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Outline is a tool for creating and running a personal VPN server. It consists of Outline Manager, a desktop application for setting up a server and sharing access keys, and Outline Client, an app for connecting to the server on mobile or desktop. Outline is open source and designed to be resistant to blocking, including DNS, content, and IP blocking.
Find digitized publications and collection items through an online library.
A visual size comparison tool that draws objects side by side in 3D to scale. Dimensions can be entered in inches, feet, centimetres, millimetres or metres, and multiple objects can be added. Each comparison gets a shareable link.
FOSS Jobs is a job board for paid free and open source positions. It lists jobs only at organizations that improve and involve FOSS or open hardware projects; merely using open source in a job is not enough. Listings are free and jobs can be submitted by email.
Mendeley is a free all-in-one reference manager designed for researchers and students to support research workflows. It provides 2GB of free storage, tools to add, organize, read, highlight and annotate PDFs, generate references, and sync data across devices. The platform includes AI functionality that helps users quickly locate materials in their personal library, uncover patterns and relationships across stored references, and extract context-rich insights from documents.
Use a Unix-like terminal and command-line tools on iOS.
Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program that synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time. Communication is secured using TLS with perfect forward secrecy, and each device is identified by a cryptographic certificate. The protocol is documented and the source code is available on GitHub. It runs on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenBSD and other systems, and is configured through a browser interface.
MKVToolNix is a set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files under Linux, other Unices and Windows. It includes the programs mkvmerge, mkvinfo, mkvextract, mkvpropedit and the MKVToolNix GUI. The Matroska libraries and tools have been officially available since May 1st 2003.
View and process PDF documents.
Find illustrated workout routines and exercise plans.
Independent South African newsroom covering politics, investigations, business, society and public accountability.
Podman Desktop is an open source graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes. Available on Linux, macOS and Windows, it lists, searches, runs and stops containers, builds and pulls images, and starts pods. It supports OCI and Compose standards and can spin up local Kind or Minikube clusters.
Cisco Talos portal for threat intelligence, IP reputation, advisories, and malware research.
pandas is an open source, BSD-licensed library providing high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools for the Python programming language. It is described as a data analysis and manipulation tool built on top of Python. Documentation, a user guide and an API reference are available.
Analyze audio signals with an open source desktop tool.
Explore railway infrastructure on a world map.
Play competitive Pokemon battle simulations.
Add subtitle tracks to supported online videos.
Find and join a federated social network server.
Explore fossil occurrence and paleontology data.
Antique Pattern Library is an ongoing project that scans public domain craft pattern publications to preserve craft heritage. It provides free, graphically edited scans of patterns for activities including knitting, crochet, embroidery, lacework, sewing, woodworking, and bookbinding, available for educational, personal, artistic and other creative uses. The project also seeks trained librarians or humanities scholars to assist with cataloguing work.
Discover research publications, data and software.
Environmental publication featuring reporting and analysis on climate, biodiversity, energy and conservation.
Read carefully formatted public domain ebooks.
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