awesome-alternatives

A list of alternatives for the most used programs, games, web services and operating systems
https://github.com/hardbsdk/awesome-alternatives

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Index
- Video Editors
  - Kdenlive
- Web Browsers
  - Lagrange
  - Lagrange
- Games
  - Minetest (Luanti now)
  - OpenSpades
  - Mindustry
  - Xash3D FWGS
  - FreeCS
  - Overte
  - YARG
  - Performous
  - OpenXRay - fiction FPS game |
  - Veloren
  - Performous
- Streaming
  - Owncast
  - VDO.Ninja
- Source Code Hosting
  - Codeberg
- Operating Systems
  - postmarketOS
  - GhostBSD - os.org/), [Android-x86](https://www.android-x86.org/) | The most used operating system of the world, except on desktops. Created by Linus Torvalds and developed by the Linux developers. |
  - Ubuntu - os.org/), [Android-x86](https://www.android-x86.org/) | The most used proprietary operating systems on desktops. |
- Video Platform
  - PeerTube
- Social Networks
  - Mastodon
- VPNs
  - Tor
  - Carburetor
- Disk Encryption
  - VeraCrypt
- Search Engines
  - Mojeek
- Internet Protocols
  - Gemini - sites) | The most used website protocol |
- Anti-Malware
  - ClamAV - malware programs |
- Office
  - LibreOffice
  - Scribus
- IDE
  - Helix
  - KDevelop
- DJ Mixing
  - Mixxx
- Android Keyboard
  - OpenBoard
- File Compression
  - 7-Zip - roller), [Engrampa](https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/mate-desktop/applications/engrampa/) | A popular proprietary archive program |
- File Manager
  - KDE Dolphin - desktop.org/mate-desktop/applications/caja/) | The Windows file manager |
- Personal Assistant
  - Dicio
- Graphics API
  - Vulkan
- Text Editor
  - KWrite - desktop.org/mate-desktop/applications/pluma/), [Mousepad](https://docs.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/start) | The most used proprietary text editor |
- Screen Capture
  - Flameshot - screenshot) | The most used screenshot program |
- Map Navigation
  - OpenStreetMap
  - KDE Marble
- Image Viewer
  - Loupe - desktop.org/mate-desktop/applications/eom/) | The most used proprietary image viewer |
- Emulators
  - DuckStation - ReARMed](https://github.com/notaz/pcsx_rearmed) | Popular freeware PS1 emulators |
  - Play!
- Image Manipulation
  - GIMP
  - Sly
  - Graphite
- Media Players
  - VLC - music-player.github.io/), [Quod Libet](https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io/), [Rhythmbox](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/rhythmbox), [Parole](https://docs.xfce.org/apps/parole/start), [Exaile](https://exaile.org/) | The default Windows media player |
- Sound Production
  - LMMS
- Torrent
  - Transmission - torrent.org/), [WebTorrent](https://webtorrent.io) | The most used proprietary torrent clients |
- File Sharing
  - Wormhole - heiligenbrunner/wormhole) | The most used services for file sharing |
- Game Engines
  - Godot Engine
- Voice/Video Chats
  - Jami - meet/), [VDO.Ninja](https://vdo.ninja/) | The most used proprietary voice/video chat programs |
- Screen Recording
  - OBS
  - GPU Screen Recorder
- System Administration
  - Nyrna
  - Ventoy
- System Services
  - microG
- System Customization
  - Linux Wallpaper Engine - engine-kde-plugin), [Hidamari](https://github.com/jeffshee/hidamari), [mpvpaper](https://github.com/GhostNaN/mpvpaper) | The most used proprietary wallpaper customization tool |
- LAN
  - ZeroTier
- Data Recovery
  - TestDisk
- Translation
  - Argos Translate
- Websites
  - Static Web Server
- Animation
  - Pencil2D
  - Ruffle
- Music
  - Mousai
- Screen Sharing
  - Sanzu
- Terminal Remote Access
  - Mosh
- Debugging
  - pwatch - source debuggers |
- Wine
  - brie
Approval Criteria
- OSI

Programming Languages

Rust 3 C 2 C++ 2 Java 1 Kotlin 1

Categories

Index 71 Approval Criteria 1

Sub Categories

Games 11 Image Manipulation 3 Operating Systems 3 Office 2 System Administration 2 Streaming 2 Emulators 2 Animation 2 Map Navigation 2 IDE 2 VPNs 2 Web Browsers 2 Screen Recording 2 Screen Capture 1 File Manager 1 Disk Encryption 1 Sound Production 1 Graphics API 1 Text Editor 1 DJ Mixing 1 Translation 1 Music 1 Debugging 1 Personal Assistant 1 System Customization 1 Video Editors 1 Internet Protocols 1 Torrent 1 Voice/Video Chats 1 File Sharing 1 Game Engines 1 Wine 1 Android Keyboard 1 Terminal Remote Access 1 Screen Sharing 1 Image Viewer 1 Anti-Malware 1 System Services 1 Source Code Hosting 1 Media Players 1 Websites 1 LAN 1 Video Platform 1 Data Recovery 1 Social Networks 1 File Compression 1 Search Engines 1

Keywords

linux 3 opengl 2 android 1 assistant 1 assistive-technology 1 dicio 1 dicio-assistant 1 personal-assistant 1 personal-assistant-framework 1 voice-assistant 1 vosk 1 ffmpeg 1 remote-desktop 1 rust 1 sound 1 c-language 1 cross-platform 1 shazam-like 1 gtk-rs 1 gtk 1 gnome 1 vulkan 1 psx 1 ps1 1 playstation 1 jit-compiler 1 hardware-renderers 1 fast 1 enhancements 1 emulator 1 quakec 1 nuclide 1 game 1 fteqw 1 wine 1 proton 1 launcher 1 gaming 1 downloader 1 cli 1 wallpaper-engine 1 wallpaper-app 1 xash3d-fwgs 1 xash3d-engine 1 xash3d 1 waf 1 pure-c 1 multiplayer-game-engine 1 modding-tools 1 modding-games 1