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Author: Steve Emms

Synthesizer

Qwertone – simple music synthesizer app

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms Software

Qwertone is a simple music synthesizer app (like a toy-piano), but based on usual qwerty-keyboard for input.

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vizex

pkgdu – display Arch packages disk usage size

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pkgdu is a tool to display packages disk usage size for Arch Linux.

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Emacs Software

6 Best Free and Open Source Configuration Frameworks for Emacs

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Emacs configuration frameworks take the vanilla Emacs and add their own configuration.

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Git Clients

Actioneer – graphical desktop client for GitHub Actions

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Programming

Actioneer is a native GNOME desktop client for GitHub Actions.

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SSD

duviz – render ASCII-art representation of disk space usage

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

duviz is a (Python 3) command-line tool to visualize disk space usage.

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YouTube

NouTube – YouTube and YouTube Music in a single app

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

NouTube is a simple app that combines YouTube and YouTube Music in a single app.

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VoIP

Calls – make phone and SIP calls

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Calls is a simple, elegant phone dialer and call handler for GNOME.

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Chat

Xaric – IRC client

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Xaric is a UNIX irc client similar to (and forked from) BitchX and ircII.

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Selection of utilities

Arch Linux MCP Server – Arch Linux MCP (Model Context Protocol)

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Arch Linux MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that bridges AI assistants with the Arch Linux ecosystem.

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Network

Meshtastic – decentralized mesh networking ecosystem

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Meshtastic is a project that lets you use inexpensive LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communicator for areas without reliable cellular service.

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Reference Managers

11 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Bibliography Tools

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Roundup, TUI

Bibliographic software (also known as citation software or reference managers) plays a very important role in research.

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Remote Display

wolfSSH – small, fast, portable SSH implementation

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

wolfSSH is a small, fast, portable SSH implementation, including support for SCP and SFTP.

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YouTube

Ytui-music – TUI YouTube Music Player

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

Ytui-music is a Youtube client in the terminal for listening to music.

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Software

GuiMan – frontend for Pacman and AUR

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

GuiMan is a GUI frontend for pacman and AUR that claims it actually works.

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Groupware

Swirc – console based ICB and IRC client

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Swirc is a BSD licensed, console based and lightweight ICB and IRC client written in C/C++, whose goals are to be portable and secure.

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Remote Display

Dropbear – lightweight SSH server

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Dropbear is a smallish SSH server and client that’s written in the C language.

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Radxa Cubie A7Z

Radxa Cubie A7Z Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction to the Series

November 6, 2025 Steve Emms Hardware, Reviews

The Radxa Cubie A7Z is a tiny single-board computer designed for seamless integration into various applications.

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ONLYOFFICE DocSpace 3.5 released: upgraded editors, smarter sharing, and stronger control

November 6, 2025 Steve Emms Office

ONLYOFFICE has launched DocSpace 3.5, their open-source document management and collaboration platform.

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Stock Ticker

8 Best Free and Open Source Stock Tickers

November 6, 2025 Steve Emms Financial, Roundup

A stock ticker is a report of the price of specific securities, updated continuously throughout the trading session by the various stock market exchanges.

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Task Manager

Progress – simple Kanban board manager

November 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Progress is a Kanban board management app designed to be simple yet flexible for most workflows.

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