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syndicationd – terminal RSS and Atom feed reader

August 31, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Reviews, TUI

syndicationd is a terminal RSS and Atom feed reader with local storage, flexible filtering, feed management, and configurable key bindings.

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Astronomy

FIPS – OpenGL-based FITS image viewer

August 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

FIPS is an OpenGL-accelerated FITS image viewer offering responsive zooming, panning, level adjustment and broad 2D FITS support.

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Economics

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Econometric Software

August 30, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Roundup, Scientific

Econometrics is the application of statistical or quantitative methods to understand economic issues and test theories, and models.

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Image of Files

Duplito – command-line file lister and duplicate-file finder

August 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Duplito is a command-line file lister and duplicate-file finder. It builds a persistent database of file hashes and then uses that index

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Folder

TwinHunter – find and clean up duplicate files

August 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

TwinHunter is a command-line utility for finding and cleaning up duplicate files.

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49 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal Emulators

August 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A terminal emulator is computer software which emulates a dumb video terminal. We make our recommendations.

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9 Best Free and Open Source PHP Microframeworks

August 24, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This article examines the best PHP microframeworks. Micro means the framework is small, with little or no tools and libraries.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Emulators Built With Web Technologies

August 23, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

This article recommends terminal emulators built with web technologies – JavaScript, HTML, CSS.

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Terax – terminal-first AI-native development workspace

August 19, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity

It combines a native terminal, code editor, file explorer, Git integration, web preview, and an agentic AI side panel.

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LuaSnip – snippet engine for Neovim

August 17, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

LuaSnip is a snippet engine for Neovim written entirely in Lua. It supports simple text expansion as well as dynamic snippets.

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SnipKit – command-line snippet manager

August 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

SnipKit is a command-line snippet manager that lets you search for and execute scripts without leaving the terminal.

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Termora – Terminal Emulator and SSH Client

August 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Productivity, Reviews

Termora is an open source terminal emulator and SSH client with host management, SFTP transfers, remote editing, plugins and more.

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Find Duplicates

Dupe Clear – find and remove duplicate files

August 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Dupe Clear is a graphical utility for finding and removing duplicate files.

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Network Analyzers

23 Best Free and Open Source Network Analyzers

August 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

A network analyzer (also known as a packet analyzer, packet sniffer, or protocol analyzer) is software that intercepts and logs traffic that passes over a computer network or part of a network.

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musical notes

Review: MusiQt – simple music player

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews

MusiQt is a lightweight Qt audio player with gapless playback, directory browsing, compact views and broad format support.

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SSD

diskbloom – terminal-based disk space visualizer

August 1, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

diskbloom is a terminal-based disk space visualizer that displays files and directories as a colourful, nested treemap.

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Linux software

Best Free and Open Source Software: July 2026 Updates

July 31, 2026 Steve Emms Software

July 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Music

27 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Music Players

July 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup

All music libraries are different, and the right open source music player can make a world of difference – especially if you’ve a large collection. We recommend the best terminal-based music players.

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Music sketch

MECOMP – music player designed for large, locally stored music collections

July 25, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

MECOMP (Metadata Enhanced Collection Oriented Music Player) is a music player designed for large, locally stored music collections

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Digital Asset Management

7 Best Free and Open Source Digital Asset Management Software

July 25, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Digital asset management (DAM) allows organization to obtain greater value from creative digital assets like images and videos by making them easy to organize, access, catalogue, find, retrieve and distribute.

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