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Issue Tracking

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Issue Tracking Systems

April 16, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, Web Apps

Issue tracking systems play an important role for any development project and collaborative venture whether open source or not.

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Podcast

16 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Podcast Tools

April 15, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, Utilities

To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 16 high quality open source GUI podcast tools. They offer an excellent way to manage and download podcasts.

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Mail Notification

Mail Notification Tools: 7 Best Free and Open Source Software

April 13, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, Utilities

Email is arguably one of the most popular and useful functions of a Linux system. Keep abreast of new emails without interruption.

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Database

7 Best Free and Open Source No-Code Database Tools

April 10, 2025 Steve Emms Database, Documents, Roundup

This article focuses on no-code hybrid tools that merge spreadsheet functionality with database storage capabilities.

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20 Best Free and Open Source Shells

April 8, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

The shell is a program that takes commands from the keyboard and gives them to the operating system to perform. We recommend the finest free and open source shells.

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Internet Radio

12 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Internet Radio Apps

April 6, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

This article recommends our favourite terminal-based internet radio apps. Free and open source software only.

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Emacs Software

8 Best Free and Open Source Emacs-Like Text Editors

April 3, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

The original program was written in 1976 as a set of macros for an existing text editor called TECO.

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Subtitles

10 Best Free and Open Source Subtitle Editors

April 2, 2025 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, Utilities

A subtitle editor is software that lets users create and edit subtitles. We pick the finest open source software.

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Google Analytics

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Analytics

April 1, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Software

Google Analytics is an exceptional platform for both website and mobile app analytics. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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OCR-Systems

10 Best Free and Open Source OCR Tools

April 1, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Graphics, Roundup, Utilities

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is the conversion of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into searchable, editable documents.

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Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2025 Updates

April 1, 2025 Steve Emms Software

March 2025 updates to the largest compilation of recommended free and open source software available for Linux.

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Find

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dd

March 31, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software

This article spotlights alternative tools to dd, a popular utility to convert and copy a file.

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14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based News Aggregators

March 30, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

A news aggregator is software which collect news, weblog posts, and other information. We recommend the best terminal-based news aggregators.

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Accountancy

11 Best Free and Open Source Accountancy Software

March 30, 2025 Steve Emms Financial, Roundup

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

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Bioinformatics

23 Best Free and Open Source Linux Bioinformatics Tools

March 29, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

This article identifies our favourite tools which are extremely useful for anyone interested in sequence analysis, molecular modelling, molecular dynamics, phylogenetic analysis and more.

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Analytics Software

9 Best Free and Open Source Google Analytics Alternatives

March 27, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data.

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Font Tools

8 Best Free and Open Source Font Viewers

March 26, 2025 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

This article highlights useful tools to view your fonts. We only feature free and open source software in this article.

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Find

Alternatives to popular CLI tools: find

March 25, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Software, Utilities

This article spotlights alternative tools to find.

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11 Useful Bluetooth Tools for Linux

March 17, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We recommend a variety of different Bluetooth tools besides BlueZ, the official implementation of the Bluetooth protocol stack.

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Email

11 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Email Clients

March 15, 2025 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup

We feature our recommended graphical email clients. They are all free and open source goodness.

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