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Author: Steve Emms

Education

LinguaCafe – helps language learners acquire vocabulary by reading

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Web Apps

LinguaCafe is a self-hosted web application for language learners that helps them read foreign-language texts.

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Network Security

Checksum Checker – simple GUI application

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Checksum Checker helps users verify file checksums against expected values and generate new checksums for local files.

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DNA

SeqMonk – visualise and analyse high throughput mapped sequence data

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

SeqMonk is a Java application for visualising and analysing mapped sequence data.

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DNA

GW – fast browser for genomic sequencing data

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

GW is a terminal-based genome browser designed for inspecting sequencing experiments and reviewing variants.

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Developer of the Week

Developer of the Week: Wim Taymans

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Blog

Wim Taymans is a Belgian Linux multimedia developer.

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Network Security

HashVerifier – checksum generation and verification utility

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

HashVerifier is a cross-platform checksum generation and verification utility for Linux and Windows.

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Benchmarking

vkmark – Vulkan benchmarking suite

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

vkmark is a Vulkan benchmarking suite built around targeted, configurable scenes to measure different aspects of Vulkan performance.

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Network Security

Rust Hash Sum – calculate and verify file checksums

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

rhashsum is a desktop utility for generating and checking file integrity hashes through a graphical interface.

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Benchmarking

iperf3 – active measurement of network performance on IP networks

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

iperf3 is a command-line utility for active measurement of network performance on IP networks.

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Network

rdapper – performs domain registration lookups

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

rdapper is a Node library that performs domain registration lookups and returns the results in a consistent structure.

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Benchmarking

UnixBench – original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

UnixBench is a classic system benchmark for Unix-like systems, combining CPU, process, file, shell, system call, and graphics tests.

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Image of Files

Dongle – move around deep directory trees

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Dongle is a terminal utility that helps you move around deep directory trees without typing long cd paths by hand.

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Online 3D Viewer – browser-based application for inspecting 3D models

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Web Apps

Online 3D Viewer displays and converts 3D and CAD models in a browser, with wide format support, sharing links and custom display options.

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Benchmarking

glmark2 – graphics benchmark

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

glmark2 is a graphics benchmark designed to measure the performance of OpenGL 2.0 and OpenGL ES 2.0 implementations

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Castle Model Viewer – interactive viewer for 3D and 2D assets

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Castle Model Viewer opens 3D scenes and 2D assets, with animation playback, scene navigation, screenshots and model conversion tools.

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Turkey

GraphHopper – fast, memory-efficient routing engine

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

GraphHopper is a fast, memory-efficient routing engine for developers building navigation, route planning, and geospatial applications.

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unifly – management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

unifly is a terminal-based management toolkit for Ubiquiti UniFi network controllers.

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Turkey

openrouteservice – build route planning and spatial analysis services

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

openrouteservice is a Java-based routing backend for building route planning and spatial analysis services from OpenStreetMap data.

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Static Site Generator

Bonobo – minimalist static site generator

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Bonobo is a minimalist static site generator written in C. It’s designed to be very small and easy to understand.

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Turkey

OpenTripPlanner – multi-modal trip planner

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

OpenTripPlanner is a Java-based backend for building multimodal journey planning services.

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