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3D Rendering

Ucupaint – layer-based texture painting for Blender

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Ucupaint brings layer-based texture painting, masks, baking, UDIM support and material-channel management to Blender’s Eevee and Cycles.

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Encrypted Files

Keysign – OpenPGP key signing helper

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Keysign is a GTK application that securely exchanges and signs OpenPGP keys over a local network or Bluetooth without relying on a keyserver.

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Gaming Chat

Dorion – lightweight Discord web client

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

Dorion is a compact Tauri-based Discord client with themes, plugins, custom keybindings, game presence and broad ARM support.

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Archive Manager

Akizip – graphical archive manager for GNOME

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Akizip is a GTK 4 archive manager for GNOME that creates, extracts and inspects archives using the bundled 7-Zip engine.

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3D Illustration

ArmorPaint – GPU-accelerated 3D texture painting application

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

ArmorPaint is a GPU-accelerated 3D texture painting application with PBR materials, layers, masks, baking tools and node-based workflows.

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Discord

WebCord – privacy-focused Discord web client

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

WebCord is a privacy-focused Electron client for Discord with permission controls, tracker blocking, ARM support and Wayland audio sharing.

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3d render

Material Maker – procedural texture authoring and 3D painting tool

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Material Maker is a node-based procedural texture authoring and 3D painting tool with PBR previews, reusable graphs and flexible exports.

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Git Clients

Commit – editor for Git and Mercurial commit messages

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Commit is a focused GNOME editor for writing clearer Git and Mercurial commit messages with wrapping, spell checking and syntax highlighting.

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Cloud

BudsLink – monitor and control Bluetooth earbuds

August 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

BudsLink is a graphical app for monitoring battery levels and controlling noise cancellation and other features on supported Bluetooth earbuds.

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Wallpaper Setter

Waywallen – dynamic wallpaper manager for Linux desktops

August 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Waywallen is a dynamic wallpaper manager with image and video playback, playlists, multi-monitor layouts and Wallhaven integration.

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ebook reader

Kepublicity – create Kobo-formatted ebooks

August 28, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Kepublicity is a GTK app that converts EPUB files to Kobo KEPUB format, with batch processing, drag-and-drop and direct device transfer.

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Email

12 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Email Clients

August 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We feature our recommended graphical email clients. They are all free and open source goodness.

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GUI Prototyping

6 Best Free and Open Source GUI Prototyping Tools

July 28, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Programming, Roundup

Whether it is by pure experimentation or transforming a vision into something tangible, prototypes help assist in testing and building while preserving overall design consistency.

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Backup

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Simple Backup Software

June 29, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

We recommend home users install software that hides the complexity of doing backups. Here’s our verdict on open source solutions.

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Clipboard

Ringboard – efficient Linux clipboard history manager

June 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, TUI, Utilities

Ringboard provides Linux clipboard history with dedicated terminal, graphical and command-line clients, plus X11 and Wayland support.

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Text Editor

11 Best Free and Open Source Neovim GUIs

June 14, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Neovim’s RPC support lets developers create new front-ends (GUIs) for Neovim that are outside of the terminal. We make our recommendations.

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CDROM

8 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Audio Grabbers

June 8, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc.

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VoIP

BigLinux Microphone – PipeWire microphone enhancement

June 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

BigLinux Microphone improves PipeWire microphone audio with neural denoising, voice effects, equalisation, monitoring and smart routing.

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Office

Collabora Office – desktop office suite with modern interface

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, Office

Collabora Office brings document, spreadsheet, presentation and drawing editors to the desktop with offline editing and PDF export.

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Electronic circuit

CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod – offline desktop adaptation

May 29, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

CircuitJS1 Desktop Mod provides offline circuit simulation, animated current flow, oscilloscopes and analogue and digital components.

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