Open Source Software for Linux

Gitter Gitter

Gitter is an open-source instant messaging and chat room system for developers designed to make community messaging, collaboration and discovery as smooth and simple as possible. Gitter is provided as software-as-a-service and integrates with GitLab and GitHub repositories to make discussion around code even easier. With Gitter, you can can easily create, organise and grow your communities, inviting others to join just in one click. Over 1.5M users across 100K communities use Gitter to discuss code and development progress.

Mailspring Mailspring

Mailspring is a desktop email client designed for macOS, Linux and Windows. It provides modern features like unified inbox, snoozing, templates, offline search, and support for Gmail labels. With Mailspring you can breath fresh air into your mailbox with support for various third-party IMAP provides such as Gmail, Office 365 and Microsoft Outlook. Mailspring intuitive features like read receipts, link tracking, send later, reminders, contact profiles and more.

Vim Vim

Vim dates back all the way to 1991 when Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar released it to the public. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. The software is released as free and open-source software under the Vim License. Vim is often called a "programmer's editor," as it relies more on customization of shortcuts and makes heavy use of macros that can be combined with muscle memory to achieve maximum proficiency. Vim was designed for use in both command-line interfaces and as a standalone application in a graphical user interface.

Ubuntu Touch Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu Touch is a free and open-source mobile operating system maintained by the UBports community. The OS was first create by Canonical LTD, the company behind the Linux distribution, Ubunutu. With Ubuntu Touch, you can use your mobile devices in a free and open manner. Ubuntu Touch also allows you to turn your phone into a desktop computer using the "desktop mode"

I2P I2P

The Invisible Internet Project or I2P for short is a fully encrypted private network layer that has been developed with privacy and security by design in order to provide protection for your activity, location and your identity. I2P ships with a router that connects you to the network and applications for sharing, communicating and building a fully encrypted private network layer.

OpenVPN OpenVPN

OpenVPN is a free and open-source VPN client developed by OpenVPN Inc. The software can be used to create secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. OpenVPN uses custom security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange and is compatible with any OpenVPN protocol compatible server.

Remotely Remotely

Remotely is an all-in-one remote access software. With Remotely you can instantly connect to remote desktops either unattended or by invite, where invites are started from a single-file, portable executable that's easy for customers to download and use. Remotely also allow you to do remote scripting so that you can save time on quick fixes and ad-hoc scripting with an interactive console that lets you execute commands against multiple remote machines simultaneously, with instant results. Written with rich auto-complete for PowerShell Core, Windows PowerShell, Windows CMD, and Bash increases speed and accuracy of commands.

Libreswan Libreswan

Libreswan is a popular open-source VPN alternative that supports common protocols such as IKE and IPsec. IPsec is a meticulous protocol suite that mainly works to secure encrypted data that’s being shared between two parties. Whereas, the IKE executes secure authentication and dynamic key generation for seamless data flow. Both these standard suite protocols are created and maintained by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). Libreswan provides a wide range of security features and uses opportunistic encryption techniques. Libreswan is avalible on Linux and uses repository files and tarbal which makes the installation process as simlpe as possible.

LibreCAD LibreCAD

LibreCAD is a free and open-source 2D CAD software used 2D modeling. With LibreCAD, users can model 2D objects in a neat and intuitive GUI based on Qt5. The software is available in 30+ languages and works cross-platform for macOS, Linux and Windows.

Ajenti Ajenti

Anjeti is an server administration tool and control panel for server management. It provides you with a fast and secure way to manage a remote Linux box at any time using everyday tools like a web terminal, text editor, file manager and others.