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Category: Productivity

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Loop

May 14, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

Microsoft Loop is an online collaborative workspace helps users gather, organize, and build notes, ideas, and projects.

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Notes

AppFlowy is an open source alternative to Notion

May 14, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace without losing control of your data.

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Clocks

17 Best Free and Open Source Linux Clocks

May 11, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

The clocks featured in this article are more sophisticated than the basic tray clock.

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dclock is a digital clock

May 8, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

The dclock program displays the time in digital format only. The time is updated on a per second basis or on a per minute basis.

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xdaliclock is an advanced xclock substitute

May 7, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

Dali Clock is a digital clock. When a digit changes, it “melts” into its new shape. The date is displayed when the mouse is pressed.

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XPipe is an awesome shell connection hub and remote file manager

May 6, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Productivity, Reviews

XPipe is open source desktop software which lets you create and manage connections to remote system from a central interface.

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Bookmark manager tool

nb is a command line and local note‑taking, bookmarking, archiving, and knowledge base

May 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Productivity, Utilities

nb creates notes in text-based formats like Markdown, Org, LaTeX, and AsciiDoc, can work with files in any format

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Stamps

10 Best Free and Open Source Collection Managers

April 30, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

There is a wide range of collection manager software available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source options.

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Automation

Zato offers ESB, SOA, API and cloud integrations

April 30, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

Zato is a Python-based integration platform that lets you build and deliver enterprise solutions.

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Automation

Actionsflow automates developers’ workflows based on GitHub actions

April 29, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Programming

Actionsflow helps you automate workflows – it’s a free IFTTT/Zapier alternative for developers.

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