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.

Terraform

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Website

Source Code

License: BSL

Description:

GitHub is a collaborative platform for software development that allows developers to host and review code, manage projects, and build software alongside millions of others. It features integrations, security tools, issue tracking, pull requests, and GitHub Copilot AI-powered coding assistance, fostering efficient collaboration and development workflows.

hawk-eye

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hawk-eye

Website

Source Code

License: LGPLv2

Description:

Hawk Eye is a powerful command-line tool designed to scan various data sources like filesystems, S3, databases, Slack, and cloud storage for PII and sensitive data, using advanced text analysis and OCR techniques for comprehensive security auditing.

fastfetch

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fastfetch

Website

Source Code

License: MIT license

Description:

Fastfetch is a system information tool similar to Neofetch, designed for high performance and extensive customization. It supports multiple operating systems including Linux, Windows, macOS, BSD variants, and Android, providing a visually appealing and detailed overview of system hardware and software.