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16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Screen Recorders

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

A screen recorder is software which lets you capture a digital recording of computer screen output, typically carrying audio narration.

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Best Free and Open Source HTML Editors

Phoenix Code – modern code editor

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Programming

Phoenix Code is a modern code editor designed for web developers, designers, and students.

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Static Site Generators

4 Best Free and Open Source CoffeeScript Static Site Generators

July 2, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

Sometimes a full, static HTML website is desirable. Because HTML pages are all prebuilt, they load extremely quickly in web browsers.

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CSS

go-tui – declarative terminal UI framework for Go

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

go-tui lets developers define terminal interfaces in .gsx templates using HTML-like syntax and Tailwind-style classes.

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Video

16 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for mpv

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

mpv is a free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.

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Selection of utilities

plwm – X11 dynamic tiling window manager

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

plwm is a highly customizable X11 dynamic tiling window manager written in Prolog.

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IDE

33 Best Free and Open Source Linux Integrated Development Environments

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to programmers for software development.

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CRM

Frappe CRM – modern customer relationship management system

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Frappe CRM is a modern customer relationship management system built for sales teams.

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Documents

zlist – modern replacement for ls

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

zlint provides a colorful directory listing with a compact grid layout, Nerd Font icons, long view, sorting, filtering, and more.

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Video

KikoPlay – full-featured danmu media player

July 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

KikoPlay is a full-featured danmu media player using libmpv as its playback engine and Qt for its interface

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Documents

pls – modern alternative to ls

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

pls is a modern alternative to ls that offers cleaner, more colourful output with sensible defaults and extensive customisation.

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Static Site Generators

6 Best Free and Open Source Bash Static Site Generators

July 1, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, here’s our selection of the best Bash static site generators.

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SerialGUI-Rs – graphical serial monitor

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

SerialGUI-rs is a graphical serial monitor. It uses the serialport-rs library for serial communication and eframe for its desktop interface.

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XMPP

8 Best Free and Open Source Console Based XMPP Clients

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on the best console-based XMPP clients. They are free and open source goodness.

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Passive OS Fingerprinting

MuonFP – enterprise-ready passive TCP fingerprinter

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Security

MuonFP identifies and classifies network traffic from TCP packet characteristics.

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Static Site Generators

8 Best Free and Open Source R Static Site Generators

July 1, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 3 best R static site generators.

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Static Site Generator

Metabrowse – static site generator for code search

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Metabrowse is a static site generator for code search with IDE features for Scala. It uses the Scalameta Semantic API.

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Coding

ktfmt-gradle – Gradle plugin that applies the ktfmt formatter to Kotlin projects

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

ktfmt-gradle is a Gradle plugin that applies ktfmt formatting to Kotlin projects. Free and open source software.

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Selection of utilities

sxwm – dynamic tiling window manager for X11

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop

sxwm is a simple, feature-rich dynamic tiling window manager for X11.

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Passive OS Fingerprinting

Leetha – passive network fingerprinting and analysis engine

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Security

Leetha is a passive network fingerprinting and analysis engine.

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