Awesome FOSS 🚀

A curated list of awesome open-source software that can be incredibly useful for various purposes. Feel free to contribute by adding your favorite projects!

Contents

• Browsers
• Development
• Productivity
• Games
• Graphics and Design
• Utilities
• Password Managers
• Media
• Security
• Data Science
• Miscellaneous

Browsers

• Brave Browser - 🦁 A privacy-focused web browser with built-in ad and tracker blocking
• Firefox - 🔥🦊 A privacy focused non-chromium web browser

Development

• VS Code - 📝 Code editor
• Git - 📜 Version control
• Docker - 🐳 Container platform
• Proxmox - 🦾 Type-1 Hypervisor
• MicroCloud - 👾 A scaleable & lightweight cloud computing solution

Productivity

• LibreOffice - 📄 Office suite
• Joplin - 📓 Note-taking app
• Zim - 📚 Desktop wiki
• Thunderbird - 📥 Email & chat client

Games

• OpenTTD - 🚋 A fully open-source transport tycoon game

Graphics and Design

• GIMP - 🎨 Image editor
• Inkscape - ✒️ Vector graphics editor
• Blender - 🍹 3D creation suite
• Krita - 🖌️ Digital painting
• Kdenlive - 🎨 Video Editor
• OpenShot - 🎥 An easy-to-use, quick to learn, and surprisingly powerful video editor

Utilities

• 7-Zip - 📦 File archiver
• Caffeine - ☕ Prevents computer from sleeping
• qBittorrent - 📁 A lightweight and feature-rich BitTorrent client

Password Managers

• KeePass - 🔒 Offline password manager
• KeePassXC 🔐 KeePass but better
• Bitwarden - ⚔️ Online password manager

Media

• VLC Media Player - 💿 A universal media player
• HandBrake - 🎞️ Video transcoder

Security

• Kali Linux - 🐉 Penetration testing OS
• Wireshark - 📶 Network protocol analyzer
• VeraCrypt - 🔐 Disk encryption
• OpenVAS - 🚪 Vulnerability scanner
• Wazuh - 🗝️ SIEM and XDR system
• ClamAV - 🎯 Anti-virus scanner
• VyOS - 🔥 Router and firewall

Data Science

• Python - 🐍 Programming language
• Jupyter - 📔 Notebook interface
• TensorFlow - 🧠 Machine learning framework
• matplotlib - 📈 Plotting library

Miscellaneous

• Audacity - 🎧 Audio editor
• Kodi - 📺 Media player
• Calibre - 📚 E-book manager
• Zentyal - 🚀 Easy Linux Server Solution Alternative to Windows Server

Contribution ☀️

We welcome contributions from the community to improve and grow this project. Here's how you can get involved:

Reporting Issues

If you encounter a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue on this repository. When creating an issue, please provide detailed information about the problem you're experiencing or the feature you'd like to see.

Pull Requests

We encourage you to contribute to this project by submitting pull requests. To do so, please follow these steps:

1. Fork this repository to your GitHub account.
2. Create a new branch from the main branch in your forked repository.
3. Make your desired changes in the new branch.
4. Ensure your code adheres to the project's coding standards and guidelines.
5. Test your changes thoroughly.
6. Commit your changes with a clear and descriptive commit message.
7. Push your branch to your forked repository.
8. Open a pull request (PR) to this repository's main branch.
9. Provide a detailed description of the changes you made in the PR.
10. Engage in discussions with reviewers and address any feedback or questions.
11. Once your PR is approved, it will be merged into the main branch.