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22 Best Free and Open Source Linux PDF Viewers

August 26, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Office, Roundup

The PDF file format is one of the most common file formats in use today. This article recommends the best open source PDF viewers.

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doxx – terminal-native document viewer for Word files

August 22, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

doxx is a fast, terminal-native document viewer for Word files. View, search, and export .docx documents without leaving your command line.

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Krafna – Obsidion dataview plugin-like tool for command line

August 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Krafna is a terminal-based alternative to Obsidian’s Dataview plugin, allowing you to query your Markdown files using standard SQL syntax.

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render – command line reader offering better readability of web pages

August 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

reader is a lightweight tool offering better readability of web pages on the CLI. It’s written in the Go language.

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Files

nbpreview – terminal viewer for Jupyter notebooks

August 19, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

nbpreview is a terminal viewer for Jupyter notebooks. It’s like cat for ipynb files. It’s written in Python.

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SQL

18 Best Free and Open Source Linux MySQL Tools

August 14, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

This article identifies 18 open source tools which help to reduce the complexity associated with the powerful database software.

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Files

Vivify – brings your files to life in the browser

August 12, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

Vivify brings your files to life in the browser. Vivify is primarily made to render Markdown and Jupyter Notebooks.

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Files

Buffer – embrace ephemeral text

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Productivity

Buffer provides a minimal editing space for all those things that don’t need keeping. It’s written in Rust.

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Notes

Noteworthy – Markdown notes app

August 5, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Noteworthy is billed as a modern, fast, and version-controlled Markdown notes app.

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readest – modern, feature-rich ebook reader

July 27, 2025 Steve Emms Documents

Readest is an open-source ebook reader designed for immersive and deep reading experiences.

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