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Author: Steve Emms

Database

UNDB – no-code platform

March 2, 2025 Steve Emms Database

UNDB is a no-code platform that can also serve as a Backend as a Service (BaaS).

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Monitoring

btail – interactive file tail viewer

March 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

btail is a command-line utility for viewing the tail of files with an interactive terminal user interface.

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Game Engines

ct.js – 2D game engine and IDE

March 2, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

ct.js is a 2D game engine and IDE that aims to be powerful and flexible while still being easy to use and learn.

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3D Printer

MatterControl – 3D printing software

March 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

MatterControl is software designed to control and enhance the desktop 3D printing experience.

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Database

tarug – minimal Postgres SQL client

March 2, 2025 Steve Emms Database, GUI

tarug is a modern, yet another Postgres SQL client, build with GTK 4 and Libadwaita.

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Software

TOML – Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language

March 2, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

TOML aims to be a minimal configuration file format that’s easy to read due to obvious semantics.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

Jottr – writing-focused text and Markdown editor

March 2, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Jottr is a writing-focused text editor with focus mode, snippets, autocomplete, integrated browsing, Markdown tools and extensible plugins.

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Comic Books

oyomu – CLI comic collection manager and reader

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Other

oyomu is a command line comic collection manager and also a comic reader.

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Flashcards

Memorize – store flashcard sets

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Memorize is a native GNOME app that stores your flashcard sets.

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3D Printer

OrcaSlicer – G-code generator for 3D printers

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Orca Slicer is a powerful slicer for FFF (FDM) 3D Printers. OrcaSlicer is originally forked from Bambu Studio.

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HyperDX – observability platform

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

HyperDX is a cloud-based production monitoring and debugging tool that allows you to correlate logs, metrics, traces, and user sessions

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Hypervisors

VirtualBox – powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization software

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

VirtualBox is a family of virtual machine products targeting desktop computers, enterprise servers and embedded systems.

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Linux at Home - Collaborating

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Citrix Podio

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms Office

Podio is a cloud-based collaboration platform that helps businesses organize work, manage projects, and streamline workflows.

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Utility

which – show the full path of commands

March 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

which is a utility that is used to find which executable (or alias or shell function) is executed when entered on the shell prompt.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2025 Updates

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms Software

February 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Encrypted Files

eddy – fast command-line file encryption tool

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Security

eddy is a fast command-line file encryption tool with concurrent processing, authenticated decryption, passphrase generation and globbing.

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Gaming Chat

GoofCord – configurable and privacy minded Discord client

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

GoofCord is billed as a highly configurable and privacy minded Discord client.

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3D Printer

PrusaSlicer – export print files for your 3D printer

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

PrusaSlicer takes 3D models (STL, OBJ, AMF) and converts them into G-code instructions for FFF printers or PNG layers for mSLA 3D printers.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: lifecycler – terminal aquarium

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Games, Reviews

lifecycler is an aquarium that runs direct in your terminal. It’s free and open source goodness written in Rust.

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Chemistry

P-Table – terminal TUI scientific program

February 28, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific, TUI

P-Table is a beautiful TUI periodic table for Linux terminals coded in C with no extra dependencies.

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