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Author: Steve Emms

Selection of utilities

Stratis – local storage management

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Stratis is a tool to easily configure pools and filesystems with enhanced storage functionality.

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Digital Audio Workstations

12 Best Free and Open Source Digital Audio Workstations

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

A digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files.

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JSON Tools

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: jq – JSON processor

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to jq, a command-line JSON processor.

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JSON Tools

qq – jq but an interoperable configuration format transcoder

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

qq is multi modal, and can be used as a replacement for jq or be interacted with via a REPL.

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3D Illustration

11 Best Free and Open Source Ray Tracing Software

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Ray tracing is a technique for modeling light transport for use in a wide variety of rendering algorithms for generating digital images.

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Archive Manager

s3fs – mount an S3 bucket via FUSE

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

s3fs allows Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD to mount an S3 bucket via FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace).

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Coding

Scalene – memory profiler

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Scalene is a high-performance, high-precision CPU, GPU, and memory profiler for Python with AI-powered optimization proposals.

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Framework

haskeline – CLI for user input

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Haskeline provides a user interface for line input in command-line programs. This library is similar in purpose to readline

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ZLint – opinionated linter

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

ZLint is an opinionated linter for the Zig programming language.

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RAW Tools

luffy – watch movies and TV from the command-line

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

luffy is billed as a spiritual successor of flix-cli and mov-cli. It’s cross-platform software written in the Go language.

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SSD

NoxDir – visualize file system usage

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

NoxDir is a high-performance, cross-platform command-line tool for visualizing and exploring your file system usage.

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Spreadsheets

VisiGrid – local-first spreadsheet

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Office

VisiGrid prioritizes speed, correctness, and keyboard-driven workflows over cloud lock-in and opaque automation.

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Framework

5 Useful Free and Open Source Rust TUI frameworks

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, TUI

The software featured in this roundup helps developers create TUI programs. All the software featured is written in Rust.

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colorstorm – TUI to generate color themes for Vim, VSCode, and Sublime

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

colorstorm is a command line TUI to generate color themes for Vim, VSCode, and Sublime.

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Interactive Whiteboard

9 Best Free and Open Interactive Whiteboard Software

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Roundup

An interactive whiteboard is an instructional tool consisting of a large interactive display in the form factor of a whiteboard.

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Fonts

Geist – typeface designed for developers and designers

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Geist embodies design principles of simplicity, minimalism, and speed, drawing inspiration from the renowned Swiss design movement.

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API

8 Best Free and Open Source API Documentation Browsers

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Software developers need all the help possible. One useful tool is a documentation browser. In fact, they can sometimes be a life changer.

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Classroom Tools

Drawy – brainstorming tool

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Graphics, GUI

Drawy is a work-in-progress infinite whiteboard tool which aims to be a native-desktop alternative to the web-based Excalidraw.

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Web Design

7 Useful Free Static Web Servers

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

This roundup focuses on web servers that are designed for mostly static content.

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Selection of utilities

par2cmdline – PAR 2.0 compatible file verification and repair tool

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

par2cmdline is a program for creating and using PAR2 files to detect damage in data files and repair them if necessary.

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