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14 Best Free and Open Source Linux Dictionary Tools

September 14, 2025 Steve Emms Education, Roundup, Utilities

We recommend the best free and open source dictionary tools.

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LazySSH – terminal-based interactive SSH manager

September 14, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

LazySSH is a terminal-based, interactive SSH manager inspired by tools like lazydocker and k9s

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aurto – Arch Linux AUR tool

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

aurto is an Arch Linux AUR tool for managing an auto-updating local ‘aurto’ package repository using aurutils.

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Conduit – Matrix homeserver

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Conduit aims to be an efficient Matrix homeserver that’s easy to set up and just works. It’s written in Rust.

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Candy Wrapper – screen-wrapping arcade action

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms Games

Candy Wrapper is a looping platformer arcade game. It’s built with Godot Engine 4.4.1.

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Gerbil – desktop app to easily run Large Language Models locally

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Scientific

Gerbil lets you run LLMs locally powered by KoboldCpp which itself is a highly modified fork of llama.cpp.

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4 Useful Free and Open Source systemd CLI/TUI Configuration Tools

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, TUI

systemd is a Linux init system and system manager that’s used by most modern Linux distributions. We pick some useful CLI and TUI tools.

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17 Best Free and Open Source Linux News Aggregators

September 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

This article recommends the finest free and open source graphical news aggregators.

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Coding

HTMLHint – static code analysis tool

September 13, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

HTMLHint is a static code analysis tool. It’s written in JavaScript and TypeScript.

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aurutils – helper tools for the AUR

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

aurutils is a collection of scripts to automate usage of the Arch User Repository, with different tasks such as package searching, and more.

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Cloud storage

Directory Lister – browse and share folders

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Web Apps

Directory Lister lets users expose the contents of any web-accessible folder for browsing and sharing.

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Application Launchers

Vicinae – native launcher for the desktop

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, GUI

Vicinae is a high-performance, native launcher for your desktop — built with C++ and Qt.

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Chess Engines

25 Strong Free and Open Source Chess Engines

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms Games, Software

Computer chess has been a phenomenal success, aiding chess analysis, and allowing players to play when no human opponents are available.

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Text Editor

NovProg – graph your progress in writing a novel

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

NovProg is a tool to graph your progress in writing a novel. You enter your wordcount and it updates a graph showing you how much progress you have made. It also shows you how far you are through your daily

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Machine Learning

Minisforum AI X1 Pro: Jan – Chat with AI without privacy concerns

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews, Scientific

A simple real-world test of the performance of the Radeon 890M with Jan, an open source ChatGPT-alternative that runs 100% offline.

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jinjalint – prototype linter

September 12, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

jinjalint is a prototype linter which checks the indentation and the correctness of Jinja-like/HTML templates.

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System administration

23 Best Free and Open Source DNS Servers

September 12, 2025 Erik Karlsson Internet, Roundup, System Software

Domain Name System (DNS) is the internet’s directory service. We recommend the best free and open source DNS servers.

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Software

trizen – lightweight AUR package manager

September 11, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

trizen is a lightweight AUR package manager that’s written in the Perl programming language.

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Perltidy – indents and reformats Perl scripts

September 11, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Perltidy is a Perl script which indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read.

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Cloud storage

gossa – fast and simple multimedia fileserver

September 11, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

gossa is a fast and simple webserver for your files, that’s dependency-free and with under 250 lines of code, easy to review.

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