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Software & Online Tools
Software and Online Tools is the everyday toolbox of the directory. Linux and macOS software covers desktop apps, package sources, and utilities for both systems. Browser tools and extensions come next, with add-ons that change how pages look or work. Text and writing tools hold editors, grammar helpers, and formatting utilities, while text editors and formatting lists the code-focused editors and their plugins. System utilities covers disk, file, and maintenance tools, and media players and servers collect apps for playing and streaming your own files. File utilities, hardware and diagnostics, notes and knowledge management, PDF tools, and RSS readers fill out the rest of the list. Many entries are small projects from individual developers, so support and update schedules vary. Read the listing and check the licence before you install anything you plan to use at work.
digiKam is an open-source digital asset manager and image editor for organizing, editing, and sharing photos and videos. It handles large collections, supports metadata viewing and editing, AI-based tagging and face recognition, advanced search, batch processing, and raw file processing. The project is free and open source.
Dino is an open-source chat client for the desktop built on the XMPP protocol. It offers a clean interface with encryption; end-to-end encryption via OMEMO or OpenPGP can be enabled, and read and typing notifications can be disabled. Dino is developed on GitHub by an open community and is available from repositories of many Linux distributions.
Privacy-friendly online scheduling tool for polls, meeting times, and anonymous planning.
Duplicati is a free, open-source backup solution that provides zero-trust, fully encrypted data backups. It integrates with major cloud storage providers, supports bring-your-own-storage models, and enables on-prem to cloud, cloud to on-prem, and local to local backup workflows, with centralized management for distributed backup operations.
Fluffle helps clean, compare, sort, transform, count, or format text in the browser.
Focumon is a miscellaneous web resource for discovery, directories, archives, web culture, or useful tools.
Fortelling helps clean, compare, sort, transform, count, or format text in the browser.
FreshRSS is a free, self-hostable RSS and Atom feed aggregator released under AGPL 3. It follows websites, podcasts and video channels in one place, supports reading articles directly, saved searches, web scraping for feed generation and OPML import and export. It is translated into more than 15 languages and works with or without a third-party mobile application.
Haunt.gg is a profile page service that gives users one link for their profile, projects and socials. It offers profile widgets such as music players and live stats, plus a free plan and a one-time Premium upgrade.
i3 is a tiling window manager written from scratch for GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems. Its source code is free and open source under the BSD license, and it is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers. The project uses libxcb instead of Xlib, supports Xinerama multi-monitor setups, and arranges windows with a tree structure. It also provides an IPC interface for other programs and documents its internal workings.
iBroadcast is an audio or music resource for streaming, discovery, editing, production, or library management.
iLovePDF is an online service for working with PDF files that offers tools for merging, splitting, compressing, converting, rotating, unlocking and watermarking PDFs, among other tasks. The service has been available since 2010, and mobile and desktop applications are also offered.
Kasm Workspaces is a platform that streams applications, desktops and web resources to a web browser. It covers remote browser isolation, Desktop as a Service and OSINT workloads. Editions include Community, Starter and Enterprise.
LingoJam is a website where users can create a shareable online translator by adding translation rules. No signup is needed. The site also lists popular translators, including text generators and language translators.
Marp, the Markdown Presentation Ecosystem, is a toolset for creating slide decks from Markdown documents. Its format is based on CommonMark, with a ruler for splitting pages. It supports directives, extended syntax, and built-in themes, with CSS theming. Markdown can be converted into presentation-ready HTML, PDF, and PowerPoint files. The ecosystem includes Marp for VS Code and Marp CLI, and is built on the Marpit framework.
OCRTool.net is a free online OCR tool that extracts text from images, PDFs and screenshots using Mistral AI's OCR model. It supports JPG, PNG, WEBP, BMP, GIF and PDF files up to 20 MB per file, with multi-language recognition and layout-aware conversion. No signup is required, no watermarks are added, and files and extracted text are not stored.
QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. It provides full-system emulation, running operating systems for any machine on any supported architecture, and user-mode emulation for running programs for another Linux/BSD target. It also runs KVM and Xen virtual machines with near native performance.
QOwnNotes is an open source markdown note-taking application for Linux, macOS and Windows that works together with Nextcloud Notes. Notes are stored as plain-text markdown files on the computer, and sync services such as Nextcloud can be used to sync notes across devices. It is described as a native application optimized for speed and low processor and memory use.
RCV123 is a storage, design, or frontend resource for mockups, assets, UI tools, or web search.
A website that uses a Proof of Work check in place of a CAPTCHA to screen out bots and malicious requests. The browser solves a calculation task in a few seconds before access is granted. The check requires modern JavaScript features that plugins such as JShelter disable.
TextEditor is a free online tool that converts plain text into Unicode fonts, symbols, emoji, text faces and ASCII art. It also offers an emoji picker, password generator, case converter and an HTML editor, and the generated text can be copied into social media posts and profiles.
Alfred Spotify Mini Player is an Alfred workflow for controlling a Spotify library, modeled on the built-in iTunes Mini Player. It offers fuzzy search of tracks, albums, artists, shows, episodes and playlists, playlist management, Spotify Connect and switching between multiple accounts. A Spotify Premium account is required to use the workflow.
Are.na is a platform for connecting ideas and building knowledge. It allows users to capture photos, notes, files, webpages, and other content, organizing them into searchable and editable channels. The service emphasizes a non-algorithmic experience, with no ads or personalized recommendations. Users can arrange content, search across their network, and discover new ideas through intentional connections. Are.na serves students, designers, academics, researchers, and others seeking to assemble and share knowledge.