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Category: Productivity

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6 Best Free and Open Source Address Book Managers

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup

We recommend the best free and open source address book managers.

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Text Editor

Toney – terminal based note taking app

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Toney is a fast, lightweight, terminal-based note-taking app for the modern developer. Built with Bubbletea, it brings a sleek TUI interface.

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Notes

FuzPad – minimalistic note management solution

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

FuzPad is a minimalistic note management solution. It’s powered by fzf.

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Notes

Basalt – TUI program to manage Obsidian notes

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Basalt is a TUI application to manage Obsidian vaults and notes directly from the terminal.

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Frogmouth – Markdown browser for the terminal

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Frogmouth is a Markdown viewer / browser for your terminal, built with Textual.

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Linux Candy: sigye – terminal clock

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, TUI

sigye is a terminal clock with ASCII art fonts. The name “sigye” (시계) means “clock” in Korean. It also offers Pomodoro functionality

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Notes

mnemo – note-taking app

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

mnemo is a local-first, cross-platform note-taking app leveraging the Typst ecosystem. It’s designed to minimize distractions

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Image of Files

FTB – terminal-based file browser

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

FTB is a powerful terminal-based interactive file browser developed using FTXUI library, providing intuitive directory navigation.

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Files

FAT – modern TUI-based file and archive viewer

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI, Utilities

FAT is designed for developers and power users who want to quickly inspect files and peek inside archives.

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Mind Mapping

tmmpr – terminal mind mapper

February 2, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

tmmpr is a Linux terminal application that lets you create, organize, and connect notes on an infinite canvas.

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rovr – post-modern terminal file explorer

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

rovr is a modern, customizable, and aesthetically pleasing terminal file explorer.

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Groupware

9 Best Free and Open Source Groupware Software

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Productivity, Roundup

Groupware software is designed to enable users to collaborate, regardless of location, via the internet or a corporate intranet.

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Image of Files

sdn – simple directory navigator

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

sdn is a simple directory navigator that you can invoke while editing shell commands.

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Notes

LinNote – keyboard-driven scratchpad

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

LinNote is a fast, keyboard-driven scratchpad for Linux. It’s built for KDE Plasma with Qt6.

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Stopwatch

pomoru – minimalist Pomodoro TUI

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

pomoru is a keyboard-driven TUI application for focused work. It’s written in Rust.

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bkmr – CLI knowledge management system

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

bkmr is a fast, feature-rich command-line tool that extends bookmark management, snippet handling, markdown rendering, script execution and more.

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Stopwatch

Tomat – Pomodoro timer

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Tomat is a Pomodoro timer for Linux, designed for seamless integration with waybar and other status bars.

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Typing

GitType – turn your source code into typing challenges

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms Education, Productivity, TUI

GitType turns your own source code into typing challenges.

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SwitchCalc – GTK4 calculator

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

SwitchCalc is a GTK4 calculator application for Linux with Standard, Scientific, Programmer, and Date calculation modes.

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Linux

LazyCat Terminal – terminal emulator

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

LazyCat Terminal is billed as a high-performance terminal emulator with multi-tab, split-pane, and transparent background support

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