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Fractals

14 Best Free and Open Source Linux Fractal Tools

November 18, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Fractals are rooted in chaos theory, and because of their nature they are perfect for organic looking artwork and landscapes. We recommend the best Linux fractal tools.

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Photo Metadata

Picsort – tool for sorting images into folders

November 16, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Picsort is a desktop application designed to help you rapidly organize and classify large sets of pictures, primarily using your keyboard.

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Small Image Tools

Pictures Converter – convert image formats

November 14, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Pictures Converter is a program that allows users to convert various file formats through a graphical interface.

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Fractals

Fractorium – Qt-based fractal flame editor

November 10, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Fractorium is a Qt-based fractal flame editor which uses a C++ re-write of the flam3 algorithm named Ember.

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Fractals

FLAM3 – cosmic recursive fractal flames

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

FLAM3 is an original fractal flame renderer and genetic language.

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Fractals

fractal-generator – Mandelbrot and Julia fractal generator

November 9, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

fractal-generator lets you explore Mandelbrot and Julia fractals.

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Git Clients

Actioneer – graphical desktop client for GitHub Actions

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Programming

Actioneer is a native GNOME desktop client for GitHub Actions.

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12 Best Free and Open Source Pixel Art Editors

October 27, 2025 Luke Baker Graphics, Roundup

Pixel art is a form of digital art drawn with graphical software where images are built using pixels as the only building block. We recommend the best free and open source pixel art editors.

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Machine Learning

7 Best Free and Open Source Image Upscaling Tools

October 26, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Image upscaling brings the power of AI upscaling to your fingertips, allowing you to turn low-resolution images into high-quality outputs.

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Photo Metadata

8 Best Free and Open Source Photo Metadata Editors

October 23, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

A metadata editor is computer software which allows users to view and edit metadata tags interactively and save them in the graphics file.

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RAW Tools

14 Best Free and Open Source RAW Processing Tools

October 22, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

There is a good range of open source Linux software that processes RAW files. Here’s our verdict. Hopefully, there will be something of interest here for anyone who has a passion for digital photography.

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Camera Tools

14 Best Free and Open Source Linux Camera Tools

October 20, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Linux offers excellent software for dealing with RAW files, for remotely operating cameras, importing and processing raw data, as well as software to read, write and edit camera metadata.

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Annotation tool

Draw Pen – simple screen annotation

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Draw Pen is a simple screen annotation tool that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Albania

15 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Image Viewers

October 15, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Roundup

Want to view 24-bit high definition images in your terminal? We recommend our favourite terminal-based image viewers.

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PixiEditor – universal 2D editor

October 6, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

PixiEditor is a universal 2D editor that was made to provide you with tools and features for all your 2D needs.

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7 Best Free and Open Scheme Color Scheme Generators

October 1, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Let’s explore the color scheme generators at hand.

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Photo Metadata

Scramble – privacy-focused image metadata removal tool

September 30, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Scramble provides a clean, intuitive interface featuring a user-friendly drag-and-drop workflow for metadata inspection and removal.

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Camera Tools

RapidRAW – non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor

September 28, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

RapidRAW is a non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor that aims to be an alternative to Adobe Lightroom.

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cwal – generates dynamic color schemes from images

September 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

cwal extracts dominant colors from your chosen image and applies them to your terminal, applications, and other system components.

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Austria

PTUI – terminal-based image viewer

September 25, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

PTUI is a terminal-based image viewer written in Rust that provides a file browser interface with real-time image preview capabilities.

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