Best Free and Open Source Software

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 12, 2025

• 9 Best Free and Open Source Snippet Tools - LinuxLinks

  These tools are useful for developers. For example, YASnippet allows you to type an abbreviation and automatically expand it into function templates. Bundled language templates include: C, C++, C#, Perl, Python, Ruby, SQL, LaTeX, HTML, CSS and more.

  But these tools are not only useful for developers.

  Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

• Plausible - web analytics software - LinuxLinks

  Plausible Analytics is an easy to use, lightweight, open source and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.

  It doesn’t use cookies and is fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR. You can self-host Plausible Community Edition.

  This is free and open source software.

• Tally - hybrid native and web app for Plausible Analytics - LinuxLinks

  Plausible is a simple privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. Tally wraps the Plausible web app in a native UI, integrating better with desktop operating systems.

• Xjadeo - the X JACK video monitor - LinuxLinks

  Xjadeo is a standard for video-monitoring with the Ardour Digital Audio Workstation and used by a variety of projects, predominantly on Linux.

  Xjadeo supports all standard A/V synchronization methods that are feasible to implement in software without dedicated hardware support.

• AR Tag Placement and Finder Tool - minimalist image editor - LinuxLinks

  This tool allows users to generate markers that can be easily positioned and scaled. Then, generated markers can be exported and imported for recreating precise positioning and ID’s for markers.

  This is free and open source software.

• Chirurgien - hex editor - LinuxLinks

  Chirurgien is an hex editor and a tool for reverse engineering, analyzing, and carving binary file formats.

  This is free and open source software.