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Groupware

9 Best Free and Open Source Groupware Software

January 29, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Productivity, Roundup

Groupware software is designed to enable users to collaborate, regardless of location, via the internet or a corporate intranet.

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Fonts

Best Free and Open Source Fonts for Linux

January 29, 2026 Luke Baker Roundup, Utilities

A computer font is implemented as a digital data file containing a set of graphically related glyphs. We recommend the best Linux fonts.

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Static Site Generators

3 Best Free and Open Source Swift Static Site Generators

January 29, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

We have compiled a list of 3 best Swift static site generators. All of these tools are released under a freely distributable license.

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Internet Radio

3 Best Free and Open Source Pandora Radio Clients

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Pandora Internet Radio is a music streaming automated music recommendation service. We pick our favourite clients.

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Static Site Generator

6 Best Free and Open Source Scala Static Site Generators

January 28, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

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

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Passive OS Fingerprinting

5 Best Free and Open Source Passive OS Fingerprinting Tools

January 28, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Passive OS Fingerprinting Tools rely on sniffing techniques to analyze the information sent in normal network traffic.

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XMPP

6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical XMPP Clients

January 27, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

Here’s our recommended graphical XMPP clients. They are free and open source goodness.

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Static Site Generator

4 Best Free and Open Source Clojure Static Site Generators

January 27, 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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Database

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graph Databases

January 26, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. We recommend the best graph databases.

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XMPP

7 Best Free and Open Source Console Based XMPP Clients

January 26, 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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Development Tools

6 Top Free and Open Source C Web Frameworks

January 25, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

We recommend the best free and open source C web frameworks.

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OCR Tools

8 Best Free and Open Source OCR Systems

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

We pick out useful OCR systems.

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XMPP

6 Best Free and Open Source XMPP Servers

January 25, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

XMPP (also known as Jabber) is an open and free alternative to commercial messaging and chat providers. We select the best servers.

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Music Trackers

8 Best Free and Open Source Music Trackers

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

A music tracker (short version tracker) is a type of music sequencer software for creating music. We recommend the best free and open source trackers.

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Text Editor

Great Open Source Collaborative Editing Tools

January 24, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup

This article highlights our favourite free and open source tools to collaborate on documents in real time.

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Static Site Generators

4 Best Free and Open Source Bash Static Site Generators

January 23, 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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CPU

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: make

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to make, a utility which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files.

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XMPP

3 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based XMPP Clients

January 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

XMPP (also known as Jabber) is an open and free alternative to commercial messaging and chat providers. Web-based clients are featured.

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Static Site Generators

3 Best Free and Open Source CoffeeScript Static Site Generators

January 23, 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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VoIP

5 Best Free and Open Source Tox Clients

January 22, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Tox is a peer-to-peer instant-messaging and video-calling protocol that offers end-to-end encryption. We recommend the finest Tox clients.

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