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vengi – collection of voxel tools

November 8, 2025 Steve Emms Games

vengi is a collection of voxel tools. It includes a voxel editor with animation support and loading/saving into voxel volume formats.

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Network

Meshtastic – decentralized mesh networking ecosystem

November 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Meshtastic is a project that lets you use inexpensive LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communicator for areas without reliable cellular service.

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Configuring music

Millisecond – optimize your system for low latency audio

November 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Millisecond provides system diagnostics and offers tips to improve low latency performance for audio production.

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Reference Managers

Xapers – personal journal article management system

October 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, TUI

Xapers is a personal document indexing system, geared towards academic journal articles. It’s written in Python.

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Learning with Linux

9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Flashcard Tools

October 25, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Education, Roundup, TUI

This roundup focuses on the finest terminal-based flashcard tools.

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Encrypted Files

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI File Encryption Tools

October 24, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

This roundup looks at the finest GUI-based file encryption tools. Only free and open source software is included.

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Archive Manager

HTTPDirFS – HTTP Directory Filesystem

October 18, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

HTTPDirFS is a filesystem which allows you to mount HTTP directory listings or a single file, with a permanent cache.

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16 Best Free and Open Source File Synchronization Tools

October 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

File synchronization (often know as syncing) is the process which ensures that files stored on different devices are kept up-to-date.

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ldf – report filesystem space info of devices

October 13, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ldf reports filesystem space info of devices and RAM/swap usage.

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Monitor System

dgop – system monitoring tool with CLI and REST API

October 12, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

dgop is a system monitoring tool with CLI and REST API that can be used standalone, or as a companion for DankMaterialShell.

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Best Free GUI Diff Tools

10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Linux Diff Tools

October 11, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

We look at GUI tools that let you see the difference between two files or two versions of the same file.

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Document Management Systems

Paperless-ngx – document management system

October 9, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive.

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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

7 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI System Profilers

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

A system profiler is a utility that presents information about the hardware attached to a computer. Here’s our verdict.

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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

19 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux System Profilers

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, TUI

A system profiler is a utility that presents information about the hardware attached to a computer.

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Encryption

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Disk Encryption Tools

September 25, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Keep your data safe. There are many different useful tools that offer disk encryption. We recommend the best free and open source solutions.

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Mixer

QasTools – collection of Qt-based mixer and setup tools

September 23, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

QasTools is a collection of Qt-based mixer and setup tools for the Linux sound system ALSA.

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Flashcards

Essentialist – simple, private, and cross-platform flashcard app

September 21, 2025 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Essentialist is a minimalist flashcard app for seamless studying and note-taking in Markdown.

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Selection of utilities

Epicenter – ecosystem of open-source, local-first apps

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

The eventual goal is to store all of your data—notes, transcripts, chat histories—in a single folder of plain text and SQLite.

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Utility

socktop – remote system monitor with a rich TUI

September 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, TUI, Utilities

socktop is a remote system monitor with a rich TUI, inspired by top/btop, talking to a lightweight agent over WebSockets.

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Software

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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