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Command Schedulers

4 Useful Free and Open Source systemd GUI Configuration Tools

April 14, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Roundup, System Software

systemd is a Linux init system and system manager that’s used by most modern Linux distributions. We pick our favourite GUI tools.

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Web Design

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Servers

April 14, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

The main function of a web server is to display website content through storing, processing and delivering webpages to users. Here’s our verdict on the best free and open source web servers.

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Start up

5 Useful Free and Open Source Graphical GRUB Config Tools

April 12, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

GRUB is a boot loader software used in Linux systems. We pick 5 useful GUI tools to edit the bootloader configuration.

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System network administration

12 Useful Free and Open Source Network Configuration Management Tools

April 11, 2026 Erik Karlsson Roundup, System Software

Network configuration management (NCM) is a process that every device on the network is subjected to throughout its life cycle.

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FTP Client

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux FTP Servers

April 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a time-honored method of transferring files to and from a remote network site.

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12 Best Free and Open Source Mailing List Managers

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

We recommend the best FOSS mailing list tools.

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eNMS – Enterprise Network Management System

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

eNMS is a vendor-agnostic network automation platform designed to build and execute workflow-based automation solutions.

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System network administration

Nautobot – flexible source of truth for networking

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

Nautobot is a network automation platform and source-of-truth system designed to model, manage, and automate network infrastructure.

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Backup software

10 Best Free and Open Source BorgBackup Front-Ends

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Roundup, System Software

BorgBackup (Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. We recommend the best front-ends for Borg.

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Borg UI – modern web-based interface for BorgBackup

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Borg UI is a modern web-based interface for BorgBackup to manage backup operations through a clean and intuitive graphical environment.

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Data Tools

DDRescue-GUI – frontend for ddrescue

March 28, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

DDRescue-GUI is a graphical frontend for ddrescue designed to simplify the process of recovering data from failing storage devices.

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SSD

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Disk Cloning Tools

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

Disk cloning software is not simply helpful for system backups. It has a wide range of other uses such as provisioning new computers in the workplace.

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Graphics card image

10 Best Free and Open Source NVIDIA GPU Monitoring Tools

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

nvidia-smi is a basic monitoring and management tool for NVIDIA graphics card. We explore other useful NVIDIA GPU monitoring tools.

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Backup software

Borgitory – Web UI for managing BorgBackup

March 25, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Borgitory is a web-based management interface for BorgBackup to simplify the administration of backup repositories.

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Backup software

9 Best Free and Open Source Restic Wrappers

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software

restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. We recommend the best free and open source wrapper tools for restic.

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Backup software

Resticara – simplify routine backup jobs

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Resticara is a wrapper around Restic designed to simplify routine backup jobs such as website data, maildirs, and SQL database backups.

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Analytics Software

12 Best Free and Open Source Google Analytics Alternatives

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data.

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Backup software

cecup – GUI backup tool based on rsync

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, System Software

cecup is a graphical backup and directory synchronisation tool built around rsync.

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Backup software

8 Best Free and Open Source Restic Front-Ends

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Roundup, System Software

restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. We feature some useful front-ends for restic.

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Backup software

Zerobyte – backup automation for your remote storage

March 19, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, Web Apps

Zerobyte is a self-hosted backup automation application built on top of Restic.

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