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1. Proton

   1 1,460 26,405 9.5 C++

   Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

   

   Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. zotero

   2 263 11,551 9.9 JavaScript

   Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share your research sources.

   

   Zotero - organizes research, creates references and bibliographies

4. VideoLAN Client (VLC)

   3 382 15,472 10.0 C

   VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please use MRs on https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

   

   VLC - multimedia player and framework

5. youtube-dl-gui

   4 128 6,915 0.0 JavaScript

   A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Electron and node.js (by jely2002)

   

   Open Video Downloader - GUI for youtube-dl made in Electron and node.js

6. tartube

   5 72 2,304 5.8 Python

   A GUI front-end for youtube-dl, partly based on youtube-dl-gui and written in Python 3 / Gtk 3

   

   Tartube - GUI front-end for youtube-dl made with Python

7. strawberry

   6 103 3,024 9.8 C++

   :strawberry: Strawberry Music Player (by strawberrymusicplayer)

   

   Strawberry - music player and music collection organizer

8. torsocks

   7 568 531 0.0 C

   Library to torify application - NOTE: upstream has been moved to https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git

   

   Tor Browser - anonymous web browsing allowing access to 'onion' websites

9. SaaSHub

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10. PhotoGIMP

    8 140 5,309 7.5 CSS

    A Patch for GIMP 3+ for Photoshop Users

    

    PhotoGIMP - patch to theme and mimic GIMP like Adobe Photoshop

11. manuskript

    9 53 1,948 7.8 Python

    A open-source tool for writers

    

    Manuskript - planner and organization tool for writing; keep track of details

12. barrier

    10 618 29,000 0.0 C

    Open-source KVM software

    

    Barrier - use a single keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers

13. QEMU

    11 202 11,279 10.0 C

    Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

    

    QEMU - machine emulator and virtualizer

14. qBittorrent

    12 717 31,189 9.7 C++

    qBittorrent BitTorrent client

    

    qBittorrent - FOSS BitTorrent client

15. LibreOffice

    13 593 3,092 10.0 C++

    Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead (by LibreOffice)

    

    LibreOffice - productivity software suite; a FOSS implementation of MS Office

16. darktable

    14 399 10,727 9.9 C

    darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer

    

    Darktable - photography workflow application, raw developer, and basic photo editor

17. bleachbit

    15 145 3,453 9.7 Python

    BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux

    

    Bleachbit - system cleaner

18. telegram-cli

    16 50 25 10.0 C

    Command line interface for Telegram protocol

    

    Telegram - encrypted instant messaging service (with backdoors), cloud-based and centralized

19. syncthing-android

    17 1,248 3,627 9.1 Java

    Discontinued Wrapper of syncthing for Android.

    

    Syncthing - synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time

20. app

    18 127 5,719 8.6 TypeScript

    Think fearlessly with end-to-end encrypted notes and files. For issues, visit https://standardnotes.com/forum or https://standardnotes.com/help.

    

    standard notes - advanced e2ee notation software

21. mpv

    19 857 30,673 9.9 C

    🎥 Command line media player

    

    MPV - powerful minimalist video player

22. meld

    20 40 18 4.3 Python

    Meld (by noamraph)

    

    Meld - visual diff and merge tool: compare files, directories, and version controlled projects

23. Joplin

    21 783 49,222 9.9 TypeScript

    Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

    

    Joplin - open source note-taking app with e2ee over p2p sync

24. Jellyfin

    22 1,050 39,416 9.9 C#

    The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API

    

    Jellyfin - media server and suite of multimedia applications for sharing and organizing media

25. HandBrake

    23 985 19,540 9.7 C

    HandBrake's main development repository

    

    Handbrake - video transcode which can convert video from nearly any format

26. FreeTube

    24 516 17,784 9.9 JavaScript

    An Open Source YouTube app for privacy

    

    Freetube - YouTube desktop client using data from Invidious

27. exifcleaner

    25 42 2,068 0.0 TypeScript

    Cross-platform desktop GUI app to clean image metadata

    

    ExifCleaner - remove most metadata from popular file types

28. dolphin

    26 388 13,702 9.9 C++

    Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

    

    Dolphin - emulator for GameCube and Wii

29. Cryptomator

    27 495 12,840 9.6 Java

    Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.

    

    Cryptomator - data encryption for all file types and folders

30. Bitwarden

    28 1,062 16,529 9.9 C#

    Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc). (by bitwarden)

    

    Bitwarden - FOSS password manager

31. jami-cli

    29 142 19 0.0 Rust

    Jami client for terminal

    

32. Awesome-Linux-Software

    30 48 23,255 7.7 Python

    🐧 A list of awesome Linux softwares

    

    Awesome Linux Software

33. awesome-sysadmin

    31 25 23,910 0.0

    A curated list of amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources inspired by Awesome PHP.

    

    Awesome sysadmin

34. linuxapps

    32 1 38 10.0

    Personal list of useful linux software, to be used as a reference or remind when installing a new linux system.

    

    linuxapps

35. paper

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36. keepassxc

    34 549 23,088 9.1 C++

    KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”.

    

    KeePassXC and its browsers' extensions

37. picosnitch

    35 33 718 8.6 Python

    Monitor Network Traffic Per Executable, Beautifully Visualized

    

    picosnitch - monitors and hashes programs that connect to the internet, and can check them with VirusTotal.

38. ColorPicker

    36 1 81 3.0 C++

    Powerful screen ColorPicker/Chooser application for Linux Desktop (by keshavbhatt)

    

39. SaaSHub

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