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Best Free and Open Source Navigation Tools

fzf – command-line fuzzy finder

February 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder released under an open source license. It’s an interactive Unix filter for command-line.

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FSearch – inspired by Everything Search Engine

February 25, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

FSearch is a fast file search open source utility for Linux operating systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine, a desktop search utility.

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ANGRYsearch – Linux version of Everything Search Engine

February 25, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

ANGRYsearch is a fast file search open source utility written in Python for Linux operating systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine.

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Batch Renamers

renux – terminal-based bulk file renamer

February 25, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

renux is a tool with a text-based (terminal) user interface (TUI) that automates file renaming.

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Application Launchers

AppManager – install and uninstall AppImages

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

AppManager is a GTK/Libadwaita developed desktop utility in Vala that makes installing and uninstalling AppImages on Linux desktop painless.

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3D Printer

QIDIStudio – 3D printer slicing software

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

QIDIStudio is a professional 3D printer slicing software,which is compatible with all printers and 3D printing filaments of QIDI Technology.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

bfree – human-friendly view of Linux memory and swap

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

bfree is a human-friendly view of Linux memory and swap. Inspired by tools like btop, bfree gives you memory and swap stats.

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Desktop Environments

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Docks

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 12 docks that genuinely add to the desktop experience.

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Luminance – control brightness of displays

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Luminance is a simple GTK application to control brightness of displays including external displays supporting DDC/CI.

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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: more

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to more.

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Documentation

lore – less-like terminal pager

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

lore is a very basic less-like terminal pager.

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Search

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Search Engines

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.

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Selection of utilities

swaptop – real-time swap usage monitor

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

swaptop is a real-time swap usage monitor for Linux and Windows systems with a TUI interface.

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Noise

qmassa – display GPU usage stats

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

qmassa is a Rust terminal-based tool for displaying GPUs usage stats on Linux.

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Clipboard

cclip – clipboard manager for Wayland

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cclip is a clipboard manager for Wayland that consists of two tools

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Calendar

13 Best Free and Open Source GUI-Based Calendar Software

February 21, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

You don’t need a proprietary hosted solution for your calendar needs. There are open source projects offering a perfect fit.

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Linux Candy: Lolcat++ is a rewrite of the popular LOLCAT

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

Lolcat++ is a rewrite of lolcat. The original is written in Ruby, whereas this rewrite is coded in the C++ language.

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Find Duplicates

krep – optimized string search utility

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

krep is an optimized string search utility designed for maximum throughput and efficiency when processing large files and directories.

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Selection of utilities

hapless – run and manage background processes

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

hapless is a small utility that lets you easily run and manage background processes.

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Clipboard

TFCBM – clipboard manager

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

TFCBM is a clipboard manager for Linux. It keeps a searchable history of everything you copy.

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