Top LINUX GitHub Repositories & Tools (2026)

A lightweight Rust daemon for trackpad gestures on Wayland compositor

ColecoVision, ADAM emulator and debugger with embedded MCP server for macOS, Windows, Linux, BSD and RetroArch.

Cast is an installer for any compatible Saltstack based distribution like SIFT or REMnux

Eww rewrite with focus on extensibility, simplicity, and power.

🐈‍⬛ A runtime for C++26 w/out libC or POSIX. Smaller binaries, only arena allocators, SIMD, stronger type safety than STL, and value-based errors!

Linux desktop application designed to monitor various aspects of your computer's hardware.

Native C++/Qt6 Slack client for Linux, macOS and Windows. Lightweight alternative to the official Electron app.

LinuxFr.org content management system, in Ruby on Rails.You may add other enhancements at https://linuxfr.org/suivi/ as you have a look at the website (in French)

Approval Tests implementation in NodeJS

Local-first privacy toolkit. Map yourself against 400+ data brokers, send CCPA/GDPR deletion mail, and check password dumps — the vault never leaves your PC.

A Puppet Module to Manage Consul

A feature-complete reader and client for LANraragi

Real-time 3D viewer for displaying LDraw models

Subspace IPC

Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop, and Embedded apps from a single C#/XAML codebase. Work from any IDE/CLI with Hot Reload, Visual Designer, MCPs, and Skills built for modern .NET workflows. 200M+ NuGet downloads.

Puppet postfix module

A true cross platform text expander with a sync engine across all your devices. Available, for Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android.

My own top bar and dock for KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland. Popups grow out of the bar, everything is blurred and see-through, light/dark and 7 colours.

A bootable that connects to your tailnet

Keep Claude Desktop chats safe when switching accounts — local-first backup and restore for conversations.