Free and Open Source Software

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jan 03, 2025

• Jay - Wayland compositor - LinuxLinks

  Jay is a Wayland compositor.

  This is free and open source software.

• Kathará - lightweight network emulation system - LinuxLinks

  Kathará is a lightweight network emulation system based on Docker containers.

  It can be helpful in showing interactive demos/lessons, testing production networks in a sandbox environment, or developing new network protocols.

  Each network device is emulated by a container. Virtual network devices are interconnected by virtual L2 LANs.

  This is free and open source software.

• Rust-Traverse - terminal based file explorer - LinuxLinks

  Rust-Traverse is a terminal based file explorer. It is inspired by the NNN file manager.

  It uses Ratatui for the terminal UI, with Crossterm for the terminal backend.

  This is free and open source software.

• Dynamips - emulate Cisco routers - LinuxLinks

  GNS3 is based on Dynamips and Dynagen (a text-based front-end for Dynamips) to create a complete virtual Cisco network, adding many additional features and most importantly making it easy to create, change and save your network topologies.

  Dynamips is not maintained. But GNS3 has released an unofficial version of Dynamips that brings many improvements.

  This is free and open source software.