Best Free and Open Source Software
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Magnifier - LinuxLinks
Magnifier is a screen magnifier app intended for visually impaired people to use when running Microsoft Windows.
Magnifier is proprietary software and is not available for Linux. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.
Eloquent - proofreading software - LinuxLinks
Eloquent can also run as a service in the background to make your local/offline LanguageTool server available to Firefox, LibreOffice and more.
This is free and open source software.
Redot Engine - multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine - LinuxLinks
Games can be exported with one click to a number of platforms, including the major desktop platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows), mobile platforms (Android, iOS), as well as Web-based platforms and consoles.
Redot Engine is a completely free and open source fork of Godot.
AliView - alignment viewer and editor - LinuxLinks
The general idea when designing this program has always been usability and speed, all new functions are optimized so they do not affect the general performance and capability to work swiftly with large alignments.
A need to easily sort, view, remove, edit and merge sequences from large transcriptome datasets initiated the work with the program.
QRab - QR code reader - LinuxLinks
Decoded text can be formated before being copied, so that it can be pasted to another program e.g. a spreadsheet application.
This is free and open source software.
Prometheus - systems and service monitoring system - LinuxLinks
Prometheus is designed for reliability, to be the system you go to during an outage to allow you to quickly diagnose problems. Each Prometheus server is standalone, not depending on network storage or other remote services. You can rely on it when other parts of your infrastructure are broken, and you do not need to setup extensive infrastructure to use it.
This is free and open source software.
Zint - barcode generating solution - LinuxLinks
The package currently consists of a Qt based GUI, a CLI command line executable and a library with an API to allow developers access to the capabilities of Zint.
This is free and open source software.
Drum Machine - create and play drum beats - LinuxLinks
Perfect for musicians, producers, and anyone interested in rhythm creation, this application provides a simple interface for drum pattern programming.
This is free and open source software.
hascard - minimal command-line utility for reviewing notes - LinuxLinks
hascard is a minimal command-line utility for reviewing notes. ‘Flashcards’ can be written in markdown-like syntax.
This is free and open source software.