RISC OS is an small but active community

Have been recently rolling my own custom distribution for RO5 on the Rpi4 (or more accurately a compilation as it is all the work of others apart from testing) and have noticed that a lot of the programs, apps and documentation I have been compiling have all been updated in the last few years !

I have dumped a quick list below of the programs, manuals, etc I have on this disk image that have been updated or created since the year 2020.There are 82 items in my list! (some of these are part of the HardDisc image from ROOL).

And the good news is there are heaps more programs which are either commercial, not my particular preference or just unknown to me that are not on this list.
I would be confident to say there are well over 100 titles that have been either updated or new since 2020 !
(and there are a few that didn’t make it from late in the previous decade too).
Amcog themselves would probably tip the list over 100.

That’s not bad for a hobby retro platform with very few developers and a corresponding small user base !

anyway here is my list, might be something in there that catches your attention
(format is Name, version no, Date, Author/Maintainer)

RISC OS 5.31H,,2024 -,
ADFFS,2.84 beta,05 Jul 2024,Jonathan Abbot
Aemulor,2.53,28 Feb 2020,Adrian Lees
Alarm,2.96,14 Jul 2021,RISC OS Open Ltd
ArtToSpr,2.21,22 Jun 2023,Tony Houghton
Avalanche,0.28,14 June 2021,James Peacock
Backdrops Images,,29 Jul 2023,Stuart Painting / ROOL
BBC Basic Reference Manual,3.00,22 Feb 2021,ROOL
CACertificates,1.00-4,07 Nov 2021,GCCSDK mailing list
CashBook,1.44,11 Jan 2021,Steve Fryatt
ChangeFSI,1.70,10 Jul 2023,RISC OS Open Ltd
Chars,2.06,17 Sep 2022,Acorn / RISDC OS Open Ltd
Chuckie Egg,1.05,29 Jul 2023,Michael Foot
ConifX,1.57,10 Sep 2023,
CPUClock,2.09-1,24 Apr 2021,Chris Johnson
Digital CD,3.15,17 Sep 2022,AndrewTimmermans
Doom,1.11,15 Aug 2021,Jeffrey Doggett
DpingScan,1.33,21 Dec 2021,Chris Johnson
Draw,1.46,19 Aug 2023,RISC OS Open Ltd
DrawPrint,1.53,12 Jan 2021,Hilary Phillips (Sine Nominees)
Drenderer,,29 Dec 2021,Alan Buckley maintainer
Edit,1.75,05 Sep 2020,RISC OS Open Ltd
Fat32Fs,1.64,10 Apr 2024,
Ffmpeg,5.0-1,,GCCSDK mailing list
Fireworkz,2.32.02,12 Dec 2022,Colton Software
Get Filer,1.03,31 Aug 2020,Steve Fryatt
GhostScript,9.27,20 Jun 2020,Chris Gransden
Guardian,1.05,29 Jul 2023,Michael Foot
Help,3.27,04 Nov 2020,RISC OS Open Ltd
HID,0.91,07 Sep 2023,Paul Reuvers
Iris,1.03,06 Dec 2023,Lee Noar
IrisRam,,,Andrew Rawnsley
IscFA 0.18,0.18,08 May 2024,
KeyMapCfg,0.05,23 May 2020,Andrew Conroy
KeyMapper,1.00,02 Jan 2022,James Peacock
KinoAmp,0.56,26 Feb 2022,Andre Timmermans
KPDFutil,1.06,18 Jul 2024,Kevin Wells (Kevsoft)
Lanman98,2.08,16 Feb 2021,RISC OS Developments (WSS)
MemNow,0.08,19 Jan 2020,RISC OS Open Ltd
MixVolume,0.03,14 Oct 2022,JMB
MoreDesk,1.27,21 Mar 2021,7th Software
Mplayer,VFP,2020,GCCSDK mailing list
Munchy,1.01,Jan 2021,Terry Swanborough
MuView,0.04,14 Oct 2020,Chris Grandsen
Netsurf,3.11,28 Dec 2023,
Ovation Pro,2.78g / 1.01,26 Jul 2022 / 10 Aug 2022,David Pilling
OWB,Beta,Jan 2024,Michael Grunditz
PackMan,0.9.7-1,,Alan Buckley
Paint,2.55,22 Jun 2024,RISC OS Open Ltd
PartMgr,v1.03,31 Mar 2024 03 May2024,Jon Abbot
Photodesk Manual,,May 2024 / Mar 2023,Manual & Quickstart by Chris Terran
PinBoard 2,2.05,03 Jul 2024,ROD – Andy Vawer
Pipedream 4,4.62.2,05 Mar 2023,Colton Software
PipeDream Manual,,2020,“Colton Software – Stuart Swales, Richard Torrens”
Pluto ,3.20,20 Jan 2024,Robert Sprowson and Martin Avison
PrintPDF,1.20,20 Apr 2023,Stephen Fryatt
PrivateEYE,3.20,18 Nov 2022,David Thomas
QTM,1.49b,19 Mar 2023,Steve Harrison
RiscFF,0.3 beta 2,29 Jun 2022,Raik Fisher
RiscLua,546VFP,15 Apr 2023,G.C Wraith
RiscOSM_AtoB,1.03,25 Apr 2024,Sine Nomine Software
RiscOSM_Demo,2.24 VFP,May 2024,Hilary Phillips
RiscOSM_Recce_demo,1.12,25 Apr 2024,Sine Nomine Software
ROD TCIP 7-07 with Wifi installed ,Beta,09 Jul 2024,
Sargasso,2.11,15 Jul 2023,James Bursa
SciCalc,0.91,25 Jun 2022,RISC OS Open Ltd / Acorn
ScrHelp,1.76,02 Feb 2024,C.K.Hall
Snapper,1.34,14 May 2022,Chris Johnson & David Pilling
SparkFS,1.56,21 Feb 2024,David Pilling
Store,1.52,08.09.2022,R-Comp
Strong Ed,4.69f14,29 Feb 2024,
SyncDiscs,1.29,02 Nov 2020,Chris Johnson & David Pilling
Toolbar,1.23,14 Sep 2020,David Thomas
TranJPEG,1.36,14 Jan 2022,Chris Johnson
UnTarBZ2,1.11,20 May 2023,ROOL
UpdCACert,0.03,06 Nov 2021,David Highton
USBInfo,1.06,10 Sep 2023,Paul Reuverfs (XAT)
ViewXLS,0.23 beta,17 Mar 2020,Anton Reiser
Vkeyboard,1.09,12 Jul 2023,Kevsoft – Kevin Wells
VNC Server ,0.22,05 Apr 2021,Jefferey Lee
YT_DLP,,01 Aug 2024,
YTPlay,3.22,,Raik Fisher

Nice to see a couple of mine on your list.

I take it from your user name that you are in Austrlia if so my StreetFix app may be of inerest as that has had Australia included in a recent update.

Hi Kevin,

Yes live in country South Australia. We have the odd hole in the road that’s for sure. Had a quick look at the general FixMyStreet website here and it didn’t seem very active – there are other reporting sites etc here that get used a bit more, but will look into it again.

Have also got your Currency and KWeather apps running on the RPi4 under RO5.31 too. Not sure when Currency 2.04 was issued but KWeather 1.01 just misses the list being from Apr 2019.

I do like seeing what you come up with or update next. The PDF utilities are pretty impressive! Thanks.

Screen shot of a new app I’m working on

https://flic.kr/p/2qcP1bU

And the good news is there are heaps more programs which are either commercial, not my particular preference or just unknown to me that are not on this list.

Chris Johns update of Python is is worth a mention in this context. RISC OS Python is not just an application but a gateway to a whole world of programs written on other platforms.