Questions tagged [open-source]
Software required to be open-source. This is not to be confused with "gratis" software, which is free of cost. Open-source, sometimes called "free" or "libre" software, has the original source code freely available to be viewed, redistributed and modified. Please don't use this as the only tag on a question; add tags which indicate the functionality as well.
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Password manager for Linux and Android
I'm looking for a password manager which is available as Android App and Linux Desktop application alike. I know there's e.g. KeePassDroid (see: Password manager for Linux with just working in-browser ...
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Free/Libre voice & video chat alternative to Skype?
I don’t want to use Skype because it’s proprietary.
I’m looking for an alternative that
is Free/Libre (FLOSS),
is available cross-platform * (at least: GNU/Linux, Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows),
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Open-source SSH terminal client for Windows with tabs, private key auth + more
Moving here a question locked on ServerFault, with some refinements:
since nothing assures you that closed-source terminal emulators don't phone home with your login details or private keys, I'm ...
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An open alternative for Evernote?
Since Evernote's recent pricing changes, I don't want to trust important personal data to their company any more, and I've been hunting for an alternative. Unfortunately there're not a whole lot of ...
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Free/Libre open source Q&A site software, Stack Exchange replacement
Stack Exchange has great features, but does not empower groups of people to set up and host their own Q&A site, quickly or privately.
What other web-based Q&A software options exist that ...
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Open source project management software
I need a web based project management software. It should basically have:
Issue tracker
Wiki (not mandatory)
Git integration
Progress
It should be open source and I should be able to install it onto ...
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Open-source image organiser with face recognition (alternative to Picasa) with OSX/Linux support
I'm looking for free (ideally open-source) image viewer and organiser which has the following features:
Full screen preview of images with basic zoom in/out abilities.
Image thumbnail grid view of ...
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Mount SFTP on Windows
I'm looking for a program that can mount SFTP folders on Windows, that:
Is gratis and open-source
Runs natively on Windows (10)
Mounts to a drive, not to a folder
Supports password-encrypted SSH2 (...
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Distributed Stack Exchange clone
Is there any FOSS Stack Exchange clone (like askbot OR osqa) with Git backend or more generally which allows me to do the following (for organizing personal knowledge in Q&A-format):
Have a copy ...
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PDF content extraction software
Can anyone recommend an open source library/API for extracting the texts and images from a PDF? Below are the requirements. I have used PDF Clown, C# .NET version, but having issues in creating an ...
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OpenPGP encryption/decryption of webpage content
I have a private website (i.e., I’m the only editor/visitor), but I don’t trust the hoster with my content.
What I want
When entering something into a textarea, I want to encrypt it locally with ...
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Open source application for disaster relief
I'm currently in Bosnia, which has been hit with the worst flood in its history, together with Croatia and Serbia. Governments are completely unprepared, as is common in these parts. With some ...
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Free/libre comic strip creator for GNU/Linux
I want to create comic strips. But, as I have no artistic talent, I can’t picture them by hand. So I’m looking for a tool that allows me to arrange "templates", like
characters,
furniture,
items, and
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Tool to install and manage software installations on multiple Windows computers?
I have about 15 computers on the same network and most of their installed software are the same. When I want to install new programs or update installed ones I have to go to each one and install/...
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Skype replacement for text chatting
Requirements:
Open source;
Cross-platform (at least Windows, Linux, OS X);
Text chatting, group chatting;
Encryption of messages;
Reliable eventual delivery of messages (including to offline contacts)...
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Open source video editing software for linux?
I'd like to find a good solid video editing software for Linux, preferably open-source.
I've recently tried Cinelerra and Kdenlive, however kdenlive crashed on me a trifle too often for my liking. ...
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Open source, web-based document editor?
So I have this project where I need to edit documents online, without using Google Drive, and save them back to the DB.
The requirements for the editor are:
basic editor features, boldface, ...
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Web-based XMPP client (self-hosted and free/libre)
Next to a server, I also want to host an XMPP client.
Client features
It must support the basic features:
Show my roster and the presence information of my contacts.
Allow receiving and sending ...
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Feature-rich Turtle editor
I want to edit Turtle (RDF) files in the most convenient way possible.
Formal requirements: The solution must be FLOSS and a local/offline client that runs natively on GNU/Linux.
I don’t expect (but ...
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Online note taking with Markdown and revisions (saved in server filesystem)?
I have a limited access to a server running PHP, which is allowed to read/create files in my user area on the server. Here I would like to set up a small "self-hosted", "collaborative" online note ...
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CMS for static websites that allows inline editing of elements with specific class/data-* value
There is a category of CMS that allow inline-editing of static pages, simply by adding a specific class to the elements that should be editable.
However, I only found proprietary and/or hosted ...
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2D Turn-based FOSS Linux game with online and hotseat multiplayer
What 2D FOSS, low-resource, native, turn-based Linux games are available which support at least two players, both locally using the same machine (hotseat) and online?
Runs on Linux, natively
FOSS (...
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Open Source Network Simulator
I'm looking for an open-source network simulator. I'd want to simulate different topologies, ie: Bus, Star, Ring, Tree, etc...
It doesn't matter for me to simulate a Cisco product, only ...
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Which tiny open source CMS for a single page website?
I am making a small one-page website, consisting of 3 sections and a contact form. I want to allow the client to edit each of the sections/blocks using WYSIWYG. Preferably they should be edited in-...
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Self-Hosted Cloud Storage
I'm looking for a self-hosted cloud storage solution, that:
Is gratis and open-source
Has a Windows sync client, that:
Runs in the background
Supports editing the documents while being offline
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Free software web hosting control panel (alternative to cPanel/Plesk)
I need to manage a server, common task are:
Create virtual apache servers
Create FTP accounts
Create mail accounts
Log monitoring
Quota management
I am wondering what is the best free software web-...
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Open source software for medical image processing
Can anybody kindly suggest any open source software / application which is used by researchers / doctors / practitioners at hospitals / clinics to visualize patients information?
One example is ...
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Antivirus for Linux Mint?
I am looking for some free antivirus software for a machine running Linux Mint.
(n.b. I'm still a bit new to Linux, I have read somewhere that Linux usually doesn't need antivirus, but I'd like to ...
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OpenSource Security scan tools for REST APIs
I am very new in security testing.
It will be very helpful if any one can suggest open-source/free tools that can run Scans for security issues (E.G SQL Injection) on REST APIs which use JSON ...
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Linux utility for gather statistics about a codebase
Suppose I have some software project I'm working on, and I want to compute some statistics about it:
Number of lines (total & per file)
Comment, spacing and other lines
Numbers of functions, ...
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About the proper data recovery software for deleted partitions ( merged partitions after installing windows)
One of my friend and has tried to install the new windows and merged all the computer partitions and deleted important data from its hard drive, so we are trying to help him to recover its data.
I ...
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Open-Source Investment "Management" Portfolio Tracker (Linux Desktop)
Are there any open-source Portfolio Tracker software for the Linux Desktop?
I'm looking into doing foreign exchange trading (forex). More specifically, I'd like to trade cryptocurrency pairs like ...
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Simple open-source offline Markdown viewer for Windows
I am looking for a Markdown viewer for Windows. It should:
Run locally on Windows (be a normal program, not a browser addon, webapp or anything else that requires use of a web browser).
Preferable:
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Open Source implementation of Google Play Services
Google Play Services is a library for Android that offers various goodies, for instance for geolocalization.
While Android is Open Source, Google Play Services is proprietary.
Many developers ignore ...
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FLOSS tools for facial recognition?
There seem to be good GUI tools to enable facial recognition with FLOSS, they all fall short of my requirements. And while there seem to be a lot of research projects with open code, they seem to be ...
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Free alternatives to Matlab that run on Linux?
I recently joined the folks using Linux. As a result, I'm trying to replace as much of the propriety applications as I can, with free — and if possible open-source — alternatives.
Since I need a ...
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I want to start a programming blog, what should I use?
Required features:
Source code syntax highlighting
I can write post using Markdown
Open Source
Installable on my server
Written in Ruby or Python or JavaScript on server-side (plus JavaScript on ...
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Free/open source tool for creating flowcharts
Is there a free/open source alternative to software like OmniGraffle for designing flowcharts for papers?
Mac OS X or Linux is the preferred OS.
Specifically, I want to include a diagram of a ...
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Free alternative to Disqus
I am looking for a free as in freedom alternative to Disqus. Disqus is a third-party comment system for any website.
Feature requested:
Shouldn't require me to host it
Integrate on any page in my ...
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Open source equivalent to Trello?
I have registered and started to try Trello, from https://trello.com today, and it looks very nice. I can use it for my own lists, however I will perhaps not be able to share with people for projects, ...
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Explorer-like FTP client for Windows, open source and well-maintained
I need an FTP client for Windows
Requirements:
Graphical and user-friendly
Feels like a Windows Explorer window, supports drag and drop
No nags/ads/spyware
Open source
Supports FTPS, SFTP, and all ...
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Static site generator with GUI
I need a CMS static site generator for creating/editing static websites locally on my desktop.
Formal requirements: FLOSS; native installation on GNU/Linux; with GUI; must not require a local server (...
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Open source accountancy programs?
Are there any good open source accountancy programs a startup could use? Double-entry accountancy is required by law in many countries (including mine), so it is a must.
The platform should be either ...
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Stack Exchange-like open-source platform where questions are suggestions and answers are input, never solutions
I want a platform for my site where users can make suggestions on how our organization can improve. This is because good ideas are sometimes lost because the holders of the ideas don't want attention ...
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Client for reading several big mailing lists
I’m using Thunderbird for all my emails. I want to keep using it for regular emails, but I’d like to use a different tool for reading mailing lists.
I’ll save almost all mailing list mails, so it ...
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File hosting service similar to drop.io (but self-hosted and free/libre)
I want to offer a file hosting service on my own server (GNU/Linux) that allows to upload files on the fly.
The web app must be FLOSS.
A drop.io clone would be the best, but I don’t require all the ...
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Manage answering support emails at a small business
I’m running a business together with two partners. Everyone of us may answer emails sent to the general support email address. But our current workflow is not optimal.
Our current workflow
Everyone ...
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Lightweight crypto library to verify a signature
Are there any open source crypto libraries that can be used in embedded systems or in other memory constrained places like a boot rom? I am looking for libraries that I can compile only the algorithms ...
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Open Source Gantt Chart Applications
I would like an open source program to create Gantt Charts ?
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Location-based reminder (Android, open source)
I want to be reminded to give back 2 dollars to Joe next time I pass near his home.
Is there an Android app for that?
Requirements:
Let me define an alert with a text, a latitude/longitude chosen on ...
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