Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 06, 2025

• Mail - graphical email client - LinuxLinks

  Mail is designed to let you manage your email quickly and effortlessly.

  Its interface is based on conversations, so you can read an entire discussion without having to click from message to message.

  This is free and open source software.

• Legcord - custom Discord client - LinuxLinks

  Legcord is a custom client designed to enhance your Discord experience while keeping everything lightweight.

  This is free and open source software.

• toolong - view, tail, merge, and search log files - LinuxLinks

  toolong is a terminal application to view, tail, merge, and search log files (plus JSONL).

  This is free and open source software.

• Fullmoon - fast and minimalistic web framework based on Redbean - LinuxLinks

  Fullmoon is a fast and minimalistic web framework based on Redbean — a portable, single-file distributable web server.

  Everything needed for development and distribution comes in a single file with no external dependencies and after packaging with Redbean runs on Windows, Linux, or macOS.

• dnrs - light DNS server - LinuxLinks

  dnrs is a light DNS server.

  It aims to modernize the approach to writing configuration files and to be lightweight.

  This is free and open source software.

• Lettura - follow your favorite content - LinuxLinks

  For individuals that read lots of weblogs, a news aggregator makes keeping track of them effortless, and particularly useful if the weblogs are only updated occasionally.

  Lettura is a cross-platform news reader that supports RSS and Atom feeds. This is free and open source software.

• Slic3r - toolpath generator for 3D printers - LinuxLinks

  Slic3r is mainly a toolpath generator for 3D printers: it reads 3D models (STL, OBJ, AMF, 3MF) and it converts them into G-code instructions for 3D printers.

  It served as a platform for implementing several new (experimental) ideas that later became technology standards, such as multiple extruders, brim, variable-height layers, per-object settings, modifiers, post-processing scripts, G-code macros and more.

  This is free and open source software.

• Betterbird - Thunderbird fork - LinuxLinks

  Betterbird is billed as a fine-tuned version of Mozilla Thunderbird. It’s a soft fork of Mozilla Thunderbird. Soft fork means that it is closely following the Thunderbird Extended Support Releases (ESR).

  Betterbird claims it improves on Thunderbird in a few days including additional features and bug fixes.

  This is free and open source software.

• Repeat - visual automation tool - LinuxLinks

  Repeat is a full-fledged mouse/keyboard record/replay and sophisticated automation macros/hotkeys creation using modern programming languages, and more advanced automation features.

  This is free and open source software.