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
  • Editors
  • File Sharing
  • Operating Systems
  • Package Managers
  • Search Engines
  • Web Browsers
  • Window Managers
  • Writing

Casual

Communication

• Riot
  A 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
  An open network for secure, decentralized communication

Editors

• Kakoune
  Modal editor, similar to Vim

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

Search Engines

• searx
  Searx is a 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

Writing

• Pandoc
  Swiss-army knife for converting files from one markup format into another