Open-source projects worth knowing
Open-source software worth knowing: tools I build and maintain, plus standout projects spotlighted from other creators across the IT, Windows and sysadmin space. Each links straight to its GitHub repository.
Inkscape: the free, SVG-native vector graphics editor
Inkscape is a professional-quality, free and open-source vector graphics editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. It uses SVG as its native format and can import and edit vector content from PDFs.
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Xournal++: Free Handwritten Note-Taking with PDF Annotation
Xournal++ is a free, open-source handwriting and note-taking app with full PDF annotation, stylus support and LaTeX, running on Linux, Windows and macOS.
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Stirling PDF: the self-hosted, open-source PDF toolkit
Stirling PDF is an open-source platform from Stirling Tools that runs 50+ PDF tools as a desktop app, browser UI, or private self-hosted server. Merge, OCR, sign, redact, and convert PDFs locally, without sending files to the cloud.
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Portainer: a lightweight GUI for Docker and Kubernetes
Portainer Community Edition is an open-source, single-container web GUI and API for managing Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes and ACI environments. An independent project by Portainer, spotlighted by navanem.
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CyberChef: GCHQ's Cyber Swiss Army Knife for Data Operations
CyberChef is GCHQ's free, open-source web app that bundles hundreds of encoding, encryption, compression, hashing and parsing operations into one browser-based, client-side workbench.
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Wazuh: The Open-Source XDR and SIEM Security Platform
Wazuh is a free and open-source platform for threat prevention, detection, and response, delivering unified XDR and SIEM protection across endpoints and cloud workloads.
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Glances: An Eye on Your System, From Terminal to Web
Glances is an open-source, cross-platform system monitoring tool in Python. It shows CPU, memory, disk, network, processes and containers in one adaptive dashboard, with a web UI and REST API for remote monitoring.
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Mailrise: Turn Plain Emails Into Push Notifications via Apprise
Mailrise is a self-hosted SMTP server that converts ordinary emails into Apprise push notifications, letting NAS boxes, printers, and legacy apps reach Discord, Telegram, Pushover, and 60+ more services. An independent open-source project by Ryan Young.
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CLI for Microsoft 365: Manage Your Tenant and SPFx Projects from Any OS
A cross-platform command-line tool to manage Microsoft 365 tenants and SharePoint Framework projects from Linux, macOS, or Windows. An independent open-source PnP community project, not an official Microsoft product.
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Payload: The Open-Source TypeScript Headless CMS Built on Next.js
An open-source spotlight on Payload, the fullstack TypeScript headless CMS that installs in your Next.js /app folder, with code-first config, auth, a React admin, and REST, GraphQL plus a Local API. Independent project by the Payload team, not by Navanem, though navanem.com runs on it.
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Paperless-ngx: Turn Your Paper Into a Searchable, Self-Hosted Archive
A community spotlight on Paperless-ngx, the open-source document management system that scans, indexes and archives your paper into a searchable, self-hosted archive. An independent GPL-3.0 project by the Paperless-ngx community, not by Navanem.
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Uptime Kuma: A Self-Hosted Monitoring Tool for Uptime and Status Pages
Uptime Kuma is an easy-to-use, self-hosted monitoring tool by Louis Lam. It tracks HTTP(s), TCP, DNS, Ping and Docker, alerts via 90+ services, and runs in minutes with Docker.
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headscale: Self-Host the Tailscale Control Server for Your WireGuard Mesh
An open-source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server, so the coordination of your WireGuard mesh runs on infrastructure you own. An independent BSD-3-Clause project by Juan Font and the headscale community.
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ponytail: Make Your AI Coding Agent Follow YAGNI and Write Less Code
ponytail is an open-source plugin by DietrichGebert that makes AI coding agents follow YAGNI, consistently writing less code - benchmarked at ~54% fewer lines and ~20% lower cost with no safety regressions.
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Checkmate: Open-Source Self-Hosted Server Uptime and Infrastructure Monitoring
Checkmate is an open-source, self-hosted uptime and infrastructure monitoring app that tracks server hardware, uptime, response times, and incidents in real time, with status pages and a long list of notification channels. An independent project by BlueWave Labs.
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OpsCenter: All-in-One Operations Platform for MSPs
OpsCenter is Navanem's open-source, all-in-one operations platform for MSPs, covering ticketing, ITSM, CRM, CMDB, device monitoring, timesheets, and a client portal in a single bilingual Next.js application. Version 0.65.0 adds the ability to email CRM leads and opportunities directly from their records via a configured SMTP server.
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IntuneGet: One-Click Winget App Deployment to Microsoft Intune
IntuneGet is an open-source tool by Ugur Koc that enables IT admins to deploy Winget applications to Microsoft Intune with a single click, automating the packaging and upload workflow across a catalog of over 10,000 apps. Version 0.7.1 improves SQLite-mode self-hosting, fixes update-policy toggles, and streamlines multi-arch Docker builds.
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OpenUEM: Self-Hosted Open-Source Unified Endpoint Management
OpenUEM is a self-hosted, open-source Unified Endpoint Manager: one web console to inventory, deploy software to, and remotely manage Windows and Linux endpoints via agents. An independent Apache-2.0 project, spotlighted here.
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BgLight: a premium BGInfo-style system info panel for Windows
BgLight is a lightweight, one-shot Windows tool (C# / .NET 4.8) that paints a premium system-info panel onto the desktop wallpaper — a modern, deployable take on BGInfo. No agent, no UI, no dependencies.
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Payload Contact: a self-hosted contact form and inbox for Payload 3
Payload Contact is a self-hosted Payload 3.x plugin that gives your project a contact-form endpoint, a triageable admin inbox, and a runtime settings global. v0.2.1 adds a local dev environment, a Vitest test suite, and fixes TypeScript build errors introduced in v0.2.0.
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