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# Awesome Linux Software



![Tux](img/tux.png)



🐧 This repo is a collection of **AWESOME** Linux applications and tools for **any users/developers**.



🐧 Feel free to **contribute** / **star** / **fork** / **pull request** . Any **recommendations** and **suggestions** are welcome.



**Acknowledgement:** _Everything written below is from my own experience in college and after reading various materials. I am neither a professional nor an expert, but a passionate user. Anyone can open a discussion in the issue section, or a pull request if something should be modified or added._



- Arabic version : [here](https://github.com/luong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software/blob/master/README_ar-AR.md).

- Brazilian Portuguese version : [here](https://github.com/luong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software/blob/master/README_pt-BR.md).

- Chinese version : [here](https://github.com/luong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software/blob/master/README_zh-CN.md) or [here](https://github.com/eniqiz/Awesome-Linux-Software-zh_CN).

- French version : [here](https://github.com/luong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software/blob/master/README_fr-FR.md).

- Spanish version : [here](https://github.com/luong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software/blob/master/README_es-ES.md) or [here](https://github.com/SaintFenix/Awesome-Linux-Software/blob/master/README_es-ES.md).

- Thai version : [here](https://github.com/luong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software/blob/master/README_th-TH.md).



- [Applications](#applications)

  - [3D Printing](#3d-printing)

  - [Audio](#audio)

    - [Edit-Mix-Record](#edit-mix-record)

    - [Music Player](#music-player)

    - [Radio](#radio)

    - [Utilities](#utilities)

  - [Chat Clients](#chat-clients)

    - [3rd Party Client](#3rd-party-client)

    - [All-in-One Client](#all-in-one-client)

    - [Chat Client Utilities](#chat-client-utilities)

    - [IRC Client](#irc-client)

    - [Official Client](#official-client)

  - [Data Backup and Recovery](#data-backup-and-recovery)

  - [Desktop Customization](#desktop-customization)

    - [Desktop Icon Packs](#desktop-icon-packs)

    - [Desktop Themes](#desktop-themes)

    - [Desktop Widgets and Theme Utilities](#desktop-widgets-and-theme-utilities)

  - [Development](#development)

    - [Android](#android)

    - [C++](#c)

    - [Database](#database)

    - [Game Engines](#game-engines)

    - [Git](#git)

    - [Golang](#golang)

    - [Java](#java)

    - [Javascript](#javascript)

    - [Microcomputer and Embedded Devices](#microcomputer-and-embedded-devices)

    - [Multiple Languages Support](#multiple-languages-support)

    - [PHP](#php)

    - [Python](#python)

    - [Ruby](#ruby)

    - [Shell](#shell)

    - [Supporting Tools](#supporting-tools)

  - [E-Book Utilities](#e-book-utilities)

  - [Electronic](#electronic)

  - [Education](#education)

  - [Email](#email)

  - [File Manager](#file-manager)

  - [Games](#games)

    - [City Building Simulation](#city-building-simulation)

    - [Command Line](#command-line)

    - [Engine Re-creations (require the actual game)](#engine-re-creations-require-the-actual-game)

    - [FPS](#fps)

    - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)

    - [Puzzle](#puzzle)

    - [Racing](#racing)

    - [RPG](#rpg)

    - [RTS](#rts)

    - [Sandbox](#sandbox)

    - [Shooter](#shooter)

    - [Turn Based Strategy](#turn-based-strategy)

    - [Gaming Applications](#gaming-applications)

      - [Launchers](#launchers)

      - [Tools](#tools)

      - [W.I.N.E.](#wine)

    - [Machine Emulators](#machine-emulators)

      - [All-in-One](#all-in-one)

      - [Atari](#atari)

      - [Emulation Frontends/Configurators](#emulation-frontends/configurators)

      - [Microsoft](#microsoft)

      - [Nintendo](#nintendo)

      - [Sega](#sega)

      - [Sony](#sony)

      - [ZX Spectrum](#zx-spectrum)

  - [Graphics](#graphics)

    - [Graphic Creation](#graphic-creation)

    - [Image Editor](#image-editor)

    - [Image Management](#image-management)

    - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous-1)

    - [PSD, Sketch Inspection](#psd-sketch-inspection)

    - [Screen Recorder](#screen-recorder)

    - [Screenshot](#screenshot)

    - [Streaming](#streaming)

    - [Video Editor](#video-editor)

  - [Internet](#internet)

    - [Browser](#browser)

    - [Supportive Tool](#supportive-tool)

    - [Web Service Client](#web-service-client)

  - [Office](#office)

    - [Accounting](#accounting)

    - [Office Suites](#office-suites)

    - [LaTeX](#latex)

    - [Markdown](#markdown)

    - [Novel Writing](#novel-writing)

  - [Productivity](#productivity)

    - [Automation](#automation)

    - [Dock](#dock)

    - [Local Search](#local-search)

    - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous-2)

    - [Note Taking](#note-taking)

    - [Time and Task](#time-and-task)

    - [Time and Usage Tracker](#time-and-usage-tracker)

    - [Widget and Indicator](#widget-and-indicator)

  - [Proxy](#proxy)

  - [Security](#security)

    - [Boot Integrity](#boot-integrity)

    - [Compartmentalization](#compartmentalization)

    - [Firewall](#firewall)

    - [Network Analysis](#network-analysis)

    - [Password Manager](#password-manager)

    - [Reverse Engineering](#reverse-engineering)

    - [Other](#other)

  - [Sharing Files](#sharing-files)

    - [Cloud Drive](#cloud-drive)

    - [Download Manager](#download-manager)

    - [File Sharing](#file-sharing)

    - [Remote Desktop](#remote-desktop)

    - [Torrent Client](#torrent-client)

  - [Terminal](#terminal)

  - [Text Editors](#text-editors)

    - [Integrated Development Environment inspired / Common User Access based](#integrated-development-environment-inspired--common-user-access-based)

    - [Modal editors \& derivatives](#modal-editors--derivatives)

    - [Other editors](#other-editors)

  - [Utilities](#utilities-1)

    - [Disk Utilities](#disk-utilities)

    - [System Maintenance](#system-maintenance)

    - [System Monitoring](#system-monitoring)

    - [Other](#other-1)

  - [Video](#video)

  - [VPN](#vpn)

  - [Wiki Software](#wiki-software)

  - [Others](#others)

- [Command Line Utilities](#command-line-utilities)

  - [Internet](#internet-1)

  - [System Info / Monitoring](#system-info--monitoring)

  - [Tools](#tools-1)

- [Custom Linux Kernels](#custom-linux-kernels)

- [Desktop Environments](#desktop-environments)

- [Display manager](#display-manager)

  - [Console](#console)

  - [Graphic](#graphic)

- [Window Managers](#window-managers)

  - [Compositors](#compositors)

  - [Stacking Window Managers](#stacking-window-managers)

  - [Tiling Window Managers](#tiling-window-managers)

  - [Dynamic Window Managers](#dynamic-window-managers)

- [Linux News, Apps, and more:](#linux-news-apps-and-more)

- [Reddit](#reddit)

- [Contributors](#contributors)

- [Guidelines to contribute](#guidelines-to-contribute)

- [Unsure how to contribute?](#unsure-how-to-contribute)

- [License](#license)



## Applications



### 3D Printing



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura) [Cura](https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura/) - The world's most advanced 3D printer software.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/FreeCAD) [FreeCAD](https://www.freecad.org/) - An open source parametric 3D CAD modeler.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer) [PrusaSlicer](https://www.prusa3d.com/page/prusaslicer_424/) - A slicer based on Slic3r by Alessandro Ranellucci and the RepRap community.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/slic3r/Slic3r) [Slic3r](https://slic3r.org/) - Open Source toolpath generator for 3D printers.



### Audio



_For a more comprehensive/advanced/better categorized/... list of Linux audio software, you may want to click [here](https://github.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio)_



#### Edit-Mix-Record



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Ardour/ardour) [Ardour](https://ardour.org/) - Record, Edit, and Mix on Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/audacity/audacity) [Audacity](https://www.audacityteam.org/download/linux/) - Free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~audio-recorder/audio-recorder/trunk/files) [Audio Recorder](https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder) - Simple audio recorder available in an Ubuntu PPA.

- ![Non Free][money icon] [Bitwig](https://www.bitwig.com/en/download.html) - DAW for music production.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects) [EasyEffects](https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects) - EasyEffects is an advanced audio manipulation tool. It includes an equalizer, limiter, compressor and a reverberation tool, just to mention a few. To complement this there is also a built in spectrum analyzer.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mtytel/helm) [Helm](https://tytel.org/helm/) - A software synthesizer, that runs either standalone, or as an LV2, VST, VST3 or AU plugin.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/hydrogen-music/hydrogen) [Hydrogen](http://www.hydrogen-music.org/) - Advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/KXStudio/Repository) [KxStudio](https://kx.studio/) - A collection of applications and plugins for professional audio production.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/LMMS/lmms) [LMMS](https://lmms.io/download/#linux) - Making music on your PC by creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples and much more.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx) [Mixxx](https://www.mixxx.org/download/) - Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes; veritable alternative to Traktor.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore) [MuseScore](https://musescore.org) - Create, play and print beautiful sheet music.

- ![Non Free][money icon] [Reaper](https://www.reaper.fm/) - Audio Production without Limits.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/VCVRack/Rack) [VCV Rack](https://vcvrack.com/) - An open-source virtual modular synthesizer.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Audio4Linux/Viper4Linux-GUI) [Viper4Linux](https://github.com/Audio4Linux/Viper4Linux-GUI) - An audio effect processor based on Viper4Android.



#### Music Player



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/amberol) [Amberol](https://apps.gnome.org/app/io.bassi.Amberol/) - A small and simple sound and music player that is well integrated with GNOME.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://audacious-media-player.org/developers) [Audacious](https://audacious-media-player.org/) - An open source audio player that plays your music how you want it, without stealing away your computer’s resources from other tasks.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/audiotube) [AudioTube](https://apps.kde.org/audiotube/) - Feature-rich YouTube Music client for KDE, built with Kirigami.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/beetbox/beets) [beets](https://beets.io/) - Beets is the media library management system for obsessive-compulsive music geeks.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata) [Cantata](https://github.com/CDrummond/cantata) - Qt5 Graphical MPD (Music Player Daemon) Client for Linux, Windows, MacOS.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/ciderapp/cider) [Cider](https://cider.sh/) - A new cross-platform Apple Music experience based on Electron and Vue.js written from scratch with performance in mind.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine) [Clementine](https://www.clementine-player.org/) - Play numerous lossy and lossless audio formats.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/cmus/cmus) [Cmus](https://cmus.github.io/#download) - A small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef) [DeaDBeeF](https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io/) - DeaDBeeF is a modular audio player for GNU/Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, macOS, and other UNIX-like systems.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-music) [Deepin Music](https://www.deepin.org/en/original/deepin-music/) - An application, developed by Deepin Technology Team, which focused on local music playing.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/elisa) [Elisa](https://apps.kde.org/elisa/) - Elisa is a music player developed by the KDE community that strives to be simple and nice to use.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/neithern/g4music) [G4Music](https://gitlab.gnome.org/neithern/g4music) - A fast, fluent, light weight music player written in GTK4.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder) [Gpodder](https://gpodder.github.io/) - Media aggregator and podcast client.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/harmonoid/harmonoid) [Harmonoid](https://harmonoid.com/) - Plays & manages your music library. Looks beautiful & juicy. Playlists, visuals, synced lyrics, pitch shift, volume boost & more.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/trazyn/ieaseMusic) [ieaseMusic](https://github.com/trazyn/ieaseMusic) - iEaseMusic is a multiplatform program built in electron for listening to NetEase Music.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/juk) [JuK](https://juk.kde.org/) - Jukebox music player for managing audio and editing metadata.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime) [Libretime](https://libretime.org/) - The open broadcast software for scheduling and remote station management; forked from Airtime.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/lollypop) [Lollypop](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Lollypop) - A GNOME music playing application.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/ColinDuquesnoy/MellowPlayer) [Mellow Player](https://colinduquesnoy.gitlab.io/MellowPlayer/) - Cloud music integration for your desktop.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/zehkira/monophony) [Monophony](https://gitlab.com/zehkira/monophony) - Linux app for streaming music from YouTube.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Moosync/Moosync) [Moosync](https://moosync.app/) - Customizable Desktop Music Player with a clean interface for streaming local music as well as music from online sources such as YouTube and Spotify,.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy) [Mopidy](https://www.mopidy.com/) - An extensible music server written in Python.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/staniel359/muffon) [muffon](https://muffon.netlify.app/) - muffon is a cross-platform music streaming browser for desktop, which helps you find, listen and organize music in a way you've probably never experienced before.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/martpie/museeks) [Museeks](https://museeks.io/) - A simple, clean and cross-platform music player.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/metabrainz/picard) [MusicBrainz Picard](https://picard.musicbrainz.org/) - Picard is a cross-platform music tagger written in Python.

- [Netease Music](https://music.163.com/#/download) - A music player of Netease - a cloud music service in China.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/nukeop/nuclear) [Nuclear](https://nuclearplayer.com/) - An Electron-based, multiplatform music player app that streams from multiple sources.

- [Ocenaudio](https://www.ocenaudio.com/whatis) - A cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/gkarsay/parlatype) [Parlatype](https://www.parlatype.xyz/) - GNOME audio player for transcription.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/pithos/pithos) [Pithos](https://pithos.github.io/) - A native Pandora client for Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet) [Quod Libet](https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io) - GTK+ music player written with huge libraries in mind. Supports search-based dynamic playlists, regular expressions, tagging, Replay Gain, podcasts & Internet radio.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/GNOME/rhythmbox) [Rhythmbox](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Rhythmbox) - Music player from GNOME.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/luciocarreras/sayonara-player) [Sayonara Player](https://sayonara-player.com/downloads/) - A small, clear and fast audio player for Linux written in C++, supported by the Qt framework.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/multani/sonata/) [Sonata](https://www.nongnu.org/sonata/) - A Music player that is designed to be an elegant and intuitive interface for your music collection via the Music Player Daemon (MPD).

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Soundnode/soundnode-app) [Soundnode](https://soundnode.github.io/soundnode-website/) - An open source SoundCloud app for desktop.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/xou816/spot) [Spot](https://github.com/xou816/spot) - Native Spotify client for the GNOME desktop.

- [Spotify](https://www.spotify.com/us/) - Spotify is the best way to listen to music and podcasts on pc, mobile or tablet.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/krtirtho/spotube) [Spotube](https://spotube.krtirtho.dev/) - Spotube is a Flutter based lightweight spotify client. It utilizes the power of Spotify & Youtube's public API & creates a hazardless, performant & resource friendly User Experience.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry) [Strawberry](https://www.strawberrymusicplayer.org/) - Strawberry is a fork of Clementine aimed at music collectors and audiophiles. It's written in C++ using the Qt toolkit.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi) [Tidal-hifi](https://github.com/Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi) - The web version of Tidal running in electron with hifi support thanks to widevine.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/th-ch/youtube-music) [Youtube-Music](https://th-ch.github.io/youtube-music/) - YouTube Music Desktop App bundled with custom plugins (and built-in ad blocker / downloader)



#### Radio



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/chronitis/curseradio) [curseradio](https://github.com/chronitis/curseradio) - Command line radio player.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kasts) [Kasts](https://apps.kde.org/kasts/) - Feature-rich, convergent podcast client for Linux Desktop and Mobile.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/ebruck/radiotray-ng) [RadioTray-NG](https://github.com/ebruck/radiotray-ng) - An Internet radio player for Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Shortwave) [Shortwave](https://apps.gnome.org/app/de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave/) - Shortwave is an internet radio player that provides access to a station database with over 25,000 stations.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/needle-and-thread/vocal) [Vocal](https://vocalproject.net/) - Podcast client for the modern desktop.



#### Utilities



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/karlstav/cava) [cava](https://github.com/karlstav/cava) - Cava is a Cross-platform Audio Visualizer.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/eartag) [Ear Tag](https://apps.gnome.org/EarTag/) - Small and simple audio file tag editor.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/GNOME/easytag) [EasyTag](https://github.com/GNOME/easytag) - Edit audio file metadata.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/enzo1982/freac) [fre:ac](https://www.freac.org) - fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats and encoders. It currently converts between MP3, MP4/M4A, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, WAV and Bonk formats.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/KDE/k3b) [K3b](https://userbase.kde.org/K3b) - The CD/DVD Kreator for Linux, optimized for KDE.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kid3/) [Kid3](https://kid3.kde.org/) - Edit tags of multiple files, e.g. the artist, album, year and genre of all mp3 files of an album.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/orhun/linuxwave) [linuxwave](https://orhun.dev/linuxwave/) - Generate music from the entropy of Linux

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/SeaDve/Mousai) [Mousai](https://apps.gnome.org/app/io.github.seadve.Mousai/) - Mousai is a simple application that can identify songs similar to Shazam.

- [MusixMatch](https://snapcraft.io/musixmatch) - A Capable lyrics app with synchronized lyrics function.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/osdlyrics/osdlyrics) [OSD Lyrics](https://github.com/osdlyrics/osdlyrics) - Show lyrics with your favorite media player.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://launchpad.net/soundconverter) [Soundconverter](https://soundconverter.org/) - Leading audio file converter. Aims to be simple to use, and very fast.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sound-juicer) [SoundJuicer](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/SoundJuicer/Documentation#Installing) - CD Ripping tool for GNOME.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Soundux/Soundux) [Soundux](https://soundux.rocks/) - A cross-platform soundboard.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/spicetify/spicetify-cli) [Spicetify](https://spicetify.app/) - Command-line tool to customize the official Spotify client. Supports Windows, MacOS and Linux.



### Chat Clients



#### 3rd Party Client



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine) [Caprine](https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine) - Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/chatterino/chatterino2) [Chatterino](https://chatterino.com/) - Chatterino is a chat client for Twitch chat. It aims to be an improved/extended version of the Twitch web chat.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/chatty/chatty) [Chatty](https://chatty.github.io/) - Chatty is a Twitch chat client for everyone who wants to try something new and different from the webchat, but doesn't want the complexity of an IRC client or miss out on the Twitch specific features.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/fractal) [Fractal](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Fractal) - Fractal is a Matrix messaging app for GNOME written in Rust. Its interface is optimized for collaboration in large groups, such as free software projects.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat) [NeoChat](https://apps.kde.org/neochat/) - NeoChat is a Matrix client. It allows you to send text messages, videos and audio files to your family, colleagues and friends using the Matrix protocol.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko) [nheko](https://nheko-reborn.github.io/) - Desktop client for Matrix using Qt and C++20.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/network/tokodon) [Tokodon](https://apps.kde.org/tokodon/) - Tokodon is a Mastodon client for Plasma and Plasma Mobile.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Vencord/Vesktop) [Vesktop](https://github.com/Vencord/Vesktop) - Vesktop is a custom Discord App aiming to give you better performance and improve linux support.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/SpacingBat3/WebCord) [WebCord](https://github.com/SpacingBat3/WebCord) - A Discord and Fosscord web-based client made with the electron.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/zerkc/whatsdesk) [WhatsDesk](https://zerkc.gitlab.io/whatsdesk/) - WhatsDesk is a unofficial client of WhatsApp.



#### All-in-One Client



- [![Open-Source-Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/ferdium/ferdium-app) [Ferdium](https://ferdium.org/) - Fork of Ferdi/Franz. Ferdium is a desktop app that helps you organize how you use your favourite apps by combining them into one application.

- [![Open-Source-Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/meetfranz/franz) [Franz](https://meetfranz.com/) - Franz is a free messaging app that combines many chat & messaging services into one application.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://developer.pidgin.im/) [Pidgin](https://pidgin.im/) - A universal chat client.

- [Rambox](https://rambox.app/) - Free and Cross Platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/sonnyp/Tangram) [Tangram](https://apps.gnome.org/app/re.sonny.Tangram/) - Tangram is a new kind of browser. It is designed to organize and run your Web applications.



#### Chat Client Utilities



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/BetterDiscord/BetterDiscord) [BetterDiscord](https://betterdiscord.app/) - BetterDiscord extends the functionality of DiscordApp by enhancing it with new features.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/trigg/Discover) [Discover](https://trigg.github.io/Discover/) - Yet another Discord overlay for Linux written in Python using GTK3.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jagrosh/MusicBot) [JMusicBot](https://jmusicbot.com/) - A Discord music bot that's easy to set up and run yourself.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot) [Red Discord Bot](https://index.discord.red/) - Red Discord Bot is a self-hosted music/chat/trivia bot that can run on a Raspberry Pi and a variety of OS's. It's extensible through a system of "Cogs" that allow it to do more.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Vendicated/Vencord) [Vencord](https://vencord.dev/) - The cutest Discord client mod.



#### IRC Client



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/hexchat) [HexChat](https://hexchat.github.io/) - HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like system.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/irssi/irssi) [Irssi](https://irssi.org/) - Irssi is a modular chat client that is most commonly known for its text mode user interface.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/network/konversation) [Konversation](https://konversation.kde.org/) - User-friendly and fully-featured IRC client.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc) [KVIrc](https://www.kvirc.net/) - KVIrc is a free portable IRC client based on the excellent Qt GUI toolkit.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/polari) [Polari](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Polari) - A simple IRC client that is designed to integrate seamlessly with GNOME.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/weechat/weechat) [Weechat](https://weechat.org/) - WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client.



#### Official Client



- [![Open-Source-Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/p/beebeep/code/HEAD/tree/) [BeeBEEP](https://www.beebeep.net/) - BeeBEEP is an open source, peer to peer, lan messenger. You can talk and share files with anyone inside your local area network. You don't need a server, just download, unzip and start it. Simple, fast and secure.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/dino/dino) [Dino](https://dino.im) - Clean and modern Jabber/XMPP chat client.

- [Discord](https://discord.com/) - All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vector-im/element-web) [Element](https://element.io/) - A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/services) [Gitter](https://gitter.im/) - Gitter — Where developers come to talk. Gitter is designed to make community messaging, collaboration and discovery as smooth and simple as possible.

- [Guilded](https://www.guilded.gg/) - Guilded is the best app for gaming chat. Guilded is perfect for gaming with friends, clans, guilds, communities, esports, LFG and teams. And it's free.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://git.jami.net/savoirfairelinux) [Jami](https://jami.net/) - Chat. Talk. Share. Jami is a free and universal communication platform which preserves the users' privacy and freedoms. Formerly Ring.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jitsi) [Jitsi](https://jitsi.org/) - Jitsi is a free and open source multiplatform voice, videoconferencing and instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Android.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mattermost/) [Mattermost](https://mattermost.com/) - Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform that is open, flexible, and deeply integrated with the tools you love.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/qTox/qTox) [qTox](https://qtox.github.io/) - A simple distributed, secure messenger with audio and video chat capabilities.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/revoltchat) [Revolt](https://revolt.chat/) - Revolt is an open source user-first chat platform.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat) [Rocket.Chat](https://rocket.chat/) - Rocket.Chat is an open-source fully customizable communications platform developed in JavaScript for organizations with high standards of data protection.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/oxen-io) [Session](https://getsession.org/) - Session is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that minimises sensitive metadata, designed and built for people who want absolute privacy and freedom from any form of surveillance.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/signalapp) [Signal](https://signal.org) - An end-to-end encrypted chat app that focuses on privacy for all. Say "hello" to privacy.

- [Skype](https://www.skype.com/en/) - Skype keeps the world talking, for free.

- [Slack](https://slack.com/downloads/linux) - Real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop) [Telegram](https://desktop.telegram.org/) - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/linagora/Twake) [Twake](https://twake.app/) - Open-source alternative to Microsoft Teams.

- [Viber](https://www.viber.com/download/) - Viber for Linux lets you send free messages and make free calls to other Viber users on any device and network, in any country.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/wireapp) [Wire](https://wire.com/en/) - Secure communication. Full privacy.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/zulip/zulip) [Zulip](https://zulip.com/) - Zulip is a powerful, open source group chat application that combines the immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded conversations.



### Data Backup and Recovery



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/) [Back In Time](https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/) - A simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by "flyback project".

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/development.html) [BorgBackup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) - A deduplicating backup program with compression and authenticated encryption.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/bup/bup) [bup](https://bup.github.io/) - Very efficient backup system based on the git packfile format, providing fast incremental saves and global deduplication (among and within files, including virtual machine images).

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/deja-dup) [Deja Dup](https://apps.gnome.org/DejaDup/) - A simple backup tool with built-in encryption.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/gilbertchen/duplicacy) [Duplicacy](https://duplicacy.com/) - Duplicacy is a new generation cross-platform cloud backup tool based on the idea of Lock-Free Deduplication. CLI version is free for personal use and is open-source, GUI and commercial use require licensing.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/duplicity/duplicity) [Duplicity](https://duplicity.gitlab.io/) - Duplicity does directory backups by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.freefilesync.org/download.php) [FreeFileSync](https://www.freefilesync.org) - FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization software that creates and manages backup copies of all your important files. Instead of copying every file every time, FreeFileSync determines the differences between a source and a target folder and transfers only the minimum amount of data needed.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/kopia/kopia/) [Kopia](https://kopia.io/) - Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/cgsecurity/testdisk) [Photorec](https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) - PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/pika-backup) [Pika Backup](https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.World.PikaBackup/) - Pika Backup is designed to save your personal data and does not support complete system recovery. Pika Backup is powered by the well-tested BorgBackup software.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/qt-fsarchiver/) [Qt-fsarchiver](https://sourceforge.net/projects/qt-fsarchiver/) - Qt-fsarchiver is a GUI for the fsarchiver program to save/restore partitions, folders and even the MBR/GPT table. The program is for systems based on Debian, OpenSuse or Fedora.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/ncw/rclone) [rclone](https://rclone.org/) - Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from various cloud storage solutions. It also allows encrypted backups.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/restic/restic) [restic](https://restic.net/) - restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure. It supports the three major operating systems (Linux, macOS, Windows) and a few smaller ones (FreeBSD, OpenBSD).

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/rsnapshot/rsnapshot) [rsnapshot](https://rsnapshot.org/) - rsnapshot is a command line utility based on rsync to make periodic snapshots of local/remote machines. The code makes extensive use of hard links whenever possible to greatly reduce the disk space required.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/systemrescuecd/) [System Rescue CD](https://www.system-rescue.org/) - SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/cgsecurity/testdisk) [TestDisk](https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk) - TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift) [Timeshift](https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift) - System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/borgbase/vorta) [Vorta](https://vorta.borgbase.com/) - Vorta is a backup client for macOS and Linux desktops. It integrates the mighty BorgBackup with your desktop environment to protect your data from disk failure, ransomware and theft.



### Desktop Customization



#### Desktop Icon Packs



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/EliverLara/candy-icons) [Candy Icons](https://github.com/EliverLara/candy-icons) - An icon theme colored with sweet gradients.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/daniruiz/Flat-Remix) [Flat Remix](https://github.com/daniruiz/Flat-Remix) - Flat Remix is an icon theme inspired by material design. It is mostly flat using a colorful palette with some shadows, highlights, and gradients for some depth.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Fluent-icon-theme) [Fluent Icon Theme](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Fluent-icon-theme) - Fluent icon theme for linux desktops.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/keeferrourke/la-capitaine-icon-theme) [La Capitaine Icon Theme](https://github.com/keeferrourke/la-capitaine-icon-theme) - A macOS and Material design inspired icon theme designed to fit into most desktop environments.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/snwh/moka-icon-theme) [Moka Icon Theme](https://snwh.org/moka) - Moka was created with simplicity in mind. With the use simple geometry & bright colours.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/numixproject/numix-icon-theme) [Numix Icon Theme](https://numixproject.github.io/) - A flat icon theme that comes in two varieties, Numix Main, and Numix circle.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme) [Papirus Icon Theme](https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme) - SVG icon theme for Linux systems, based on Paper with a few extras like (hardcode-tray support, kde-color-scheme support, libreoffice icon theme, filezilla theme, smplayer themes, ...) and other modifications. The theme is available for GTK and KDE.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Qogir-icon-theme) [Qogir Icon Theme](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Qogir-icon-theme) - A flat colorful design icon theme for linux desktops.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/yeyushengfan258/Reversal-icon-theme) [Reversal Icon Theme](https://github.com/yeyushengfan258/Reversal-icon-theme) - A colorful design icon theme for linux desktops.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Tela-icon-theme) [Tela Icon Theme](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Tela-icon-theme) - A flat colorful Design icon theme.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-icon-theme) [WhiteSur Icon Theme](https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-icon-theme) - MacOS Big Sur style icon theme for linux desktops.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/zayronxio/Zafiro-icons) [Zafiro Icons](https://github.com/zayronxio/Zafiro-icons) - Minimalist icons created with the flat-desing technique, utilizing washed out colors and always accompanied by white.



#### Desktop Themes



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/EliverLara/Ant) [Ant Theme](https://github.com/EliverLara/Ant) - Ant is a flat GTK theme for Ubuntu and other GNOME-based Linux desktops it comes in three varieties: vanilla, Bloody, or Dracula.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jnsh/arc-theme) [Arc Theme](https://github.com/jnsh/arc-theme) - A flat theme with transparent elements.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/catppuccin) [Catppuccin](https://github.com/catppuccin) - Catppuccin is a community-driven pastel theme that aims to be the middle ground between low and high contrast themes.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/dracula/gtk) [Dracula](https://draculatheme.com/gtk) - A dark theme using the awesome Dracula color pallete.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/daniruiz/Flat-Remix-GTK) [Flat Remix](https://github.com/daniruiz/Flat-Remix-GTK) - Flat Remix is a GTK application theme inspired by material design.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Graphite-gtk-theme) [Graphite](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Graphite-gtk-theme) - Graphite GTK theme.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Fausto-Korpsvart/Gruvbox-GTK-Theme) [Gruvbox](https://github.com/Fausto-Korpsvart/Gruvbox-GTK-Theme) - A GTK theme based on the Gruvbox colour palette.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/EliverLara/Kimi) [Kimi](https://github.com/EliverLara/Kimi) - Kimi is a light Gtk3.20+ theme.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Layan-gtk-theme) [Layan](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Layan-gtk-theme) - Layan is a flat Material Design theme for GTK 3, GTK 2 and Gnome-Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like Gnome, Budgie, etc.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/material-ocean/material-ocean) [Material Ocean Theme](https://github.com/material-ocean/material-ocean) - A material design theme with oceanic colors(GTK, QT).

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Mojave-gtk-theme) [Mojave GTK Theme](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Mojave-gtk-theme) - Mojave is a Mac OSX like theme for GTK 3, GTK 2 and GNOME-Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like GNOME, Pantheon, XFCE, Mate, etc.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/EliverLara/Nordic) [Nordic](https://github.com/EliverLara/Nordic) - Dark Gtk3.20+ theme created using the awesome Nord color pallete.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Orchis-theme) [Orchis theme](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Orchis-theme) - Orchis is a Material Design theme for GNOME/GTK based desktop environments.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Qogir-theme) [Qogir](https://github.com/vinceliuice/Qogir-theme) - Qogir is a flat Design theme for GTK.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/EliverLara/Sweet) [Sweet](https://github.com/EliverLara/Sweet) - Light and dark colorful Gtk3.20+ theme.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme) [WhiteSur GTK Theme](https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme) - MacOS Big Sur like theme for GNOME desktops.



#### Desktop Widgets and Theme Utilities



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky) [Conky](https://conky.cc/) - Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mjakeman/extension-manager) [Extension Manager](https://github.com/mjakeman/extension-manager) - A utility for browsing and installing GNOME Shell Extensions.

- [GNOME Extensions](https://extensions.gnome.org/) - Extensions for the GNOME Desktop Environment.

- [GNOME Look](https://www.gnome-look.org/) - A website that hosts a Large amounts of community created icons, shell themes, fonts, and many more assets that can be used to customize your GNOME desktop environment.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/GradienceTeam/Gradience) [Gradience](https://gradienceteam.github.io/) - Gradience is a tool for customizing Libadwaita applications and the adw-gtk3 theme.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/bilelmoussaoui/Hardcode-Tray) [Hardcode Tray](https://github.com/bilelmoussaoui/Hardcode-Tray) - This script fixes hardcoded tray icons in Linux by automatically detecting your default theme, the right icon size, the hard-coded applications, the right icons for each indicator and fix them.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/LemonBoy/bar) [Lemonbar](https://github.com/LemonBoy/bar) - Super fast, lightweight, and mnml status bar for Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/realmazharhussain/gdm-settings) [Login Manager Settings](https://realmazharhussain.github.io/gdm-settings/) - A settings app for GNOME's Login Manager, GDM.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/themix-project/themix-gui) [Themix GUI designer](https://github.com/themix-project/themix-gui) - A Graphical application for generating different color variations of Oomox (Numix-based) and Materia (ex-Flat-Plat) themes (GTK2, GTK3, Cinnamon, GNOME, Openbox, Xfwm), Archdroid, Gnome-Color, Numix, Papirus and Suru++ icon themes.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.opencode.net/dfn2/pling-store-development) [Pling Store](https://www.pling.com/) - Desktop app of openDesktop.org, which is one of the largest communities where developers and artists share applications, themes and other content.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jaagr/polybar) [Polybar](https://polybar.github.io/) - Fast and easy-to-use status bar.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/deviantfero/wpgtk) [Wpgtk](https://deviantfero.github.io/wpgtk) - A universal theming software for all themes defined in text files, compatible with all terminals, with default themes for GTK2, GTK+, openbox and Tint2 that uses pywal as it's core for colorscheme generation.



### Development



#### Android



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/anbox/anbox) [Anbox](https://anbox.io) - Run Android applications on any GNU/Linux operating system.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/tools/base/+/studio-master-dev/source.md) [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/) - The Official IDE for Android: Android Studio provides the fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid) [Waydroid](https://waydro.id/) - Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.



#### C\+\+



- ![Non Free][money icon] [CLion](https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/) - A cross-platform and powerful IDE for C/C++.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/p/codeblocks/code/HEAD/tree/) [Code::Blocks](https://www.codeblocks.org/) - Code::Blocks is a free C/C++ and Fortran IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://wiki.codelite.org/pmwiki.php/Main/Repositories) [CodeLite](https://codelite.org/) - A Free, open source, cross platform C/C++, PHP and Node.js IDE.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/qt-creator/qt-creator) [QT Creator](https://www.qt.io/product/development-tools) - Fully-stocked cross-platform integrated development environment for easy creation of connected devices, UIs and applications.



#### Database



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/apache/cassandra) [Cassandra](https://cassandra.apache.org/) - Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance. Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure make it the perfect platform for mission-critical data.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/apache/couchdb) [CouchDB](https://couchdb.apache.org/) - Seamless multi-master sync, that scales from Big Data to Mobile, with an Intuitive HTTP/JSON API and designed for Reliability.

- [DataGrip](https://www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/) - DataGrip is a cross-platform IDE that is aimed at DBAs and developers working with SQL databases. It has built-in drivers that support DB2, Derby, H2, HSQLDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Sqlite and Sybase.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver) [DBeaver](https://dbeaver.io/) - A universal database client supporting multiple platforms and databases.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/office/kexi) [Kexi](https://calligra.org/kexi/) - Kexi is an open source visual database applications creator, a long-awaited competitor for programs like MS Access or Filemaker.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://mariadb.org/get-involved/getting-started-for-developers/) [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/) - One of the most popular database servers. Made by the original developers of MySQL.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo) [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/) - MongoDB is a free and open-source cross-platform document-oriented database program, uses JSON-like documents with schemas.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/dbcli/mycli) [MyCLI](https://www.mycli.net/) - MyCLI is a command line interface for MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona with auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server) [MySQL](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/linux-installation.html) - MySQL is the world's leading open source database thanks to its proven performance, reliability and ease-of-use. It is used by high profile web properties including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo! and many more.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mysql/mysql-workbench) [MySQL Workbench](https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/) - MySQL Workbench is a unified visual tool for database architects, developers, and DBAs. MySQL Workbench provides data modeling, SQL development, and comprehensive administration tools for server configuration, user administration, backup, and much more.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/oceanbase/oceanbase) [OceanBase](https://github.com/oceanbase/oceanbase) - Distributed relational database. Based on the Paxos protocol and its distributed structure, it provides high availability and linear scalability.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/OmniDB/OmniDB) [OmniDB](https://github.com/OmniDB/OmniDB) - Browser-based tool that visually create, manage, and view databases.

- ![Non Free][money icon] [OracleDB](https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html) - Object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation, one of the most trusted and widely-used relational database engines.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb) [Percona MongoDB](https://www.percona.com/software/mongo-database/percona-server-for-mongodb) - Percona Server for MongoDB provides all features and benefits of MongoDB Community Server.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/percona/pmm-server) [Percona Monitoring](https://www.percona.com/software/database-tools/percona-monitoring-and-management) - Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a free and open-source platform for managing and monitoring MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB performance. You can run PMM in your own environment for maximum security and reliability. It provides thorough time-based analysis for MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB servers to ensure that your data works as efficiently as possible.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/percona/percona-server) [Percona MySQL](https://www.percona.com/software/mysql-database/percona-server) - Percona Server for MySQL is a free, fully compatible, enhanced, open source drop-in replacement for MySQL that provides superior performance, scalability and instrumentation.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/percona/percona-xtradb-cluster) [Percona XtraDB Cluster](https://www.percona.com/software/mysql-database/percona-xtradb-cluster) - Percona XtraDB Cluster is an active/active high availability and high scalability open source solution for MySQL clustering. It integrates Percona Server and Percona XtraBackup with the Codership Galera library of MySQL high availability solutions in a single package that enables you to create a cost-effective MySQL high availability cluster.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli) [pgcli](https://www.pgcli.com/) - Pgcli is a command line interface for Postgres with auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/postgres/postgres) [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/download/) - PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with more than 15 year development. PostgreSQL is not controlled by any corporation or other private entity and the source code is available free of charge.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.sqlite.org/src/doc/trunk/README.md) [Sqlite](https://sqlite.org/download.html) - SQLite is an in-process library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser) [Sqlite Browser](https://sqlitebrowser.org/) - Visually create, manage, and view sqlite database files.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/WebDB-App/app) [WebDB](https://webdb.app/) - Open Source and Efficient Database IDE. Easy server connection, Modern ERD, Intelligent data generator, IA assistant, NoSQL structure manager, Time machine and Powerful query editor.



#### Game Engines



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy) [Bevy Engine](https://bevyengine.org/) - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/defold/defold) [Defold](https://defold.com/) - Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of desktop, mobile and web games.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/AchetaGames/Epic-Asset-Manager) [Epic Asset Manager](https://github.com/AchetaGames/Epic-Asset-Manager) - An unofficial client to install Unreal Engine, download and manage purchased assets, projects, plugins and games from the Epic Games Store.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/FlaxEngine/FlaxEngine) [Flax Engine](https://flaxengine.com/) - Flax Engine – multi-platform 3D game engine.

- [GameMaker](https://gamemaker.io/en) - The Ultimate 2D Game Development Environment.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/4ian/GDevelop) [GDevelop](https://gdevelop.io/) - Open-source, cross-platform game engine designed to be used by everyone.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/godotengine) [Godot Engine](https://godotengine.org/) - Godot provides a huge set of common tools, so you can just focus on making your game without reinventing the wheel.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/haxeflixel/flixel) [Haxeflixel](https://haxeflixel.com/) - 2D game engine written in [Haxe](https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe).

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/HeapsIO/heaps) [Heaps](https://heaps.io/) - Heaps is a cross platform graphics engine designed for high performance games. It's designed to leverage modern GPUs that are commonly available on desktop, mobile and consoles.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/o3de/o3de/) [Open 3D Engine](https://www.o3de.org/) - Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is a modular, open source, cross-platform 3D engine built to power anything from AAA games to cinema-quality 3D worlds to high-fidelity simulations.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/stride3d/stride) [Stride](https://www.stride3d.net/) - Stride is an open-source C# game engine for realistic rendering and VR.

- [Unity](https://unity.com/) - The world’s leading platform for real-time content creation.

- [Unreal Engine](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US) - The world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/turanszkij/WickedEngine) [Wicked Engine](https://wickedengine.net/) - 3D engine with modern graphics.



#### Git



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/refs/tags) [cgit](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/) - A hyperfast web frontend for git repositories written in C.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo) [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/) - Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. It is a "soft" fork of Gitea with a focus on scaling, federation and privacy.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/giggle/) [Giggle](https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/giggle) - Giggle is a graphical frontend for the git content tracker.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Gisto/Gisto) [Gisto](https://www.gistoapp.com/) - Gisto is a code snippet manager that runs on GitHub Gists and adds additional features such as searching, tagging and sharing gists while including a rich code editor.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/git/git) [Git](https://git-scm.com/) - Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/git-cola/git-cola) [GitCola](https://git-cola.github.io/) - Git Cola is a sleek and powerful graphical Git client. Written in Python and GPL-licensed.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/go-gitea/) [Gitea](https://about.gitea.com/) - Gitea is a community managed lightweight code hosting solution written in Go. It is published under the MIT license.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gitg) [Gitg](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg) - Gitg is the GNOME GUI client to view git repositories.

- ![Nonfree][freeware icon]![Nonfree][money icon] [GitKraken](https://www.gitkraken.com/) - The downright luxurious Git GUI client for Windows, Mac & Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq) [GitLab](https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq) - GitLab is a web-based Git repository manager with wiki and issue tracking features.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite) [Gitolite](https://gitolite.com/gitolite/index.html) - Gitolite allows you to setup git hosting on a central server, with fine-grained access control and many more powerful features.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Murmele/Gittyup) [Gittyup](https://murmele.github.io/Gittyup/) - Gittyup is a graphical Git client designed to help you understand and manage your source code history.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/gogs/gogs) [Gogs](https://gogs.io/) - A painless self-hosted Git service.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit) [lazygit](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit) - A simple terminal UI for git commands, written in Go with the gocui library.

- ![Nonfree][money icon] [SmartGit](https://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/) - SmartGit is a Git client with support for GitHub Pull Requests+Comments and SVN.



#### Golang



- ![Non Free][money icon] [GoLand](https://www.jetbrains.com/go/) - Commercial IDE by JetBrains aimed at providing an ergonomic environment for Go development.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/visualfc/liteide) [LiteIDE X](https://github.com/visualfc/liteide) - LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.



#### Java



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.bluej.org/versions.html) [BlueJ](https://bluej.org/) - A free Java Development Environment designed for beginners, used by millions worldwide.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://git.eclipse.org/c/) [Eclipse](https://eclipse.org/ide/) - Eclipse is famous for our Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE), but can also download packages to support C/C++ IDE and PHP IDE.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community) [IntelliJ IDEA Community](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) - Open source IDE by Jetbrains for JVM and Android development.

- ![Non Free][money icon] [IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) - Commercial IDE by Jetbrains for web and enterprise JAVA development.



#### Javascript



- ![Non Free][money icon] [Webstorm](https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/) - Powerful IDE for modern JavaScript development, made by JetBrains.



#### Microcomputer and Embedded Devices



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide) [Arduino IDE](https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software) - The open-source Arduino Software (IDE) makes it easy to write code and upload it to the board.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/fritzing/fritzing-app) [Fritzing](https://fritzing.org/) - Fritzing is an open-source hardware initiative that makes electronics accessible as a creative material for anyone.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Sloeber/arduino-eclipse-plugin) [Sloeber IDE](https://eclipse.baeyens.it/) - Sloeber IDE. The Arduino IDE for Eclipse.



#### Multiple Languages Support



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/aptana/studio3) [Aptana](https://www.axway.com/en/aptana) - Aptana Studio harnesses the flexibility of Eclipse and focuses it into a powerful web development engine.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/kdevelop/kdevelop) [KDevelop](https://www.kdevelop.org/) - It is a free, open source IDE, feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and other programming languages.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.monodevelop.com/developers/) [MonoDevelop](https://www.monodevelop.com/) - Cross platform IDE for C#, F# and more.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://netbeans.apache.org/participate/index.html) [Netbeans](https://netbeans.apache.org/download/index.html) - NetBeans IDE lets you quickly and easily develop Java desktop, mobile, and web applications, as well as HTML5 applications with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://pantsbuild.org/) [Pants Build](https://www.pantsbuild.org/) - Powerful build system for Python, JVM, Go and more, relies on static analysis instead of boilerplate to make adoption and use easy.



#### PHP



- ![Nonfree][money icon] [PHPStorm](https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/) - Lightning-smart and powerful PHP IDE from Jetbrains.



#### Python



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/master/python) [PyCharm Community](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/) - Open source IDE by Jetbrains for pure Python development.

- ![Non Free][money icon] [PyCharm Professional](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/) - Commercial IDE by Jetbrains for scientific and web Python development.



#### Ruby



- ![Non Free][money icon] [RubyMine](https://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/) - Professional Ruby and Rails IDE.



#### Shell



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell) [Fish](https://fishshell.com/) - A smart and user-friendly command-line shell.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fisher) [Fisher](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fisher) - A plugin manager for fish shell.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/ipython/ipython) [Ipython](https://ipython.org/) - Powerful Python shell.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/nushell/nushell) [nushell](https://www.nushell.sh/) - A new type of shell.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish) [Oh-my-fish](https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish) - Provides various packages and themes to extend the functionality of your fish shell.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) [Oh-my-zsh](https://ohmyz.sh/) - A delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/oilshell/oil) [oilshell](https://github.com/oilshell/oil) - Oil is a new Unix shell for Python and JavaScript users who avoid shell!.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck) [Shellcheck](https://www.shellcheck.net/) - ShellCheck, a static analysis tool for shell scripts.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/zimfw/zimfw) [Zim](https://zimfw.sh/) - Modular, customizable, and blazing fast Zsh framework.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/master/tree/) [Zsh](https://www.zsh.org/) - A powerful command line shell.



#### Supporting Tools



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3) [bzip3](https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3) - A versatile statistical compressor with better compression ratio than standard Linux tools (gzip, bzip2, etc...).

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/GeopJr/Collision) [Collision](https://collision.geopjr.dev/) - Collision comes with a simple & clean UI, allowing anyone, from any age and experience group, to generate, compare and verify MD5, SHA-256, SHA-512 and SHA-1 hashes.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/cscope/) [Cscope](https://cscope.sourceforge.net/) - Cscope is a developer's tool for browsing source code. Although cmd-line application, it is nativelly integrated with Vim editor. It allows searching code for symbols, definitions, functions (called/calling), regex, files.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Huluti/Curtail) [Curtail](https://apps.gnome.org/app/com.github.huluti.Curtail/) - Curtail is an useful image compressor, supporting PNG, JPEG and WEBP file types.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka) [Czkawka](https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka) - Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/cytopia/devilbox) [Devilbox](https://github.com/cytopia/devilbox) - The devilbox is a modern and highly customisable dockerized PHP stack supporting full LAMP and MEAN and running on all major platforms. The main goal is to easily switch and combine any version required for local development.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/dialect-app/dialect/) [Dialect](https://apps.gnome.org/app/app.drey.Dialect/) - A translation app for GNOME.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/diffuse/files/?source=navbar) [Diffuse](https://diffuse.sourceforge.net/) - Diffuse is a graphical tool for comparing and merging text files. It can retrieve files for comparison from Bazaar, CVS, Darcs, Git, Mercurial, Monotone, RCS, Subversion, and SVK repositories.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/docker/desktop-linux) [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/linux/install/) - Docker is a set of platform as a service products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/flox/flox) [Flox](https://flox.dev) - Flox is a virtual environment and package manager all-in-one.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/dir?ci=tip) [Fossil](https://www.fossil-scm.org) - Self-contained, distributed software configuration management system with integrated bug-tracking, wiki, technotes and web interface.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/gaphor/gaphor) [Gaphor](https://gaphor.org) - A simple and fast software and systems modeling tool.

- ![Nonfree][money icon] [Genymotion](https://www.genymotion.com/desktop/) - Genymotion is a fast third-party emulator that can be used instead of the default Android emulator.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/glade) [Glade](https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/glade) - GTK+ User Interface Builder.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://phabricator.kde.org/source/heaptrack/repository/master/) [Heaptrack](https://phabricator.kde.org/source/heaptrack/repository/master/) - A heap memory profiler for Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/WindSoilder/hors) [hors](https://github.com/WindSoilder/hors) - Instant coding answers via the command line.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Kong/insomnia) [Insomnia](https://insomnia.rest/) - A simple, beautiful, and free REST API client.

- [Intel® VTune™ Profiler](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/vtune-profiler.html) - GUI and Commandline tool from Intel for finding and fixing performance bottlenecks in software written in C/C++, C#, Java, and more.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://docs.jupyter.org/en/latest/install.html) [Jupyter Notebook](https://jupyter.org/) - An open source program that provides interactive data and scientific computing information across over 40 programming languages.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker) [lazydocker](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker) - A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose, written in Go with the gocui library.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/tree/main) [Meld](https://meldmerge.org/) - Meld is a visual diff and merge tool that helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/rmnvgr/metadata-cleaner/) [Metadata Cleaner](https://metadatacleaner.romainvigier.fr/) - This tool allows you to view metadata in your files and to get rid of it, as much as possible.

- [Mockitt](https://mockitt.com/home.html) - Mockitt is an easy-to-use prototyping tool.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/utilities/okteta) [Okteta](https://apps.kde.org/okteta/) - Hex Editor for viewing and editing the raw data of files.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/evolus/pencil) [Pencil](https://pencil.evolus.vn/) - An open-source GUI prototyping tool that's available for ALL platforms.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/stuartlangridge/ColourPicker) [Pick](https://kryogenix.org/code/pick/) - Simple color picker.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/containers/podman) [Podman](https://podman.io/) - Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

- [Postman](https://www.postman.com/) - Postman, allows a user to develop and test APIs quickly.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/rabbitvcs/rabbitvcs) [Rabbit VCS](http://rabbitvcs.org/) - RabbitVCS is a set of graphical tools written to provide simple and straightforward access to the version control systems you use.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail) [Sourcetrail](https://www.sourcetrail.com/) - Sourcetrail is a free and open-source cross-platform source explorer that helps you get productive on unfamiliar source code.

- ![Non Free][money icon] [StarUML](https://staruml.io/) - A sophisticated software modeler.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/uncrustify/uncrustify) [Uncrustify](https://uncrustify.sourceforge.net/) - Source Code Beautifier for C/C++, C#, ObjectiveC, D, Java, Pawn and VALA. See UniversalIndentGUI below.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/universalindent/files/uigui/) [UniversalIndentGUI](https://universalindent.sourceforge.net/) - UniversalIndentGUI offers a live preview for setting the parameters of nearly any indenter.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceware.org/git/?p=valgrind.git) [Valgrind](https://valgrind.org/) - Valgrind is a GPL'd system for debugging and profiling Linux programs.

- ![Nonfree][money icon] [GitBreeze](https://gitbreeze.dev/) - GitBreeze is the free for personal use effortless Git GUI for Windows, Mac, & Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/devguide) [Wdiff](https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/) - The GNU wdiff program is a front end to diff for comparing files on a word per word basis. It collects the diff output and uses it to produce a nicer display of word differences between the original files.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/sonnyp/Workbench) [Workbench](https://apps.gnome.org/app/re.sonny.Workbench/) - Workbench goal is to let you experiment with GNOME technologies, no matter if tinkering for the first time or building and testing a custom GTK widget.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal) [Zeal](https://zealdocs.org/) - Zeal is an offline documentation browser for software developers.



### E-Book Utilities



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/graphics/arianna) [Arianna](https://apps.kde.org/arianna/) - An eBook reader and library management applicatiion for `.epub` files from KDE.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/babluboy/bookworm) [Bookworm](https://babluboy.github.io/bookworm/) - A simple, focused eBook reader.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Buka) [Buka](https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Buka/) - A program for EBook Management.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre) [Calibre](https://calibre-ebook.com/) - Incredibly ugly but powerful software for ebook management and conversion.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web) [Calibre-web](https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web) - Calibre Web is a web app providing a clean interface for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks using an existing Calibre database.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer) [Easy Ebook Viewer](https://github.com/michaldaniel/Ebook-Viewer) - Modern GTK Python Ebook Reader app to easily read epub files.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/GettingEvince) [Evince](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince) - Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats. The goal of evince is to replace the multiple document viewers that exist on the GNOME Desktop with a single simple application.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/geometer/FBReader) [FBReader](https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-beta-linux-desktop) - One of the most popular eReader apps.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate) [Foliate](https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/) - Foliate is a simple and modern GTK eBook viewer.

- [Foxit](https://www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/) - Foxit Reader 8.0—Award-winning PDF Reader.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/martahilmar/gnome-books) [GNOME Books](https://github.com/martahilmar/gnome-books) - GNOME Books is application for listing, searching and reading eBooks.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/src) [K2pdfopt](https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt) - K2pdfopt optimizes PDF/DJVU files for mobile e-readers (e.g. the Kindle) and smartphones.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://codeberg.org/valos/Komikku) [Komikku](https://apps.gnome.org/Komikku/) - Manga reader with support for online and offline reading, automatic downloads, locally stored manga formats (CBZ and CBR formats), and collection organization features.

- [Lucidor](https://lucidor.org/lucidor/) - Lucidor is a computer program for reading and handling e-books. Lucidor supports e-books in the EPUB file format, and catalogs in the OPDS format.

- [MasterPDF editor](https://code-industry.net/free-pdf-editor/) - Master PDF Editor a convenient and smart PDF editor for Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/p/mcomix/git/ci/master/tree/) [Mcomix](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mcomix/) - GTK+ comic book viewer.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=summary) [MuPDF](https://mupdf.com/) - A lightweight PDF and XPS viewer.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/KDE/okular) [Okular](https://okular.kde.org/) - Okular is a universal document viewer based developed by KDE. Okular works on multiple platforms, including but not limited to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, etc.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger) [PDF Arranger](https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger) - PDF Arranger is a small application, which helps the user to merge or split pdf documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/torakiki/pdfsam) [PDFsam](https://www.pdfsam.org/) - A desktop application to split, extract pages, rotate, mix and merge PDF files.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/junrrein/pdfslicer) [PDF Slicer](https://junrrein.github.io/pdfslicer/) - PDF Slicer is a simple application to extract, merge, rotate and reorder pages of PDF documents.

- ![Non Free][money icon] [PDF Studio](https://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/) - An easy to use, full-featured PDF editing software that is a reliable alternative to Adobe Acrobat and provides all PDF functions needed at a fraction of the cost. PDF Studio maintains full compatibility with the PDF Standard.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://launchpad.net/qpdfview) [qpdfview](https://launchpad.net/qpdfview) - qpdfview is a tabbed document viewer.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil) [Sigil](https://sigil-ebook.com/) - Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook editor.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/pwmt/zathura) [Zathura](https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/) - Zathura is a highly customizable and functional document viewer.



### Electronic



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/KiCad) [KiCAD](https://www.kicad.org/) - An EDA suite for schematic and circuit board design.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/logisim-evolution/logisim-evolution) [Logisim Evolution](https://github.com/logisim-evolution/logisim-evolution) - Graphical tool for designing and simulating digital logic curcuits. Successor of LogiSim.



### Education



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) [Anki](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) - Powerful, intelligent flash cards which makes remembering things easy.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/artha/) [Artha](https://sourceforge.net/projects/artha/) - Artha is a free cross-platform English thesaurus that works completely off-line and is based on WordNet.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/bibletime/bibletime) [BibleTime](http://bibletime.info/) - BibleTime is a Bible study application based on the Sword library and Qt toolkit.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia) [Celestia](https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia) - The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/opp11/chemtool/) [Chemtool](http://ruby.chemie.uni-freiburg.de/~martin/chemtool/) - Chemtool is a small program for drawing chemical structures on Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/colobot) [Colobot](https://colobot.info/) - Colobot: Gold Edition is a real-time strategy game, where you can program your units (bots) in a language called CBOT, which is similar to C++ and Java.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://code.launchpad.net/epoptes) [Epoptes](https://epoptes.org/) - An open source computer lab management and monitoring tool.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/gap-system/gap) [GAP](https://www.gap-system.org/) - A computer algebra system for computational discrete algebra with particular emphasis on computational group theory.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gcompris.net/wiki/Developer%27s_corner) [Gcompris](https://gcompris.net/index-en.html) - GCompris is a high quality educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/geogebra/geogebra) [Geogebra](https://www.geogebra.org/download) - The graphing calculator for functions, geometry, algebra, calculus, statistics and 3D mathematics.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dictionary) [GNOME Dictionary](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dictionary) - A powerful dictionary for GNOME.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave) [GNU Octave](https://octave.org/) - GNU Octave is a scientific programming language, primarily intended for numerical computations, that is mostly compatible with MATLAB.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gtypist.git) [GNU Typist](https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/index.html) - ncurses-based free-software typing instructor.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/gnukhata) [GNUKhata](https://gnukhata.org/) - Open source accounting software.

- [Google Earth](https://www.google.com/earth/about/versions/) - Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](http://gperiodic.seul.org/cvs/) [GPeriodic](http://gperiodic.seul.org/) - GPeriodic is a periodic table application for Linux.

- [KDE Edu Suite](https://apps.kde.org/education/) - Free Educational Software based on the KDE technologies.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/klavaro) [Klavaro](https://klavaro.sourceforge.io/en/index.html) - A touch typing tutor very flexible, supporting customizable keyboard layouts. You can edit and save new or unknown keyboard layouts, as the basic course was designed to not depend on specific ones. Also, there are some charts about the learning process.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/education/ktouch) [Ktouch](https://apps.kde.org/ktouch/) - KTouch is a program to learn and practice touch typing.

- ![Nonfree][money icon] [MAPLE](https://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/) - Maple is math software that combines the world's most powerful math engine with an interface that makes it extremely easy to analyze, explore, visualize, and solve mathematical problems.

- ![Nonfree][money icon] [MapTiler](https://www.maptiler.com/) - MapTiler generates zoomable raster maps from images in user-defined coordinate system.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/KDE/marble) [Marble](https://marble.kde.org/) - Marble is a virtual globe and world atlas — your swiss army knife for maps.

- ![Nonfree][money icon] [MATLAB](https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/) - The MATLAB platform is optimized for solving engineering and scientific problems. MATLAB helps you take your ideas beyond the desktop. You can run your analyses on larger data sets and scale up to clusters and clouds.

- ![Nonfree][money icon] [Mathematica](https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/) - The world's definitive system for modern technical computing.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/) [Maxima](https://maxima.sourceforge.io/) - Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, and much more.

- [Mendeley](https://www.mendeley.com/) - Mendeley is a program for managing and sharing research papers, finding research data and collaborating online.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/moodle/moodle) [Moodle](https://download.moodle.org/) - Course management system for online learning.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/openeuclide/) [OpenEuclid](http://coulon.publi.free.fr/openeuclide/) - OpenEuclide is a 2D geometry software: figures are defined dynamically by describing formal geometrical constraints.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/openmaptiles) [OpenMapTiles](https://openmaptiles.org/) - OpenMapTiles is a set of open-source tools for self-hosting of OpenStreetMaps in more than 50 languages. It provides both raster as well as vector tiles, WMS, WMTS, support for JavaScript viewers and mobile SDK.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://opensis.sourceforge.net/) [OpenSIS](https://www.opensis.com/) - School Management Software that Increases Student Achievements & Teacher Performances.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pari.git;a=summary) [PARI/GP](https://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/) - A computer algebra system for fast computations in number theory.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/sagemath/sage) [SageMath](https://www.sagemath.org/) - A mathematical software with features covering many aspects of mathematics, including algebra, combinatorics, numerical mathematics, number theory, and calculus.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/scipy/scipy) [Scipy](https://scipy.org/install.html) - SciPy is a Python-based ecosystem of open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/LLK/scratch-flash) [Scratch](https://scratch.mit.edu/) - With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/stellarium/) [Stellarium](https://www.stellarium.org/) - Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar) [Sugar Desktop Environment](https://sugarlabs.org/) - Sugar is a learning platform that reinvents how computers are used for education. Collaboration, reflection, and discovery are integrated directly into the user interface.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/tuxtype/files/tuxtype-source/) [TuxType](https://www.tux4kids.com/tuxtyping.html) - An educational typing tutorial game starring Tux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/ugeneunipro/ugene) [UGENE](https://ugene.net/) - UGENE is free open-source cross-platform integrated GUI-based bioinformatics software.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/veyon/veyon) [Veyon](https://veyon.io/) - Veyon is a computer management software for classrooms, it allows a teacher to control student computers and guide students over a computer network.



### Email



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/aerc) [aerc](https://aerc-mail.org) - aerc is an efficient, extensible email client that runs in the terminal. It features special support for git email workflows, reviewing patches, and processing HTML emails in a terminal-based browser.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://git.claws-mail.org/) [Claws](https://www.claws-mail.org/) - Claws is an email client and news reader, featuring sophisticated interface, easy configuration, intuitive operation, abundant features and plugins, robustness and stability.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vladimiry/ElectronMail) [ElectronMail](https://github.com/vladimiry/ElectronMail) - ElectronMail is an Electron-based unofficial desktop client for ProtonMail and Tutanota end-to-end encrypted email providers.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/) [Evolution](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/) - Evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/) [Geary](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary) - Geary is an email application built for GNOME 3. It allows you to read and send email with a simple, modern interface.

- ![Nonfree][money icon] [Hiri](https://www.hiri.com/) - Hiri is a business focused desktop e-mail client for sending and receiving e-mails, managing calendars, contacts, and tasks.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmail) [KMail](https://apps.kde.org/kmail2/) - KMail is the email component of Kontact, the integrated personal information manager from KDE.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/pulb/mailnag) [Mailnag](https://launchpad.net/~pulb/+archive/ubuntu/mailnag) - Mailnag is a daemon program that checks POP3 and IMAP servers for new mail.

- [Mailspring](https://getmailspring.com/) - A beautiful, fast and maintained fork of Nylas Mail ([dead](https://github.com/nylas/nylas-mail)) by one of the original authors.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/download.html#stable) [Sylpheed](https://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/) - Lightweight and user-friendly e-mail client.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://releases.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/) [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/) - Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize and it’s loaded with great features.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/KDE/trojita) [Trojita](https://apps.kde.org/trojita/) - A super fast desktop email client for Linux.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/danchoi/vmail) [Vmail](https://danielchoi.com/software/vmail.html) - Vim-like Gmail client.



### File Manager



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/) [7Zip](https://www.7-zip.org/download.html) - A very capable program that can unzip nearly any file archiving format.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mate-desktop/caja) [Caja](https://mate-desktop.org/) - Is the default file manager for the MATE desktop environment, it is very fast and simple to use.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/leo-arch/clifm) [CliFM](https://github.com/leo-arch/clifm) - The shell-like, command line terminal file manager: simple, fast, extensible, and lightweight as hell.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin) [Dolphin](https://apps.kde.org/dolphin/) - Dolphin is the default file manager of the KDE desktop environment featuring usability as well as functionality.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/doublecmd/) [Double Commander](https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/) - Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/network/konqueror) [Konqueror](https://apps.kde.org/konqueror/) - Konqueror is KDE's Webbrowser and swiss-army-knife for any kind of file-management and file previewing.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://invent.kde.org/utilities/krusader) [Krusader](https://krusader.org) - Krusader is an advanced twin panel (commander style) file manager for KDE and other desktops in the \*nix world, similar to Midnight or Total Commander.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/MidnightCommander/mc) [Midnight Commander](https://www.midnight-commander.org/) - A feature rich full-screen file manager that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/GNOME/nautilus) [Nautilus](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Files) - Nautilus (Files) is a file manager designed to fit the GNOME desktop design and behaviour, giving the user a simple way to navigate and manage its files.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo) [Nemo](https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo) - Nemo is the file manager for the Cinnamon desktop environment.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/jarun/nnn) [nnn](https://github.com/jarun/nnn) - A very lightweight and fast terminal file browser with excellent desktop integration.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat) [QDirStat](https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat) - Qt-based directory statistics - KDirStat without any KDE, from the original KDirStat author.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/ranger/ranger) [Ranger](https://ranger.github.io/) - Ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/IgnorantGuru/spacefm) [SpaceFM](https://ignorantguru.github.io/spacefm/) - Multi-panel tabbed file and desktop manager with built-in VFS, udev- or HAL-based device manager, customisable menu system and bash-GTK integration.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar) [Thunar](https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/start) - Thunar is a modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/vifm/vifm) [Vifm](https://vifm.info/) - Vifm is an ncurses based file manager with VI like keybindings, which also borrows some useful ideas from mutt.



### Games



#### City Building Simulation



- [Dwarf Fortress](http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/) - A famously complex simulation of a High Fantasy Dwarf Fortress, fight goblins, and slay massive legendary beasts. Strike the earth!

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/OpenTTD/OpenTTD) [OpenTTD](https://www.openttd.org/) - An open-source clone of Transport Tycoon Plus with major improvements.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/aburch/simutrans) [Simutrans](https://www.simutrans.com) - Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/unknown-horizons/unknown-horizons) [Unknown Horizons](https://unknown-horizons.org/) - A 2D realtime strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. Multiplayer currently broken.



#### Command Line



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mydzor/bash2048) [2048](https://github.com/mydzor/bash2048) - Play the famous 2048 in commandline.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/fph/bastet) [Bastet](https://fph.altervista.org/prog/bastet.html) - Play Tetris in commandline.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/maaslalani/gambit) [gambit](https://github.com/maaslalani/gambit) - Play chess in your terminal.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/alexdantas/nsnake) [nSnake](https://github.com/alexdantas/nsnake) - Play the classic Nokia snake game on the command line.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/alexdantas/pacman4console.debian) [Pacman4console](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pacman4console) - Play Pacman game in console.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/lxgr-linux/pokete/) [Pokete](https://lxgr-linux.github.io/pokete/) - A terminal based Pokemon like game.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire) [tty-solitaire](https://github.com/mpereira/tty-solitaire) - Play solitaire in your terminal!



#### Engine Re-creations (require the actual game)



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/wheybags/freeablo) [Freeablo](https://freeablo.org/) - A free recreation of the original Diablo game engine that runs natively on Linux. Requires the original game assets.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://nxengine.sourceforge.io/) [NXEngine](https://nxengine.sourceforge.io/) - A source port of Cave Story that runs natively on Linux, source needs to be built.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/nxengine/nxengine-evo) [NXEngine-evo](https://github.com/nxengine/nxengine-evo) - A somewhat upgraded/refactored version of NXEngine by Caitlin Shaw.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/SFTtech/openage) [openage](https://openage.sft.lol/) - Free (as in freedom) open source clone of the Age of Empires II engine, source needs to be built.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/OpenMW/openmw) [OpenMW](https://openmw.org) - A recreation of the Morrowind engine, expanding upon the original. It can be used to play legitimate copies of original game.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA) [OpenRA](https://www.openra.net/) - Classic strategy games, rebuilt for the modern era. Open source.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2) [OpenRCT2](https://openrct2.io/) - A recreation of the Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 engine. Requires the original games assests.



#### FPS



- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/xonotic) [ChaosEsqueAnthology Disc 1](https://sourceforge.net/projects/chaosesqueanthology/) [ChaosEsqueAnthology Disc 2](https://sourceforge.net/projects/chaosesqueanthologyvolume2/) - A modification of Xonotic which included extended weapons, maps, vehicles, buildable buildings, mounted weapons, spell casting, monsters, player characters, textures, and game mode (such as colorwar (think liquidwar)).

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/freedoom/freedoom) [Freedoom](https://freedoom.github.io/) - Free version of the original Doom games, with newly created free-licensed assets.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/oarena/) [OpenArena](https://sourceforge.net/projects/oarena/) - Free and open-source clone of Quake III Arena, based on the realeased source code, with newly created assets.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/red-eclipse/base) [Red Eclipse](https://redeclipse.net/) - Red Eclipse is a fun-filled new take on the first person arena shooter, which lends itself toward a balanced gameplay, with a general theme of agility in a variety of environments.

- [Urban Terror](https://www.urbanterror.info) - A "Hollywood" tactical shooter - realism based, but the motto is "fun over realism".

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://gitlab.com/xonotic) [Xonotic](https://www.xonotic.org/) - Arena shooter inspired by Unreal Tournament and Quake.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://osdn.net/projects/zandronum/scm/) [Zandronum](https://zandronum.com/) - Leading the way in newschool multiplayer Doom online.

- [![Open-Source Software][oss icon]](https://github.com/coelckers/gzdoom) [Zdoom](https://zdoom.org/index) - ZDoom is a source port for the modern era, supporting current hardware and