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LAN

Turn On – Wake On LAN (WoL) utility

October 7, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Turn On is a small GNOME utility application to send Wake On LAN (WoL) magic packets to devices in a network.

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Valot – modern time tracking application

October 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Valot is designed for developers, freelancers, and professionals who need to track their work time efficiently.

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sshPilot – lightweight SSH connection manager

September 28, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

sshPilot is a user-friendly, lightweight SSH connection manager with an integrated terminal.

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Audio Analyzers

Parlatype – media player for transcription

September 27, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Parlatype is a minimal audio player for manual speech transcription, written for the GNOME desktop environment.

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Guitar

Fretboard – look up guitar chords

September 4, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Fretboard lets you find guitar chords by typing their names or plotting them on an interactive guitar neck.

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Bazaar – app store for GNOME

September 4, 2025 Steve Emms System Software

Bazaar is a new app store for GNOME with a focus on discovering and installing applications and add-ons from Flatpak remotes, particularly Flathub. It emphasizes supporting the developers who make the Linux desktop possible. Bazaar features a “curated” tab that

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Tetris

Quadrapassel – falling-block game

August 30, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

Quadrapassel is a derivative of a classic falling-block game.

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Fedinspect – analyse Fediverse servers

August 29, 2025 Steve Emms Internet

Fedinspect is a GNOME application to enable developers to inspect and analyse fediverse server configurations.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Word2IPA – turn words into their true sounds

August 23, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Word2IPA converts English words into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), providing a clear representation of pronunciation.

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Selection of utilities

Emblem – generate project avatars

August 15, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Emblem generates projects avatars for your Matrix rooms and git forges from a symbolic icon.

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Chemistry

Nucleus – browse the chemical elements

August 14, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Nuclues gives you the ability to view the periodic table of the elements, as well as a variety of properties for each element,

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Files

Buffer – embrace ephemeral text

August 8, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Productivity

Buffer provides a minimal editing space for all those things that don’t need keeping. It’s written in Rust.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Spider – web app tool

July 26, 2025 Steve Emms Utilities

Spider is software that lets you install and integrate web apps into the GNOME desktop. It’s written in Rust.

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Character Map

Runemaster – character map app for GNOME

July 20, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Unleash the magic of Unicode characters with Runemaster.

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Git Clients

Forge Sparks – get Git forges notifications

July 20, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Forge Sparks is a simple notifier app with support for Github, GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo.

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Warble

muttum – guess a word in few attempts

July 12, 2025 Steve Emms Games, GUI

With muttum, pick a dictionary and try to find the random word.

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Selection of utilities

Length measures objects on screen

July 5, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Length is a GNOME application for measuring distances on screen to help you design and inspect layouts and graphics.

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moserial – serial terminal for GNOME desktop

July 4, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

moserial is a clean, friendly GTK-based serial terminal for the gnome desktop. It’s written in the Vala language.

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Cuneo is a widget-like calculator and conversion tool

June 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Cuneo is a simple and straightforward app that lets you calculate and convert anything. It’s designed for the GNOME desktop.

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Sums is a postfix calculator designed for quick calculations

June 11, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Sums is a postfix calculator designed for quick calculations and focused on simplicity.

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