This series shines a spotlight on open source developers who make a real difference. Too often, their contributions go unrecognised.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Wi-Fi Terminal Managers
NetworkManager is the standard networking stack on many Linux distributions, especially desktop-oriented systems.
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Namida – feature-rich music / video player for Linux, Android, and Windows
Namida is a modern music and video player. The application aims to combine an attractive interface with a powerful local music library
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Astra is billed as an audiophile music player
Astra is a music player designed for playing local music files, whether your collection consists of FLAC, MP3, or other common audio formats.
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firemark – flexible Linux watermarking tool for images and PDFs
firemark is a command-line tool that adds watermarks to images and PDF documents before sharing them with third parties.
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Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux: Battery Life
For this article in the series, I’m looking at the battery life of the laptop in more detail. The 16″ model of the laptop has a 60Wh battery.
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Receiver – a modern internet radio player progressing rapidly
Receiver is an awesome open source internet radio player. If you like internet radio, you really should try it today!
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Best Free and Open Source Software: February 2026 Updates
February 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors
This article focuses on stacking Wayland compositors. Only free and open source software is included in this article.
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logana – fast terminal log viewer
logana is a fast terminal log viewer and analyzer designed to work efficiently with very large log files, including multi-GB logs
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Otto – stacking window manager
Otto is a visually focused desktop system and Wayland compositor designed around smooth animations, gestures, and spatial interaction.
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xSTUDIO – media playback and review application
xSTUDIO is a media playback and review application aimed at film and television post-production workflows.
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Deep Learning with Open Source Python Software
Deep Learning is a subset of Machine Learning that uses multi-layers artificial neural networks to deliver state-of-the-art accuracy.
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tirith – URL security analysis for shell environments
Tirith guards the gate and intercepts suspicious URLs, ANSI injection, and pipe-to-shell attacks before they execute.
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6 Best Free and Open Source PHP Microframeworks
This article examines the best PHP microframeworks. Micro means the framework is small, with little or no tools and libraries.
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Ralph TUI – AI Agent Loop Orchestrator
Ralph TUI is a terminal UI for orchestrating AI coding agents to work through task lists autonomously.
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Foondot – very simple dotfile sync utility
Foondot is a utility that manages symlinks from a local repository, linking files and folders according to a configuration file.
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t-story – falling block puzzle game
t-story is a falling block puzzle game using using Godot Engine 4.5.1+.
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sql-pipe – read CSV via stdin, run SQL, emit CSV via stdout
sql-pipe is a command-line utility that lets you run SQL queries directly against CSV data streamed through standard input.
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tori – remote server monitoring without the infrastructure
tori is a TUI remote server monitoring tool. A single binary and an SSH connection — metrics, logs, and alerts for your Docker hosts.
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upkeep – Arch TUI helper
upkeep is a terminal user interface (TUI) for managing Arch Linux system updates, installed packages, orphans, and rebuild issues.
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IxeRam – terminal-native memory scanner and debugger for Linux
IxeRam provides a “Cheat Engine-like” experience for developers and reverse engineers who prefer the terminal or work over SSH.
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8 Top Data Analysis Free and Open Source Tools for Big Data
Big Data analysis can be performed with data mining software. Here’s the best free tools to perform data analysis on big data.
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roseate – simple image viewer
Roseate is an image viewer built in Rust with a focus on speed, configurability, and a polished desktop experience.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Email Clients
We feature our recommended graphical email clients. They are all free and open source goodness.
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Logria – log aggregation tool
Logria is a terminal-based log aggregation and monitoring tool written in Rust.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Statistical Analysis Tools
We recommend the finest software for performing statistical analysis. Open source goodness at its best.
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