mustbeperfect / definitive-opensource

🌍 v0.8.5-beta [ definitive-opensource ] The definitive list of the best of everything open source Status: Active - Projects: 774 > [!TIP] > This list is EXCLUSIVELY for apps that you use directly such as desktop apps, selfhosted apps, and command line utilities. Developer facing tools like languages, frameworks, and libraries are excluded. > [!NOTE] > Please visit the portal for quick access to the foundations of this project. Please read contributing documents before submitting a PR as this list is edited from a JSON file, not the README! Windows · MacOS · Linux · SelfHosted **Our Goal -** There's plenty of awesome lists on GitHub, many focusing on open source specifically. However I've found them including many long-deprecated apps, cluttered with smaller projects on the verge of extinction, or missing a lot of modern open source projects. This list aims to serve as a single centralized location for the best of open source, characterized by a solid user base, solid set of contributors, visible long term growth, and overall product quality. More Information Definitive-opensource aims to consolidate only the best open source projects. Our guidelines include strict minimum requirements and additional research for vetting. For a project to pass it's likely popular enough to survive far into the future, however we continously monitor projects on the list and remove anything that no longer fits the criteria.   It is a fundamental goal for this list to be as neutral as possible and simply present options, not persuade or redact, regardless of the maintainer's opinion. Projects that fit the criteria, which by passing will inherently be used by thousands to millions, are put on the list. This list is "curated" - not relative to opinion but statistics and facts.   Although the list is called definitive, in this context it doesn't quite mean the implied dictionary definition of finality. This project can only survive and thrive through continuous contributions by the community, as this list is, in itself, open source. How The List Works Definitive-opensource was initially a single markdown file that was edited directly. However, as the list scaled, this manual approach proved cumbersome and limited. Additionally, as popularity increased, we recieved many requests for README's of individual platforms - something that would be not be realistic to do manually.   As of v0.6.2-beta, the project was fundamentally re-made. Categories and applications were put in categories.json and applications.json, respectively. Python scripts were made to generate one main list and more platform-specific lists. This was paired with GitHub actions to run the scripts when any changes were made. This opened up a world of possibilies, making refactoring the list format far easier whilst eliminating typos.   This list aims to stand in the middle ground between human input and automation. Mostly automated websites exist for finding open source projects, but statistics alone fails to encompass the complete picture. This list has scripts to automate markdown formatting, updating stats, and finding potentially abandoned projects. However, the actual processes of choosing which projects make it onto the list, which ones should be removed, and what tags to assign are controlled entirely by humans. Project Status Tags Alerts • Security incident **(Minor, Moderate, Major, Critical)** • Potentially abandoned • Closed development model • Development paused • Development slowed • Restrictive license • Corporate influence • Commercial • Experimental (Pre-Alpha) • Critically unstable/buggy • On watch for removal Highlights • Disruptive • Influential • Pioneering • Innovative Platforms • Cross-platform (MacOS, Windows, Linux) • Android and IOS , , , , , , , , , , , Properties • CLI in addition to GUI • Terminal user interface • Installation with pip, npm, cargo, building from source • For desktop apps with a web ui (selfhosted implies a web-ui) , , > [!NOTE] > Cross, MacOS, Linux, and Windows tags, by default, imply that the app ships as a binary (EX: exe, dmg) unless they are accompanied by the tag that indicates another runtime or installation method. The same goes for , which by default, implies the app can be installed via Docker. Table of Contents Alphabetical • AD Blocker • Agent • AI Image GUI • AI Utilities • All In One • Antivirus • API Client • Arr • Assistant • Audio Editor • Audio Player • Authentication • Automation • Autonomy • Backup • Bookmark Manager • Browser • Browser Extensions • CAD • Calendar • Canvas • Chat • Cleaner • Clipboard Manager • Code Assistant • Code Editor • Collaboration • Container Management • Containers • Context • Control • Dashboard • Dev Tools • Diagrams • Document Editor • Document Management • Document Modifier • Dotfiles Manager • Download Manager • EMACS Packages • Engineering • File Manager • File Sharing • Finance • Firewall • Firmware • Game Engine • Game Launcher • Games • Git Client • Git Hosting • Graphics • Home Automation • Home Server • IDE • Image Editing • Image Processing • Information Processing • Keyboard Manager • Knowledge Base • Language Package Manager • Launcher • Linux • LLM GUI • MacOS • Mail • Manager • Markdown Editor • Media Downloader • Media Management • Model Tools • Neovim Extensions • Network • Note Taking • Office Suite • Operating System • Other • Package Manager • Password Manager • Project Management • Prompt • Proofreading • RAG • Reading • Remote Desktop • Research • Robotics • Rocketry • Screen Recording • Search Engine • Server Management • Shell • Simulation • Social Network • Spreadsheet • Storage • Surveillance • Sync • System • System Monitoring • Task Management • Terminal Emulator • Terminal Multiplexer • Terminal Utilities • Text Editor • Time Management • Tools • Transcription • Uncategorized • Version Manager • Video Conference • Video Editing • Video Player • Video Transcoder • V…