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kirc – tiny IRC client

November 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

kirc is an extremely fast and simple IRC client designed with portability in mind.

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Bible

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Bible Software

November 2, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Other, Roundup

Bible software helps to make religious studies more effective, more organised, and more rewarding.

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Circada – IRC client

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Circada is a console-based IRC client that comes with two modes, normal chat mode and the navigation mode.

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Sushi shell – Bash clone shell

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Sushi shell (formerly known as Rusty Bash) is a a Bash clone shell implemented in Rust.

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mod_dav – Apache Module for WebDAV

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms Web Apps

mod_dav provides class 1 and class 2 WebDAV (‘Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning’) functionality for Apache.

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mbake – Makefile formatter and linter

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

mbake is a Makefile formatter and linter that offers smart formatting: Tabs for recipes, consistent spacing, line continuation cleanup.

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Time tracking

27 Sparkling Free and Open Source CLI Linux Time Trackers

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

All of the time trackers featured in this roundup are console applications, using a command-line interface.

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System administration

15 Useful Free and Open Source DNS Clients

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

DNS is one of these things many take for granted that is critical to using the internet. Without DNS, the internet breaks.

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Reference Managers

coBib – console bibliography

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

coBib is a simple, console-based bibliography management tool.

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Business Intelligence

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Business Intelligence Software

November 1, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Office, Productivity, Roundup

A business intelligence platform includes three layers: a database layer, a business intelligence layer, and an analytics/performance management layer. Here’s our roundup of the best business intelligence software.

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SSHM – transforms how you manage and connect to SSH hosts

October 31, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

SSHM is a command-line tool that transforms how you manage and connect to your SSH hosts.

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OCR Tools

Document Scanner – GNOME based tool

October 31, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Document Scanner lets you capture images using image scanners (e.g. flatbed scanners) that have suitable SANE drivers installed.

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Stockmarket

Merkato – monitor stocks and currencies

October 31, 2025 Steve Emms Financial, GUI

Merkato is a modern financial data tracker that brings market information directly to your desktop.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: October 2025 Updates

October 31, 2025 Steve Emms Software

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

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System Administration

Easy Flatpak – manage flatpaks with a simple GUI

October 31, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Easy Flatpak helps you install Flatpak apps in a user-friendly way. The tool has recipes for some of them to install them even better.

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Reference Managers

bibiman – TUI for fast and simple interaction with a BibLaTeX database

October 31, 2025 Steve Emms Education, TUI

bibiman is a simple terminal user interface for handling your BibLaTeX database as part of a terminal-based scientific workflow.

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Email

17 Best Free and Open Source Email Servers

October 31, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on free and open source email servers. We recommend Exim, OpenSMTPD, mox, DBMail, WildDuck, and Stalwart.

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Turn Based Strategy Games

SLADE3 – modern editor for Doom-engine based games

October 30, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

SLADE3 is a modern editor for Doom-engine based games and source ports. It can view, modify, and write many different game-specific formats.

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Voice Recognition

hyprwhspr – native speech-to-text

October 30, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

hyprwhspr is a native speech-to-text designed for Arch / Omarchy. It aims to provide fast, accurate and easy system-wide dictation.

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Karaoke

Karapulse – karaoke player

October 30, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Karapulse is a Linux karaoke player supporting CDG/MP3 as well as video files.

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