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🟡 🟠 🔴 ⭕ - Security incident (Minor, Moderate, Major, Critical)
🚫 - Potentially abandoned
🔒 - Potentially closed source
🛑 - Development paused
⏳ - Development slowed
⚠️ - Restrictive license
🏦 - Corporate influence
💰 - Commercial
🧪 - Experimental (Pre-Alpha)
🚧 - Critically unstable/buggy
❌ - On watch for removal
Highlights
💥 - Disruptive
🌍 - Influential
🌟 - Pioneering
💡 - Innovative
Awards (At 10k Stars)
🏆 - Crown of open source
🥈 - Second
🥉 - Third
Platforms
Cross - Cross-platform (MacOS, Windows, Linux)
Mobile - Android and IOS
Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, IOS, SelfHost, Web (Cloud), VSCode, JetBrains, Chromium, Firefox, N/A
Properties
CLI+ - CLI in addition to GUI
TUI - Terminal user interface
Manual - Installation with pip, npm, cargo, building from source
CLI, Plugin, Extension, Web UI
Table of Contents
Alphabetical
Categorized
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Go to top
Agent
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Browser Use Manual |
🌐 Make websites accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks online with ease. |
Cross |
60.3k |
c/ua Manual |
c/ua is the Docker Container for Computer-Use AI Agents. |
Cross |
6.8k |
gptme CLI Manual |
Your agent in your terminal, equipped with local tools: writes code, uses the terminal, browses the web, vision. |
Cross |
3.8k |
Open Intepreter Manual |
A natural language interface for computers |
Cross |
59.4k |
Telegraf CLI+ |
Agent for collecting, processing, aggregating, and writing metrics, logs, and other arbitrary data. |
Cross SelfHost |
15.6k |
| UI-TARS |
A GUI Agent application based on UI-TARS(Vision-Language Model) that allows you to control your computer using natural language. |
Cross |
13.9k |
AI Image GUI
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| InvokeAI |
Invoke is a leading creative engine for Stable Diffusion models, empowering professionals, artists, and enthusiasts to generate and create visual media using the latest AI-driven technologies. The solution offers an industry leading WebUI, and serves as the foundation for multiple commercial products. |
Cross SelfHost |
25.1k |
AI Utilities
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Netron |
Visualizer for neural network, deep learning and machine learning models |
Cross |
30.2k |
All In One
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
AIChat CLI |
All-in-one LLM CLI tool featuring Shell Assistant, Chat-REPL, RAG, AI Tools & Agents, with access to OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Groq, and more. |
Cross |
6.7k |
Assistant
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Context
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Information Processing
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Code2prompt CLI |
A CLI tool to convert your codebase into a single LLM prompt with source tree, prompt templating, and token counting. |
Cross |
5.6k |
Docling CLI Manual |
Get your documents ready for gen AI |
Cross |
29.8k |
| Unstract |
No-code LLM Platform to launch APIs and ETL Pipelines to structure unstructured documents |
MacOS Linux SelfHost |
5.3k |
LLM GUI
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Chatbox |
User-friendly Desktop Client App for AI Models/LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Ollama...) |
Cross |
34.8k |
| Cherry Studio |
🍒 Cherry Studio is a desktop client that supports for multiple LLM providers. |
Cross |
26.3k |
| GPT4ALL |
GPT4All: Run Local LLMs on Any Device. Open-source and available for commercial use. |
Cross |
73.3k |
| Jan |
Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer |
Cross |
28.9k |
NextChat CLI+ |
✨ Light and Fast AI Assistant. Support: Web - iOS - MacOS - Android - Linux - Windows |
Cross Web (Cloud) |
83.4k |
Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| KoboldCpp |
Run GGUF models easily with a KoboldAI UI. One File. Zero Install. |
Cross SelfHost |
7.3k |
Ollama 🌍CLI |
Get up and running with Llama 3.3, DeepSeek-R1, Phi-4, Gemma 3, Mistral Small 3.1 and other large language models. |
Cross SelfHost |
140.6k |
| StabilityMatrix |
Multi-Platform Package Manager for Stable Diffusion |
Cross |
6k |
Model Tools
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Agno CLI Manual |
Agno is a lightweight library for building Agents with memory, knowledge, tools and reasoning. |
Cross |
26.7k |
GPT-SoVITS-WebUI Manual |
1 min voice data can also be used to train a good TTS model! (few shot voice cloning) |
Cross SelfHost |
46.4k |
| Kiln |
The easiest tool for fine-tuning LLM models, synthetic data generation, and collaborating on datasets. |
Cross |
3.5k |
Ludwig Manual |
Low-code framework for building custom LLMs, neural networks, and other AI models |
Cross |
11.4k |
PyTorch Lightning CLI Manual |
Pretrain, finetune ANY AI model of ANY size on multiple GPUs, TPUs with zero code changes. |
Cross |
29.5k |
RAG
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| AnythingLLM |
The all-in-one Desktop & Docker AI application with built-in RAG, AI agents, No-code agent builder, MCP compatibility, and more. |
Cross |
44.1k |
| DocsGPT |
DocsGPT is an open-source genAI tool that helps users get reliable answers from knowledge source, while avoiding hallucinations. It enables private and reliable information retrieval, with tooling and agentic system capability built in. |
Cross SelfHost |
15.6k |
PaperQA2 CLI Manual |
High accuracy RAG for answering questions from scientific documents with citations |
Cross |
7.3k |
Research
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
DeepSearcher CLI |
Open Source Deep Research Alternative to Reason and Search on Private Data. Written in Python. |
Cross |
6k |
GPT Researcher CLI+ |
LLM based autonomous agent that conducts deep local and web research on any topic and generates a long report with citations. |
Cross SelfHost |
21.4k |
Chat
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Legcord |
Legcord is a custom client designed to enhance your Discord experience while keeping everything lightweight. |
Cross |
2.4k |
| Signal |
A private messenger for Android. |
Cross |
27k |
SimpleX CLI+ |
SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱! |
Cross |
8.6k |
| Telegram Desktop |
Telegram Desktop messaging app |
Cross |
27.6k |
Collaboration
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Mail
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Himalaya TUI |
CLI to manage emails |
Cross |
4.7k |
| Mailspring |
💌 A beautiful, fast and fully open source mail client for Mac, Windows and Linux. |
Cross |
16.3k |
| ProtonMail |
Monorepo hosting the proton web clients |
Cross Mobile |
4.7k |
| Thunderbird |
Meet Thunderbird, the email and productivity app that maximizes your freedoms. |
Cross |
11.9k |
Video Conference
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Backup
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Backrest |
Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup. |
Cross SelfHost |
2.9k |
Borg CLI |
Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption. |
Cross |
11.8k |
Duplicacy CLI |
A new generation cloud backup tool |
Cross |
5.4k |
| Duplicati |
Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud! |
Cross |
12.5k |
Kopia CLI |
Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included. |
Cross |
9.5k |
Rclone CLI |
"rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Azure Files, Yandex Files |
Cross |
50.4k |
Restic CLI |
Fast, secure, efficient backup program |
Cross |
28.6k |
| Timeshift |
System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB. |
Linux |
3.1k |
Storage
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Nextcloud |
☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data |
Cross SelfHost |
29.5k |
Seafile CLI+ |
High performance file syncing and sharing, with also Markdown WYSIWYG editing, Wiki, file label and other knowledge management features. |
Cross SelfHost |
13.1k |
Sync
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Rsync CLI |
An open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. It also has useful features for backup and restore operations among many other use cases. |
Cross |
3.5k |
Syncthing CLI+ |
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization |
Cross |
70.3k |
Code Assistant
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Aider CLI |
aider is AI pair programming in your terminal |
Cross |
33k |
Codex CLI Manual |
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal |
Cross |
22.3k |
Goose CLI+ |
an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM |
Cross |
12.6k |
GPT Pilot CLI |
The first real AI developer |
Cross |
32.7k |
| OpenHands |
🙌 OpenHands: Code Less, Make More |
Cross SelfHost |
54.3k |
Plandex CLI |
Open source AI coding agent. Designed for large projects and real world tasks. |
Cross |
13.4k |
Code Editor
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Helix CLI |
A post-modern modal text editor. |
Cross |
37.6k |
| Lapce |
Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust |
Cross |
36.2k |
LazyVim CLI |
Neovim config for the lazy |
Cross |
20.8k |
neovim CLI |
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability |
Cross |
89.6k |
NvChad CLI |
Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience. |
Cross |
26.2k |
SpaceVim CLI |
A modular configuration of Vim and Neovim |
Cross |
20.4k |
Vim 🌍CLI |
The official Vim repository |
Cross |
38.1k |
| VS Code |
Visual Studio Code |
Cross |
171.2k |
| VSCodium |
binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing |
Cross |
27.4k |
| Zed 🏦 |
Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. |
MacOS Linux |
59.8k |
Dev Tools
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
bat CLI |
A cat(1) clone with wings. |
Cross |
52.6k |
| DevToys |
A Swiss Army knife for developers. |
Cross |
28.9k |
Jujutsu CLI |
A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful |
Cross |
14.7k |
| massCode |
A free and open source code snippets manager for developers |
Cross |
6.1k |
Onefetch TUI |
Command-line Git information tool |
Cross |
10.9k |
typos CLI |
Source code spell checker |
Cross |
3.2k |
Watchexec CLI |
Executes commands in response to file modifications |
Cross |
6k |
| Yaak |
The most intuitive desktop API client. Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, Server Sent Events, and gRPC 🦬 |
Cross |
6.4k |
Game Engine
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| GDevelop |
🎮 Open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D/multiplayer game engine designed for everyone. |
Cross |
14.1k |
| Godot |
Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine |
Cross |
97.2k |
Git Client
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
GitBucket Manual |
A Git platform powered by Scala with easy installation, high extensibility & GitHub API compatibility |
Cross |
9.2k |
| GitButler |
The GitButler version control client, backed by Git, powered by Tauri/Rust/Svelte |
Cross |
15.2k |
| GitHub Desktop |
Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. |
Cross |
20.5k |
| GitHub Desktop - The Linux Fork |
Fork of GitHub Desktop to support various Linux distributions |
Linux |
7.3k |
GitUI TUI |
Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀 |
Cross |
19.6k |
Lazygit TUI |
simple terminal UI for git commands |
Cross |
60.1k |
Git Hosting
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
IDE
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Bruno |
Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing Api's (lightweight alternative to postman/insomnia) |
Cross |
33.6k |
| IntelliJ IDEA |
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition & IntelliJ Platform |
Cross |
17.9k |
| Neovide |
No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust |
Cross |
14k |
| Qt Creator |
A cross-platform Qt IDE |
Cross |
2.8k |
Language Package Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Bun CLI |
Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one |
Cross |
78.1k |
PNPM CLI |
Fast, disk space efficient package manager |
Cross |
31.6k |
uv CLI |
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. |
Cross |
54.3k |
Yarn CLI |
📦🐈 Active development trunk for Yarn ⚒ |
Cross |
7.7k |
Game Launcher
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Heroic Games Launcher |
A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS. |
Cross |
9.1k |
| Hydra |
Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need |
Cross |
13.4k |
| Lutris |
Lutris desktop client |
Linux |
8.6k |
Games
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Cataclysm DDA |
Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world. |
Cross |
11.2k |
| Endless Sky |
Space exploration, trading, and combat game. |
Cross |
6.5k |
| Mindustry |
The automation tower defense RTS |
Cross Mobile |
23.9k |
| OpenRA |
Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X. |
Cross |
15.6k |
| Unciv |
Open-source Android/Desktop remake of Civ V |
Cross Android |
9.2k |
| Veloren |
[mirror of https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren] An open world, open source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Cube World. This repository is a mirror. Please submit all PRs and issues on our GitLab page. |
Cross |
6.3k |
| Wesnoth |
An open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. |
Cross |
5.9k |
Browser Extensions
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
EMACS Packages
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Neovim Extensions
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Browser
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Brave |
Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. |
Cross |
19.3k |
| Firefox |
Fast, reliable and private — for peace of mind online. |
Cross Mobile |
3.6k |
| Floorp |
All of source code of version 10 or later of Floorp Browser, the most Advanced and Fastest Firefox derivative 🦊 |
Cross |
7.3k |
| Min |
A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy |
Cross |
8.4k |
| Noi |
🚀 Power Your World with AI - Explore, Extend, Empower. |
Cross |
7.5k |
| Zen |
Welcome to a calmer internet |
Cross |
30k |
Download Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| AB |
A Download Manager that speeds up your downloads |
Cross |
7.6k |
| GoPeed |
A modern download manager that supports all platforms. Built with Golang and Flutter. |
Cross |
19k |
| Persepolis |
Persepolis is a download manager written in Python. |
Cross |
6.6k |
Search Engine
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Spyglass |
A personal search engine: Create a searchable library from your personal documents, interests, and more! |
Cross |
2.7k |
Social Network
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Audio Editor
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Audacity |
Audio Editor |
Cross |
13.6k |
| OpenUtau |
Open singing synthesis platform / Open source UTAU successor |
Cross |
2.7k |
Audio Player
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Feishin |
A modern self-hosted music player. |
Cross SelfHost |
3.8k |
| Navidrome |
🎧☁️ Your Personal Streaming Service |
Cross SelfHost |
14.6k |
spotify_player TUI |
A Spotify player in the terminal with full feature parity |
Cross |
4.4k |
| Spotube |
🎧 Open source music client! Available for both desktop & mobile! |
Cross |
40.4k |
| Supersonic |
A lightweight and full-featured cross-platform desktop client for self-hosted music servers |
Cross |
1.3k |
| Youtube Music |
YouTube Music Desktop App bundled with custom plugins (and built-in ad blocker / downloader) |
Cross |
19.7k |
Canvas
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Diagrams
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
drawDB Manual |
Free, simple, and intuitive online database diagram editor and SQL generator. |
Cross SelfHost Web (Cloud) |
30.1k |
Graphics
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Blender |
Official mirror of Blender |
Cross |
15.1k |
| CadQuery |
A python parametric CAD scripting framework based on OCCT |
Cross |
3.7k |
| FreeCAD |
Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler. |
Cross |
24.6k |
| Gaphor |
Gaphor is the simple modeling tool |
Cross |
2k |
| Krita |
Krita is a free and open source cross-platform application that offers an end-to-end solution for creating digital art files from scratch built on the KDE and Qt frameworks. |
Cross |
8.1k |
| OpenSCAD |
OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller |
Cross |
7.8k |
Image Editing
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| darktable |
darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer |
Cross |
10.8k |
| ImageMagick |
ImageMagick is a powerful, open-source software suite for creating, editing, converting, and manipulating images in over 200 formats. Ideal for web developers, graphic designers, and researchers, it offers versatile tools for image processing, including batch processing, format conversion, and complex image transformations. |
Cross |
13.6k |
| RawTherapee |
A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program |
Cross |
3.3k |
Image Processing
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| chaiNNer |
A node-based image processing GUI aimed at making chaining image processing tasks easy and customizable. Born as an AI upscaling application, chaiNNer has grown into an extremely flexible and powerful programmatic image processing application. |
Cross |
5.1k |
| Upscayl |
🆙 Upscayl - #1 Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows. |
Cross |
36.9k |
Media Downloader
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| YoutubeDownloader |
Downloads videos and playlists from YouTube |
Cross |
11.5k |
yt-dlp CLI |
A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader |
Cross |
111.9k |
Screen Recording
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Cap |
Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings. |
Cross |
9.6k |
| Flameshot |
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software 🖥️ 📸 |
Cross |
26.2k |
| OBS Studio |
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording |
Cross |
64.2k |
Video Editing
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Gyroflow |
Video stabilization using gyroscope data |
Cross |
7.4k |
| Kdenlive |
Free and open source video editor, based on MLT Framework and KDE Frameworks |
Cross |
3.7k |
| LossletCut |
The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing |
Cross |
31.2k |
| Natron |
Open-source video compositing software. Node-graph based. Similar in functionalities to Adobe After Effects and Nuke by The Foundry. |
Cross |
4.9k |
| Olive |
Free open-source non-linear video editor |
Cross |
8.6k |
| Shotcut |
cross-platform (Qt), open-source (GPLv3) video editor |
Cross |
12k |
Video Player
Video Transcoder
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| HandBrake |
HandBrake's main development repository |
Cross |
19.6k |
Operating System - Go to top
Linux
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Extension Manager |
A utility for browsing and installing GNOME Shell Extensions. |
Linux |
1.1k |
| Flatseal |
Manage Flatpak permissions |
Linux |
1.3k |
MacOS
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| AppLite |
User-friendly GUI macOS application for Homebrew Casks |
Cross |
4.9k |
Operating System
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Windows
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Bookmark Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
buku CLI+ |
🔖 Personal mini-web in text |
Cross |
6.7k |
Document Management
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Calendar
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Document Modifier
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
OCRmyPDF CLI |
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched |
Cross |
28.9k |
Finance
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Actual |
A local-first personal finance app |
SelfHost Cross |
18.8k |
Knowledge Base
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Affine |
There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE(pronounced [ə‘fain]) is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use. |
Cross |
50.8k |
| Anytype |
Official Anytype client for MacOS, Linux, and Windows |
Cross |
5.4k |
| AppFlowy 💰 |
Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI. AppFlowy is the AI collaborative workspace where you achieve more without losing control of your data. The leading open source Notion alternative. |
Cross |
63k |
| FastGPT |
FastGPT is a knowledge-based platform built on the LLMs, offers a comprehensive suite of out-of-the-box capabilities such as data processing, RAG retrieval, and visual AI workflow orchestration, letting you easily develop and deploy complex question-answering systems without the need for extensive setup or configuration. |
Cross |
24.1k |
| Logseq |
A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Download link: http://github.com/logseq/logseq/releases. roadmap: http://trello.com/b/8txSM12G/roadmap |
Cross |
36.5k |
| Outline |
The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible. |
Cross |
32.1k |
| Siyuan |
A privacy-first, self-hosted, fully open source personal knowledge management software, written in typescript and golang. |
Cross |
34.5k |
Project Management
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Focalboard |
Focalboard is an open source, self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana. |
Cross SelfHost |
23.4k |
Task Management
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Super Productivity |
Super Productivity is an advanced todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities. It also comes with integrations for Jira, GitLab, GitHub and Open Project. |
Cross |
13.7k |
Time Management
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| ActivityWatch |
The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused. |
Cross Android |
14.2k |
Security/Privacy - Go to top
AD Blocker
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Antivirus
Authentication
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Firewall
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Password Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Bitwarden CLI+ |
Open source security solutions for individuals, teams, and business organizations. Explore Password Manager, Secrets Manager, and passkey innovations. |
Cross Mobile Chromium Firefox |
16.5k |
Infiscal Manual Web UI |
Infisical is the open-source platform for secrets management, internal PKI, and SSH access. |
Cross Web (Cloud) SelfHost |
17.7k |
| KeePass |
KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”. |
Cross |
23.1k |
LessPass CLI CLI+ |
🔑 stateless open source password manager |
Cross Chromium Firefox |
5.8k |
Passbolt CLI+ |
Passbolt Community Edition (CE) API. The JSON API for the open source password manager for teams! |
Cross SelfHost Chromium Firefox |
5k |
VPN
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Amnezia CLI+ |
Amnezia VPN Client (Desktop+Mobile) |
Cross |
7.1k |
EasyTier CLI+ |
A simple, decentralized mesh VPN with WireGuard support. |
Cross |
4.3k |
| NetBird |
Connect your devices into a secure WireGuard®-based overlay network with SSO, MFA and granular access controls. |
Cross |
13.6k |
ProtonVPN CLI+ |
Official ProtonVPN Android app |
Cross |
2.7k |
| ZeroTier |
A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth |
Cross Mobile |
15.4k |
Arr
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| autobrr |
Modern, easy to use download automation for torrents and usenet. |
Cross SelfHost |
1.8k |
| Bazarr |
Bazarr is a companion application to Sonarr and Radarr. It manages and downloads subtitles based on your requirements. You define your preferences by TV show or movie and Bazarr takes care of everything for you. |
Cross SelfHost |
3.2k |
| Lidarr |
Looks and smells like Sonarr but made for music. |
Cross SelfHost |
4.1k |
| Overseerr |
Request management and media discovery tool for the Plex ecosystem |
Windows Linux SelfHost |
4.5k |
| Prowlarr |
Prowlarr is an indexer manager/proxy built on the popular *arr .net/reactjs base stack to integrate with your various PVR apps, supporting management of both Torrent Trackers and Usenet Indexers. |
Cross SelfHost |
4.8k |
| Radarr |
Movie organizer/manager for usenet and torrent users. |
Cross SelfHost |
11.5k |
| Readarr |
Book Manager and Automation (Sonarr for Ebooks) |
Cross SelfHost |
3.2k |
| Sonarr |
Smart PVR for newsgroup and bittorrent users. |
Cross SelfHost |
11.8k |
Dashboard
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Cockpit |
Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers. |
Linux |
12k |
Home Automation
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Home Assistant |
🏡 Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. |
Cross SelfHost |
79k |
Home Server
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| CapRover |
Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids |
Linux |
14k |
| CasaOS |
CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source Personal Cloud system. |
Linux |
29.8k |
Media Management
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Kodi |
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows. |
Cross SelfHost |
19.3k |
| Tautulli |
A Python based monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server. |
Cross SelfHost |
6k |
Server Management
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Surveillance
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Prompt
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Liquid Prompt CLI |
A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh |
Cross |
4.6k |
Oh My Posh CLI |
The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt renderer |
Cross |
19k |
Pure CLI |
Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt |
Cross |
13.6k |
Spaceship Prompt CLI |
🚀✨ Minimalistic, powerful and extremely customizable Zsh prompt |
Cross |
19.9k |
starship CLI |
☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell! |
Cross |
48.8k |
Shell
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
fish CLI |
The user-friendly command line shell. |
Cross |
29.8k |
Nushell CLI |
A new type of shell |
Cross |
35.1k |
xonsh CLI |
🐚 Python-powered shell. Full-featured and cross-platform. |
Cross |
8.8k |
Terminal Emulator
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Alacritty |
A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. |
Cross |
58.8k |
| kitty |
Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal |
Cross |
27.4k |
| Rio |
A hardware-accelerated GPU terminal emulator focusing to run in desktops and browsers. |
Cross |
5.1k |
| Tabby |
A terminal for a more modern age |
Cross |
63.7k |
| Waveterm |
An open-source, cross-platform terminal for seamless workflows |
Cross |
10.2k |
| WezTerm |
A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust |
Cross |
20.4k |
Terminal Multiplexer
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
tmux CLI |
tmux source code |
Cross |
37.4k |
Zellij CLI |
A terminal workspace with batteries included |
Cross |
24.2k |
Terminal Utilities
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Atuin CLI |
✨ Magical shell history |
Cross |
23.9k |
delta CLI |
A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, and blame output |
Cross |
26.1k |
eza CLI |
A modern alternative to ls |
Cross |
15.4k |
fzf CLI |
🌸 A command-line fuzzy finder |
Cross |
70.1k |
McFly CLI |
Fly through your shell history. Great Scott! |
Cross |
7.2k |
Oh My Zsh CLI |
🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,400+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community. |
Cross |
178.5k |
ShellGPT CLI |
A command-line productivity tool powered by AI large language models like GPT-4, will help you accomplish your tasks faster and more efficiently. |
Cross |
10.8k |
television TUI |
A cross-platform, fast and extensible general purpose fuzzy finder 📺 |
Cross |
2.8k |
zoxide CLI |
A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells. |
Cross |
26.4k |
zsh-autosuggestions CLI |
Fish-like autosuggestions for zsh |
Cross |
33k |
Document Editor
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Markdown Editor
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Zettlr |
Your One-Stop Publication Workbench |
Cross |
11.1k |
Note Taking
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Joplin |
Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. |
Cross |
49.3k |
jrnl CLI |
Collect your thoughts and notes without leaving the command line. |
Cross |
6.7k |
nb CLI |
CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script. |
Cross |
7.1k |
| Notesnook |
A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote. |
Cross |
11.8k |
| Reor |
Private & local AI personal knowledge management app for high entropy people. |
Cross |
7.9k |
| Rnote |
Sketch and take handwritten notes. |
Cross |
9.7k |
| SilverBullet |
An open source personal productivity platform built on Markdown, turbo charged with the scripting power of Lua |
Cross |
3.3k |
| Simplenote |
Simplenote for Web, Windows, and Linux |
Cross IOS Android |
5k |
| Standard Notes |
Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help. |
Cross IOS Android |
5.7k |
| VNote |
A pleasant note-taking platform in native C++. |
Cross |
12.3k |
| Zotero |
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share your research sources. |
Cross IOS Chromium Firefox |
11.6k |
Office Suite
Proofreading
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| WritingTools |
The world's smartest system-wide grammar assistant; a better version of the Apple Intelligence Writing Tools. Works on Windows, Linux, & macOS, with the free Gemini API, local LLMs, & more. |
Cross |
1.5k |
Spreadsheet
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Text Editor
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Emacs |
Mirror of GNU Emacs |
Cross |
4.6k |
Kakoune CLI |
mawww's experiment for a better code editor |
Cross |
10.3k |
| Lite XL |
A lightweight text editor written in Lua |
Cross |
5.4k |
Micro CLI |
A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor |
Cross |
26.1k |
| NotepadNext |
A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++ |
Cross |
10k |
Wiki
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Automation
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Ansible CLI+ |
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com. |
Cross |
65k |
Cronicle CLI+ |
A simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web based UI. |
Cross SelfHost |
4.4k |
| Script Kit |
Script Kit. Automate Anything. |
Cross |
4k |
| Semaphore |
Modern UI and powerful API for Ansible, Terraform, OpenTofu, PowerShell and other DevOps tools. |
Cross |
11.8k |
Cleaner
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| BleachBit |
BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux |
Windows Linux |
3.5k |
Clipboard Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Clipboard |
😎🏖️🐬 Your new, 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 smart clipboard manager |
Cross |
5.2k |
| CopyQ |
Clipboard manager with advanced features |
Cross |
9.7k |
Containers
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Colima CLI |
Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup |
Cross |
22.7k |
| Dockge |
A fancy, easy-to-use and reactive self-hosted docker compose.yaml stack-oriented manager |
Cross |
17.4k |
KDash TUI |
A simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes |
Cross |
2.2k |
lazydocker TUI |
The lazier way to manage everything docker |
Cross |
44k |
| Podman Desktop |
Podman Desktop is the best free and open source tool to work with Containers and Kubernetes for developers. Get an intuitive and user-friendly interface to effortlessly build, manage, and deploy containers and Kubernetes — all from your desktop. |
Cross |
5.8k |
Dotfiles Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| chezmoi |
Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely. |
Cross |
14.9k |
yadm CLI |
Yet Another Dotfiles Manager |
Cross |
5.7k |
File Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Broot TUI |
A new way to see and navigate directory trees : https://dystroy.org/broot |
Cross |
11.3k |
| Electerm |
📻Terminal/ssh/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/sftp client(linux, mac, win) |
Cross |
12.4k |
If CLI |
Terminal file manager |
Cross |
8.2k |
joshuto TUI |
ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust |
Cross |
3.5k |
nnn CLI |
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager |
Linux |
20.1k |
Ranger CLI |
A VIM-inspired filemanager for the console |
Cross |
16.2k |
| Spacedrive 🛑 |
Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file explorer, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem written in Rust. |
Cross |
34.5k |
| Superfile |
Pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager |
Cross |
13.8k |
xplr CLI |
A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer |
Cross |
4.4k |
xplr TUI |
A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer |
Cross |
4.4k |
Yazi TUI |
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O. |
Cross |
25k |
File Sharing
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| IPFS Desktop |
An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux. |
Cross |
6.2k |
LocalSend CLI+ |
An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop |
Cross |
61.3k |
| OnionShare |
Securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network |
Cross |
6.5k |
Keyboard Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Kanata |
Improve keyboard comfort and usability with advanced customization |
Cross |
5k |
| Kmonad |
An advanced keyboard manager |
Cross |
4.5k |
Launcher
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Albert |
A fast and flexible keyboard launcher |
Cross |
7.5k |
| Kando |
🌸 Do things with utmost efficiency. |
Cross |
4.2k |
Rofi Manual |
Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement |
Cross |
14.3k |
| Ueli |
Cross-Platform Keystroke Launcher |
Cross |
4k |
| Ulauncher |
Feature rich application Launcher for Linux |
Linux |
4k |
| Wox |
A cross-platform launcher that simply works |
Cross |
25.6k |
Package Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
Homebrew CLI |
🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux) |
MacOS Linux |
43.6k |
| Nix |
Nix, the purely functional package manager |
Cross |
14.3k |
| Spack |
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers. |
Cross |
4.7k |
Remote Desktop
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| RustDesk |
An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer. |
Cross |
88.3k |
System
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| auto-cpufreq |
Automatic CPU speed & power optimizer for Linux |
Linux |
6.4k |
System Monitoring
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
bottom CLI |
Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor. |
Cross |
11.3k |
Glances TUI Manual |
Glances an Eye on your system. A top/htop alternative for GNU/Linux, BSD, Mac OS and Windows operating systems. |
Cross SelfHost |
28.6k |
| NeoHtop |
💪🏻 Blazing-fast system monitoring for your desktop (built with Rust, Tauri & Svelte) |
Cross |
6.2k |
nvitop Manual |
An interactive NVIDIA-GPU process viewer and beyond, the one-stop solution for GPU process management. |
Cross |
5.5k |
NVTOP TUI Manual |
GPU & Accelerator process monitoring for AMD, Apple, Huawei, Intel, NVIDIA and Qualcomm |
Cross |
9.1k |
| Vitals |
A glimpse into your computer's temperature, voltage, fan speed, memory usage and CPU load. |
Linux |
1.6k |
Tools
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| balenaEtcher |
Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. |
Cross |
31.3k |
| Czkawka |
Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc. |
Windows Linux |
23.6k |
fd CLI |
A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find' |
Cross |
37.9k |
inshellisense CLI |
IDE style command line auto complete |
Cross |
9.3k |
| OpenRGB |
Open source RGB lighting control that doesn't depend on manufacturer software. Supports Windows, Linux, MacOS. Mirror of https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB. Releases can be found on GitLab. |
Cross |
3.2k |
| Pandoc |
Universal markup converter |
Cross |
37.4k |
rga CLI |
rga: ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc. |
Cross |
8.7k |
skim TUI |
Fuzzy Finder in rust! |
Cross |
5.7k |
Version Manager
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
asdf CLI |
Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more |
Cross |
23.5k |
mise CLI |
dev tools, env vars, task runner |
Cross |
15.5k |
nvm CLI |
Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions |
Cross |
84.5k |
pyenv CLI |
Simple Python version management |
Cross |
42k |
rbenv CLI |
Manage your app's Ruby environment |
Cross |
16.4k |
vfox CLI |
A cross-platform and extendable version manager with support for Java, Node.js, Flutter, .Net & more |
Cross |
3.2k |
Virtual Machine
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| Lima |
Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers |
MacOS Linux |
17.1k |
| Quickemu |
Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines |
MacOS Linux |
11.9k |
Window Management
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| i3 |
A tiling window manager for X11 |
Linux |
9.9k |
| LeftWM |
A tiling window manager for Adventurers |
Linux |
3k |
| niri |
A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor. |
Linux |
7.1k |
| PaperWM |
Tiled scrollable window management for GNOME Shell |
Linux |
3.4k |
Other
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
EOS Manual |
This repository features an Energy Optimization System (EOS) that optimizes energy distribution, usage for batteries, heat pumps& household devices. It includes predictive models for electricity prices (planned), load forecasting& dynamic optimization to maximize energy efficiency & minimize costs. Founder Dr. Andreas Schmitz (YouTube @akkudoktor) |
Cross SelfHost |
1.3k |
| ImHex |
🔍 A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM. |
Cross |
49k |
| openpilot |
openpilot is an operating system for robotics. Currently, it upgrades the driver assistance system on 300+ supported cars. |
Linux |
53.8k |
Uncategorized
| Name |
Description |
Platform(s) |
Stars |
| ProtonUp-Qt |
Install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda & more for Steam and Wine-GE & more for Lutris with this graphical user interface. |
Linux |
1.4k |
| XPipe |
Access your entire server infrastructure from your local desktop |
Cross |
11k |
Honorable Mentions of Closed-Source Software
Some proprietary software just deserve recognition.
- Davinci Resolve - Professional Editing, Color, Effects and Audio Post!
- Obsidian - The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.
- LM Studio - Discover, download, and run local LLMs
- JetBrains - A rich suite of tools that provide an exceptional developer experience
- Raycast - A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.
Removed Projects
Projects that were once on this list but removed - usually due to abandonement or going closed source.
Archive
FAQ
How about a definitive-opensource website?
A website is definitely on the roadmap. It would provide much requested features like tag based filtering and, on the backend, automate much of what we currently have to do manually. However, for the foreseeable future, the list will remain as a markdown file for one reason: to keep things simple. The current system lets me focus solely on the projects within. The complexities of web development seem unnecessary and an added pain for a task that can suffice, for now, as a markdown file.
The current system could also be considered a stepping stone to guage the community's needs prior to building a website, which would inherently be far more complex.
Stars aren't a good metric to guage popularity/quality.
The minimum star count of 1k has been a major point of contention. Admittedly, star counts don't always reflect project popularity and quality. Stars are biased towards developers because they are the ones with a GitHub account, thus leaving out the input of the end users. But no solution is going to be a one size fits all solution. It's critically important that as the list scales it doesn't devolve into a clutter trap, even if the price is some projects getting left out.
Stars tend to be synonomous with community recognition, making it a good starting point for further vetting to check for contributors, future plans, and popularity. Most compotent software will have no trouble reaching the 1k star count. This requirement is also just the first step for further vetting.
Artificial star counts (EX: buying stars) has also been brought up. This isn't that big of a problem, again, stars are just to quality a project for further vetting. We check community engagement, developer responsiveness and the project's statistics over time. A popular project should have lots of community activity, GitHub issues, pr's, etc. Evidence of foul play will disquality a project.
License
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