KDE Connect: An app for iOS, android, pretty much every flavor of linux, windows, etc. that lets you connect any devices together to share files, show notifications of other devices, use your phone as an input device(keyboard, mouse), control multimedia applications(start, play, stop, etc.), trigger commands, and everything else if you make a plugin for it.
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KeePassXC: A modern, secure, open-source password manager that stores and manages sensitive information offline.
Mixed with syncthing to sync your database file across your devices and its chef's kiss
Lichess: A popular free, open-source online chess platform offering play, puzzles, and tournaments.
IMO, this is the way to play Chess online.
Forgejo: A self-hosted, lightweight software forge offering Git repository hosting with an easy-to-install, low-maintenance platform focused on collaboration, federation, and privacy.
LibRedirect is an open-source browser extension for Firefox and Microsoft Edge that automatically redirects popular online services like YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, and others to privacy-friendly alternative websites, enhancing user privacy by avoiding trackers and data collection on the original platforms.
Joplin: An open-source note-taking and to-do app with markdown support and end-to-end encryption.
Pandoc: A universal document converter allowing conversion among numerous markup formats including Markdown, LaTeX, HTML, and Word.
Typst: A modern typesetting system designed for easy document creation with markup inspired by Markdown but more powerful and programmable.
rnote Rnote is an open-source vector-based drawing app for sketching, handwritten notes and to annotate documents and pictures. It is targeted at students, teachers and those who own a drawing tablet and provides features like Pdf and picture import and export, an infinite canvas and an adaptive UI for big and small screens.
Czkawka: A free, fast, and open-source tool for finding and removing duplicate files, cleaning empty folders, and optimizing storage by content-based file comparison across multiple platforms.
PieFed: a link aggregator and forum platform built for the Fediverse, focusing on individual control, safety, decentralized power, and healthy community interactions, with features like reputation indicators and keyword filters to enhance user experience.
screen
a gnu until that let's you run a persistent session, even if you log off. log back in and reattach your screen and whatever you were doing is still running.
Nicotine+: A lightweight, free, and open-source graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer file-sharing network.
Helix Editor: A fast, post-modern text editor that combines modal editing and syntax awareness built in Rust for programmers.
emacs, the text editor. it's so powerful and customizable that I feel listing any feature would do so many others a disservice
Nuclear: A free, open-source music player that streams content from multiple free sources like YouTube, SoundCloud, and Bandcamp without ads or subscriptions.
Zathura: A highly customizable, minimalist, and keyboard-driven document viewer supporting PDF, PostScript, and DjVu via plugins.
binary eye, OR code and barcode scanner with no ads
mednafen, the multiplatform emulator. classic gaming is so easy with mednafen's graphical interface
candle, an android app that turns your display into a flashlight-like utility. very useful on tablets without an actual flashlight. I have a shortcut to it on my lock screen on my phone, and I use a red background to see when my wife is sleeping.
podget: a simple podcast aggregator optimized for running as a scheduled background job (i.e. cron).
weechat, a multiprotocol chat client with many user scripts and a remote interface.
mblaze: a set of Unix utilities for processing and interacting with mail messages which are stored in maildir folders.