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Top 23 Linux Open-Source Projects
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What is the source of “Firefox Moves to GitHub”? It could just be a mirror, just like Linux also has an official mirror on GitHub.
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
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InfluxDB
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the-book-of-secret-knowledge
A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.
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1️⃣7️⃣ The Art of Command Line 🖥️ 📌 https://github.com/jlevy/the-art-of-command-line Master the Linux command line with this detailed guide.
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Node.js & npm (Install from nodejs.org)
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rustdesk
An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.
A RustDesk client installed on every device (controller or to be controlled). Download from here
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devops-exercises
Linux, Jenkins, AWS, SRE, Prometheus, Docker, Python, Ansible, Git, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenStack, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, GCP, DNS, Elastic, Network, Virtualization. DevOps Interview Questions
Project mention: Struggling to Learn DevOps? Here’s How to Master It in Just 30 Days | dev.to | 2025-04-25DevOps Exercises Interview prep + practical questions
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Project mention: CPU & Memory Monitoring 101: How to Check, Analyze, and Optimize System Performance | dev.to | 2025-05-14
Netdata: Provides beautiful, real-time dashboards for visualizing system metrics ( https://www.netdata.cloud ).
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Link to installing: Ventoy
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Project mention: Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-25
the only data needed are the urls from https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock/blob/master/she...
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1at9br4/i_am_new_to...
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clash-verge-rev
A modern GUI client based on Tauri, designed to run in Windows, macOS and Linux for tailored proxy experience
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Project mention: 15 bash scripts to automate boring DevOps tasks so you can go play Elden Ring instead | dev.to | 2025-05-17
tldr.sh community-powered simplified man pages
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mkcert
A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.
There is also mkcert by Filippo Valsorda (no relation to mkcert.org) at https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert
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⚡️ https://github.com/marktext/marktext
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Project mention: Brush (Bo(u)rn(e) RUsty SHell) a POSIX and Bash-Compatible Shell in Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-06
"can" is doing some heavy lifting there, especially based on my experience with VSCodium (which by definition is forced to work within Microsoft's opinion of build systems)
Anyway, uh-huh:
https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/v7.5.1/.github... -> https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/v7.5.1/.github...
https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/v7.5.1/.github... -> https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/blob/v7.5.1/.github...
As a frame of reference, to build bash one only needs /bin/sh not a pre-built copy of bash itself https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/tree/configure?h=...
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termux-app
Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.
You can download Termux via F-Droid or directly from GitHub. I personally prefer the GitHub version because it's the most updated version available. You can also download it from the Play Store, but don't install it because the Play Store version is no longer actively maintained and, due to new security policies (Android 10 onward), it faces compatibility issues.
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Comprehensive Linux Command List
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Linux discussion
Linux related posts
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Why your terminal is boring and what to use instead
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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
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XTool – Cross-platform Xcode replacement
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Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs
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Armbian Updates: OMV support, boot improvents, Rockchip optimizations
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Home Lab: Chapter 3 — Kubernetes Setup
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Forget IPs: using cryptography to verify bot and agent traffic
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Linux projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | linux | 193,838 |
| 2 | the-book-of-secret-knowledge | 169,463 |
| 3 | the-art-of-command-line | 155,981 |
| 4 | node | 111,277 |
| 5 | rustdesk | 88,295 |
| 6 | devops-exercises | 75,957 |
| 7 | Netdata | 74,561 |
| 8 | Ventoy | 66,965 |
| 9 | sherlock | 64,392 |
| 10 | alacritty | 58,847 |
| 11 | clash-verge-rev | 58,338 |
| 12 | tldr | 55,267 |
| 13 | ChatGPT | 53,758 |
| 14 | mkcert | 53,500 |
| 15 | hackingtool | 52,441 |
| 16 | marktext | 49,682 |
| 17 | Motrix | 47,652 |
| 18 | PowerShell | 47,386 |
| 19 | hyperterm | 43,943 |
| 20 | termux-app | 41,363 |
| 21 | spotube | 40,361 |
| 22 | linux-command | 33,307 |
| 23 | linux-insides | 30,652 |
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