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awesome-sysadmin
A curated list of amazingly awesome open-source sysadmin resources.
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Software
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Automation
- Apache Ant - Automation build tool, similar to make, a library and command-line tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/ant)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- Apache Maven - Build automation tool mainly for Java. A software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/maven)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- Bazel - A fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system. Used by Google. ([Source Code](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- Bolt - You can use Bolt to run one-off tasks, scripts to automate the provisioning and management of some nodes, you can use Bolt to move a step beyond scripts, and make them shareable. ([Source Code](https://github.com/puppetlabs/bolt)) `Apache-2.0` `Ruby`
- GNU Make - The most popular automation build tool for many purposes, make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. ([Source Code](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- Gradle - Another build automation system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/gradle/gradle)) `Apache-2.0` `Groovy/Java`
- Bazel - A fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system. Used by Google. ([Source Code](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- Rake - Build automation tool similar to Make, written in and extensible in Ruby. ([Source Code](https://github.com/ruby/rake)) `MIT` `Ruby`
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Backups
- Backup
- Amanda - Backup and archive many computers on a network to disk, tape changer/drive or cloud storage. ([Source Code](https://github.com/zmanda/amanda)) `MIT` `C`
- Bareos - Cross-network backup solution which preserves, archives, and recovers data from all major operating systems. ([Source Code](https://github.com/bareos/bareos)) `AGPL-3.0` `C++/C`
- Barman - Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL. ([Source Code](https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/barman)) `GPL-3.0` `Python`
- BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption. ([Source Code](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Python`
- Burp - Network backup and restore program. ([Source Code](https://github.com/grke/burp)) `AGPL-3.0` `C`
- Dar - Which stands for Disk ARchive, is a robust and rich featured archiving and backup software of the tar style. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Edrusb/DAR)) `GPL-2.0` `C++`
- Duplicati - Backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on cloud storage services and remote file servers. ([Source Code](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati)) `LGPL-2.1` `C#`
- Duplicity - Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup using the rsync algorithm. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity)) `GPL-2.0` `Python`
- Proxmox Backup Server - Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise-class, client-server backup solution thatis capable of backing up virtual machines, containers, and physical hosts. ([Source Code](https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-backup.git;a=tree)) `GPL-3.0` `Rust`
- rclone - Command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rclone/rclone)) `MIT` `Go`
- Rdiff-backup - Reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup)) `GPL-2.0` `Python`
- Restic - Easy, fast, verifiable, secure and efficient remote backup tool. ([Source Code](https://github.com/restic/restic)) `BSD-2-Clause` `Go`
- Rsnapshot - Filesystem snapshot utility based on rsync. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rsnapshot/rsnapshot)) `GPL-2.0` `Perl`
- UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows, MacOS and Linux. ([Source Code](https://github.com/uroni/urbackup_backend)) `AGPL-3.0` `C/C++`
- Bareos - Cross-network backup solution which preserves, archives, and recovers data from all major operating systems. ([Source Code](https://github.com/bareos/bareos)) `AGPL-3.0` `C++/C`
- Barman - Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL. ([Source Code](https://github.com/EnterpriseDB/barman)) `GPL-3.0` `Python`
- Duplicati - Backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on cloud storage services and remote file servers. ([Source Code](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati)) `LGPL-2.1` `C#`
- Restic's list of Linux backup software
- Backupninja - Lightweight, extensible meta-backup system, provides a centralized way to configure and coordinate many different backup utilities. `GPL-2.0` `Shell`
- BackupPC - High-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up to a server's disk.. ([Source Code](https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc)) `GPL-3.0` `Perl`
- Shield - A pluggable architecture for backup and restore of database systems. `MIT` `Go`
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Build and software organization tools
- EasyBuild - EasyBuild builds software and modulefiles for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems in an efficient way. ([Source Code](https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs)) `GPL-2.0` `Python`
- Lmod - Lmod is a Lua based module system that easily handles the MODULEPATH Hierarchical problem. ([Source Code](https://github.com/TACC/Lmod)) `MIT` `Lua`
- Spack - A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers. ([Source Code](https://github.com/spack/spack)) `MIT/Apache-2.0` `Python`
- Environment Modules - Environment Modules provides for the dynamic modification of a user's environment via modulefiles. ([Source Code](https://github.com/cea-hpc/modules)) `GPL-2.0` `Tcl`
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ChatOps
- /r/chatops
- Eggdrop - The oldest Internet Relay Chat (IRC) bot still in active development. ([Source Code](https://github.com/eggheads/eggdrop)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Errbot - Plugin based chatbot designed to be easily deployable, extensible and maintainable. ([Source Code](https://github.com/errbotio/errbot)) `GPL-3.0` `Python`
- Hubot - A customizable, life embetterment robot. ([Source Code](https://github.com/hubotio/hubot)) `MIT` `Nodejs`
- /r/chatops
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Cloud Computing
- Cloud computing - demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user.
- Cloud Native Software Landscape
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Code Review
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Configuration Management
- Configuration management (CM)
- Ansible - Provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool. ([Source Code](https://github.com/ansible/ansible)) `GPL-3.0` `Python`
- CFEngine - Configuration management system for automated configuration and maintenance of large-scale computer systems. ([Source Code](https://github.com/cfengine/core)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- Chef - Configuration management tool using a pure-Ruby, domain-specific language (DSL) for writing system configuration "recipes". ([Source Code](https://github.com/chef/chef)) `Apache-2.0` `Ruby`
- Puppet - Software configuration management tool which includes its own declarative language to describe system configuration. ([Source Code](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet)) `Apache-2.0` `Ruby/C`
- Salt - Event-driven IT automation, remote task execution, and configuration management software. ([Source Code](https://github.com/saltstack/salt)) `Apache-2.0` `Python`
- Rudder - Scalable and dynamic configuration management system for patching, security & compliance, based on CFEngine. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Normation/rudder)) `GPL-3.0` `Scala`
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Configuration Management Database
- i-doit - IT Documentation and CMDB. `AGPL-3.0` `PHP`
- iTop - Complete ITIL web based service management tool. ([Source Code](https://sourceforge.net/projects/itop/files/)) `AGPL-3.0` `PHP`
- Collins - At Tumblr, it's the infrastructure source of truth and knowledge. ([Source Code](https://github.com/tumblr/collins)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker/Scala`
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Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment
- Continuous integration
- Buildbot - Python-based toolkit for continuous integration. ([Source Code](https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot)) `GPL-2.0` `Python`
- Concourse - Concourse is a CI tool that treats pipelines as first class objects and containerizes every step along the way. ([Demo](https://ci.concourse-ci.org/), [Source Code](https://github.com/concourse/concourse)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- drone - Drone is a Continuous Delivery platform built on Docker, written in Go. ([Source Code](https://github.com/drone/drone)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- Factor - Programmatically define and run workflows to connect configuration management, source code management, build, continuous integration, continuous deployment and communication tools. ([Source Code](https://github.com/factor-io/factor)) `MIT` `Ruby`
- GitLab CI - Gitlab's built-in, full-featured CI/CD solution. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss)) `MIT` `Ruby`
- GoCD - Continuous delivery server. ([Source Code](https://github.com/gocd/gocd)) `Apache-2.0` `Java/Ruby`
- Jenkins - Continuous Integration Server. ([Source Code](https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/)) `MIT` `Java`
- Laminar - Fast, lightweight, simple and flexible Continuous Integration. ([Source Code](https://github.com/ohwgiles/laminar)) `GPL-3.0` `C++`
- PHPCI - Free and open source continuous integration specifically designed for PHP. ([Source Code](https://github.com/block8/phpci)) `BSD-2-Clause` `PHP`
- Strider - Open Source Continuous Deployment / Continuous Integration platform. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Strider-CD/strider)) `MIT` `Nodejs`
- werf - Open Source CI/CD tool for building Docker images and deploying to Kubernetes via GitOps. ([Source Code](https://github.com/werf/werf)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- Woodpecker - Community fork of Drone that uses Docker containers. ([Source Code](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- CDS - Enterprise-Grade Continuous Delivery & DevOps Automation Open Source Platform. ([Source Code](https://github.com/ovh/cds)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Go`
- PHP Censor - Open source self-hosted continuous integration server for PHP projects. `BSD-2-Clause` `PHP`
- PHPCI - Free and open source continuous integration specifically designed for PHP. ([Source Code](https://github.com/block8/phpci)) `BSD-2-Clause` `PHP`
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Control Panels
- Cockpit - Web-based graphical interface for servers. ([Source Code](https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit)) `LGPL-2.1` `C`
- Froxlor - Lightweight server management software with Nginx and PHP-FPM support. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Froxlor/Froxlor/)) `GPL-2.0` `PHP`
- HestiaCP - Web server control panel (fork of VestaCP). ([Demo](https://demo.hestiacp.com:8083/login/), [Source Code](https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP/Shell/Other`
- ISPConfig - Manage Linux servers directly through your browser. ([Source Code](https://git.ispconfig.org/ispconfig/ispconfig3)) `BSD-3-Clause` `PHP`
- Sentora - Open-Source Web hosting control panel for Linux, BSD (fork of ZPanel). ([Source Code](https://github.com/sentora/sentora-core)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- Virtualmin - Powerful and flexible web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems. ([Source Code](https://github.com/virtualmin)) `GPL-3.0` `Shell/Perl/Other`
- Webmin - Web-based interface for system administration for Unix. ([Source Code](https://github.com/webmin/webmin)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Perl`
- Webmin - Web-based interface for system administration for Unix. ([Source Code](https://github.com/webmin/webmin)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Perl`
- Webmin - Web-based interface for system administration for Unix. ([Source Code](https://github.com/webmin/webmin)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Perl`
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Databases
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Deployment Automation
- Capistrano - Deploy your application to any number of machines simultaneously, in sequence or as a rolling set via SSH (rake based). ([Source Code](https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano)) `MIT` `Ruby`
- CloudSlang - Flow-based orchestration tool for managing deployed applications, with Docker capabilities. ([Source Code](https://github.com/CloudSlang/score)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- CloudStack - Cloud computing software for creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/cloudstack)) `Apache-2.0` `Java/Python`
- Cobbler - Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments. ([Source Code](https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler)) `GPL-2.0` `Python`
- Fabric - Python library and cli tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks. ([Source Code](https://github.com/fabric/fabric)) `BSD-2-Clause` `Python`
- Mina - Really fast deployer and server automation tool (rake based). ([Source Code](https://github.com/mina-deploy/mina)) `MIT` `Ruby`
- munki - Webserver-based repository of packages and package metadata, that allows macOS administrators to manage software installs. ([Source Code](https://github.com/munki/munki)) `Apache-2.0` `Python`
- Overcast - Deploy VMs across different cloud providers, and run commands and scripts across any or all of them in parallel via SSH. ([Source Code](https://github.com/andrewchilds/overcast)) `MIT` `Nodejs`
- Genesis - A template framework for multi-environment BOSH deployments. `MIT` `Perl`
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Diagramming
- Diagrams.net - A.K.A. [Draw.io](https://app.diagrams.net/). Easy to use Diagram UI with a plethora of templates. ([Source Code](https://github.com/jgraph/drawio)) `Apache-2.0` `JavaScript/Docker`
- DrawThe.Net - Javascript tool that uses a YAML-formatted input to programmatically create large, complex, and visually solid diagrams. ([Source Code](https://github.com/cidrblock/drawthe.net)) `MIT` `JavaScript`
- Kroki - API for generating diagrams from textual descriptions. ([Source Code](https://github.com/yuzutech/kroki)) `MIT` `Java`
- Mermaid - Javascript module with a unique, easy, shorthand syntax. Integrates into several other tools like Grafana. ([Source Code](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid-live-editor)) `MIT` `Nodejs/Docker`
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Distributed Filesystems
- Ceph - Distributed object, block, and file storage platform. ([Source Code](https://github.com/ceph/ceph)) `LGPL-3.0` `C++`
- DRBD - Distributed replicated storage system, implemented as a Linux kernel driver. ([Source Code](https://github.com/LINBIT/drbd)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- GlusterFS - Software-defined distributed storage that can scale to several petabytes, with interfaces for object, block and file storage. ([Source Code](https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs)) `GPL-2.0/LGPL-3.0` `C`
- Hadoop Distributed Filesystem (HDFS) - Distributed file system that provides high-throughput access to application data. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/hadoop)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- JuiceFS - Distributed POSIX file system built on top of Redis and S3. ([Source Code](https://github.com/juicedata/juicefs)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- LeoFS - Highly available, distributed, replicated eventually consistent object/blob store. ([Source Code](https://github.com/leo-project/leofs)) `Apache-2.0` `Erlang`
- Lustre - Parallel distributed file system, generally used for large-scale cluster computing. ([Source Code](https://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=summary)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Minio - High-performance, S3 compatible object store built for large scale AI/ML, data lake and database workloads. ([Source Code](https://github.com/minio/minio)) `AGPL-3.0` `Go`
- MooseFS - Fault tolerant, network distributed file system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/moosefs/moosefs)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- OpenAFS - Distributed network file system with read-only replicas and multi-OS support. ([Source Code](https://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=summary)) `IPL-1.0` `C`
- Openstack Swift - A highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store. ([Source Code](https://opendev.org/openstack/swift)) `Apache-2.0` `Python`
- Perkeep - A set of open source formats, protocols, and software for modeling, storing, searching, sharing and synchronizing data (previously Camlistore). ([Source Code](https://github.com/perkeep/perkeep)) `Apache-2.0` `C`
- TahoeLAFS - Secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant, peer-to-peer distributed data store and distributed file system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs)) `GPL-2.0` `Python`
- XtreemFS - Distributed, replicated and fault-tolerant file system for federated IT infrastructures.. ([Source Code](https://github.com/xtreemfs/xtreemfs)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Java`
- Kubo - Implementation of IPFS, a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files. `Apache-2.0/MIT` `Go`
- awesome-selfhosted/File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers
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DNS - Control Panels & Domain Management
- Designate - DNSaaS services for OpenStack. ([Source Code](https://opendev.org/openstack/designate)) `Apache-2.0` `Python`
- DNSControl - Synchronize your DNS to multiple providers from a simple DSL. ([Source Code](https://github.com/StackExchange/dnscontrol)) `MIT` `Go/Docker`
- DomainMOD - Manage your domains and other internet assets in a central location. ([Source Code](https://github.com/domainmod/domainmod)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- nsupdate.info - Dynamic DNS service. ([Demo](https://www.nsupdate.info/account/register/), [Source Code](https://github.com/nsupdate-info/nsupdate.info)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Python`
- octoDNS - DNS as code - Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers. `MIT` `Python`
- Poweradmin - Web-based DNS control panel for PowerDNS server. ([Source Code](https://github.com/poweradmin/poweradmin)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- SPF Toolbox - Application to look up DNS records such as SPF, MX, Whois, and more. ([Source Code](https://github.com/charlesabarnes/SPFtoolbox)) `MIT` `PHP`
- Atomia DNS - DNS management system. `ISC` `Perl`
- octoDNS - DNS as code - Tools for managing DNS across multiple providers. `MIT` `Python`
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DNS - Servers
- DNS
- Bind - Versatile, classic, complete name server software. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9)) `MPL-2.0` `C`
- CoreDNS - Flexible DNS server. ([Source Code](https://github.com/coredns/coredns)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- djbdns - A collection of DNS applications, including tinydns. ([Source Code](https://salsa.debian.org/debian/djbdns)) `CC0-1.0` `C`
- dnsmasq - Provides network infrastructure for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network boot. ([Source Code](https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=tree)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Knot - High performance authoritative-only DNS server. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- NSD - Authoritative DNS name server developed speed, reliability, stability and security. ([Source Code](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/nsd)) `BSD-3-Clause` `C`
- PowerDNS Authoritative Server - Versatile nameserver which supports a large number of backends. ([Source Code](https://github.com/PowerDNS/pdns)) `GPL-2.0` `C++`
- Unbound - Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. ([Source Code](https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound)) `BSD-3-Clause` `C`
- Yadifa - Clean, small, light and RFC-compliant name server implementation developed from scratch by .eu. ([Source Code](https://github.com/yadifa/yadifa)) `BSD-3-Clause` `C`
- awesome-selfhosted/DNS
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Editors
- Brackets - Code editor for web designers and front-end developers. ([Source Code](https://github.com/brackets-cont/brackets)) `MIT` `JavaScript`
- Eclipse - IDE written in Java with an extensible plug-in system. ([Source Code](https://git.eclipse.org/c/)) `EPL-1.0` `Java`
- Geany - GTK2 text editor. ([Source Code](https://github.com/geany/geany)) `GPL-2.0` `C/C++`
- GNU Emacs - An extensible, customizable text editor-and more. ([Source Code](https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- Haroopad - Markdown editor with live preview. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rhiokim/haroopad)) `GPL-3.0` `JavaScript`
- ICEcoder - Code editor awesomeness, built with common web languages. ([Demo](http://demo.icecoder.net), [Source Code](https://github.com/icecoder/ICEcoder)) `MIT` `PHP`
- KDevelop - IDE by the people behind KDE. ([Source Code](https://invent.kde.org/kdevelop/kdevelop)) `GFDL-1.2` `C++`
- Micro - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor. ([Source Code](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro)) `MIT` `Go`
- Nano - Easy to use, customizable text editor. ([Source Code](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/tree/)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- Notepad++ - GPLv2 multi-language editor with syntax highlighting for Windows. ([Source Code](https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus)) `GPL-2.0` `C++`
- TextMate - A graphical text editor for OS X. ([Source Code](https://github.com/textmate/textmate/)) `GPL-3.0` `C++`
- Vim - A highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient editing. ([Source Code](https://github.com/vim/vim)) `Vim` `C`
- VSCodium - An open source cross-platform extensible code editor based on [VS Code by Microsoft](https://code.visualstudio.com/) removing their non-free additions. ([Source Code](https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium)) `MIT` `TypeScript`
- Atom Community - A fork of [atom](https://github.com/atom/atom) A hackable text editor from Github. `MIT` `JavaScript`
- jotgit - Git-backed real-time collaborative code editing. `MIT` `Nodejs`
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Identity Management
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Identity Management - LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) - neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.
- 389 Directory Server - Enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for Linux. ([Source Code](https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- Apache Directory Server - Extensible and embeddable directory server, certified LDAPv3 compatible, with Kerberos 5 and Change Password Protocol support, triggers, stored procedures, queues and views. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/directory-server)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- FreeIPA - Integrated security information management solution combining Linux (Fedora), 389 Directory Server, Kerberos, NTP, DNS, and Dogtag Certificate System (web interface and command-line administration tools). ([Source Code](https://pagure.io/freeipa)) `GPL-3.0` `Python/C/JavaScript`
- lldap - Light (simplified) LDAP implementation with a simple, intuitive web interface and GraphQL support. `GPL-3.0` `Rust`
- OpenLDAP - Open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (server, libraries and clients). ([Source Code](https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap)) `OLDAP-2.8` `C`
- lldap - Light (simplified) LDAP implementation with a simple, intuitive web interface and GraphQL support. `GPL-3.0` `Rust`
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Identity Management - Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Authelia - The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps. ([Source Code](https://github.com/authelia/authelia)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- Authentik - Flexible identity provider with support for different protocols. (OAuth 2.0, SAML, LDAP and Radius). ([Source Code](https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik)) `MIT` `Python`
- KeyCloak - Open Source Identity and Access Management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
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Identity Management - Tools and web interfaces
- BounCA - A personal SSL Key / Certificate Authority web-based tool for creating self-signed certificates. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/bounca/bounca/)) `Apache-2.0` `Python`
- Fusion Directory - Improve the Management of the services and the company directory based on OpenLDAP. ([Source Code](https://github.com/fusiondirectory/fusiondirectory)) `GPL-2.0` `PHP`
- Indieauth - Sign in with your domain name (using the rel-me-auth protocol). ([Source Code](https://github.com/aaronpk/IndieAuth.com)) `Apache-2.0` `Ruby`
- LDAP Account Manager (LAM) - Web frontend for managing entries (e.g. users, groups, DHCP settings) stored in an LDAP directory. ([Source Code](https://github.com/LDAPAccountManager/lam/)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- Libravatar - Libravatar is a service which delivers your avatar (profile picture) to other websites. ([Source Code](https://git.linux-kernel.at/oliver/ivatar/)) `AGPL-3.0` `Python`
- Pomerium - An identity and context aware access-proxy inspired by BeyondCorp. ([Source Code](https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker/Go`
- Samba - Active Directory and CIFS protocol implementation. ([Source Code](https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- Smallstep Certificates - A private certificate authority (X.509 & SSH) and related tools for secure automated certificate management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/smallstep/certificates)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- ZITADEL - Cloud-native Identity & Access Management solution providing a platform for secure authentication, authorization and identity management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/zitadel/zitadel)) `Apache-2.0` `Go/Docker/K8S`
- easy-rsa - Bash script to build and manage a PKI CA. `GPL-2.0` `Shell`
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IT Asset Management
- asset management
- GLPI - Information Resource-Manager with an additional Administration Interface. ([Source Code](https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- OCS Inventory NG - Asset management and deployment solution for all devices in your IT Department. ([Source Code](https://github.com/OCSInventory-NG)) `GPL-2.0` `PHP/Perl`
- OPSI - Hardware and software inventory, client management, deployment, and patching for Linux and Windows. ([Source Code](https://github.com/opsi-org/)) `GPL-3.0/AGPL-3.0` `OVF/Python`
- RackTables - Datacenter and server room asset management like document hardware assets, network addresses, space in racks, networks configuration. ([Demo](https://www.racktables.org/demo.php), [Source Code](https://github.com/RackTables/racktables)) `GPL-2.0` `PHP`
- Ralph - Asset management, DCIM and CMDB system for large Data Centers as well as smaller LAN networks. ([Demo](https://github.com/allegro/ralph#live-demo), [Source Code](https://github.com/allegro/ralph)) `Apache-2.0` `Python/Docker`
- Snipe IT - Asset & license management software. ([Source Code](https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it)) `AGPL-3.0` `PHP`
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Log Management
- Fluentd - Data collector for unified logging layer. ([Source Code](https://github.com/fluent/fluentd)) `Apache-2.0` `Ruby`
- Flume - Distributed, reliable, and available service for efficiently collecting, aggregating, and moving large amounts of log data. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/flume)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- GoAccess - Real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal or through the browser. ([Source Code](https://github.com/allinurl/goaccess)) `MIT` `C`
- Loki - Log aggregation system designed to store and query logs from all your applications and infrastructure. ([Source Code](https://github.com/grafana/loki)) `AGPL-3.0` `Go`
- rsyslog - Rocket-fast system for log processing. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
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Mail Clients
- email client
- Claws Mail - Old school email client (and news reader), based on GTK+. ([Source Code](https://git.claws-mail.org/?p=claws.git;a=tree)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- ImapSync - Simple IMAP migration tool for copying mailboxes to other servers. ([Source Code](https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync)) `NLPL` `Perl`
- Mutt - Small but very powerful text-based mail client. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Sylpheed - Still developed predecessor to Claws Mail, lightweight mail client. ([Source Code](https://github.com/sylpheed-mail/sylpheed)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Thunderbird - Free email application that's easy to set up and customize. ([Source Code](https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/file)) `MPL-2.0` `C/C++`
- aerc - Terminal MUA with a focus on plaintext and features for developers. ([Source Code](https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc)) `MIT` `Go`
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Metrics & Metric Collection
- Beats - Single-purpose data shippers that send data from hundreds or thousands of machines and systems to Logstash or Elasticsearch. ([Source Code](https://github.com/elastic/beats)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- Collectd - System statistics collection daemon. ([Source Code](https://github.com/collectd/collectd)) `MIT` `C`
- Grafana - A Graphite & InfluxDB Dashboard and Graph Editor. ([Source Code](https://github.com/grafana/grafana)) `AGPL-3.0` `Go`
- Graphite - Scalable graphing server. ([Source Code](https://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web)) `Apache-2.0` `Python`
- RRDtool - Industry standard, high performance data logging and graphing system for time series data. ([Source Code](https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Statsd - Daemon that listens for statistics like counters and timers, sent over UDP or TCP, and sends aggregates to one or more pluggable backend services. `MIT` `Nodejs`
- tcollector - Gathers data from local collectors and pushes the data to OpenTSDB. ([Source Code](https://github.com/OpenTSDB/tcollector/)) `LGPL-3.0/GPL-3.0` `Python`
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Miscellaneous
- Chocolatey - The package manager for Windows. ([Source Code](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco)) `Apache-2.0` `C#/PowerShell`
- Clonezilla - Partition and disk imaging/cloning program. ([Source Code](https://clonezilla.org/downloads/src/)) `GPL-2.0` `Perl/Shell/Other`
- DadaMail - Mailing List Manager, written in Perl. ([Source Code](https://sourceforge.net/projects/dadamail/files/)) `GPL-2.0` `Perl`
- Fog - Cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. ([Source Code](https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP/Shell`
- phpList - Newsletter and email marketing software. ([Source Code](https://github.com/phpList/phplist3)) `AGPL-3.0` `PHP`
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Monitoring
- Adagios - Web based Nagios interface for configuration and monitoring (replacement to the standard interface), and a REST interface. ([Source Code](https://github.com/opinkerfi/adagios)) `AGPL-3.0` `Docker/Python`
- Alerta - Distributed, scalable and flexible monitoring system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/alerta/alerta)) `Apache-2.0` `Python`
- Bloonix - Bloonix is a monitoring solution that helps businesses to ensure high availability and performance. ([Source Code](https://github.com/bloonix)) `GPL-3.0` `Perl`
- Bosun - Monitoring and alerting system by Stack Exchange. ([Source Code](https://github.com/bosun-monitor/bosun)) `MIT` `Go`
- Cacti - Web-based network monitoring and graphing tool. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Cacti/cacti)) `GPL-2.0` `PHP`
- checkmk - Comprehensive solution for monitoring of applications, servers, and networks. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Checkmk/checkmk)) `GPL-2.0` `Python/PHP`
- eZ Server Monitor - A lightweight and simple dashboard monitor for Linux, available in Web and Bash application. ([Source Code](https://github.com/shevabam/ezservermonitor-web)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP/Shell`
- Healthchecks - Monitoring for cron jobs, background services and scheduled tasks. ([Source Code](https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Python`
- Icinga - Nagios fork that has since lapped nagios several times. Comes with the possibility of clustered monitoring. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Icinga/icinga2)) `GPL-2.0` `C++`
- LibreNMS - Fully featured network monitoring system that provides a wealth of features and device support. ([Source Code](https://github.com/librenms/librenms)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- Linux Dash - A low-overhead monitoring web dashboard for a GNU/Linux machine. `MIT` `Nodejs/Go/Python/PHP`
- Monit - Small utility for managing and monitoring Unix systems. ([Source Code](https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/src/master/)) `AGPL-3.0` `C`
- Munin - Networked resource monitoring tool. ([Source Code](https://github.com/munin-monitoring/munin)) `GPL-2.0` `Perl/Shell`
- Naemon - Network monitoring tool based on the Nagios 4 core with performance enhancements and new features. ([Source Code](https://github.com/naemon/naemon-core)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Nagios - Computer system, network and infrastructure monitoring software application. ([Source Code](https://github.com/NagiosEnterprises/nagioscore)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Netdata - Distributed, real-time, performance and health monitoring for systems and applications. Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, and MacOS. ([Source Code](https://github.com/netdata/netdata)) `GPL-3.0` `C`
- NetXMS - Open Source network and infrastructure monitoring and management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/netxms/netxms)) `LGPL-3.0/GPL-3.0` `Java/C++/C`
- Observium Community Edition - Network monitoring and management platform that provides real-time insight into network health and performance. `QPL-1.0` `PHP`
- openITCOCKPIT Community Edition - Monitoring Suite featuring seamless integrations with Naemon, Checkmk, Grafana and more. ([Demo](https://demo.openitcockpit.io/), [Source Code](https://github.com/it-novum/openITCOCKPIT)) `GPL-3.0` `deb/Docker`
- Performance Co-Pilot - Lightweight, distributed system performance and analysis framework. ([Source Code](https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp)) `LGPL-2.1/GPL-2.0` `C`
- PHP Server Monitor - Open source tool to monitor your servers and websites. ([Source Code](https://github.com/phpservermon/phpservermon)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- Prometheus - Service monitoring system and time series database. ([Source Code](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- Riemann - Flexible and fast events processor allowing complex events/metrics analysis. ([Source Code](https://github.com/riemann/riemann)) `EPL-1.0` `Java`
- Sensu - Monitoring tool for ephemeral infrastructure and distributed applications. ([Source Code](https://github.com/sensu/sensu-go)) `MIT` `Go`
- Thruk - Multibackend monitoring web interface with support for Naemon, Nagios, Icinga and Shinken. ([Source Code](https://github.com/sni/Thruk)) `GPL-1.0` `Perl`
- Zabbix - Enterprise-class software for monitoring of networks and applications. ([Source Code](https://git.zabbix.com/projects/ZBX/repos/zabbix/browse)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- NetXMS - Open Source network and infrastructure monitoring and management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/netxms/netxms)) `LGPL-3.0/GPL-3.0` `Java/C++/C`
- Wazuh - Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads. ([Source Code](https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Cacti - Web-based network monitoring and graphing tool. ([Source Code](https://github.com/Cacti/cacti)) `GPL-2.0` `PHP`
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Network Configuration Management
- GNS3 - Graphical network simulator that provides a variety of virtual appliances. ([Source Code](https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/)) `GPL-3.0` `Python`
- OpenWISP - Open Source Network Management System for OpenWRT based routers and access points. ([Demo](https://openwisp.org/demo.html), [Source Code](https://github.com/openwisp)) `GPL-3.0` `Python`
- phpIPAM - Open source IP address management with PowerDNS integration. ([Source Code](https://github.com/phpipam/phpipam)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
- RANCID - Monitor network devices configuration and maintain history of changes. ([Source Code](https://github.com/haussli/rancid)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Perl/Shell`
- rConfig - Network device configuration management tool. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rconfig/rconfig)) `GPL-3.0` `PHP`
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Packaging
- package manager - management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner.
- aptly - Swiss army knife for Debian repository management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/aptly-dev/aptly)) `MIT` `Go`
- fpm - Versatile multi format package creator. ([Source Code](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm)) `MIT` `Ruby`
- tito - Builds RPMs for git-based projects. `GPL-2.0` `Python`
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Queuing
- Message queues - process communication (IPC), or for inter-thread communication within the same process.
- ActiveMQ - Java message broker. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/activemq)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- BeanstalkD - A simple, fast work queue. ([Source Code](https://github.com/beanstalkd/beanstalkd)) `MIT` `C`
- Gearman - Fast multi-language queuing/job processing platform. ([Source Code](https://github.com/gearman/gearmand)) `BSD-3-Clause` `C++`
- Kafka - Extremely high performance publish/subscribe message system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/kafka)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- NSQ - A realtime distributed messaging platform. ([Source Code](https://github.com/nsqio/nsq)) `MPL-2.0` `Go`
- RabbitMQ - Robust, fully featured, cross distro queuing system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server)) `MPL-2.0/Apache-2.0` `Erlang`
- ZeroMQ - Lightweight queuing system. ([Source Code](https://github.com/zeromq)) `GPL-3.0` `C++`
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Remote Desktop Clients
- Remote Desktop
- Remmina - Feature-rich remote desktop application for linux and other unixes. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Tiger VNC - High-performance, multi-platform VNC client and server. ([Source Code](https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc)) `GPL-2.0` `C++`
- X2go - X2Go is an open source remote desktop software for Linux that uses the NoMachine/NX technology protocol. ([Source Code](https://code.x2go.org/gitweb)) `GPL-2.0` `Perl`
- awesome-selfhosted/Remote Access
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Router
- router
- DD-WRT - A Linux-based firmware for wireless routers and access points, originally designed for the Linksys WRT54G series. ([Source Code](https://svn.dd-wrt.com/)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- OpenWrt - A Linux-based router featuring Mesh networking, IPS via snort and AQM among many other features. ([Source Code](https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- OPNsense - An open source FreeBSD-based firewall and router with traffic shaping, load balancing, and virtual private network capabilities. ([Source Code](https://github.com/opnsense)) `BSD-2-Clause` `C/PHP`
- pfSense CE - Free network firewall distribution, based on the FreeBSD operating system with a custom kernel and including third party free software packages for additional functionality. ([Source Code](https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense)) `Apache-2.0` `Shell/PHP/Other`
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Service Discovery
- Service discovery
- Consul - Consul is a tool for service discovery, monitoring and configuration. ([Source Code](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul)) `MPL-2.0` `Go`
- etcd - Distributed K/V-Store, authenticating via SSL PKI and a REST HTTP Api for shared configuration and service discovery. ([Source Code](https://github.com/coreos/etcd)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- ZooKeeper - ZooKeeper is a centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services. ([Source Code](https://github.com/apache/zookeeper)) `Apache-2.0` `Java/C++`
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Software Containers
- Docker Compose - Define and run multi-container Docker applications. ([Source Code](https://github.com/docker/compose)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- Docker Swarm - Manage cluster of Docker Engines. ([Source Code](https://github.com/moby/swarmkit)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- Docker - Platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. ([Source Code](https://www.docker.com/community/open-source/)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- LXC - Userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. ([Source Code](https://github.com/lxc/lxc)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- LXD - Container "hypervisor" and a better UX for LXC. ([Source Code](https://github.com/lxc/lxd)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- OpenVZ - Container-based virtualization for Linux. ([Source Code](https://src.openvz.org/projects/OVZ)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Podman - Daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI Containers on your Linux System. Containers can either be run as root or in rootless mode. Simply put: `alias docker=podman`. ([Source Code](https://github.com/containers/podman)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- Portainer Community Edition - Simple management UI for Docker. ([Source Code](https://github.com/portainer/portainer)) `Zlib` `Go`
- systemd-nspawn - Lightweight, chroot-like, environment to run an OS or command directly under systemd. ([Source Code](https://github.com/systemd/systemd)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Operating system–level
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Status Pages
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Troubleshooting
- grml - Bootable Debian Live CD with powerful CLI tools. ([Source Code](https://github.com/grml/)) `GPL-3.0` `Shell`
- mitmproxy - A Python tool used for intercepting, viewing and modifying network traffic. Invaluable in troubleshooting certain problems. ([Source Code](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy)) `MIT` `Python`
- mtr - Network utility that combines traceroute and ping. ([Source Code](https://github.com/traviscross/mtr)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Sysdig - Capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze. ([Source Code](https://github.com/draios/sysdig)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker/Lua/C`
- Wireshark - The world's foremost network protocol analyzer. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
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Version control
- Darcs - Cross-platform version control system, like git, mercurial or svn but with a very different approach: focus on changes rather than snapshots. ([Source Code](https://darcs.net/releases/)) `GPL-2.0` `Haskell`
- Fossil - Distributed version control with built-in wiki and bug tracking. ([Source Code](https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/dir?ci=trunk)) `BSD-2-Clause` `C`
- Git - Distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) with an emphasis on speed. ([Source Code](https://github.com/git/git)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Mercurial - Distributed source control management tool. ([Source Code](https://repo.mercurial-scm.org/hg/file/tip)) `GPL-2.0` `Python/C/Rust`
- Subversion - Client-server revision control system. ([Source Code](https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk/)) `Apache-2.0` `C`
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Virtualization
- Ganeti - Cluster virtual server management software tool built on top of KVM and Xen. ([Source Code](https://github.com/ganeti/ganeti)) `BSD-2-Clause` `Python/Haskell`
- KVM - Linux kernel virtualization infrastructure. ([Source Code](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/)) `GPL-2.0/LGPL-2.0` `C`
- OpenNebula - Build and manage enterprise clouds for virtualized services, containerized applications and serverless computing. ([Source Code](https://github.com/OpenNebula/one)) `Apache-2.0` `C++`
- oVirt - Manages virtual machines, storage and virtual networks. ([Source Code](https://github.com/oVirt)) `Apache-2.0` `Java`
- Packer - A tool for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. ([Source Code](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer)) `MPL-2.0` `Go`
- Proxmox VE - Virtualization management solution. ([Source Code](https://git.proxmox.com/)) `GPL-2.0` `Perl/Shell`
- QEMU - QEMU is a generic machine emulator and virtualizer. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu)) `LGPL-2.1` `C`
- Vagrant - Tool for building complete development environments. ([Source Code](https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant)) `BUSL-1.1` `Ruby`
- VirtualBox - Virtualization product from Oracle Corporation. ([Source Code](https://www.virtualbox.org/browser/vbox)) `GPL-3.0/CDDL-1.0` `C++`
- XCP-ng - Virtualization platform based on Xen Source and Citrix® Hypervisor (formerly XenServer). ([Source Code](https://github.com/xcp-ng)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Xen - Virtual machine monitor for 32/64 bit Intel / AMD (IA 64) and PowerPC 970 architectures. ([Source Code](https://xenbits.xenproject.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
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VPN
- Dockovpn - Out-of-the-box stateless dockerized OpenVPN server which starts in less than 2 seconds. ([Source Code](https://github.com/dockovpn/dockovpn)) `GPL-2.0` `Docker`
- Firezone - WireGuard based VPN Server and Firewall. ([Source Code](https://github.com/firezone/firezone)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker`
- ocserv - Cisco AnyConnect-compatible VPN server. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/ocserv/ocserv)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- OpenVPN - Uses a custom security protocol that utilizes SSL/TLS for key exchange. ([Source Code](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- PiVPN - The simplest way to setup and manage a VPN, designed for Raspberry Pi. ([Source Code](https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn)) `MIT` `Shell`
- SoftEther - Multi-protocol software VPN with advanced features. ([Source Code](https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN/)) `Apache-2.0` `C`
- strongSwan - Complete IPsec implementation for Linux. ([Source Code](https://github.com/strongswan/strongswan)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- tinc - Distributed p2p VPN. ([Source Code](https://www.tinc-vpn.org/git/tinc)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- WireGuard - Very fast VPN based on elliptic curve and public key crypto. ([Source Code](https://www.wireguard.com/repositories/)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Firezone - WireGuard based VPN Server and Firewall. ([Source Code](https://github.com/firezone/firezone)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker`
- Firezone - WireGuard based VPN Server and Firewall. ([Source Code](https://github.com/firezone/firezone)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker`
- DefGuard - True enterprise WireGuard with MFA/2FA and SSO. ([Source Code](https://github.com/DefGuard)) `Apache-2.0` `Rust`
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Web
- Web servers
- Algernon - Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support. ([Source Code](https://github.com/xyproto/algernon)) `BSD-3-Clause` `Go`
- Apache HTTP Server - Secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards. ([Source Code](https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/)) `Apache-2.0` `C`
- Caddy - Powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS. ([Source Code](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy)) `Apache-2.0` `Go`
- HAProxy - Very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications. ([Source Code](https://git.haproxy.org/?p=haproxy.git;a=tree)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Hiawatha - An advanced and secure webserver for Unix. ([Source Code](https://gitlab.com/hsleisink/hiawatha)) `GPL-2.0` `C`
- Lighttpd - Secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. ([Source Code](https://git.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4)) `BSD-3-Clause` `C`
- Nginx - HTTP and reverse proxy server, mail proxy server, and generic TCP/UDP proxy server. ([Source Code](https://hg.nginx.org/nginx/file/tip)) `BSD-2-Clause` `C`
- Traefik - HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. ([Source Code](https://github.com/traefik/traefik)) `MIT` `Go/Docker`
- Varnish - Web application accelerator/caching HTTP reverse proxy. ([Source Code](https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache)) `BSD-2-Clause` `C`
- Static Web Server - A cross-platform, high-performance, and asynchronous web server for static file serving. ([Source Code](https://github.com/static-web-server/static-web-server)) `Apache-2.0/MIT` `Rust/Docker`
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PaaS
- Platform-as-a-Service - as-a-service (FaaS)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_as_a_service) software.
- CapRover - Build your own PaaS in a few minutes. ([Demo](https://captain.server.demo.caprover.com/#/login), [Source Code](https://github.com/caprover/caprover)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker/Nodejs`
- Coolify - An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify alternative (and even more). ([Source Code](https://github.com/coollabsio/coolify)) `Apache-2.0` `Docker`
- Dokku - An open-source PaaS (alternative to Heroku). ([Source Code](https://github.com/dokku/dokku)) `MIT` `Docker/Shell/Go/deb`
- Kubero - A self-hosted Heroku PaaS alternative for Kubernetes that implements GitOps. ([Demo](https://demo.kubero.dev/), [Source Code](https://github.com/kubero-dev/kubero)) `GPL-3.0` `K8S/Nodejs/Go`
- Nhost - Firebase Alternative with GraphQL. Get a database and backend configured and ready in minutes. ([Source Code](https://github.com/nhost/nhost)) `MIT` `Docker/Nodejs/Go`
- OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made Simple for Docker & Kubernetes. ([Source Code](https://github.com/openfaas/faas)) `MIT` `Go`
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Websites
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Web
- Cloud Native Software Landscape - Compilation of software and tools for cloud computing.
- Gentoo Wiki - Gentoo Linux Wiki with a lot in-detail description of Linux components.
- Awesome SysAdmin @ LibHunt - Your go-to SysAdmin Toolbox. Based on the list here.
- Ops School - Comprehensive program that will help you learn to be an operations engineer.
- Digital Ocean Tutorials - 6,000+ tutorials for getting the basics of certain applications/tools/systems administration topics.
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List of Licenses
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Web
- GNU Affero General Public License 3.0
- Apache, Version 2.0
- BSD 2-clause "Simplified"
- BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised"
- Business Source License 1.1
- Public Domain/Creative Common Zero 1.0
- Common Development and Distribution License 1.0
- Eclipse Public License 1.0
- GNU Free Documentation License 1.2
- GNU General Public License 1.0
- GNU General Public License 2.0
- GNU General Public License 3.0
- IBM Public License v1.0
- ISC License
- GNU Lesser General Public License v2
- GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
- GNU Lesser General Public License v3
- MIT License
- Mozilla Public License
- No Limit Public License
- Open LDAP Public License v2.8
- Q Public License 1.0
- Vim License
- zlib License
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Communities / Forums
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Web
- ArsTechnica OpenForum - IT Forum which is attached to a large news site.
- Reddit - Really, really large bulletin board system.
- /r/Linux - News and information about Linux.
- /r/LinuxQuestions
- /r/SysAdmin
- Spiceworks Community - General enterprise IT news and small articles.
- StackExchange Network - Q&A communities.
- Server Fault - StackExchange community for system and network administrators.
- Spiceworks Community - General enterprise IT news and small articles.
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Repositories
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Web
- AlternativeTo - Find alternatives to software you know and discover new software.
- deb.sury.org - Repository with LAMP updated packages for Debian and Ubuntu.
- EPEL - Repository for RHEL and compatibles (CentOS, Scientific Linux).
- IUS - Community project that provides RPM packages for newer versions of select software for Enterprise Linux distributions.
- Remi - Repository with LAMP updated packages for RHEL/Centos/Fedora.
- Software Collections - Community Release of [Red Hat Software Collections](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-software-collections/). Provides updated packages of Ruby, Python, etc. for CentOS/Scientific Linux 6.x.
- AlternativeTo - Find alternatives to software you know and discover new software.
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