Welcome Friend!

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Hello Friend and welcome to The Friendly Manual. You know, as in RTFM – ‘Read The Friendly Manual.’ (That’s right, the ‘F’ stands for ‘Friendly.’ Trust me on this, I would never lie to you about something so important.)

This project aims to showcase and promote Free/Libre and Open Source Software. It began life as a forum thread on South Africa’s number one IT website, mybroadband.co.za with community members contributing hundreds of their favourite Free or Open Source applications to a ‘Useful List of Free/Libre/Open Source Software Projects.’

The list has been hosted as a Github Gist but now we have upgraded to a website so we can make the list even more useful and publish richer content such as tutorials and blog articles.

Please check out our Friendly Free Software Directory for a list of Free software that we hope you will find interesting and useful. You can find the original forum thread HERE and the original list HERE.

Thanks for stopping by. Please check back soon for more Free and Open Source software related content.

Highball

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Highball

Website

Source Code

License: GPL-3.0

Description:

Highball is a native macOS app (and CLI) that sets up Wine, DXMT, D3DMetal and DXVK for Windows games on Apple Silicon, installs Steam or Epic, and reports per-game renderer verdicts using an open CC0 compatibility database.

OpenPost

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OpenPost

Website

Source Code

License: AGPL-3.0-only

Description:

OpenPost is an open-source platform to create, edit, and publish social posts across networks, featuring image and video editors, inbox, scheduling, and analytics. Self-hostable via Docker or hosted; built with Go, SvelteKit, and Expo; supports multi-workspace collaboration.

Fleetbase

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Fleetbase

Website

Source Code

License: AGPL-3.0 and Fleetbase Commercial License (FCL)

Description:

Open-source, modular logistics and supply chain operating system with dispatch, fleet management, live tracking, storefronts, and finance; API-first and extension-driven; self-host or use Fleetbase Cloud.

AutoClip

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AutoClip

Website

Source Code

License: MIT License

Description:

AutoClip is an open-source AI-powered video clipping tool that analyzes subtitles to extract highlights, automatically creating clips and highlight reels. It supports desktop apps, Docker Web UI, and CLI/MCP workflows with multiple LM providers.

Syncwave

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Syncwave

Website

Source Code

License: MIT

Description:

Syncwave is a real-time Kanban board designed to be simple and beautiful. It supports live updates, drag-and-drop cards, and a lightweight feature set focused on collaboration. Available as hosted service or self-hosted with Docker/LevelDB. Open-source under MIT license.