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DNA

oxDNA – DNA/RNA simulator with CUDA support

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

oxDNA is an extensible simulation+analysis framework. The nucleic-acid-related force fields are implemented: oxDNA1, oxDNA2, oxRNA, oxNA.

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Compositing Window Managers

hypr-cycle – cycle through workspaces on the currently focused monitor in Hyprland

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Utilities

hypr-cycle is a fast, minimal Rust utility to cycle through workspaces on the currently focused monitor in Hyprland.

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Selection of utilities

InstantCLI – consolidating lots of instantOS stuff into a single CLI

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

InstantCLI is a powerful, Rust-based command-line tool for managing dotfiles, game saves, system diagnostics, and instantOS configurations.

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CodeContexter – simple codebase serializer for LLM Context Windows

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

CodeContexter is a safety-first CLI tool that aggregates your entire codebase into a single, structured file (Markdown, JSON, or XML).

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Machine Learning in Linux

Crush – terminal-based AI assistant

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Crush is a powerful terminal-based AI assistant that helps with software development tasks.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

86Box – low level x86 emulator

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms Emulators

86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981

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Files

regname – mass renamer TUI

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

regname is a mass renamer utility with a text user-interface.

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Audio Programming

Pd-L2Ork – fork of Pure Data

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Programming

Pd-L2Ork is a fork of Pure Data. a visual programming language. That means you can use it to create software graphically by drawing diagrams.

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RSS Feeds

liveboat – static page generator for Newsboat feeds

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Liveboat is a static page generator which turns Newsboat RSS reader feed data into beautiful static websites.

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Find Duplicates

osgrep – natural-language search that works like grep

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

osgrep is a tool for natural-language search that works like grep. Fast, local, and built for coding agents.

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Keyboard

CrossMacro – modern mouse macro recording and playback

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

CrossMacro is a modern mouse macro recording and playback application for Linux Wayland compositors.

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Data Science

binjr – time series browser

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Scientific

binjr is a time series browser; it renders time series data produced by other applications as dynamically editable representations

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SQL

DoltgreSQL – Postgres-compatible version of Dolt

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Database

DoltgreSQL, or Doltgres for short, is a Postgres-compatible version of Dolt.

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Linux

Kerminal – modern terminal emulator and SSH manager

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Kerminal is a modern terminal emulator that combines the power of a full-featured local terminal with advanced SSH connection management.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: November 2025 Updates

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Software

November 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Keyboard

wl-kbptr – move the mouse pointer with the keyboard

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

wl-kbptr — short for Wayland Keyboard Pointer — is a utility to help move the mouse pointer with the keyboard.

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USB

CapacityTester – checks for fake USB flash drives

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

CapacityTester is a tool to test your new USB flash drive to find out if its full capacity can be used or if it’s fake.

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JBang – write and run Java scripts

December 1, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

JBang makes it easy to write and run Java scripts without traditional project setup.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

facsimile – terminal text editor

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

facsimile is a terminal text editor written in Fortran. It offers VSCode-style keybindings.

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Lobster – statically typed programming language

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Lobster is a statically typed programming language with a Python-esque syntax

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