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Security

6 Best Free and Open Source Web Application Firewalls

January 30, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

A web application firewall (WAF) is a type of application firewall that lets you see and analyze HTTP traffic to and from a web application. We recommend our favourite WAFs.

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Development Tools

5 Top Free and Open Source Julia Web Frameworks

January 30, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

A web framework “is a code library that makes a developer’s life easier when building reliable, scalable, and maintainable web applications” by providing reusable code or extensions for common operations.

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process

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: stow

January 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct sets of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem.

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XMPP

9 Useful Free Linux Network Tunnels

January 30, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

In networking, tunnels are a method for discretely transmitting data across a network using protocols that are not supported by that network.

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Static Site Generators

2 Best Free and Open Source Racket Static Site Generators

January 30, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled the best Racket static site generators.

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5 Best Free and Open Source Audio Samplers

January 30, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

A sampler is an electronic or digital musical instrument which uses sound recordings (or “samples”) of real instrument sounds.

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7 Best Free and Open Source IRC Servers

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing.

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Groupware

9 Best Free and Open Source Groupware Software

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Productivity, Roundup

Groupware software is designed to enable users to collaborate, regardless of location, via the internet or a corporate intranet.

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Typesetting Tools

5 Handy Free Linux Typesetting Systems

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

Typesetting systems let you generate high quality documentation including books with minimal effort.

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Fonts

Best Free and Open Source Fonts for Linux

January 29, 2026 Luke Baker Roundup, Utilities

A computer font is implemented as a digital data file containing a set of graphically related glyphs. We recommend the best Linux fonts.

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Static Site Generators

3 Best Free and Open Source Swift Static Site Generators

January 29, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

We have compiled a list of 3 best Swift static site generators. All of these tools are released under a freely distributable license.

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Internet Radio

3 Best Free and Open Source Pandora Radio Clients

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Pandora Internet Radio is a music streaming automated music recommendation service. We pick our favourite clients.

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IDE

32 Best Free and Open Source Linux Integrated Development Environments

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to programmers for software development.

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DevOps

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Compilers

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Linux has a diverse range of other compilers available, many of which are released under freely distributable licenses. Here are the finest.

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Static Site Generator

6 Best Free and Open Source Scala Static Site Generators

January 28, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, here’s our selection of the best Scala static site generators.

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Passive OS Fingerprinting

5 Best Free and Open Source Passive OS Fingerprinting Tools

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Passive OS Fingerprinting Tools rely on sniffing techniques to analyze the information sent in normal network traffic.

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XMPP

6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical XMPP Clients

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here’s our recommended graphical XMPP clients. They are free and open source goodness.

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Font Tools

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Font Renderers

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This article focuses on font renderers for Linux. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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Compression

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Parallel Lossless Compression Tools

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on lossless compression tools which use multiple cores. Only free and open source software is included here.

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Static Site Generator

4 Best Free and Open Source Clojure Static Site Generators

January 27, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

Sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers.

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