Top 15 Most Popular Foss Softwares | Dec 2024

Here are the top 15 most popular foss softwares as derived from our TpSort Score which is a continually popular score, it denotes an estimated popularity of a software.

1. Free Software Directory

Free Software Directory The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.Licenses are verified for each and every program......

2. Point Linux

Point Linux Point Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that aims to combine the power of Debian GNU/Linux with the productivity of MATE , the Gnome 2 desktop environment fork. Point Linux provides an easy to set up and use distribution for users, looking for a fast, stable and predictable......

3. DiskUsage

DiskUsage DiskUsage provides a way to find out which files and directories on the SD card of your Android phone are consuming the most space. It displays diagram with directories/subdirectories proportional to their size. Users are allowed to zoom in to look at specific directory content.......

4. PureOs

PureOs PureOS (KDE or Gnome) and PureOSlight (Xfce) are Debian-testing based liveCDs built with the Linux-Live scripts and distributed under GPL license.......

5. g4u

g4u g4u ("ghosting for unix") is a NetBSD - based bootfloppy/CD-ROM that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number of PCs using FTP. The floppy/CD offers two functions. The first is to upload the compressed image of a local harddisk to a......

6. oandbackup

oandbackup oandbackup - backup manager for AndroidMake backups of selected apps on your device and restore from those backups. oandbackup enables you to save app data to a user-accessible location. Both backup / restore of single apps and of multiple apps are supported.Requires a working busybox installation at the moment (often......

7. Gmane

Gmane Gmane (pronounced like "mane") allows users to access and participate in e-mail-based mailing lists as if they were Usenet newsgroups or through two web interfaces. A variety of RSS feeds are also provided for each of more than 12 thousand public mailing lists that are archived on the website.......

8. Hubl.in

Hubl.in Hubl.in is a free and open source video conference solution built with love and ethic. It's the best way to initiate a communication anywhere with anybody and brings real time conversation to the next level. Hubl.in allows free communication without additional plugins.......

9. Fripost

Fripost Fripost – the Free Email Association.Fripost organize the people who want an alternative to "free" e-mail services where you are constantly under surveillance and personal data is handed over to third parties.......

10. AQEMU

AQEMU AQEMU is GUI to QEMU and KVM emulators, written in Qt4. The program have user-friendly interface and allows to set up the majority of QEMU and KVM …......

11. WhiteSource Open Source Management

WhiteSource Open Source Management WhitSource offers an agile approach to open source management.We offer a SaaS, affordable and simple solution for open source management that replaces labor intensive risk-prone manual processes and code scanning solutions. Our plugins integrate with your build process and automatically detects all open source components, its licenses, security vulnerabilities and......

12. MX Linux

MX Linux MX Linux is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS communities, using the best tools and talents from each distro. It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint.......

13. Pinguy OS

Pinguy OS Pinguy OS an out-of-the-box working operating system for everyone, not just geeksThis OS is for people that have never used Linux before or for people that just want an out-of-the-box working OS without doing all the tweaks and enhancements that everyone seems to do when installing a fresh copy of......

14. Linux Mint

Linux Mint Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. Linux Mint is an Ubuntu -based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It......

15. freenode

freenode Freenode is an IRC network providing discussion facilities for the Free and Open Source Software communities, not-for-profit organizations, and related communities. Feenode, formerly known as Open Projects Network, is an IRC network used to discuss peer-directed projects.Their servers are all accessible from the domain name chat.freenode.net, which load balances connections......