Linux
211 projects shared since May 2026 were built for Linux.
How these numbers are counted and compared: the method.
Summary
Since May 2026, 211 projects have extended Linux as add-ons, companions or plugins; 127 arrived in the last 12 weeks. The most-discussed project of the last 4 weeks is Arca (11 comments). It manages envelope-style budgets in a local desktop file, with bank statement and YNAB imports and multi-currency support. The kinds of projects built for it most are Terminal workspaces for AI agents, Local music and radio players and Local voice dictation apps. 3 projects were pitched as alternatives to it.
Projects built with it
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Share of stated stacks, last 4 weeks
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Adjusted trend, last 4 weeks vs previous 8 weeks
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Add-ons built for it
211
Share of stated stacks, each week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
Often used with
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What's built with it
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Latest add-ons built for Linux
- Weaver — Provides a native desktop interface for running Git operations and organizing repositories into groups.“Weaver: a fast, native Git desktop client for Windows, macOS and Linux”
- Focale — Edits images on the desktop with layers, masks, blend modes, filters, RAW support and PSD/PSB compatibility.“I'm building Focale, a desktop image editor for Linux, Windows and macOS”
- Sealwire — Coordinates multiple coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Cursor so they can work together and keep running long tasks without manual nudges.“Sealwire: let Claude Code, Codex and Cursor work together while you chill on the beach like a seal 🦭”
- LoadLab — Runs load tests against HTTP endpoints on the user's machine and streams live RPS and latency charts.“I built LoadLab, a free local-first load testing desktop app with Rust, Go and Node.js engines”
- Initial Cut Pro — Plans an open-source, cross-platform, timeline-first video editor written in Rust, with color and audio tools; nothing is built yet.“Starting an open-source Final Cut Pro alternative in Rust, looking for people to build it with”
- Scumble — Edits high-resolution photos locally on the desktop with layers, blend modes, filters and generative inpainting.“I spent 6 Weeks building a localfirst Photoshop alternative in Electron, WebGL2 and Rust WASM "Scumble"”
- GetKeys — Creates, rotates, copies, and revokes API keys across services from a local CLI and agent integration instead of web dashboards.“I built GetKeys so that you can create, rotate, copy, and revoke keys without visiting a single dashboard. Looking for blunt feedback.”
- ScienceTabz — Creates scientific plots and data analysis from spreadsheets and text files, and assembles multi-plot figures for export.“ScienceTabz: a desktop app for plotting and data analysis—looking for feedback”
- Porchly — Turns spreadsheet-style tables into live REST APIs and runs custom JavaScript functions from a single local app file backed by SQLite.“I built Porchly: make a table like a spreadsheet and it's instantly a live API. One file, no server, no account.”
- MiniDeck — Turns a phone's browser into a customizable control surface for keyboard shortcuts, macros, apps, and smart-home or OBS actions on a computer.“I built MiniDeck, a free open-source alternative to a Stream Deck that runs in your phone's browser”
- ArtCraft Toolbox — Installs, updates, rolls back and launches a suite of desktop creative apps from a menu-bar or tray popover.“I just created a launcher for the ArtCraft suite”
- Lens — Captures the active window or a selected screen area on demand and sends it to a local vision AI model for questions in an on-screen chat.“Tired of taking screenshots every time I need an AI assistant, so I built Lens, an assistant that understands your screen and provides help without recording everything you do.”
- File Minnow — Searches file names across a Linux system instantly, similar to the Windows Everything search tool.“File Minnow a linux alternative to everything”
- AppScann — Collects hardware, disk and installed-software inventory from Windows and Linux machines and shows it on a central dashboard with change history and alerts.“I built a tool to track installed software and hardware across Windows and Linux”
- Cargocat — Browses S3-compatible cloud storage buckets and previews files such as images, video, CSV, JSON and ZIP archives.“Cargocat - I built another S3 client that I actually use”
Pitched as alternatives to Linux
- KeshOS — Provides a from-scratch 64-bit desktop operating system with a custom kernel, window compositor and GUI intended to run on older hardware.“Building an independent 64-bit desktop OS from scratch — KeshOS progress & architecture”
- TypeOS — Emulates a Linux-like operating system in TypeScript with a package manager and a helper that syncs its virtual file system to a real computer.“I built a small linux-like OS in TypeScript with a pkg manager and a pc helper”
- I think I have gone off the… — Rewrites the Linux kernel in Fortran with an assembly layer for hardware access.“I think I have gone off the deep end”