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Linux shell for iOS.
A project to get a Linux shell running on iOS, using usermode x86 emulation and syscall translation.
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Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.
Tails uses the Tor network to protect your privacy online and help you avoid censorship.
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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A modern GUI for yt-dlp (and other youtube-dl forks).
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A sane distributed file system.
9P is a network protocol developed at Bell Labs for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs distributed operating system as the means of accessing and manipulating resources and applications transparently in a distributed environment. 9P works both as a distributed file system and as a network transparent and language agnostic ‘API’.
Run Windows Apps on Linux with Seamless Integration.
WinBoat is an Electron app which allows you to run Windows apps on Linux using a containerized approach. Windows runs as a VM inside a Docker container, we communicate with it using the WinBoat Guest Server to retrieve data we need from Windows. For compositing applications as native OS-level windows, we use FreeRDP together with Windows's RemoteApp protocol.
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installs your linux software.
Nixite generates a bash script to automatically install all your Linux software unattendedly. Nixite prevents prompts and picks the best installation method. Nixite supports Ubuntu-based systems and Arch-based systems. Nixite installs a nixite-updater script to update all package managers and software at once.
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Mods and Community. Modding made easy.
Auto-install hundreds of mods to get next-level graphics, new gameplay and endless amounts of new content.
Screenshot capture utility.
Spectacle is a screenshot taking utility for the KDE desktop. Spectacle can also be used in non-KDE X11 desktop environments.
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Restart a Linux server made of a potato laptop after power outages.
WakeMyPotato (WMP) is a simple and last-resort systemd Linux service to keep your old potato laptop alive and running in the event of a power failure.
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an open-source Remote Desktop Protocol server.
xrdp provides a graphical login to remote machines using RDP (Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol). xrdp accepts connections from variety of RDP clients: FreeRDP, rdesktop, NeutrinoRDP and Microsoft Remote Desktop Client (for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android).
Run any GUI app in the terminal❗
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A modern network scanner for GNOME.
A modern libadwaita-based network scanner for GNOME that helps you discover devices on your local network.
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ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical adventure and role-playing games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed! ScummVM is a complete rewrite of these games' executables and is not an emulator.
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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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An open source anti-detect browser with robust fingerprint injection. 🦊 A stealthy, minimalistic, custom build of Firefox for web scraping 🦊
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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A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features.
curl is used in command lines or scripts to transfer data. curl is also libcurl, used in cars, television sets, routers, printers, audio equipment, mobile phones, tablets, medical devices, settop boxes, computer games, media players and is the Internet transfer engine for countless software applications in over twenty billion installations.
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The Elegant Desktop Companion for Claude Code.
A powerful GUI app and Toolkit for Claude Code - Create custom agents, manage interactive Claude Code sessions, run secure background agents, and more.
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Your Ultimate Virtual Assistant.
Experience the future of AI assistance with advanced customization, flexible model support, and seamless integration. Newelle brings you the power of AI with unmatched flexibility and control.
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Whispering is an open-source speech-to-text application. Press a keyboard shortcut, speak, and your words will transcribe, transform, then copy and paste at the cursor.
A fast, customizable application launcher built with GTK4 and Rust, designed for Linux desktop environments. Walker provides a clean, modern interface for launching applications, running commands, performing calculations, and more.
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Manage your startup apps and scripts on Freedesktop Linux distros.
Ignition is a minimal app for editing autostart entries on Freedesktop-compliant Linux distributions.
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A desktop application that allows you to record audio from specific applications on Linux. Built with Deno, Svelte, and WebView.
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It's your Operating System.
An innovative platform for hardware, clouds, and containers, built with love by you. 100% Free & Open Source.
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Everywhere enterprise IT is headed, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® is there. From the public cloud to the edge, it evolves to bring flexibility and reliability to new frontiers.
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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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Open source, cross-platform, unofficial YouTube Music Desktop App with built-in ad blocker and downloader
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Simple & Fast Online Markdown Editor with Live Preview. Quickly and easily get started writing your markdown documents with MKEditor's rich set of features.
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Work-in-Progress rewrite of nixos-rebuild.
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OAuth credential MAnager.
Many IMAP/SMTP clients, like msmtp, fdm, isync, aerc, neomutt or mutt can use OAuth2 access tokens but lack the ability to renew and/or authorize OAuth2 credentials. The purpose of oama is to provide these missing capabilities by acting as a kind of smart password manager. In particular, access token renewal happens automatically in the background transparent to the user.
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The fast context maker. Surgical context engineering with a nice UI, Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, anywhere where python & Qt run.
Take control of your AI's context to get radically better bug-fixing and planning assistance. When you don't tell the AIs about MCP servers and tools, you'll be suprised at what they are capable of.
Mesh network sidecars for NixOS Services.
meshSidecar provides a flexible way to integrate mesh networking capabilities with NixOS services. It allows services to participate in mesh networks without requiring direct modification of the service itself.
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Convert your old computer (even chromebook) to a user friendly, lightweight, durable, and auto updating operating system build on top of NixOS.
The goal is to create a "chromebook like" unbreakable computer to give to basic users who know nothing about Linux and won't need to ever worry about updates / upgrades.
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btrbk is a backup tool for btrfs subvolumes, taking advantage of btrfs specific capabilities to create atomic snapshots and transfer them incrementally to your backup locations.
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Modern compositor with the looks.
Hyprland provides the latest Wayland features, dynamic tiling, all the eyecandy, powerful plugins and much more, while still being lightweight and responsive.
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The text editor designed to make coding as simple and fun as playing a video game.
Phoenix is a modern open-source and free software text editor designed to make coding as simple and fun as playing a video game.
Exosphere offers aggregated patch and security update reporting as well as basic system status across multiple Unix-like hosts via SSH.
Exosphere is a CLI and Text UI driven application that offers aggregated patch and security update reporting as well as basic system status across multiple Unix-like hosts over SSH.
It is targeted at small to medium sized networks, and is designed to be simple to deploy and use, requiring no central server, agents and complex dependencies on remote hosts.
🎮 ⌨ An easy to use tool to change the behaviour of your input devices.
Supports X11, Wayland, combinations, programmable macros, joysticks, wheels, triggers, keys, mouse-movements and more. Maps any input to any other input.
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Keep an eye on system resources
Resources allows you to check the utilization of your system resources and control your running processes and apps. It’s designed to be user-friendly and feel right at home on a modern desktop by using GNOME’s libadwaita.
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nix-env was built as a tool for Nix as a way to manage packages in a traditional (imperative) fashion. It tries to bridge the gap between the imperative and declarative world. A replacement for the venerable "just sudo apt install <A nything>". As a result of its design, it often causes unexpected behaviour. This page is dedicated to explaining what its issues are and what to use instead.
Universal 2D Graphics Editor. one to rule them all.
PixiEditor is a universal 2D editor that was made to provide you with tools and features for all your 2D needs. Create beautiful sprites for your games, animations, edit images, create logos. All packed up in an intuitive and familiar interface.
Create non-destructibe, procedural graphics with Node Graph. Node Graph allows for creating fully non-destructible graphics and animations. Connect nodes to easily compose complex visuals. From pre-built effects to custom shaders, the possibilities are endless!
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A time traveling resource monitor for modern Linux systems.
below is an interactive tool to view and record historical system data.
Transactional, in-place operating system updates using OCI/Docker container images. bootc is the key component in a broader mission of bootable containers.
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A secure note-taking application for linux, integrated with Etebase for encrypted synchronization.
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New App Store for GNOME.
A new app store for GNOME with a focus on discovering and installing applications and add-ons from Flatpak remotes, particularly Flathub. It emphasizes supporting the developers who make the Linux desktop possible. Bazaar features a "curated" tab that can be configured by distributors to allow for a more locallized experience.
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Wayback is an X11 compatibility layer which allows for running full X11 desktop environments using Wayland components. It is intended to eventually replace the classic X.Org server, thus reducing maintenance burden of X11 applications.
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Positron, a next-generation data science IDE.
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A free, next-generation data science IDE built by Posit PBC.
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An extensible, polyglot tool for writing code and exploring data.
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A familiar environment for reproducible authoring and publishing.
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Override xdg-open behavior. Because the way it already works is not confusing enough.
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📝A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.
A simple and elegant open-source markdown editor that focused on speed and usability.
The AI IDE for prototype to production.
Kiro is an agentic IDE that helps you go from prototype to production with spec-driven development, agent hooks, and natural language coding assistance. Build faster with AI-powered features that understand your entire codebase, turn prompts into structured specs, and automate repetitive tasks.
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The gpm (general purpose mouse) daemon tries to be a useful mouse server for applications running on the Linux console.
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Optimized Node Monitoring for Network Analysis.
SONAR is designed to simplify network configuration audits in critical environments. With a clean interface and a robust architecture, it enables any personnel — even non-technical — to understand and document network flows independently.
💽 Build Bespoke OS Images
A fancy wrapper around dnf --installroot, apt, pacman and zypper that generates customized disk images with a number of bells and whistles.
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Halloy is an open-source IRC client written in Rust, with the iced GUI library. It aims to provide a simple and fast client for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms.
Open Gaming Platform.
Lutris is a video game preservation platform aiming to keep your video game collection up and running for the years to come. Over the years, video games have gone through many different hardware and software platforms. By offering the best software available to run your games, Lutris makes it easy to run all your games, old and new.
mouse & keyboard sharing via LAN.
Lan Mouse is a cross-platform mouse and keyboard sharing software similar to universal-control on Apple devices. It allows for using multiple PCs via a single set of mouse and keyboard. This is also known as a Software KVM switch.
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Share a single keyboard and mouse between multiple computers.
Deskflow is a free and open source keyboard and mouse sharing app. Use the keyboard, mouse, or trackpad of one computer to control nearby computers, and work seamlessly between them. It's like a software KVM (but without the video). TLS encryption is enabled by default. Wayland is supported. Clipboard sharing is supported.
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