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SuniPDF

Open source

SuniPDF is a free, open-source Windows PDF reader and editor. Edit and annotate locally, create forms, run English/French OCR, redact content and sign a new copy with a certificate. A JSON CLI supports repeatable document jobs.

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Endstate GUI

Open source

Free Apache-2.0 Windows desktop app for capturing installed software and supported settings, previewing a new machine and rebuilding it with the Endstate engine. Local use needs no account; encrypted cloud history is optional.

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Archivia

Commercial

Archivia is a commercial email archive hosted in Switzerland. Import former employees' mail or synchronize active mailboxes, search messages and attachments, apply retention and legal holds, and export in open formats.

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openGym

Open source

openGym tracks routines, sets, progress and body weight on infrastructure you control. Use a browser PWA or the Android app, import existing logs and manage sync, passkeys, backups and optional AI features.

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OpenCut

Open source

OpenCut is a free, open-source CapCut alternative. The public website runs OpenCut Classic; the main repository is being rebuilt around Rust, with plugins, an Editor API and automation on its roadmap.

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God's Eye View

Open source

God's Eye View combines public aircraft, satellite, earthquake and camera feeds in a Cesium globe. Run it locally, inspect each data source, add optional voice control and connect agents through MCP.

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Doory

Open source

Browser-based Canva alternative for posters, social graphics, presentations and print designs, with guest editing, real-time collaboration, brand kits and self-hosted deployment.

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HyperFrames

Open source

Apache-licensed TypeScript framework that turns HTML, CSS, media and seekable animations into deterministic MP4 videos through a local CLI, reusable skills and cloud render workers.

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SeaweedFS

Open source

Apache-licensed distributed storage for S3 objects, POSIX-style files and Iceberg or Lance tables, with O(1) blob access, horizontal scaling and cloud tiering.

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PdfCraft

Open source

Open-source, local PDF editor built in Rust for viewing, organizing, combining, annotating, securing and automating documents through a native app, CLI and MCP server.

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Strata

Open source

Open-source local inference engine for running a 125B mixture-of-experts model on supported NVIDIA or AMD PCs, with OpenAI and Anthropic-compatible APIs.

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REA

Open source

Open-source MCP and CLI toolkit that connects AI agents to local analysis of native binaries, Electron apps, .NET assemblies, websites, firmware and captures.

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PhotoCraft

Open source

Open-source, local image editor built in Rust with layered PSD/PSB editing, GPU rendering, a command-driven CLI, JSON control channel and MCP server.

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n8n

Open source

n8n is a fair-code workflow automation platform combining a visual node canvas with JavaScript and Python code nodes, 500+ integrations, and native AI agent support.

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kage

Open source

kage clones any website for offline viewing using headless Chrome. It renders pages, strips all JavaScript, downloads all assets locally, and packages everything into a browsable offline archive.

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OpenObserve

Open source

OpenObserve natively unifies logs, metrics, distributed traces, and real-user monitoring in a single self-hostable platform. Written in Rust, it stores data at a fraction of the cost of Elasticsearch.

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zrok

Open source

zrok shares local services, files, and network resources over the internet without opening firewall ports. Built on OpenZiti's zero-trust networking fabric. Fully self-hostable ngrok alternative.

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NetBird

Open source

NetBird connects devices and servers into an encrypted private WireGuard mesh with centrally managed access policies. No complex firewall rules. Self-hostable, cloud option available.

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OpenBao

Open source

Linux Foundation fork of Vault's last MPL-licensed release. Manages secrets, certificates, and encryption keys with dynamic credential generation and fine-grained access policies.

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Grafana

Open source

Grafana is an open source visualization and dashboarding platform that queries metrics, logs, and traces from Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and dozens of other backends, with Grafana Cloud offering a hosted option.

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Redis

Open source

Redis is an open source in-memory data store used as a cache, session store, message broker, and vector/search engine, with Redis Cloud and Redis Software for managed or on-prem deployment.

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NetFoundry

Commercial

NetFoundry, creator and maintainer of the open-source OpenZiti project, provides zero-trust overlay networking that removes open inbound ports and traditional VPNs, for site-to-site, OT/IoT, API, and AI-agent connectivity use cases.

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Teleport

Open source

Teleport provides identity-based, zero-trust access to servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and web apps, replacing VPNs and static credentials with short-lived, certificate-based access. A free open-source Community Edition and paid Enterprise/cloud plans are available.

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StrongDM

Commercial

StrongDM provides zero-trust privileged access management across databases, servers, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure. Following its acquisition by Delinea, it now extends Delinea's identity security control plane into cloud-native and ephemeral environments.

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Firezone

Open source

Firezone is an open-source zero-trust remote-access platform built on WireGuard. Its Starter plan is free for small teams, with paid Team and custom Enterprise plans adding centralized management and support.

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