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Console MPD Clients

11 Best Free and Open Source Console MPD Clients

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 best console-based MPD clients.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

DistroRack – Qt/QML-based GUI for Distrobox containers

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

DistroRack is a Qt/QML application that provides a graphical interface for creating and managing Distrobox containers on Linux.

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News

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI News Aggregators

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article recommends the finest free and open source graphical news aggregators.

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OpenWebRX+ – improved version of OpenWebRX

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

OpenWebRX+ is an improved version of OpenWebRX, a multi-user software defined radio receiver that runs through a web interface.

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Music

10 Useful Free and Open Source Scrobbler Tools

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Scrobbling is the process of automatically tracking and recording the music you listen to, sending the data to a service.

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IDE

toast – lightweight terminal-based IDE

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Toast is a lightweight terminal-based IDE designed for quick edits without leaving the command line.

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Game Tools

Plutonic – suika-like / spuntika-like game

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms Games

Plutonic is a physics-based puzzle game where players launch planets into a gravity field and try to combine them.

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WebRTC

Nextcloud Talk – chat, video and audio calls for Nextcloud

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Multimedia

Nextcloud Talk is a communication and collaboration app for Nextcloud that brings messaging, meetings, and webinars.

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Map – Linux Wardley map editor

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Map is a Linux Wardley map editor that turns a compact plain text notation into visual strategy maps.

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Selection of utilities

hashit – generate file hashes quickly

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hashit is a cross-platform command-line utility for generating file hashes quickly.

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Images

19 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line Image Compression Tools

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Roundup

This article recommends the best command-line image compression tools. They are all free and open source.

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CoMaps – community-led maps and navigation application

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

CoMaps is a community-led maps and navigation application built around OpenStreetMap data.

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Security

12 Useful Free and Open Source Binary Analysis Tools

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

To provide an insight into the software that is available, we have compiled a list of 12 useful tools for performing binary analysis.

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Maths

JGEX – construct, explore and prove geometry theorems

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Java Geometry Expert, also known as JGEX, is a Java application for constructing, exploring, and proving geometry theorems.

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Dictionary Tools

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux Dictionary Tools

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Roundup, Utilities

We recommend the best free and open source dictionary tools.

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Alaska

SVGO – Node.js tool for optimizing SVG files

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

SVGO is a Node.js tool for optimising SVG files by removing redundant data often added by vector editors

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Vulnerability Detection

LIEF – work with executable and binary formats

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Security

LIEF is a cross-platform library for working with executable and binary formats.

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DevOps

RetDec – retargetable machine-code decompiler

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Security

RetDec is a retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM.

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Encrypted Files

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux CLI File Encryption Tools

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Security

This roundup explores the finest CLI-based file encryption tools.

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Kotoba – Japanese – English dictionary

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI, Utilities

Kotoba is a Japanese-English dictionary application for GNOME.

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