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4 Best Free and Open Source Elm Static Site Generators

February 7, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

Here’s our recommended Elm static site generators. All of these tools are released under a freely distributable license.

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Formbricks – open source Qualtrics alternative

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Web Apps

Formbricks provides a surveying platform. Gather feedback at every point in the user journey with beautiful in-app, website, link and email surveys.

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Music

7 Best Free and Open Source UPnP Media Servers

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup, System Software

A music streamer lets you share your music, photos and videos with your network. Here’s the best free and open source music streamers.

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Linux Distributions

Beserk Arch – bleeding-edge, security-centric Arch-based Linux distribution

February 7, 2026 Erik Karlsson Distro

Designed primarily for power users, security researchers and developers.

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5 Hot Free and Open Source Ruby Application Servers

February 7, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

We recommend the best Application Servers for Ruby. All the software featured is free and open source goodness.

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6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Gemini Clients

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Gemini is a group of technologies similar to the ones that lie behind your familiar web browser. We recommend the best graphical Gemini clients.

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xytz – TUI frontend for yt-dlp

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

xytz is a TUI app for searching and downloading YouTube videos, built with Go and Bubble Tea. It uses yt-dlp.

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6 Best Free and Open Source OCR Screen Capture Tools

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

This article highlights OCR powered screen-capture tools to capture information instead of images.

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Selection of utilities

dekl – declarative package and dotfile management for Arch Linux

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dekl allows you to define your system’s packages and configuration in YAML files, making your setup reproducible and version-controllable.

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Encrypted Files

5 Best Free and Open Source Encrypted FUSE-Based File Systems

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

Here’s our verdict on the popular encrypted FUSE-based file systems.

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DailyDash – head-up display for developers

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

DailyDash is a terminal-based “Head-Up Display” (HUD) designed for focus-driven developers.

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Application Servers

Hot Free and Open Source Application Servers for Lua

February 7, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup, Web Apps

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

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Bookmark manager

Libro – terminal based book tracking tool

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents, TUI

Libro is a terminal-based tool to track your reading history, with your data stored locally in a SQLite database.

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Messaging

marchat – terminal chat

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

marchat is a lightweight terminal chat with real-time messaging over WebSockets, optional E2E encryption, and a flexible plugin ecosystem.

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Chess

Fastchess – manage chess games with engines

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Games

Fastchess is a command-line tool designed to manage and orchestrate chess games between engines.

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Notes

Basalt – TUI program to manage Obsidian notes

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Basalt is a TUI application to manage Obsidian vaults and notes directly from the terminal.

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Text Editor

Frogmouth – Markdown browser for the terminal

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

Frogmouth is a Markdown viewer / browser for your terminal, built with Textual.

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Diff Tools

riff – wrapper around diff

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Riff is a wrapper around diff that highlights which parts of lines have changed.

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Linux Candy

Linux Candy: sigye – terminal clock

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Reviews, TUI

sigye is a terminal clock with ASCII art fonts. The name “sigye” (시계) means “clock” in Korean. It also offers Pomodoro functionality

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Mastodon

7 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Mastodon Clients

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

Mastodon is a free and open source microblogging platform similar to X, but with user privacy and decentralization in mind.

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