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Monitor System

SysWatch – single-host system diagnostics in your terminal

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, TUI, Utilities

SysWatch is a terminal-based diagnostic monitor for CPU, memory, disks, processes and network activity, with history and recordings.

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Linux Distributions

Lumina Linux – Arch Linux-based distribution

June 20, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Lumina Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution that aims to offer a more controlled rolling release experience.

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Text Editor

Croft – VS Code inspired terminal user interface text editor

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Croft is a VS Code inspired terminal user interface text editor designed for developers who want a familiar project editing environment.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Serial Port and Telemetry Visualization Tools

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This roundup looks at software designed for working with serial data, telemetry streams, and time series information.

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Find Duplicates

dskDitto – parallel duplicate-file detector with interactive menus

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

dskDitto is a duplicate file finder that scans directories for redundant files and presents the results in an interactive terminal interface.

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Invoices

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Personal Finance Trackers

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Financial, GUI, Roundup

Managing personal finances does not have to mean handing over bank details to a hosted service or wrestling with a complex accounting suite.

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Sticky Notes

redthread – sticky-note pegboard for your terminal

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

redthread is a terminal-based sticky-note pegboard designed to live in a tmux pane or other terminal workspace.

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FTP

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical FTP Clients

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Utilities

FTP is one of many different file transfer protocols that are used. Here’s our verdict of the best graphical FTP clients.

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Issue Tracking

Epiq – self-hosted issue tracker

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Epiq is a self-hosted issue tracker that keeps project management close to a developer’s normal workflow.

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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

gnfetch – terminal system information with graphical cards

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

gnfetch presents Linux system information as text or graphical cards, with themes, several layouts and PNG export of card output.

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dna-medical

20 Best Free and Open Source Linux Medical Imaging Software

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

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

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Herdr – terminal-based agent multiplexer

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Herdr is a terminal-based agent multiplexer designed for managing coding agents and terminal processes in one persistent workspace.

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Writing Tools

31 Best Free and Open Source Linux General Purpose GUI Note Apps

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity, Roundup

General-purpose note-taking applications are the digital equivalent of notebooks, but with far greater flexibility.

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Monitor System

reqlog – search, track and stream logs

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

reqlog is a CLI tool for searching, tracing, and streaming logs across local files, Docker containers, and remote Linux hosts over SSH.

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Linux Distributions

KibaOS – minimalist and lightweight desktop Linux distribution

June 19, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

KibaOS is a modern desktop operating system built on Arch Linux.

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Selection of utilities

Discover – find and install applications, games, and tools

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Discover helps you find and install applications, games, and tools. You can search or browse by category, and look at screenshots.

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tio – serial device I/O tool

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tio is a serial device I/O tool for Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like systems.

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Clipboard

Ringboard – efficient Linux clipboard history manager

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, TUI, Utilities

Ringboard provides persistent Linux clipboard history for text, images and binary data, with CLI, TUI and GUI clients and fast searching.

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Clipboard

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux CLI Clipboard Managers

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

The applications featured here keep the focus on fast, keyboard-driven clipboard management in the terminal.

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Commy – cross-platform serial monitor

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Commy is a cross-platform serial monitor for communicating with tty, UART, and COM port devices.

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