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Data Science

PsychoPy – create experiments in behavioural science

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Scientific

PsychoPy is an open-source package for creating experiments in behavioural science.

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Linux Candy: ascii_moon – displays the moon phase

January 6, 2026 Steve Emms Reviews, Scientific, TUI

ascii_moon is a small TUI program that displays the moon phase in ASCII art. It’s a small single native binary.

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DNA

PLINK – whole genome association analysis toolset

January 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

PLINK is a whole genome association analysis toolset. Perform a range of basic, large-scale analyses in a computationally efficient manner.

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InfoDash – displays RSS feeds, weather and stock information

January 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, GUI, Internet, Scientific

InfoDash is a modern GTK4 dashboard application for Linux that displays RSS feeds, weather, and stock data.

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TuiView – lightweight raster GIS

January 4, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

TuiView is a lightweight raster GIS with powerful raster attribute table manipulation abilities.

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Laboratory

Increasing Lab Efficiency with an Open Source LIMS

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

A Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is a software-based laboratory and information management system that provides streamlined workflow automation and management.

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Data Science

Alchemist – extensible simulator for pervasive computing

December 31, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

Alchemist is a simulator for pervasive, aggregate, and nature-inspired computing.

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brplot – better real time plot

December 30, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

brplot – [b]etter [r]l[plot] is a small application and library that plots data. It works as a library or as an standalone application.

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Data Visualization

20 Best Free and Open Source Python Visualization Packages

December 29, 2025 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Scientific

Python has a fantastic range of packages to produce mesmerizing visualizations. We recommend the best free and open source Python tools.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Toad – unified interface for AI

December 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific, TUI

Toad is a unified interface for AI in your terminal. Run coding agents seamlessly under a single beautiful terminal UI.

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dna-medical

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Medical Imaging Software

December 26, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Medical imaging is an essential, non-invasive, routine activity performed by radiographers and radiologic technologists.

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Physics

19 Best Free and Open Source Linux Physics Tools

December 26, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This article focuses on selecting the best open source software for physics and physics education. Hopefully there will be something for interest here for all budding physicists.

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Machine Learning in Linux

GPTScript – build AI assistants that interact with your systems

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

GPTScript is a framework that allows Large Language Models (LLMs) to operate and interact with various systems.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Pipelex – declarative language for composable Al workflows

December 22, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Pipelex is an open-source language that enables agents to build and run repeatable AI workflows.

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Food and Drink Software

cooklang-chef – CLI to manage cooklang recipes with extensions

December 19, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific, Utilities

cooklang-chef is a CLI to manage cooklang recipes with extensions. Cooklang is a markup language for cooking recipes.

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Natural Language Processing

17 Top Free and Open Source Python Natural Language Processing Tools

December 19, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup, Scientific

Natural language processing (NLP) is an exciting field of computer science, artificial intelligence, and computational linguistics.

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Natural Language Processing

DL4J – deploy and train deep learning models

December 16, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

DL4J is a suite of tools for deploying and training deep learning models using the JVM.

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Machine Learning in Linux

Tenere – TUI interface for LLMs

December 16, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific, TUI

Tenere is a TUI interface for Large Language Models. Tenere supports the following backends: ChatGPT, llama.cpp, and ollama.

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Weather image

starlit – minimal and customizable weather CLI

December 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

starlit is a minimal and customizable weather CLI, written in Python.

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Electronic circuit

Issie – Interactive Schematic Simulator with Integrated Editor

December 7, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Issie (Interactive Schematic Simulator with Integrated Editor) is an application for digital circuit design and simulation.

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