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Static Site Generators

6 Best Free and Open Source Crystal Static Site Generators

February 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

We have compiled a list of 5 best Crystal static site generators. All of these tools are released under an open source license.

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Feedback

9 Best Free and Open Source Survey Tools

February 8, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Web Apps

The software featured here lets you build fully-customizable surveys, forms and quizzes.

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Static Site Generator

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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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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Application Servers

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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Documentation

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: cat

February 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

cat derives its name from concatenation and provides other nifty options too. This article spotlights alternative tools to cat.

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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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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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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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Intrusion Detection

9 Best Free and Open Source Host-Based Intrusion Detection Systems

February 6, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

An intrusion detection system is a device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations.

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Development Tools

6 Top Free and Open Source Erlang Web Frameworks

February 6, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

One of the types of software that’s important for a web developer is the web framework. We explore Erlang web frameworks.

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Stock Market Investment Tools

7 Best Free and Open Source Stock Market Investment Tools

February 5, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, Roundup

We focus on the best free and open source software that help you make better stock market investment decisions.

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Application Servers

4 Hot Free and Open Source PHP Application Servers

February 5, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

An application server is computer software which provides the business logic for an application program.

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Security

5 Best Free and Open Source Linux MAC/RBAC Tools

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software

Harden a computer system or network using access controls such as Mandatory Access Control (MAC) or Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).

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Development Tools

3 Top Free and Open Source D Web Frameworks

February 4, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

D is a general-purpose systems programming language with a C-like syntax that compiles to native code.

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Mastodon

10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Mastodon Clients

February 4, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

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

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Development Tools

6 Top Free and Open Source Scala Web Frameworks

February 4, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

We highlight the finest Scala web frameworks available for Linux. We only feature free and open source goodness here.

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3D Rendering

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Renderers

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

We recommend awesome free and open source software for rendering.

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Small Image Tools

13 Small Image Tools that Pack a Real Punch

February 3, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Linux offers a vast collection of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the obvious to the bizarre.

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Configuration Management

7 Best Free and Open Source Configuration Management Databases

February 2, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, System Software

We recommend the best configuration management databases.

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