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File Managers

emelFM2 – file manager software

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

emelFM2 is a file manager that implements the popular three-pane design, pioneered by Norton Commander in the 1980’s.

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Worker – two-pane file manager

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

Worker is a file manager in the style of Amiga’s DirOpus. Directories and files are show in two separate panels like in Midnight Commander.

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Tux Commander – windowed file manager with two panels side by side

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

Tux Commander is a windowed file manager with 2 panels side by side.

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muCommander – file manager with a dual-pane interface

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface. It runs on any operating system with Java support.

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trolCommander – fork of muCommander

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

trolCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface with tabbed navigation and rich functionality.

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Xfe – MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

X File Explorer (Xfe) is an Microsoft Explorer or Commander like file manager for Linux. Xfe is small, very fast and only requires the FOX library.

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Sunflower – small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

Sunflower is a small and highly customizable twin-panel file manager with support for plugins.

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Double Commander – file manager with two panels side by side

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side.

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GNOME Commander – “two-pane” graphical file manager

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Productivity

GNOME Commander is a fast and powerful graphical file manager for the GNOME desktop environment. Based on the orthodox file manager (OFM) principle.

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Internet Forum Software

FluxBB – free, fast, light forum software

November 11, 2023 Steve Emms Web Apps

FluxBB is designed as a lighter, faster alternative to some of the traditional feature heavy forum applications.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Oxwall – social networking software platform

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Oxwall is a software package PHP/MySQL social networking software platform for building social networks, family sites and more.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Bootcamp – enterprise social network

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Bootcamp is an enterprise social network of open purpose, on which you can build for your own ends.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

pump.io – social server with an ActivityStreams API

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

pump.io is a decentralized/federated social network. It’s a stream server that aims to offer what people really want from a social network.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

HumHub – Open Source Social Network

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

HumHub is a feature rich and highly flexible Social Network Kit using the Yii PHP framework.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Drupal Commons – community collaboration website in a box

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Drupal Commons is a Drupal distribution from Acquia. It is a ready-to-use open source solution for creating both internal and/or external communities.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Friendica – decentralised communications platform that integrates social communication

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Friendica is a software to create a distributed social network. It is part of the federation of servers.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Elgg – social networking engine

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Elgg is a highly respected open source social networking framework that offers the functionality to allow you to run your own social networking site.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

BuddyPress – social networking software package

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

BuddyPress is open source social networking. It is a powerful plugin that transforms a WordPress powered site into a social network platform.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

diaspora – privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

diaspora is a privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network.

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Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software

Community Builder (for Joomla)

November 10, 2023 Steve Emms Internet

Community Builder is a popular social networking solution that offers the tools and usability needed to grow and maintain a website community.

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