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Bougie – terminal browser for the smolweb

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Bougie is a terminal browser for the smolweb that lets you explore Gemini capsules and Gopher servers from a text user interface.

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Network

Astronomo – modern terminal browser for the Gemini protocol

April 17, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Astronomo is a modern terminal browser for the Gemini protocol built with the Textual Python TUI framework.

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S3

9 Useful Free and Open Source S3 Terminal Tools

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, TUI

This roundup picks some useful terminal-based S3 tools for Linux. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.

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Email

6 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight GUI Email Clients

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Email remains the killer information and communications technology. Email volume shows no sign of diminishing, despite the increasing popularity of collaborative messaging tools.

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rdapper – command-line RDAP client

April 16, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

rdapper retrieves registration data for internet resources and presents the results in a human-readable terminal format.

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Flow – opinionated modern web browser

April 15, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Flow Browser is a modern tabbed web browser for Linux built on Electron and Chromium.

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Web Design

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Servers

April 14, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

The main function of a web server is to display website content through storing, processing and delivering webpages to users. Here’s our verdict on the best free and open source web servers.

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File Managers

14 Best Free and Open Source GUI File Sharing Tools

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Many of the tools in this roundup are good replacements for AirDrop, letting you wirelessly send files to a nearby device.

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Transfer Files

9 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based File Sharing Tools

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

This roundup focuses exclusively on web-based tools. Terminal-based and GUI-based software are covered in separate roundups.

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File Managers

7 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based File Sharing Tools

April 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

We are always on the look out for easy, simple and secure ways to transfer files and folders. Try these terminal-based tools.

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Chat

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical IRC Clients

April 11, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. We recommend the best free and open source graphical IRC clients.

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Wifi

11 Best Free and Open Source Wireless Security Tools

April 11, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

Wireless security is the prevention of unauthorized access or damage to computers or data using wireless networks, which include Wi-Fi networks.

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Network

Findomain – Rust-based utility for discovering subdomains

April 10, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

Findomain is a Rust-based utility for discovering subdomains by querying Certificate Transparency logs and multiple external APIs.

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S3

s3cmd – manage objects in Amazon S3 storage

April 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

s3cmd is a mature command-line client for managing data stored in Amazon S3 and other S3-compatible object storage services.

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S3

MinIO Client – work with object storage

April 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

MinIO Client, usually invoked as mc, is a command-line utility for working with object storage from a Unix-style shell.

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Siggy – terminal-based client for the Signal messaging service

April 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Siggy is a terminal-based client for the Signal messaging service that uses signal-cli as its messaging backend.

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Network

uncover – quickly discover exposed hosts on the internet

April 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

Uncover is a command-line reconnaissance tool that helps you discover exposed internet-facing hosts

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6 Useful Free and Open Source Linux Service Discovery Tools

April 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Service discovery is the process of automatically finding devices and services on a computer network.

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S3

s5cmd – S3 and local filesystem execution tool

April 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

s5cmd is a command-line utility for working with Amazon S3 and other S3-compatible object storage services from a terminal.

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Purple – terminal-based SSH host manager

April 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Purple is a terminal-based SSH host manager that helps administrators work with large or frequently changing server inventories.

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