The Open Source Ward Weekly (23 September 2025)
This week’s menu includes mapping the world with QGIS, reliving childhood nostalgia with a Super Mario Bros. remaster, and managing servers with Termix.
Github Trendings:
QGIS - Free and Open Source Geographical Information System
A free, open-source, cross-platform geographical information system (GIS) for managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data. Developed in C++ and Python since 2002, it is community-driven, extensible, and released under the GPL license as part of OSGeo.
The project is mature and continues to gain traction. I’m planning to try it out to create a map for my next role-playing adventures. It might just end up in the “cool projects I’ll get to someday” pile (fellow Warhammer players will understand), but who knows.
A Remake/Celebration of the original 'Super Mario Bros.' games. Features new levels, custom modes, new characters, alongside a full level editor/custom level system!
Termix - self-hosted all-in-one server management platform
An open-source and always free, self-hosted server management platform that provides a web-based interface for SSH access, tunneling, remote file editing, and system monitoring.
simdjson : Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second
Nothing to add, everything in the title fast and efficient.
In the news:
A company approached my open-source project pretending to want to help open-source projects, then stole the idea and launched a competitor!
by u/mitousa in opensource
Drama drama drama. Popcorn required.
New DeepSeek model release.
Russ Cox
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