Works in standard desktop and proot/Termux environments. Protected primary user detection, lock/unlock accounts, sudo management.

Tech: Python · PyQt6

An autonomous agent assistant for any Ollama or OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Research, planning, content creation, scripts, edit decision lists, retention analysis and browser automation, with direct YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Google operation. Playwright is the only dependency, loaded only when the browser tools are used.

Tech: JavaScript · Node.js · Playwright · Ollama · OpenAI-compatible APIs

Vibe Coder — an agentic coding studio for any Ollama endpoint.

A local agentic coding studio with build, plan, general and explore agents, saved and resumable sessions, tools, MCP, LSP, skills, web tools and snapshots. Works in whatever directory you launch it, with zero runtime dependencies.

Tech: JavaScript · Node.js (zero runtime deps) · Ollama · MCP · LSP

1. Scratch your own itch first — if I don't need it, I don't build it
2. CLI first, GUI second — the CLI is always fully functional on its own
3. Single binary or AppImage — no complex install steps for end users
4. Safe shell scripting — set -euo pipefail, printf over echo, no bashisms in POSIX scripts
5. Portable by default — ARM64/proot support from day one where feasible
6. Acknowledge upstream — every README credits the open-source tools it depends on

• Bring the rest of the Forge Suite to Android, following sftp-forge
• Release AppImage + .deb packages for every Forge tool
• Add automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions across all projects
• Write contribution guides and open good-first-issue labels
• Launch dev-boffin-io.github.io with full documentation & live demos

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I run my own Forgejo instance, managed with forgejo-forge and pushed onto the open internet with funnel-forge (Tailscale Funnel) — no third-party Git host in the loop for my daily driver work.

🔗 git.bowfin-pleco.ts.net — self-hosted Forgejo, publicly reachable via Tailscale Funnel.

⚠️ It's a personal instance, not a mirror of this GitHub org — expect it to go offline occasionally when the host machine is off. GitHub remains the primary, always-on home for all Forge Suite source code.

All Forge projects welcome:

• 🐛 Bug reports — found something broken? Open an issue
• 💡 Feature requests — fits the project philosophy? Let's talk
• 🧪 Testing — especially on ARM, RISC-V, or non-x86_64 hardware
• 🎨 UI/UX feedback — honest critique is always welcome
• 🔧 Pull requests — contributions are always appreciated

Ollama · rclone · QEMU · Qt / PyQt · PyInstaller · Forgejo · cloudflared · Tailscale · llama.cpp · Flutter · GitHub CLI · OpenSSH · Python · Go · Kotlin · GTK · VTE

• GitHub: @dev-boffin-io
• Portfolio: dev-boffin-io.github.io
• Website (legacy): dev-boffin-io.vercel.app
• Self-hosted Git: git.bowfin-pleco.ts.net

Built with 🔨 on Debian · ARM64 · proot-Termux · Android · MIT License