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Mixer

AnalogVUMeter – classic analog stereo VU meter

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

AnalogVUMeter is a cross-platform desktop application that visually replicates a classic analog stereo VU meter (needle-style)

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Luban – 3-in-1 software tailor-made for Snapmaker machines

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Luban is an easy-to-use 3-in-1 software tailor-made for Snapmaker machines.

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Zap – play sound effects

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Play all your favorite sound effects! This soundboard makes your livestreams and videocasts more entertaining.

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BablerEdit – desktop translation editor

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

BablerEdit is a modern, open-source desktop translation editor for managing multi-language localization files.

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Game Tools

Open Gamepad UI – game launcher and overlay

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Open Gamepad UI is a game launcher and overlay written using the Godot Game Engine 4 designed with a gamepad native experience in mind.

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CasterSoundboard – podcasting tool

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

CasterSoundboard is a soundboard for hot-keying and playing back sounds. It’s designed for podcasting.

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Clipboard

TFCBM – clipboard manager

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

TFCBM is a clipboard manager for Linux. It keeps a searchable history of everything you copy.

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Runa – GUI package manager for the AUR

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Runa is a graphical AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager for Linux. It works on any desktop environment that supports GTK3.

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WiFi

AIRCTL – WiFi management tool

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

AIRCTL provides a clean interface to scan, connect, and manage wireless networks.

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Graphics card image

GPU-Viewer – frontend to glxinfo, vulkaninfo, clinfo and es2_info

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

GPU-Viewer aims to capture all the important details of glxinfo, vulkaninfo and clinfo in a GUI.

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Amplitude Soundboard – cross-platform soundboard

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Amplitude Soundboard is a feature-rich soundboard in active development.

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Monitoring

crabdrop – file manager for S3-compatible storage

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

crabdrop works with AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, and any S3-compatible service.

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Screen Capture

HyprQuickFrame – screenshot utility for Hyprland

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

HyprQuickFrame is a native screenshot utility for Hyprland built with Quickshell.

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3D Printer

ElegooSlicer – slicer for FDM printers

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ElegooSlicer is a slicer compatible with most Fused Deposition Modeling printers that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Image Viewers

Lightning Image Viewer – fast and lightweight desktop image viewer

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Reviews

Lightning Image Viewer (LIV) is billed as a desktop image (previewer) with some notable UX features.

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Video-Emulators

StarPSX – PlayStation 1 emulator

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms Emulators, Games, GUI

StarPSX is a PlayStation 1 emulator written in Rust. It features a native cross-platform GUI (eframe/egui) with a built-in debugger.

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Image showing an example of pixel artwork

Fizzy – pixel art editor and animation editor

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Fizzy (was known as Pixi) is a cross-platform open-source pixel art editor and animation editor written in Zig.

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Image of Files

HardBore – file manager using web technologies

February 17, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Web Apps

HardBore is a file manager that’s in a very early stage of development. Sub-2ms cold start, native OS integration, full keyboard navigation.

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Screen Capture

wayscrollshot – scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland

February 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, GUI

wayscrollshot is a scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland that captures and stitches images in real-time as you scroll.

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Omnicom – graphical interface for serial communication

February 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Omnicom is a modern and elegant graphical interface for serial communication via picocom.

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