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Free and Open Source Software
Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 14, 2025
lukaj - interactive diff tool for SVG images - LinuxLinks
lukaj is an interactive diff tool for SVG images.
This is free and open source software.
rework - plugin framework for CSS preprocessing - LinuxLinks
rework is a plugin framework for CSS preprocessing.
CSS manipulations built on css, allowing you to automate vendor prefixing, create your own properties, inline images, and more.
This is free and open source software.
aqua - declarative CLI version manager - LinuxLinks
aqua is a declarative CLI version manager written in Go.
This is free and open source software.
ZeroFS - filesystem that makes S3 your primary storage - LinuxLinks
ZeroFS makes S3 storage feel like a real filesystem. It provides file-level access via NFS and 9P and block-level access via NBD.
This is free and open source software.
dnspyre - command-line DNS benchmark tool - LinuxLinks
dnspyre is a command-line DNS benchmark tool built to stress test and measure the performance of DNS servers.
This tool is based and originally forked from dnstrace, but was largely rewritten and enhanced with additional functionality.
This is free and open source software.
snipt - text snippet expansion tool - LinuxLinks
snipt is a powerful text snippet expansion tool that boosts your productivity by replacing short text shortcuts with longer content.
Just type a prefix (like 🙂 followed by your shortcut, and snipt automatically expands it into your predefined text.
This is free and open source software.
g1c - Google Cloud Instances Terminal UI Manager - LinuxLinks
g1c is a terminal user interface for monitoring and managing Google Cloud Instances.
The project seeks inspiration from k9s for Kubernetes, and e1s for AWS EC2.
This is free and open source software.
pygitzen - Python-native terminal-based Git client - LinuxLinks
pygitzen is a Python-native terminal-Based Git Client – Navigate and manage your Git repositories with a beautiful TUI interface inspired by LazyGit.
This is free and open source software.
ChartDB - web-based database diagramming editor - LinuxLinks
ChartDB is a powerful, web-based database diagramming editor. Instantly visualize your database schema with a single “Smart Query.”
Customize diagrams, export SQL scripts, and access all features—no account required. Experience seamless database design here.
This is free and open source software.
hgrep - grep with human-friendly search output - LinuxLinks
hgrep is a grep tool to search files with a given pattern and print the matched code snippets with human-friendly syntax highlighting. This tool brings search results like the code search on GitHub to your local machine. In short, it’s something like searching files with ripgrep and showing results with bat.
hgrep eats an output of `grep -nH` and prints the matches with syntax-highlighted code snippets.
$ grep -nH pattern -R . | hgrep
hgrep has its builtin subset of ripgrep, whose search output and performance are better than reading the output from `grep -nH`.
$ hgrep pattern
LibrePGP - updated specification of the OpenPGP encryption standard - LinuxLinks
LibrePGP is an alternative, updated specification of the OpenPGP encryption standard. It was developed as a response to changes made to the OpenPGP specification by a subgroup within the IETF OpenPGP working group.
These changes were perceived as disruptive to the existing implementations, raising concerns about interoperability and security.