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Chemistry

Quantum ESPRESSO – electronic-structure and materials modelling suite

October 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Quantum ESPRESSO is a suite for electronic-structure calculations and materials modelling using density-functional theory, plane waves and pseudopotentials.

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Chemistry

OpenMD – molecular dynamics simulation engine

October 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

OpenMD is a molecular dynamics engine for simulating liquids, proteins, nanoparticles, interfaces and systems with orientational degrees of freedom.

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4 Best Free and Open Source Cheminformatics Tools

October 2, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Explore the best free and open source cheminformatics tools for analysing chemical structures, compounds, reactions and molecular data.

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Chemistry

OpenMolcas – multiconfigurational quantum chemistry package

October 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

OpenMolcas is a quantum chemistry package centred on multiconfigurational electronic-structure methods including CASSCF and CASPT2.

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Chemistry

MOPAC – semiempirical quantum chemistry package

October 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

MOPAC is a semiempirical quantum chemistry package for fast molecular and materials calculations, geometry optimisation and reaction studies.

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7 Best Free and Open Source Chemical Structure Drawing Tools

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Explore the best free and open source software for drawing chemical structures, molecular diagrams, reactions, and structural formulas.

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Maputnik – visual editor for MapLibre map styles

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Maputnik is a visual editor for MapLibre styles with browser-based design, local editing workflows, CLI support and tooling.

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7 Best Free and Open Source Molecular Editors and Visualisation

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Discover the best free and open source molecular editors for molecular modelling, visualization, chemistry and structural biology.

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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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OpenStreetBrowser – browse OpenStreetMap data by thematic category

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

OpenStreetBrowser is a web app for exploring OpenStreetMap data through thematic categories, overlays, object details and custom Overpass queries.

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ROSboard – lightweight web dashboard for visualizing ROS topics

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

ROSboard is a lightweight web dashboard for visualizing ROS topics, sensor data and robot telemetry from desktop and mobile browsers.

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DNA

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Genome Browsers

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

There are numerous tools to browse genomes. While there’s considerable overlap in functionality, each software offers unique features or data.

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FacilMap – privacy-friendly collaborative OpenStreetMap web map

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

FacilMap is a privacy-friendly OpenStreetMap web map for place search, route planning, live collaborative maps, imports, exports and embeds.

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Science

Vizanti – web visualizer and mission planner for ROS robots

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Vizanti is a web-based ROS mission planner and visualizer for controlling outdoor robots from desktops, tablets and mobile 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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Robotics

RTAB-Map – graph-based SLAM and 3D mapping application

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

RTAB-Map is a graph-based SLAM application and library for robot mapping, localization, loop closure detection and 3D map generation.

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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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Maths

23 Best Free and Open Source Linux Computer Algebra Systems

September 23, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Scientific

A computer algebra system (CAS) is mathematical software that can manipulate mathematical formulae in a way similar to the traditional manual computations of mathematicians and scientists.

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