# Awesome Linux Software
[![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/VoLuong/Awesome-Ubuntu-Linux)
![Tux](img/tux.png)
š§ This repo is a collection of **AWESOME** Linux applications and tools for **any users/developers**.
š§ Feel free to **contribute** / **star** / **fork** / **pull request** . Any **recommendations** and **suggestions** are welcomed.
*Update: This repo has been published on [Gitbook](https://voluong.gitbooks.io/awesome-linux-software/content/). You can share this link to new users since they may find it friendlier to read than github. Download as a pdf [here](https://goo.gl/xhiKla).*
**Acknowledgement:** *Everything written below is from my own experience in college and after reading various materials. I am neither a professional nor expert, but a student who has great passion. Anyone can open a discussion in the issue section, or a pull request in case something should be modified or added. If you consider my work valuable, a [donation](#donation) is much appreciated.*
Two Chinese version of this list are available [here](https://github.com/alim0x/Awesome-Linux-Software-zh_CN) and [here](https://github.com/ChrisLeeGit/awesome-linux-software-cn).
## Table of Contents
- [Applications](#applications)
- [Audio](#audio)
- [Chat Clients](#chat-clients)
- [Data Backup and Recovery](#data-backup-and-recovery)
- [Desktop Customization](#desktop-customization)
- [Development](#development)
- [E-Book Utilities](#e-book-utilities)
- [Editors](#editors)
- [Education](#education)
- [Email Utilities](#email)
- [File Manager](#file-manager)
- [Games](#games)
- [Graphics](#graphics)
- [Internet](#internet)
- [Office](#office)
- [Productivity](#productivity)
- [Proxy](#proxy)
- [Security](#security)
- [Sharing Files](#sharing-files)
- [Terminal](#terminal)
- [Utilities](#utilities)
- [Video](#video)
- [Others](#others)
- [Command Line Utilities](#command-line-utilities)
- [Desktop Environments](#desktop-environments)
- [Display Managers](#display-manager)
- [Console](#console)
- [Graphic](#graphic)
- [Window Managers](#window-managers)
- [Compositors](#compositors)
- [Stacking window managers](#stacking-window-managers)
- [Tiling window managers](#tiling-window-managers)
- [Dynamic window managers](#dynamic-window-managers)
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- [Setup](#setup)
- [ArchLinux](#arch-linux)
- [CentOS](#centos)
- [openSUSE](#opensuse)
- [Ubuntu](#ubuntu)
- [Discussion Forums](#discussion-forums)
- [ArchLinux Forums](#arch-linux-forums)
- [CentOS Forums](#centos-forums)
- [Ubuntu Forums](#ubuntu-forums)
- [openSUSE Forums](#opensuse-forums)
- [IRC channels](#irc-channels)
- [Linux News, Apps, and more ....](#linux-news-apps-and-more-)
- [Reddit](#reddit)
- [Learn Linux](#learn-linux)
- [Linux Hacking/Development](#linux-hackingdevelopment)
- [Contributors](#contributors)
- [Guideline to Contribute](#guideline-to-contribute)
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## Applications
### Audio
- [Airtime](https://www.sourcefabric.org/en/airtime/download/) - Airtime is the open broadcast software for scheduling and remote station management [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/sourcefabric/Airtime) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Ardour](https://ardour.org/) - Record, Edit, and Mix on Linux ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Audacious](http://audacious-media-player.org/) - An open source audio player, plays your music how you want it, without stealing away your computerās resources from other tasks.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://audacious-media-player.org/developers) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Audacity](http://www.audacityteam.org/download/linux/) - Free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/audacity/audacity) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Audio Recorder](https://launchpad.net/~audio-recorder/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) - Simple audio recorder available on ubuntu ppa. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Clementine](https://www.clementine-player.org/) - Play numerous lossy and lossless audio formats. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Cmus](https://cmus.github.io/) - cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
- [Google Play Music](https://www.googleplaymusicdesktopplayer.com/) - Unofficial but beautiful cross platform Desktop Player for Google Play Music.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/MarshallOfSound/Google-Play-Music-Desktop-Player-UNOFFICIAL-) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Harmony](http://getharmony.xyz) - Music player with sleek interface & cloud compatibility. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/vincelwt/harmony) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Hydrogen](http://www.hydrogen-music.org/hcms/node/21) - Advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [K3b](http://www.k3b.org/) - K3b - The CD/DVD Kreator for Linux - optimized for KDE.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/KDE/k3b)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Kid3Qt](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/kid3-qt/) - Edit tags of multiple files, e.g. the artist, album, year and genre of all mp3 files of an album.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [KxStudio](http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/) - KXStudio is a collection of applications and plugins for professional audio production.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Let's make music](https://lmms.io/download/#linux) - Making music on your PC by creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples and much more. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Lollypop](http://gnumdk.github.io/lollypop-web) - Lollypop is a new GNOME music playing application. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/gnumdk/lollypop) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Lyricfier](https://github.com/emilioastarita/lyricfier) - a Spotify Lyrics alternative app. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/emilioastarita/lyricfier) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Mixxx](http://www.mixxx.org/download/) - Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes, veritable alternative to Traktor. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Museek](http://museeks.io/) - A simple, clean and cross-platform music player. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/KeitIG/museeks) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Netease Music](http://music.163.com/#/download) - A music player of Netease ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Oceanaudio](http://www.ocenaudio.com/whatis) - ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [OSD Lyrics](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/osdlyrics-git/) - Show lyrics with your favorite media player. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/PedroHLC/osdlyrics) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Quod Libet](https://quodlibet.readthedocs.io) - GTK+ music player written with huge libraries in mind. Quod Libet supports search-based dynamic playlists, regular expressions, tagging, Replay Gain, podcasts & Internet radio. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/quodlibet/quodlibet) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Rhythmbox](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Rhythmbox) - Music player from GNOME. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/GNOME/rhythmbox) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Sayonara Player](https://sayonara-player.com/downloads.php) - Sayonara is a small, clear and fast audio player for Linux written in C++, supported by the Qt framework.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://sayonara-player.com/downloads.php#Source) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Soundnode](http://www.soundnodeapp.com/) - An opensource SoundCloud app for desktop. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Soundnode/soundnode-app) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [SoundJuicer](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/20126/rip-audio-cds-with-sound-juicer/) - CD Ripping tool for GNOME ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Spotio](https://github.com/devinhalladay/spotio) - a Rdio-inspired light theme for the Spotify desktop app. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/devinhalladay/spotio) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Tomahawk](https://www.tomahawk-player.org/) -A new kind of music player that invites all your streams, downloads, cloud music storage, playlists, radio stations and more. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/tomahawk-player/tomahawk)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Chat Clients
- [Chatty](http://chatty.github.io/) - Chatty is a Twitch chat client for everyone who wants to try something new and different from the webchat, but doesn't want the complexity of an IRC client or miss out on the Twitch specific features.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/chatty/chatty) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Cutegram](http://aseman.co/en/products/cutegram/) - Offers more features than the official Telegram app [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Aseman-Land/Cutegram) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Discord](https://discordapp.com/) - All-in-one voice and text chat for gamers thatās free, secure, and works on both your desktop and phone. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Franz](http://meetfranz.com/) - Franz is a free messaging app that combines many chat & messaging services into one application.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GhettoSkype](https://github.com/stanfieldr/ghetto-skype) - open source web wrapper for Skype. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/stanfieldr/ghetto-skype) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Gitter](https://gitter.im/) - Gitter ā Where developers come to talk. Gitter is designed to make community messaging, collaboration and discovery as smooth and simple as possible. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/gitterHQ/services) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [HexChat](https://hexchat.github.io/) - HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat itās completely free for both Windows and Unix-like system.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/hexchat) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Jitsi](https://jitsi.org/) - Jitsi is a free and open source multiplatform voice, videoconferencing and instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Android. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/jitsi) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Messenger for Desktop](https://messengerfordesktop.com/#download) - An app for Facebook messenger. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Aluxian/Facebook-Messenger-Desktop) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Pidgin](http://askubuntu.com/questions/307622/update-pidgin-using-apt-get) - A universal chat client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [qTox](https://qtox.github.io/) - A simple distributed, secure messenger with audio and video chat capabilities. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/qTox/qTox) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Rambox](http://rambox.pro/) - Free, Open Source and Cross Platform messaging and emailing app that combines common web applications into one. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/saenzramiro/rambox) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [ScudCloud](https://github.com/raelgc/scudcloud/) - A Slack-client for linux. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/raelgc/scudcloud/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Slack](https://slack.com/downloads/linux) - real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Skype](https://www.skype.com/en/) - Skype keeps the world talking, for free. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Telegram](https://desktop.telegram.org/) - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, itās super fast, simple and free. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Viber](https://www.viber.com/en/products/linux) -Viber for Linux lets you send free messages and make free calls to other Viber users on any device and network, in any country ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Weechat](https://weechat.org/) - WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client .[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/weechat) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Data Backup and Recovery
- [Borg Backup](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) - A nice tool to backup data.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/development.html) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Deja Dup](https://www.linux.com/learn/total-system-backup-and-recall-deja-dup) - A simple backup tool with built-in encryption [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://launchpad.net/deja-dup)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Duplicity](http://duplicity.nongnu.org/) - Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://launchpad.net/duplicity) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Photorec](http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) - PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Qt4-fsarchiver](https://sourceforge.net/projects/qt4-fsarchiver/) - qt4-fsarchiver is a GUI for the program fsarchiver to save/restore partitions, folders and MBR/GPT. The programm is for systems based Debian, for Suse and Fedora. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [rclone](http://rclone.org/) - Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from various cloud storage solutions. It also allows encrypted backups.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ncw/rclone) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [System Rescue CD](http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage) - SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Test Disk](http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk) - TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Timeshift](https://launchpad.net/timeshift) - TimeShift is a system restore utility which takes incremental snapshots of the system using rsync and hard-links. These snapshots can be restored at a later date to undo all changes that were made to the system after the snapshot was taken. Snapshots can be taken manually or at regular intervals using scheduled jobs.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Desktop customization
- [Adapta Theme](https://github.com/tista500/Adapta) - An adaptive Gtk+ theme based on Material Design Guidelines. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Arc Icon Theme](https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme) - A modern icon theme which should be used with Moka Icon Theme. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Arc Theme](https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme) - A flat theme with transparent elements ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Compiz Config settings manager](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/compizconfig-settings-manager/) - The OpenCompositing Project brings 3D desktop visual effects that improve usability of the X Window System and provide increased productivity.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Conky](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky) - Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Flatabulous Arc Theme](https://github.com/andreisergiu98/arc-flatabulous-theme) - My favourite theme for ubuntu.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/andreisergiu98/arc-flatabulous-theme)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Flatabulous](https://github.com/anmoljagetia/Flatabulous) - This is a Flat theme for Ubuntu and other Gnome based Linux Systems. ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Gnome Extensions](http://extensions.gnome.org/) - Extensions for the Gnome Desktop Environment. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Gnome Look](https://www.gnome-look.org/) - Large amounts of community created icons, shell themes, fonts, and many more assets that can be used to customize your Gnome desktop environment, all located in one website. [Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Irradiance Theme](https://github.com/bsundman/Irradiance) - A Unity theme inspired by OSX Yosemite based on Radiance.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/bsundman/Irradiance)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [La Capitaine Icon Theme](https://github.com/keeferrourke/la-capitaine-icon-theme) - A macOS and Material design inspired icon theme designed to fit into most desktop environments. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/keeferrourke/la-capitaine-icon-theme)
- [Numix Icon Theme](http://www.noobslab.com/2014/04/install-numix-icon-packs-in-ubuntulinux.html) - One of the best icon theme for ubuntu linux.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/numixproject/numix-icon-theme) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Numix Theme](https://itsfoss.com/install-numix-ubuntu/) - A good popular theme. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/numixproject/numix-gtk-theme) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Papirus Icon Theme](https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme-gtk/) - SVG icon theme for Linux systems, based on Paper with a few extras like (hardcode-tray support, kde-color-scheme support, libreoffice icon theme, filezilla theme, smplayer themes ...) and other modifications. The theme is available for GTK and KDE. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme-gtk/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Unity Tweak Tool](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/unity-tweak-tool/) - Must-have app for ubuntu unity customization. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Yosembiance theme](https://github.com/bsundman/Yosembiance) - A modified Ambiance theme (loosely) inspired by OSX Yosemite. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/bsundman/Yosembiance) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Development
- [Android studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html) - The Official IDE for Android: Android Studio provides the fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Aptana](http://www.aptana.com/) - Aptana Studio harnesses the flexibility of Eclipse and focuses it into a powerful web development engine.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Arduino IDE](https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software) - The open-source Arduino Software (IDE) makes it easy to write code and upload it to the board. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [BlueJ](http://bluej.org/) - A free Java Development Environment designed for beginners, used by millions worldwide.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Clion](https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/) - A cross-platform and powerful IDE for C and C++.
- [Code::Blocks](http://www.codeblocks.org/) - Code::Blocks is a free C, C++ and Fortran IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Codelite](http://codelite.org/) - A Free, open source, cross platform C,C++,PHP and Node.js IDE. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Eclipse](https://eclipse.org/ide/) - Eclipse is famous for our Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE), but our C/C++ IDE and PHP IDE are pretty cool too![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Fish](https://fishshell.com/) - A smart and user-friendly command-line shell. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Fisherman](https://github.com/fisherman/fisherman) - A plugin manager for fish shell. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/fisherman/fisherman) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Fossil](https://www.fossil-scm.org) - Self-contained, distributed software configuration management system with integrated bug-tracking, wiki, technotes and web interface. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/dir?ci=tip)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Fritzing](http://fritzing.org/) - Fritzing is an open-source hardware initiative that makes electronics accessible as a creative material for anyone.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/fritzing/fritzing-app)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Geany](https://www.geany.org/) - Geany is a text editor using the GTK+ toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.geany.org/Download/Git)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Genymotion](https://www.genymotion.com/features/) - Genymotion is a fast third-party emulator that can be used instead of the default Android emulator.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Giggle](https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/giggle?action=show&redirect=giggle) - Giggle is a graphical frontend for the git content tracker. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://git.gnome.org//browse/giggle/)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Git](https://git-scm.com/) - Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GitCola](http://git-cola.github.io/) - Git Cola is a sleek and powerful graphical Git client. Written in Python and GPL licensed. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Gitg](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg) - gitg is the GNOME GUI client to view git repositories. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg#Development_Resources)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GitKraken](https://www.gitkraken.com/) - The downright luxurious Git GUI client,for Windows, Mac & Linux. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Insomnia](https://insomnia.rest/) - A simple, beautiful, and free REST API client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) - Powerful IDE for JAVA ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Ipython](https://ipython.org/) - Powerful python shell. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ipython/ipython)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Jupyter Notebook](https://jupyter.org/) - Open source, interactive data science and scientific computing across over 40 programming languages. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [KDevelop](https://www.kdevelop.org/) - It is a free, open source IDE, feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and other programming languages.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Komodo Edit](http://komodoide.com/komodo-edit/) - Free and open source multilanguage development environment. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/) - One of the most popular database servers. Made by the original developers of MySQL.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://mariadb.org/get-involved/getting-started-for-developers/)
- [MonoDevelop](http://www.monodevelop.com/) - Cross platform IDE for C#, F# and more.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://www.monodevelop.com/developers/)
- [Nemiver](https://github.com/GNOME/nemiver) - Nemiver is a project to write a standalone graphical debugger that integrates well in the GNOME desktop environment. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/GNOME/nemiver) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Netbeans](https://netbeans.org/downloads/) - NetBeans IDE lets you quickly and easily develop Java desktop, mobile, and web applications, as well as HTML5 applications with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/en/) - Node.jsĀ® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Oh-my-fish](https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish) - Provides various packages and themes to extend the functionality of your fish shell. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Oh-my-zsh](https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) - A delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]]( https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh)
- [Pick](http://kryogenix.org/code/pick/) - Simple color picker. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]]( https://github.com/stuartlangridge/ColourPicker)
- [Postgresql](https://www.postgresql.org/download/) - PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Postman](https://www.getpostman.com) - Postman, help us test API quickly.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [PyCharm](https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/) - Powerful IDE for Python ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [QT Creator](https://www.qt.io/ide/) - Fully-stocked cross-platform integrated development environment for easy creation of connected devices, UIs and applications.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Rabbit VCS](http://rabbitvcs.org/) - RabbitVCS is a set of graphical tools written to provide simple and straightforward access to the version control systems you use. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/rabbitvcs/rabbitvcs) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Sloeber IDE](http://eclipse.baeyens.it/) - Sloeber IDE. The Arduino IDE for Eclipse. I love it very much. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/jantje/arduino-eclipse-plugin) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [SmartGit](http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/) - SmartGit is a Git client with support for GitHub Pull Requests+Comments and SVN.
- [Sqlite Browser](http://sqlitebrowser.org/) - Visually create, manage, and view sqlite database files. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser)
- [StarUML](http://staruml.io/) - A sophisticated software modeler.![Freeware][Freeware Icon](http://staruml.io/)
- [Swift](https://swift.org/download/) - Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Ubuntu-SDK](https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/platform/sdk/installing-the-sdk/) - The official Ubuntu SDK. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Zeal](https://zealdocs.org/) - Zeal is an offline documentation browser for software developers. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Zsh](http://www.zsh.org/) - A powerful command line shell. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/master/tree/)
- [Wireshark](https://www.wireshark.org/) - Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what's happening on your network at a microscopic level. It is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.
### E-Book Utilities
- [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com/) - Incredibly ugly but powerful software for ebook management and conversion. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Evince](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince) - Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats. The goal of evince is to replace the multiple document viewers that exist on the GNOME Desktop with a single simple application.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/GettingEvince) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [FBReader](https://fbreader.org/content/fbreader-beta-linux-desktop) - One of the most popular eReader apps. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Foxit](https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/) - Foxit Reader 8.0āAward-winning PDF Reader. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Lucidor](http://www.lucidor.org/lucidor/) - Lucidor is a computer program for reading and handling e-books. Lucidor supports e-books in the EPUB file format, and catalogs in the OPDS format. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [MasterPDF editor](https://code-industry.net/free-pdf-editor/) - Master PDF Editor a convenient and smart PDF editor for Linux.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [MuPDF](http://mupdf.com/) - a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=summary) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Okular](https://okular.kde.org/) - Okular is a universal document viewer based developed by KDE. Okular works on multiple platforms, including but not limited to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, *BSD, etc.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [qpdf](https://launchpad.net/qpdfview) - qpdfview is a tabbed document viewer. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://launchpad.net/qpdfview) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Sigil](https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil) - Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook editor.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Editors
- [Atom](https://atom.io/) - Hackable text editor for the 21st century. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/atom/atom) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Bluefish](http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html) - Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdevelopers, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Brackets](http://brackets.io/) - A modern text editor that understands web design. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/adobe/brackets) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) - An extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor ā and more. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Geany](https://www.geany.org/) - Geany is a text editor using the GTK+ toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.geany.org/Download/Git)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Gedit](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit) -gedit is the GNOME text editor. While aiming at simplicity and ease of use, gedit is a powerful general purpose text editor.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Kakoune](http://kakoune.org/) - Vim inspiredā. āFaster as in less keystrokes. āMultiple selections. āOrthogonal design. Its commands are similar to viās, and it shares Viās "keystrokes as a text editing language" model. Has a strong focus on interactivity, most commands provide immediate and incremental results, while still being competitive (as in keystroke count) with Vim. [(Github)](https://github.com/mawww/kakoune)
- [Kate](https://kate-editor.org/get-it/) - Kate is a multi-document editor part of KDE since release 2.2. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://kate-editor.org/build-it/)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Lighttable](http://lighttable.com/) - The next generation code editor! Support live coding. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Spacemacs](http://spacemacs.org) - A community-driven Emacs distribution. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Sublime](https://www.sublimetext.com/) - One of the best text editor of all time. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Textadept](https://foicica.com/textadept) - Minimalist text editor for programmers. Textadept is extensible with Lua programming language. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://foicica.com/hg/textadept)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Vim](http://www.vim.org/download.php) -Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. It's useful whether you're already using vi or using a different editor. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/vim/vim)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com) - Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, OS X and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (C++, C#, Python, PHP) and runtimes.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Education
- [BibleTime](http://bibletime.info/) - BibleTime is a Bible study application based on the Sword library and Qt toolkit. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/bibletime/bibletime)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Celestia](http://celestiaproject.net/) - The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://sourceforge.net/projects/celestia/files/Celestia-source/1.6.1/celestia-1.6.1.tar.gz/download)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Chemtool](http://ruby.chemie.uni-freiburg.de/~martin/chemtool/) - Chemtool is a small program for drawing chemical structures on Linux. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/opp11/chemtool/blob/master/README.md)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Epoptes](http://www.epoptes.org/) - An open source computer lab management and monitoring tool. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://code.launchpad.net/epoptes)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GAP](http://www.gap-system.org/) - A computer algebra system for computational discrete algebra with particular emphasis on computational group theory. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/gap-system/gap)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Gcompris](http://gcompris.net/index-en.html) - GCompris is a high quality educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://gcompris.net/wiki/Developer%27s_corner)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Geogebra](https://www.geogebra.org/download) - THE GRAPHING CALCULATOR FOR FUNCTIONS, GEOMETRY, ALGEBRA, CALCULUS, STATISTICS AND 3D MATH. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GNU Typist](https://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/index.html) - ncurses-based free-software typing instructor [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gtypist/)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GNUKhata](http://www.gnukhata.in/) - Open source accounting software. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/kinitrupti/GNUKhata)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Google Earth](https://itsfoss.com/install-google-earth-ubunu/) - Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GPeriodic](http://gperiodic.seul.org/) - GPeriodic is a periodic table application for Linux.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [ITalc](https://github.com/iTALC/italc/releases) - iTALC is a use- and powerful didactical tool for teachers. It lets you view and control other computers in your network in several ways. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/iTALC/italc)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [KDE Edu Suite](https://edu.kde.org/) - Free Educational Software based on the KDE technologies.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Ktouch](https://github.com/KDE/ktouch) - KTouch is a program to learn and practice touch typing.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/KDE/ktouch)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [MAPLE](http://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/) - Maple is math software that combines the world's most powerful math engine with an interface that makes it extremely easy to analyze, explore, visualize, and solve mathematical problems.
- [MATLAB](http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/?requestedDomain=www.mathworks.com) - The MATLAB platform is optimized for solving engineering and scientific problems. MATLAB helps you take your ideas beyond the desktop. You can run your analyses on larger data sets and scale up to clusters and clouds.
- [Maxima](http://maxima.sourceforge.net/) - Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, .... [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://maxima.sourceforge.net/project.html)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Moodle](https://download.moodle.org/) - Course management system for online learning.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/moodle/moodle)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [OpenEuclid](http://coulon.publi.free.fr/openeuclide/) - OpenEuclide is a 2D geometry software: figures are defined dynamically by describing formal geometrical constraints.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [OpenSIS](http://www.opensis.com/home) - School management software.
- [PARI/GP](http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/) - A computer algebra system for fast computations in number theory. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pari.git;a=summary)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [SageMath](http://www.sagemath.org/) - A mathematical software with features covering many aspects of mathematics, including algebra, combinatorics, numerical mathematics, number theory, and calculus. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://git.sagemath.org/sage.git/)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Scipy](https://scipy.org/install.html) - SciPy is a Python-based ecosystem of open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://scipy.org/stackspec.html#stackspec)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Scratch](https://scratch.mit.edu/) - With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations ā and share your creations with others in the online community.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Stellarium](http://www.stellarium.org/) - Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://sourceforge.net/p/stellarium/code/HEAD/tree/)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Tux4Kids](http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/) - Tux4Kids develops high-quality software for kids, with the goal of combining fun and learning into an irresistable package. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/dev.php)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [UGENE](http://ugene.net/) - UGENE is free open-source cross-platform integerated GUI-based bioinformatics software.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ugeneunipro/ugene)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Email
- [Evolution](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/) - Evolution is a personal information management application that provides integrated mail, calendaring and address book functionality. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Geary](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary) - Geary is an email application built for GNOME 3. It allows you to read and send email with a simple, modern interface.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Mailnag](https://launchpad.net/~pulb/+archive/ubuntu/mailnag) - Mailnag is a daemon program that checks POP3 and IMAP servers for new mail. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/pulb/mailnag)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [N1](https://nylas.com/N1) - An extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/nylas/N1) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Sylpheed](http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/) - Lightweight and user-friendly e-mail client. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/download.html#stable)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Thunderbird](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/) - Thunderbird is a free email application thatās easy to set up and customize and itās loaded with great features. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Wmail](https://github.com/Thomas101/wmail) - Gmail & Google Inbox unofficial desktop client for linux. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Thomas101/wmail)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### File Manager
- [7Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) - Unzip any zip files![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [AngrySearch](https://github.com/DoTheEvo/ANGRYsearch) - Linux file search, instant results as you type. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/DoTheEvo/ANGRYsearch) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Double Commander](http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/) - Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Marlin](https://launchpad.net/marlin) - The sexiest fish in the large sea of file managers, Marlin is well-designed with a focus on speed, simplicity, ease of use. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Midnight Commander](https://www.midnight-commander.org/) - A feature rich full-screen file manager that allows you to copy, move and delete files and whole directory trees. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/MidnightCommander) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Nautilus](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nautilus) - Nautilus (Files) is a file manager designed to fit the Gnome desktop design and behaviour, giving the user a simple way to navigate and manage its files.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Nemo](http://askubuntu.com/questions/294421/how-do-i-install-nemo-file-manager) - Nemo is the file manager for the Cinnamon desktop environment.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [QDirStat](https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat#ubuntu) - Qt-based directory statistics - KDirStat without any KDE, from the original KDirStat author.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/shundhammer/qdirstat) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Ranger](http://ranger.nongnu.org/) - Ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ranger/ranger) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Synapse](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/synapse) - Best application launcher on linux.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Thunar](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/thunar/) - Thunar is the file manager designed to be the default file manager of Xfce 4.6 It has been designed to be fast and easy to use. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/luisgg/thunar) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Games
- [0 A.D](https://play0ad.com/) - Age of Empires like open source RTS game.
- [Civilization5](http://www.civilization5.com/) - Sid Meierās CivilizationĀ® is recognized as one of the greatest strategy franchises of all-time.
- [Cockatrice](https://cockatrice.github.io/) - Cockatrice is an open-source multiplatform supported program for playing tabletop card games over a network.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Cockatrice) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Desura](http://www.desura.com/about) - *Pre-note: Desura is currently gone, but is being relaunched in the near future*. Desura is a community driven digital distribution service for gamers, putting the best games, mods and downloadable content from developers at gamers fingertips, ready to buy and play.
- [GBrainy](https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/gbrainy?action=show&redirect=gbrainy) - Gbrainy is a brain teaser game and trainer to have fun and to keep your brain trained. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/gbrainy?action=show&redirect=gbrainy#Source_code) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Minecraft](https://minecraft.net/en/download/?ref=m) - Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Minetest](http://www.minetest.net/) - Open-source Minecraft written in C++ (uses less resources) and includes modding API. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/minetest) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [PlayOnLinux](https://www.playonlinux.com/en/) - Play Windows Game on Linux. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [OhMyGiraffe](http://www.ohmygiraffe.com/) - A delightful game of survival. A game about a giraffe eating fruit while being chased by lions.
- [Simutrans](https://www.simutrans.com/en/) - Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.simutrans.com/en/develop/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Steam](http://store.steampowered.com/) - Awesome Gaming platform, which opens the gates to many games.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [SuperTuxCar](https://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page) - SuperTuxKart is a 3D open-source arcade racer with a variety characters, tracks, and modes to play.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [The Battle for Wesnoth](http://www.wesnoth.org/) - Free, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both singleplayer and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [TripleA](http://www.triplea-game.org/) - The World's Foremost Open Source Grand Strategy Game. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Warzone2100](https://wz2100.net/) - Open-source real-time strategy/real-time tactics game. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://developer.wz2100.net/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/) - Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/wine-mirror/wine) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Xonotic](http://xonotic.org/) - Arena shooter inspired by Unreal Tournament and Quake. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://gitlab.com/groups/xonotic) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Graphics
- [Aftershot](http://www.aftershotpro.com/en/products/aftershot/pro/) - A powerful alternative to Adobe Photoshop!
- [Agave](http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/) - Agave is a very simple application for the GNOME desktop that allows you to generate a variety of colorschemes from a single starting color![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Blender](https://www.blender.org/) - a free and open source complete 3D creation pipeline for artists and small teams.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Cinepaint](http://www.cinepaint.org/) - Open source deep paint software ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Darktable](http://www.darktable.org/) - darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Digikam](http://www.digikam.org/) - digiKam is an advanced digital photo management application for Linux![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Feh](https://feh.finalrewind.org/) - lightweight and fast image viewer.![Freeware][Freeware Icon][![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://git.finalrewind.org/feh)
- [Fotoxx](http://www.kornelix.net/fotoxx/fotoxx.html) - Fotoxx is a free open source Linux program for image editing and collection management.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/downloads/) - GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring![Freeware][Freeware Icon][![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/GNOME/gimp)
- [gThumb](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/gthumb) - gThumb is an image viewer and browser (it also includes an importer tool for transferring photos from cameras). ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gthumb/)
- [Heron Animation](https://www.heronanimation.brick-a-brack.com/#download) - A free stop animation making program. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Hugin](http://hugin.sourceforge.net/) - an easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging toolchain based on Panorama Tools.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/en/) - A powerful, free design tool for you , whether you are an illustrator, designer, web designer or just someone who needs to create some vector imagery![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Karbon](https://www.calligra.org/karbon/) - An open source vector drawing program.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.kde.org/applications/graphics/karbon/development)
- [Kdenlive](https://kdenlive.org/) - Kdenlive is a Non-Linear Video Editor, which is much more powerful than beginnersā (linear) editors. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/KDE/kdenlive)
- [Krita](https://krita.org/en/) - Open Source Software for Concept Artists, Digital Painters, and Illustrators![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Lightworks](https://www.lwks.com/) - Professional non-linear video editing program with a free version available
- [Luminance HDR](http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/) - Luminance HDR is an open source graphical user interface application that aims to provide a workflow for HDR imaging.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/LuminanceHDR/LuminanceHDR)
- [Mypaint](http://mypaint.org/about/) - Mypaint is a paint program for use with graphics tablets. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint/releases)
- [Ojo](https://github.com/peterlevi/ojo) - A fast and pretty image viewer. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/peterlevi/ojo)
- [Open DVD Producer](http://opendvdproducer.jonata.org/) - A modern, open source cross platform software to produce DVD images. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/jonata/opendvdproducer)
- [OpenShot](http://www.openshot.org/) - OpenShot is a free, simple-to-use, feature-rich video editor for Linux. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Photonic](https://github.com/oferkv/phototonic) - Phototonic is image viewer and organizer. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/oferkv/phototonic)
- [Pinta](https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/) - Pinta is a free, open source program for drawing and image editing.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/contribute)
- [Pitivi](http://www.pitivi.org/) - A free video editor with a beautiful and intuitive user interface, a clean codebase and a fantastic community.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Radiance](http://www.radiance-online.org/) - Radiance - A Validated Lighting Simulation Tool![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Ramme](https://github.com/terkelg/ramme) - Unofficial Instagram Desktop App.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/terkelg/ramme)
- [RawTherapee](http://rawtherapee.com/) - A good looking but lesser known photo editing app.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Beep6581/RawTherapee)
- [Shotwell](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell) - Shotwell is a photo manager for GNOME 3.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [StopMotion](http://linuxstopmotion.org/) - Linux Stopmotion is a Free Open Source application to create stop-motion animations. It helps you capture and edit the frames of your animation and export them as a single file.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Synfig Studio](http://www.synfig.org/) - Open-source 2D animation software.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/synfig/synfig)
- [Vidcutter](http://vidcutter.ozmartians.com/) - Cross-platform Qt5 based app for quick and easy video trimming/splitting and merging/joining for simple quick edits.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ozmartian/vidcutter)
- [Xara Extreme](http://www.xaraxtreme.org/) - Xara Xtreme for Linux is a powerful, general purpose graphics program for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Internet
- [Anatine](https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine) - A twitter desktop app with many customizations.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine)
- [Brave](https://brave.com/) - Brave is a fast, good desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop)
- [Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/index.html) - A popular Web Browser with a lot of plugins/apps.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Chromium](http://askubuntu.com/questions/250773/how-do-i-install-chromium-from-the-command-line) - Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.chromium.org/)
- [Corebird](http://corebird.baedert.org/) - corebird is native gtk+ twitter desktop client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/baedert/corebird)
- [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) - A popular Web Browsers with a lot of plugins/apps.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide)
- [Kaku](https://github.com/EragonJ/Kaku/releases) - An opensource youtube music player for Ubuntu. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/EragonJ/Kaku)
- [Midori](http://midori-browser.org/) - A lightweight free browser that runs well on low spec systems. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://launchpad.net/~midori/+archive/ubuntu/ppa).
- [Min](https://minbrowser.github.io/min) - A smarter, faster web browser.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/minbrowser/min)
- [Opera](http://www.opera.com/) - Opera browser is everything you need to do more on the web. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) - Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GnomeTwitch](http://gnome-twitch.vinszent.com/) - Enjoy Twitch on your GNU/Linux desktop with this Twitch non-Adobe-flash client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/vinszent/gnome-twitch)
- [Vivaldi](https://vivaldi.com/?lang=en) - A new and rising browser with a lot of customizations.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Yandex](https://browser.yandex.com/desktop/main/) - Fast and convenient browser.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [youtube-dl](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl) - It can download videos from youtube.com or other video platforms. It's really awesome, at least for me. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl).
### Office
- Gummi [gtk2](https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi)|[gtk3](https://github.com/aitjcize/Gummi) - Simple latex editor with templates, spell check, and wizards.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/alexandervdm/gummi)
- [Caligra Office](https://www.calligra.org/) - offers a comprehensive set of 8 applications which satisfies the office, graphics and management needs.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [GnuCash](https://www.gnucash.org/) - GnuCash is a free software accounting program that implements a double-entry bookkeeping system. It was initially aimed at developing capabilities similar to Intuit, Inc.'s Quicken application, but also has features for small business accounting. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Gnucash/)
- [KMyMoney](https://kmymoney.org/) - KMyMoney is the personal finance manager by KDE. Its operation is similar to Microsoft Money and Quicken. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney)
- [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/) - Best office bundle for linux.![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/source-code/)
- [LyX](http://www.lyx.org/) - Mature document editor that renders into LaTeX ..![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/yihui/lyx)
- [OnlyOffice](https://www.onlyoffice.com/) - One of the best office suite programs for Linux.
- [TeXmacs](http://www.texmacs.org/) - Free scientific text editor, inspired by TeX and GNU Emacs. WYSIWYG editor and CAS-interface. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/texmacs)![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [TexLive](https://www.tug.org/texlive/) - TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production system. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.tug.org/texlive/build.html)
- [Texmaker](http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/) - Free cross-platform LaTeX editor. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [WPS office](http://wps-community.org/) - One of the best office app bundle for linux.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
### Productivity
- [Alarm Clock](http://alarm-clock.pseudoberries.com/) - Alarm Clock is a fully-featured alarm clock for your GNOME panel or equivalent. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~joh/alarm-clock/trunk/files) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Ambient Noise](https://itsfoss.com/ambient-noise-music-player-ubuntu/) - Install ambient noise for extra focus on Linux![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Autokey](https://code.google.com/archive/p/autokey/) - A desktop automation utility for Linux allows you to manage collection of scripts and phrases, and assign abbreviations and hotkeys to these. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Basket Note Pads](http://basket.kde.org/) - This multi-purpose note-taking application helps you to easily take all sort of notes. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://basket.kde.org/svnaccess.php) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Brightness](https://launchpad.net/indicator-brightness) - Brightness indicator for ubuntu. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Cairo-Dock](http://glx-dock.org/) - Cairo-Dock is a desktop interface that takes the shape of docks, desklets, panel, etc. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Cairo-Dock) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [California](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/California) - Complete Calendar app replacement which uses natural language for creating events.![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Cerebro](https://cerebroapp.com/) - Open-source productivity booster with a brain / MacOS-Spotlight alternative. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/KELiON/cerebro) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [CopyQ](http://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/) -CopyQ is advanced clipboard manager with editing and scripting features. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Docky](www.go-docky.com/) -Docky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://launchpad.net/docky/+download) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [f.lux](https://justgetflux.com/linux.html) - Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- [Gnome-dictionary](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dictionary) - A powerful dictionary for GNOME
## Guideline to contribute
> Simply put the name of the **application** in the list.
> Link to its **homepage** or a **guide** on how to install it.
> Also write a **short description** for the application + add **icon**.
> Make sure it is put under the **appropriate topic**.
> If the application doesn't fit in any **existing topic**, make a **new one** for it.
> Ensure everything is **alphabetically sorted**.
*Items marked with ![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon] are open-source software and link to the source code. Items marked with ![Freeware][Freeware Icon] are free (as in free beer).*
*Author's note: Recently, I received feedbacks from you about the quality of some applications on this list. I myself tested them out a lot (not all of them, though). If you have any problems with the apps, please: -> head to the dev page (if available) -> make an issue for the dev there -> make an issue here so that I can consider whether I should get the app out of the list. Remember : Everything has its own quality, so there will never be anything like "best app" or "selective list" here, thank you.*
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