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LibreSprite – create 2D animations for videogames

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

LibreSprite is software to create and animate sprites. LibreSprite originated as a fork of Aseprite, developed by David Capello.

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Animation

Pencil2D – easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Pencil2D is an easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.

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Animation

OpenToonz – 2D animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

OpenToonz is full-featured 2D animation creation software. It is based on Toonz Studio Ghibli Version.

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Animation

Tahoma2D – powerful software for 2D and stop motion animators

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Tahoma2DTahoma2D is a full-featured 2D and Stop Motion animation creation software. It is based on Toonz Studio, Ghibli Version.

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Animation

Glaxnimate – simple and fast vector graphics animation program

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Glaxnimate is a simple vector graphics animation tool. Vector graphics are images are described with objects like lines, curves, and points.

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K-3D – 3D modeling and animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

K-3D is a free and open source procedural modeler, meaning that the entire history of user modifications are stored when creating a model.

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Animation

enve – 2D animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

enve is 2D animation software. You can use enve to create vector animations, raster animations, and even use sound and video files.

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QIDIStudio – 3D printer slicing software

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

QIDIStudio is a professional 3D printer slicing software,which is compatible with all printers and 3D printing filaments of QIDI Technology.

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Desktop Environments

Avant Window Navigator – dock-like bar

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a free and open source Mac OS X like panel for the GNOME Desktop written in C.

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Desktop Environments

Simdock – small dock with pseudo-transparency and good window handling

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

Simdock is a dockbar that features a zoom effect (like the OS X dock) and customized launchers. Free and open source software.

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TrackAudio – Audio-For-VSTSIM ATC client

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

TrackAudio is a specialized Audio-for-VATSIM (AFV) client application designed for air traffic controllers (ATCs) on the VATSIM network

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Data Science

MBDyn – multibody dynamics analysis

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

MBDyn is a general purpose Multibody Dynamics analysis software.

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SQL

GizmoSQL – high-performance SQL server

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms Database

GizmoSQL is a powerful open-source SQL database engine and server powered by DuckDB and Apache Arrow Flight SQL.

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Mixer

AnalogVUMeter – classic analog stereo VU meter

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

AnalogVUMeter is a cross-platform desktop application that visually replicates a classic analog stereo VU meter (needle-style)

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Application Servers

5 Best Free and Open Source C++ Application Servers

February 21, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

An application server is computer software which provides the business logic for an application program. Here’s our recommended C++ servers.

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Linux Candy: Lolcat++ is a rewrite of the popular LOLCAT

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

Lolcat++ is a rewrite of lolcat. The original is written in Ruby, whereas this rewrite is coded in the C++ language.

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CasterSoundboard – podcasting tool

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

CasterSoundboard is a soundboard for hot-keying and playing back sounds. It’s designed for podcasting.

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3D Printer

ElegooSlicer – slicer for FDM printers

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ElegooSlicer is a slicer compatible with most Fused Deposition Modeling printers that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Coding

Codon – extensible Python compiler

February 15, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Codon is a high-performance Python implementation that compiles to native machine code without any runtime overhead.

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Incplot – make attractive plots

February 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

Incplot is a command like tool for drawing great looking plots in the terminal using Unicode characters.

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