These free and open-source tools give you advance tools without the need to buy or subscribe to the platform.

An XDA Developers feature outlines how five open-source Linux applications—LibreOffice, Kdenlive, GIMP, Bitwarden, and Joplin—offer Windows users free, capable replacements for costly proprietary ...

A world that runs on increasingly powerful AI coding tools is one where software creation is cheap — or so the thinking goes — leaving little room for traditional software companies. As one analyst ...

It took some convincing, but at the start of this year, I ended a years-long relationship with Microsoft 365. I'd like to say ...

‘If you want to explore your options, go to OpenMSP. Pick a commercial product, and you will automatically get all the alternatives. Also, you can build a custom report with Anthropic Claude, and ...

Gathering and analyzing massive data sets couldn't happen without research software. Now, thanks to a $750,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Johns Hopkins Open Source Programs Office, ...

Top open-source maintainers find that AI has suddenly become much more useful. There are still legal and 'AI slop' problems to overcome. By year's end, AI programming tools should be much more ...

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at CU Boulder, has created a design ...

Siril isn't for the fainthearted. It has a steep learning curve, and we admit to having to delve into the documentation multiple times during this review. Its open-source approach may not be for ...

PCWorld highlights how AI’s hidden capabilities make open-source software essential for security, as consumers cannot easily detect AI manipulation in closed-source code. Security experts at RSAC 2026 ...