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Last updated by Jojo Yee on 12. April 2021 - 13:53

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This list of Best Free Software for Linux now includes 161 apps in various categories. Among a plethora of freeware products, we have selected some gems in each category and added them to the list with clear and brief descriptions of each app.

 

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makedeb takes PKGBUILD files and creates Debian packages installable with APT: https://github.com/hwittenborn/makedeb
ddgr is a cmdline utility to search DuckDuckGo from the terminal: https://github.com/jarun/ddgr
Document Archiver - archive all your documents in a consistent way: https://document-archiver.github.io
Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database, and records additional context for your commands: https://github.com/ellie/atuin
CliFM is a CLI-based, shell-like (non-curses) and KISS terminal file manager: https://github.com/leo-arch/clifm
Global Socket allows two workstations on different private networks to communicate with each other. Through firewalls and through NAT - like there is no firewall: https://www.gsocket.io
Himalaya - a minimalist CLI email client: https://github.com/soywod/himalaya
xplr - a hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer: https://github.com/sayanarijit/xplr
Quiet Audio Fade slowly reduces the volume on your computer over time, letting you find the quietest level that works: https://github.com/StuffJackMakes/Quiet-Audio-Fade
Nightfall Hacker - Plan, hack, and fight your way against rogue software: https://snapcraft.io/nightfall-hacker
Solitude is an open source privacy analysis tool that enables you to conduct your own privacy investigations into where your private data goes once it leaves your web browser: https://research.nccgroup.com/2021/03/17/tool-release-solitude-a-privacy...
Nzyme is a free and open WiFi defense system that detects and physically locates threats using an easy to build and deploy sensor system: https://www.nzyme.org/
Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications: https://github.com/tchx84/Flatseal
eBPFSnitch is a Linux Application Level Firewall is inspired by OpenSnitch, and Douane, but utilizing modern kernel abstractions, without a kernel module: https://github.com/harporoeder/ebpfsnitch
Spack package manager - install scientific software easily: https://spack.io/
The RNR File Manager is a text based file manager that combines the best features of Midnight Commander and Ranger: https://github.com/bugnano/rnr
misc-updater - check if 'Manually-Installed and Source-Compiled' (MISC) packages have new releases or updates announced on their respective webpages: https://github.com/tpapastylianou/misc-updater
Proton-Caller - run any Windows program through Proton: https://github.com/caverym/proton-caller
Uniclip - Universal Clipboard: https://github.com/quackduck/uniclip
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twterm is a TUI Twitter client working on your terminal emulator: https://twterm.ryota-ka.me/
Macchina lets you view basic system information, like your hostname, your kernel version, memory usage, and much more: https://github.com/grtcdr/macchina
SonoBus is an easy to use application for streaming high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio between devices over the internet or a local network: https://sonobus.net/
mediactl - ultra-barebones, Linux-only media-controls for VLC, your web browser, etc.: https://github.com/aaaaaaaalex/mediactl
fnt - apt for fonts: https://github.com/alexmyczko/fnt
neo-mc - a Midnight Commander fork with scripting and other features: https://github.com/neo-mc/neo-mc mc - fork of Midnight Commander with python scripting: https://github.com/psprint/mc
yt-splitter - Downloads and splits audio tracks from a YouTube video according to the chapters/tracks. Useful for compilations or full album uploads: https://github.com/redsolver/yt-splitter exeCute - opens exe and bat files as if they were native Linux applications: https://gitlab.com/es20490446e/exeCute
miniplayer - a curses based mpd client: https://github.com/guardkenzie/miniplayer

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