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16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Gemini Clients

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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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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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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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 the original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite, to provide a basic indicator of the performance of Unix-like systems.

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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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Travel Planner

7 Best Free and Open Source Travel Planners

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This roundup focuses on software which act as a digital travel assistant.

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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 is a browser-based application for inspecting 3D models without installing desktop software.

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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 – supports 3D and 2D model formats

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Castle Model Viewer is an interactive viewer for inspecting 3D and 2D assets supported by Castle Game Engine on Linux.

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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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Static Site Generator

bloggy – lightweight static blog generator

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

bloggy is designed for people who want a personal blog with a simple file-based workflow.

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OpenRDAP – command line client for the Registration Data Access Protocol

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

OpenRDAP is a command line client for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) written in Go.

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Static Site Generator

swege – static website generator written in C

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

swege is a static website generator written in C. It uses the Discount library to build a website from a set of Markdown files.

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Photo Metadata

9 Best Free and Open Source Photo Metadata Editors

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

A metadata editor is computer software which allows users to view and edit metadata tags interactively and save them in the graphics file.

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