February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Author: Steve Emms
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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ssm – terminal SSH manager with cloud discovery
ssm combines searchable SSH hosts, cloud discovery, batch commands, SFTP file transfers and Mosh support in a terminal manager.
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outside – multi-purpose weather client
outside is a multi-purpose weather client for your terminal.
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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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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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taproom – TUI for Homebrew
taproom is a terminal user interface (TUI) for Homebrew. It provides a way to explore formulae and casks directly in your terminal.
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gotip – select and run Go tests
gotip is a TUI application for interactively selecting and running Go tests.
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rainy – neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool
rainy is a neofetch-like, minimalistic, and customizable weather-fetching tool.
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Artistic Style – source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier
Artistic Style is a source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier for the C, C++, C++/CLI, Objective‑C, C# and Java programming languages.
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Audiveris – optical music recognition
Audiveris is an optical music recognition application that’s written in the Java language.
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LogLens – log viewer
LogLens is a powerful log processing engine with an interactive Terminal UI for viewing and analyzing system logs.
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Wavelog – log amateur radio contacts
Wavelog is a self-hosted PHP application to log your amateur radio contacts. All you need is a web browser and active internet connection.
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Froggit – minimalist terminal Git client
Froggit is a lightweight terminal Git client with interactive file staging, commit creation, branch navigation and remote operations.
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awtwall – fast terminal wallpaper picker for Wayland
awtwall is a terminal wallpaper picker for Wayland with image previews, monitor selection, GIF support and video wallpaper backends.
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cargo-seek – search, add and install cargo crates
cargo-seek is a terminal user interface (TUI) for searching, adding and installing cargo crates.
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bitchat-tui – TUI for BitChat
bitchat-tui is a modern Terminal User Interface (TUI) client for BitChat
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stormy – neofetch-like weather CLI
stormy is a minimal, customizable, and neofetch-like weather CLI inspired by rainy.
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Wallrus – generate colourful abstract wallpapers
Wallrus generates colourful abstract wallpapers using shader patterns, palettes, visual effects and high-resolution image exports.
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kat – TUI and rule-based rendering engine for Kubernetes manifests
kat automatically invokes manifest generators like helm or kustomize, and provides a persistent, navigable view of rendered resources
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