Comment by ppurka

quietemerge - pretty output wraparound for Gentoo emerge ( https://github.com/ppurka/quietemerge )

btex - interactively compile LaTeX to PDF or PS or DVI, highlighting warnings and errors ( https://github.com/ppurka/btex )

searchforfile - search for files interactively with results "as-you-type" ( https://github.com/ppurka/searchforfile )

displaymessage - wrapper around a bunch of gui dialogs ( https://github.com/ppurka/displaymessage )

A couple more in my GitHub account.