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Apache Answer – self-hosted question-and-answer platform

June 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Apache Answer is a self-hosted Q&A platform with accepted answers, voting, tags, reputation, moderation and extensible integrations.

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Rustmission – terminal interface for Transmission

June 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Rustmission is a terminal manager for Transmission with fuzzy filtering, categories, sorting, built-in magnet search and RSS fetching.

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Files

Leaf – terminal Markdown previewer

June 28, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Leaf is a terminal Markdown previewer that aims to provide a polished, GUI-like reading and navigation experience from the command line.

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Cloud storage

RClone Manager – graphical cloud storage manager

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

RClone Manager provides graphical cloud file management with visual automation, remote mounting, file previews and transfer monitoring.

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Web Content Management Systems

Tendenci – association management system

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Tendenci combines web content management with memberships, events, donations, payments and communications for associations and nonprofits.

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TorrentTUI – terminal BitTorrent client

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

TorrentTUI is a terminal BitTorrent client with built-in search, selective downloads, streaming, bandwidth limits and persistent sessions.

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Data Tools

OpenSuperClone – powerful data recovery utility for Linux

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

OpenSuperClone offers advanced drive cloning and extraction features for recovering data from failing storage media.

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6 Small Free and Open Source Console Menu Utilities

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup

This article looks at six tiny utilities that offer menu facilities.

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Music

FolderPlay – minimalist music player for local music collections

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Built with Rust and GTK4, FolderPlay is designed for listeners who organise their audio by folders.

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7 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Serial Terminals

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, TUI, Utilities

Best free Linux serial terminal tools for debugging embedded systems, microcontrollers, and hardware consoles.

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Tewi – terminal interface for BitTorrent clients

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Tewi is a terminal interface for Transmission, Deluge, qBittorrent and rTorrent, with torrent search, file controls and secure connections.

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Coding

6 Useful Free and Open Source R Linters

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix R code.

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Cloud storage

Rclone UI – graphical interface for rclone

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Rclone UI provides a graphical interface for managing rclone remotes, mounting cloud storage, scheduling jobs and monitoring transfers.

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13 Best Free and Open Source Graphical BitTorrent Clients

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

BitTorrent, also referred to as simply torrent, is an internet transfer protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P).

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Music player

Musik – lightweight audio player

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Musik is a lightweight audio player built for the KDE Plasma desktop.

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PaaS

16 Best Free and Open Source PaaS Cloud Computing Stacks

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Along with Software as a Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), PaaS is a service model of cloud computing.

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Gabut Download Manager – GTK4 download manager

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Gabut Download Manager is a GTK4 downloader for torrents, magnet links, video streams and browser-managed downloads on Linux.

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Text Editor

SoloMD – local-first Markdown editor

June 26, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

SoloMD is a local-first Markdown editor with linked notes, backlinks, search, version history, diagrams and AI assistant integration.

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Software

Apache Geode – distributed in-memory data management

June 26, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Apache Geode is a distributed in-memory data platform with partitioned regions, replication, persistence, event listeners and querying.

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Text Editor

NoteGen – Markdown note-taking application

June 26, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

NoteGen combines Markdown notes with capture tools, search, knowledge management, AI-assisted organisation and cloud synchronisation.

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