Free and Open Source Software

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 20, 2025

• XGo - AI-native programming language - LinuxLinks

  XGo is programming that reads like plain English. But it’s also incredibly powerful — it lets you leverage assets from C/C++, Go, Python, and JavaScript/TypeScript, creating a unified software engineering ecosystem.

  This is free and open source software.

• buttery - video editor with manual motion smoothing - LinuxLinks

  buttery is a video editor with manual motion smoothing. buttery generates continuous GIF loops.

  This is free and open source software.

• Gibson - serve your own blog in markdown - LinuxLinks

  Gibson is a little project to serve your own blog in markdown. It has been inspired by Bloggr.

  This is free and open source software.

• Scan Tailor Advanced - interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages - LinuxLinks

  ScanTailor Advanced is the version that merges the features of the ScanTailor Featured and ScanTailor Enhanced versions, brings new ones and fixes.

  This is free and open source software.

• Resterm - terminal-based REST/GraphQL/gRPC/WebSocket/SSE client - LinuxLinks

  Resterm is a terminal client for working with HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSocket and SSE. No cloud sync, no signups, no heavy desktop app.

  If you live on the keyboard – this is your home.

  This is free and open source software.

• Cloud Storage FUSE - user-space file system - LinuxLinks

  Cloud Storage FUSE is an open source FUSE adapter that lets you mount and access Cloud Storage buckets as local file systems.

  This is free and open source software.

• Story Architect - reinventing the screenwriting software - LinuxLinks

  Story Architect is a project created by the authors of an open source screenwriting tool Kit Scenarist.

  This is free and open source software.

• Grok - web framework - LinuxLinks

  Grok is a web framework based on Zope Toolkit technology.

  Grok uses the Component Architecture and builds on Zope concepts like content objects (models), views, and adapters. Its simplicity lies in using convention over configuration and sensible defaults when wiring components together. That means neither a configuration language like ZCML nor a lot of repetition are needed to create a web application with grok.

  This is free and open source software.

• cooklang-chef - CLI to manage cooklang recipes with extensions - LinuxLinks

  cooklang-chef is a CLI to manage cooklang recipes with extensions. Cooklang is a markup language for cooking recipes.

  This is free and open source software.

• hys - RSS reader for digital minimalists - LinuxLinks

  Hys is a fast, lightweight, and opinionated terminal RSS reader written in Zig that helps you avoid doom-scrolling. It enforces a once-per-day fetch limit, encouraging you to gather new information in a single daily batch like a morning newspaper, rather than receive an endless stream of pings and notifications throughout the day.

  This is free and open source software.

• Image Normalizer - batch-processing tool that resizes and compresses images - LinuxLinks

  Image Normalizer is a cross-platform command-line batch-processing tool that resizes and compresses images.

  Image Normalizer is intended to facilitate the storage of images produced by digital cameras in a consistent and disc space conserving manner.

  This is free and open source software.

• 4 Useful Free and Open Source Code Formatters for Clojure - LinuxLinks

  This type of software means coders cede control over minutiae of hand-formatting. In return, the software offers speed, determinism, and freedom from nagging about formatting. Save time and mental energy for more important matters.

  This roundup selects some useful code formatters for Clojure developers.

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

• pvetui - TUI For Proxmox virtual environment - LinuxLinks

  pvetui (Proxmox Virtual Environment Terminal User Interface) is a terminal user interface (TUI) tool for managing a Proxmox VE server or cluster. It serves as a keyboard-driven, command-line alternative to the standard web-based graphical interface, designed for speed and efficiency in terminal environments.

  This is free and open source software.

• rusk - cross-platform terminal task manager - LinuxLinks

  rusk is a minimal cross-platform terminal task manager.

  This is free and open source software.

• LibCSS - CSS parser and selection engine - LinuxLinks

  LibCSS is a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) parser and selection engine, written in C. It was developed as part of the NetSurf project.

  This is free and open source software.

• Confluent - handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations - LinuxLinks

  Confluent is a software package to handle essential bootstrap and operation of scale-out server configurations. It supports stateful and stateless deployments for various operating systems.

  This is free and open source software.