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Web Content Management Systems

SonicJS – edge-first headless content management system

August 5, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

SonicJS is an edge-first headless content management system designed for building fast, API-driven websites and applications.

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Coding

Semaphore Community Edition – self-hosted continuous integration and delivery platform

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Semaphore helps development teams automate software builds and tests using YAML-defined workflows, parallel execution and self-hosted agents.

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Encryption

7 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for GnuPG

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

GnuPG is a superb tool though it’s a command line affair. If you’re looking for a GUI frontend, check out these tools.

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Network simulator

Shadow – discrete-event network simulator

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Shadow is a discrete-event network simulator designed for realistic, scalable experiments with distributed systems.

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Revision Control

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Revision Control Tools

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Version control systems play an essential role for developers. Explore our recommended free and open source tools.

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StarlingMonkey – SpiderMonkey-based JavaScript runtime

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

StarlingMonkey is a SpiderMonkey-based JavaScript runtime optimized for use in WebAssembly Components.

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Network Analyzers

Arkime – scalable network analysis and full packet capture system

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Arkime is a scalable network analysis and full packet capture system. It captures network traffic, stores packets in standard PCAP format.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Process Managers

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, TUI, Utilities

Process management software helps users launch, supervise and control long-running applications and background services.

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LLRT – lightweight JavaScript runtime

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

LLRT (Low Latency Runtime) is a lightweight JavaScript runtime designed for fast, resource-efficient serverless applications.

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Technology

Cloonix – network virtualisation platform

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Software

Cloonix is a network virtualisation platform for creating and managing complex virtual network topologies on Linux.

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Web Content Management Systems

8 Best Free and Open Source JavaScript-Based Web Content Management Systems

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Here are our favorite JavaScript-based web content management systems. They are all free and open source software.

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PDF

pypdf – read, manipulate, and write PDF files

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

pypdf is a pure Python library for reading, manipulating, and writing PDF files.

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Blog Applications

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Blog Software

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

Weblog software (also known as blog software or blogware) enables users to maintain an ongoing chronicle of information on a website.

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Software

FASTBuild – high performance build system

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

FASTBuild is a high performance build system for Linux, macOS and Windows. It supports distributed compilation and object caching

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Batch Renamers

12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Batch Renamers

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

A batch renamer lets you renames files and folders without having to click on every single file individually. Here’s some open source goodies.

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Blog Applications

FlatPress – lightweight blogging engine

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

FlatPress is a lightweight blogging engine that stores posts, comments and configuration data in ordinary files rather than a database.

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Piccolo – Python object-relational mapper

August 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Piccolo is a Python object-relational mapper (ORM) and query builder designed around clean, expressive syntax.

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Blog Applications

Typecho – PHP-powered blogging platform

August 3, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Typecho is a PHP-powered blogging platform for publishing and managing online content.

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workerd – JavaScript and WebAssembly server runtime

August 3, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

workerd is a JavaScript and WebAssembly server runtime based on the same code that powers Cloudflare Workers.

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Network simulator

CORE – network emulation platform

August 3, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

CORE (Common Open Research Emulator) is a network emulation platform for building and running realistic virtual networks.

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