It can be said that there are a good number of applications available for Mac and Windows that don’t have a Linux version and one such app is the famous note-taking app, Evernote . As expected, the Open Source community has intervened by providing alternatives to provide the same (or at least similar) services. Today,…

GitBook  is a command line tool (and Node.js library) you can use it to build beautiful books locally on your desktop or online, hosted on GitBook.com using GitHub/Git and Markdown (or AsciiDoc). It can be used to create any type of written content including documentations, thesis, research papers, enterprise manuals, etc. GitBook Editor  is a cross-platform GUI…

Nylas Mail Client , formerly known as Nylas N1, is a beautifully designed cross-platform Open Source desktop app with a hybrid backend that connects to Gmail and Exchange directly, and also has features with which you can track links and snooze emails. It prides itself with its speed, stability, and modern UI. Nylas Mail Client…

As the month of March comes to a close I thought it is only fair that I share my preferred apps for Ubuntu users so far with you. Most of these apps will run on any Linux distro so this list isn’t restricted to Ubuntu OS and it includes applications for the most important tasks a typical user will…

Harmony is a cross-platform formerly Open Source music player with cloud compatibility and an intuitive sleek User Interface. It features online music streaming from Spotify and Deezer (among other streaming services), last.fm integration, system integration (local files), and a responsive UI. Harmony Music Player Harmony Music Player with Dark Theme Harmony Music Player Settings Harmony was completely FOSS…

WebTorrent Desktop is a cross-platform open source torrent client with which you can instantly stream audio and video torrent files without waiting to completely download them. It features a beautiful and modern User Interface, streaming support for videos from Internet Archive, music from Creative Commons, and audiobooks from Librivox, and has the ability to talk…

Xed (XML text EDitor) is a simple text editor with more features than your average editor. It features support for utf-8 to encode edited files, auto indentation, syntax highlighting, printing, and file comparison among others. Xed is extensible using plugins and it even comes straight out of the box with preinstalled plugins to help users edit…

Meteo-qt is a Python 3 and Qt 5-based application for Linux desktops that displays weather information in desktop panels and desktop notifications, and a 6-day weather forecast in its own window. Meteo-qt Weather Status It gets Weather information from OpenWeatherMap  and is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3). Features in Meteo Qt…

TagSpaces is a cross-platform personal data manager that helps you to organize files on your workstation. It features support for plugin extensibility, note-taking in HTML and MHTML, media file playing, smart tagging and searching, and web clipping using Chrome and Firefox browser extensions. TagSpaces: Offline Data Manager Features in TagSpaces Beautiful and responsive User Interface.…

Nord is a minimal flat design theme pattern created to enhance your work experience by improving focus and readability for code syntax highlighting and UI. It has 4 main colors namely Polar Night, Snow Storm, Frost, and Aurora, which are further partitioned into a total of 16 dimmed pastel. It has been used to style so many…