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17 Best Free and Open Source PDF Development Libraries

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

We pick the finest free and open source PDF libraries.

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samply – sampling CPU profiler

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

samply is a sampling CPU profiler. Run a command, record a CPU profile of its execution, and open the profiler UI.

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Feluda – detect license usage restrictions

March 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Feluda detects license usage restrictions in your project.

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8 Top Free and Open Source Lua Web Frameworks

March 10, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Here’s our recommended web frameworks for Lua captured in a legendary Linuxlinks’ chart. We only feature free and open source software.

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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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pj – project finder CLI

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

pj is a fast project directory finder that searches your filesystem for git repositories and project directories.

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12 Best Free and Open Source Terminal String Styling Tools

March 9, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Adding color and styling to terminal output helps make a command line interface more engaging, informative, and easy to understand.

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Front-end Frameworks

Pico – minimal CSS framework for semantic HTML

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Web Apps

Pico is a lightweight CSS framework designed to style semantic HTML with minimal effort.

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basedpyright – fork of pyright

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Basedpyright is a fork of pyright with various type checking improvements, pylance features and more.

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Development Tools

18 Top Free and Open Source Rust Frontend Web Frameworks

March 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Rust is a systems programming language that runs fast, prevents segmentation faults, and guarantees thread safety. We pick the best free Rust frontend web frameworks.

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Programming Tools for Kids

Top 10 Programming Tools for Kids

March 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Education, Programming, Roundup

The art of programming is often perceived as being a difficult activity. Here’s great free and open source tools to help kids start coding.

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Programming

6 Best Free and Open Source Syntax Highlighters

March 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

We explore specialised open source tools that offer syntax highlighting for a whole raft of programming languages.

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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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Recaf – Java bytecode editor

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Recaf is an easy to use modern Java bytecode editor that abstracts away the complexities of Java programs.

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Security

PMG – package manager guard

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Package Manager Guard (PMG) protects developers from getting compromised by malicious packages.

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Go XML Formatter – format XML

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

The Go XML Formatter, xmlfmt, will format the XML string in a readable way.

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Conan – distributed C and C++ package manager

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

Conan is specifically designed and optimized for accelerating the development and Continuous Integration of C and C++ projects.

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DevOps

18 Best Free and Open Source Build Systems

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Build automation is the process of automating the creation of a software build and the associated processes.

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Development Tools

15 Top Free and Open Source PHP Web Frameworks

March 7, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

We recommend the best free and open source PHP web frameworks.

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xml-formatter – pretty print XML

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

xml-formatter converts XML into a human readable format (pretty print) while respecting the xml:space attribute.

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