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Dictionary Tools

dictd – dictionary database server for the DICT protocol

September 20, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

dictd is a DICT protocol dictionary server for Linux providing access to multiple databases, configurable search strategies and access controls.

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Linux Distributions

Cix – rolling-release Linux distribution and orchestration platform

September 19, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Cix is an independent rolling-release Linux distribution and orchestration platform built from source.

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SBOM Tool – scalable Software Bill of Materials generator

September 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

SBOM Tool generates and validates SPDX Software Bills of Materials for build artifacts, with component detection and CI/CD integration.

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4 Useful Free and Open Source Code Formatters for C#

September 16, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Explore the best free and open source C# code formatters for consistent, readable source code with less manual formatting.

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Eigenmath – compact symbolic mathematics application

September 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Eigenmath is a compact symbolic mathematics application offering exact arithmetic, calculus, linear algebra, plotting, and script execution.

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Web Design

CivetWeb – embeddable C and C++ web server

September 12, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

CivetWeb is an embeddable C and C++ web server with HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, CGI, Lua, WebDAV, client APIs, and a standalone mode.

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SentryPeer – SIP honeypot and VoIP fraud detection tool

September 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

SentryPeer is a SIP honeypot and fraud-detection tool that records hostile VoIP activity and can share collected data through peer-to-peer networking.

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Wi-Fi Internet

hcxtools – Analyze Wi-Fi Capture and Hash Files

September 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

hcxtools is a command-line suite for converting, filtering and analysing wireless captures and authentication hashes during authorised security assessments.

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Benchmarking

LIKWID – performance monitoring and benchmarking suite

September 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

LIKWID is a command-line performance monitoring and benchmarking suite for CPU topology, counters, affinity, energy and microbenchmarks.

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Avahi – service discovery for Linux

September 5, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Avahi uses mDNS/DNS-SD to discover and publish devices and services automatically on Linux networks.

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System administration

Knot Resolver – scalable caching DNS resolver

September 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Knot Resolver is a scalable caching DNS resolver with DNSSEC validation, encrypted DNS transports, persistent caching and flexible policy controls.

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Scran – Wayland screen capture utility

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Scran is a Wayland screen capture utility for taking screenshots and recording video.

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Monitor Calibration

colord – manage, install and generate colour profiles

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

colord is a system service for managing, installing and generating colour profiles.

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Astronomy

Gnuastro – manipulate and analyse astronomical data

September 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Gnuastro is a collection of command-line programs and libraries for manipulating and analysing astronomical data.

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dna-medical

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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