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DNA

Gosling.js – declarative genomic data visualisation

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Gosling.js builds interactive genomic visualisations from declarative specifications, with scalable tracks and linked exploration views.

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DNA

D-GENIES – interactive dot plots for genome comparisons

October 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

D-GENIES compares large genome assemblies with interactive dot plots, revealing sequence rearrangements, inversions and repeated regions.

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DNA

IGV-Web App – explore genomic data in a web browser

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

IGV-Web App lets researchers inspect reference genomes, alignments and variant tracks in a browser using local or remote genomic files.

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Kookbook – recipe manager using structured Markdown files

October 9, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Kookbook manages Markdown recipe collections on Linux, with searchable titles, ingredient indexes, recipe templates and printing support.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Machine Learning in Linux: Local AI Studio – local AI toolkit

October 8, 2026 Steve Emms Reviews, Scientific

Local AI Studio combines local LLM chat, Stable Diffusion, Whisper transcription and Kokoro text-to-speech in one Linux interface.

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Foodsoft – web-based software to manage food cooperatives

October 6, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Foodsoft is open source web-based software for managing food cooperatives, including orders, products, members and accounting.

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DNA

CGView.js – interactive circular and linear genome maps

October 5, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

CGView.js is a library for creating interactive circular and linear genome maps with features, plots and sequence-level navigation.

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DNA

SynFlow – visualize genome alignments and structural variation

October 5, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

SynFlow explores genome alignments, synteny and structural rearrangements with interactive multi-genome visualizations.

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DNA

Chromoscope – multiscale structural variation genome browser

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Chromoscope is an interactive web genome browser for exploring structural variation and copy-number patterns across human cancer genomes.

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19 Best Free and Open Source Linux Mapping Tools

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This roundup includes mapping software which offers quick access to maps all across the world. We also include some specialised tools.

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Science

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Robotics Software

October 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Robotics is the branch of artificial intelligence concerned with the study of robots. We recommend the best robotics software for Linux.

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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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