Open Source Shell Software & Tools

A free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services without tracking or profiling users.

Open-source command-line and desktop HTTP client with intuitive syntax, JSON support, and built-in auth — a developer-friendly Postman alternative.

A simple, lightweight home media server for UNIX systems.

Open-source, AI-native project management platform — a self-hostable alternative to Jira, Linear, Monday, and ClickUp.

Journaler is a free, open-source daily journal built with simplicity and privacy in mind. Capture entries in markdown, search past thoughts, and own your data on your own device.

Open-source design and prototyping platform with native design tokens, real CSS layouts and self-hosting — a strong Figma alternative.

A Unix-like operating system written in V, booting on x86-64 and arm64 with a desktop, a package manager and Linux app compatibility.

Self-hosted image sharing app that ships as a single static binary with multi-user support and shareable guest albums.

Docker-powered PaaS implementing the Heroku git-push workflow on your own server.

Self-hosted speed test with easy setup, supports PHP and Node.js backends, mobile-friendly, and highly configurable.

Self-hosted AI transcription and intelligent note-taking platform that turns audio recordings into organized, searchable notes with speaker identification.

Self-hosted AI-powered meme search engine that uses vision-language models to auto-caption and semantically search your local meme library.

Open-source AWS-compatible cloud platform that runs EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, and IAM APIs on your own bare-metal servers.

Lightweight self-hosted server monitoring hub with historical data, Docker stats, and configurable alerts.

KeePassXC is a cross-platform, community-driven port of KeePass Password Safe. Store credentials locally in an encrypted database, with no cloud required and full data control.

AirAssist is a menu-bar thermal monitor and workload governor for fanless Macs. Watch CPU temps live and throttle heavy processes before throttling hits.

Vaultwarden is an unofficial, Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust. Self-host your password vault with low resource use and full compatibility with all Bitwarden clients.

PikoCI is a single-binary CI/CD that grows with you. Use any database, any queue, and run anywhere — pipelines as code with built-in caching, scaling, and clean observability.

Self-hosted podcast server that uses AI to automatically remove ads from episodes before you hit play.

Straightforward realtime kanban boards for intuitive task tracking with dark mode and collaborative features.

Self-hosted image manipulation platform with 45+ tools, local AI, and pipelines. A privacy-first open source alternative to Canva, TinyPNG, and remove.bg.

Self-hosted private journaling app with end-to-end encryption and a clean interface.

An open-source terminal-native AI coding agent with cross-session memory, multiple agents, and support for any LLM provider.

A self-hosted podcast manager/downloader/archiver tool to download podcast episodes as soon as they become live with an integrated player.

Open-source, self-hosted search engine aggregator with a comprehensive plugin system.