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Category: GUI

Logfile Viewer

LogNote – graphical viewer for files and Android logcat

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

LogNote explores files and Android logcat output with regex filters, custom columns, bookmarks and automated event triggers.

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Maps – map viewer designed for elementary OS

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Maps is a lightweight elementary OS map viewer with place search, current-location jumping, keyboard navigation and geo URI support.

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Logfile Viewer

Giant Log Viewer – view extremely large log files

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

Giant Log Viewer opens enormous text files with modest memory usage, offering drag-and-drop opening and keyboard-driven navigation.

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Sound Systems

Helvum – graphical patchbay for PipeWire

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Helvum is a graphical PipeWire patchbay for creating and removing connections between audio, video and MIDI applications and devices.

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Chemistry

Periodic Table Tools: 10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Tools

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Roundup, Scientific

The periodic table, also known as the periodic table of the elements, is a rows and columns arrangement of the chemical elements.

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Science

Choreonoid – integrated graphical framework for robot development

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Choreonoid is an extensible graphical robotics framework with model visualization, dynamics simulation, motion editing and plugin support.

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osmin – GPS navigator for on-road and off-road use

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

osmin is an open source GPS navigator for Android and Linux with offline maps, road routing, GPX support, tracking and POI tools.

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Logfile Viewer

Journal Viewer – graphical systemd journal viewer

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

Journal Viewer is a graphical application for viewing, searching and filtering systemd journal logs with powerful filtering and graphs.

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Molsketch – 2D molecular structure editor

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Molsketch is a Qt-based 2D molecular structure editor with chemical drawing tools, OpenBabel integration, and image export.

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UML

OpenPonk – metamodeling platform and modeling workbench

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

OpenPonk is a Pharo-based metamodeling platform and modeling workbench supporting UML, BPMN, Petri nets, ER diagrams and other notations.

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Selection of utilities

Select Default Application – graphical MIME association manager

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Select Default Application is a Qt GUI for managing XDG MIME associations, defaults and conflicts across Linux desktop environments.

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PCM Transport – lightweight audio player

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

PCM Transport is a lightweight audio player with direct ALSA output, gapless playback, DSP tools, CUE support and very low memory use.

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How to Download YouTube Videos, Playlists, and Channels on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus

September 22, 2026 John O'Donnell GUI, Multimedia, Software

Download YouTube videos, playlists, channels, subtitles and audio on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus and its graphical interface.

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Guitar

ruxguitar – Guitar Pro tablature player

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

ruxguitar is a free and open source Guitar Pro tablature player with MIDI playback, tempo control, track selection and SoundFont support.

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Butlerov – 2D chemical structure editor

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Butlerov is a 2D chemical structure editor for drawing molecules, editing bonds and atoms, and working with MOL and SDF files.

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Navigation

PyGPSClient – graphical GNSS and GPS testing tool

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

PyGPSClient is a graphical GNSS and GPS testing, configuration and diagnostic tool with NTRIP, logging, mapping and receiver support.

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Coot – macromolecular model-building and crystallography toolkit

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Coot is an interactive molecular graphics application for macromolecular model building, refinement, validation and cryo-EM workflows.

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Selection of utilities

Mimic – manage default applications and file associations

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Mimic is a GTK4 application for managing default applications and MIME file associations through a clean graphical interface on Linux.

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Chess

Python Easy Chess GUI – graphical frontend for UCI chess engines

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Python Easy Chess GUI lets you play UCI engines, review PGN games, analyse positions and maintain chess repertoires.

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Chaski – modern RSS and Atom feed reader

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Reviews

Chaski is an RSS and Atom feed reader with offline reading, search, filters and feed synchronization support.

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