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Tag: GTK+

Desktop Environments

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Docks

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 12 docks that genuinely add to the desktop experience.

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Luminance – control brightness of displays

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Luminance is a simple GTK application to control brightness of displays including external displays supporting DDC/CI.

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Runa – GUI package manager for the AUR

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Runa is a graphical AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager for Linux. It works on any desktop environment that supports GTK3.

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WiFi

AIRCTL – WiFi management tool

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

AIRCTL provides a clean interface to scan, connect, and manage wireless networks.

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GPU-Viewer – frontend to glxinfo, vulkaninfo, clinfo and es2_info

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

GPU-Viewer aims to capture all the important details of glxinfo, vulkaninfo and clinfo in a GUI.

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Clipboard

Panox – clipboard manager

February 12, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Panox is a modern, visually appealing clipboard manager designed specifically for Wayland compositors.

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Game Engines

TuxTuner – Wayland-native performance control for ASUS gaming laptops

February 9, 2026 Steve Emms Games, GUI

TuxTuner is a Wayland-native performance control for ASUS gaming laptops on Linux.

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Application Launchers

Hamr – desktop launcher

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, GUI

Hamr learns from your usage patterns to surface what you need, when you need it. Type a few characters to launch apps, calculate math…

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YouTube

Pipeline – watch YouTube and PeerTube videos

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia, Reviews

Access YouTube content without using a web browser. Pipeline goes one step further by letting you also view PeerTube content.

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WiFi

YuFi – lightweight Wi-Fi manager

February 1, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

YuFi is a lightweight GTK4 Wi‑Fi manager. It focuses on a clean, minimal dashboard for quick toggles, scanning, and network management.

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SwitchCalc – GTK4 calculator

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

SwitchCalc is a GTK4 calculator application for Linux with Standard, Scientific, Programmer, and Date calculation modes.

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LazyCat Terminal – terminal emulator

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

LazyCat Terminal is billed as a high-performance terminal emulator with multi-tab, split-pane, and transparent background support

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Linux Candy

WallPicker – wallpacker picker with Wallhaven integration and AI upscaling

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Reviews, Utilities

WallPicker is a modern wallpaper picker application. This isn’t the first wallpaper program that’s been explored in this series.

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Application Launchers

Proslenkey – application launcher

January 19, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

Proslenkey is a lightweight GTK4 application launcher for Wayland.

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histui – GTK4 notification daemon

January 13, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

histui is a highly themeable GTK4 notification daemon for Wayland with persistent history.

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Zashterminal – modern terminal emulator

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Zashterminal is a modern, intuitive, and innovative terminal built with GTK4 and Adwaita. It’s written in Python.

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Clipboard

Waypin – sleek clipboard viewer

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Waypin is a sleek clipboard viewer for Wayland/X11 with GTK3.

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Best Free and Open Source Documentation Generators

Brief – browse command-line cheatsheets

January 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI

Brief is an app for browsing command-line cheatsheets written in Python, using GTK4 and Libadwaita.

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InfoDash – displays RSS feeds, weather and stock information

January 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, GUI, Internet, Scientific

InfoDash is a modern GTK4 dashboard application for Linux that displays RSS feeds, weather, and stock data.

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Application Launchers

SimplyToast – startup and background process manager

January 1, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

SimplyToast is a minimal, fast, and visually clean tool designed to give you full control over startup applications, background processes, and more.

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