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Magical Potions

Gmsh – automatic three-dimensional finite element mesh generator

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Gmsh is an automatic three-dimensional finite element mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities.

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Animation

Synfig – 2D animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Synfig is a vector based 2D animation package. It is designed to be capable of producing feature-film quality animation.

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Magical Potions

Blender – 3D creation suite

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Blender is a free and open source 3D content creation suite available for many operating systems including Linux.

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LibreSprite – animated sprite and pixel art editor

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

LibreSprite creates layered pixel art and animated game sprites, with onion skinning, palette editing, tiled drawing and live previews.

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Animation

Pencil2D – easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Pencil2D is an easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.

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Animation

OpenToonz – 2D animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

OpenToonz is full-featured 2D animation creation software. It is based on Toonz Studio Ghibli Version.

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Animation

Tahoma2D – powerful software for 2D and stop motion animators

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Tahoma2DTahoma2D is a full-featured 2D and Stop Motion animation creation software. It is based on Toonz Studio, Ghibli Version.

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Animation

Glaxnimate – simple and fast vector graphics animation program

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

Glaxnimate is a simple vector graphics animation tool. Vector graphics are images are described with objects like lines, curves, and points.

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Magical Potions

K-3D – 3D modeling and animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

K-3D is a free and open source procedural modeler, meaning that the entire history of user modifications are stored when creating a model.

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Animation

enve – 2D animation software

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

enve is 2D animation software. You can use enve to create vector animations, raster animations, and even use sound and video files.

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3D Printer

QIDIStudio – 3D printer slicing software

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

QIDIStudio is a professional 3D printer slicing software,which is compatible with all printers and 3D printing filaments of QIDI Technology.

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Desktop Environments

Avant Window Navigator – dock-like bar

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a free and open source Mac OS X like panel for the GNOME Desktop written in C.

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Desktop Environments

Simdock – small dock with pseudo-transparency and good window handling

February 24, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

Simdock is a dockbar that features a zoom effect (like the OS X dock) and customized launchers. Free and open source software.

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TrackAudio – Audio-For-VSTSIM ATC client

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

TrackAudio is a specialized Audio-for-VATSIM (AFV) client application designed for air traffic controllers (ATCs) on the VATSIM network

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Data Science

MBDyn – multibody dynamics analysis

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

MBDyn is a general purpose Multibody Dynamics analysis software.

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SQL

GizmoSQL – high-performance SQL server

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms Database

GizmoSQL is a powerful open-source SQL database engine and server powered by DuckDB and Apache Arrow Flight SQL.

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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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Linux Candy: Lolcat++ is a rewrite of the popular LOLCAT

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

Lolcat++ is a rewrite of lolcat. The original is written in Ruby, whereas this rewrite is coded in the C++ language.

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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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3D Printer

ElegooSlicer – slicer for FDM printers

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

ElegooSlicer is a slicer compatible with most Fused Deposition Modeling printers that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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