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Food and Drink Software

Norish – self-hosted recipe app

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Norish is a self-hosted recipe application designed for households, families, and friends

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DNA

Genoverse – HTML5 scrollable genome browser

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Genoverse is a JavaScript and HTML5 genome browser that lets users explore genomic data interactively in the browser.

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Linux Chess Apps

Obsidian Chess Studio – chess analysis platform

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Obsidian Chess Studio is a modern chess analysis application designed for players who want to study games, explore positions.

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ebook reader

14 Best Free and Open Source GUI ebook Readers

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

An electronic book (ebook) is a text and image-based publication which can be read on a computer or other digital devices.

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Food and Drink Software

Vanilla Cookbook – self-hosted recipe manager

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Vanilla Cookbook is a self-hosted recipe manager that aims to keep the user experience simple.

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Encrypted Files

SiriKali – graphical frontend for encrypted filesystems

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

SiriKali manages encrypted folders and remote mounts with multiple backends. Explore its GUI, favourites, password storage and automation.

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DNA

igv.js – embeddable genomic visualization

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

igv.js is an embeddable interactive genome visualization component developed by the Integrative Genomics Viewer team.

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Food and Drink Software

Tandoor Recipes – self-hosted recipe manager

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Tandoor Recipes is a self-hosted recipe manager for building and organizing a digital cookbook.

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Selection of utilities

Splashboard – Rust-based command-line utility

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Splashboard is a Rust-based command-line utility that replaces an empty shell prompt with a configurable terminal dashboard.

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Log Analyzers

27 Best Free and Open Source Linux Logfile Viewers

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of useful Linux logfile viewers.

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DNA

JBrowse 2 – modern React-based genome browser

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

JBrowse 2 is a modern genome browser for exploring genomic data on the web, as a desktop application, or embedded inside other applications.

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Diff Tools

Patdiff – file diff using the Patience Diff algorithm

May 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Patdiff is a command-line diff utility written in OCaml that implements Bram Cohen’s patience diff algorithm.

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Selection of utilities

igzip – command-line compression and decompression utility

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

igzip is a command-line compression and decompression utility from Intel’s ISA-L project.

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YouTube

ytm-player – terminal client for YouTube Music

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

ytm-player plays YouTube Music in the terminal, with synced lyrics, gapless playback, Spotify imports, session resume, and themes.

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Chemistry

29 Best Free and Open Source Linux Chemistry Tools

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

We feature the finest free and open source Chemistry software.

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Diff Tools

semdiff – semantic diff tool

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

semdiff is a semantic diff tool written in Rust for comparing files and directories.

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Holo – terminal user interface for Android developers

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Holo is a TUI for Android developers who prefer to inspect, debug, and control devices without switching away from the command line.

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Diff Tools

xmldiff – structural XML comparison

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xmldiff compares XML documents structurally, generates edit scripts and marked-up output, and can apply generated changes with xmlpatch.

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Password manager

privage – terminal-based password manager

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

privage is a terminal-based password manager and general file encryption tool that uses age to protect credentials and other secret files.

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Diff Tools

diffsitter – semantic diff tool

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diffsitter is a semantic diff tool for source code

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