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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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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

Lite XL – lightweight text editor

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Lite XL is a lightweight cross-platform text editor derived from lite.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

Notepad Next – cross-platform text and source code editor

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Notepad Next is a cross-platform text and source code editor that reimplements the familiar Notepad++ workflow.

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Files

Cedilla – Markdown text editor for the COSMIC desktop

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Cedilla provides a writing environment for plain text and Markdown, aimed at note-taking, drafting documentation, and writing blog posts

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Foreign Languages

LocalTranslate – machine translation locally using Firefox translation models

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Scientific

LocalTranslate is a desktop application for Linux that performs machine translation locally using Firefox translation models.

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Hex Editor

HexMe – hex editor

April 7, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

HexMe is a terminal-based hex editor written in C++ that uses the Curses library for its text user interface.

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Gem of the Week

PaddleOCR – OCR and document-parsing toolkit

April 6, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Reviews

PaddleOCR is an open-source OCR and document-parsing toolkit. It’s used to extract text and document structure from images and PDFs.

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Typesetting Tools

TexLab – cross-platform implementation of the Language Server Protocol for LaTeX

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Scientific

TexLab is a cross-platform implementation of the Language Server Protocol for LaTeX.

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Typesetting Tools

Tectonic – modernised, self-contained TeX and LaTeX engine

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Scientific

Tectonic is a modernised, self-contained TeX and LaTeX engine powered by XeTeX and TeX Live.

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Typesetting Tools

SILE – typesetting system for Linux

March 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

SILE (Simon’s Improved Layout Engine) is a modern typesetting system designed for producing high-quality printed documents.

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Database

QuestDB – high-performance time-series database

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents

QuestDB is a high-performance time-series database designed for handling large volumes of timestamped data with extremely low latency.

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Database

IoTDB – high-performance time-series database

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents

IoTDB is a high-performance time-series database designed for managing large volumes of data generated by Internet of Things (IoT) devices. 

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Files

Lem – general-purpose editor/IDE

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Lem is a general-purpose text editor and IDE written in Common Lisp.

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Emacs Software

QEmacs – small but powerful UNIX editor

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, TUI

QEmacs is a small but powerful text editor with an Emacs-like interface.

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Emacs Software

Textbringer – Emacs-like text editor written in Ruby

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Textbringer is an Emacs-like text editor runs in a terminal and uses Ruby for extension and customization instead of Lisp.

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SQL

OctoSQL – query databases and file formats

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents, TUI

OctoSQL is a query tool that allows you to join, analyse and transform data from multiple databases and file formats using SQL.

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SQL

Turso – in-process SQL database

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents

Turso is an in-process relational database engine designed to be compatible with SQLite. The project aims to evolve the SQLite architecture for modern applications by introducing a new implementation focused on performance, scalability, and distributed workloads. The database is intended

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PDF

OnePDFPlease – TUI for working with PDF files

March 14, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

OnePDFPlease is a terminal-based PDF toolkit with vim keybindings providing a keyboard-driven interface for various PDF related tasks

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Selection of utilities

FFF – opinionated fuzzy file picker for neovim

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

FFF is an opinionated fuzzy file picker for neovim. Just for files, but it tries to solve file picking completely.

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