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Hellwal – fast and extensible color palette generator

May 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Hellwal is designed to create terminal and desktop color schemes from wallpaper images or predefined theme files.

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Diff Tools

vbl – terminal-based hexadecimal viewer for Linux

May 3, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

vbl is a terminal-based hexadecimal viewer that lets you inspect binary data from files and devices in a dynamic hex and ASCII interface.

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Radio

inspectrum – radio signal analyser for examining captured signals

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

inspectrum is a radio signal analyser for examining captured signals, with a particular focus on recordings from software-defined radio receivers.

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Notepad Next – cross-platform text and source code editor

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Notepad Next is a cross-platform text and source code editor that reimplements the familiar Notepad++ workflow.

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SigDigger – digital signal analyzer and graphical front end for Suscan

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

SigDigger is a Qt-based digital signal analyzer and graphical front end for Suscan that’s designed to help investigate and extract information.

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AetherSDR – Linux-native client for FlexRadio Systems transceivers

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

AetherSDR is a Linux-native client for FlexRadio Systems transceivers that communicates directly using the SmartSDR protocol.

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Selection of utilities

Sadhana – enhance your daily Buddhist practice

May 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

Sadhana is a cross-platform desktop application for supporting Buddhist practice.

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Radio

SDR++ Community Edition – advanced Software-Defined Radio

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

SDR++ Community Edition is a cross-platform software-defined radio application and a community-driven fork of SDR++

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Science

MoveIt 2 – robotic manipulation platform for ROS 2

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

MoveIt 2 is a robotic manipulation platform for ROS 2 designed for building, prototyping, and benchmarking robot applications.

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Configuring music

Melodic Mix – simple mixer and digital signal processing application

May 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Melodic Mix is a simple mixer and digital signal processing application for live performances. Fork of Easy Effects.

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Merkaartor – OpenStreetMap mapping program

April 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Merkaartor is a native desktop editor for OpenStreetMap written in C++ and Qt.

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Musical instruments

SkyMPC – simple MPD client

April 30, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

SkyMPC is a Qt-based client for MPD (Music Player Daemon) with a deliberately simple design.

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Pure Maps – native map and navigation application for Linux

April 29, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

Pure Maps is a native map and navigation application for Linux that’s aimed particularly at mobile Linux platforms.

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FreeDV GUI – desktop application for amateur radio operators

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Other

FreeDV GUI is a desktop application for amateur radio operators that brings the FreeDV digital voice system to Linux, Windows, and macOS.

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WebRTC

SRS – real-time media server

April 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia

SRS (Simple Realtime Server) is a real-time media server built to receive, convert, and distribute audio and video streams.

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Guitar

Power Tab Editor – view and edit guitar tablature

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Power Tab Editor is an easy-to-use cross-platform guitar tablature editor and viewer.

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Guitar

PiPedal – guitar effect pedal for Raspberry Pi

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

PiPedal turns a Raspberry Pi into a guitar effects pedal that you can configure and control from a phone, tablet, or desktop browser.

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

DistroRack – Qt/QML-based GUI for Distrobox containers

April 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

DistroRack is a Qt/QML application that provides a graphical interface for creating and managing Distrobox containers on Linux.

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CoMaps – community-led maps and navigation application

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

CoMaps is a community-led maps and navigation application built around OpenStreetMap data.

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Vulnerability Detection

LIEF – work with executable and binary formats

April 25, 2026 Steve Emms Security

LIEF is a cross-platform library for working with executable and binary formats.

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