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Best Free and Open Source Calendar Software

6 Best Free and Open Source CalDAV Servers

December 10, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

CalDav (Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV) is an internet standard allowing clients to access scheduling or meeting information on a remote server.

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Website

7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Caches

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web caches have become a vital mechanism for optimizing the amount of data that is delivered in a given period of time. Good web caches also help to minimise latency, serving pages as quickly as possible.

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Cloud

9 Best Free and Open Source Functions-as-a-Service

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here are the best Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) solutions, sometimes known as serverless. Free and open source goodness.

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Command Schedulers

6 Best Free and Open Source GUI Command Schedulers

December 7, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

The software utility cron also known as cron job is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems.

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process

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: stow

December 7, 2025 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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Mixer

9 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Volume Mixers

December 6, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, TUI

A volume mixer is a tool that adjusts the individual volume levels of different applications and audio devices running on a computer.

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14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based SSH Frontends

December 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

This roundup focuses on terminal-based apps that help you manage and create SSH connections.

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Security

Useful Free and Open Source Security Testing Software

December 5, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Here’s some useful software for performing security testing. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here.

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Photo Gallery

15 Best Free and Open Source Web Photo Gallery Solutions

December 4, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Web Apps

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 15 of the most useful open source web photo gallery software.

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Monitor System

24 Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to the Top Utility

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

top is a small, venerable utility that offers a dynamic real-time view of a running system. We identify alternatives to top that offer more control in managing processes on a running system.

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Utility

8 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, System Software

Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux, top is a troubleshooting tool that often comes up in conversation. We recommend the best network ‘top’ tools.

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Coding

17 Best Free and Open Source Python Microframeworks

December 3, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

This article examines the best Python microframeworks. Micro means the framework is small, with little or no tools and libraries.

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Chat

18 Top Free and Open Source Console Based IRC Clients

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

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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Essential System Utils

7 Best Free and Open Source Process Memory Tools

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

In this roundup we focus on useful tools that help you work out the amount of memory used by programs.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

6 Useful Free and Open Source Arch Client-Side Mirror Tools

November 29, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

The software typically compares the mirror databases with the local database.

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Archive Manager

8 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Linux Archive Managers

November 29, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Roundup, Utilities

We feature the best graphical archive managers.

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Git Clients

8 Best Free and Open Source Git Hooks Managers

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Roundup

Git Hooks are a built-in feature of Git that allow developers to automate tasks and enforce policies throughout the Git workflow.

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Hard disk image

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Partitioning Tools

November 28, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

Disk partitioning is the means of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as partitions.

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Electronic circuit

8 Best Free and Open Source GUI Electronic Circuit Simulators

November 27, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

Electronic circuit simulation uses mathematical models to replicate the behavior of an actual electronic device or circuit. We feature the best GUI tools.

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Screen Capture

Command-Line Screen Capture Tools: 8 Free and Open Source Linux Apps

November 26, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Roundup

Linux has a good selection of versatile open source screenshot programs. This roundup focuses on command-line tools.

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