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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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CAD

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux CAD Software

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer technology for the design of objects, real or virtual.

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CAD Software

KLayout – viewer and editor for integrated circuit and mask design

April 20, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

KLayout is a Qt-based layout viewer and editor for integrated circuit and mask design work.

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CAD Software

build123d – Python CAD programming library

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics

build123d is a Python-based parametric modeling framework for 2D and 3D CAD.

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Painting tools

Top 23 Free and Open Source Linux Painting Tools

April 19, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

We have the selected the finest painting tools for Linux.

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13 Useful Free and Open Source 3D Model Viewers

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

This article focuses on software tools which let you view 3D models. There’s a wide range of formats available.

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Online 3D Viewer – browser-based application for inspecting 3D models

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Web Apps

Online 3D Viewer is a browser-based application for inspecting 3D models without installing desktop software.

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Castle Model Viewer – supports 3D and 2D model formats

April 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Castle Model Viewer is an interactive viewer for inspecting 3D and 2D assets supported by Castle Game Engine on Linux.

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Photo Metadata

9 Best Free and Open Source Photo Metadata Editors

April 17, 2026 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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CDROM

GrimRipper – graphical application for ripping audio CDs

April 14, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

GrimRipper is a graphical application for ripping audio CDs on Linux.

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Photo Metadata

OMERewriter – view and rewrite OME-TIFF metadata

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Scientific

OMERewriter is a desktop application for working with microscopy image metadata stored in OME-TIFF files.

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Compression

12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Image Compression Tools

April 8, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Data compression is the process of storing data in a format that uses less space than the original representation would use.

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11 Best Free and Open Source OCR Tools

April 7, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into searchable, editable documents.

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Graphics

Domenico – create looping animated GIFs

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Domenico is a simple FFmpeg GUI for creating high-quality looping GIFs from MP4 and MOV video files.

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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Screen Capture Tools for Hyprland

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor popular with Linux users wanting a desktop focused on speed, flexibility, and visual polish.

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Monitor Calibration

Calibrate your Monitor with these Open Source Tools

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

If you value image quality and accuracy, calibration of your monitor will be important. These tools ensure your monitor is calibrated.

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Photo Management

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Photo Management Software

April 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

Photo management software is a type of computer application that helps users to organize their digital image collection.

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