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Dashboard

tinystatus – compact static status page generator

November 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

tinystatus checks websites, hosts and open ports, generating a compact HTML status page with grouped services and manual incident history.

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Dashboard

status.sh – generate static service status pages

November 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

status.sh checks websites, hosts and network services, generating static status pages, JSON results and SVG indicators with optional alerts.

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Log Analyzers

14 Best Free and Open Source Log Analyzers

November 8, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

Making sense of logs helps organisations make better customer-focused decisions. We recommend the finest open source log analyzers.

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Dashboard

issue-status – status pages powered by issue trackers

November 8, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

issue-status publishes service health, incidents and scheduled maintenance using GitHub Issues, GitLab Issues or static data sources.

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UptimeFlare – serverless uptime monitoring and status pages

November 7, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

UptimeFlare monitors HTTP and TCP services through Cloudflare, with uptime history, response-time charts, alerts and custom status pages.

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Lunalytics – monitoring and status pages for teams

November 7, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Lunalytics monitors websites, network services and containers, with shared dashboards, incident management, status pages and alerts.

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Dashboard

Kuvasz – uptime monitoring and status pages

November 6, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Kuvasz monitors websites, certificates and network services, with alerts, maintenance windows and public or private status pages.

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matchbox – network boot and bare metal provisioning service

November 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

matchbox automates network booting and provisioning of Linux hosts using hardware matching, iPXE profiles and templated Ignition configs.

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Server

Bare Metal Operator – Kubernetes bare metal provisioning

November 5, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Bare Metal Operator provisions physical servers through Kubernetes, with hardware inspection, image deployment and lifecycle management.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Caches

November 5, 2026 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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Server

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Network Authentication Servers

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Security, System Software

Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) is a networking protocol that offers centralized connection authentication, authorization, and accounting management for various types of network access.

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Hard disk image

smartctl_exporter – Prometheus exporter for storage health monitoring

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

smartctl_exporter exposes disk health data from smartctl to Prometheus, including temperatures, errors, power-on time and NVMe wear.

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Hypervisors

8 Best Free and Open Source Type 1 Hypervisors

October 31, 2026 Steve Emms Emulators, Internet, Roundup, System Software

This article identifies the finest open source Type 1 hypervisors that are available to download.

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Book

6 Best Free and Open Source CardDAV Servers

October 29, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

CardDAV (“Card Distributed Authoring and Versioning”) is a standardized address book client/server protocol.

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Encryption software

6 Best Free and Open Source Email Encryption Tools

October 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Sending encrypted messages is one method of ensuring electronic privacy. We feature the best free and open source email encryption tools.

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Best Free and Open Source Calendar Software

6 Best Free and Open Source CalDAV Servers

October 25, 2026 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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Logfile Viewer

11 Best Free and Open Source Linux System Log and systemd Journal Viewers

October 24, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

Explore Linux log viewers to search, filter and analyse system logs and systemd journal entries for troubleshooting.

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Logfile Viewer

KDE Journald Browser – graphical systemd journal viewer

October 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

KDE Journald Browser displays systemd journal logs with filters for boot, service and priority, searchable messages and archived journals.

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Saving Money with Linux

20 Best Free and Open Source Linux Power Management Tools

October 24, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

There are a good range of Linux software which helps to reduce the running cost of your computer. We feature the finest tools.

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Hard disk image

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Partitioning Tools

October 24, 2026 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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