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Music Trackers

Furnace – multi-system chiptune tracker

March 22, 2024 Steve Emms Multimedia

Furnace is a tool which allows you to create music using sound chips (“chiptune”), most from the 8/16-bit era.

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Application Launchers

Go AppImage – implementation of AppImage tools

March 21, 2024 Steve Emms Utilities

Go AppImage is an implementation of AppImage tools written in Go by the inventor of the AppImage format.

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Document Management Systems

Docspell – Document Management System

March 20, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

Docspell is a personal document organizer targeted for home use, i.e. families, households and also for smaller groups/companies.

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Text Editor

Foam – personal knowledge management and sharing system

March 3, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

Foam is a personal knowledge management and sharing system inspired by Roam Research, built on Visual Studio Code and GitHub.

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Cuneiform – OCR system

February 14, 2024 Steve Emms Documents

Cuneiform is a multi-language, open source optical character recognition system originally developed by Cognitive Technologies.

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Software

yrmcds – memory object caching system with master/slave replication

December 30, 2023 Steve Emms Documents

yrmcds is a memory object caching system with master/slave replication. It’s written in C++ and published under an open source license.

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Medusa – set of commerce modules and tools

December 3, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

Medusa is a set of commerce modules and tools to build commerce applications without reinventing core commerce logic.

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Log Analyzers

Loki – horizontally-scalable, highly-available, multi-tenant log aggregation system

December 2, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

Loki is a horizontally-scalable, highly-available, multi-tenant log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus.

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Coding

Rust – systems programming language

November 21, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

Rust is an open source, curly-brace, block-structured expression, general purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled language.

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Graphics

Argyll – color management system

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Graphics

Argyll is an ICC compatible color management system. It supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, CMYK printers, and more.

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Email

getmail – mail retrieval system

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

getmail is a mail retriever designed to allow you to get your mail from one or more mail accounts on various mail servers to your local machine.

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Pianist

Beets – media library management system

November 16, 2023 Steve Emms Multimedia

Beets is a media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks.

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Hard disk image

fuseiso – FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images

November 13, 2023 Steve Emms System Software

fuseiso is a FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images. It implements a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program.

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Best Free and Open Source Interactive Fiction Tools

FrobTADS – Authoring System to Create Your Own Interactive Fiction

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Games

FrobTADS is a full version of TADS for Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X.

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Best Free and Open Source Interactive Fiction Tools

Inform – Design System for Interactive Fiction

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. It’s a radical reinvention of the way interactive fiction is designed.

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Web Delivery

Responsive Aeon Grid System – elegant & minimalist CSS grid

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

Responsive Aeon Grid System is a simple and minimalist alternative to start with Responsive Design and fluid Grids for Web Designers.

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File Managers

cdls – Curses based file manager for system managers

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

cdls is a curses-based file manager for quickly browsing directories and files. The screen can be dynamically adjusted to include all information.

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Snes9x – freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Snes9x is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator.

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Video-Emulators

higan – Nintendo multi-system emulator

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

higan emulates a number of classic video-game consoles of the 1980s and 1990s, allowing you to play classic games on a modern general-purpose computer.

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Video-Emulators

Stella – Multi-platform Atari 2600 Video Computer System

November 12, 2023 Steve Emms Emulators, Games

Stella allows you to enjoy all of your favorite Atari 2600 games once again by emulating the 2600’s hardware with software.

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