Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 09, 2025

• CSSOM - CSS parser - LinuxLinks

  CSSOM.js is a CSS parser written in pure JavaScript. It is also a partial implementation of CSS Object Model.

  This parser is not currently maintained.

  The software is free and open source software.

• carl - calendar for the command-line - LinuxLinks

  carl is a calendar for the command-line. It tries to mimic the various cal implementations out there, but also adds enhanced features like colors and ical support.

  This is free and open source software.

• Volshell - CLI tool for working with memory - LinuxLinks

  Volshell itself is essentially a plugin, but an interactive one. As such, most values are accessed through self although there is also a context object whenever a context must be provided.

  The prompt for the tool will indicate the name of the current layer (which can be accessed as self.current_layer from within the tool).

  The generic mode is quite limited, won’t have any symbols loaded and therefore won’t be able to display much information. When an operating system is chosen, the appropriate symbols should be loaded and additional functions become available. The mode cannot easily be changed once the tool has started.

  This is free and open source software.

• fnox - encrypted/remote secret manager - LinuxLinks

  fnox lets you manage secrets with encryption or cloud providers—or both.

  fnox gives you a unified interface to work with secrets across development, CI, and production.

  fnox lets you store secrets in two ways:

  Encrypted in git – Using age, AWS KMS, Azure KMS, or GCP KMS Remote in cloud – Using AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, Infisical, or HashiCorp Vault

  This is free and open source software.

• AutoSubSync - automatic subtitle synchronization tool - LinuxLinks

  AutoSubSync is a user-friendly tool that automatically synchronizes your subtitles with your videos using powerful tools such as ffsubsync, autosubsync and alass. It also lets you manually adjust the subtitle timings. Just drag and drop your files, and let AutoSubSync do the rest, making subtitle alignment both simple and efficient.

  This is cross-platform software which runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

  AutoSubSync is free and open source.

• BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux - Introduction to the Series - LinuxLinks

  This is a new series looking at the BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC running Linux. In this series, I’ll examine every aspect of this Mini PC in detail from a Linux perspective. I’ll compare the machine with other machines, including desktop machines, to put the results into context.

  The BOSGAME M6 HX370 AI PC is the latest addition to the wide range of mini PCs from BOSGAME. This mini PC is based on the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor with integrated AMD Radeon 890M iGPU. The processor has 12 cores (24 threads) with a CPU Mark of 35116. The machine came with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB NVMe disk which will be sufficient for most use cases. The machine retails for £666.

• Recoil - real time strategy game engine - LinuxLinks

  Recoil is a battle tested open-source RTS engine that, allied with a flexible Lua API, allows you to implement the perfect UI and mechanics for your game with the ability to support thousands of complex units simultaneously.

  Recoil is a recent hard fork of Spring from the 105 tree, many references to it might and will be present.

  This is free and open source software.