February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Soundboards
A soundboard is a useful tool that showcases various sound clips—think effects, jingles, voice snippets, and music—arranged in a grid layout for easy access.
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Linux Candy: tanuki – hourly animal crossing vibes
tanuki is a small GUI program that plays the hourly music from Animal Crossing on your computer.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Benchmarks
I run a series of benchmarks on the newly released Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus. It’s a very capable laptop.
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Trix Player – Linux music player built with Rust
Trix Player (or Trix) is a lightweight, high-performance music player written in Rust. Aimed at Linux users who favor the terminal
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Specifications
This is a new series looking at the Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux. I grill the laptop using the inxi tool.
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tmuzika – Terminal music player for Linux
tmuzika aims to offer quick and simple music playback directly in the terminal, with full keyboard control.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Hardware Review
The Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus positions itself as a lightweight, mid-range productivity machine that blends premium materials with good performance.
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Cursus – stores your history and makes it searchable
Cursus writes your commands into an sqlite database.
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14 Best Free and Open Source Vulnerability Detection Tools
Vulnerability scanning is an essential activity for enterprise security. We recommend the best free and open source vulnerability detection tools.
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ZGrab – application-layer network scanner
ZGrab is a fast, modular application-layer network scanner designed for completing large Internet-wide surveys.
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OneDriveGUI – simple Linux GUI for OneDrive
OneDriveGUI is a simple GUI for OneDrive Linux client with multi-account support.
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Chisel – fast TCP/UDP tunnel
Chisel is a fast TCP/UDP tunnel, transported over HTTP, secured via SSH. Single executable including both client and server.
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ML4W OS – Arch Linux-based distro
ML4W OS is an Arch Linux–based distribution built around a deeply customised Hyprland dynamic tiling compositor.
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11 Best Free and Open Source GUI Batch Renamers
A batch renamer lets you renames files and folders without having to click on every single file individually. Here’s some open source goodies.
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ssm – SSH connection manager
ssm is an SSH connection manager designed to connect, filter, tag, and much more from a simple terminal interface.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Weather Tools
This article focuses on terminal-based weather tools for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.
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pearOS – Arch-based Linux distribution
pearOS is an Arch-based desktop Linux distribution that delivers a macOS-inspired look and feel, built on top of the KDE desktop.
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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux HDR Imaging Software
High dynamic range imaging (HDR) is an important technology for photographers. We pick the best HDR software for Linux.
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outside – multi-purpose weather client
outside is a multi-purpose weather client for your terminal.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Drum Machines
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. We feature our recommended free and open source drum machines.
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BashCore – Debian-based live Linux distribution
BashCore is a Debian-based live Linux distribution tailored for security professionals, networking enthusiasts, and students.
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7 Hot Free and Open Source Application Servers for Python
An application server is software which provides the business logic for an application program. Here’s our recommended servers for Python.
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iwmenu – launcher-driven Wi-Fi manager for Linux
iwmenu (iNet Wireless Menu) manages Wi-Fi through your launcher of choice.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Incident Response Tools
Incident response tools enable you to respond to critical issues before they impact your business. We recommend open source solutions.
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wlctl – TUI for managing WiFi using NetworkManager
wlctl is a TUI for managing WiFi using NetworkManager. It’s a fork of impala that uses NetworkManager instead of iwd.
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9 Top Free and Open Source F# Web Frameworks
One of the types of software that’s important for a web developer is the web framework. Here’s our recommended F# web frameworks.
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