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Recording Studio

wf-recorder – command-line screen recording utility

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

wf-recorder is a command-line screen recording utility for wlroots-based Wayland compositors.

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Music Trackers

Little Piggy Tracker – music tracker

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

LittleGPTracker, also known as Little Piggy Tracker, is a music tracker optimized for portable game consoles and retro gaming handhelds.

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Music Trackers

RetroTrax – music tracker inspired by ProTracker, FastTracker II and OctaMED

June 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

RetroTrax combines an Amiga-style pattern grid with C64 SID sounds, sampler features, module import, and DAW integration.

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Music Trackers

Noteahead – pattern-based MIDI sequencer

June 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Noteahead is a pattern-based MIDI sequencer and tracker-style music production environment for Linux.

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VoIP

6 Best Free and Open Source Tox Clients

June 30, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Tox is a peer-to-peer instant-messaging and video-calling protocol that offers end-to-end encryption. We recommend the finest Tox clients.

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Music

38 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Music Players

June 27, 2026 Luke Baker Multimedia, Roundup

We recommend the best free and open source music players. There are an amazing range of music players to choose from.

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Music

FolderPlay – minimalist music player for local music collections

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Built with Rust and GTK4, FolderPlay is designed for listeners who organise their audio by folders.

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Music player

Musik – lightweight audio player

June 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Musik is a lightweight audio player built for the KDE Plasma desktop.

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Internet Radio

27 Best Free and Open Source GUI Internet Radio Software

June 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on the finest free and open source GUI internet radio tools.

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fooyin

fooyin v0.11 released with internet radio browsing and much more

June 23, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

fooyin v0.11.0 adds internet radio browsing, spectrum visualisations, playlist improvements, layout refinements, and better playback handling.

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DJ

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Software for DJs

June 10, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

If you’re starting out as a DJ, you’ll probably want to try free software, as proprietary solutions can be very expensive. Fortunately, Linux has useful software for DJs.

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VoIP

6 Best Free and Open Source Noise Suppression Tools

June 9, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This article selects our pick of the available noise suppression tools. We only explore free and open source software here.

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CDROM

8 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Audio Grabbers

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc.

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VoIP

BigLinux Microphone – improve spoken audio captured from a microphone

June 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

BigLinux Microphone is a Linux application for PipeWire that helps improve spoken audio captured from a microphone.

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VoIP

DeepFilterNet – low-complexity speech enhancement framework

June 7, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

DeepFilterNet is a low-complexity speech enhancement framework for full-band 48 kHz audio.

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DJ

line – tiny command-line midi sequencer

June 6, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

line is a tiny command-line MIDI sequencer and language for live coding music.

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YouTube

20 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based YouTube Tools

June 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

Funky developers have created applications that allow you to bypass the web-only barrier of YouTube. Here’s our recommended terminal-based YouTube tools.

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Music text banner

Dynamic Music Pill – GNOME Shell extension

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

Dynamic Music Pill is a GNOME Shell extension that adds a polished desktop music widget for MPRIS-compatible players.

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Audio Analyzers

asak – terminal audio tool

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, TUI

asak is a terminal audio tool that provides a keyboard-driven interface for working with audio files.

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Composing Music

12 Excellent Free and Open Source Scorewriters – Compose, arrange, print, and publish music

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

A scorewriter is software used with a computer for creating, editing and printing sheet music. We recommend free and open source software.

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