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Antivirus Tools

• • ClamAV – an open source antivirus for fending off malware, viruses, and Trojans, among other malicious threats.

  • ClamTk – A lightweight graphical front-end for the popular command-line based ClamAV.

  • ChkrootKit – A free and open source lightweight toolkit to locally check for signs of a rootkit.

  • RootKit Hunter – A remarkable lightweight, open source security monitoring and analyzing tool.

  • Comodo – A powerful cross-platform anti-virus and email filtering software.

  • Sophos – A open source antivirus engine effectively detects and cleans viruses, trojans, and other malware.

  • BitDefender – A powerful and versatile anti-virus software suite for Linux

  • F-PROT – A free powerful anti-virus scanning engine for use on home/personal Linux workstations.

Audio Players

• Audacious – A multi-platform, lightweight, free GTK-based music player focused on outstanding audio quality and multiple codec support.

• Clementine – a multi-platform Amarok-inspired music player that delivers an efficient user flow and outstanding UI.

• Google Play Music – An unofficial but modern cross-platform Desktop client for Google Play Music.

• Lollypop – A modern, lightweight, material design-inspired music player built to work wonderfully on the GNOME desktop environment.

• Museek – A cross-platform open-source music player application developed to be simple and yet, efficient.

• Musique – A lightweight and open-source iTunes-like music player with various control options.

• Rhythmbox – A free and open-source audio player that plays and helps organize digital audio files.

• Tomahawk – An advanced music player that compiles all your streams, radio stations, local audio files, cloud storage music, etc into one app.

• SMPlayer – A free media player with support for virtually any video and audio format that you can think of.

• Deepin Music – A music player developed by the Deepin Technology Team to focus on local music playing.

• Harmony – A beautiful cross-platform music player with support for cloud services.

• Sayonara Player – A C++-written audio player with a focus on speed and support by the Qt framework.

• Nightingale – A beautiful cross-platform and open source app with support for various audio formats.

• Exaile – A lightweight but powerful python-based music player with music management capabilities.

• Nuvola Player – A web-based feature-rich music player for streaming music.

• Qmmp – A Qt-based multimedia player with a focus on simplicity and versatility.

• Mellow Player – A Cross-Platform Qt Cloud Music desktop application with the main focus of working with web-based music streaming services.

Artificial Intelligence

• Deeplearning4j – A Java library and computing framework containing a variety of deep learning algorithms.

• Caffe – A speed, expression, and modularity-focused framework for deep learning.

• H20 – An open source platform for in-memory, distributed, and scalable predictive analysis and machine learning.

• Mllib – A Spark’s scalable machine learning library consisting of common learning algorithms and utilities.

• Apache Mahout – An open source project primarily used for creating machine learning algorithms that are scalable.

• OpenNN – A machine learning research software library that implements neural networks.

• Oryx 2 – A specialized Apache Spark and Apache Kafka-based lambda architecture for real-time mega scale machine learning.

• OpenCyc – An A.I project containing a comprehensive compilation of day-to-day knowledge.

• SystemML – A flexible machine learning system that automatically scales to Spark and Hadoop clusters.

• NuPIC – An open source HTM theory-based platform and community for machine intelligence.

Backup Utilities

• Rsync – A user-favourite command for syncing files locally and remotely on Unix and Linux computers.

• Fwbackups – A feature-rich, free and open source cross-platform backup application.

• Bacula -An open source data backup and recovery software that was made to be enterprise-ready features such as backup configuration, remote backing up and many more.

• backupninja – A backup tool that allows users to perform secure and remote backups over a network. It lets users design backup activity configuration files.

• sbackup – A backup suite for gnome desktops where users can access all configuration through the Gnome interface.

• Kbackup – A backup software for Unix and Linux users which creates compresses the files being backed up.

• BackupPC – An enterprise back up tool which can be used on Mac OS X, Windows and Unix/Linux.

• Amanda – An open source backup tool that runs on both Unix/Linux and Windows.

• Back In Time – A backup tool for Unix/Linux which saves a snapshot of the directory being backed up.

• Box Backup – An open source backup tool with support for auto backup sessions.

• Luckybackup – A free to download and easy to use backup and synchronization tool.

• Borg Backup – an efficient and secure deduplicating backup program.

• rdiff-backup – A powerful and easy-to-use Python script for local/remote incremental backup.

• Restic – A free and open source easy-to-use command-line based backup app.

• rsnapshot – A free rsync-based open source backup tool for Unix-like OSes.

• Burp – A free, security-focused, and open source feature-rich backup & restore software.

• Duplicity – A free open source, secure and bandwidth-efficient backup tool based on rsync.

Boot Loaders

• GRUB – It is the most commonly used bootloader.

• LILO – It is a simple and powerful Linux bootloader.

• BURG – It is a new kind of bootloader which ships with features such as support for multiple platforms like Linux and Mac OS X.

• Syslinux – A lightweight bootloader with the ability to work from a CD-ROM, over a network, etc.

Calendar Apps

• Korganizer – A calendar application for scheduling with many rich features like supporting multiple calendars and todo lists.

• Evolution – A Gnome personal management tool consisting of a calendar, address book, and an email client.

• California – A relatively new calendar software for Gnome desktops.

• Day Planner – A free open source calender software developed for Linux users to plan easily and manage their time.

• Lightning – A calendar app used to easily organize schedules and events. It an extension to Thunderbird email client.

• Calcurse – A command line-based calendar and scheduling app.

• Rainlendar – An open source calendar app that displays all tasks and events on your desktop.

• Kalendar – A beautiful, easy-to-use cross-platform Gregorian calendar that works best in KDE desktop.

Clipboard Managers

• CopyQ – A smart clipboard manager that allows you to edit your system’s clipboard content.

• Indicator Bulletin – An applet that allows you intelligently search for and edit your clipboard content using regular expressions.

• Clipboard Anywhere – A free, lightweight, and cloud-enabled clipboard application with which you can copy to and paste from its clipboard.

• GPaste – A powerful clipboard manager for Gnome-based systems.

• Klipper – A clipboard app for KDE desktops.

• Clipman – A lightweight clipboard application for distros like Xubuntu.

• Diodon – A lightweight at the same time powerful clipboard app that works best when integrated with Unity and Gnome desktops.

• Pasie – A clipboard manager for ubuntu with an app indicator on the top bar.

• Parcellite – A lightweight clipboard app which is stripped down and contains few features like history management.

• Glipper – A clipboard management app for Gnome environments.

• Clipit – A lightweight GTK+ clipboard manager.

• Keepboard – A cross-platform clipboard manager that allows users to save the history of their clipboard.

Chat Clients

• Chatty – A Twitch chat client for everyone who appreciates a dedicated desktop application.

• Caprine – A sleek Facebook Messenger client for desktops.

• Cutegram – A user-friendly, free and open source telegram client.

• Ghetto Skype – An electron-built Skype client for Linux desktops via Skype Web.

• Messenger for Desktop – An unofficial client for Facebook messenger.

• ScudCloud – An alternative Slack client for Linux.

• YakYak – Desktop chat client for Google Hangouts.

• Franz – A cross-platform messaging app which can support various social media platforms like Twitter and HipChat.

• HexChat – A completely free IRC XChat-based chat client.

• Jitsi – A free and open source instant messaging VoIP app with support for video conferencing.

• pidging – A free cross-platform and an easy to use chat client used by millions.

• Telegram – A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free.

• Viber – A free VoIP app for making calls and messages to other Viber users around the globe..

• Weechat – A cross-platform command line based chat app which is lightweight and highly extensible.

• Rambox – A free, Open Source and Cross Platform many-in-one platform with support for various web services.

• Manageyum – A desktop application that enables you to use your online services from one app.

• Keybase – A relatively new open-source chatting application for computers and mobile phones.

Commandline Players

• Cmus – A powerful, open source ncursed-based command line music player.

• MOC – A console audio player for LINUX, designed to be powerful and easy to use.

• Mp3blaster – An audio player for the Linux text console.

Commandline Editors

• Vi/Vim Editor – A command line based text editor with a lot of rich features making the most commonly used.

• Nano Editor – An easy to use command line based text editor.

• Emacs Editor – A command line text editor which is highly customizable.

• Nice Editor – NE is an easy to use text editor for beginners, but powerful and fully configurable.

Cloud Storage Tools

• Dropbox – A cloud storage that provides real-time data synchronization across multiple devices.

• OwnCloud – A suite of client-server software for creating file hosting services and using them.

• nextCloud – An actively maintained fork of ownCloud, a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services.

• Seafile – An open source synchronization and sharing platform with a focus on performance and privacy.

• Pydio – A powerful open source cloud storage app with file sharing and synchronization just like the others.

• ceph – A distributed storage system focusing on scalability and performance.

• Syncany – An open-source cloud storage platform with support for cloud sharing and a focus on security..

• cozy – A cloud storage app used for file sharing, synchronization and has a package that can build a complete App Engine.

• GlusterFS – A scalable network filesystem built for data-intensive tasks like media streaming and cloud storage.

• StackSync – A cloud storage app which has three main components namely; a synchronization server, operation swift, and desktop and mobile client.

• Git-annex – A file sharing and storage app which is independent of any commercial organization or any central server.

• Yandeh.Disk – A cross-platform cloud storage app which allows synchronization between different devices and ability to share them online.

• Mega – A tool that makes possible to share selected local directories via web.

• NAS4Free – An Open Source Storage NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD.

• Syncthing – A free, open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization application.

Control Panels

• cPanel – An easy-to-navigate Linux-based web hosting dashboard featuring automation tools for easier web hosting.

• Plesk – A secure web hosting control panel for running websites and cloud applications.

• ISPConfig – An open source and multilingual control panel which enables the use of more than one server under the same control panel.

• Ajenti – A web-based, open source control panel for a wide variety of server management tasks.

• EHCP – An open source and very effective Hosting Control Panel that offers you to host any websites.

• Virtualmin – A powerful and flexible web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems.

• WebMin – A web-based interface for setting up Apache, DNS, file sharing services, etc.

• Froxlor – A lightweight and efficient control panel for servers. It is developed by experienced Server Administrators for the purpose of simplifying the management of Linux servers.

• ISPsystem – A commercial web hosting control panel for managing Linux server and websites including handling CMS, domains, emails, and backups.

• Vesta CP – An open source Unix/Linux web hosting control panel.

Communication Apps

• Skype – A VoIP service for free calls and messages as well as cheap internet calls.

• Pidgin – An instant messaging client with support for all chat services including Yahoo, Google Talk, and Aim.

• Empathy – A messaging platform with text, voice, video chat, and file transfer support.

• Viber – With Viber, you can send free calls and messages to other Viber users anywhere in the world.

• Wire – A best instant messaging app that provides business chats, one-click voice and video conference calls and shared documents — all protected with end-to-end encryption.

• Slack – A real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams.

• Retroshare – An free and open-source peer-to-peer communication and file sharing app, based on a friend-to-friend network.

• Ring – A privacy and freedom-focused communication platform.

• Discord – All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers that’s free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone.

• Telegram – A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free.

Data Backup and Recovery

• Clonezilla – A free disk cloning, disk imaging, data recovery, and deployment computer program.

• Photorec – A file data recovery tool designed to recover deleted or lost files including video, documents and photos from hard disks.

• System Rescue CD – An OS tool for troubleshooting and repairing Linux desktops and servers.

• Qt4-fsarchiver – An fsarchiver GUI app for saving/restoring folders, partitions, and GPT/MBR.

• TestDisk – A free and open source data recovery tool for recovering deleted data.

• TimeShift – A free system restore tool for Linux that uses rsync+hardlinks to create filesystem or BTRFS snapshots.

• Mondorescue – A free and open source disaster recovery app capable of creating full Linux Clone/Backup ISO Images.

• Bareos – An open source app that allows users backup, recovery and protect data on Linux systems.

Desktop Customization

• GNOME Tweak – A useful tool configure system via setting options that include desktop hot corners, icon sizes, theme and icon customization, etc.

• Unity Tweak – A settings manager for the Unity desktop that provides users with a fast, simple and easy-to-use interface. for customization.

Desktop Environments

• GNOME 3 – A popular, free open source desktop environment for Linux users.

• KDE Plasma 5 – A highly customizable desktop environment.

• Cinnamon – A desktop environment made up several components like a fork of the Gnome shell.

• Mate – A desktop environment which comes as the default for Linux MINT.

• Unity – A graphical desktop shell environment for Gnome desktops.

• Xfce – An open source lightweight desktop environment for Linux/Unix systems.

• LXQt – An open source lightweight desktop environment for Linux and BSD systems.

• LXDE – A free desktop environment with comparatively low resource requirements.

• Pantheon – A simple Mac OS X look-alike desktop environment.

• Deepin – A simple and productive desktop environment for Linux.

• Enlightenment – A desktop environment which has libraries for mobiles and TV interfaces.

• Budgie – A Linux desktop environment.

Download Managers

• Flareget – A multi-threaded download manager and accelerator available for both Linux and Windows environments.

• uGet – A popular download manager available for both Linux and Windows environments.

• XDM – A download manager written in Java which can speed up download speed up to 500%.

• Steadyflow – A GTK+ based download manager that aims for minimalism, ease of use, and a clean, malleable codebase.

• DownThemAll – The first and only download manager/accelerator built inside Firefox.

• Persepolis – A open source download manager and a GUI for aria2.

• MultiGet – An easy-to-use download manager with support for multi-task with multi-thread on multi-server.

• Axel – A command line download accelerator for Linux.

Diff Tools

• diff Command – A Unix command line tool which shows the difference between two files.

• colordiff – A Perl script with colour and syntax highlighting which shows the difference between two files.

• wdiff – A command line app which shows the difference between two files on a word by word basis.

• Vimdiff – An advanced manner in comparison to diff utility.

• Kompare – A GUI diff app which allows for the merging of files.

• DiffMerge – A cross-platform app used to compare and merge files.

• Meld – A visual tool for diff and merging.

• Diffuse – A Linux GUI diff tool that is written in Phyton.

• XXdiff – A free Unix/Linux based directory comparator and merge app.

• KDiff3 – A cross-platform diff and merge app.

• TkDiff – A cross-platform and easy to use diff app.

Editors

• Atom – A free and open-source text and source code editor for Linux.

• Bluefish – A text editor used mainly by web developers on Linux environments.

• Brackets – A modern text editor made specifically for web development.

• Emacs – An extensible, customizable, free text editor and more.

• Geany – A text editor which offers basic IDE like features.

• Gedit – A general purpose text editor.

• Kate – A feature-rich text editor that is highly customizable.

• Sublime – A popular lightweight cross-platform text editor.

• VSCode – A cross-platform open source text editor developed by Microsoft.

• Kakoune – A free, open source, powerful, interactive, fast, scriptable and very customizable code editor with a client/server architecture.

• Lighttable – The next generation code editor.

• Micro – A modern, easy-to-use and intuitive cross-platform terminal-based text editor that works on Linux.

• Nano – A command line text editor for Unix-like systems.

• Vim – An advanced text editor with a more complete feature set.

Email Utilities

• Mutt – A lightweight but powerful email client for Unix operating systems.

• Alpine – An open source command line based email client which is easy to use.

• Sup – A command line based email client which enables users to deal with a lot of emails.

• Not Much Mail – A Linux based email system that can be used with a text editor or the command line.

Email Clients

• Thunderbird – A free email client with easy set up and customize and it’s loaded with great features.

• Evolution – An email client which includes an address book and a calendar.

• KMail – An email client which is a component of KONTACT.

• Geary – A Gnome email client which is easy to use.

• Sylpheed – A lightweight cross-platform email client.

• Claws – A lightweight and fast email client which is user-friendly.

• Trojita – A super fast desktop email client for Linux.

• Vmail – Vim-like Gmail client.

Emulators

• Wine – A popular Linux app used for running Windows-based games and software on Linux.

• PlayonLinux – An open source gaming app used to install any windows based app and games on Linux.

Finance Software

• GnuCash – A personal and small-business financial-accounting software.

• HomeBank – HomeBank is a free software that will guide you to manage your personal accounting.

• KMyMoney – A personal finance accounting manager by KDE.

• Skrooge – A personal finances manager, powered by KDE.

Firewalls

• Iptables – A popular command line utility for configuring Linux kernel firewall.

• Firewalld – A firewall which changes can be applied instantly without the need for a restart.

• Shorewall – An open source gateway/firewall configuration tool for GNU/Linux.

• UFW – An easy to use firewall for configuring and managing a firewall on Ubuntu and Debian distributions.

• Vuurmuur – A powerful firewall manager built on top of ​iptables on Linux.

• pfSense – An open source firewall and router based on FreeBSD.

• IPFire – A professional and hardened Linux firewall distribution that is secure and easy to operate.

• SmoothWall – An open source firewall which is highly configurable by using its web-based interface.

• Endian – A firewall based on a concept that they can be deployed as routers, proxies, and VPNs.

• ConfigServer Firewall – A cross-platform firewall which is very versatile.

• GuFW – One of the easiest firewalls in the world of Linux.

FTP Clients

• CrossFTP – A powerful FTP client that makes it extremely simple to manage the FTP related tasks.

• Filezilla – A popular cross-platform FTP client that supports SSL/TLS connections.

• FireFTP – A free, secure, cross-platform FTP/SFTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP/SFTP servers.

• gFTP – A free multi-threaded file transfer client for Linux systems.

• Konqueror – An advanced file managers for KDE with support for FTP and SFTP servers.

• LFTP – A sophisticated file transfer program supporting a number of network protocols (ftp, http, sftp, fish, torrent).

• Nautilus – A file manager for Gnome desktop with the support for FTP and SFTP servers.

• NcFTP – An FTP client program which debuted in 1990 as the first alternative FTP client.

File Managers

• Konqueror – A powerful file manager for KDE desktops.

• Nautilus – A simple file manager and comes as the default for Gnome systems.

• Dolphin – A lightweight, free and open source file manager.

• Midnight Commander – A command line file manager app which can only search, copy, move and delete files and directories.

• Krusader – A file manager like Midnight Commander but with a GUI.

• PCManFM – A feature-rich file manager usually on LXDE desktops.

• XFE – A file manager for X windows.

• Nemo – A file manager which is the default for Cinnamon desktops.

• Thunar – A lightweight file manager for Xfce desktops.

• SpaceFM – A stable multi panelled file manager for Linux desktops.

• Caja – An advanced file manager which allows users to explore directories, preview files and more.

• Ranger – An open source command line based file manager.

• Double Commander – A free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side.

• nnn – A terminal file browser with a strong focus on bridging the gap between the terminal and the desktop environment.

• Polo – A modern, light-weight file manager for Linux with support for multiple panes and tabs.

• Vifm – A file manager with curses interface, which provides Vi[m]-like environment for managing objects within file system.

Games

• Steam – A cross-platform gaming platform that opens the gates to many games.

• Wine – Wine (“Wine Is Not an Emulator”) is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications and games on Linux.

• PlayOnLinux – A graphical front-end for the Wine software compatibility layer which allows Linux users to install Windows-based games.

• RetroArch – A frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.

• Itch.io – A simple way to find and share indie games online for free.

• Lutris – An open gaming platform for Linux. It helps you install and manage your games in a unified interface.

• Gnome Games – A collection of about 15 puzzle video games that is part of the standard free and open-source GNOME desktop environment.

Git Clients

• GitKraken – A powerful GUI app which its users interact better with their repositories.

• Git-cola – A powerful and highly configurable GUI Git client.

• SmartGit – A cross-platform GUI based Git client.

• Giggle – A free Linux based GUI git client that uses GTK+ toolkit.

• Gitg – A Gnome app for viewing Git repositories.

• Git GUI – A cross-platform GUI platform that focuses on commit generation.

• Qgit – A power but easy to use GUI git Client.

• GitForce – An easy to use GUI git client for Linux and Windows.

• Egit – A git plugin to be used with the Eclipse IDE

• GitEye – A powerful git client with features like code reviewing.

• GITK – A multi-layered GUI client for GIT users.

Graphics

• GIMP – An open source GNU image manipulation program.

• Aftershot – A power, fast and highly customizable photo management app.

• Agave – A very simple application for the GNOME desktop that allows you to generate a variety of color-schemes from a single starting color.

• Blender – A 3D creation suite with support for all the 3D pipelines.

• Digikam – An open source photo editing app meant for photographers.

• Fotoxx – An open source photo collection manager which can also be used for photo editing.

• gThumb – A free and open-source image viewer and organizer with options to edit images.

• Inkscape – An alternative to Adobe Illustrator.

• Kdenlive – A simple video editing app for basic use.

• Krita – A popular image editing software.

• Lightworks – A professional video editing app made for everyone.

• OpenShot – A cross-platform feature-rich video editing app.

• Pinta – A free, open source program for drawing and image editing.

• Pitivi – An open source video editing app.

• Shotwell – The default image editing app for Pantheon.

• Shotcut – A free, Open Source, cross-platform video editor with a sleek User Interface.

• VidCutter – An open-source cross-platform video editor with which you can quickly trim and join video clips.

• FlowBlade – A multi-track non-linear video editor for Linux.

• Kdenlive – A free and open source video-editing software from KDE.

• Cinelerra – A video editing and compositing software package designed for the Linux operating system.

• Ardour – A free and open source audio editing application permits you to record, edit, mix, and even master it.

Google Drive Clients

• CloudCross – An open source cross-platform app that enables the synchronization of local files to a remote server.

• Rclone – A command line based synchronization app for directories.

• google-drive-ocamlfuse – A Google-backed command line fuse-based filesystem project for performing directory operations on your Google Drive account.

• Grive2 – An independent open source implementation of Google Drive’s client for Linux.

• GoSync – A GUI-enabled Google Drive client for Linux.

Hacking & Penetration Tools

• Aircrack-ng – A complete suite of tools to assess WiFi network security.

• THC Hydra – A parallelized login cracker which supports numerous protocols to attack.

• John the Ripper – A free password cracking software tool.

• Metasploit Framework – The world’s most used penetration testing framework.

• Netcat – A powerful networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections.

• Nmap – A strong network security scanner.

• Nessus – A remote security vulnerability scanning tool.

• WireShark – A free and open source packet analyzer.

• Snort – A free open source network intrusion detection system.

• Kismet Wireless – A wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system.

• Nikto – An open source web server scanner.

• Yersinia – A network security/hacking tool.

• Burp Suite Scanner – A graphical tool for testing Web application security.

• Hashcat – A most advanced password recovery utility.

• Maltego – A software used for open-source intelligence and forensics.

• BeEF – A browser exploitation framework tool.

• Fern Wifi Cracker – A wireless security auditing and attack software program.

• GNU MAC Changer – An utility that makes the maniputation of MAC.

• Wifite2 – A tool for auditing wireless networks.

• Pixiewps – An offline Wi-Fi Protected Setup brute-force utility.

Hosting Billing Softwares

• WHMCS – A leading web hosting and billing software that automates all aspects of your business from billing, provisioning, domain reselling, etc.

• HostBill – A hosting billing platform designed for acquiring customers, automating provider services and more.

• BILLmanager – An all-in-one web hosting billing software based on Linux.

• Blesta – A customer management, billing, and support system for web hosting providers.

• WeFact Hosting – An easy to use billing app designed for startup hosting and web design companies.

• Freeside – An open source host billing app with ticketing platforms.

• phpCOIN – An open source product specially designed for small and mid-sized hosting resellers.

• CitrusDB – An open source billing system for small businesses.

Init Systems

• System V Init – A package contains programs to control the startup, running and shutdown of all other programs.

• SystemD – A new init scheme for Linux systems.

• Upstart – An event-based init scheme developed by the makers of Ubuntu.

• OpenRC – A dependency-based init scheme for Linux/Unix systems.

• runit – A cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision.

IRC Clients

• WeeChat – A light cross-platform command line based IRC.

• Pidgin – Also a popular messaging client with the ability to support most chat services.

• XChat – An IRC chat client for Linux and Windows which you can connect multiple chats networks at once.

• HexChat – A cross-platform IRC chat client which is also free.

• Irssi – A command line based IRC chat client which is easy to use.

• Konversation – A Linux based IRC client which is user-friendly.

• Quassel – A cross-platform IRC chat client which is considered to be newly fashioned.

IDE Editors

• Netbeans – A popular open source IDE used mainly for Java and C/C++ development.

• Code::Blocks – A free, highly extensible and configurable, cross-platform C++ IDE.

• Eclipse – An open source cross-platform IDE commonly mostly among Java developers.

• CodeLite – A free open source cross-platform IDE, built for programmers.

• Bluefish – A cross-platform editor which makes writing HTML faster.

• Brackets – A modern text editor made specifically for web development.

• Atom – A text editor with an IDE integration.

• Sublime – A popular lightweight cross-platform text editor.

• JetBrains – A commercial IDE which provides solutions for almost every language/framework.

• Microsoft’s Visual Studio – A cross-platform open source text editor developed by Microsoft.

• KDevelop – An open source cross-platform IDE.

• Geany IDE – A free lightweight cross-platform IDE.

• Ajunta DeveStudio – A simple Gnome IDE which supports multiple languages.

• GNAT Programming Studio – A free and easy to use IDE mainly for developers to interact with their code.

• Qt Creator – A cross-platform IDE which is not free.

• Emacs Editor – A free, powerful, highly extensible and customizable, cross-platform text editor.

• VI/VIM Editor – A free, powerful, popular and highly configurable text editor.

Image Editors

• GIMP – An open source GNU image manipulation program.

• Pinta – The Linux version of windows paint.

• DigiKam – An open source photo editing app meant for photographers.

• ShowFOTO – A free standalone image editor with powerful image editing tools.

• RawTherapee – A free image editing app for optimizing photos.

• Fotoxx – An open source photo collection manager which can also be used for photo editing.

• F-spot – An open source image editing app for Gnome desktops.

• UFRaw – An app which reads and edits RAW image files.

• GTKRawGallery – An open source image editing app mainly used for retouching.

• LightZone – A free open source image editing app mainly used by photographers.

• Pixeluvo – A powerful layer-based image editing app.

• Photivo – An open source image editing software for Linux systems.

• AfterShot Pro – A powerful and highly customizable photo management app.

• Darktable – An open source image editing app which can be used to make RAW files.

Linux Shells

• Bash Shell – The default shell found in most Linux systems today.

• Tcsh/Csh Shell – An interactive login shell and shell script command processor.

• Ksh Shell – A powerful and complete Linux shell.

• Zsh Shell – An interactive Linux shell with features from other shells like BASH shell.

• Fish Shell – A fully interactive and user-friendly shell.

Log Management

• Graylog 2 – An open source log management app with administrative functions.

• Logcheck – An open source security log management app.

• Logwatch – A highly customizable Linux based log management app which can be used for analyzing and reporting.

• Logstash – An open source Linux based data logging and collection app.

Markdown Editors

• Atom – A powerful open source highly customizable text editor with IDE support.

• GNU Emacs – A popular editor which can be used for writing Markdown.

• Remarkable – A best markdown editor for Linux and Windows systems.

• Haroopad – An open source cross-platform markdown editor with document processing.

• ReText – A simple Markdown editor common in Linux systems.

• UberWriter – A feature rich markdown editor for Linux systems.

• Mark My Words – A lightweight yet powerful markdown which is relatively new.

• Vim-Instant-Markdown – An open source text editor that can be used to write Markdown.

• Bracket-Markdown – An open source cross-platform Markdown editor.

• SublimeText-Markdown – A popular lightweight editor used to write Markdown.

Mail Transfer Agents

• Sendmail – A popular mail transfer agent found on Linux servers.

• Postfix – A free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail.

• Exim – A free mail transfer agent developed for Unix systems.

• Qmail – An open source modern Linux mail transfer agent.

• Mutt – A command line based mail transfer agent for Unix systems.

• Alpine – A command line based mail transfer agent for Linux systems.

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Credit: Thanks to luongvo209 for creating this idea and compiling a list on GitHub. We have covered apps here which are not present in the original article. So, this page is pretty much a fork of his and and it is curated by Ravi Saive, CEO of FossMint and TecMint, and Martins Divine Okoi, Editor-in-chief of FossMint.