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These are full-featured open source software products free as in beer and speech that I started to use recently Vivek Gitepicks his best open source software of 2013

1 Replicant - Fully free Android distribution

Replicant is entirely free and open source distributions of Android on several devices including both phones andtablets I have installed it on an older Nexus S You can install apps from F-Droid store a GPLv2 client app that comesconfigured with a repository hosting only free as in freedom applications

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Operating system LinuxAndroidOperating system LinuxAndroid

Purpose Free os for phonetabletsPurpose Free os for phonetablets

Targets User who wish to have a full control over the mobile phone with strong privacy settingsTargets User who wish to have a full control over the mobile phone with strong privacy settings

License Apache License 20GPL 20License Apache License 20GPL 20

Download url Download url replicantusreplicantus [2][2]

2 Miro video converter

This is an open source cross-platform application to convert videos from and to various formats including formatssuitable for devices such as AndroidiOS phones It is simple and easy to use software to convert almost any video toMP4 WebM (vp8) Ogg Theora format Miro Video Converter is based on FFMPEG and act as a front end to FFMPEGcommand line tools [3]

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Video converterPurpose Video converter

Targets Multimedia usersTargets Multimedia users

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url mirovideoconvertercommirovideoconvertercom [5][5]

3 OwnCloud - Dropbox alternative for cloud storage service

I was looking for an alternative to Dropbox to run cloud on my own server at home and office This software is opensource software and it is self hosted I dont have to trust third party with my data I found this software easy to install andquite useful I started to use it for syncing files and other data I have been using for couple of months and it has beenproven reliable alternative to Dropbox There are clients available for MS-Windows OS X Linux and mobile apps for iOSand Android devices (or simply access data using the ownCloud web frontend)

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Cloud storage (Data synchronization)Purpose Cloud storage (Data synchronization)

Targets Home usersIT departmentsSysadminsTargets Home usersIT departmentsSysadmins

License AGPLv3License AGPLv3

Download url Download url owncloudorgowncloudorg [7][7]

4 Docker - FreeBSD like container+API for Linux

The FreeBSD jail [8] provides an operating system-level virtualization partition a FreeBSD-based serve into severalindependent mini-systems You can do the same with Linux using OpenVZ [9] Linux Containers (LXC) is a virtualizationmethod for running multiple isolated Linux systems Docker extends LXC It uses LXC cgroups Linux kernel and otherparts to automate the deployment of applications inside software containers It comes with API to runs processes inisolation With docker I can pack WordPress (or any other app written in PythonRubyPhp amp friends) and itsdependencies in a lightweight portable self-sufficient container I can deploy and test such container on any Linux basedserver

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Operating system Linux amd64Operating system Linux amd64

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Purpose OS level virtualizationPurpose OS level virtualization

Targets DevOpsSysadminsTargets DevOpsSysadmins

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url dockeriodockerio [11][11]

5 Adminer - A lightweight and full-featured database management tool

Adminer is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP Conversely to phpMyAdmin it consists of a singlefile ready to deploy to the target server Adminer is available for MySQL PostgreSQL SQLite MS SQL and Oracle Iusually install this for clients who are new to PostgreSQLMySQL The software acts as a drop-in-replacement forphpMyAdmin with a better user interface better support for MySQL features higher performance and more security

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Database managementPurpose Database management

Targets DBAnew usersTargets DBAnew users

License Apache License or GPL 2License Apache License or GPL 2

Download url Download url adminerorgadminerorg [13][13]

6 MariaDB - Drop-in replacement for Oracle MySQL server

MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL server MariaDB is going to be default in many popular Linuxdistro and open source project Red Hat will switch the default database in its enterprise distribution RHEL (including itsclones such as CentOS) from MySQL to MariaDB when version 7 is released in 2014 I started testing MariaDB andfound no problems at all The speed is same or better in some cases

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose RDBMSPurpose RDBMS

Targets DevOpsSysadminsTargets DevOpsSysadmins

License GPLLGPLLicense GPLLGPL

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Download url Download url mariadborgmariadborg [14][14]

7 RackTables - Manage your data center assets like a pro

I wish I discovered RackTables earlier It is is a datacenter asset management system With this software one candocument hardware assets (such as server workstations routers switches and more) network addresses space inracks networks configuration and more

1 List of all devices racks and enclosures youve got2 Mount the devices into the racks3 Maintain physical ports of the devices and links between them4 Manage IP addresses assign them to the devices and group them into networks5 Document your NAT rules describe your loadbalancing policy and store loadbalancing configuration6 Attach files to various objects in the system7 Create users assign permissions and allow or deny any actions they can do

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose IDC asset management systemPurpose IDC asset management system

Targets SysadminDevOPSIT ManagersTargets SysadminDevOPSIT Managers

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License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url racktablesorgracktablesorg [16][16]

8 Apache Cordova - Create smartphone app just with HTML CSS andJavaScript

Apache Cordova is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized webAPIs You can create apps that work on iOS Andriod BlackBerry Windows Ubuntu and other phone based operatingsystems You write code once and run on selected mobile platforms with little or no change [17] at all PhoneGap usesApache Cordova

Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8

Purpose Build native mobile appsPurpose Build native mobile apps

Targets DevelopersTargets Developers

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url cordovaapacheorgcordovaapacheorg [18][18] or or phonegapcomphonegapcom [19][19]

9 Angry IP scanner - ipscan tool

Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration [20] security scanning and auditing ipscan (Angry IPScanner) is an alternative to nmap command [20] It is also an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designedto be fast and simple to use It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Network scannerPurpose Network scanner

Targets SysadminNetwork administratorsTargets SysadminNetwork administrators

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License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url angryiporgangryiporg [22][22]

10 Jekyll - Create simple static blog

Drupal Typo3 WordPress and many other content management system (CMS)blogging software dynamically createfeature rich content However you may not need all the all features and complexity offered by modern CMS basedsystems For example a WordPress based blog like nixCraft [23] requires multiple VMs [24] CDN for static assets [25]caching engine such as memcached [26] PHP mysql database comment moderation and on going updates A growingtrend is to keep your blog simple by avoiding CMS and use static HTML generators that offers the following benefits

No more complex setups ie no databasesphpcaching engines requiredNo more comment moderationPesky updatesStatic files are more secureEasy to scale or cache on edgeCDN nodesProvides all the blog-aware visual bells and whistles such as categories pages posts Permalinks and customlayouts

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Blogging systemPurpose Blogging system

Targets Bloggers who wish to follow Targets Bloggers who wish to follow KISS principalKISS principal [27][27]

License MIT LicenseLicense MIT License

Download url Download url jekyllrbcomjekyllrbcom [28][28]

Similar apps Similar apps Haskell based HakyllHaskell based Hakyll [29][29] Ruby based nanocRuby based nanoc [30][30] Python based PelicanPython based Pelican [31][31]

11 TurnKey Linux - Deploy open source apps on VM or the clouds

You can setup a open source software such as WordPress Drupal ZenCart and over 100+ other software easily withTurnKey Linux It is a virtual appliance library that integrates and polishes the very best open source software into readyto use solutions Each virtual appliance is optimized for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes on baremetal a virtual machine and in the cloudin physical server TurnKey Linux is based on Debian 72 with automaticsecurity updates for all packages It also includes a web management interface web shell and simple configurationconsole I often use this to deploy development server in the cloud

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Virtual appliance libraryPurpose Virtual appliance library

Targets SysadminDevelopersDevOPSTargets SysadminDevelopersDevOPS

License Free software licensesLicense Free software licenses

Download url Download url turnkeylinuxorgturnkeylinuxorg [33][33]

12 DokuWiki - Create a personal wiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesnt require a database Easy toinstall on Linux or Unix-like operating systems with the following features

1 Ease of use and low system requirements2 Built-in access control lists3 Customization using large variety of extensions plugins and templates

I use this on my laptop to keep notes about various projects

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose DocumentationPurpose Documentation

Targets Wiki usersTargets Wiki users

License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url dokuwikiorgdokuwikiorg [34][34]

13 MediaGoblin - An alterative to YoutubeFlickrSoundcloud

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

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Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Video converterPurpose Video converter

Targets Multimedia usersTargets Multimedia users

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url mirovideoconvertercommirovideoconvertercom [5][5]

3 OwnCloud - Dropbox alternative for cloud storage service

I was looking for an alternative to Dropbox to run cloud on my own server at home and office This software is opensource software and it is self hosted I dont have to trust third party with my data I found this software easy to install andquite useful I started to use it for syncing files and other data I have been using for couple of months and it has beenproven reliable alternative to Dropbox There are clients available for MS-Windows OS X Linux and mobile apps for iOSand Android devices (or simply access data using the ownCloud web frontend)

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Cloud storage (Data synchronization)Purpose Cloud storage (Data synchronization)

Targets Home usersIT departmentsSysadminsTargets Home usersIT departmentsSysadmins

License AGPLv3License AGPLv3

Download url Download url owncloudorgowncloudorg [7][7]

4 Docker - FreeBSD like container+API for Linux

The FreeBSD jail [8] provides an operating system-level virtualization partition a FreeBSD-based serve into severalindependent mini-systems You can do the same with Linux using OpenVZ [9] Linux Containers (LXC) is a virtualizationmethod for running multiple isolated Linux systems Docker extends LXC It uses LXC cgroups Linux kernel and otherparts to automate the deployment of applications inside software containers It comes with API to runs processes inisolation With docker I can pack WordPress (or any other app written in PythonRubyPhp amp friends) and itsdependencies in a lightweight portable self-sufficient container I can deploy and test such container on any Linux basedserver

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Operating system Linux amd64Operating system Linux amd64

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Purpose OS level virtualizationPurpose OS level virtualization

Targets DevOpsSysadminsTargets DevOpsSysadmins

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url dockeriodockerio [11][11]

5 Adminer - A lightweight and full-featured database management tool

Adminer is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP Conversely to phpMyAdmin it consists of a singlefile ready to deploy to the target server Adminer is available for MySQL PostgreSQL SQLite MS SQL and Oracle Iusually install this for clients who are new to PostgreSQLMySQL The software acts as a drop-in-replacement forphpMyAdmin with a better user interface better support for MySQL features higher performance and more security

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Database managementPurpose Database management

Targets DBAnew usersTargets DBAnew users

License Apache License or GPL 2License Apache License or GPL 2

Download url Download url adminerorgadminerorg [13][13]

6 MariaDB - Drop-in replacement for Oracle MySQL server

MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL server MariaDB is going to be default in many popular Linuxdistro and open source project Red Hat will switch the default database in its enterprise distribution RHEL (including itsclones such as CentOS) from MySQL to MariaDB when version 7 is released in 2014 I started testing MariaDB andfound no problems at all The speed is same or better in some cases

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose RDBMSPurpose RDBMS

Targets DevOpsSysadminsTargets DevOpsSysadmins

License GPLLGPLLicense GPLLGPL

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Download url Download url mariadborgmariadborg [14][14]

7 RackTables - Manage your data center assets like a pro

I wish I discovered RackTables earlier It is is a datacenter asset management system With this software one candocument hardware assets (such as server workstations routers switches and more) network addresses space inracks networks configuration and more

1 List of all devices racks and enclosures youve got2 Mount the devices into the racks3 Maintain physical ports of the devices and links between them4 Manage IP addresses assign them to the devices and group them into networks5 Document your NAT rules describe your loadbalancing policy and store loadbalancing configuration6 Attach files to various objects in the system7 Create users assign permissions and allow or deny any actions they can do

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose IDC asset management systemPurpose IDC asset management system

Targets SysadminDevOPSIT ManagersTargets SysadminDevOPSIT Managers

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License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url racktablesorgracktablesorg [16][16]

8 Apache Cordova - Create smartphone app just with HTML CSS andJavaScript

Apache Cordova is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized webAPIs You can create apps that work on iOS Andriod BlackBerry Windows Ubuntu and other phone based operatingsystems You write code once and run on selected mobile platforms with little or no change [17] at all PhoneGap usesApache Cordova

Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8

Purpose Build native mobile appsPurpose Build native mobile apps

Targets DevelopersTargets Developers

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url cordovaapacheorgcordovaapacheorg [18][18] or or phonegapcomphonegapcom [19][19]

9 Angry IP scanner - ipscan tool

Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration [20] security scanning and auditing ipscan (Angry IPScanner) is an alternative to nmap command [20] It is also an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designedto be fast and simple to use It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Network scannerPurpose Network scanner

Targets SysadminNetwork administratorsTargets SysadminNetwork administrators

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License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url angryiporgangryiporg [22][22]

10 Jekyll - Create simple static blog

Drupal Typo3 WordPress and many other content management system (CMS)blogging software dynamically createfeature rich content However you may not need all the all features and complexity offered by modern CMS basedsystems For example a WordPress based blog like nixCraft [23] requires multiple VMs [24] CDN for static assets [25]caching engine such as memcached [26] PHP mysql database comment moderation and on going updates A growingtrend is to keep your blog simple by avoiding CMS and use static HTML generators that offers the following benefits

No more complex setups ie no databasesphpcaching engines requiredNo more comment moderationPesky updatesStatic files are more secureEasy to scale or cache on edgeCDN nodesProvides all the blog-aware visual bells and whistles such as categories pages posts Permalinks and customlayouts

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Blogging systemPurpose Blogging system

Targets Bloggers who wish to follow Targets Bloggers who wish to follow KISS principalKISS principal [27][27]

License MIT LicenseLicense MIT License

Download url Download url jekyllrbcomjekyllrbcom [28][28]

Similar apps Similar apps Haskell based HakyllHaskell based Hakyll [29][29] Ruby based nanocRuby based nanoc [30][30] Python based PelicanPython based Pelican [31][31]

11 TurnKey Linux - Deploy open source apps on VM or the clouds

You can setup a open source software such as WordPress Drupal ZenCart and over 100+ other software easily withTurnKey Linux It is a virtual appliance library that integrates and polishes the very best open source software into readyto use solutions Each virtual appliance is optimized for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes on baremetal a virtual machine and in the cloudin physical server TurnKey Linux is based on Debian 72 with automaticsecurity updates for all packages It also includes a web management interface web shell and simple configurationconsole I often use this to deploy development server in the cloud

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Virtual appliance libraryPurpose Virtual appliance library

Targets SysadminDevelopersDevOPSTargets SysadminDevelopersDevOPS

License Free software licensesLicense Free software licenses

Download url Download url turnkeylinuxorgturnkeylinuxorg [33][33]

12 DokuWiki - Create a personal wiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesnt require a database Easy toinstall on Linux or Unix-like operating systems with the following features

1 Ease of use and low system requirements2 Built-in access control lists3 Customization using large variety of extensions plugins and templates

I use this on my laptop to keep notes about various projects

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose DocumentationPurpose Documentation

Targets Wiki usersTargets Wiki users

License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url dokuwikiorgdokuwikiorg [34][34]

13 MediaGoblin - An alterative to YoutubeFlickrSoundcloud

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

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Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Cloud storage (Data synchronization)Purpose Cloud storage (Data synchronization)

Targets Home usersIT departmentsSysadminsTargets Home usersIT departmentsSysadmins

License AGPLv3License AGPLv3

Download url Download url owncloudorgowncloudorg [7][7]

4 Docker - FreeBSD like container+API for Linux

The FreeBSD jail [8] provides an operating system-level virtualization partition a FreeBSD-based serve into severalindependent mini-systems You can do the same with Linux using OpenVZ [9] Linux Containers (LXC) is a virtualizationmethod for running multiple isolated Linux systems Docker extends LXC It uses LXC cgroups Linux kernel and otherparts to automate the deployment of applications inside software containers It comes with API to runs processes inisolation With docker I can pack WordPress (or any other app written in PythonRubyPhp amp friends) and itsdependencies in a lightweight portable self-sufficient container I can deploy and test such container on any Linux basedserver

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Operating system Linux amd64Operating system Linux amd64

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Purpose OS level virtualizationPurpose OS level virtualization

Targets DevOpsSysadminsTargets DevOpsSysadmins

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url dockeriodockerio [11][11]

5 Adminer - A lightweight and full-featured database management tool

Adminer is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP Conversely to phpMyAdmin it consists of a singlefile ready to deploy to the target server Adminer is available for MySQL PostgreSQL SQLite MS SQL and Oracle Iusually install this for clients who are new to PostgreSQLMySQL The software acts as a drop-in-replacement forphpMyAdmin with a better user interface better support for MySQL features higher performance and more security

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Database managementPurpose Database management

Targets DBAnew usersTargets DBAnew users

License Apache License or GPL 2License Apache License or GPL 2

Download url Download url adminerorgadminerorg [13][13]

6 MariaDB - Drop-in replacement for Oracle MySQL server

MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL server MariaDB is going to be default in many popular Linuxdistro and open source project Red Hat will switch the default database in its enterprise distribution RHEL (including itsclones such as CentOS) from MySQL to MariaDB when version 7 is released in 2014 I started testing MariaDB andfound no problems at all The speed is same or better in some cases

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose RDBMSPurpose RDBMS

Targets DevOpsSysadminsTargets DevOpsSysadmins

License GPLLGPLLicense GPLLGPL

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Download url Download url mariadborgmariadborg [14][14]

7 RackTables - Manage your data center assets like a pro

I wish I discovered RackTables earlier It is is a datacenter asset management system With this software one candocument hardware assets (such as server workstations routers switches and more) network addresses space inracks networks configuration and more

1 List of all devices racks and enclosures youve got2 Mount the devices into the racks3 Maintain physical ports of the devices and links between them4 Manage IP addresses assign them to the devices and group them into networks5 Document your NAT rules describe your loadbalancing policy and store loadbalancing configuration6 Attach files to various objects in the system7 Create users assign permissions and allow or deny any actions they can do

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose IDC asset management systemPurpose IDC asset management system

Targets SysadminDevOPSIT ManagersTargets SysadminDevOPSIT Managers

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License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url racktablesorgracktablesorg [16][16]

8 Apache Cordova - Create smartphone app just with HTML CSS andJavaScript

Apache Cordova is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized webAPIs You can create apps that work on iOS Andriod BlackBerry Windows Ubuntu and other phone based operatingsystems You write code once and run on selected mobile platforms with little or no change [17] at all PhoneGap usesApache Cordova

Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8

Purpose Build native mobile appsPurpose Build native mobile apps

Targets DevelopersTargets Developers

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url cordovaapacheorgcordovaapacheorg [18][18] or or phonegapcomphonegapcom [19][19]

9 Angry IP scanner - ipscan tool

Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration [20] security scanning and auditing ipscan (Angry IPScanner) is an alternative to nmap command [20] It is also an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designedto be fast and simple to use It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Network scannerPurpose Network scanner

Targets SysadminNetwork administratorsTargets SysadminNetwork administrators

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License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url angryiporgangryiporg [22][22]

10 Jekyll - Create simple static blog

Drupal Typo3 WordPress and many other content management system (CMS)blogging software dynamically createfeature rich content However you may not need all the all features and complexity offered by modern CMS basedsystems For example a WordPress based blog like nixCraft [23] requires multiple VMs [24] CDN for static assets [25]caching engine such as memcached [26] PHP mysql database comment moderation and on going updates A growingtrend is to keep your blog simple by avoiding CMS and use static HTML generators that offers the following benefits

No more complex setups ie no databasesphpcaching engines requiredNo more comment moderationPesky updatesStatic files are more secureEasy to scale or cache on edgeCDN nodesProvides all the blog-aware visual bells and whistles such as categories pages posts Permalinks and customlayouts

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Blogging systemPurpose Blogging system

Targets Bloggers who wish to follow Targets Bloggers who wish to follow KISS principalKISS principal [27][27]

License MIT LicenseLicense MIT License

Download url Download url jekyllrbcomjekyllrbcom [28][28]

Similar apps Similar apps Haskell based HakyllHaskell based Hakyll [29][29] Ruby based nanocRuby based nanoc [30][30] Python based PelicanPython based Pelican [31][31]

11 TurnKey Linux - Deploy open source apps on VM or the clouds

You can setup a open source software such as WordPress Drupal ZenCart and over 100+ other software easily withTurnKey Linux It is a virtual appliance library that integrates and polishes the very best open source software into readyto use solutions Each virtual appliance is optimized for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes on baremetal a virtual machine and in the cloudin physical server TurnKey Linux is based on Debian 72 with automaticsecurity updates for all packages It also includes a web management interface web shell and simple configurationconsole I often use this to deploy development server in the cloud

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Virtual appliance libraryPurpose Virtual appliance library

Targets SysadminDevelopersDevOPSTargets SysadminDevelopersDevOPS

License Free software licensesLicense Free software licenses

Download url Download url turnkeylinuxorgturnkeylinuxorg [33][33]

12 DokuWiki - Create a personal wiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesnt require a database Easy toinstall on Linux or Unix-like operating systems with the following features

1 Ease of use and low system requirements2 Built-in access control lists3 Customization using large variety of extensions plugins and templates

I use this on my laptop to keep notes about various projects

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose DocumentationPurpose Documentation

Targets Wiki usersTargets Wiki users

License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url dokuwikiorgdokuwikiorg [34][34]

13 MediaGoblin - An alterative to YoutubeFlickrSoundcloud

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

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Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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Purpose OS level virtualizationPurpose OS level virtualization

Targets DevOpsSysadminsTargets DevOpsSysadmins

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url dockeriodockerio [11][11]

5 Adminer - A lightweight and full-featured database management tool

Adminer is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP Conversely to phpMyAdmin it consists of a singlefile ready to deploy to the target server Adminer is available for MySQL PostgreSQL SQLite MS SQL and Oracle Iusually install this for clients who are new to PostgreSQLMySQL The software acts as a drop-in-replacement forphpMyAdmin with a better user interface better support for MySQL features higher performance and more security

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Database managementPurpose Database management

Targets DBAnew usersTargets DBAnew users

License Apache License or GPL 2License Apache License or GPL 2

Download url Download url adminerorgadminerorg [13][13]

6 MariaDB - Drop-in replacement for Oracle MySQL server

MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL server MariaDB is going to be default in many popular Linuxdistro and open source project Red Hat will switch the default database in its enterprise distribution RHEL (including itsclones such as CentOS) from MySQL to MariaDB when version 7 is released in 2014 I started testing MariaDB andfound no problems at all The speed is same or better in some cases

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose RDBMSPurpose RDBMS

Targets DevOpsSysadminsTargets DevOpsSysadmins

License GPLLGPLLicense GPLLGPL

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Download url Download url mariadborgmariadborg [14][14]

7 RackTables - Manage your data center assets like a pro

I wish I discovered RackTables earlier It is is a datacenter asset management system With this software one candocument hardware assets (such as server workstations routers switches and more) network addresses space inracks networks configuration and more

1 List of all devices racks and enclosures youve got2 Mount the devices into the racks3 Maintain physical ports of the devices and links between them4 Manage IP addresses assign them to the devices and group them into networks5 Document your NAT rules describe your loadbalancing policy and store loadbalancing configuration6 Attach files to various objects in the system7 Create users assign permissions and allow or deny any actions they can do

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose IDC asset management systemPurpose IDC asset management system

Targets SysadminDevOPSIT ManagersTargets SysadminDevOPSIT Managers

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License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url racktablesorgracktablesorg [16][16]

8 Apache Cordova - Create smartphone app just with HTML CSS andJavaScript

Apache Cordova is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized webAPIs You can create apps that work on iOS Andriod BlackBerry Windows Ubuntu and other phone based operatingsystems You write code once and run on selected mobile platforms with little or no change [17] at all PhoneGap usesApache Cordova

Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8

Purpose Build native mobile appsPurpose Build native mobile apps

Targets DevelopersTargets Developers

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url cordovaapacheorgcordovaapacheorg [18][18] or or phonegapcomphonegapcom [19][19]

9 Angry IP scanner - ipscan tool

Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration [20] security scanning and auditing ipscan (Angry IPScanner) is an alternative to nmap command [20] It is also an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designedto be fast and simple to use It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Network scannerPurpose Network scanner

Targets SysadminNetwork administratorsTargets SysadminNetwork administrators

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License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url angryiporgangryiporg [22][22]

10 Jekyll - Create simple static blog

Drupal Typo3 WordPress and many other content management system (CMS)blogging software dynamically createfeature rich content However you may not need all the all features and complexity offered by modern CMS basedsystems For example a WordPress based blog like nixCraft [23] requires multiple VMs [24] CDN for static assets [25]caching engine such as memcached [26] PHP mysql database comment moderation and on going updates A growingtrend is to keep your blog simple by avoiding CMS and use static HTML generators that offers the following benefits

No more complex setups ie no databasesphpcaching engines requiredNo more comment moderationPesky updatesStatic files are more secureEasy to scale or cache on edgeCDN nodesProvides all the blog-aware visual bells and whistles such as categories pages posts Permalinks and customlayouts

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Blogging systemPurpose Blogging system

Targets Bloggers who wish to follow Targets Bloggers who wish to follow KISS principalKISS principal [27][27]

License MIT LicenseLicense MIT License

Download url Download url jekyllrbcomjekyllrbcom [28][28]

Similar apps Similar apps Haskell based HakyllHaskell based Hakyll [29][29] Ruby based nanocRuby based nanoc [30][30] Python based PelicanPython based Pelican [31][31]

11 TurnKey Linux - Deploy open source apps on VM or the clouds

You can setup a open source software such as WordPress Drupal ZenCart and over 100+ other software easily withTurnKey Linux It is a virtual appliance library that integrates and polishes the very best open source software into readyto use solutions Each virtual appliance is optimized for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes on baremetal a virtual machine and in the cloudin physical server TurnKey Linux is based on Debian 72 with automaticsecurity updates for all packages It also includes a web management interface web shell and simple configurationconsole I often use this to deploy development server in the cloud

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Virtual appliance libraryPurpose Virtual appliance library

Targets SysadminDevelopersDevOPSTargets SysadminDevelopersDevOPS

License Free software licensesLicense Free software licenses

Download url Download url turnkeylinuxorgturnkeylinuxorg [33][33]

12 DokuWiki - Create a personal wiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesnt require a database Easy toinstall on Linux or Unix-like operating systems with the following features

1 Ease of use and low system requirements2 Built-in access control lists3 Customization using large variety of extensions plugins and templates

I use this on my laptop to keep notes about various projects

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose DocumentationPurpose Documentation

Targets Wiki usersTargets Wiki users

License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url dokuwikiorgdokuwikiorg [34][34]

13 MediaGoblin - An alterative to YoutubeFlickrSoundcloud

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

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Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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Download url Download url mariadborgmariadborg [14][14]

7 RackTables - Manage your data center assets like a pro

I wish I discovered RackTables earlier It is is a datacenter asset management system With this software one candocument hardware assets (such as server workstations routers switches and more) network addresses space inracks networks configuration and more

1 List of all devices racks and enclosures youve got2 Mount the devices into the racks3 Maintain physical ports of the devices and links between them4 Manage IP addresses assign them to the devices and group them into networks5 Document your NAT rules describe your loadbalancing policy and store loadbalancing configuration6 Attach files to various objects in the system7 Create users assign permissions and allow or deny any actions they can do

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose IDC asset management systemPurpose IDC asset management system

Targets SysadminDevOPSIT ManagersTargets SysadminDevOPSIT Managers

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License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url racktablesorgracktablesorg [16][16]

8 Apache Cordova - Create smartphone app just with HTML CSS andJavaScript

Apache Cordova is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized webAPIs You can create apps that work on iOS Andriod BlackBerry Windows Ubuntu and other phone based operatingsystems You write code once and run on selected mobile platforms with little or no change [17] at all PhoneGap usesApache Cordova

Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8

Purpose Build native mobile appsPurpose Build native mobile apps

Targets DevelopersTargets Developers

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url cordovaapacheorgcordovaapacheorg [18][18] or or phonegapcomphonegapcom [19][19]

9 Angry IP scanner - ipscan tool

Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration [20] security scanning and auditing ipscan (Angry IPScanner) is an alternative to nmap command [20] It is also an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designedto be fast and simple to use It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Network scannerPurpose Network scanner

Targets SysadminNetwork administratorsTargets SysadminNetwork administrators

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License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url angryiporgangryiporg [22][22]

10 Jekyll - Create simple static blog

Drupal Typo3 WordPress and many other content management system (CMS)blogging software dynamically createfeature rich content However you may not need all the all features and complexity offered by modern CMS basedsystems For example a WordPress based blog like nixCraft [23] requires multiple VMs [24] CDN for static assets [25]caching engine such as memcached [26] PHP mysql database comment moderation and on going updates A growingtrend is to keep your blog simple by avoiding CMS and use static HTML generators that offers the following benefits

No more complex setups ie no databasesphpcaching engines requiredNo more comment moderationPesky updatesStatic files are more secureEasy to scale or cache on edgeCDN nodesProvides all the blog-aware visual bells and whistles such as categories pages posts Permalinks and customlayouts

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Blogging systemPurpose Blogging system

Targets Bloggers who wish to follow Targets Bloggers who wish to follow KISS principalKISS principal [27][27]

License MIT LicenseLicense MIT License

Download url Download url jekyllrbcomjekyllrbcom [28][28]

Similar apps Similar apps Haskell based HakyllHaskell based Hakyll [29][29] Ruby based nanocRuby based nanoc [30][30] Python based PelicanPython based Pelican [31][31]

11 TurnKey Linux - Deploy open source apps on VM or the clouds

You can setup a open source software such as WordPress Drupal ZenCart and over 100+ other software easily withTurnKey Linux It is a virtual appliance library that integrates and polishes the very best open source software into readyto use solutions Each virtual appliance is optimized for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes on baremetal a virtual machine and in the cloudin physical server TurnKey Linux is based on Debian 72 with automaticsecurity updates for all packages It also includes a web management interface web shell and simple configurationconsole I often use this to deploy development server in the cloud

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Virtual appliance libraryPurpose Virtual appliance library

Targets SysadminDevelopersDevOPSTargets SysadminDevelopersDevOPS

License Free software licensesLicense Free software licenses

Download url Download url turnkeylinuxorgturnkeylinuxorg [33][33]

12 DokuWiki - Create a personal wiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesnt require a database Easy toinstall on Linux or Unix-like operating systems with the following features

1 Ease of use and low system requirements2 Built-in access control lists3 Customization using large variety of extensions plugins and templates

I use this on my laptop to keep notes about various projects

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose DocumentationPurpose Documentation

Targets Wiki usersTargets Wiki users

License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url dokuwikiorgdokuwikiorg [34][34]

13 MediaGoblin - An alterative to YoutubeFlickrSoundcloud

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

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Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

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[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url racktablesorgracktablesorg [16][16]

8 Apache Cordova - Create smartphone app just with HTML CSS andJavaScript

Apache Cordova is a free and open source framework that allows you to create mobile apps using standardized webAPIs You can create apps that work on iOS Andriod BlackBerry Windows Ubuntu and other phone based operatingsystems You write code once and run on selected mobile platforms with little or no change [17] at all PhoneGap usesApache Cordova

Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8Operating system iOS Android webOS Symbian BlackBerry Ubuntu Touch Windows Phone Windows 8

Purpose Build native mobile appsPurpose Build native mobile apps

Targets DevelopersTargets Developers

License Apache License 20License Apache License 20

Download url Download url cordovaapacheorgcordovaapacheorg [18][18] or or phonegapcomphonegapcom [19][19]

9 Angry IP scanner - ipscan tool

Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration [20] security scanning and auditing ipscan (Angry IPScanner) is an alternative to nmap command [20] It is also an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designedto be fast and simple to use It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Network scannerPurpose Network scanner

Targets SysadminNetwork administratorsTargets SysadminNetwork administrators

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License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url angryiporgangryiporg [22][22]

10 Jekyll - Create simple static blog

Drupal Typo3 WordPress and many other content management system (CMS)blogging software dynamically createfeature rich content However you may not need all the all features and complexity offered by modern CMS basedsystems For example a WordPress based blog like nixCraft [23] requires multiple VMs [24] CDN for static assets [25]caching engine such as memcached [26] PHP mysql database comment moderation and on going updates A growingtrend is to keep your blog simple by avoiding CMS and use static HTML generators that offers the following benefits

No more complex setups ie no databasesphpcaching engines requiredNo more comment moderationPesky updatesStatic files are more secureEasy to scale or cache on edgeCDN nodesProvides all the blog-aware visual bells and whistles such as categories pages posts Permalinks and customlayouts

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Blogging systemPurpose Blogging system

Targets Bloggers who wish to follow Targets Bloggers who wish to follow KISS principalKISS principal [27][27]

License MIT LicenseLicense MIT License

Download url Download url jekyllrbcomjekyllrbcom [28][28]

Similar apps Similar apps Haskell based HakyllHaskell based Hakyll [29][29] Ruby based nanocRuby based nanoc [30][30] Python based PelicanPython based Pelican [31][31]

11 TurnKey Linux - Deploy open source apps on VM or the clouds

You can setup a open source software such as WordPress Drupal ZenCart and over 100+ other software easily withTurnKey Linux It is a virtual appliance library that integrates and polishes the very best open source software into readyto use solutions Each virtual appliance is optimized for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes on baremetal a virtual machine and in the cloudin physical server TurnKey Linux is based on Debian 72 with automaticsecurity updates for all packages It also includes a web management interface web shell and simple configurationconsole I often use this to deploy development server in the cloud

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Virtual appliance libraryPurpose Virtual appliance library

Targets SysadminDevelopersDevOPSTargets SysadminDevelopersDevOPS

License Free software licensesLicense Free software licenses

Download url Download url turnkeylinuxorgturnkeylinuxorg [33][33]

12 DokuWiki - Create a personal wiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesnt require a database Easy toinstall on Linux or Unix-like operating systems with the following features

1 Ease of use and low system requirements2 Built-in access control lists3 Customization using large variety of extensions plugins and templates

I use this on my laptop to keep notes about various projects

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose DocumentationPurpose Documentation

Targets Wiki usersTargets Wiki users

License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url dokuwikiorgdokuwikiorg [34][34]

13 MediaGoblin - An alterative to YoutubeFlickrSoundcloud

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

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Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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[44][44]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

[49][49]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

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[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url angryiporgangryiporg [22][22]

10 Jekyll - Create simple static blog

Drupal Typo3 WordPress and many other content management system (CMS)blogging software dynamically createfeature rich content However you may not need all the all features and complexity offered by modern CMS basedsystems For example a WordPress based blog like nixCraft [23] requires multiple VMs [24] CDN for static assets [25]caching engine such as memcached [26] PHP mysql database comment moderation and on going updates A growingtrend is to keep your blog simple by avoiding CMS and use static HTML generators that offers the following benefits

No more complex setups ie no databasesphpcaching engines requiredNo more comment moderationPesky updatesStatic files are more secureEasy to scale or cache on edgeCDN nodesProvides all the blog-aware visual bells and whistles such as categories pages posts Permalinks and customlayouts

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Blogging systemPurpose Blogging system

Targets Bloggers who wish to follow Targets Bloggers who wish to follow KISS principalKISS principal [27][27]

License MIT LicenseLicense MIT License

Download url Download url jekyllrbcomjekyllrbcom [28][28]

Similar apps Similar apps Haskell based HakyllHaskell based Hakyll [29][29] Ruby based nanocRuby based nanoc [30][30] Python based PelicanPython based Pelican [31][31]

11 TurnKey Linux - Deploy open source apps on VM or the clouds

You can setup a open source software such as WordPress Drupal ZenCart and over 100+ other software easily withTurnKey Linux It is a virtual appliance library that integrates and polishes the very best open source software into readyto use solutions Each virtual appliance is optimized for ease of use and can be deployed in just a few minutes on baremetal a virtual machine and in the cloudin physical server TurnKey Linux is based on Debian 72 with automaticsecurity updates for all packages It also includes a web management interface web shell and simple configurationconsole I often use this to deploy development server in the cloud

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Virtual appliance libraryPurpose Virtual appliance library

Targets SysadminDevelopersDevOPSTargets SysadminDevelopersDevOPS

License Free software licensesLicense Free software licenses

Download url Download url turnkeylinuxorgturnkeylinuxorg [33][33]

12 DokuWiki - Create a personal wiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesnt require a database Easy toinstall on Linux or Unix-like operating systems with the following features

1 Ease of use and low system requirements2 Built-in access control lists3 Customization using large variety of extensions plugins and templates

I use this on my laptop to keep notes about various projects

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose DocumentationPurpose Documentation

Targets Wiki usersTargets Wiki users

License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url dokuwikiorgdokuwikiorg [34][34]

13 MediaGoblin - An alterative to YoutubeFlickrSoundcloud

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

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Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

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Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

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[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Virtual appliance libraryPurpose Virtual appliance library

Targets SysadminDevelopersDevOPSTargets SysadminDevelopersDevOPS

License Free software licensesLicense Free software licenses

Download url Download url turnkeylinuxorgturnkeylinuxorg [33][33]

12 DokuWiki - Create a personal wiki

DokuWiki is a simple to use and highly versatile open source wiki software that doesnt require a database Easy toinstall on Linux or Unix-like operating systems with the following features

1 Ease of use and low system requirements2 Built-in access control lists3 Customization using large variety of extensions plugins and templates

I use this on my laptop to keep notes about various projects

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose DocumentationPurpose Documentation

Targets Wiki usersTargets Wiki users

License GPL 2License GPL 2

Download url Download url dokuwikiorgdokuwikiorg [34][34]

13 MediaGoblin - An alterative to YoutubeFlickrSoundcloud

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

[35][35]

Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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[44][44]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

[49][49]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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GNU MediaGoblin is free software decentralized media publishing platform You can host and share videos music andimages using MediaGoblin It is an alternative to major media-publishing services such as Flickr deviantArt YouTubeSoundcloud etc It is written in Python and SQL

[35][35]

Operating system LinuxOSXMS-WindowsOperating system LinuxOSXMS-Windows

Purpose Sharing many forms of digital mediaPurpose Sharing many forms of digital media

Targets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted serviceTargets Freedom respectful media sharing self-hosted service

License AGPLv3CC0License AGPLv3CC0

Download url Download url mediagoblinorgmediagoblinorg [36][36]

14 Scrollout F1 - Create email firewall gateway

Scrollout F1 is easy to use and setup email firewall gateway system It includes anti-spam and anti-virus protection forMicrosoft Exchange Postfix Exim Sendmail Qmail and others It runs on Debian and Ubuntu Linux operating systemsThis is perfect software for filtering incoming messages and other features are as follows

1 TLSSSL encryption with Perfect Forward Secrecy for SMTP amp HTTPS2 Virus scanning and different Quarantine per domain3 Tagging and blocking SPAM at domain level4 Geographic filtering for Sender IP Server IP URL IP and TLDs5 Verifies incoming emails for DKIM and signs outgoing emails (2048 bits RSA)6 Protection against fake messages that appear to come from your domain or from yourself7 Protection against executable files malicious content scripts and more8 Protection against forged domains like (fake) yahoocom gmailcom etc9 Whitelist and Blacklist

10 Simple web interface for management

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[37][37]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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[44][44]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

[49][49]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[37][37]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email serversPurpose Firewall and anti-spam gateway for MS-WindowsLinuxUnix-like email servers

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License GPLLicense GPL

Download url Download url scrolloutf1comscrolloutf1com [38][38]

15 Observium - Network observation and monitoring system

Observium is free and open source software written in PHPMySQL It collects data from devices using SNMP andpresents it via a web interface It includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems includingCisco Windows Linux HP Dell FreeBSD Juniper Brocade Netscaler NetApp and many more I use this softwarealong with Nagios to get better understanding of certain devices and technologies It provides historical and currentperformance statistics configuration visualization and syslog capture

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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[41][41]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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[44][44]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

[49][49]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Network monitoringPurpose Network monitoring

Targets SysadminTargets Sysadmin

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url observiumorgobserviumorg [40][40]

16 SimpleInvoices

It is a web based invoicing system It helps me to create quick and nice looking invoices without having to set up too muchservices on server All you have to do is install the SimpleInvoices software enter a biller a customer details and gocreating invoices You can easily track your finances send invoices as PDFs and more It is the best invoicing set up formy independent IT consultancy business

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[41][41]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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[44][44]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

[49][49]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

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[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[41][41]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSXOperating system LinuxUnix-likeWindowsOSX

Purpose Invoicing systemPurpose Invoicing system

Targets Sole tradersSmall business ownersTargets Sole tradersSmall business owners

License Observium LicenseLicense Observium License

Download url Download url simpleinvoicesorgsimpleinvoicesorg [42][42]

Similar apps Similar apps BambooInvoiceBambooInvoice [43][43] - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independent - another invoicing software intended for small businesses and independentcontractorscontractors

More cool apps

I sometime use and recommend the following software for MS-WindowsLinux users due to simplicity and ease of usefeatures Here is the list of the other best and FOSS apps of 2013

17 FileZilla - sftpftp client for noobs

This is a perfect open-source FTP FTP over SSLTLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client forWindows Mac OS X and GNULinux It has the following features that new users might find useful

1 Drag amp drop support2 Tabbed user interface3 File transfer queue and bookmarks4 Remote file editing and remote file search5 SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support

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[44][44]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

[49][49]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[44][44]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose FTP clientPurpose FTP client

Download url Download url filezilla-projectorgfilezilla-projectorg [45][45]

18 WinSCP - Easily transfer file using scp

It is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows Its main function is the secure file transfer between localand server under your control Most new MS-Windows user find WinSCP an easier to use as compare to putty andfriends

Operating system MS-WindowsOperating system MS-Windows

Purpose SFTPFTP clientPurpose SFTPFTP client

Download url Download url winscpnetwinscpnet [46][46]

19 XAMPP - Easily write and test Apache+MySQL+PHPPerl apps on desktop

I give this software to many developers They can easily setup Apache MySQL PHPPerl to deploy and write anapplication on their own desktop No need to install virtual machine and Linux server Just focus on development and skipreal server management job to pros

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopersPurpose Apache distribution for desktop userdevelopers

Download url Download url apachefriendsorgapachefriendsorg [47][47]

20 Abiword - A nice little word processor

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

[49][49]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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Many users only use 2 of the features of a program like Microsoft Word No need to spend money or time on MicrosoftWord I personally use Abiword due to

1 Easy to use and not bloated as OOorg2 Small size word processor ie it loads very fast on my old computer3 I can read and write OpenOfficeorg documents Microsoft Word documents WordPerfect documents Rich Text

Format documents HTML web pages and more4 Abiword is tightly integrated with the AbiCollabnet [48] web service which lets you store documents online allows

easy document sharing with your friends and performs format conversions on the fly

[49][49]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Word processing programPurpose Word processing program

Download url Download url abisourcecomabisourcecom [50][50]

21 less The dynamic stylesheet language

LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables mixins operations and functions LESS can run on theclient-side and server-side or can be compiled into plain CSS

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[51][51]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Web developersPurpose Web developers

Download url Download url lesscssorglesscssorg [52][52]

22 Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a GTK+ based desktop environment and a fork of the GNOME Shell It was initially developed by Linux MintIt offers a user interface with the following features that I needed most

1 A movable panel equipped with a main menu launchers a window list and the system tray2 Various extensions and applets3 Cinnamon makes GNOME3 a useful desktop

[53][53]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Desktop userPurpose Desktop user

Download url Download url linuxmintcomlinuxmintcom [54][54]

23 Tmux

Tmux is terminal multiplexers for Unix-like platforms tmux offers several advantages over GNUscreen

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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Copyright copy 2004-2013 nixCraft All rights reserved This print pdf version is for personal non-commercial use only Unless otherwise indicated thedocuments and graphics stored on this Web server wwwcybercitibiz are copyrighted Links to these documents are permitted and encouraged No

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1 Vi or emacs key layouts2 Multiple paste options3 Secure code base4 An option to limit the window size and more [55]

[56][56]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Terminal multiplexerPurpose Terminal multiplexer

Download url Download url tmuxsourceforgenettmuxsourceforgenet [57][57]

24 Artica - Full SMTPMailProxy server Appliance in 10 minutes

It is a simple and straightforward software that offers the following features

1 Proxy server Appliance2 SMTP server Appliances3 Mail server Appliances4 NAS server Appliance5 Web based management

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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URL to article httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013

URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[58][58]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Turn normal server into appliancesPurpose Turn normal server into appliances

Download url Download url articafrarticafr [59][59]

25 Zentyal small business server

Zentyal is a full-featured Linux server for small and medium businesses that you can set up in less than 30 minutes Itis a drop-in replacement for Microsoft Small Business Server and Microsoft Exchange Server It is easy to usesoftware Zentyal is based on Ubuntu and it can be installed either from Ubuntu repositories or from Zentyals owninstaller

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[60][60]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Office serverPurpose Office server

Download url Download url zentyalorgzentyalorg [61][61]

26 Ack-grep - a source code search tool for programmers

ack-grep is a grep like tool [62] optimized for programmers This tool isnt aimed to search all text files It is specificallycreated to search source code trees not trees of text files It searches entire trees by default while ignoring SubversionGit and other VCS directories and other files that arent your source code

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Search source treesPurpose Search source trees

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

Copyrighted material

Copyright copy 2004-2013 nixCraft All rights reserved This print pdf version is for personal non-commercial use only Unless otherwise indicated thedocuments and graphics stored on this Web server wwwcybercitibiz are copyrighted Links to these documents are permitted and encouraged No

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Download url Download url beyondgrepcombeyondgrepcom [63][63]

27 ditaa - DIagrams Through Ascii Art

ditaa is a small command-line utility that can convert diagrams drawn using ascii art into proper bitmap graphics I usethis tool all the time to draw diagrams and forwarding them via email or chat session

[64][64]

Operating system Cross-platformOperating system Cross-platform

Purpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii artPurpose Convert diagrams drawn using ascii art

Download url Download url ditaasourceforgenetditaasourceforgenet [65][65]

28 GNU parallel

GNU parallel is a shell tool for executing jobs in parallel using one or more computers If you like xargs command [66] tryGNUparallel utility It can run commandscriptjob on all available CPUs or on multiple computers

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[67][67]

Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)Operating system Cross-platform (Perl)

Purpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallelPurpose Execute shell scriptsjobs in parallel

Download url Download url gnuorggnuorg [68][68]

29 luckyBackup data back-up and synchronization tool

luckyBackup is an application for data back-up and synchronization powered by the rsync tool [69] It is simple to use fastsafe reliable and fully customizable backup software I often set and recommend this too for new UbuntuFedoradesktop users to backup their own files

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[70][70]

Operating system LinuxUnix-likeOperating system LinuxUnix-like

Purpose Desktop backupPurpose Desktop backup

Download url Download url luckybackupsourceforgenetluckybackupsourceforgenet [71][71]

30 OpenShot video editor

OpenShot Video Editor is a free and open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux [72] I use this toolto create videos for my youtube channel [73] It is a stable free and friendly to use video editor on Linux

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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URLs in this post

[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[74][74]

Operating system LinuxOperating system Linux

Purpose Video editingPurpose Video editing

Download url Download url openshotorgopenshotorg [75][75]

Conclusion

This is my personal FOSS software list and it is not absolutely definitive so if youve got your own software share in thecomments below Also dont forget to check out our previous years 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012[76]

[ Happy New Year to all nixCraft visitors I hope that 2014 proves to be just as awesome for Linux amp FOSS enthusiasteverywhere ]

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[1] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentreplicant[2] replicantus httpreplicantus[3] FFMPEG command line tools httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtagffmpeg-command[4] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmiro-software[5] mirovideoconvertercom httpwwwmirovideoconvertercom[6] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopen-cloud[7] owncloudorg httpowncloudorg[8] The FreeBSD jail httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-setup-freebsd-jail-with-ezjail[9] same with Linux using OpenVZ httpwwwcybercitibizfaqopenvz-rhel-centos-linux-tutorial[10] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdocker[11] dockerio httpswwwdockerio[12] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentdb[13] adminerorg httpwwwadminerorg[14] mariadborg httpmariadborg[15] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentracktables[16] racktablesorg httpracktablesorg[17] little or no change httpdocsphonegapcomen250guide_getting-started_indexmdhtmlGetting20Started20Guides[18] cordovaapacheorg httpcordovaapacheorg[19] phonegapcom httpwwwphonegapcom[20] Nmap is an open source security tool for network exploration httpwwwcybercitibiznetworkingnmap-command-examples-tutorials[21] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentipscan-linux[22] angryiporg httpangryiporg[23] WordPress based blog like nixCraft httpwwwcybercitibiz[24] multiple VMs httpwwwcybercitibiztipsrun-different-network-services-on-separate-vm-systemshtml[25] CDN for static assets httpwwwcybercitibiztipswordpress-cdn-content-delivery-network-configurationhtml[26] caching engine such as memcached httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-install-memcached-under-rhel-fedora-centos[27] KISS principal httpbashcybercitibizguideUnix_philosophy[28] jekyllrbcom httpjekyllrbcom[29] Haskell based Hakyll httpjaspervdjbehakyll[30] Ruby based nanoc httpnanocws[31] Python based Pelican httpbloggetpelicancom[32] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentturnkey-linux[33] turnkeylinuxorg httpwwwturnkeylinuxorg[34] dokuwikiorg httpwwwdokuwikiorg[35] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentmediagoblin_homepage_screenshot[36] mediagoblinorg httpwwwmediagoblinorg[37] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentscrollout-f1[38] scrolloutf1com httpwwwscrolloutf1com[39] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentobservium[40] observiumorg httpwwwobserviumorg[41] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentsimpleinvoices[42] simpleinvoicesorg httpsimpleinvoicesorg[43] BambooInvoice httpbambooinvoiceorg[44] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentfilezilla[45] filezilla-projectorg httpsfilezilla-projectorg[46] winscpnet httpwinscpnet[47] apachefriendsorg httpwwwapachefriendsorgenxampphtml[48] AbiCollabnet httpsabicollabnet[49] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentabiword-2-0-gnome[50] abisourcecom httpwwwabisourcecom[51] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentless

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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[52] lesscssorg httplesscssorg[53] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentlinux-mint-desktop[54] linuxmintcom httpcinnamonlinuxmintcom[55] and more httptmuxcvssourceforgenetviewvctmuxtmuxFAQ[56] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmenttmux[57] tmuxsourceforgenet httptmuxsourceforgenet[58] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentartica[59] articafr httpwwwarticafr[60] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentzentyal[61] zentyalorg httpwwwzentyalorg[62] grep like tool httpwwwcybercitibizfaqhowto-use-grep-command-in-linux-unix[63] beyondgrepcom httpbeyondgrepcom[64] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentditta[65] ditaasourceforgenet httpditaasourceforgenet[66] xargs command httpwwwcybercitibizfaqlinux-unix-bsd-xargs-construct-argument-lists-utility[67] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentgnu-parallel[68] gnuorg httpwwwgnuorgsoftwareparallel[69] rsync tool httpwwwcybercitibiztipslinux-use-rsync-transfer-mirror-files-directorieshtml[70] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentluckybackup[71] luckybackupsourceforgenet httpluckybackupsourceforgenet[72] open-source non-linear video editing software package for Linux httpwwwcybercitibizfaqtop5-linux-video-editing-system-software[73] to create videos for my youtube channel httpswwwyoutubecomusernixcraftcom[74] Image httpwwwcybercitibizopen-source30-cool-best-open-source-softwares-of-2013attachmentopenshot[75] openshotorg httpopenshotorg[76] 15 greatest open source terminal applications of 2012 httpwwwcybercitibizopen-sourcebest-terminal-applications-for-linux-unix-macosx

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