BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Arch Linux
- Fedora
- Cygwin
- Ubuntu
- Debian
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List is not complete yet. Many apps you know from Windows are also on Linux https://github.com/luong-komorebi/Awesome-Linux-Software
Backups
Command-line tool for syncing, copying, and checking files between local drives and over 40 cloud storage services with features like hashing, compression, and encryption.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Oracle Solaris
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
Pika Backup is designed to save your personal data and does not support complete system recovery. Pika Backup is powered by the well-tested BorgBackup software.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Linux Mobile
- Flathub
- GNOME
- Flatpak
restic is a program that does backups right. The design goals are: Easy, Fast, Verifiable, Secure, Efficient, Free.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Arch Linux
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
Communication
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- GNOME
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
For simple e-mail, looks a lot cleaner than Thunderbird. But missing some advanced features.
Evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring, address book and task list functionality.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- S/MIME
- GNOME
- OpenPGP
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Written in C, much faster and more lightweight than Thunderbird/Betterbird. But not cross-platform. Thunderbird you can copy profiles over to mobile or Windows if you want. Otherwise, Evolution would be superior.
KMail is the email component of Kontact, the integrated personal information manager of KDE. Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite for KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Good, but if you aren't using KDE, it's a bit bloated as you don't have everything already from the OS.
Open-source client enhancing Thunderbird with more features and bug fixes. Offers security patches and multi-row descriptions like Outlook.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Chocolatey
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This or thunderbird is still the best for more complicated functions with email, such as using Resend aliases, etc.
Open source desktop app integrating messaging, email, productivity tools and custom services with workspaces, Todo panel, privacy features, resource saving and sync.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
An encrypted messaging app focused on privacy, supporting texts, calls, photos, videos, files, and group chats, with no ads or trackers.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Snapcraft
- Android Auto
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- OpenAPK
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Experience instant messaging with remarkable speed and robust security. Join massive group chats or channels. Enjoy free and advanced features.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- iPad
- Apple Watch
- Android Auto
- Linux Mobile
- Android Wear
- PortableApps.com
- FreeBSD
- Apple Car Play
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A secure collaboration app with end-to-end encryption and interoperability across web, desktop, and mobile. Includes chat, voice, and video calls.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Snapcraft
- Matrix.org
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Cloudron
- OpenAPK
+3
HexChat is an IRC client based on
XChat for Linux , but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems.Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- MacPorts
- XQuartz
Documents
📄 Awesome OCR multiple programing languages toolkits based on ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, MNN, PaddlePaddle, TensorRT and PyTorch.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Use as plugin with OCRmyPDF to add lightweight support for more complicated page layouts.
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched - jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Open-source suite for editing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, and PDF files with co-editing modes, plugin support, AI assistant, and integration across 40+ platforms.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Samsung Galaxy Store
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Flatpak
- Cloudron
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Better Word support than libre, and faster than word (and you can easily write JS plugins).
Sophisticated text editor for code with sleek interface, multi-select tabs, side-by-side definitions, and swift variable renaming using multiple selections.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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An end-to-end encrypted note-taking by Proton. Offline access, unlimited sync across devices, tagging, passcode and biometric security, plus advanced premium privacy features.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- OpenAPK
+1
Coding
Blazing fast, collaborative code editor with real-time multi-user support, built-in Vim mode, language-aware syntax trees, integrated terminal, and multi-buffers.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
+6
System
Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify basic permissions from your Flatpak applications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
+1
Environments
mise (pronounced "meez") or "mise-en-place" is a development environment setup tool. The name refers to a French culinary phrase that roughly translates to "setup" or "put in place".
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
Faster than devbox, combined with Distrobox for atomic linux
Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Distrobox uses podman or docker to create containers using the Linux distribution of your choice.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
Devbox is a command-line tool that lets you easily create reproducible, reliable dev environments. You start by defining the list of packages required by your development environment, and devbox uses that definition to create an isolated environment just for your application.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
For creating more lightweight environments than distrobox, such as when coding. Very similar to python's venv.
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