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Dud of the Week: LeafView

March 9, 2026 Scott Donaldson Blog, Opinion

LeafView is billed as a minimalist image viewer. It’s cross-platform software running under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

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Batch Renamers

18 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Batch Renamers

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Roundup, Utilities

This article showcases terminal based batch renamers. We only feature free and open source software.

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Music

13 Best Free and Open Source Linux Music Servers

March 9, 2026 Luke Baker Multimedia, Roundup, System Software

We present the finest free and open source music servers.

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Front-end Frameworks

11 Best Free and Open Source Lightweight Front-End Frameworks

March 9, 2026 Eilidih Parris Internet, Programming, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

CSS frameworks represent the building blocks of many diverse web projects. We cover extremely lightweight front-end frameworks and boilerplates.

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Hex Editor

12 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Hex Editors

March 9, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

A hex editor is a special type of editor that can open any type of file and display its contents, byte by byte. This type of editor lets you view and edit binary files.

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Development Tools

18 Top Free and Open Source Rust Frontend Web Frameworks

March 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

Rust is a systems programming language that runs fast, prevents segmentation faults, and guarantees thread safety. We pick the best free Rust frontend web frameworks.

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Find Duplicates

6 Best Free GUI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Utilities

We feature free and open source software that lets you find and remove the duplicate files.

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Emoji

14 Best Free and Open Source GUI Emoji Pickers

March 8, 2026 Erik Karlsson Other, Roundup, Utilities

An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages.

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Programming Tools for Kids

Top 10 Programming Tools for Kids

March 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Education, Programming, Roundup

The art of programming is often perceived as being a difficult activity. Here’s great free and open source tools to help kids start coding.

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Performance

Top 13 Web Server Performance Testing Tools

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Roundup, System Software, Web Apps

Web server benchmarking is a way of determining the performance of a web server. Here’s our recommended open source solutions.

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Application Launchers

29 Best Free and Open Source Linux GUI Application Launchers

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

Application launchers play an integral part in making the Linux desktop a more productive environment to work and play.

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Image Processing

14 Best Free and Open Source Image Processing Libraries

March 8, 2026 Eilidih Parris Graphics, Roundup

In this article we recommend the finest image processing libraries. All free and open source goodness.

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Front-end Frameworks

11 Best Free and Open Source CSS Front-End Frameworks

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Programming, Roundup, Web Apps

This article recommends the finest free and open source software that lets you dive into responsive design using CSS.

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Security

8 Best Free and Open Source Network Intrusion Detection Systems

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, 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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DevOps

18 Best Free and Open Source Build Systems

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup

Build automation is the process of automating the creation of a software build and the associated processes.

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Reading

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Speed Reading Tools

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms Books, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

The software featured in here is based on spritzing. Read text without moving your eyes, and therefore rapidly increase your reading speed.

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Email

16 Best Free and Open Source Linux Console Email Clients

March 7, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup

Here are our recommended console email clients. All free and open source goodness.

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Development Tools

15 Top Free and Open Source PHP Web Frameworks

March 7, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

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

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VoIP

17 Best Free and Open Source GUI Matrix Clients

March 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Multimedia, Roundup

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication over IP. Here’s our recommended free and open source GUI Matrix clients.

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Coding

5 Best Free and Open Source TypeScript Object-Relational Mapping Software

March 6, 2026 Eilidih Parris Programming, Roundup

ORM is a programming technique for converting data between incompatible type systems using object-oriented languages.

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