ArcHub: Free and Open Source Tech
FOSS Resources
https://alternativeto.net AlternativeTo is a crowd-sourced and free site that helps you find better apps and services.
https://fosshub.com Safe, Fast and Free Software Download Hub
https://fosstorrents.com Discover Hundreds of Open-Source Projects
https://osssoftware.org Open Source alternatives to popular projects.
https://itsfoss.com It’s FOSS is an award-winning web-portal that focuses on Open Source in general and Linux in particular. Its FOSS specifically focuses on beginners to the Linux world.
https://calyxinstitute.org At the Calyx Institute our mission is to educate the public about privacy in digital communications and to develop tools that anyone can use. By embracing "privacy by design," we help make digital security and privacy more accessible to everyone.
https://opensourcegardens.info We create Open Source Gardens and connect people via Open Source (philosophy, seeds, software & hardware) in a horticultural and creative way.
https://coopcloud.tech Co-op Cloud is a software stack that aims to make hosting libre software applications simple for small service providers such as tech co-operatives
https://opensource.net The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is offering a new home for the contributors of the Opensource.com news site.
https://opensource.org The Open Source Initiative is the authority that defines Open Source, recognized globally by individuals, companies, and by public institutions
https://fossforce.com FOSS Force is a news site offering insight into the goings on in the IT world, focusing on the interests of the Open Source community. We are owned and operated by Unicorn Media and our managing editor is Christine Hall.
www.freetechproject.com non-profit initiative in Northern England that tackles social isolation by safely connecting people online to collectively learn how to use technology in ways that save time, money, and waste.
https://sfconservancy.org nonprofit organization centered around ethical technology. Our mission is to ensure the right to repair, improve and reinstall software. We promote and defend these rights through fostering free and open source software (FOSS) projects, driving initiatives that actively make technology more inclusive, and advancing policy strategies that defend FOSS (such as copyleft)
https://openfuture.eu Our mission is to reimagine and reframe openness by tackling power-related issues and addressing the imbalances it can create. Our primary focus is safeguarding the open internet to maximize the positive impacts of shared data, knowledge, and culture on society.
https://fsfe.org Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology.
https://mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki is a collaboration and documentation platform brought to you by a vibrant community.
https://collabora.com/ We're a global consultancy, specializing in delivering the benefits of Open Source software to the commercial world.
https://gomakethings.com/ Daily developer tips, videos, & podcast.
https://endlessos.org/ We Empower The Next Generation of Digital Creators through our global game-making community and innovative tools to spark creativity, foster collaboration and build future-ready skills.
https://digitalfreedoms.org/ The Digital Freedom Foundation is a non-profit organization responsible for organizing worldwide celebrations such as Software Freedom Day, Document Freedom Day and Hardware Freedom Day.
https://fsf.org The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom.
https://autonomic.zone We build technologies and infrastructure to empower users to make a positive impact on the world.
https://apereo.org The Apereo Foundation is a global non-profit advancing open source software in service of higher education.
Apps
There are thousands of open source apps in many categories of use, far beyond the scope of this list which just includes a handful of the most popular apps.
- https://www.scribus.net/
- https://www.gimp.org/
- https://inkscape.org/
- https://ghostwriter.kde.org/
- https://kate-editor.org/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
- https://thunderbird.net
Linux Distributions
An extensive list of Linux distributions is available on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
Some of the most popular as of 2025:
- https://kubuntu.org/
- https://linuxmint.com
- https://ubuntu.com
- https://www.debian.org
- https://zorin.com/os/
- https://elementary.io/
- https://fedoraproject.org/
- https://archlinux.org/
- https://www.suse.com/products/desktop/
https://distrochooser.de/ Test to help you choose a suitable Linux distribution.
https://distrosea.com/ DistroSea is a web-based service that lets you try out various Linux distros without installing or booting them.