Discover the best free and open source alternatives to Apple Home for Linux, including Home Assistant, openHAB, Domoticz and other tools.
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Author: Steve Emms
Smatch – static analyser for C code
Smatch is a free and open source static analysis tool for C code with extensive checks designed for the Linux kernel.
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18 Best Free and Open Source Linux Chess Apps
Chess is a recreational and competitive board game played between two players. It’s a very popular game, played by millions across the world.
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Lerama – lightweight self-hosted feed aggregator
Lerama is a lightweight self-hosted feed aggregator supporting RSS, Atom, RDF and JSON Feed with search, categories and filtering.
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Leed – lightweight self-hosted RSS and Atom reader
Leed is a lightweight self-hosted RSS and Atom feed reader with background updating, OPML migration and a responsive web interface.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Unified Modeling Language Tools
Unified modelling software helps developers visualise, design and document software systems, their structures and interactions.
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ASGI WebDAV – asynchronous WebDAV server implementation
ASGI WebDAV is an asynchronous WebDAV server supporting multiple storage providers, accounts, permissions and authentication methods.
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klog – plain-text time tracking tool
klog is a command-line time tracking tool built around a human-readable plain-text file format with flexible filtering and reporting.
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Pixcil – pixel art editor with an almost infinite canvas
Pixcil is a pixel art editor with an almost infinite canvas, PNG editing, animation frames, and web and VS Code interfaces.
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Atomdrift Scan – malware and software supply chain scanner
Atomdrift Scan detects malware in files, packages and archives using static analysis, rules, hashes and machine learning.
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Best Free and Open Source Linux Content Control Software
Content control software, also commonly known as web filtering software, is software which is designed and optimised to determine what content can be viewed by the user.
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bibtex-tidy – clean and format BibTeX bibliography files
bibtex-tidy cleans BibTeX files from the command line, with configurable formatting, field sorting, duplicate handling and citation keys.
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oasdiff – OpenAPI validation and breaking change detection
oasdiff validates OpenAPI specifications, compares API changes, finds breaking changes, and generates reports for Linux and CI workflows.
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QRrs – generate and read QR codes
QRrs is a lightweight command-line utility for generating, displaying and reading QR codes, written in Rust.
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doh – DNS-over-HTTPS command-line client
doh is a command-line DNS-over-HTTPS client that queries multiple resolvers concurrently and streams results as JSON.
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Decloaker – reveal objects hidden by malware
Decloaker reveals files, processes, sockets and kernel modules hidden by malware and rootkits.
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15 Best Free and Open Source RAW Processing Tools
There’s a strong selection of open source Linux software for processing RAW files.
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Gosling.js – declarative genomic data visualisation
Gosling.js builds interactive genomic visualisations from declarative specifications, with scalable tracks and linked exploration views.
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PixelPen – pixel art editor and animation tool
PixelPen is a free pixel art editor and animation tool for Linux, available as a standalone application and a Godot editor add-on.
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13 Best Free and Open Source Terminal Session Recording
Console screencast software (also known as terminal recorder) lets you capture your terminal. Here’s our verdict.
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