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Application Servers

Iodine – high-performance HTTP and WebSocket server

July 17, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Iodine is a high-performance HTTP and WebSocket server for real-time Ruby applications.

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Intrusion Detection

Hades – host-based intrusion detection system

July 13, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Hades is a host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) that uses eBPF and the netlink process connector to monitor activity on Linux systems.

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Utility

vnStat – console-based network traffic monitor

July 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

vnStat tracks network interface traffic over time using kernel counters, with hourly, daily and monthly reports and low overhead.

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Digital Audio Workstations

Jackdaw – keyboard-focused digital audio workstation

July 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Jackdaw is a digital audio workstation designed to offer a direct, responsive, and tactile way to record, edit, and create music.

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3D Illustration

OSPRay – scalable and portable ray tracing engine

July 8, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics

OSPRay is a scalable and portable ray tracing engine designed for high-performance, high-fidelity visualisation.

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Security

UUSEC WAF – high-performance web application firewall

July 7, 2026 Steve Emms Security

UUSEC WAF is a high-performance web application firewall and API security gateway. It uses machine learning and semantic analysis.

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Compositing Window Managers

CwC – extensible Wayland compositor

July 5, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

CwC is an extensible Wayland compositor with dynamic window management based on wlroots.

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Chat

Bahamut – Internet Relay Chat daemon

July 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Bahamut is an Internet Relay Chat daemon (IRCd) developed for DALnet.

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Compositing Window Managers

doors – Wayland compositor based on bspwm

July 5, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

doors is a Wayland compositor based on bspwm. It offers floating, tiling, and scrolling layouts.

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Compositing Window Managers

scroll – i3-compatible Wayland compositor forked from sway

July 5, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

scroll is an i3-compatible Wayland compositor forked from sway. It replaces traditional tiling layouts with a scrolling layout.

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Chat

Solanum – IRC daemon for unified networks

July 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Solanum is an IRCv3 server designed to be highly scalable, implementing IRCv3.1 and parts of IRCv3.2.

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Font Tools

SheenBidi – implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm

July 4, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

SheenBidi is a lightweight, fast, and stable implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (UBA).

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Database

Apache AGE – PostgreSQL extension

July 3, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents

Apache AGE is a PostgreSQL extension that adds graph database functionality to existing relational databases.

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Selection of utilities

dk – list based tiling window manager for X11

July 3, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

dk is a list based tiling window manager for X11 inspired by dwm, bspwm, and xmonad, offering a scriptable, keyboard-driven environment.

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Font Tools

Raqm – font library

July 3, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Raqm is a small library that encapsulates the logic for complex text layout and provides a convenient API.

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Font Tools

Pango – library for layout and rendering of text

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Pango is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. It can be used anywhere text layout is needed.

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Video

KikoPlay – full-featured danmu media player

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

KikoPlay is a full-featured danmu media player using libmpv as its playback engine and Qt for its interface

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Selection of utilities

sxwm – dynamic tiling window manager for X11

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

sxwm is a simple, feature-rich dynamic tiling window manager for X11.

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Development Tools

7 Top Free and Open Source C Web Frameworks

July 1, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

We recommend the best free and open source C web frameworks.

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Development Tools

ecewo – asynchronous, single-threaded C web framework

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

ecewo is an asynchronous, single-threaded C web framework with an Express.js-style API.

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