Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. We recommend the finest console-based IRC clients.
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Baresip – modular SIP user-agent
baresip is a portable SIP user agent designed as a minimal and modular VoIP client.
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22 Best Free and Open Source Email Servers
Here’s our verdict on free and open source email servers. We recommend Exim, OpenSMTPD, mox, DBMail, WildDuck, and Stalwart.
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9 Useful Free and Open Source Wake-on-LAN Tools
Wake-on-LAN is an ethernet networking standard that lets a computer to be turned on or awakened from a low-power state by a network message.
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Haraka – modern SMTP server
Haraka is a modern SMTP server written in Node.js for handling inbound and outbound mail processing.
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9 Best Free and Open Source Command-line FTP clients
This article provides our pick of the best open source command line file transfer programs.
Read moremaddy – composable all-in-one mail server
maddy is a composable all-in-one mail server that brings the main pieces of a self-hosted email stack
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UPSWake – sends Wake-on-LAN packets to bring systems back online
UPSWake reads status information from one or more NUT UPS servers and sends Wake-on-LAN packets to bring systems back online
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Mail-in-a-Box – self-hosted email server solution
Mail-in-a-Box is a self-hosted email server solution that turns a fresh Ubuntu LTS machine into a working mail system.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Matrix Servers
Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication over IP. We pick the finest Matrix servers.
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UpSnap – self-hosted wake-on-LAN web application
UpSnap is a self-hosted wake-on-LAN web application that helps you power on and manage devices across your local network from a browser.
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Mailu is a self-hosted mail server stack delivered as a set of Docker images.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Email Clients
Email clients offer a variety of features. Many email clients offer a slew of features, some stick with just the basics.
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Nextcloud Mail – email client application for the Nextcloud platform
Nextcloud Mail lets users access and manage email from within their self-hosted cloud environment.
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continuwuity – community-driven Matrix homeserver
Continuwuity is a community-driven Matrix homeserver written in Rust.
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Slumber is a terminal-based HTTP client
Slumber is a terminal-based HTTP client for working with REST and other HTTP services.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux Discord Clients
In this roundup, we focus on terminal-based software only. There’s a separate roundup for GUI-based clients.
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Concord – feature-rich TUI client for Discord
Concord is a terminal user interface client for Discord written in Rust with ratatui.
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Posting – terminal-based HTTP client for developing and testing APIs
Posting is a terminal-based HTTP client for developing and testing APIs.
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12 Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted News Aggregators
A news aggregator is software which collect news, weblog posts, and other information. We recommend the best self-hosted news aggregators.
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