Slop-Free (Supposedly) Open-Source Software

This list contains slop-free (without LLM generated code; supposedly) open source software. It is a positive counterpart of Open-Source Slopware. Check out and give thumbs up also to AI Slopfree Software Catalog which contains software dedicated against LLMs!

Applications in this list are deemed slop-free by a quick eye test, so it does not necessarily mean that they indeed are not tainted with machine generated code.

So, why is it important to avoid LLM generated code?

  • Ethical reasons — such as illegally retrieved training material, underpaid workers that prepare training data.
  • Impact on environment — increased fossil fuel usage to supply the needed electricity power, water usage in water scarce regions. This somewhat overlaps with the above.
  • Social impact — noise pollution in neighborhoods near AI data centers, air pollution from diesel- or gas-powered turbines (also overlaps with the above), drastically increasing utility prices.
  • Impact on brain and thinking, reasoning — by offloading thinking and decision making to machines people are shooting in their foot (more like in their head). Less intelligent people are easier to control.
  • Even legal issues (especially in open-source software as it cannot be guaranteed that the "generated" code is not really just re-used, thus unknowingly violating the source license).
  • Inevitable enshittification — every software product from big technology eventually gets enshittified to maximize revenue. For users this could mean hidden or plain ads, biased opinions/information, privacy violations, increased prices.

I will try to add links at some time to the statements above to back them up.

Of course, I see how and where generative tools could be helpful and sometimes I feel tempted to find an acceptable way to use them, but for now the direct and indirect costs far too much outweighs gains.

Edgars
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  1. FSearch icon
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    FSearch is a fast file search utility for GNU/Linux operating systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine. It's written in C and based on GTK+3.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    FSearch screenshot 1
    FSearch screenshot 1
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    +1
    FSearch screenshot 3
  2. Wakapi icon
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    From Contributing — AI-Generated Code:

    Please do not submit AI-generated code. My views might be somewhat old-fashioned in this regard, but I think coding is for fun and so is the whole of this project. Therefore, I expect contributions to be "hand-written". Letting some LLM run over the code base and then blindly submitting its output is not the point of open source in my opinion. I'd rather want contributors to spend time familiarizing themselves with the code base, try to wrap their heads around how things work under the hood and then start coding.

    Nevertheless in contributors page it can be seen that one commit by claude has somehow managed to slip through.

    Updated: 2026-09-17

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Wakapi screenshot 1
  3. Browsers

  4. Cromite icon
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    Note: Cromite is a fork of Bromite icon Bromite which is a fork of Chromium icon Chromium, which is a slopware.

    Updated: 2026-09-16

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Cromite screenshot 1
    new tab page
    settings page
  5. IronFox icon
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    Note: IronFox is based on Mozilla Firefox icon Mozilla Firefox which is a slopware.

    Updated: 2029-09-14

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    IronFox screenshot 1
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    IronFox screenshot 3
  6. Note: obviously ungoogled-chromium is based on Chromium icon Chromium which is a slopware.

    Updated: 2026-09-14

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    ungoogled-chromium screenshot 1
    ungoogled-chromium screenshot 1
    ungoogled-chromium screenshot 2
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    ungoogled-chromium screenshot 3
  7. A cross-platform multichannel multi-effects processor for electric guitars and other instruments. - andrepxx/go-dsp-guitar

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Web interface of go-dsp-guitar.
  8. Falkon icon
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    Falkon, formerly QupZilla, is a QtWebEngine based cross-platform web browser.

    It aims to be a lightweight web browser available through all major platforms.

    Falkon has all standard functions you expect from a web browser. It includes bookmarks, history (both also in sidebar).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
    • Snapcraft
    Falkon screenshot 1
    Falkon screenshot 1
  9. GNOME Web icon
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    GNOME Web is the web browser for the GNOME desktop, based on the popular WebKit engine. It offers a simple, clean, beautiful view of the Web featuring first-class GNOME desktop integration. Its code name is Epiphany.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    Single Tab
    Developer Tools
    Multiple Tabs
    +1
    Viewing Opened Tabs
  10. LibreWolf icon
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    Note: while the project appears slop-free, it is based on Mozilla Firefox icon Mozilla Firefox which definitely has LLM-generated code.

    Updated: 2026-09-09

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Linux Mint
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Flathub
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • OpenBSD
    Homeage
    Settings
  11. Min icon
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    Min is a fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy. It includes an interface designed to minimize distractions, and features such as:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Min screenshot 1
    Min screenshot 1
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  12. Note: while the project appears slop-free, it is based on Tor Browser icon Tor Browser which appears to be having LLM-generated code or at least supports machine-generated contributions, which in turn is based on Mozilla Firefox icon Mozilla Firefox which definitely is slopware.

    Updated: 2026-09-09

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Mullvad Browser screenshot 1
    Mullvad Browser screenshot 1
    Mullvad Browser screenshot 2
    +1
    Mullvad Browser screenshot 3
  13. Pale Moon icon
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    An open-source web browser forked from Mozilla Firefox. It focuses on security, efficiency, customization, and no data gathering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Pale Moon screenshot 1
    Pale Moon screenshot 1
    Pale Moon screenshot 2
    +1
    Android Version (Discontinued)
  14. Servo icon
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    Servo has anti-LLM policy:

    Contributions must not include content generated by large language models or other probabilistic tools, including but not limited to Copilot or ChatGPT. This policy covers code, documentation, pull requests, issues, comments, and any other contributions to the Servo project.

    Updated: 2026-09-16

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Rust
    • KaiOS
    • Firefox OS
    Servo screenshot 1
    Servo screenshot 1
    Servo screenshot 2
  15. Vanadium icon
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    Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    Vanadium screenshot 1
  16. Code and Text Editors

  17. GNU Emacs icon
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    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor
    Beyond just being able to edit plain text files, Emacs includes special features to help you write in many different human languages and programming/markup languages
    GNU Emacs screenshot 2
    +6
    GNU Emacs screenshot 3
  18. GNU nano icon
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    GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    GNU nano screenshot 1
    GNU nano screenshot 1
    Color syntax
    +1
    GNU nano screenshot 3
  19. Gram icon
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    Gram is a powerful and modern source code editor. It features solid performance and is highly configurable, yet comes with batteries included out of the box. Gram supports many popular programming languages and file formats, and can use Zed extensions to support additional...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
    Gram screenshot 1
  20. Micro icon
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    Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern terminals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    Micro screenshot 1
    Micro screenshot 1
    Micro screenshot 2
    +2
    Micro screenshot 3
  21. Command Line Tools

  22. Code Quality Tools

  23. Communication

  24. Conduit is a simple, fast and reliable chat server powered by Matrix. Conduit is an alternative to Synapse and tries to be lightweight and easy to install, but it is still in development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
    Conduit Chat Server screenshot 1
  25. Mages icon
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    Multi-platform Matrix Chat Client (for Android and Linux).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Threads page (mobile)
    Discover (mobile)
  26. Snikket icon
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    Snikket is an ambitious project to build a new kind of XMPP-based messaging platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • F-Droid
    • Docker
    Snikket screenshot 1
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  27. Containers

    Container related software and tools.

  28. Dockman icon
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    A Docker management tool for users who want unfiltered access to their Docker Compose files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Dockman screenshot 1
    Dockman screenshot 1
    Dockman screenshot 2
  29. Dockpeek icon
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    There are no obvious signs of LLM usage, but I do not know what to make of usage of em-dashes (for example, in README.md).   There is also an issue asking to add AI policy to clarify usage of slop-generators.

    Updated: 2026-09-07

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Dockpeek screenshot 1
  30. Incus icon
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    While the project has AGENTS.md and and therefore permissive LLM policy (CONTRIBUTING.md — Policy on the Use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI Tooling), it currently does not have obvious signs of LLM usage.

    Updated: 2026-09-13

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
  31.  Like

    Take this with a grain of salt as description of some pull requests seem to be (at least partially) machine-generated.

    Updated: 2026-09-03

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Isaiah screenshot 1
    Isaiah screenshot 1
    Isaiah screenshot 2
    +9
    Isaiah screenshot 3
  32. From CONTRIBUTING.md — AI Generated Code:

    Substantially AI generated code is not welcome. There are several reasons for this. First, it violates the "The contribution was created in whole or in part by me" statement of DCO. Second, the licensing implications are not yet clear. Thirdly, we expect anyone who submits code to fully understand what they are submitting. Finally, we put a lot of time into reviewing patch submissions. Increasing the volume of code to be reviewed with autogenerated boilerplate drivel will take away time from more important reviews.

    Updated: 2026-09-12

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Linux Containers (LXC) screenshot 1
  33. Podman Terminal UI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Alpine Linux
    • CentOS
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Gentoo
  34. Pods icon
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    Pods is a frontend for podman. It uses libadwaita for its user interface and strives to meet the design principles of GNOME.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Pods screenshot 1
    Pods screenshot 1
    Pods screenshot 2
    +3
    Pods screenshot 3
  35. Seabird icon
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    Seabird is a native cross-platform Kubernetes desktop client that makes it super easy to explore your cluster's resources. We aim to visualize all common resource types in a simple, bloat-free user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    Seabird screenshot 1
  36. Database Clients

  37. A modern, convenient and powerful SQL Editor and Database Client for Developers and Administrators.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Docker
    • AppImage
    Welcome Screen with recent DB connections and hotkey hints
    Creating new connection
    DB Query Interface
    +8
    Table Editor
  38. JookDB icon
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    A database development tool that allows you to simultaneously connect to MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MongoDB, DM, OceanBase, TiDB and SQLServer databases from a single application.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    SQL Editor
    Data Editor
    Table Design
    +2
    User Manager
  39. ldbfx icon
     Like

    The last activity in the repository was about 4 years ago.

    Updated: 2026-09-03

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    ldbfx screenshot 1
    ldbfx screenshot 1
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  40. OpenDBViewer is a simple database explorer for Windows, Linux and Max OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    OpenDBViewer screenshot 1
    OpenDBViewer screenshot 1
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  41. SQLECTRON icon
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    A simple and lightweight SQL client desktop/terminal with cross database and platform support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    SQLECTRON screenshot 1
  42. Sequeler icon
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    Sequeler is a native Linux SQL client built in Vala and Gtk. It allows you to connect to your local and remote databases, write SQL in a handy text editor with language recognition, and visualize SELECT results in a Gtk.Grid Widget.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Default preview with Light Theme
    Data with Light Theme
    Data with Dark Theme
  43. SQLantern icon
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    SQLantern is a database tool designed for high productivity, with a fresh concept: displaying multiple database tables side by side in separate panels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    A unique way to work with databases truly side by side
    A unique way to construct complex queries step by step and side by side
    A unique way to deconstruct complex queries step by step and side by side
    +4
    A unique ability to save and restore working sessions
  44. SQuirreL SQL is an open-source Java SQL Client program that will allow you to view the structure of a JDBC compliant database, browse the data in tables, issue SQL commands etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    SQuirreL SQL screenshot 1
    SQuirreL SQL screenshot 1
    Object Tree of Session window
    +1
    Graph: Charts of tables and their relations
  45. TOra icon
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    TOra is an open-source multi-platform database management GUI that supports accessing most of the common database platforms in use, including Oracle, MySQL, and Postgres, as well as limited support for any target that can be accessed through Qts ODBC support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
  46. Disk Utilities

    Tools for inspecting and managing storage.

  47. Graphical GNOME application that analyzes disk usage with detailed graphical representation, supporting scans of both local and remote directories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
    • Homebrew
    Baobab Disk Usage Analyzer screenshot 1
    Baobab on Xubuntu
    Full scan, rings chart
    +1
    Full scan, treemap chart
  48. ncdu icon
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    A disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface, aimed to be run on a remote server where you don't have an entire graphical setup, but have to do with a simple SSH connection. ncdu aims to be fast, simple and easy to use, and should be able to run in any minimal POSIX-like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    ncdu screenshot 1
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