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10 Best Free and Open Source Linux eCommerce Software

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Web Apps

This feature focuses on shopping cart software, which is software used in eCommerce to enable consumers to purchase goods and services online.

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Server

Casdoor – IAM and SSO

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Casdoor is a UI-first Identity and Access Management (IAM) / Single-Sign-On (SSO) platform

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OrangePi SBC ARM

Orange Pi 6 Plus Single Board Computer running Linux: Power Consumption

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

For this article in the series, I’m looking at the power consumption of the Orange Pi 6 Plus comparing it to other machines.

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DHV – dive into Python code

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

DHV is a terminal-based tool for diving into Python code, giving easy visual access to bytecode disassembly and the abstract syntax tree.

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GoBackup – backup your databases

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

GoBackup is a backup tool design for application servers, to backup your databases, files to cloud storage.

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SQLFluff – dialect-flexible SQL linter

January 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

SQLFluff is an open source, dialect-flexible and configurable SQL linter. It’s written in the Python language.

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Monitor System

bb – process viewer

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

bb is a simple process viewer that’s written in the Rust programming language.

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Stopwatch

Dayplan – plan and track your time

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, TUI

Dayplan is a utility to plan and track your time. This is free and open source software that’s written in Go.

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Desktop

Orbitiny Desktop – modern looking desktop environment

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

Orbitiny Desktop is a portable, innovative and traditional but modern looking desktop environment for Linux.

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Linux

Zashterminal – modern terminal emulator

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Zashterminal is a modern, intuitive, and innovative terminal built with GTK4 and Adwaita. It’s written in Python.

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powerstat – measures the power consumption of a laptop

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Powerstat measures the power consumption of a laptop using the ACPI battery information.

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Bayesian SSH – SSH session manager

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Bayesian SSH is billed as an ultra-fast and intelligent SSH session manager with Bayesian-ranked search, fuzzy matching, Kerberos support

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Stopwatch

Tock – simple timetracker

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

Tock is a powerful time tracking tool for the command line.

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sqruff – SQL linter and formatter

January 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

sqruff is a fast SQL formatter/linter.

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Documents

xls – ls utility

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

xls is a utility program for listing files.

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Alaska

VHS – write terminal GIFs as code

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

vhs lets you write terminal GIFs as code for integration testing and demoing your CLI tools.

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ebook reader

6 Best Free and Open Source eBook Tools

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

An electronic book (commonly abbreviated e-book) is a text and image-based publication which can be read on a computer or other digital devices such as an e-book reader.

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98kalculator – scientific calculator

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

98kalculator is a fast, lightweight, and well-designed calculator built with Python and PyQt6.

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Clipboard

Waypin – sleek clipboard viewer

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Waypin is a sleek clipboard viewer for Wayland/X11 with GTK3.

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Podcast

podliner – terminal-based podcast player

January 7, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

podliner is a terminal-based podcast player. It’s cross-platform software that runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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