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Monitor Calibration

ddcui – graphical user interface for ddcutil

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Utilities

ddcui is a graphical user interface for ddcutil, a Linux utility used to control and query monitor settings via the DDC/CI protocol.

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fooyin

fooyin’s release 0.10.x adds important improvements

March 28, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, News

Many users consider fooyin to be the best open source music player available for Linux. Its worth checking out the new release!

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Bookmark manager tool

RabbitMark – desktop bookmark manager built with Qt

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

RabbitMark is a desktop bookmark manager built with Qt for people who want to keep large bookmark collections under control.

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Audio Programming

aero – audio recorder

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

aero is a modern audio recorder desktop application built with C++23 and Qt 6.

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Images

Image Compare – image comparison and visual diff tool

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Image Compare is a visual image diff tool with synchronised views, grids, stacked comparison, relative zoom and exportable SSIM heatmaps.

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Image of Files

Dentry – keyboard-driven file manager

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Dentry is a minimal, keyboard-driven file manager for Linux built with Qt6.

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Web Browsers

Dooble – minimal, scientific, and stable web browser

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Dooble is a Qt-based web browser that focuses on stability, privacy-oriented browsing features, and a compact codebase.

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Video Players

Bino – 3D video player focused on stereoscopic video and virtual reality

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Bino is a 3D video player focused on stereoscopic video and virtual reality. It supports a wide range of 3D video formats

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Musical instruments

BinauralPlayer – media player

March 14, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

BinauralPlayer integrates audio and video playback with tools for generating binaural beats and brainwave-based audio signals.

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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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Selection of utilities

Cute DBC Editor – desktop application for viewing and editing CAN Database

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents, GUI

Cute DBC Editor is a lightweight, retro-themed desktop application for viewing and editing CAN Database (.dbc) files.

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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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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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Video Editing

EasyPlayer – simple video and audio player

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

EasyPlayer is a lightweight multimedia player for Linux. It originated as a small spin-off component of the VideoCut project

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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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Mixer

AnalogVUMeter – classic analog stereo VU meter

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

AnalogVUMeter is a cross-platform desktop application that visually replicates a classic analog stereo VU meter (needle-style)

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CasterSoundboard – podcasting tool

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

CasterSoundboard is a soundboard for hot-keying and playing back sounds. It’s designed for podcasting.

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Omnicom – graphical interface for serial communication

February 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Omnicom is a modern and elegant graphical interface for serial communication via picocom.

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Laser cutting

Inkcut – control plotters, cutters and CNC machines

February 10, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Inkcut controls plotters, vinyl cutters, engravers and CNC machines with layout tools, device control, job history and live status.

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Selection of utilities

qdia – schematic/diagram editor

February 9, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

qia is a simple schematic/diagram editor with focus on quick diagram generation with high quality graphics.

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