GNU/Linux apps
a free messaging app for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and more.
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Make your screenshots ready for all. Gradia helps you get your screenshots ready for sharing, whether quickly with friends or colleagues, or professionally with the entire world.
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👻 Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
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A modern desktop client for Navidrome/Subsonic servers built with React and Electron.
An overengineered oversimplified hardware-agnostic frontend for FFMPEG.
A cross-platform batch video encoder that shrinks your video files to a target quality level. No need to babysit the queue or tweak settings per file - just pick a target bitrate, add your files, and hit start.
Visual diff and merge tool.
Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many popular version control systems.
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Offline Documentation Browser.
Zeal is an offline documentation browser for software developers.
KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.
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The ultimate tv renamer / subtitle downloader / sfv validator.
FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming your tv shows and anime, downloading subtitles from various sources or just simple file verification.
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Privacy-first and free Speech-to-Text.
Murmure is an AI-powered, offline speech-to-text tool designed with Privacy first in mind and powered by NVIDIA Parakeet 🦜. Your voice always stays yours.
WiFiman is here to save your network from sluggish surfing, endless buffering, and congested data channels.
- Detect available WiFi networks and Bluetooth LE devices instantly.
- Scan network subnets for additional details on detected devices, such as Bonjour, SNMP, NetBIOS, and Ubiquiti discovery protocols.
- Connect to your UniFi network remotely via Teleport - a free, zero-configuration VPN.
Phone Link / KDE Connect alternative.
Sefirah is designed to enhance your workflow by enabling seamless clipboard and notification sharing between your Windows PC and Android device. It's an alternative to existing solutions, tailored for users who want a straightforward and efficient way to keep their devices in sync.
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Fast PostgreSQL Client for Developers.
A minimal, fast SQL client desktop application with AI-powered querying. Built for developers who want to quickly peek at their data without the bloat. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Select an operating system and let Boxes download and install it for you in a virtual machine.
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A desktop app for isolated, parallel agentic development.
mux (Coding Agent Multiplexer) is a cross-platform desktop application for AI-assisted development with isolated workspace management.
Ship 100x With The Agent IDE. The most powerful Agent Development Environment (ADE).
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop and mobile. Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and more side by side in isolated worktrees. Get the mobile companion for iOS or Android.
Dillo, a multi-platform graphical web browser.
Dillo is a multi-platform graphical web browser, known for its speed and small footprint, that is developed with a focus on personal security and privacy.
User-friendly SSH Connection Manager.
SSH Pilot is a user-friendly, lightweight SSH connection manager with an integrated terminal and SFTP client.
No more memorizing host aliases or complex SSH commands to manage your machines, deploy keys or set up port forwarding.
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Uncensorable Peer-to-Peer. Where Friendship Meets Freedom. Decentralized application with Friend-to-Friend technology.
Xeres allows you to interact with people in a fully decentralized way. No server or account required, which means: nobody can censor you.
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Open source Dropbox client
Maestral is a lightweight Dropbox client for macOS and Linux. It provides powerful command line tools, supports gitignore patterns to exclude local files from syncing and allows syncing multiple Dropbox accounts.
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Your entire server infrastructure at your fingertips. Manage all your servers from your local desktop. No remote setup required.
XPipe is a new type of shell connection hub and remote file manager that allows you to access your entire server infrastructure from your local machine. It works on top of your installed command-line programs and does not require any setup on your remote systems. So if you normally use CLI tools like ssh, docker, kubectl, etc. to connect to your servers, you can just use XPipe on top of that.
The most intuitive desktop API client
Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, and gRPC requests in a simple and intuitive app. Yaak is a desktop API client for organizing and executing REST, GraphQL, and gRPC requests. It's built using Tauri, Rust, and ReactJS.
The art of reading, perfected. A modern, offline-first, privacy-focused document and e-book reader for Android and desktop, built with Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose.
A sleek, offline-first, privacy-focused document and e-book reader designed for deep focus across all your devices.
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The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux).
Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple (or your Linux system) didn’t.
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🛡️ Windows Hello™ style facial authentication for Linux.
Howdy provides Windows Hello™ style authentication for Linux. Use your built-in IR emitters and camera in combination with facial recognition to prove who you are.
Using the central authentication system (PAM), this works everywhere you would otherwise need your password: Login, lock screen, sudo, su, etc.
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Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool.
This application allows you to control your AMD, Nvidia or Intel GPU on a Linux system.
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Containers and Kubernetes.
The best free and open source tool for developers to work with containers and Kubernetes. Simplify container management, streamline Kubernetes workflows, and transition from local development to production with ease.
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A lightweight code editor with vim mode, Git integration, and agentic AI editing.
Your One-Stop Publication Workbench
From idea to publication in one app: Zettlr supports your writing process at every stage — from initial notes to journal submission or book manuscript.
Darling is a translation layer that lets you run macOS software on Linux.
The turn-based strategy game of Conquer (v4), by Adam Bryant and Ed Barlow.
Conquer is the classic multi-player strategy game originally created by Edward M. Barlow and Adam Bryant in the late 1980s. This repository preserves both the historical distribution and provides a modern GPL-licensed version for continued development.
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Scientific plotting and data analysis. LabPlot is a FREE, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone.
FREE, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone and trusted by professionals.
A Web Developer's Browser. Develop responsive web apps 5x faster!
A must-have DevTool for all Front-End developers that will make your job easier. A modified browser built using Electron that helps in responsive web development.
Network Monitor and Application Firewall for macOS.
The Little Snitch Network Monitor shows you where your Mac connects to on the Internet. You decide what you want to allow or deny.
speak into any text field.
A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline.
Handy is a cross-platform desktop application built with Tauri (Rust + React/TypeScript) that provides simple, privacy-focused speech transcription. Press a shortcut, speak, and have your words appear in any text field—all without sending your voice to the cloud.
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A lightweight security threat scanner intended to make malware detection more accessible and efficient.
Lenspect is a lightweight security threat scanner powered by VirusTotal.
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The turn-based strategy game of Conquer V5, by Adam Bryant and Ed Barlow - GPL v3 licensed
Conquer is the classic multi-player strategy game originally created by Edward M. Barlow and Adam Bryant in the late 1980s.
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SQL & noSQL database manager.
Powerful and easy to use (no)SQL database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, …
DbGate is cross-platform database manager. It's designed to be simple to use and effective, when working with more databases simultaneously. But there are also many advanced features like schema compare, visual query designer, chart visualisation or batch export and import.
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software 🖥️ 📸. Open Source Screenshot Software.
Flameshot is a free and open-source, cross-platform tool to take screenshots with many built-in features to save you time.
Free multi-platform database tool for developers, database administrators, analysts and all people who need to work with databases. Supports all popular databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, MS Access, Teradata, Firebird, Apache Hive, Phoenix, Presto, etc.
An application designed for monitoring the health and status of your power devices.
Wattage is an application designed for monitoring the health and status of your power devices. It displays quick data regarding battery capacity, energy metrics, and device information through a clean, modern GTK 4 and libadwaita interface.
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memory scanner for Linux.
scanmem is a debugging utility designed to isolate the address of an arbitrary variable in an executing process. scanmem simply needs to be told the pid of the process and the value of the variable at several different times.
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🏔 Love Freedom - ❌ Block Mass Surveillance. Portmaster is a free and open-source application firewall that does the heavy lifting for you. Restore privacy and take back control over all your computer's network activity.
The Ultimate Desktop Companion for Your Immich Server.
ImmichSafe is a user-friendly, cross-platform desktop application for Windows, macOS, and Linux, designed to simplify the management, backup, and restoration of your self-hosted Immich photo and video management server. It provides a graphical user interface for complex Docker commands, making Immich administration accessible to everyone.
Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on Android, Linux, MacOS and Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service.
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Discover, download, and run local LLMs.
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Private, fast, and honest web browser.
The Chromium-based web browser made for people, with love. Best privacy by default, unbiased ad-blocking, no bloat and no noise.
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Constrict compresses your videos to your chosen file size — useful for uploading to services with specific file size limits. No more relying on online services for video compression, or the manual trial-and-error of re-encoding at various bitrates yourself.
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Visualize audio with CAVA.
- 11 drawing modes!
- Set any single color, a gradient or an image for background and foreground.
- Configure smoothing, noise reduction and a few other CAVA settings.
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Unify is a web app aggregator built with Qt 6, Qt WebEngine, and Kirigami. It organizes "services" (web apps) by "workspaces" and opens each service in a WebView with desktop-friendly integrations (notifications, screen sharing, etc.).
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An open source anti-detect browser with robust fingerprint injection. 🦊 A stealthy, minimalistic, custom build of Firefox for web scraping 🦊
A desktop app to easily run Large Language Models locally.
Collection management software, free and simple.
Tellico is a software application for organizing your collections. It provides default templates for books, bibliographies, videos, music, video games, coins, stamps, trading cards, comic books, and wines. You can also create your own custom collection of anything you like!
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Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device.
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Install dotfiles easy, fast and secure. Or provide an installation application for your dotfiles. Take control of your dotfiles configurations with Dotfiles Installer, designed to make dotfile management seamless. You can install dotfiles easily, quickly, and securely with an intuitive installation wizard that guides you through every step. The app prioritizes your data safety, offering robust backup functionality and protection for your existing customizations during the installation process.
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Easy, GUI SSH config editor and validator built with Python, GTK 4 and libadwaita.
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Emulator of retro x86-based machines.
86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
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🚀 The Ultimate Image Uploader for Efficient Creators.
Supports Obsidian, Typora, VS Code etc. and 60+ image hosting services (S3, GitHub, Cloudflare R2, Imgur, Aliyun OSS...). Paste, upload, done.