Age
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
Airflow
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Alacritty
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Angular
Development Tools VerifiedOpen-source development project maintained in a public source repository.
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Apisix
System & Infrastructure VerifiedOpen-source devops project maintained in a public source repository.
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Appflowy
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Aria2
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Asdf
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Atuin
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Backdrop
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Bat
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Beam
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Black
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Bubbletea
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Caddy
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Celery
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Cilium
System & Infrastructure VerifiedOpen-source devops project maintained in a public source repository.
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Cli
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Click
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Cockroach
Communication VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Code Server
Gaming VerifiedOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Common
System & Infrastructure VerifiedOpen-source devops project maintained in a public source repository.
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Containerd
System & Infrastructure VerifiedOpen-source devops project maintained in a public source repository.
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Mysql Server
Databases VerifiedOpen-source database project maintained in a public source repository.
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Mattermost
Communication VerifiedMattermost is an open-source, self-hostable online chat service with file sharing, search, and integrations. Designed as an alternative to Slack, it was founded by a Canadian-led team and is widely used by enterprises and governments for secure communications.
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Koha ILS
Other VerifiedKoha is the world's first free and open-source integrated library system. Canadian public and academic libraries have been among its largest adopters and contributors, with Canadian companies providing support and development.
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Lagoon
System & Infrastructure VerifiedLagoon is an open-source application delivery platform built for Kubernetes and Docker. It automates DevOps workflows, enabling teams to define their entire infrastructure as code. Developed by amazee.io with strong Canadian roots.
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Slurm (Compute Canada fork)
Science & Research VerifiedThe Digital Research Alliance of Canada (formerly Compute Canada) manages national HPC clusters running customized Slurm workload manager configurations and contributes open-source tooling for scientific computing. Their open-source stack powers university research across the country.
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OpenHMD
Media & Design VerifiedOpenHMD is a free and open-source API and drivers for immersive technology such as head-mounted displays (VR/AR). Canadian developers have been central contributors, and the project supports a wide range of VR headsets on Linux.
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Vanilla Forums
Web & Internet VerifiedVanilla Forums is an open-source community forum software designed for ease of use and extensibility. Founded in Montreal, it powers thousands of community platforms worldwide, with a strong plugin ecosystem and modern design.
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ProcessMaker
System & Infrastructure VerifiedProcessMaker is an open-source business process management and workflow automation platform. Originally developed with strong Canadian involvement in Montreal, it helps organizations automate approval processes, forms, and document workflows.
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FreeRADIUS (Canadian contributions)
Networking VerifiedCanadian research networks including CANARIE and provincial NREN members such as ORION and BCNET are major contributors to open-source network authentication and AAI infrastructure. Their contributions to FreeRADIUS and eduroam infrastructure enable secure network access for millions of students and researchers.
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Open edX
Education VerifiedOpen edX is the open-source platform powering edX and hundreds of university MOOC programs. Canadian institutions including University of Toronto, UBC, and McGill have contributed significantly to its development and deploy it for online learning.
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Shibboleth (CANARIE/CAF)
Security VerifiedCANARIE manages the Canadian Access Federation (CAF), which provides open-source Shibboleth identity federation infrastructure enabling single sign-on for over 300 Canadian universities, colleges, and research institutions. Their open tools and configuration guides are publicly available.
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LibreOffice
Office VerifiedLibreOffice is the world's leading free and open-source office suite. Canada's open-source community has long championed LibreOffice adoption, and Canadian contributors actively participate in development, translation into French, and accessibility improvements.
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OpenMRS
Health & Medicine VerifiedOpenMRS is an open-source medical record system used in developing countries. The University of Toronto and affiliated Canadian researchers are among the primary contributors to its core platform and modules, helping deliver healthcare technology globally.
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NRC Open Tools
Science & Research VerifiedThe National Research Council of Canada (NRC) publishes numerous open-source tools and datasets for materials science, climate modelling, construction standards, and aerospace research. Their open-data and open-software initiatives are publicly available via the Government of Canada's open resource portal.
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Statistics Canada Open Tools
Government / Civic VerifiedStatistics Canada releases open-source tools and R/Python packages for statistical analysis and data dissemination. Their tools include the Canadian Statistical Dissemination Architecture (CSDA), open microdata tools, and visualization packages used by researchers across Canada.
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CanAssist AT Toolbox
Education VerifiedCanAssist at the University of Victoria develops open-source assistive technology tools and custom software for people with disabilities. Their free toolbox includes communication aids, alternative input interfaces, and educational software freely available to Canadians.
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Aegir Hosting System
Web & Internet VerifiedAegir is an open-source hosting system for Drupal websites, created and maintained largely by Montreal-based developers. It enables sysadmins to provision, migrate, and manage large numbers of Drupal sites from a single control panel.
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Sage Math (PIMS Supported)
Mathematics VerifiedSageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system. The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), a consortium of Canadian universities, provides infrastructure and hosting for SageMath and has been a key institutional backer of open mathematical software in Canada.
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QGIS
GIS & Mapping VerifiedQGIS is the leading free and open-source desktop GIS application. Canadian government agencies, universities, and environmental organizations are among the world's largest QGIS user communities. Natural Resources Canada, Parks Canada, and multiple provincial mapping agencies have contributed data, plugins, and development.
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Axiom
Mathematics VerifiedAxiom is a free, open-source computer algebra system with a long history. Canadian mathematicians supported through NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) have contributed significantly to its formal mathematics libraries and documentation.
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Pidgin
Communication VerifiedPidgin is a free and open-source multi-protocol instant messaging client. Canadian open-source developers have long been contributors to Pidgin and its underlying libpurple library, which supports dozens of chat protocols.
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OpenStax (Canadian contributions)
Education VerifiedOpenStax provides free, peer-reviewed open-source textbooks. Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and several other Canadian institutions are active contributors to the platform's open educational resources and have helped adapt content for Canadian curricula.
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OSCAR EMR
Health & Medicine VerifiedOSCAR EMR (Open Source Clinical Application Resource) is a Canadian-developed open-source electronic medical records system used by thousands of primary care physicians across Canada. Developed at McMaster University, it supports bilingual interfaces and Canadian-specific clinical workflows including OHIP billing.
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Open Resource Exchange
Health & Medicine VerifiedCatalog platform for open-source solutions from Canadian public administrations.
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Volume Cleaner
System & Infrastructure VerifiedThis project was designed to integrate with Statistic Canada’s The Zone platform. In The Zone, users can create individual workspaces with Kubeflow Notebooks. To persist their work, users can attach volumes to their notebooks. These volumes are not automatically deleted when a notebook is deleted. Users are free to move them or to reuse them. As a result, over time, users tend to amass several unused volumes. These volumes sit on the cloud and result in unnecessary costs. The purpose of this project is to design an automatic system that detects these unused volumes and safely removes them, reducing unnecessary expenditure. Despite being primarily designed for Statistics Canada, this project strongly values open-source practices. The codebase is available for public use and the entire development process is documented on the issues page. The volume cleaner was designed to have as little coupling as possible so it can easily integrate into projects outside Statistics Canada. Using open-source and being open-source was an important development philosophy.
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BC Sans
Education VerifiedBC Sans (2.0) is an open-source "living" typeface developed for government to improve the readability and delivery of digital services. It was designed to support special characters and syllabics found in Indigenous Languages in B.C.
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D-Wave Ocean SDK
Security VerifiedUsers interact with D‑Wave quantum computers through a web user interface (UI), and through open-source tools that communicate with the Solver API (SAPI). The SAPI components are responsible for user interaction, user authentication, and work scheduling. In turn, SAPI connects to back-end servers that send problems to and return results from QPUs and additional solvers, which are located in different geographical regions (for example, North America or Europe).[1]
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PyroCMS
Development Tools VerifiedLaravel-based open-source content management system with Canadian company roots.
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Jupyter Book
Other VerifiedJupyter Book is an open-source tool for building publication-quality books and documents from computational material. Jupyter Book allows users to write their content in Markdown files or Jupyter notebooks, include computational elements (e.g., code cells) in either type, include rich syntax such as citations, cross-references, and numbered equations, and using a simple command, run the embedded code cells, cache the outputs and convert this content into: a web-based interactive book and a publication-quality PDF.
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Notification Documentation
Communication VerifiedNotification Documentation is an open-source project or repository maintained by Canadian Digital Service in Canada.
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Notification Terraform
Communication VerifiedThe promise of Terragrunt is to make it easier to maintain Terraform code by providing a wrapper around modules, adhering to "Don't repeat yourself" (DRY) configuration as well as better remote state management.
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Notification Utils
Communication VerifiedNotification Utils is an open-source project or repository maintained by Canadian Digital Service in Canada.
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Forms Staging Terraform
Communication VerifiedForms Staging Terraform is an open-source project or repository maintained by Canadian Digital Service in Canada.
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Gcds Docs
Communication VerifiedGcds Docs is an open-source project or repository maintained by Canadian Digital Service in Canada.
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Gcds Tokens
Communication VerifiedGC Design System Tokens are the smallest building blocks of the design system. They represent design decisions for basic elements like colour, typography, and spacing, creating a curated set of options that we base our designs on. Tokens replace hard-coded values with variables that can be reused throughout the entire code base which makes it easier to maintain and update any code. Our tokens help us create a consistent visual experience that meets the Government of Canada requirements. They also improve communication between design and development by establishing a shared language.
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Gcds Utility
Communication VerifiedCSS Shortcuts is a CSS utility framework built to match GC Design System (GCDS) styles and Canada.ca standards. It provides predefined CSS utility classes that apply core design elements, like colours, spacing, and typography, to your HTML. The classes align with our GCDS design tokens for consistency and ease of use.
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Devhub App Web
Communication VerifiedDevhub App Web is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of British Columbia in Canada.
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Nr Fom
Communication VerifiedFOM projects (proposals for logging, essentially) are submitted to FOM and made available for public review and comment. The submitting organization then needs to address the comments before submitting the project to the ministry.
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Nr Broker
Communication VerifiedNR Broker is a customizable software deployment business intelligence tool. It automates access to secrets stored in HashiCorp Vault by software (applications, GitHub Actions, etc.), audits activities (builds, installations, provisioning secrets, etc.) and enables access automation. Users can search, browse objects, view a graph representation and review activities using a web application. Developers integrate NR Broker into workflows by sending their intentions, requesting access and recording activity using http requests. As such, NR broker works on private on-premise clouds, AWS, OpenShift Clouds and more.
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Nr Spar
Communication VerifiedThe Seed Planning and Registry (SPAR) is the Ministry of Forests' online tree seed registry. It allows users to: Order seeds or seedlings, request cone and seed processing, and seed testing Enter and update information about their seedlots, orchards, and parent trees Generate reports about seedling requests, and the seedlot inventory SPAR supports reforestation, forest and ecosystem rehabilitation and wildfire recovery. It's also designed around Climate Based Seed Transfer (CBST) to help forests adapt to climate change. SPAR guides users through the selection of suitable seedlots using the transfer rules found in the Chief Forester’s Standards for Seed Use.
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Digital Journeys
Communication VerifiedDigital Journeys is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of British Columbia in Canada.
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Common Service Showcase
Communication VerifiedCommon Service Showcase is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of British Columbia in Canada.
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Common Document Generation Service
Communication VerifiedCommon Document Generation Service is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of British Columbia in Canada.
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Common Object Management Service
Communication VerifiedCommon Object Management Service is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of British Columbia in Canada.
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Common Hosted Email Service
Communication VerifiedCommon Hosted Email Service is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of British Columbia in Canada.
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API Services Portal
Communication VerifiedAPI Services Portal is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of British Columbia in Canada.
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Aries VCR
Communication VerifiedAries Verifiable Credentials Registry (VCR), part of the Hyperledger Aries family of Digital Trust technologies, provides a searchable public directory based on Verifiable Credentials (VCs). It was historically known as both OrgBook (which is actually a deployment of Aries VCR) and Indy Catalyst. Aries VCR is actively developed by the British Columbia Government’s Digital Trust Team in Canada, and the most well-known live example is OrgBook BC. In an instance of Aries VCR, credentials can be issued from a variety of authorities about subjects in the instance. A core set of credentials are issued by an authority responsible for “creating” the subject. Other credentials can then be issued against the subject of these core credentials. All credentials are stored in a secure digital wallet and accessed via its website or the public API. This means an instance of Aries VCR can be an authoritative public registry of any referenceable information.
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Aries VCR Issuer Controller
Communication VerifiedThis repository is a template for creating an Aries Verifiable Credential Registry (VCR) Issuer Agent. Aries VCR is the foundational technology upon which the Government of British Columbia's OrgBookBC was built. Aries VCR Issuer Controller is a starter kit for building an Aries agent that issues verifiable credentials to instances of an Aries VCR, such as OrgBookBC. This repo contains code for an issuer controller that works with Aries Cloud Agent Python (ACAPy) framework. The controller and an instance of ACA-Py can be deployed together to implement an Aries issuer agent. aries-vcr-issuer-controller was developed as part of the Verifiable Organizations Network (VON). For more information on VON, visit https://vonx.io. Even better, join in with what we are doing and contribute to VON and the Trust over IP community. Still not sure what this is? Please see this Getting started with VON overview, paying particular attention to the VON Issuer/Verifier Agent section. That's what this repo implements.
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Aries Acapy Plugins
Web & Internet VerifiedAries Acapy Plugins is an experimental fork of acapy-plugins, a plugin library for use with Adaptive Cloud Agent - Python (ACA-Py).
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Ampache
Communication VerifiedAmpache is an open-source software project focused on music, streaming, self hosted. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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Ansible
Communication VerifiedAnsible is an open-source software project focused on automation, configuration, devops. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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AIDE
Communication VerifiedAIDE is an open-source software project focused on security, file integrity, linux. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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389 Directory Server
Communication Verified389 Directory Server is an open-source software project focused on identity, ldap, directory. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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Ajenti
Communication VerifiedAjenti is an open-source software project focused on server management, web ui, linux. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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Apache OpenWhisk
System & Infrastructure VerifiedApache OpenWhisk is an open-source software project focused on serverless, cloud, functions. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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Apache CloudStack
System & Infrastructure VerifiedApache CloudStack is an open-source software project focused on cloud, virtualization, iaas. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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Apache Solr
Web & Internet VerifiedApache Solr is an open-source software project focused on search, database, java. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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Apache Nutch
Web & Internet VerifiedApache Nutch is an open-source software project focused on search, crawler, java. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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Anki
Education VerifiedA spaced-repetition flashcard application for efficient long-term learning.
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Akaunting
Office VerifiedA web-based accounting platform for small businesses and freelancers. NOTE: Open source license allows for free usage for a single company + a single accountant only. A paid plan is required if license terms are not met.
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Ardour
Office VerifiedA digital audio workstation for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering audio. NOTE: Ardour is free and open source for its source code only. Precompiled versions of the application for various operating systems are available for a fee. Per the developer's website: If you want the convenience of using our ready-to-run version and/or for support from Ardour developers and experienced users, we ask that you pay something for this. If you don't want to pay for a ready-to-run version, then you'll need to get the source code and build it yourself. We do not provide assistance with this process and particularly on Windows and macOS this can be challenging and take a long time. Also, for Windows, there are no instructions.
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AdGuard Home
Networking VerifiedA network-level DNS server for blocking ads, trackers, and malicious domains.
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Suricata
Media & Design VerifiedA high-performance network threat detection, intrusion detection, and intrusion prevention engine.
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PostgreSQL
Databases VerifiedAn advanced relational database known for standards compliance, extensibility, and reliability.
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MariaDB
Databases VerifiedA community-developed relational database compatible with the MySQL ecosystem.
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Apache Cassandra
Databases VerifiedA distributed wide-column database designed for scalability and high availability.
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Apache Superset
Databases VerifiedA data exploration and business intelligence platform for dashboards and interactive analysis.
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YARA
Featured CommunicationYARA is an open-source software project focused on security, malware, analysis. It can be evaluated as a transparent, community-developed alternative for individuals, organizations, and technical teams.
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Core
Development ToolsOpen-source development project maintained in a public source repository.
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Coreutils
CommunicationOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Curl
CommunicationOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Dask
CommunicationOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Datasets
Government / CivicOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Delta
CommunicationOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Deno
Development ToolsOpen-source development project maintained in a public source repository.
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Direnv
CommunicationOpen-source software project maintained in a public source repository.
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Django
Development ToolsOpen-source development project maintained in a public source repository.
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Land Acknowledgement
The Linux Association of Canada respectfully acknowledges that our home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is located on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis.
We are grateful to the First Nations and Métis peoples who have cared for these lands for generations. We honour their enduring relationship with the land, their cultures, histories, and contributions, and we offer our respect and sincere gratitude as we live, work, learn, and build community here.



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