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Pixed – pixel art editor

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Pixed is a touch-friendly pixel art editor written in C# and .NET 9 using the Avalonia UI framework.

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PixlPunkt – modern, cross-platform pixel art editor

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

PixlPunkt is a pixel art editor that brings together painting tools, layered editing, animation workflow and tile work.

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Machine Learning

chaiNNer – node-based image processing GUI

May 12, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

chaiNNer is a node-based image processing application that lets users build visual workflows by connecting processing nodes.

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Camera Tools

16 Best Free and Open Source RAW Processing Tools

May 11, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

There’s a strong selection of open source Linux software for processing RAW files.

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20 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Image Viewers

May 7, 2026 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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Alaska

TermVisage – browse and view images in the terminal

May 6, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

TermVisage is a terminal image viewer and browser built for people who want to inspect images without leaving the command line.

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16 Best Free and Open Source Color Scheme Generators

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Let’s explore the color scheme generators at hand.

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Hellwal – fast and extensible color palette generator

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Hellwal is designed to create terminal and desktop color schemes from wallpaper images or predefined theme files.

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KDE Material You Colors – wallpaper-driven theming tool for KDE Plasma

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

KDE Material You Colors is a wallpaper-driven theming tool for KDE Plasma that generates Material You inspired light and dark colour schemes.

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Aether – visual theming application

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Aether is a visual theming application designed for Omarchy that extracts colours from wallpapers and builds coordinated themes.

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matugen – cross-platform color generation tool

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

matugen is a color generation tool that helps users build Material You and base16 based themes from a single source image or color.

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Camera Tools

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Camera Tools

April 30, 2026 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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YouTube

Pulsar – yt-dlp GUI

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Multimedia

Pulsar is a desktop media utility for Linux, macOS, and Windows that wraps yt-dlp and ffmpeg in a polished graphical interface.

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Photo Metadata

Metamorphosis – inspect and change embedded metadata

April 27, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Metamorphosis is a desktop utility for inspecting and changing embedded metadata across media and document files.

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Images

19 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line Image Compression Tools

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Roundup

This article recommends the best command-line image compression tools. They are all free and open source.

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Alaska

SVGO – Node.js tool for optimizing SVG files

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

SVGO is a Node.js tool for optimising SVG files by removing redundant data often added by vector editors

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25 Best Free and Open Source Linux Color Pickers

April 22, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

A color picker is a software tool used to select colors and, in some cases, to create color schemes.

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Wayland Color Picker GTK4 – sample colours

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Wayland Color Picker GTK4 is a GTK4 application for Wayland desktops that lets you sample colours from anywhere on the screen.

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wl-color-picker – shell script for Wayland and wlroots sessions

April 21, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics

wl-color-picker is a shell script for Wayland and wlroots sessions to pick a colour directly from the screen and copy the result.

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hyprpicker – wlroots-compatible Wayland colour picker for Linux

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

hyprpicker is a wlroots-compatible Wayland colour picker for Linux.

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