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Graphics

Trophy – terminal-based 3D model viewer

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Trophy renders OBJ, GLB and STL models directly in the terminal, with interactive navigation, textured rendering and lighting controls.

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PELADN-WO4

PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC: Power Consumption

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I test the PELADN WO4 5600H Mini PC’s power use tested at idle, under load, and for annual UK electricity costs.

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System Cleaning

CrunchyCleaner – terminal-based application cache cleaner

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

CrunchyCleaner removes application caches and temporary files through a terminal interface, with dry-run and automated cleaning modes.

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Finance

Cashlytics – self-hosted personal finance and budget planning application

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

Cashlytics is a self-hosted personal finance and budget planning application.

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Office

Collabora Office – desktop office suite with modern interface

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Office

Collabora Office brings document, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing editors to the desktop with offline editing and PDF export.

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Website

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Caches

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web caches have become a vital mechanism for optimizing the amount of data that is delivered in a given period of time. Good web caches also help to minimise latency, serving pages as quickly as possible.

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Hypervisors

Firecracker – lightweight virtualization technology

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, System Software

Firecracker runs lightweight KVM-based microVMs with REST API controls, network and storage isolation, snapshots and security hardening.

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Personal Finance

Ledge – terminal-based personal finance tracker

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Ledge is a keyboard-driven personal finance tracker with monthly budgets, transaction filters, spending summaries and CSV data exchange.

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Finance

Yaffa – self-hosted personal finance web application

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

Yaffa is a self-hosted personal finance web application written in PHP using the Laravel framework.

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Finance

moneyflow – personal finance transaction manager

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

moneyflow manages personal finance transactions across Monarch Money, YNAB and imported statements with terminal and browser interfaces.

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Manga

ani-l – terminal-based anime library and streamer

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Other, TUI

ani-l lets users browse, search, and stream anime directly from the terminal, with a TUI or command-line options.

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Minisforum M2

MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: BIOS

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

BIOS, or Basic Input/Output System, remains one of the most important pieces of low-level software in any computer. Here’s a look at the M2’s BIOS.

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Finance

Savvy – self-hosted personal finance and expense tracking application

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

Savvy is designed for users who want to keep control of their financial data while managing accounts, transactions, budgets, debts, recurring payments, and reports.

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Web

Souin – configurable HTTP caching system

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Souin provides standards-aware HTTP response caching, configurable storage, invalidation, monitoring and reverse proxy integration.

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Photo Gallery

19 Best Free and Open Source Web Photo Gallery Solutions

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Web Apps

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 15 of the most useful open source web photo gallery software.

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Microdot – small web framework for Python and MicroPython

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Microdot is a minimalistic web framework for Python and MicroPython inspired by Flask.

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Accountancy

WYGIWYH – self-hosted personal finance tracker

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

WYGIWYH (What You Get Is What You Have) is a self-hosted personal finance tracker built around a simple cash-flow philosophy

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Finance

SmartWallet – terminal-based personal finance manager

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

SmartWallet is an offline terminal finance manager with nested budget categories, signed transactions and recursive balance calculations.

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Personal Finance

OpenBudgeteer – self-hosted budgeting application

June 2, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Web Apps

OpenBudgeteer is a self-hosted budgeting application based on the bucket budgeting principle.

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Finance

Rex – terminal application for tracking income and expenses

June 2, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Rex tracks income, expenses and recurring transactions in a keyboard-driven terminal interface with balance charts and local storage.

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