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.

WaybackLister

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WaybackLister

Website

Source Code

License: GPL-3.0 license

Description:

WaybackLister is a reconnaissance tool that utilizes the Wayback Machine to find and verify historical URLs and directory listings for security assessments and bug bounty recon, supporting multithreaded scanning and subdomain discovery.

Ygt

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ygt

Website

Source Code

License: Apache-2.0 license

Description:

Ygt is a Python-based cross-platform TrueType hinting program designed for efficient and modern font hinting, supporting TrueType fonts and UFO files, with features like YAML hint description and font master management.

Birdfont

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Birdfont

Website

Source Code

License: GPLv3, LGPLv3

Description:

Birdfont is a free font editor that allows users to create vector graphics and export fonts in TTF, OTF, and SVG formats. It supports monochrome and color fonts, offering advanced drawing tools, font management, and customization options for designing and editing fonts across multiple platforms.

fontTools

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fonttools

Website

Source Code

License: MIT, Unknown licenses found

Description:

A Python library for manipulating font files, supporting TrueType, OpenType, AFM, and other formats. Includes tools like TTX for font XML conversion, with extensive documentation and optional dependencies for additional features.