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Which text editor makes writing plug-ins the easiest?

text-editors

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Linux text-only web browser that renders images in ASCII art

linux web-browser ascii

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What DB engine should be used for a petabyte database?

database sql nosql

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Linux text editor with server-side search over SSH

linux text-editors search ssh file-search

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Choosing the framework to an IDE type of web gui

javascript java framework postgresql rest

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Extract individual headshots from group photo

windows osx ios photography facial-recognition

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Is there an OpenSource alternative for AWS?

open-source amazon

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Build a bot that can interview people over the phone

library python

answered Aug 29 at 18:37 Austin Hemmelgarn 596

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Command-line tool for creating simple drawings

open-source osx images command-line

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Desktop version of/front-end to Google Translate

windows translation

answered Sep 9 at 7:57 user1702475 56

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Easy software to simulate network (router/switch/server) for study purposes

osx networking simulation

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Collaborative website for a small research lab

gratis collaboration wiki moinmoin

modified Aug 28 at 12:07 Alain 111

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Software recommendation to view git-conflict side by side?

linux git version-control diff

answered Sep 12 at 6:20 Bart 11

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What PDF readers support lean back reading for Android box?

pdf-viewer bookmarks android-tv remote-control

modified Aug 30 at 15:50 Ooker 495

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Which tool can help me design a 3x3 Matrix in 3D?

windows open-source

answered Sep 11 at 8:33 arthur.sw 111

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Light HTML Two-way binding library

library javascript html

answered Sep 6 at 22:39 Denes Papp 136

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Logging which program changed a registry key

windows windows-registry

answered Sep 4 at 0:33 Headcrab 131

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Is there a lightweight IDE for C with nice visual design?

text-editors ide c sublime-text visual-studio-code

answered Sep 2 at 9:24 RProgram 975

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Free inventory management software needed

gratis inventory

answered Sep 11 at 18:04 yorodm 169

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What app is locking a given file or directory? (Windows with no right to install software)

windows gratis file-management

modified Sep 10 at 10:35 Sonamor 610

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Free Genealogy Software

chrome chrome-os genealogy

modified Sep 21 at 4:51 Steve Barnes 26k

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High level email parsing library for Python

library python email

answered Sep 8 at 5:44 Scott 111

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Software tool to create/modify/view table relationships in SQLite database

database sqlite

modified Sep 14 at 3:16 RockPaperLizard♦ 3,375

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Free remote desktop software for Linux with modern secure protocol using system authentication

gratis linux remote-desktop

answered yesterday Andreas Heinlein 6

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Video tutorials as code with open source software

video presentation

modified Sep 20 at 13:05 J. Doe 126

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Displaying IP address path geographically

networking macos

modified yesterday Mawg 4,438

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Is there any free API that allows to get the name of the location and the state using the name of the country and the postal code?

api localization

modified Sep 14 at 20:39 simhumileco 167

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Is there a card game software that can play with real cards?

game camera tablet

modified Sep 7 at 3:11 RockPaperLizard♦ 3,375

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23-hour clock app?

timer

asked Sep 5 at 14:27 user585926 11

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PDF comparison tool

windows gratis pdf diff comparison

answered Sep 3 at 10:17 Abhishek Gurjar 185

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Tweak tool to allow more recent tasks in Android 8+

android task-management

modified Sep 20 at 14:20 nsandersen 106

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Oldest Android OS version for basic functionality

android

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Software to import photos from my camera without duplicates

backup photography

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Note taking software with sync and calendar

windows android note-taking calendar

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email hosting for massive number of accounts

email-server

answered Sep 19 at 17:52 Rao 1

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Automatization of document generation

pdf automation

modified Aug 27 at 16:57 albert 241

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Want to know in deciding which web framework to choose and less maintainability of the services

database web-development framework web

answered 4 hours ago John Go-Soco 114

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Pike programming language [closed]

open-source c programming languages shell-scripting

modified Sep 4 at 16:46 yO_ 116

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Spreadsheet that understands symbolic numbers

math spreadsheet

modified Sep 2 at 22:07 Eric Shain 256

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Cross platform calendar app with sync

windows android calendar synchronization

asked Sep 5 at 9:55 NewTonne 11

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Library to determine whether a smartphone picture was taken with front or rear camera

open-source library image-processing camera exif

modified Sep 14 at 12:16 Nicolas Raoul♦ 10.9k

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REST API for creating charts from JSON data

api charts json rest

modified Sep 14 at 18:18 mariappan .gameo 6

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Open-source software for designing augmented reality Android apps in Linux Mint

android linux software-development

answered Sep 5 at 14:16 ivanivan 1,426

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Looking for a node and graph based API

graphs

answered Sep 12 at 20:09 Doug King 111

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VPN program alternative to windows build in solution

windows gratis vpn

answered Sep 13 at 8:24 christopher2007 106

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Tool to search for string exact matches in lots of files on hard-drive (10s of gigas). Is there something out there?

text-search file-search

answered Sep 13 at 6:14 Rob 151

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Free remote desktop from laptop with proxy or tablet without admin access

windows gratis windows-10 remote-access remote-desktop

answered Aug 29 at 20:32 Bewc 111

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Maintain and Plan R&D Project Progress

windows android project-management cross-platform

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