Links

This is a collection of nice open source software. Below, you find two categories. Casual contains software for everyone. Nerdy contains software which is suited for people who are technically more interested.

If you are using Android, take a look at the Android List.

• Casual
  • Communication
  • File Synchronisation
  • Office
• Nerdy
  • Communication
  • File Editing
  • File Management
  • File Sharing
  • Operating Systems
  • Package Managers
  • Programming Languages
  • Search Engines
  • Web Browsers
  • Window Managers

Casual

Communication

• Riot
  Universal secure chat app entirely under your control, based on the Matrix protocol

File Synchronisation

• Syncthing
  Synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes

Office

• Libre Office
  Free and powerful office suite

Nerdy

Communication

• Matrix
  Open network for secure, decentralized communication

File Editing

• Kakoune
  Modal editor, similar to Vim
• Pandoc
  Swiss-army knife for converting files from one markup format into another

File Management

• exa
  Improved file lister with more features and better defaults
• ranger
  Console file manager with VI key bindings

File Sharing

• Magic Wormhole
  Get things from one computer to another, safely

Operating Systems

• NixOS
  Declarative operating system, based on the Nix package manager

Package Managers

• Nix
  Purely functional package manager, available for all Unix based distributions

Programming Languages

• Haskell
  An advanced, purely functional programming language
• Python
  Programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively
• Rust
  Language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software

Search Engines

• searx
  Free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services

Web Browsers

• qutebrowser
  Keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI
• w3m
  Text-based web browser as well as a pager

Window Managers

• i3
  Improved tiling window manager
• i3-gaps
  i3 with more features
• xmonad
  Dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell