Linux offers a vast collection of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the obvious to the bizarre.
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Category: Graphics
11 Best Free and Open Source Ray Tracing Software
Ray tracing is a technique for modeling light transport for use in a wide variety of rendering algorithms for generating digital images.
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Drawy – brainstorming tool
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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Linux Candy: asciify – turn images into attractive ASCII art
asciify is a CLI tool that converts images into ASCII art. It’s part of our Linux Candy series.
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ImPPG – image post-processor
ImPPG performs Lucy-Richardson deconvolution, unsharp masking, brightness normalization and tone curve adjustment.
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HyprSnipper – snipping tool for Hyprland
HyprSnipper is a Qt-based screenshot tool designed specifically for Hyprland. It’s written in Python.
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Linux Candy: Fractal Art – desktop wallpaper generator
Fractal Art is software which generates colorful wallpapers. It’s free and open source software written in Haskell.
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hyprsnap – script-based screenshot utility
hyprsnap is a unified, script-based screenshot utility designed specifically for the Wayland/Hyprland environment.
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fotocx – image editing and collection management
Fotocx is a Linux program for editing photos or other images and managing a large collection.
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BinVec – convert raster graphics into vector graphics
BinVec is a graphical program that converts raster graphics into vector graphics with real-time previews.
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Brushshe – painting app
Brushshe is a simple and user-friendly raster graphics editor. This is cross-platform software running under Linux and Windows.
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simagef – find similar images
simagef finds similar images. It takes a list of image paths and returns either groups or pairs of images that are similar.
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clrsync – color scheme manager
clrsync allows to define color palettes once and apply them consistently to all configurable applications.
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PixelTerm-C – terminal image viewer
PixelTerm-C is a high-performance terminal image browser written in C, based on the Chafa library.
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termframe – terminal output SVG screenshot tool
This tool is a non-interactive terminal emulator that executes a single command, renders its output in an internal virtual session, and exports a screenshot as an SVG file.
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Rusticon – favicon editor
Rusticon is a mouse driven SVG favicon editor for your terminal.
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Colorway – generate color pairings
Colorway is a GUI tool that generates color pairings.
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Image Normalizer – batch-processing tool that resizes and compresses images
Image Normalizer is a cross-platform command-line batch-processing tool that resizes and compresses images.
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mcat – extended cat command
mcat is a terminal image, video and Markdown viewer. It’s written in the Rust programming language.
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lqth – screenshot utility
lqth is a simple but fast screenshot utility inspired by xscreenshot and follows the suckless philosophy. It supports X only (no Wayland support).
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