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Reference Managers

papers – command-line tool to manage bibliography

May 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education

papers is a lightweight CLI bibliography manager for researchers and other users who keep collections of academic PDFs alongside BibTeX data.

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Learning with Linux

12 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Flashcard Tools

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Roundup, TUI

This roundup focuses on the finest terminal-based flashcard tools.

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Learning with Linux

carddown – spaced repetition for markdown notes

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Education

carddown is a command-line flashcard application for people who keep their notes in plain text.

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Typing

toofan – minimal, lightning-fast typing TUI

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

toofan is a terminal typing practice tool built around a lightweight text user interface.

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Kotoba – Japanese – English dictionary

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI, Utilities

Kotoba is a Japanese-English dictionary application for GNOME.

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Dictionary Tools

SilverDict – web-based alternative to GoldenDict

April 24, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Utilities, Web Apps

SilverDict is a web-based dictionary application designed as a modern alternative to GoldenDict.

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Foreign Languages

VocabSieve – Anki companion for language learning

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

VocabSieve is a desktop companion for Anki designed to help language learners build vocabulary through sentence mining.

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Education

LinguaCafe – helps language learners acquire vocabulary by reading

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Web Apps

LinguaCafe is a self-hosted web application for language learners that helps them read foreign-language texts.

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Education

Mundi – geography learning application for GNOME

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Mundi is a geography learning application for GNOME that helps users test their knowledge of world regions through interactive map exercises.

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Typing

FingerGo – cross-platform touch-typing trainer

April 4, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

FingerGo is a touch-typing trainer, designed to improve typing speed and accuracy, with a user-friendly and intuitive interface.

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Typing

Textype – terminal typing tutor

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

Textype is a terminal typing tutor built for users who want to improve their typing skills from the command line.

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Learning with Linux

hashcards – plain text-based spaced repetition system for flashcards

March 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Web Apps

Hashcards is a plain-text spaced repetition flashcard application designed for users who prefer a lightweight, flexible study workflow

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Flashcards

Lapse – cross-platform flashcard app

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Lapse uses spaced repetition to help users review and retain information more effectively, and offers a modern interface.

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Typing

Mecalin – learn touch typing

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Mecalin is a typing tutor application built with GTK4, Rust, and Adwaita.

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Typing

typtea – terminal-based typing speed tester

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

typtea is a minimal terminal-based typing speed tester with support for dozens of programming languages.

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Typing

Couik – terminal-based typing test

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

Couik is a terminal-based typing test designed for speed, aesthetics, and simplicity. Built with Bubble Tea.

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Interactive Whiteboard

pad.ws – whiteboard as an IDE

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Web Apps

pad.ws is a whiteboard app that acts as a dev environment in your browser. It uses Excalidraw for the whiteboard interface

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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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Education

Relational – educational tool for relational algebra

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Education, GUI

Relational is an educational tool to provide a workspace for experimenting with relational algebra, an offshoot of first-order logic.

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Typing

GitType – turn your source code into typing challenges

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Productivity, TUI

GitType turns your own source code into typing challenges.

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