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awesome-free-software
Curated list of free as in freedom software
https://github.com/Horhorist/awesome-free-software
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Hardware
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Companies
- Vikings - Hosting company powered by Libreboot firmware, libre software, and green energy that also sells hardware.
- Aleph Objects - Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certified 3D printer built with libre hardware and software.
- Libiquity - Designs and develops embedded software and firmware systems.
- Purism - Privacy, security, and freedom focused computers and software.
- Raptor Computing Systems - Desktops, motherboards, and other parts utilizing the IBM POWER9 processor and OpenBMC firmware.
- Technoethical - Laptops, adapters, and mobile devices compatible with free operating systems.
- ThinkPenguin - Modern laptops, desktops, and printers that contain no proprietary software.
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Hardware Resources
- disaster.radio - Off-grid, solar-powered, long-range mesh network built on free software and affordable, open hardware.
- h-node - Database of hardware that works with a fully free operating system.
- Linux Preloaded - Hand-picked list of vendors from many regions that sell computers preinstalled with free software.
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Software
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Audio
- Ardour - Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
- Libre.fm - Stream, download, remix, and share music for free.
- LMMS - Complete digital audio workstation.
- Nuclear Music Player - Streaming music player that finds music from free sources automatically.
- OBS Studio - A free and open-source software for live streaming and video recording.
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Command Line Tools
- asciinema - Terminal session recorder.
- ranger - Minimal, lightweight, and aesthetically pleasing file explorer for GNU/Linux. It runs in the terminal window, so it fits in well with window managers such as i3. vi key bindings allow for quick operations to be performed, including rename and delete.
- GNU stow - GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place.
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Communication
- Discord - Discord is a VoIP and instant messaging social platform.
- Conversations - XMPP/Jabber client for Android.
- Gajim - XMPP/Jabber client for desktop.
- Jitsi Meet - Secure video conferencing and desktop sharing using WebRTC.
- Mail-in-a-Box - Easy-to-deploy mail server package for cloud computers.
- Matrix - Open standard for decentralised, persistent, and interoperable communications.
- Mattermost - Open source, private cloud alternative to Slack.
- Ring - Telephone, teleconferencing, and media sharing through a distributed service.
- Signal - Private messaging and calling for desktop, Android, and iOS.
- Tox - Encrypted and distributed messaging platform with voice, video, and screen sharing.
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File Management
- FileZilla - Universal FTP solution.
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File Sharing
- qBittorrent - Easy to use BitTorrent client.
- WeTransfer - A file transfer service that allows you to quickly and easily share large files.
- MediaFire - A cloud storage service that allows you to upload and share files.
- Mega - An encrypted cloud storage and file sharing service.
- Sync.com - A secure cloud storage service that allows you to upload and share files while encrypting them.
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Graphics
- Blender - 3D creation suite for modeling, simulation, and animation.
- ExifCleaner - GUI app to remove exif metadata from images and videos with simple drag and drop.
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Security Software
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Office
- LibreOffice - Office suite with word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs.
- Zathura - Highly customizable and functional document viewer. It provides a minimalistic and space saving interface as well as an easy usage that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction.
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Operating Systems
- Debian - One of the earliest UNIX-like operating systems with a commitment to keeping nonfree software out of its system.
- PureOS - FSF endorsed derivative of Debian.
- LineageOS - Android distribution for phones and tablets and successor of CyanogenMod.
- Kali Linux - Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering.
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Other
- OpenMapTiles - Set of open-source tools for self-hosting of OpenStreetMap maps in more than 50 languages. It provides both raster as well as vector tiles, WMS and WMTS services for GIS programs, support for JavaScript viewers and mobile SDK.
- ZeroNet - Decentralized websites using Bitcoin cryptography and the BitTorrent network.
- Simple Mobile Tools - Android apps with customizable widgets, without annoying ads and unnecessary permissions.
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Screencasting
- ShareX - Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool.
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Text Editors
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Utilities
- Search Deflector - A small program that redirects searches made from the Windows Start Menu or Cortana to whatever browser and search engine you prefer.
- Wireshark - Packet analyzer for network troubleshooting and analysis.
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Video
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Virtualization
- VirtualBox - Feature rich virtualization tools with support for many operating systems.
- QEMU - QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
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Web Applications
- Dnote - A simple command line notebook with multi-device sync and web interface.
- Ghost - Hackable platform for building and running online publications.
- Gogs - Lightweight, cross-platform, self-hosted Git service
- Healthchecks - Cron job monitoring service.
- Inventaire - Share books with friends and communities.
- Lobsters - Link aggregation and discussion with downvote explanations.
- Mastodon - Decentralized social network server.
- MetaGer - Private search engine created by a non-profit that uses green electricity for its servers.
- Neocities - GeoCities for the modern world.
- NotABug.org - Collaboration platform for freely licensed projects.
- Phabricator - Code management platform (similar to GitLab) built with PHP.
- Wallabag - Save and classify articles. Read them later. Freely.
- WordPress - Blog publishing platform and content management system.
- Misskey - Misskey is an open source, decentralized social media platform that's free forever!
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Web Servers
- Apache HTTP Server - Secure, efficient, and extensible web server.
- lighttpd - Optimized for speed-critical environments while remaining standards-compliant, secure and flexible.
- nginx - HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server.
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Resources
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Articles
- Free Software - Wikipedia entry on the topic of free software.
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Blogs
- BrainBlasted's Privacy and Free Software Blog - Practical look at issues involving free software and privacy.
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Businesses
- Bytemark - Transparent UK hosting company that offers a 50% discount for anyone publishing free software.
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Discovery
- Free Software Directory - Over 15,000 free software packages.
- Free GNU/Linux Distributions - Entirely free distributions.
- freepost - Everything related to free culture.
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Events
- Software Freedom Day - Annual worldwide celebration of free software with the aim of increasing awareness of free software and its virtues.
- LibrePlanet - Annual conference on free software.
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Licensing
- FOSSology - License compliance toolkit for software projects.
- gplenforced.org - Community-oriented GPL enforcement.
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Organizations
- April - Promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre.
- Digital Freedom Foundation - Promotes access to knowledge via technology.
- Framasoft - Network dedicated to globally promoting free software, innovative projects, and a world of sharing and cooperation.
- Free Software Foundation - Nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom.
- Free Software Movement Karnataka - Group in Bengaluru, India that spreads awareness about free software.
- FSF India - Indian sister site for the FSF.
- FSFE - European sister site for the FSF.
- FSFLA - Latin American sister site for the FSF.
- GNU - Home of the GNU/Linux operating system.
- Open Source Hardware Association - Promotes hardware that respects user freedom.
- Outreachy - Helps people from underrepresented backgrounds find internships with FOSS software companies.
- Peers - Community that helps support and grow free projects.
- Software Freedom Conservancy - Charity that helps promote, improve, develop, and defend free, libre, and open source software projects.
- Snowdrift.coop - Crowdmatching for public goods.
- TuxFamily - No cost hosting and other services for libre projects.
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People
- Maxime Lathuilière - Reorganizing information and resources through libre software to enable a free society.
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Talks
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Documentaries
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File Sharing
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Discovery
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Video
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Hardware Resources
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Web Servers
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Security Software
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Other
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Command Line Tools
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Office
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Licensing
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Utilities
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Virtualization
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Graphics
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File Management
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