definitive-opensource

The definitive list of open source.
https://github.com/mustbeperfect/definitive-opensource

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Honorable Mentions of Closed-Source Software
- Uncategorized
  - Davinci Resolve - Professional Editing, Color, Effects and Audio Post!
  - Obsidian - The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.
  - LM Studio - Discover, download, and run local LLMs
  - JetBrains - A rich suite of tools that provide an exceptional developer experience
  - Raycast - A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.
Removed Projects
- Uncategorized
  - DiffusionBee - `Closed source`
  - StableSwarmUI - `Abandoned`
  - Lunarvim - `Abandoned`
  - Motrix - `Abandoned`
  - Lenovo Legion Toolkit - `Abandoned`
  - SpaceVim - `Abandoned`
  - Maybe - `Closed Source`
  - Trilium - `Abandoned`
  - Whisky - `Abandoned`
  - Readarr - `Abandoned`
  - Spyglass - `Abandoned`
  - Cody - `Closed Source`
  - eqMac - `Closed source`
  - Hyper - `Abandoned`
Table of Contents
- MacOS
  - Itsycal
  - AltTab - tab on macOS | `MacOS` | **13.7k** |
  - OnlySwitch - in-One menu bar app, hide 💻MacBook Pro's notch, dark mode, AirPods, Shortcuts | `MacOS` | **5.2k** |
  - Reminders MenuBar
  - Ice
  - KeepingYouAwake
  - LinearMouse
  - Lunar
  - MeetingBar
  - SketchyBar
  - SwiftBar
  - TheBoringNotch
  - DockDoor - tab for macOS | `MacOS` | **3.1k** |
  - Plash
  - WWDC
  - AppLite - friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks | `Cross` | **5.9k** |
  - battery
  - Battery Toolkit
  - Calendr - MVVM - RxSwift - AppKit - SwiftUI | `MacOS` | **1.9k** |
  - Cork
  - Pika - source colour picker app for macOS | `MacOS` | **2.2k** |
  - Sloth
- VPN
  - ProtonVPN
  - ProtonVPN
  - EasyTier
  - Algo
  - Amnezia
  - Gluetun - in. | `SelfHost` | **11.6k** |
  - headscale - hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server | `SelfHost` | **32.8k** |
  - NetBird - based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls. | `Cross` | **19.7k** |
  - Netmaker
  - OpenVPN
  - PiVPN
  - Tailscale
  - WireGuard Easy - based Admin UI. | `SelfHost` | **23.3k** |
  - ZeroTier
- Git Client
  - GitButler
  - GitUI - ui for git written in rust 🦀 | `Cross` | **20.9k** |
  - GitBucket
  - GitHub Desktop
  - gh-dash
  - GitHub Desktop - The Linux Fork
  - Lazygit
- Search Engine
  - Morphic - powered search engine with a generative UI | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **8.3k** |
  - Scira - powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet and cites it too. Powered by Vercel AI SDK! Open Source perplexity alternative. | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **11k** |
  - Perplexica - powered answering engine. It is an Open source alternative to Perplexity AI | `SelfHost` | **27.3k** |
  - SearXNG
  - YaCy - to-Peer Web Search Engine and Intranet Search Appliance | `SelfHost` | **3.7k** |
- Terminal Utilities
  - television
  - fzf - line fuzzy finder | `Cross` | **75.1k** |
  - Atuin
  - Atuin Desktop
  - delta - highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, and blame output | `Cross` | **28.1k** |
  - eza
  - McFly
  - Oh My Zsh - driven (with 2,400+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community. | `Cross` | **182.8k** |
  - ShellGPT - line productivity tool powered by AI large language models like GPT-4, will help you accomplish your tasks faster and more efficiently. | `Cross` | **11.5k** |
  - sshx
  - Term.Everything
  - zoxide
  - zsh-autosuggestions - like autosuggestions for zsh | `Cross` | **34.2k** |
- Mail
  - Himalaya
  - ProtonMail
  - Thunderbird
  - Inbox Zero
  - Mailspring
  - Thunderbird
  - Tuta Mail
- Dev Tools
  - typos
  - bat
  - DevToys
  - massCode
  - Watchexec
  - DB Browser for SQLite
  - act
  - Backlog.md - A tool for managing project collaboration between humans and AI Agents in a git ecosystem | `Cross` | **4k** |
  - ByteStash
  - JSON Crack - source visualization application that transforms various data formats, such as JSON, YAML, XML, CSV and more, into interactive graphs. | `Cross` `Web (Cloud)` | **42.4k** |
  - Jujutsu - compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful | `Cross` | **22.3k** |
  - Onefetch - line Git information tool | `Cross` | **11.3k** |
- API Client
  - Yaak
  - HTTPie Desktop - platform API testing client for humans. Painlessly test REST, GraphQL, and HTTP APIs. | `Cross` | **3.7k** |
  - Insomnia - source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage. | `Cross` | **37.5k** |
  - Restfox - First Minimalistic HTTP & Socket Testing Client for the Web & Desktop | `Cross` | **2.5k** |
  - Hoppscotch - Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI • Open-Source Alternative to Postman, Insomnia | `Cross` `Web (Cloud)` | **77k** |
  - HTTPie CLI - friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more. | `Cross` | **37k** |
  - Requestly - source API Client & Interceptor. | `Cross` | **5.2k** |
- IDE
  - Bruno
  - IntelliJ IDEA
  - Neovide
  - Qt Creator - platform Qt IDE | `Cross` | **2.9k** |
  - Arduino IDE
- Canvas
  - Agora Flat
  - Excalidraw - drawn like diagrams | `SelfHost` `VSCode` | **110.5k** |
- Image Editing
  - RawTherapee - platform raw photo processing program | `Cross` | **3.7k** |
  - darktable
  - ImageMagick - source software suite for creating, editing, converting, and displaying images. It supports 200+ formats and offers powerful command-line tools and APIs for automation, scripting, and integration across platforms. | `Cross` | **14.9k** |
  - PhotoDemon - grade features, high performance, and maximum usability. | `Windows` | **2k** |
  - RapidRAW - destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor built with performance in mind. | `Cross` | **3.5k** |
- Video Editing
  - Gyroflow
  - Olive - source non-linear video editor | `Cross` | **8.8k** |
  - Kdenlive
  - Natron - source video compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionalities to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry. | `Cross` | **5.2k** |
  - LossletCut
  - OpenCut - source CapCut alternative | `Web (Cloud)` | **43.7k** |
  - Shotcut - platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor | `Cross` | **13k** |
- AI Image GUI
  - ComfyUI
  - Auto1111
  - Fooocus
  - InvokeAI - driven technologies. The solution offers an industry leading WebUI, and serves as the foundation for multiple commercial products. | `Cross` `SelfHost` | **26.2k** |
  - SD.Next - in-one WebUI for AI generative image and video creation | `SelfHost` | **6.7k** |
  - SwarmUI - User-Interface, with an emphasis on making powertools easily accessible, high performance, and extensibility. | `Cross` | **3.4k** |
  - WebUI Forge
- Agent
  - WrenAI - to-SQL), charts (Text-to-Chart), and AI-powered business intelligence in seconds. | `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` | **13k** |
  - Crush
  - opencode
  - AgentGPT
  - AutoGPT
  - Open Intepreter
  - Telegraf
  - Nanobrowser - Source Chrome extension for AI-powered web automation. Run multi-agent workflows using your own LLM API key. Alternative to OpenAI Operator. | `Chromium` | **11.3k** |
  - Browser Use
  - AgenticSeek
  - c/ua - source infrastructure for Computer-Use Agents. Sandboxes, SDKs, and benchmarks to train and evaluate AI agents that can control full desktops (macOS, Linux, Windows). | `Cross` | **11.3k** |
  - Claudia - Create custom agents, manage interactive Claude Code sessions, run secure background agents, and more. | `Cross` | **18.8k** |
  - Gemini CLI - source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal. | `Cross` | **82.7k** |
  - gptme
  - Huginn
  - Refact - to-end: integrates with developers’ tools, plans, executes, and iterates until it achieves a successful result. | `VSCode` | **3.4k** |
  - TEN Agent - source framework for conversational voice AI agents | `SelfHost` | **8.6k** |
  - UI-TARS - Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra | `Cross` | **19.5k** |
- Information Processing
  - Firecrawl - Turn entire websites into LLM-ready markdown or structured data | `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` | **67.9k** |
  - Unstract - code LLM Platform to launch APIs and ETL Pipelines to structure unstructured documents | `MacOS` `Linux` `SelfHost` | **5.9k** |
  - Repomix - friendly file. Perfect for when you need to feed your codebase to Large Language Models (LLMs) or other AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Gemini, Gemma, Llama, Grok, and more. | `Web (Cloud)` | **20.2k** |
  - olmOCR
  - Code2prompt
  - Docling
  - Gitingest - friendly extract of a codebase | `Web (Cloud)` `Chromium` `Firefox` | **13.1k** |
  - GPT crawler
- LLM GUI
  - Jan
  - SillyTavern
  - Text generation webUI
  - LibreChat - 5, Mistral, OpenRouter, Vertex AI, Gemini, Artifacts, AI model switching, message search, Code Interpreter, langchain, DALL-E-3, OpenAPI Actions, Functions, Secure Multi-User Auth, Presets, open-source for self-hosting. Active. | `SelfHost` | **31.7k** |
  - Cherry Studio
  - 5ire - platform desktop AI assistant, MCP client. It compatible with major service providers, supports local knowledge base and tools via model context protocol servers . | `Cross` | **4.8k** |
  - Chatbox - friendly Desktop Client App for AI Models/LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Ollama...) | `Cross` | **37.4k** |
  - DeepChat - A smart assistant that connects powerful AI to your personal world | `Cross` | **4.9k** |
  - fullmoon
  - GPT4ALL - source and available for commercial use. | `Cross` | **76.9k** |
  - h2oGPT - docs.h2o.ai/ | `SelfHost` | **12k** |
  - NextChat - iOS - MacOS - Android - Linux - Windows | `Cross` `Web (Cloud)` | **86.4k** |
  - Onyx - AI Chat with advanced features that works with every LLM | `SelfHost` | **15.8k** |
  - Open WebUI - friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...) | `SelfHost` | **115.4k** |
  - SurfSense
- Manager
  - StabilityMatrix - Platform Package Manager for Stable Diffusion | `Cross` | **6.9k** |
  - KoboldCpp
  - Ollama - oss, DeepSeek-R1, Gemma 3 and other models. | `Cross` `SelfHost` | **156.1k** |
- RAG
  - DocsGPT - in Agent Builder, Deep research, Document analysis, Multi-model support, and API connectivity for agents. | `Cross` `SelfHost` | **17.4k** |
  - Verba
  - AnythingLLM - in-one Desktop & Docker AI application with built-in RAG, AI agents, No-code agent builder, MCP compatibility, and more. | `Cross` | **51.1k** |
  - AutoFlow
  - kotaemon - source RAG-based tool for chatting with your documents. | `SelfHost` | **24.6k** |
  - PaperQA2
  - R2R - ready AI retrieval system. Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with a RESTful API. | `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` | **7.5k** |
  - RAGFlow - source Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) engine that fuses cutting-edge RAG with Agent capabilities to create a superior context layer for LLMs | `SelfHost` | **67.8k** |
- Research
  - DeepSearcher
  - GPT Researcher
  - STORM - powered knowledge curation system that researches a topic and generates a full-length report with citations. | `Cross` | **27.6k** |
- Browser
  - Firefox
  - Brave
  - Floorp
  - Noi - Explore, Extend, Empower. | `Cross` | **8.1k** |
  - Min
  - Neko
  - Zen
  - Firefox
  - Helium
- Bookmark Manager
  - Shiori
  - hoarder - hostable bookmark-everything app (links, notes and images) with AI-based automatic tagging and full text search | `SelfHost` | **20.3k** |
  - buku - web in text | `Cross` | **6.9k** |
  - Karakeep - hostable bookmark-everything app (links, notes and images) with AI-based automatic tagging and full text search | `SelfHost` | **21.3k** |
  - LinkAce - hosted archive to collect links of your favorite websites. | `SelfHost` | **3.2k** |
  - linkding - hosted bookmark manager that is designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker. | `SelfHost` | **9.5k** |
  - Linkwarden - hosted collaborative bookmark manager to collect, read, annotate, and fully preserve what matters, all in one place. | `SelfHost` | **15.7k** |
  - wallabag
- Task Management
  - Super Productivity
  - Planka - style project mastering tool for everyone. | `SelfHost` | **11k** |
- AD Blocker
  - AdGuard - wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server | `SelfHost` `Chromium` `Firefox` | **30.9k** |
  - AdGuard - wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server | `SelfHost` `CLI+` `Chromium` `Firefox` | |
  - Blocky - blocker for local network with many features | `SelfHost` | **5.7k** |
  - Pi-hole
- Password Manager
  - LessPass
  - Bitwarden
  - AliasVault - first password manager with built-in email aliasing. Fully encrypted and self-hostable. | `Mobile` `Chromium` `Firefox` | **1.6k** |
  - Bitwarden
  - Infiscal - source platform for secrets, certificates, and privileged access management. | `Cross` `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` | **23.7k** |
  - KeePass - platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”. | `Cross` | **24.8k** |
  - Passbolt
  - Vaultwarden
- Home Automation
  - ESPHome
  - Home Assistant
  - Domoticz
  - evcc
  - Gladys - first, open-source home assistant | `SelfHost` | **2.9k** |
- Proofreading
  - LanguageTool
  - Harper - first grammar checker. Fast, open-source, Rust-powered | `VSCode` | **8.6k** |
  - WritingTools - wide grammar assistant; a better version of the Apple Intelligence Writing Tools. Works on Windows, Linux, & macOS, with the free Gemini API, local LLMs, & more. | `Cross` | **2k** |
- Text Editor
  - CotEditor - Text Editor for macOS | `MacOS` | **7.3k** |
  - Micro - based text editor | `Cross` | **27.3k** |
  - Kakoune
  - Lite XL
  - Amp
  - CudaText - platform text editor, written in Free Pascal | `Linux` | **2.8k** |
  - Emacs
  - NotepadNext - platform, reimplementation of Notepad++ | `Cross` | **12.7k** |
  - Notepads
  - Overleaf - based collaborative LaTeX editor | `SelfHost` | **16.9k** |
  - Quill
- Spreadsheet
  - Grist
- Clipboard Manager
  - Maccy
  - Clipboard
  - CopyQ
- Containers
  - Colima
  - Argo CD
  - container
  - Dockge - to-use and reactive self-hosted docker compose.yaml stack-oriented manager | `Cross` | **20.3k** |
  - Finch
  - WSL
- Container Management
  - lazydocker
  - Rancher Desktop
  - KDash
  - KubeSphere - cloud, datacenter, and edge management ⎈ 🖥 ☁️ | `SelfHost` | **16.7k** |
  - Podman Desktop - friendly interface to effortlessly build, manage, and deploy containers and Kubernetes — all from your desktop. | `Cross` | **7k** |
  - Portainer
  - WSL Manager
- Dotfiles Manager
  - chezmoi
  - yadm
- Tools
  - rga - Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc. | `Cross` | **9.2k** |
  - ConvertX - hosted online file converter. Supports 1000+ formats ⚙️ | `SelfHost` | **9.6k** |
  - skim
  - balenaEtcher
  - Czkawka
  - espanso - first, Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust | `Cross` | **12.5k** |
  - fd - friendly alternative to 'find' | `Cross` | **40.5k** |
  - File Converter
  - fswatch - platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple macOS File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend. | `Cross` | **5.4k** |
  - inshellisense
  - MonitorControl
  - OpenRGB
  - Pandoc
- Version Manager
  - asdf
  - mise
  - pyenv
  - nvm - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions | `Cross` | **89.3k** |
  - rbenv
  - vfox - platform and extendable version manager with support for Java, Node.js, Golang, Python, Flutter, .NET & more | `Cross` | **3.6k** |
  - XcodesApp - with a mouse click. | `MacOS` | **8.1k** |
- Window Management
  - Loop
  - yabai
  - Phoenix
  - AeroSpace - like tiling window manager for macOS | `MacOS` | **16.8k** |
  - Amethyst
  - GlazeWM
  - i3
  - komorebi
  - LeftWM
  - niri - tiling Wayland compositor. | `Linux` | **15.1k** |
  - PaperWM
  - Rectangle
- Uncategorized
  - XPipe
  - ArchiveBox - hosted web archiving. Takes URLs/browser history/bookmarks/Pocket/Pinboard/etc., saves HTML, JS, PDFs, media, and more... | `SelfHost` | **25.7k** |
  - Dawarich - hostable alternative to Google Timeline (Google Location History) | `SelfHost` | **7.3k** |
  - Anki
  - Vibe
  - Anx Reader - book formats, it makes reading smarter and more focused. | `Windows` `MacOS` `Mobile` | **6.3k** |
  - HomeBox
  - KitchenOwl - hosted grocery list and recipe manager. The backend is made with Flask and the frontend with Flutter. Easily add items to your shopping list before you go shopping. You can also create recipes and add items based on what you want to cook. | `Cross` `Mobile` | **2.8k** |
  - KOReader
  - Label Studio - type data labeling and annotation tool with standardized output format | `SelfHost` | **25.4k** |
  - Pangolin - Aware Tunneled Reverse Proxy Server with Dashboard UI | `SelfHost` | **16.1k** |
  - ProtonUp-Qt - Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface. | `Linux` | **1.7k** |
  - scrcpy
  - Seelen UI
  - vim-plug
- Assistant
  - Glass
  - Leon - source personal assistant. | `SelfHost` | **16.8k** |
  - Meetily
- Network
  - Sniffnet
  - Wireshark - free and open source. | `Cross` | **8.7k** |
- Neovim Extensions
  - mason.nvim
  - Coq
  - lazy.nvim
  - Neorg
  - nvim-dap
  - VimWiki
- Social Network
  - Mastodon - hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community | `Web (Cloud)` `Mobile` | **49.2k** |
  - Pixelfed
  - Folo
  - IceCubesApp
  - Toot - Mastodon CLI & TUI | `Cross` | **1.3k** |
- Operating System
  - SerenityOS
  - Puter - Source, and Self-Hostable. | `N/A` | **37.3k** |
  - openmediavault
  - YunoHost
  - Omarchy
  - umbrelOS - hosting with an app store. Buy a pre-built Umbrel Home with umbrelOS, or install on a Raspberry Pi or any x86 system. | `N/A` | **9.7k** |
- Markdown Editor
  - CodiMD - Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms. | `SelfHost` | **9.9k** |
  - HedgeDoc - Ideas grow better together | `SelfHost` | **6.7k** |
  - Zettlr - Stop Publication Workbench | `Cross` | **12.2k** |
- Other
  - EOS
  - Klipper - printer firmware | `N/A` | **11k** |
  - Grocy - Grocy is a web-based self-hosted groceries & household management solution for your home | `Windows` `SelfHost` | **8.4k** |
  - ImHex
  - Mealie
  - Ryot
  - TeslaMate - hosted data logger for your Tesla 🚘 [main maintainer=@JakobLichterfeld] | `SelfHost` | **7.3k** |
- File Sharing
  - IPFS Desktop - friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux. | `Cross` | **6.4k** |
  - Flying Carpet - platform AirDrop. File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No network infrastructure required, just two devices with WiFi chips (and optionally Bluetooth) in close range. | `Cross` `Mobile` | **4.7k** |
  - LocalSend - source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop | `Cross` | **70.4k** |
  - OnionShare
  - PairDrop - Platform. No Setup, No Signup. | `Web (Cloud)` | **9.2k** |
  - zipline
- Backup
  - Vorta
  - Backrest
  - Restic
  - Borg
  - Cryptomator - side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data. | `Cross` `Mobile` | **14k** |
  - Duplicacy
  - Duplicati
  - Kopia - platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included. | `Cross` | **11.5k** |
  - Rclone - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files | `Cross` | **53.6k** |
  - rustic - fast, encrypted, and deduplicated backups powered by Rust | `Cross` | **2.7k** |
  - Timeshift
- Browser Extensions
  - Refined GitHub
  - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean. | `Chromium` `Firefox` | **59.8k** |
  - Dark Reader
  - Page Assist
  - Web Clipper
- Home Server
  - Cosmos - DDOS, anti-bot) | `SelfHost` | **5.2k** |
  - CapRover - aka Heroku on Steroids | `Linux` | **14.6k** |
  - CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source Personal Cloud system. | `Linux` | **32.4k** |
  - Runtipi - hosted apps. ✨ | `SelfHost` | **9k** |
  - Sandstorm - hostable web productivity suite. It's implemented as a security-hardened web app package manager. - Actively sponsored by our friends at LambdaTest | `SelfHost` | **7k** |
- Model Tools
  - LLaMa-Factory - Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024) | `SelfHost` | **62.6k** |
  - Agno - agent framework, runtime and control plane. Built for speed, privacy, and scale. | `Cross` | **35.2k** |
  - Kiln - tuning LLM models, synthetic data generation, and collaborating on datasets. | `Cross` | **4.4k** |
  - GPT-SoVITS-WebUI
  - Ludwig - code framework for building custom LLMs, neural networks, and other AI models | `Cross` | **11.6k** |
  - Opik - ready dashboards. | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **15.7k** |
  - PyTorch Lightning
  - Second Me
- Chat
  - Signal
  - Telegram Desktop
  - SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱! | `Cross` | **9.9k** |
  - Signal
  - bitchat
  - Legcord
- Collaboration
  - Mattermost
  - Zulip - source team chat that helps teams stay productive and focused. | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **23.8k** |
  - Rocket.Chat
- Video Conference
  - Element - time communication solutions for large organisations. | `CLI+` `Web` | |
  - Element
  - Jitsi Meet - Secure, Simple and Scalable Video Conferences that you use as a standalone app or embed in your web application. | `Web (Cloud)` | **27.6k** |
- Storage
  - Ceph
  - myDrive
  - Nextcloud
  - ownCloud
  - Seafile
- Sync
  - Rsync
  - Syncthing
  - syncthing-macos
  - Syncthing Tray
- Code Assistant
  - Aider
  - Cline
  - Cody
  - Codex
  - Continue - source CLI that can be used in TUI mode as a coding agent or Headless mode to run background agents | `VSCode` `JetBrains` | **29.9k** |
  - Goose - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM | `Cross` | **22.2k** |
  - GPT Pilot
  - MetaGPT - Agent Framework: First AI Software Company, Towards Natural Language Programming | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **59.5k** |
  - OpenHands
  - Plandex
  - Roo Code
  - Tabby - hosted AI coding assistant | `SelfHost` `VSCode` `JetBrains` | **32.4k** |
  - windsurf.vim
- Code Editor
  - Vim
  - VS Code
  - VSCodium
  - Void - source Cursor alternative. | `Windows` `MacOS` | **27.5k** |
  - Zed - performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. | `MacOS` `Linux` | **69.8k** |
  - code-server
  - CodeEdit
  - Helix - modern modal text editor. | `Cross` | **41.3k** |
  - Lapce - fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust | `Cross` | **37.6k** |
  - LazyVim
  - neovim - fork focused on extensibility and usability | `Cross` | **94.3k** |
  - NvChad
  - Onlook - Source AI-First Design tool • Visually build, style, and edit your React App with AI | `Cross` | **23.3k** |
- Game Engine
  - Godot - platform 2D and 3D game engine | `Cross` | **103.3k** |
  - GDevelop - source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone. | `Cross` | **17.7k** |
- Game Launcher
  - Heroic Games Launcher
  - Playnite - the-badge&label=%20&color=white) |
  - Hydra - source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need | `Cross` | **14.6k** |
  - Lutris
  - Moonlight
  - Pelican Panel - source, web-based application designed for easy management of game servers. | `SelfHost` | **1.7k** |
  - Playnite
  - RomM - hosted rom manager and player. | `SelfHost` | **7k** |
- Games
  - Endless Sky
  - lichess
  - OpenRA - time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X. | `Cross` | **16.1k** |
  - Wesnoth - based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. | `Cross` | **6.3k** |
  - Unciv - source Android/Desktop remake of Civ V | `Cross` `Android` | **9.8k** |
  - Veloren
  - Cataclysm DDA - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. | `Cross` | **11.8k** |
  - Mindustry
  - Thrive
- Download Manager
  - File Centipede - platform internet upload/download manager for HTTP(S), FTP(S), SSH, magnet-link, BitTorrent, m3u8, ed2k, and online videos. WebDAV client, FTP client, SSH client. | `SelfHost` | **10.7k** |
  - AB
  - GoPeed
  - Persepolis
  - Deluge - Git mirror, PRs only | `Cross` | **1.7k** |
  - qBittorrent
  - Transmission
- Audio Editor
  - Audacity
  - OpenUtau
  - MuseScore
- Media Downloader
  - Cobalt
  - Pinchflat
  - ytDownloader
  - MeTube - hosted YouTube downloader (web UI for youtube-dl / yt-dlp) | `SelfHost` | **10.8k** |
  - Parabolic
  - Seal - dlp | `Android` | **22.9k** |
  - YoutubeDownloader
  - yt-dlp - rich command-line audio/video downloader | `Cross` | **135.3k** |
  - YTDLnis - featured audio/video downloader for Android using yt-dlp | `Android` | **6.7k** |
- Image Processing
  - chaiNNer - based image processing GUI aimed at making chaining image processing tasks easy and customizable. Born as an AI upscaling application, chaiNNer has grown into an extremely flexible and powerful programmatic image processing application. | `Cross` | **5.4k** |
  - Upscayl - #1 Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows. | `Cross` | **41.2k** |
- Screen Recording
  - ShareX - source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations. | `Windows` | **34.5k** |
  - Cap
  - Flameshot
  - OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording | `Cross` | **68.1k** |
- Calendar
  - Cal
- Document Modifier
  - Documenso
  - DocuSeal
  - OCRmyPDF
  - OpenSign
  - Stirling PDF
- Finance
  - Wallos - Source Personal Subscription Tracker | `SelfHost` | **6.5k** |
  - Firefly III
  - Ghostfolio
  - Actual - first personal finance app | `SelfHost` `Cross` | **23.2k** |
  - ezBookkeeping - hosted personal finance app with a user-friendly interface and powerful bookkeeping features. | `SelfHost` | **3k** |
  - Midday
  - Ticker
  - Wealthfolio
- Knowledge Base
  - Anytype
  - Foam
  - Affine - gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use. | `Cross` | **59.8k** |
  - AppFlowy
  - FastGPT - based platform built on the LLMs, offers a comprehensive suite of out-of-the-box capabilities such as data processing, RAG retrieval, and visual AI workflow orchestration, letting you easily develop and deploy complex question-answering systems without the need for extensive setup or configuration. | `Cross` | **26.3k** |
  - Freeplane
  - Logseq - first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: http://trello.com/b/8txSM12G/roadmap | `Cross` | **39.4k** |
  - Outline
  - Siyuan - first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang. | `Cross` | **39k** |
- Time Management
  - solidtime - source time-tracking app | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **7.6k** |
  - ActivityWatch - source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused. | `Cross` `Android` | **15.8k** |
- Arr
  - autobrr
  - Bazarr
  - Jellyseerr - source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. | `SelfHost` | **7.1k** |
  - Lidarr
  - Overseerr
  - Prowlarr
  - Radarr
  - Sonarr
- Shell
  - Nushell
  - fish - friendly command line shell. | `Cross` | **31.6k** |
  - xonsh - powered shell. Full-featured and cross-platform. | `Cross` | **9k** |
- Office Suite
  - LibreOffice
  - CryptPad - to-end encrypted and open-source. | `SelfHost` | **7.1k** |
  - LibreOffice - only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead | `Cross` | **3.5k** |
  - OnlyOffice - source office suite pack that comprises all the tools you need to work with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, and PDF forms on Windows, Linux, and macOS | `Cross` | **4.1k** |
- File Manager
  - Filestash
  - Broot
  - joshuto - like terminal file manager written in Rust | `Cross` | **3.6k** |
  - Electerm
  - File Browser
  - FileGator - User File Manager | `SelfHost` | **2.8k** |
  - Files
  - If
  - nnn
  - Ranger - inspired filemanager for the console | `Cross` | **16.6k** |
  - Spacedrive - platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust. | `Cross` | **35.6k** |
  - Superfile
  - xplr
  - Yazi
- Video Player
  - Jellyfin Media Player
  - IINA
  - mpv
  - VLC - All pull requests are ignored, please use MRs on https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc | `Cross` | **16.8k** |
- Git Hosting
  - Gogs - hosted Git service | `SelfHost` | **47.2k** |
  - GitLab - Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **24.2k** |
  - Gitea - hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD | `SelfHost` | **52k** |
  - Soft Serve - hostable Git server for the command line🍦 | `Cross` | **6.4k** |
- Automation
  - Healthchecks - source cron job and background task monitoring service, written in Python & Django | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **9.6k** |
  - Ansible
  - Cronicle
  - Hammerspoon
  - Keyboard Cowboy 3
  - n8n - code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations. | `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` | **156.7k** |
  - Script Kit
  - Semaphore
- Note Taking
  - Zotero - to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share your research sources. | `Cross` `IOS` `Chromium` `Firefox` | **12.8k** |
  - Better Notes
  - Blinko - source, self-hosted personal AI note tool prioritizing privacy, built using TypeScript . | `SelfHost` | **7k** |
  - flatnotes - hosted, database-less note taking web app that utilises a flat folder of markdown files for storage. | `SelfHost` | **2.5k** |
  - Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. | `Cross` | **52.2k** |
  - jrnl
  - Memos - source, self-hosted note-taking service. Your thoughts, your data, your control — no tracking, no ads, no subscription fees. | `SelfHost` | **46.1k** |
  - nb
  - Notes - taking app written in C++. Write down your thoughts. | `Cross` | **4.2k** |
  - Notesnook - to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote. | `Cross` | **13.2k** |
  - Reor
  - Rnote
  - SilverBullet
  - Simplenote
  - Standard Notes - to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help. | `Cross` `IOS` `Android` | **6.1k** |
  - Trilium Notes
  - VNote - taking platform in native C++. | `Cross` | **12.7k** |
- Prompt
  - Liquid Prompt - featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh | `Cross` | **4.6k** |
  - Pure
  - Spaceship Prompt
  - Oh My Posh - latency cross platform/shell prompt renderer | `Cross` | **20.6k** |
  - starship - fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell! | `Cross` | **52.3k** |
- Launcher
  - Rofi
  - Ueli - Platform Keystroke Launcher | `Cross` | **4.2k** |
  - Ulauncher
  - Vicinae
  - Wox - platform launcher that simply works | `Cross` | **26.3k** |
  - Albert
  - Flow Launcher - made plugins | `Windows` | **11.8k** |
  - Kando
  - kunkun - platform, extensible app launcher. | `Cross` | **1.2k** |
  - Leader Key
  - Olauncher
  - Sol
- Document Management
  - Docspell - mails and other sources with miminal effort. | `SelfHost` `Android` | **1.9k** |
  - Paperless-ngx - supported supercharged document management system: scan, index and archive all your documents | `SelfHost` | **34.3k** |
  - Papermerge DMS
  - TagSpaces
- Audio Player
  - Supersonic - featured cross-platform desktop client for self-hosted music servers | `Cross` | **1.8k** |
  - Feishin - hosted music player. | `Cross` `SelfHost` | **5.4k** |
  - Navidrome
  - spotify_player
  - Spotube
  - Youtube Music
- Rocketry
  - OpenRocket - rocketry aerodynamics and trajectory simulation software | `Cross` | **1.6k** |
- Simulation
  - A/B Street
  - SUMO
- Package Manager
  - Choco - the package manager for Windows | `Windows` | **11.1k** |
  - Homebrew
  - Nix
  - Scoop - line installer for Windows. | `Windows` | **23.2k** |
  - Spack
  - WinGet
- Remote Desktop
  - RustDesk - source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer. | `Cross` | **102.6k** |
- System
  - auto-cpufreq
  - Background Music
- System Monitoring
  - bottom - platform graphical process/system monitor. | `Cross` | **12.3k** |
  - Btop
  - Glances
  - htop - an interactive process viewer | `MacOS` `Linux` | **7.6k** |
  - LibreHardwareMonitor
  - NeoHtop - fast system monitoring for your desktop (built with Rust, Tauri & Svelte) | `Cross` | **8.5k** |
  - nvitop - GPU process viewer and beyond, the one-stop solution for GPU process management. | `Cross` | **6.3k** |
  - NVTOP
  - Stats
  - System Informer - purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Brought to you by Winsider Seminars & Solutions, Inc. @ http://www.windows-internals.com | `Windows` | **13k** |
  - Vitals
- Context
  - Everywhere - aware AI assistant for your desktop. Ready to respond intelligently, seamlessly integrating multiple LLMs and MCP tools. | `Windows` | **3.4k** |
  - omi
  - screenpipe - 100% local - dev friendly - 24/7 screen, mic recording | `MacOS` `Windows` | **16k** |
- CAD
  - CQ-editor
  - CAD Sketcher - based geometry sketcher for blender | `N/A` | **3.1k** |
  - CadQuery
  - FreeCAD
  - OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller | `Cross` | **8.4k** |
- Diagrams
  - drawio-desktop
  - drawDB
  - Liam ERD - to-read ER diagrams from your database. | `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` | **4.5k** |
- Graphics
  - Chili3D - based 3D CAD application for online model design and editing | `Web (Cloud)` | **4k** |
  - LibreCAD - platform 2D CAD program written in C++17. It can read DXF/DWG files and can write DXF/PDF/SVG files. It supports point/line/circle/ellipse/parabola/spline primitives. The user interface is highly customizable, and has dozens of translations. | `Cross` | **5.4k** |
  - Blender
  - Gaphor
  - Graphite - time motion graphics — featuring node-based procedural editing | `Web (Cloud)` | **22.7k** |
  - Krita - platform application that offers an end-to-end solution for creating digital art files from scratch built on the KDE and Qt frameworks. | `Cross` | **9k** |
  - PAINT BOARD - end drawing board that brings together a lot of creative brushes to experience a whole new range of drawing effects! | `SelfHost` | **2.6k** |
  - Penpot - source design tool for design and code collaboration | `Web (Cloud)` | **41.5k** |
  - PixiEditor
- Windows
  - Virtual Display Driver
  - PowerToys
  - Rainmeter
  - UniGetUI
  - Win11Debloat - installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve your Windows experience. Win11Debloat works for both Windows 10 and Windows 11. | `Windows` | **33.1k** |
  - WinUtil - Install Programs, Tweaks, Fixes, and Updates | `Windows` | **42.8k** |
- AI Utilities
  - Airweave
  - mem0
  - Netron
- All In One
  - AIChat - in-one LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, AI Tools & Agents, with access to OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Groq, and more. | `Cross` | **8.6k** |
  - ClaraVerse - first, fully local AI workspace featuring a Local LLM chat powered by LLama.cpp, along with support for any provider, tool calling, agent building, Stable Diffusion, and n8n-style automation. It requires no backend or API keys—just your stack and machine. | `Cross` `SelfHost` | **3.6k** |
  - Khoj AI - hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research. Turn any online or local LLM into your personal, autonomous AI (gpt, claude, gemini, llama, qwen, mistral). Get started - free. | `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` | **31.6k** |
  - Lobe Chat - an open-source, modern design AI Agent Workspace. Supports multiple AI providers, Knowledge Base (file upload / RAG ), one click install MCP Marketplace and Artifacts / Thinking. One-click FREE deployment of your private AI Agent application. | `Web (Cloud)` `SelfHost` | **67.8k** |
- Language Package Manager
  - Bun
  - PNPM
  - uv
  - Yarn
- Video Transcoder
  - HandBrake
- Linux
  - Extension Manager
  - Flatseal
  - WinBoat
- Project Management
  - Focalboard - hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana. | `Cross` `SelfHost` | **25.4k** |
  - Huly - in-One Project Management Platform (alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, Notion, Motion) | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **23.7k** |
  - Leantime - project managers. Building with ADHD, Autism, and dyslexia in mind. | `SelfHost` | **8.6k** |
  - OpenProject
  - Plane
  - Worklenz
- Antivirus
  - ClamAV - Documentation is here: https://docs.clamav.net | `Cross` `SelfHost` | **5.9k** |
- Authentication
  - 2FAuth - Factor Authentication (2FA) accounts and generate their security codes | `SelfHost` | **3.5k** |
  - Aegis - step verification tokens. | `Android` | **11.4k** |
  - authelia - On Multi-Factor portal for web apps, now OpenID Certified™ | `SelfHost` | **25.8k** |
- Firewall
  - BunkerWeb - source and next-generation Web Application Firewall (WAF) | `SelfHost` | **9.4k** |
  - LuLu - source macOS firewall | `MacOS` | **11.5k** |
  - SafeLine - hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits. | `SelfHost` | **19.2k** |
- Dashboard
  - Cockpit - based graphical interface for servers. | `Linux` | **12.8k** |
  - dashdot
  - Dashy - hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more! | `SelfHost` | **23.1k** |
  - Glance - hosted dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place | `SelfHost` | **29.7k** |
  - Heimdall
  - homepage
  - Homer
- Media Management
  - AntennaPod
  - audiobookshelf - hosted audiobook and podcast server | `IOS` `Android` `SelfHost` | **10.7k** |
  - beets
  - BookLore - hosted, multi-user digital library with smart shelves, auto metadata, Kobo & KOReader sync, BookDrop imports, OPDS support, and a built-in reader for EPUB, PDF, and comics. | `SelfHost` | **6k** |
  - Calibre-Web
  - Ente - to-end encrypted cloud for photos, videos and 2FA secrets. | `Web (Cloud)` | **22.8k** |
  - Immich - hosted photo and video management solution. | `SelfHost` | **84.4k** |
  - Jellyfin - Server Backend & API | `SelfHost` | **45.7k** |
  - Kavita
  - Kodi - winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows. | `Cross` `SelfHost` | **20.1k** |
  - LibrePhotos - hosted open source photo management service. This is the repository of the backend. | `SelfHost` | **7.8k** |
  - Librum
  - Lychee - to-use photo-management-system you can run on your server, to manage and share photos. | `SelfHost` | **4k** |
  - Manyfold - hosted digital asset manager for 3d print files. | `SelfHost` | **1.5k** |
  - Memories
  - PhotoPrism - Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web 🌈💎✨ | `SelfHost` | **38.8k** |
  - Piwigo
  - Tautulli
  - Tube Archivist
- Server Management
  - 1Panel
- Surveillance
  - Frigate
  - Scrypted
  - Viseron - hosted, local only NVR and AI Computer Vision software. With features such as object detection, motion detection, face recognition and more, it gives you the power to keep an eye on your home, office or any other place you want to monitor. | `SelfHost` | **2.3k** |
  - ZoneMinder - circuit television software application developed for Linux which supports IP, USB and Analog cameras. | `SelfHost` | **5.7k** |
- Autonomy
  - Apollo
  - ArduPilot
  - Autoware - the world's leading open-source software project for autonomous driving | `SelfHost` | **10.6k** |
  - CARLA - source simulator for autonomous driving research. | `Windows` `Linux` | **13.3k** |
  - openpilot
  - PX4 Drone Autopilot
- Control
  - MissionPlanner
  - QGroundControl - platform ground control station for drones (Android, iOS, Mac OS, Linux, Windows) | `Cross` `Mobile` | **4.1k** |
  - WebODM - friendly, commercial-grade software for processing aerial imagery. ✈️ | `SelfHost` | **3.4k** |
- Engineering
  - KiCad
- Firmware
  - EdgeTX
  - INAV - enabled flight control software | `N/A` | **3.8k** |
  - Meshtastic - source, off-grid mesh communication system. | `N/A` | **6.1k** |
- Robotics
  - OpenArm - source humanoid arm for physical AI research and deployment in contact-rich environments. | `Cross` | **1.5k** |
  - Webots
  - XLeRobot - Arm Mobile Home Robot for $660 | `N/A` | **4.1k** |
- Terminal Emulator
  - Alacritty - platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. | `Cross` | **61.1k** |
  - Ghostty - rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. | `Cross` | **38.3k** |
  - kitty - platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based. | `Cross` | **29.8k** |
  - Rio - accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers. | `Cross` | **6k** |
  - Tabby
  - Terminal
  - Waveterm - source, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows | `Cross` | **13.1k** |
  - WezTerm - accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust | `Cross` | **22.5k** |
- Terminal Multiplexer
  - tmux
  - Zellij
- Document Editor
  - Etherpad - real-time collaborative document editor. | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **17.9k** |
- Wiki
  - BookStack
  - DevDocs
  - Docmost - source collaborative wiki and documentation software. It is an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion. | `SelfHost` `Web (Cloud)` | **17.9k** |
  - MediaWiki
  - Wiki.js - A modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js | `SelfHost` | **27.3k** |
- Cleaner
  - BleachBit
  - Bulk Crap Uninstaller
  - Pearcleaner - available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner | `MacOS` | **9.5k** |
  - SD Maid SE
- Keyboard Manager
  - Kanata
  - Karabiner-Elements - Elements is a powerful tool for customizing keyboards on macOS | `MacOS` | **21k** |
  - Kmonad
- Transcription
  - Handy - to-text application that works completely offline. | `MacOS` | **6.7k** |
  - Hyprnote - first AI Notepad for Private Meetings | `Cross` | **6.6k** |
  - WhisperLiveKit - to-text model | `SelfHost` | **8.5k** |
- Virtual Machine
  - Lima
  - Quickemu
  - UTM
  - VirtualBuddy

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VPN

Git Client

Search Engine

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Mail

Dev Tools

API Client

IDE

Canvas

Image Editing

Video Editing

AI Image GUI

Agent

Information Processing

LLM GUI

Manager

RAG

Research

Browser

Bookmark Manager

Task Management

AD Blocker

Password Manager

Home Automation

Proofreading

Text Editor

Spreadsheet

Clipboard Manager

Containers

Container Management

Dotfiles Manager

Tools

Version Manager

Window Management

Uncategorized

Assistant

Network

Neovim Extensions

Social Network

Operating System

Markdown Editor

Other

File Sharing

Backup

Browser Extensions

Home Server

Model Tools

Chat

Collaboration

Video Conference

Storage

Sync

Code Assistant

Code Editor

Game Engine

Game Launcher

Games

Download Manager

Audio Editor

Media Downloader

Image Processing

Screen Recording

Calendar

Document Modifier

Finance

Knowledge Base

Time Management

Arr

Shell

Office Suite

File Manager

Video Player

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