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Category: GUI

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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Notes

Hugvi – code note-taking desktop app

February 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Hugvi is a modern, desktop-only note-taking app built with Tauri and React, designed for developers who value simplicity, privacy, and speed.

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Password manager

Keybox – GUI password manager

February 15, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Keybox is a minimal, encrypted, local password manager written in GDScript.

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Music visualization

OpenMeters – audio metering and visualisation application

February 14, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

OpenMeters provides real-time PipeWire audio metering with LUFS, spectrograms, oscilloscopes, spectrum analysis and stereo monitoring.

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Clipboard

Panox – clipboard manager

February 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Panox is a modern, visually appealing clipboard manager designed specifically for Wayland compositors.

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ElecWhat – simple desktop WhatsApp client

February 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

ElecWhat is a simple desktop WhatsApp client for Linux. It’s Electron based.

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Laser cutting

Inkcut – control plotters, cutters and CNC machines

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Inkcut controls plotters, vinyl cutters, engravers and CNC machines with layout tools, device control, job history and live status.

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Game Engines

TuxTuner – Wayland-native performance control for ASUS gaming laptops

February 9, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

TuxTuner is a Wayland-native performance control for ASUS gaming laptops on Linux.

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Selection of utilities

qdia – schematic/diagram editor

February 9, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

qia is a simple schematic/diagram editor with focus on quick diagram generation with high quality graphics.

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Gale – lightweight Thunderstore client

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Gale is a modern and lightweight mod manager for Thunderstore, built with Svelte and Tauri.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

v2 – local-first rich-text editor with versioning

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

v2 is a local-first rich-text editor built around portable document formats, version history, structured diffs and Pandoc interoperability.

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Notes

mnemo – local-first notes, flashcards and mind maps

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

mnemo is a local-first note-taking app combining a block-based editor, folders, flashcards, mind maps, PDF export and Markdown files.

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Linux

Termix – web-based server management platform

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Termix is a self-hosted all-in-one server management platform. It provides a multi-platform solution for managing your servers

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Ampere – lightweight music player

February 5, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Ampere is a GUI-based playlist-based audio player written in Python and Qt. It’s free and open source software.

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Application Launchers

Hamr – desktop launcher

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, GUI

Hamr learns from your usage patterns to surface what you need, when you need it. Type a few characters to launch apps, calculate math…

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Screen Capture

SnipText – screen capture OCR tool

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, GUI

SnipText is a screen capture OCR tool. Select a screen area, get text in the clipboard.

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Television

Cine – mpv frontend

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Cine combines a clean interface with a high-performance engine to deliver a seamless viewing experience.

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YouTube

Pipeline – watch YouTube and PeerTube videos

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Access YouTube content without using a web browser. Pipeline goes one step further by letting you also view PeerTube content.

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YouTube

Youwee – YouTube video downloader

February 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Youwee is billed as a modern, beautiful YouTube video downloader built with Tauri and React.

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Spreadsheets

VisiGrid – local-first spreadsheet

January 31, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Office

VisiGrid prioritizes speed, correctness, and keyboard-driven workflows over cloud lock-in and opaque automation.

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