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Cloud

6 Valuable Free and Open Source Cloud Management Tools

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Cloud computing is designed to harness the power of networks of computers and communications in a cost effective way. Cloud systems offer cheap access to huge computational, storage, and network resources.

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Network Security

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Port Scanners

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, Security, System Software

Linux has a good range of port scanners that help administrators identify and rectify weaknesses in a system.

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Front-end Frameworks

11 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Front-End Frameworks

March 9, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Programming, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

CSS frameworks represent the building blocks of many diverse web projects. We cover extremely lightweight front-end frameworks and boilerplates.

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WiFi

Netpala – Golang based Wi-Fi manager

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Netpala is a lightweight (hopefully) terminal-friendly NetworkManager wrapper written in Go. It’s a clone of Impala.

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Performance

Top 13 Web Server Performance Testing Tools

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web server benchmarking is a way of determining the performance of a web server. Here’s our recommended open source solutions.

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Hypervisors

vm-curator – manage desktop QEMU/KVM virtual machines

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

vm-curator is a fast and friendly Rust TUI for managing desktop QEMU/KVM virtual machines with 3D acceleration.

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Front-end Frameworks

11 Best Free and Open Source CSS Front-End Frameworks

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Programming, Roundup, Web Apps

This article recommends the finest free and open source software that lets you dive into responsive design using CSS.

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Docker

oxker – TUI to view and control Docker containers

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

oxker is a simple TUI to view and control docker containers. It’s built in Rust, making heavy use of ratatui and Bollard.

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Gaming Chat

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

March 7, 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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Security

8 Best Free and Open Source Network Intrusion Detection Systems

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

An intrusion detection system is a device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations.

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Email

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Email Clients

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

Here are our recommended console email clients. All free and open source goodness.

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Email

NeoMutt – fork of Mutt with added features

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NeoMutt is a command line mail reader. It’s a fork of Mutt with added features. NeoMutt is a project of projects.

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NPS – intranet tunneling proxy server

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

NPS is a lightweight and efficient intranet tunneling proxy server that supports forwarding multiple protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS5, etc.).

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Ethernet

wakey – manage and wake devices using Wake-on-Lan

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

wakey is a TUI built for managing and waking your devices using Wake-on-LAN.

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VoIP

17 Best Free and Open Source GUI Matrix Clients

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication over IP. Here’s our recommended free and open source GUI Matrix clients.

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Network

e1s – manage AWS ECS resources

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

e1s is a terminal application to easily browse and manage AWS ECS resources, supports both Fargate and EC2 ECS launch types.

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HTTP

10 Best Free and Open Source Command-Line HTTP Clients

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

These clients let you download files over the internet from the command line. But they can also be used for many more interesting purposes.

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Wi-Fi Internet

nm-tray – simple NetworkManager front end

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

nm-tray is a simple NetworkManager front end with information icon residing in system tray (like e.g. nm-applet).

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Network Analyzers

18 Best Free and Open Source Network Analyzers

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security

A network analyzer (also known as a packet analyzer, packet sniffer, or protocol analyzer) is software that intercepts and logs traffic that passes over a computer network or part of a network.

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Email

Aerion – graphical email client

March 5, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Aerion is a standalone lightweight e-mail client inspired by Geary.

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