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Author: Steve Emms

Git Clients

14 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Git Clients

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Roundup

Our recommended text-based Git clients, captured in a legendary LinuxLinks chart. We only feature free and open source software here.

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Business Intelligence

Briefer – collaborative data workspace for teams

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Briefer is a collaborative data workspace for teams that want to analyse, present, and share data from a single web application.

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Document Management Systems

Papermerge – web-based document management system

May 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Web Apps

Papermerge is a web-based document management system designed for digital archives and scanned paperwork.

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HTTP

Slumber is a terminal-based HTTP client

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Slumber is a terminal-based HTTP client for working with REST and other HTTP services.

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Synthesizers

Six Sines – small synthesizer

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Six Sines is a compact software synthesizer built around audio-rate inter-modulation.

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Business Intelligence

Evidence – code-based alternative to drag-and-drop business intelligence tools

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Evidence is a framework for building data products such as reports, decision-support tools, and embedded dashboards with SQL and Markdown.

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Minisforum M2

MINISFORUM M2 Intel Panther Lake Mini PC Running Linux: Benchmarks

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Hardware, Mini PC, Reviews

I’ve benchmarked the Minisforum M2 Mini PC using a range of tests, most of them run with the Phoronix Test Suite.

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Document Management Systems

Papra – minimalistic document management and archiving platform

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Papra is a minimalistic document management and archiving platform that helps people organize, secure, and archive documents in one place.

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Book

12 Best Free and Open Source WebDAV Servers

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Web Apps

WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) is a protocol that allows users to access and manage files stored on a remote server.

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Gaming Chat

5 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux Discord Clients

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, TUI

In this roundup, we focus on terminal-based software only. There’s a separate roundup for GUI-based clients.

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Synthesizers

Actuate – subtractive and additive synthesizer, sampler, and granulizer

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Actuate is a software instrument plugin for music production and sound design.

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Gaming Chat

Concord – feature-rich TUI client for Discord

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Concord is a terminal user interface client for Discord written in Rust with ratatui.

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Stock Ticker

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Stock Tickers

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Roundup

A stock ticker is a report of the price of specific securities, updated continuously throughout the trading session by the various stock market exchanges.

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Business Intelligence

Lightdash – Looker alternative

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms Documents

Lightdash is a business intelligence platform built around dbt projects.

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Git Clients

gfold – keep track of multiple Git repositories

May 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

gfold is a command-line utility that helps developers keep track of multiple Git repositories from one or more directories.

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HTTP

Posting – terminal-based HTTP client for developing and testing APIs

May 19, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Posting is a terminal-based HTTP client for developing and testing APIs.

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Git Clients

ghq – organise local clones of remote repositories

May 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

ghq is a command-line tool for organising local clones of remote repositories.

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Include What You Use – source analysis tool

May 19, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Include What You Use is a source analysis tool for C and C++ projects built on Clang.

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Git Clients

Neogit – Git interface plugin for Neovim inspired by Magit

May 19, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Neogit is a Git interface plugin for Neovim inspired by Magit. It lets you manage repository workflows without leaving the editor.

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Git Clients

mani – manage collections of Git repositories

May 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

mani is a command-line tool that helps developers manage collections of Git repositories from a central configuration file.

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