Lightning Image Viewer (LIV) is billed as a desktop image (previewer) with some notable UX features.
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7 Useful Free and Open Source S3 File Systems and Tools
This roundup focuses on software that turns S3 into a convenient file system. We also include a few useful S3 utilities.
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5 Useful Free and Open Source TUI Notes Apps
There is a wide range of competent note taking software for Linux. This article focuses on apps that have a Text User Interface (TUI).
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cull – reclaim precious disk space
cull is a program written in Go that helps you clean up your system. It’s a lovely small utility. Give it a whirl!
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NoctaVox – TUI music player for local music
NoctaVox recently caught my attention. It’s billed as a lightweight, plug and play TUI music player for local music.
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3 Useful Free and Open Source Haskell TUI Frameworks
The software featured in this roundup helps developers create TUI programs. All the software featured is written in Haskell.
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3 Useful Free and Open Source YAML Code Formatters
This roundup selects some useful code formatters for YAML developers.
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Linux Candy: sigye – terminal clock
sigye is a terminal clock with ASCII art fonts. The name “sigye” (시계) means “clock” in Korean. It also offers Pomodoro functionality
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Ampere – lightweight music player
Ampere is a GUI-based playlist-based audio player written in Python and Qt. It’s free and open source software.
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ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: BIOS
In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H.
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Pipeline – watch YouTube and PeerTube videos
Access YouTube content without using a web browser. Pipeline goes one step further by letting you also view PeerTube content.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: January 2026 Updates
January 2026 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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5 Useful Free and Open Source Rust TUI frameworks
The software featured in this roundup helps developers create TUI programs. All the software featured is written in Rust.
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Linux Candy: asciify – turn images into attractive ASCII art
asciify is a CLI tool that converts images into ASCII art. It’s part of our Linux Candy series.
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Volla Phone Quintus running Volla OS: Introduction to the Series
This series looks at Volla OS, an Android operating system which has been de-googled. All your data is yours.
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Hummingbird – modern music player
Hummingbird is a cross-platform Rust-based music player with basic functionality already implemented. It’s worth checking out!
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Minisforum AI X1 Pro running Linux: BIOS
In this article in the series I’ll show you many of the BIOS options that are available with the Minisforum AI X1 Pro.
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Site Updates: Our Plans
I’m delighted to discuss our updated plans with the Linux community!
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xfr – modern iperf3 alternative
xfr is a modern iperf3 alternative with a live TUI, multi-client server, and QUIC support.
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ElegooSlicer – slicer for FDM printers
ElegooSlicer is a slicer compatible with most Fused Deposition Modeling printers that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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zrok – secure internet sharing platform
zrok lets you securely share web services, files, and network resources — whether they’re across the internet or your private network.
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3 Best Free and Open Source Scheme Static Site Generators
We have compiled a list of 3 best Scheme static site generators. These tools are released under a freely distributable license.
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Hazelnut – automated file organizer
Hazelnut is a terminal-based automated file organizer inspired by Hazel.
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14 Best Free and Open Source Steganography Tools
Conceal messages in other messages.
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rsimg – terminal image viewer
rsimg is a terminal image viewer written in rust which displays images with Unicode characters.
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Couik – terminal-based typing test
Couik is a terminal-based typing test designed for speed, aesthetics, and simplicity. Built with Bubble Tea.
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filebyte – list files and directories
filebyte is a CLI tool to list files and directories with intelligent size formatting, advanced filtering, and comprehensive file analysis.
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picocom – minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is, in principle, very much like minicom, only it’s “pico” instead of “mini”.
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up – write Linux pipes
up (Ultimate Plumber) is a tool for writing Linux pipes in a terminal-based UI interactively, with instant live preview of command results.
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Discordo – feature-rich terminal Discord client
Discordo is a lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord terminal client. Heavily work-in-progress, expect breaking changes.
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StarPSX – PlayStation 1 emulator
StarPSX is a PlayStation 1 emulator written in Rust. It features a native cross-platform GUI (eframe/egui) with a built-in debugger.
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Spent – minimalist personal finance tracker
Spent is a minimalist personal finance tracker for the Linux desktop with cross-platform support.
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Pixi – pixel art editor and animation editor
Pixi is an cross-platform open-source pixel art editor and animation editor written in Zig.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Lua Static Site Generators
Here are the best Lua static site generators. These tools are released under a freely distributable license.
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lancher – local project-template manager
lancher lets you store, manage, and replicate project templates from your filesystem or git repositories.
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luasmith – flexible static site generator
luasmith is a small, simple, and flexible static site generator that is similar in design to Metalsmith, but much smaller
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5 Top Free and Open Source OCaml Web Frameworks
Here’s our verdict on the best OCaml web frameworks. We only recommend free and open source software here.
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