Scripts for Engineering the Universe

Sysnopsis

From delivering a new child to globally solving Earth environmental problems, here is a collection of nifty scripts that does it all.

Table of Contents

📥 download/ — Pinned-version installers for common CLI tools

One script per tool, each fetching and installing a specific, pinned release rather than relying on a package manager — useful for reproducible builds and CI images.

Script	Installs
download-clojure-tools	Clojure CLI tools
download-difftastic	difftastic structural diff tool
download-exoscale-cli	Exoscale cloud CLI
download-github-cli	GitHub CLI (gh)
download-golang	Go toolchain
download-golangci-lint	Go linter aggregator
download-goreleaser	Go release automation tool
download-helm	Kubernetes Helm
download-jsonnet	Jsonnet data templating language
download-k9s	Kubernetes terminal UI
download-kubectl	Kubernetes CLI
download-kustomize	Kubernetes manifest customization tool
download-ovftool	VMware OVF Tool
download-packer	HashiCorp Packer
download-packer-builder-exoscale	Exoscale builder plugin for Packer
download-rclone	Cloud storage sync tool
download-restish	REST/HTTP CLI client
download-terraform	HashiCorp Terraform
download-terraform-docs	Terraform documentation generator
download-unison	File synchronization tool
download-vault	HashiCorp Vault
download-yq	YAML/JSON/XML CLI processor
download-zprint	Clojure code formatter

🧩 misc/ — Standalone utilities that don't fit elsewhere

Script	Purpose
README.md	Section overview
ProcessTCPProxy.py	Generic TCP proxy for process traffic inspection/redirection
edoc-mailer	Automated e-document emailing
envertec-tcp14889.py	Query/decode Envertech EVT microinverter local-mode data (TCP/14889)
gnucash-css.scm	Custom CSS/report styling for GnuCash
gps2logbook	Convert GPS tracks into a pilot logbook entry
gpx2csv	Convert GPX tracks to CSV
gpx2flightlog	Convert GPX tracks into SkyDemon flight logs
lirc/*.conf	IR remote configs (Acer, Denon, Feller, Netgear, Samsung) for LIRC
m2requests.py	Python HTTP client with custom SSL/cipher/engine handling
markdown-rsync	Templated rsync specifically for Markdown file trees
openaip2gpx	Convert OpenAIP aviation data to GPX
pdf2html	PDF → HTML conversion
pdfxunite	PDF merging/combination utility
pseudonymize	Data pseudonymization utility
screen-split	GNU Screen layout/splitting helper
ssh-fido2-attestation.py	FIDO2 SSH key attestation verification
xctrl-easy	X11 window/display control helper

🎞️ multimedia/ — Audio/video/image processing

Script	Purpose
README.md	Section overview
cinelerra-mp4cut	Cut MP4 segments via Cinelerra
imagick-downsample	Batch image downsampling with ImageMagick
lame-downsample	Audio downsampling with LAME
mplayer-streamdump	Dump network media streams via MPlayer

🖥️ system/ — System administration, backup, and infrastructure

The largest and most varied section — device backups, encryption, filesystem tooling, and provisioning.

Backups & config management

Script	Purpose
arubacx-backup	Aruba CX switch config backup
asuswrt-backup / asuswrt-restore (+ -v22.ini / -v26.1.ini)	ASUS router firmware backup/restore
fortigate-backup	Fortinet FortiGate config backup
procurve-backup	HP ProCurve switch config backup
tomato-backup	Tomato firmware router backup
gcfg-backup	Backup via the gcfg config-tracking tool
mariadb-backup / mysql-backup / pgsql-backup	Database dump utilities
rsync-backup / tar-backup / server-backup	General-purpose backup wrappers
dircksum	Directory checksum/integrity verification

Encryption & credentials

Script	Purpose
encrypt-data	Data encryption helper
luksvault / ramvault	LUKS-encrypted / RAM-backed vault volumes
jwt-es256	ES256 JWT signing/verification
yubikey-otp-easy / yubikey-piv-easy	YubiKey OTP and PIV setup helpers
openssl-easy / openssl-peasy	Simplified OpenSSL CA/cert workflows
openssl.*.conf	Supporting OpenSSL configs (root, server, authentication, personal, opensc-pkcs11)

Networking

Script	Purpose
dns-make-in-addr.arpa / dns-make-ip6.arpa	Generate reverse-DNS zone files (IPv4/IPv6)
freedns-v2.py (+ .conf)	Dynamic DNS updater
huawei-3372-325-reset / huawei-hilink.py (+ .conf) / huawei-wctl	Huawei USB modem/HiLink management
wg-watch	WireGuard connection monitoring
riemann-query	Query the Riemann monitoring system

Filesystem & storage (ZFS)

Script	Purpose
zfs/drbd+zfs-io-error	ZFS/DRBD failover on I/O error
zfs/zfs-backup	ZFS snapshot-based backup
zfs/zfs-snapshot	ZFS snapshot management
zfs/zfs-mount-late.initd (+ .default)	Delayed ZFS mount init script
target-mount	Mount helper for backup/restore targets
ramoverlay (+ .service)	RAM-backed overlay filesystem + systemd unit

Provisioning & builds

Script	Purpose
apt-repo-easy	Simplified local APT repository management
pbuilder-easy	Simplified Debian package build environment
qemu-easy	Simplified QEMU VM launcher
makejail-ssh	Chroot jail builder for SSH-only proxying
kernel/kconfig-diff	Diff kernel .config files
kernel/make-kpkg-helper	Kernel package build helper
packer/	Packer templates for Debian images: buster, bullseye, bookworm, trixie — each with build.pkr.hcl, provisioning script, and baseline/virtual-host configs, plus debian-10..13 (likely symlinks/aliases to the codename dirs)

Cloud (Exoscale)

Script	Purpose
exoscale/exoscale-environment	Exoscale environment/credentials setup
exoscale/exoscale-rclone-backup (+ .default)	Scheduled rclone backup to Exoscale object storage
exoscale/exoscale-share	Exoscale object storage sharing helper
exoscale/rclone.conf	Supporting rclone configuration

Hardware & misc system

Script	Purpose
enable-wakeup	Configure Wake-on-LAN/system wakeup
xps13-9380-control	Dell XPS 13 9380 hardware control (power/fans/etc.)

📄 Root

File	Purpose
template.bash	Shared boilerplate/header for new Bash scripts in this repo