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Flashcards

Lingueez – desktop vocabulary trainer for language learning

September 30, 2026 Steve Emms Education, GUI

Lingueez is a desktop vocabulary trainer with flashcards, translation, text-to-speech, reading tools, quizzes, progress tracking and sync.

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Log Analyzers

Matomo Log Analytics – import server logs into Matomo

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Matomo Log Analytics imports web server access logs into Matomo for server-side visitor analytics, with broad log format and automation support.

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Ratio – WCAG colour contrast checker

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Ratio is a colour-contrast checker that validates foreground and background combinations against key WCAG accessibility requirements.

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Server

vsFetch – graphical Linux system information viewer

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

vsFetch is a GTK graphical system information viewer for Linux with hardware details, desktop data, themes, layouts and animations.

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TV

Bing-r – desktop IPTV and media player

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Bing-r is a desktop IPTV and media player for M3U playlists, live TV, VOD, channel filtering, favourites and hardware-accelerated playback.

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Color tool

Colorice – wallpaper-driven Linux colour scheme generator

September 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI

Colorice generates wallpaper-driven Linux colour schemes in Oklab, enforces readable contrast, and applies palettes through configurable templates.

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pywal16 – generate and change colour schemes on the fly

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

pywal16 generates 16-colour palettes from images and applies them across Linux desktops, terminals and applications using flexible templates.

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Best Free and Open Source Compact Editors

Jollpi – lightweight GTK 4 text editor with syntax highlighting

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI

Jollpi is a lightweight Python and GTK 4 text editor with syntax highlighting, tabs, asynchronous file loading, and a minimap.

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bubblewrap – low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

bubblewrap is a low-level Linux sandboxing tool for constructing restricted process environments with namespaces, bind mounts and seccomp.

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Static Site Generators

26 Best Free and Open Source Python Static Site Generators

September 26, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers.

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Science

ROSboard – lightweight web dashboard for visualizing ROS topics

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

ROSboard is a lightweight web dashboard for visualizing ROS topics, sensor data and robot telemetry from desktop and mobile browsers.

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djLint – HTML template formatter and linter

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

djLint is an HTML template formatter and linter for Django, Jinja, Twig and other template languages, with accessibility and style checks

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OS-Level Virtualization - Containers

cockpit-podman – web interface for managing Podman containers

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Web Apps

cockpit-podman is a web-based Cockpit interface for creating, controlling and monitoring Podman containers, pods, images and Quadlets.

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sbomnix – generate Software Bills of Materials for Nix

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Security

sbomnix generates CycloneDX and SPDX Software Bills of Materials for Nix flakes and store paths, with dependency and metadata analysis.

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Speech

Kokoro – Open-Weight Text-to-Speech Model

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews

Kokoro is a lightweight open-weight text-to-speech model offering local speech synthesis, multiple languages, voices, and speed control.

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pyiron_atomistics – atomistic simulation and workflow environment

September 23, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

pyiron_atomistics integrates atomistic simulation, job management, data storage and high-throughput computational materials workflows.

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quacc – automate quantum chemistry and materials science workflows

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

quacc automates quantum chemistry and materials science workflows across local systems, HPC resources and cloud infrastructure.

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Satellite Tool

Rayfall – map ham radio QSOs on an interactive map

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms Other, Web Apps

Rayfall maps amateur radio QSOs from QRZ or ADIF logs, with filters, multiple QTH support, custom map styling, sharing and export tools.

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Navigation

PyGPSClient – graphical GNSS and GPS testing tool

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

PyGPSClient is a graphical GNSS and GPS testing, configuration and diagnostic tool with NTRIP, logging, mapping and receiver support.

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Selection of utilities

Mimic – manage default applications and file associations

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Mimic is a GTK4 application for managing default applications and MIME file associations through a clean graphical interface on Linux.

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