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Network Security

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Port Scanners

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, Security, System Software

Linux has a good range of port scanners that help administrators identify and rectify weaknesses in a system.

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Hard disk

Backup with these Linux DeDuplicating Encryption Tools

March 10, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Making file backups is an essential activity for all users, yet many users do not take adequate steps to protect their data.

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Music

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Music Servers

March 9, 2026 Luke Baker Multimedia, Roundup, System Software

We present the finest free and open source music servers.

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Front-end Frameworks

11 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Front-End Frameworks

March 9, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Programming, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

CSS frameworks represent the building blocks of many diverse web projects. We cover extremely lightweight front-end frameworks and boilerplates.

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Hard disk

Vykar – fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups in Rust

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, System Software, Web Apps

Vykar is a backup utility that creates encrypted, deduplicated snapshots of data and stores them in local or remote repositories.

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Performance

Top 13 Web Server Performance Testing Tools

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web server benchmarking is a way of determining the performance of a web server. Here’s our recommended open source solutions.

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System Administration

System-Tools – basic system management tools

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

System-Tools is a collection of helpful tools for basic system management of Linux and FreeBSD systems.

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Website

11 Best Free and Open Source Web Hosting Control Panels

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web hosting control panels offer an attractive solution to developers and designers that host multiple web sites on virtual private servers and dedicated servers.

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S3QL – file system that stores all its data online

March 4, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

S3QL is a file system that stores all its data online using storage services like Google Storage, Amazon S3, or OpenStack.

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8 Best Free and Open Source Incident Response Tools

March 1, 2026 Steve Emms Office, Roundup, System Software

Incident response tools enable you to respond to critical issues before they impact your business. We recommend open source solutions.

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Monitor System

LogLens – log viewer

February 28, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

LogLens is a powerful log processing engine with an interactive Terminal UI for viewing and analyzing system logs.

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Lightweight Alternatives to WordPress

6 Free and Open Source Lightweight Alternatives to WordPress

February 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

There are many good content management systems that you may not have heard of that are perfectly suited for small projects.

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Circuit board

Noorfetch – minimalist system fetch

February 27, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Noorfetch is a minimalistic and fast summary of information about your computer, written in Rust.

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Security

12 Best Free and Open Source Firewall Tools

February 26, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security, System Software

We recommend free and open source firewall tools.

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Find Duplicates

9 Best Free and Open Source Tools to Search the Filesystem

February 25, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software, Utilities

Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.

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Application Servers

5 Best Free and Open Source C++ Application Servers

February 21, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

An application server is computer software which provides the business logic for an application program. Here’s our recommended C++ servers.

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Selection of utilities

Ly – display manager

February 14, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

Ly is a lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD, designed with portability in mind.

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Command Schedulers

Systemd manager tui – manage systemd services

February 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

Systemd manager tui is a program for managing systemd services through a TUI (Terminal User Interface).

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accel-php – PPTP/L2TP/SSTP/PPPoE/IPoE server

February 12, 2026 Steve Emms System Software

ACCEL-PPP is a completely new implementation of PPTP/PPPoE/L2TP/SSTP which was written from scratch.

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Circuit board

blaeckfetch – system fetch

February 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, System Software

blaeckfetch is a fast, minimalist system fetch for your terminal. It’s powered by blaeck for rendering.

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