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Hydra – cross-platform software KVM

August 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Hydra is a cross-platform software KVM that lets you control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse.

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Keyboard

Perpetua – cross-platform software KVM

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Perpetua is a cross-platform software KVM that lets you control multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse.

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Presentation software

Pympress – PDF presentation tool

August 2, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Pympress is a PDF presentation tool designed for dual-screen setups.

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Batch Renamers

PBRenamer – graphical batch file renaming utility

July 31, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

PBRenamer is a graphical batch file renaming utility built with Python and Qt 6. It offers live previews, flexible pattern matching, and more

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HDR

SimpleImageViewer – high-performance image viewer

July 30, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

SimpleImageViewer is a high-performance image viewer designed for rapidly browsing large photo and image collections.

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Best Free and Open Source Drum Machines

Autokit – drum machine plugin and standalone app

July 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Autokit is a sample-based drum machine that runs as a standalone application or as a VST3 and CLAP plugin.

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fooyin

fooyin v0.12.0 adds audio conversion and new visualisations

July 30, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

fooyin v0.12.0 adds audio conversion, new visualisations and playback improvements.

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Sound Systems

Soundboard – desktop audio mixing application

July 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Soundboard is a desktop audio mixing application for playing sound clips through voice chats and games.

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Technology

PixelSafe – graphical steganography utility

July 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

PixelSafe is a graphical steganography utility that hides data inside PNG images using the Least Significant Bit (LSB) technique.

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Animation

Eagle Animation – stop-motion animation application

July 28, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Eagle Animation is a stop-motion animation application for capturing, arranging and exporting image sequences.

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Desktop Environments

Rudo – small application dock

July 27, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, GUI

Rudo is a small application dock designed for Wayland desktops. It provides quick access to pinned applications, tracks running windows.

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Desktop Environments

Docking – lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock

July 27, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, GUI

Docking is a lightweight, feature-rich desktop dock for Linux. Written in Python using GTK 3 and Cairo

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Music

NTag – graphical audio file tag editor

July 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

NTag is a graphical audio file tag editor written in Java. It lets users view and edit metadata, artwork and extended tag fields.

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Search

File Brain – intelligent desktop file search application

July 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

File Brain is an intelligent desktop file search application that helps you locate files using natural-language queries.

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Famous Landmarks

Imagine Plus – desktop image optimisation utility

July 21, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Imagine Plus is a desktop image optimisation utility for compressing, converting and resizing images.

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Voice Recognition

Vocalinux – voice dictation application

July 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Vocalinux is a voice dictation application that lets you enter text into virtually any Linux application by speaking into a microphone.

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renCal – modern, local-first desktop calendar application

July 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

renCal is a modern, local-first desktop calendar application designed for Omarchy and available for other Linux distributions and macOS.

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Vector graphics

OpenPencil – design editor

July 15, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Web Apps

OpenPencil is a design editor that opens and writes Figma .fig files and Pencil .pen documents.

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Network

Yoda – graphical browser for the Gemini protocol

July 14, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Written in Rust, Yoda uses GTK 4 and Libadwaita to provide a modern Linux desktop interface.

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OCR Tools

Mark Shot – screenshot and annotation tool

July 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, Graphics, GUI

Mark Shot is a high-performance screenshot and annotation tool built with Qt 6. It supports Linux desktops running Wayland or X11.

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