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Sauva – terminal Unicode explorer

October 22, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Sauva is a terminal Unicode explorer for browsing code points, inspecting properties, analysing text and comparing normalisation forms.

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Machine Learning

LlamaStash – terminal-based local LLM manager

October 22, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific, TUI

LlamaStash manages local language models with a terminal interface, model discovery, hardware-aware launching and OpenAI-compatible APIs.

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rulc – terminal calculator with mathematical plotting

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, TUI

rulc is a terminal calculator with interactive expressions, custom functions, mathematical plotting, intersections and scripting.

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Markdown

edamame – terminal Markdown editor with live rendering

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

edamame is a terminal Markdown editor with rendered editing, interactive tables, search, Vim commands, themes and HTML export.

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Warpgate – transparent bastion for secure infrastructure access

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Warpgate secures SSH, database and desktop access with a transparent bastion, session recordings, browser clients and two-factor login.

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Text Editor

Mitos – modal terminal text editor based on Helix

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Mitos is a modal terminal text editor based on Helix, offering multiple selections, syntax awareness, language servers and debugging.

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Mixer

Bridge – PipeWire crossfade mixer and audio router

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Bridge is a graphical PipeWire crossfade mixer with two virtual outputs, persistent routing rules, output presets and global shortcuts.

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Mixer

volctl – per-application volume control and OSD

October 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

volctl is a Linux tray mixer for controlling master and per-application volume, with mute controls, VU meters, mouse-wheel support and OSD.

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Remote Display

waypipe – forward Wayland applications over SSH

October 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

waypipe forwards individual Wayland applications over SSH, with configurable compression and GPU buffer handling for remote Linux sessions.

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Bubbles – lightweight Linux working environments

October 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Security

Bubbles creates lightweight, isolated Debian working environments with KVM, Wayland integration, Nix support and transparent networking.

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Linux Distributions

CatosTV – Arch-based Linux distribution for TVs

October 19, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

CatosTV turns an x86 PC into a remote-controlled Linux media centre with Jellyfin playback, Android TV apps, casting and gaming.

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Chicago

Drizzle – adaptive weather app for GNOME

October 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Drizzle is an adaptive GNOME weather app using Open-Meteo, with dynamic colours, location search and a layout suited to small screens.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Matras – native Mattermost client for GNOME

October 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Matras is a native GNOME Mattermost client with threaded messaging, channel management, notifications, search and integrated calls.

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Fractals

Par Fractal – GPU-accelerated 2D and 3D fractal renderer

October 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Par Fractal is a GPU-accelerated Rust fractal renderer with 2D and 3D views, deep zooming, effects, presets and video capture.

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Eye Care Software

wluma – automatic screen brightness adjustment for Wayland

October 17, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

wluma automatically adjusts brightness using ambient light and screen content on Wayland, learning preferences with multi-monitor support.

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Audio Analyzers

Vibe – Wayland music visualizer and shader player

October 15, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Vibe is a Wayland music visualizer for Linux with shader-based effects, audio-reactive rendering, and support for WGSL and GLSL shaders.

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Radio

sdrtop – terminal monitor for software-defined radio hardware

October 15, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

sdrtop monitors software-defined radios in the terminal with live spectrum, waterfall, RF measurements, signal decoding and IQ recording.

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S3 Tools

comhad – terminal file manager for S3 object storage

October 15, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

comhad is a terminal file manager for S3 storage with local and remote panes, previews, background transfers, fuzzy search and safe syncing.

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Audio Editors

Beskope – music visualizer for Linux and PipeWire

October 15, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Beskope is a PipeWire music visualizer for Linux with waveform and spectrogram views, MPRIS controls, and Wayland desktop integration.

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Cloud

sofka – Kubernetes terminal user interface

October 14, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

sofka is a Kubernetes TUI for resources, logs, health diagnostics, Flux CD and Argo CD operations, Helm inspection and workload management.

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