rig.fm is an appealing little project that knows exactly what it wants to be: an internet radio player for the terminal.
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Ratic – offline music player
Ratic is an offline music player for Linux. It’s designed for playing local music collections rather than relying on streaming services.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based File Sharing Tools
This roundup focuses exclusively on web-based tools. Terminal-based and GUI-based software are covered in separate roundups.
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Super Productivity – todo app with timeboxing & time tracking capabilities
Super Productivity combines tasks, time tracking, focus tools, planning, work logs, exports, and developer integrations.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based File Sharing Tools
We are always on the look out for easy, simple and secure ways to transfer files and folders. Try these terminal-based tools.
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Developer of the Week: Matthias Ettrich
Matthias Ettrich, born on 14 June 1972, is a German computer scientist who founded the KDE and LyX projects.
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15 Best Free and Open Source Linux TUI Typing Tutors
We look at the finest TUI-based typing tutors for Linux.
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HiFile – cross-platform file manager that rocks
HiFile is a Qt6-based orthodox file manager and sports a classic dual-pane interface. It’s proprietary software.
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RadioGoGo – surf global radio waves
RadioGoGo is a terminal application for browsing and playing internet radio stations. Written in Go, it uses the RadioBrowser API.
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Daphne – audio player and music library manager for Linux
Daphne Music Player is a modern Linux music player that gets most of the fundamentals right.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2026 Updates
March 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Radiotrope – AI agent-enabled internet radio player
Radiotrope is a GUI and TUI internet radio player for Linux. It’s an AI agent-enabled player built with Rust, Slint, and MCP.
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BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC running Linux: BIOS
In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the BOSGAME M4 Plus Mini PC.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Configuring Ubuntu 25.10
In this article in this series I look at configuring one of the most widely used Linux distributions on the Chuwi laptop.
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peek – multi-buffer terminal pager
peek is a lightweight ncurses-based terminal pager written in C.
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yewtube – terminal based YouTube player and downloader
yewtube is a terminal-based application for searching, playing, and downloading YouTube content without requiring a YouTube API key.
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21 Best Free and Open Source Linux Video Editors
Linux represents an excellent platform for editing video. We recommend the best free and open source video editors.
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Glacia OS – Ubuntu-based Linux distribution
Glacia OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that builds its installation image from an Ubuntu base and layers a customized desktop.
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OpenCut – video editor for web, desktop, and mobile
OpenCut is a privacy-focused non-linear video editor that aims to offer a simple CapCut-like editing experience.
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8 Best Free and Open Source General Purpose Linter Tools
A linter is a tool used in software development to analyze code for potential errors, stylistic issues, and adherence to coding standards.
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Blood Pressure – record and analyse your blood pressure
Blood Pressure is a Linux application for recording and reviewing blood pressure measurements and pulse readings.
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rucat – cat-like utility
rucat is a cat-like command line utility that combines multiple files, directories, or standard input into a single structured output.
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forkrun – NUMA-aware contention-free streaming parallelization
forkrun is a Bash-native streaming parallelization engine for Linux that’s designed as a drop-in replacement for Parallel and xargs -P.
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tidy – organizes files in a chosen directory into category folders
tidy is a command-line utility written in Rust that organizes files in a chosen directory into category folders according to file extensions.
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Keycord – browse and edit password stores
Keycord is a desktop application for managing password stores on Linux.
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4 Useful Free and Open Source systemd GUI Configuration Tools
systemd is a Linux init system and system manager that’s used by most modern Linux distributions. We pick our favourite GUI tools.
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Workouts – simple GTK4 workout app
Workouts is a GNOME desktop application for planning and tracking exercise sessions.
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GrimRipper – graphical application for ripping audio CDs
GrimRipper is a graphical application for ripping audio CDs on Linux.
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Phantom Overload – atmospheric first person shooter game
Phantom Overload is an atmospheric first person shooter built with Godot for Linux and Windows.
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16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Servers
The main function of a web server is to display website content through storing, processing and delivering webpages to users. Here’s our verdict on the best free and open source web servers.
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Archium Linux – Arch-based distribution
Archium Linux is an Arch-based Linux distribution designed to simplify installation and initial system setup
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Tengine – distribution of nginx
Tengine is a web server project originated by Taobao and based on Nginx.
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