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Personal Finance

17 Best Free and Open Source Self-Hosted Personal Finance Tools

June 24, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Roundup, Web Apps

This roundup highlights personal finance tools that help bring clarity, structure, and accountability to everyday money management.

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SQL

18 Excellent Free and Open Source Linux Relational Databases

June 24, 2026 Steve Emms Big Data, Office, Roundup

A relational database matches data using common characteristics found within the data set. The resulting groups of data are organized and are much easier for people to understand.

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Text Editor

22 Best Free and Open Source Vim-Like Text Editors

June 24, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Text editors remain a controversial area. Here are our recommended Vim-like text editors. They are all released under an open source license.

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Internet Radio

27 Best Free and Open Source GUI Internet Radio Software

June 24, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on the finest free and open source GUI internet radio tools.

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Notes

6 Useful Free and Open Source TUI Notes Apps

June 23, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, TUI

There is a wide range of competent note taking software for Linux. This article focuses on apps that have a Text User Interface (TUI).

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Log Analyzers

9 Best Free and Open Source Console Log File Analyzers

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

Almost everything that happens on a Linux system is logged in some way. We feature the finest open source console-based log file analyzers.

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Find Duplicates

20 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files

June 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

This roundup focuses on free and open source command-line tools that help you find and remove duplicate files.

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Coding

11 Best Free and Open Source PHP Linter Tools

June 23, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

This article picks some useful tools to help you fix PHP code.

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Database

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Document-Oriented Databases

June 23, 2026 Steve Emms Database, Documents, Office, Roundup

We pick databases which can offer better performance in your application as well as quicker development time.

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Sticky Notes

14 Best Free and Open Source Sticky Note Applications

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A sticky note (often known as a Post-it Note) is a small piece of paper with a strip of glue on its back. Here’s our verdict.

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Clipboard

15 Best Free and Open Source GUI Clipboard Managers

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Linux has a number of proficient clipboard managers. We make our recommendations – all free and open source.

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Accountancy

16 Best Free and Open Source Accountancy Software

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Roundup

Accountancy is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities.

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Clipboard

10 Best Free and Open Source Clipboard Sync Tools

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

Best free clipboard synchronisation tools to copy text, links, commands, code and files across devices and systems.

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Web Content Management Systems

11 Best Free and Open Source Flat File Content Management Systems

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms Blog, Roundup, Web Apps

A flat file CMS stores content as flat files, instead of storing in a database. We capture our recommendations.

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11 Useful Free and Open Source Linux WhatsApp Clients

June 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet, Roundup

WhatsApp is a popular, free messaging, social media, and voice-over-IP service that lets users send text, voice messages, and video messages

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Brython – Python 3 designed for client-side web programming in the browser

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms Programming

Brython is an implementation of Python 3 designed for client-side web programming in the browser.

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Best Free and Open Source System Profilers

40 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Linux System Profilers

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, System Software, TUI

A system profiler is a utility that presents information about the hardware attached to a computer.

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9 Best Free and Open Source Serial Port and Telemetry Visualization Tools

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This roundup looks at software designed for working with serial data, telemetry streams, and time series information.

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Invoices

9 Best Free and Open Source Linux Personal Finance Trackers

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Financial, GUI, Roundup

Managing personal finances does not have to mean handing over bank details to a hosted service or wrestling with a complex accounting suite.

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FTP

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical FTP Clients

June 20, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Utilities

FTP is one of many different file transfer protocols that are used. Here’s our verdict of the best graphical FTP clients.

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