Software

Ansible Agentless automation for configuration management, deployment and orchestration.

Audacity A free, open source audio editor and recorder for multi-track editing and sound processing.

Bitwarden An open source password manager with self-hosting option and apps for every platform.

Blender A free and open source 3D creation suite covering modeling, animation, rendering and video editing.

Calibre The all-in-one e-book manager: library, conversion, editing and sync to e-readers.

Cryptomator Client-side encryption for your cloud files, free and open source.

Docker The standard platform for building, shipping and running containerised applications.

Element / Matrix Element is the flagship client for Matrix, a federated, open protocol for realtime communication.

Firefox The independent, open source web browser backed by the non-profit Mozilla.

Flathub The central repository for Flatpak apps, the main distribution-independent way to install Linux applications.

Flatpak The universal Linux package format: sandboxed apps that run on any distribution.

Forgejo Community-driven self-hosted Git forge, the software behind Codeberg.

GIMP The GNU Image Manipulation Program: a free raster graphics editor for photo retouching and composition.

GNOME A simple, elegant, free and open source desktop environment for Linux.

Git The distributed version control system that powers most modern software development.

Home Assistant The leading open source home automation platform, self-hosted and with local control.

Immich Self-hosted photo and video backup solution with mobile apps, a Google Photos alternative.

Inkscape A free, open source vector graphics editor built around the SVG format.

Jellyfin Free software media system that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media.

Joplin Open source note-taking and to-do app with sync, Markdown and end-to-end encryption.

KDE Plasma The flexible, feature-rich desktop environment from KDE.

KDE Plasma A powerful, flexible Linux desktop environment and the KDE software community.

Kdenlive A free, open source non-linear video editor developed by KDE.

KeePassXC A cross-platform, offline open source password manager using the KeePass format.

Kitty A fast, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator with extensive scriptability.

LibreOffice The free office suite: Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base and Math.

LibreWolf A hardened Firefox fork with telemetry removed and privacy settings out of the box.

Linux Kernel The open source kernel at the heart of the Linux operating system.

Neovim The hyperextensible Vim-based text editor, built for plugins and LSP.

Nextcloud Self-hosted productivity platform for file sync, sharing, calendar, contacts and collaboration.

OBS Studio Free, open source software for video recording and live streaming.

Paperless-ngx Self-hosted document management that turns scanned papers into a searchable archive.

Pi-hole A network-wide DNS sinkhole that blocks ads and trackers for every device.

Podman A daemonless container engine for running OCI containers, a drop-in Docker alternative.

Proxmox VE Open source server virtualization platform for VMs and containers.

QEMU A generic open source machine emulator and virtualizer, the core of most Linux virtualization stacks.

Restic Fast, secure and efficient backup program with deduplication and encryption.

Signal A private, end-to-end encrypted messenger run by a non-profit foundation.

Syncthing Continuous, peer-to-peer file synchronization between devices without any central cloud server.

Tailscale A secure, Zero-Config VPN that connects devices on a private mesh network.

Thunderbird A free, open source email, calendar and chat client backed by Mozilla.

Timeshift System restore tool creating incremental snapshots with rsync or Btrfs.

VLC media player A free, cross-platform media player that plays nearly every audio and video format.

Vaultwarden Lightweight Rust server compatible with Bitwarden clients, ideal for self-hosting.

VeraCrypt Free disk encryption software for full-disk and container encryption.

Visual Studio Code A popular open source code editor with rich extension ecosystem, built by Microsoft.

Wine The compatibility layer that runs Windows applications on Linux, macOS and BSD.

Zsh The Z shell: an extended POSIX shell with powerful completion, themes and plugin support.

btop++ A beautiful terminal resource monitor showing CPU, memory, disks, network and processes.

fish shell A user-friendly command line shell with autosuggestions and syntax highlighting built in.

mpv Minimalist, scriptable media player with excellent hardware decoding support.

tmux Terminal multiplexer for session handling, split panes and persistent remote work.

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