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Applications and command-line tools with a public source repository, ranked by install count. Open source is not a quality guarantee, but it does mean the code can be audited and the app cannot be taken away from you.
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nicotine-plusGraphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer networkopenssl@3.6Cryptography and SSL/TLS ToolkitPulseSystem activity monitor for CPU, memory, GPU, disk and networkqtspeechEnables access to text-to-speech enginesrocqProof assistant for higher-order logicshairport-syncAirTunes emulator that adds multi-room capabilityspectraHeader-only C++ library for large scale eigenvalue problemsasitopPerf monitoring CLI tool for Apple Siliconbore-cliModern, simple TCP tunnel in Rust that exposes local ports to a remote serverhackrfLow cost software radio platformmcp-atlassianMCP server for Atlassian tools (Confluence, Jira)musikcubeTerminal-based audio engine, library, player and serversocket_vmnetDaemon to provide vmnet.framework support for rootless QEMUsvgoNodejs-based tool for optimizing SVG vector graphics filesbowtie2Fast and sensitive gapped read alignerbyacc(Arguably) the best yacc variantkanataCross-platform software keyboard remapper for Linux, macOS and WindowskubetailLogging tool for Kubernetes with a real-time web dashboardlibxextX.Org: Library for common extensions to the X11 protocolnoodleTerminal REST client with file-based collectionspanacheLanguage server, formatter, and linter for Markdown, Quarto, and R MarkdownsubnetcalcIPv4/IPv6 subnet calculatorasimovAutomatically exclude development dependencies from Time Machine backupsDavitGUI for Apple's container CLIgl2psOpenGL to PostScript printing libraryGlideTiling window manager with tree layoutslibrealsenseIntel RealSense D400 series and SR300 captureliquibaseLibrary for database change trackingmmctlRemote CLI tool for Mattermost serverpnpm@11Fast, disk space efficient package managerqthttpserverFramework for embedding an HTTP server into a Qt applicationsecretspecDeclarative secrets management toolyara-xTool to do pattern matching for malware researchAutoSubsSubtitle generator for audio and video filesctagsReimplementation of ctags(1)keyringEasy way to access the system keyring service from pythonlibplaceboReusable library for GPU-accelerated image/video processing primitiveslibvirt-pythonLibvirt virtualization API python bindinglldpdImplementation of IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP)Subtitle EditSubtitle editorcargo-fuzzCommand-line helpers for fuzzingettercapMultipurpose sniffer/interceptor/logger for switched LANgit-credential-oauthGit credential helper that authenticates in browser using OAuthMacPassOpen-source, KeePass-client and password managermuCommanderFile manager with a dual-pane interfacepsshParallel versions of OpenSSH and related toolsSublerMux and tag mp4 filesarm-none-eabi-binutilsGNU Binutils for arm-none-eabi cross developmentbitbucket-cliCLI for Bitbucket Cloud and Data CentercmusMusic player with an ncurses based interfacehookdeckForward webhook events from Hookdeck to a local serverlibxrandrX.Org: X Resize, Rotate and Reflection extension libraryNativRun AI models locallypdfgrepSearch PDFs for strings matching a regular expressionqhullComputes convex hulls in n dimensionszsh-fast-syntax-highlightingFeature-rich syntax highlighting for ZsharesCross-platform, multi-system emulator, focusing on accuracy and preservationglogApplication-level logging librarylibheif-pluginsISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder and encodermacMonkey's Audio lossless codec