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Category: Utilities

Batch Renamers

PBRenamer – graphical batch file renaming utility

July 31, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

PBRenamer is a graphical batch file renaming utility built with Python and Qt 6. It offers live previews, flexible pattern matching, and more

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process

Overitall – terminal UI for process and log management

July 31, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Overitall is a terminal user interface for managing multiple processes and viewing their logs from a single interactive display.

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process

Overmind – process manager for Procfile-based applications

July 30, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Overmind uses tmux to run multiple application processes in a single terminal while retaining access to each process individually.

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Find Duplicates

9 Best Free and Open Source Tools to Search the Filesystem

July 30, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

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

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Search

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Search Engines

July 29, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

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

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Desktop Environments

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Docks

July 28, 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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process

Procman – terminal-based process manager

July 28, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Procman provides a unified dashboard for monitoring, controlling and interacting with multiple development processes.

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process

PM2 – production process manager

July 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

PM2 is a production process manager designed primarily for Node.js and Bun applications.

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process

Process Compose – process manager, scheduler and orchestrator

July 25, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Process Compose is a process manager, scheduler and orchestrator for running non-containerized applications.

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Search

File Brain – intelligent desktop file search application

July 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

File Brain is an intelligent desktop file search application that helps you locate files using natural-language queries.

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process

proctmux – terminal-based process manager

July 25, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

proctmux is a terminal-based process manager for running and controlling long-lived processes and scripts.

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Famous Landmarks

Save Time and Effort with these Excellent Free and Open Source Batch Image Processors

July 22, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Batch image processors are often underrated and don’t get the attention they deserve. Here’s our verdict.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Screen-Readers

July 22, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

A screen-reader is a computer application designed to provide spoken feedback to a blind or visually impaired person.

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Selection of utilities

gsty – terminal-based theme browser for Ghostty

July 22, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

gsty is a terminal-based theme browser for the Ghostty terminal emulator. It’s written in the Rust language.

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Selection of utilities

usbtree – TUI tool to inspect the USB device tree

July 21, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

usbtree is a cross-platform terminal user interface for inspecting USB device hierarchies.

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TDSR – lightweight console-based screen reader

July 21, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

TDSR is a lightweight console-based screen reader for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

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Calendar

14 Best Free and Open Source GUI-Based Calendar Software

July 20, 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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Fenrir – fast and flexible screen reader

July 20, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Fenrir is a fast and flexible screen reader designed for the Linux console.

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Fonts

Best Free and Open Source Fonts for Linux

July 19, 2026 Luke Baker Roundup, Utilities

A computer font is implemented as a digital data file containing a set of graphically related glyphs. We recommend the best Linux fonts.

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Intel One Mono – expressive monospaced typeface

July 19, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Intel One Mono is a monospaced typeface designed for developers, with an emphasis on clarity, legibility, and reducing eyestrain.

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