FreeRDP

FreeRDP is a free RDP client for Linux.  One issue with other options such as rdesktop is an error is returned if the remote Windows Server was configured to only accept connections with Network Level Authentication.  Clients such as rdesktop may return an error upon attempting to connect:

Failed to connect, CredSSP required by server

The FreeRDP client includes support for this configuration.  It can be installed via the command below:

sudo apt install freerdp2-x11

An example of a command to connect to a remote server would be:

xfreerdp /u:"username"  /dynamic-resolution /v:servername:3389

https://www.freerdp.com

Blip

Blip is an app available for several platforms that allow file transfers.

https://blip.net/

https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-using-the-cloud-to-move-files-this-tool-is-faster-and-has-no-limits/

Flatseal

Flatseal is an utility to offer a visual overview of the permissions of every Flatpak app within Linux.

https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

https://www.howtogeek.com/settings-making-your-linux-pc-less-secure/

Stirling PDF

Stirling PDF is an open-source PDF editing platform.

https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-projects-to-try-this-weekend-march-12-15/

FluentTaskScheduler

FluentTaskScheduler is a modern interface over the Task Scheduler within Windows 11.

https://github.com/TRGamer-tech/FluentTaskScheduler

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/someone-made-a-modern-version-of-task-scheduler-for-windows-11-and-it-looks-awesome

IBM i Job Log Detective

IBM i Job Log Detective is an extension for VS Code to allow processing of IBM i job logs.

https://github.com/RemainSoftware/jld

https://www.itjungle.com/2026/03/09/guru-ibm-i-job-log-detective-brings-structure-to-job-log-analysis-in-vs-code/

Easy Fire Tools

Easy Fire Tools is an Android app that offers a different management interface for an Amazon Fire OS device.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.agondev.easyfiretools

https://www.androidpolice.com/found-app-to-control-fire-tv-stick-using-my-android/

wtf terminal utility

The wtf terminal utility is a dashboard with multiple modules available.

https://wtfutil.com/

https://www.howtogeek.com/these-are-the-linux-tui-apps-i-leave-open-24-7/

fzf

fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder for Linux.

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-commands-so-good-they-feel-like-cheating/

Uptime Kuma

Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool.

https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma

Winboat

Winboat is a method to run a Windows-based application within Linux.

https://www.winboat.app/

https://www.howtogeek.com/portable-linux-apps-i-always-keep-on-me/

https://www.vladan.fr/winboat-running-windows-apps-on-linux-with-seamless-integration-yes-please/

Bottom

Bottom is a customizable cross-platform graphical process/system monitor for the terminal.

https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom

Tube Archivist

Tube Archivist is a self hosted YouTube media server.

https://www.tubearchivist.com/

https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-projects-to-try-this-weekend-february-13-15/

Tirith

Tirith is an open-source and cross-platform tool that can detect homoglyph attacks over command-line environments by analyzing URLs in typed commands and stopping their execution.

https://github.com/sheeki03/tirith

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-tool-blocks-imposter-attacks-disguised-as-safe-commands/

Disky

Disky is an utility for Android to show storage space usage.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.felixnuesse.disky/

https://www.androidpolice.com/android-app-that-freed-up-storage/

Clapgrep

Clapgrep is an utility that places a GUI interface for grep for Linux.

https://github.com/luleyleo/clapgrep

https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-gui-app-makes-grep-easy-even-if-you-forget-the-flags/

Ditto

Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard.

https://sabrogden.github.io/Ditto/

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-free-open-source-clipboard-manager-i-use-instead-of-the-built-in-one/

DNSRecon

DNSRecon is a script that can perform several different checks of DNS records.

https://github.com/darkoperator/dnsrecon

Trivy

Trivy is a security scanner for code and containers.

https://trivy.dev

Deceptive-Auditing

Deceptive-Auditing is a tool that deploys Active Directory honeypots and automatically enables auditing for those honeypots.

https://github.com/SeanMinnick/Deceptive-Auditing

https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/deceptive-auditing/

Goss

Goss is a service that checks servers and offers a machine health status report.

https://github.com/goss-org/goss

Alerta

Alerta is a monitoring service or alerting manager that collects messages and displays results on a web page.

https://alerta.io/

https://github.com/alerta

gping

gping is a graphical version of ping.  It is available for multiple platforms.

https://github.com/orf/gping

https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-16/

Bonjourr

Bonjourr is an add-on to several browsers that replaces the new tab parameters.

https://bonjourr.fr/

Clowd

Clowd is a minimalist screen capture / screen recording utility for Windows.

https://github.com/clowd/Clowd

Helium

Helium is a Chromium-based web browser with a focus on privacy.

https://github.com/imputnet/helium/#platform-packaging

https://helium.computer/

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/helium-might-be-the-perfect-web-browser

ffprofile

ffprofile is a web site to create a configuration file for Firefox.

https://ffprofile.com/

KolibriOS

KolibriOS is a tiny and fast operating system. It requires only a few megabyte disk space and 12 MB of RAM to run.

https://kolibrios.org/en/

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-smallest-desktop-os-youve-never-heard-of/

Winapps

WinApps offers an option to run specific applications on a Windows applications within Linux.

https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps

https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/

Winslop

Winslop is an utility to disable AI features within Windows 11.

https://github.com/builtbybel/Winslop

Morphe

Morphe is a YouTube replacement app.  The developers worked on ReVanced in the past.

https://morpheapp.software/

https://www.androidauthority.com/morphe-youtube-revanced-3629859/

nnn

nnn is a file manager via a Linux terminal.

https://github.com/jarun/nnn

https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-i-tried-in-2025-that-are-actually-worth-installing/

https://www.howtogeek.com/popular-linux-terminal-based-file-managers-ranked/

Lazyjournal

Lazyjournal is a terminal application for Linux for reading logs.

https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal

https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-december-12/

AzureADRecon

AzureADRecon is a tool which extracts and combines information out of an Azure AD environment with a valid credential. The information can be presented in a specially formatted Microsoft Excel report that includes summary views with metrics to facilitate analysis.

https://github.com/adrecon/AzureADRecon

https://www.admin-magazine.com/Archive/2025/89/Find-Entra-ID-vulnerabilities-with-AzureADRecon

Greenshot

Greenshot is a free screen capture utility for Windows.

https://getgreenshot.org/

https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-apps-that-make-screenshots-and-screen-recording-ridiculously-easy/

BentoPDF

BentoPDF is a web site that offers several tools to modify/edit .PDF files.

https://bentopdf.com/

https://www.howtogeek.com/i-quit-paying-for-adobe-acrobat-after-trying-out-this-free-pdf-editor/

Waterfox

Waterfox is a web browser based on Firefox with a focus on privacy.

https://www.waterfox.com/

weborf

Weborf is a web server service designed to be a simple method to share files.

https://codeberg.org/ltworf/weborf/

Trippy

Trippy is a network utility that combines the functionality of ping and traceroute.

https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy

https://trippy.rs/

procs

Procs is a replacement for ps within Linux.

https://github.com/dalance/procs

https://www.howtogeek.com/modern-cli-tools-that-have-replaced-ps-df-and-curl-for-me/

idPowerApp

idPowerApp is a collection of mini-apps for Microsoft Entra.  One example is Conditional Access Documenter, which exports conditional access policies to a PowerPoint format.

https://idpowerapp.com/

https://petri.com/visualising-conditional-access-policies-with-idpowerapp/

Kiwix

Kiwix is a cross-platform application for reading Wikipedia and other archives without an internet connection by downloading the content ahead of time.

https://kiwix.org/

https://www.howtogeek.com/kiwixs-windows-and-linux-app-for-browsing-wikipedia-offline-just-got-a-big-update/