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Emacs

minimal-emacs.d – minimal Emacs starter kit

May 23, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

minimal-emacs.d is a minimal Emacs starter kit that provides a ready-made early-init.el and init.el for users.

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SQL

Skeema – manage MySQL and MariaDB schema changes

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents

Skeema is a declarative schema management system for MySQL and MariaDB.

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Document Management Systems

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Document Management Systems

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Office, Roundup

Here’s our updated verdict.

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Emacs

MinEmacs – complete and fast Emacs configuration framework

May 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

MinEmacs is a complete and fast Emacs configuration framework designed for daily use.

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Business Intelligence

Shaper – SQL-first analytics and dashboard platform

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Shaper is a SQL-first analytics and dashboard platform built on DuckDB.

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Document Management Systems

OpenDocMan – web-based document management system

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Web Apps

OpenDocMan is a web-based document management system written in PHP.

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Business Intelligence

Briefer – collaborative data workspace for teams

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Briefer is a collaborative data workspace for teams that want to analyse, present, and share data from a single web application.

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Document Management Systems

Papermerge – web-based document management system

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Web Apps

Papermerge is a web-based document management system designed for digital archives and scanned paperwork.

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Business Intelligence

Evidence – code-based alternative to drag-and-drop business intelligence tools

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Evidence is a framework for building data products such as reports, decision-support tools, and embedded dashboards with SQL and Markdown.

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Document Management Systems

Papra – minimalistic document management and archiving platform

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Papra is a minimalistic document management and archiving platform that helps people organize, secure, and archive documents in one place.

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Business Intelligence

Lightdash – Looker alternative

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Lightdash is a business intelligence platform built around dbt projects.

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ebook reader

14 Best Free and Open Source GUI ebook Readers

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

An electronic book (ebook) is a text and image-based publication which can be read on a computer or other digital devices.

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Writing Tools

18 Best Free and Open Source Linux Tools for Novelists

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Education, Roundup

The software featured in this article is designed to meet the specialised needs of a budding novelist.

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Writing Tools

novelibre – novel organizer for writers

May 8, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

novelibre is a novel organizer for writers who use LibreOffice or OpenOffice.

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Writing Tools

WareWoolf – minimalist novel-writing system

May 8, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

WareWoolf is a minimalist novel-writing system and rich text editor built specifically for fiction writing.

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Hex Editor

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Hex Editors

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, TUI

A hex editor is a special type of editor that can open any type of file and display its contents, byte by byte.

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Hex Editor

XVI – hex editor using ncurses

May 5, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

xvi is a hex editor that uses an ncurses-based interface and is designed for interactive binary file editing from the console.

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Hex Editor

hexcurse-ng – ncurses-based console hex editor

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

hexcurse-ng is an ncurses-based console hex editor for working with binary data in a terminal.

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Hex Editor

Hexit – minimalistic hex editor

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Hexit is a terminal-based hex editor written in C++ for inspecting and editing binary data from a text user interface.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

21 Free and Open Source Simple GUI Based Linux Text Editors

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

A text editor is software used for editing plain text files. This type of software has many different uses.

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