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Aliza MS – medical imaging and DICOM viewer

September 1, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

Aliza MS is a free DICOM viewer with 2D and 3D imaging, volume rendering, MPR, RTSTRUCT support, de-identification, and metadata tools.

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Voice Recognition

whisper.cpp – implementation of OpenAI’s Whisper automatic speech recognition model

September 1, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

whisper.cpp is a high-performance C/C++ implementation of OpenAI’s Whisper automatic speech recognition model.

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Voice Recognition

FunASR – end-to-end speech recognition toolkit

September 1, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

FunASR is an end-to-end speech recognition toolkit. It provides tools for building, training and deploying speech-processing systems

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Screen Capture

xfce4-screenshooter – take screenshots

August 31, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

xfce4-screenshooter is an application for taking screenshots.

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3D Illustration

ArmorPaint – GPU-accelerated 3D texture painting application

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

ArmorPaint is a GPU-accelerated 3D texture painting application with PBR materials, layers, masks, baking tools and node-based workflows.

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Images of shells by the sea

cjsh – POSIX-oriented shell

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

cjsh is a POSIX-oriented shell that combines a standards-focused scripting engine with a modern interactive environment.

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Images of shells by the sea

loksh – Linux port of the Korn shell

August 27, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

loksh is a Linux port of the Korn shell supplied by OpenBSD. It follows the OpenBSD source closely

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IRC Servers

Edbrowse – command-line text editor, web browser, email client, IRC client and database interface

August 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Edbrowse is modelled on the ed text editor and presents web content through a command-response interface

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Planet Earth

osgEarth – C++ geospatial SDK

August 26, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

osgEarth is a C++ geospatial SDK for adding accurate 3D maps and terrain to applications. It builds on OpenSceneGraph and GDAL

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Bioinformatics

Foldseek – compare large protein structure datasets

August 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Foldseek is a fast and sensitive command-line tool for comparing large protein structure datasets.

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Desktop

zwm – minimal and opinionated tiling window manager for X11

August 23, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

zwm is a minimal and opinionated tiling window manager for X11. It uses XCB to communicate with the X server.

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Remote Display

KasmVNC – browser-based remote access

August 22, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

KasmVNC provides browser-based remote access to Linux desktops and applications.

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Remote Display

wayvnc – VNC server for wlroots-based Wayland compositors

August 22, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

wayvnc is a VNC server for wlroots-based Wayland compositors.

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Data Science

NCO – manipulate and analyse data stored in netCDF-accessible formats

August 21, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

NCO (netCDF Operators) is a suite of command-line programs for manipulating and analysing data stored in netCDF-accessible formats.

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Framework

Avalonia – cross-platform UI framework

August 20, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Avalonia is a cross-platform UI framework for .NET. It provides a flexible styling system and lets developers build applications.

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Start up

Limine – multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager

August 16, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Limine is a modern, secure and portable multiprotocol bootloader and boot manager.

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Terminal Multiplexer

tmate – terminal multiplexer

August 15, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

tmate is a terminal multiplexer with instant terminal sharing. It lets users securely share a terminal session.

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Security

XMap – fast network scanner

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

XMap is a fast network scanner for large-scale IPv4 and IPv6 research.

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Files

MicroEmacs – compact Emacs-like text editor

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

MicroEmacs is a compact Emacs-like text editor suitable for experienced programmers and beginners.

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Files

Jasspa MicroEmacs – compact Emacs-like text editor

August 13, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Jasspa MicroEmacs is a compact Emacs-like text editor suitable for experienced programmers and beginners.

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