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Perforator – Continuous Profiling app

March 12, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Perforator is a production-ready, Continuous Profiling app that can collect CPU profiles from your production.

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DNA

Cryfa – encryption tool for genomic data

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific, Security

Cryfa is an encryption tool specifically designed for genomic data.

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Television

KokoVP – cross-platform mpv frontend

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

KokoVP aims to reimplement the core functionality of SMPlayer from scratch using a cleaner modular architecture .

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Famous Landmarks

PixelBatch – batch image optimization tool

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

PixelBatch is a powerful, user-friendly desktop application for batch image optimization on Linux.

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ytdl-gui – graphical interface for yt-dlp

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

ytdl-gui is a simple-to-use tool to download videos or audios from various sources including Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo…

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voxcii – terminal-based ASCII 3D model viewer

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

voxcii is a terminal-based ASCII 3D model viewer written in C++.

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Hex Editor

HexWalk – hex editor, viewer, and analyzer

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

HexWalk is a graphical hex editor and binary analysis application designed for inspecting and modifying binary files.

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MX Cleanup – GUI for system cleanup and maintenance

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

MX Cleanup is a graphical system maintenance utility that helps users reclaim disk space by removing unnecessary files from the system.

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Conan – distributed C and C++ package manager

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Conan is specifically designed and optimized for accelerating the development and Continuous Integration of C and C++ projects.

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ColorSmith – color picker tool

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

ColorSmith is billed as a professional color management suite for designers, developers, and digital artists. Built with Qt for Linux.

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3D Printer

preFlight – advanced 3D printing slicer

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

preFlight is an advanced 3D printing slicer built for precision and performance.

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Wi-Fi Internet

nm-tray – simple NetworkManager front end

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

nm-tray is a simple NetworkManager front end with information icon residing in system tray (like e.g. nm-applet).

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lo – very small low-level JavaScript runtime

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

lo is a low-level JavaScript runtime.

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Development Tools

10 Top Free and Open Source C++ Web Frameworks

March 3, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

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

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Chess

BBP Pairings – Swiss-system chess tournament engine

March 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Games

BBP Pairings is an engine for pairing players in a Swiss-system chess tournament.

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Artistic Style – source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier

February 28, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Artistic Style is a source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier for the C, C++, C++/CLI, Objective‑C, C# and Java programming languages.

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Magical Potions

Gmsh – automatic three-dimensional finite element mesh generator

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Gmsh is an automatic three-dimensional finite element mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities.

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Animation

Synfig – 2D animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Synfig is a vector based 2D animation package. It is designed to be capable of producing feature-film quality animation.

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Magical Potions

Blender – 3D creation suite

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Blender is a free and open source 3D content creation suite available for many operating systems including Linux.

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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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