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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: less

February 23, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to less. All of the tools are free and open source and sport a command-line interface.

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Music

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Music Tag Editors

February 23, 2026 Luke Baker Multimedia, Roundup

Tag editors are frequently used to correct and organise multimedia files and they support popular digital audio formats.

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Development Tools

8 Top Free and Open Source Kotlin Web Frameworks

February 23, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

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

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Search

8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Desktop Search Engines

February 22, 2026 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

Desktop search is a software application which searches the contents of computer files, rather than searching the internet.

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8 Top Free and Open Source Nim Web Frameworks

February 22, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

We look at the best free and open source Nim web frameworks. Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language.

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Static Site Generators

13 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript Static Site Generators

February 22, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

A static site works very well in certain use cases. For example, it’s great for documentation. And static sites can be just as engaging as dynamic sites.

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Application Servers

5 Best Free and Open Source C++ Application Servers

February 21, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

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

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Big Data

14 Best Free and Open Source Key Value Stores for Big Data

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms Big Data, Internet, Roundup, Scientific

This article recommends the best free and open source software key value stores for Big Data.

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Development Tools

8 Top Free and Open Source Dart Web Frameworks

February 20, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Dart is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented, class defined, garbage-collected, scripting language using a C-style syntax that transcompiles optionally into JavaScript.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: grep

February 20, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.

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process

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: ps

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

We explore free and open source alternatives to ps, a command that reports a snapshot of the current processes.

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Digital Asset Management

5 Best Free and Open Source Digital Asset Management Software

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Digital asset management (DAM) allows organization to obtain greater value from creative digital assets like images and videos by making them easy to organize, access, catalogue, find, retrieve and distribute.

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Audio

10 Best Free and Open Source Audio Converters

February 19, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 10 high quality free and open source Linux audio converters.

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Static Site Generators

6 Best Free and Open Source C# Static Site Generators

February 19, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we share the best C# static site generators.

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Static Site Generator

3 Best Free and Open Source Scheme Static Site Generators

February 18, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Roundup, Web Apps

We have compiled a list of 3 best Scheme static site generators. These tools are released under a freely distributable license.

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Technology

14 Best Free and Open Source Steganography Tools

February 18, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Security

Conceal messages in other messages.

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Static Site Generator

5 Best Free and Open Source Lua Static Site Generators

February 17, 2026 Eilidih Parris Roundup, Web Apps

Here are the best Lua static site generators. These tools are released under a freely distributable license.

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Development Tools

5 Top Free and Open Source OCaml Web Frameworks

February 17, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Here’s our verdict on the best OCaml web frameworks. We only recommend free and open source software here.

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Static Site Generators

6 Best Free and Open Source Rust Static Site Generators

February 16, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, 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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Monitoring

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: tree

February 15, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to tree, a utility that lists the contents of directories in a tree-like format.

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