traceroute tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to a given host. We recommend the best alternatives.
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Category: Software
Skanlite – image scanning application
Skanlite is a simple image scanning application to scan and save images. It is optimized for scanning with flatbed scanners.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cksum
This article spotlights alternative tools to cksum, a tool to compute and verify file checksums.
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Qwertone – simple music synthesizer app
Qwertone is a simple music synthesizer app (like a toy-piano), but based on usual qwerty-keyboard for input.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: October 2025 Updates
October 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Stakpak – terminal-native DevOps Agent
Stakpak can run commands, edit files, search docs, and more. It has security super powers, and generates high quality IaC.
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Animu – watch anime
Animu is an easy to use desktop application for watching anime. This is free and open source software written in TypeScript.
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LangitKetujuh OS – Linux distribution
LangitKetujuh OS is an Indonesian desktop and multimedia Linux distribution based on Void Linux.
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3 Free and Open Source CLI ebook Readers
This article showcases CLI ebook readers for Linux. We only feature free and open source software here.
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virtwold – Wake-on-LAN for libvirt based VMs
virtwold is a daemon which listens for WOL packets and tries to start the virtual machine with the associated MAC address.
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ncpamixer – ncurses PulseAudio Mixer
ncpamixer is an ncurses mixer for PulseAudio inspired by pavucontrol.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: September 2025 Updates
September 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: hexdump
We spotlight alternative tools to hexdump, a utility that displays file contents in hexadecimal, octal, or ascii.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dig
This article spotlights alternative tools to dig. This is a DNS lookup utility.
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25 Strong Free and Open Source Chess Engines
Computer chess has been a phenomenal success, aiding chess analysis, and allowing players to play when no human opponents are available.
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Best Free and Open Source Software: August 2025 Updates
August 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: less
This article spotlights alternative tools to less. All of the tools are free and open source and sport a command-line interface.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: more
This article spotlights alternative tools to more.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ps
We explore free and open source alternatives to ps, a command that reports a snapshot of the current processes.
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rqlite – distributed database built on SQLite
rqlite combines the simplicity of SQLite with a fault-tolerant, highly available system.
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