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#1 Show HN: Twitch Installs Arch Linux – A cooperative text-based horror game

802 points | 250 comments | Oct 30, 2015 | by jbott

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#2 Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on

780 points | 83 comments | Sep 05, 2020 | by snori74

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#3 Show HN: Dply – Free temporary Linux servers

673 points | 198 comments | Nov 24, 2016 | by OwainX

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#4 Show HN: Filmbox, physically accurate film emulation, now on Linux and Windows

658 points | 248 comments | Feb 08, 2023 | by wilg

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#5 Show HN: SadServers – Test your Linux troubleshooting skills

597 points | 128 comments | Oct 26, 2022 | by fduran

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#6 Show HN: Porting OpenBSD Pledge() to Linux

571 points | 128 comments | Jul 14, 2022 | by jart

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#7 Show HN: AutoHotkey for Linux

500 points | 183 comments | Aug 30, 2022 | by phil294

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#8 Show HN: Ultimate Plumber – a tool for writing Linux pipes with live preview

484 points | 217 comments | Oct 24, 2018 | by akavel

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#9 Show HN: ZeroHTTPd: A web server to teach Linux performance, with benchmarks

472 points | 57 comments | Jun 03, 2019 | by shuss

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#10 Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer

463 points | 396 comments | Feb 23, 2022 | by georgewsinger

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#11 Show HN: Xcapture-BPF – like Linux top, but with Xray vision

447 points | 39 comments | Jul 03, 2024 | by tanelpoder

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#12 Show HN: CoreOS, a Linux distro for containers

417 points | 97 comments | Jul 30, 2013 | by polvi

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#13 Show HN: Dut – a fast Linux disk usage calculator

396 points | 148 comments | Jul 10, 2024 | by 201984

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#14 Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put files, without symlinks

384 points | 239 comments | Feb 09, 2023 | by notamy

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#15 Show HN: Rotary Phone Dial Linux Kernel Driver

337 points | 49 comments | May 24, 2025 | by sephalon

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#16 Show HN: A “living” Linux process with no memory

312 points | 110 comments | Mar 26, 2020 | by izabera

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#17 Show HN: Lume – OS lightweight CLI for MacOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon

309 points | 75 comments | Feb 02, 2025 | by GreenGames

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#18 Show HN: Libmui is a macOS Classic widget lib for Linux

300 points | 82 comments | Mar 31, 2024 | by buserror

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#19 Show HN: Faster FastAPI with simdjson and io_uring on Linux 5.19

290 points | 90 comments | Mar 06, 2023 | by ashvardanian

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#20 Show HN: Boot Windows 10 Directly into Linux Desktop of Choice

264 points | 104 comments | Mar 01, 2017 | by nxc18

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#21 Show HN: Uscope, a new Linux debugger written from scratch

262 points | 132 comments | Jan 31, 2025 | by jcalabro

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#22 Show HN: Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, etc.

252 points | 53 comments | Jul 12, 2014 | by tbrock

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#23 Show HN: Credentials dumper for Linux using eBPF

235 points | 50 comments | Jul 05, 2022 | by citronneur

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#24 Show HN: Parallax wallpaper engine for Linux and Windows

225 points | 65 comments | Feb 23, 2023 | by Czikenix

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#25 Show HN: Control Chromecasts from Linux

222 points | 71 comments | Sep 19, 2020 | by this_machine

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#26 Show HN: macOS-cross-compiler – Compile binaries for macOS on Linux

215 points | 75 comments | Feb 17, 2024 | by shepherdjerred

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#27 Show HN: Next Browser native on Linux

198 points | 114 comments | Dec 05, 2018 | by jmercouris

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#28 Show HN: Vmctl/Vmcli – Easily Run Linux VMs on M1 Macs

198 points | 28 comments | Jan 15, 2021 | by gyf304

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#29 Show HN: Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux

192 points | 93 comments | Sep 05, 2024 | by molli

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#30 Show HN: Gnomecast – A Linux Chromecast GUI with transcoding and subtitles

176 points | 62 comments | Feb 15, 2018 | by keredson

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#31 Show HN: Weylus – Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on Linux

176 points | 42 comments | Jun 06, 2020 | by HMH

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#32 Show HN: Linux server monitoring web dashboard

175 points | 68 comments | Jan 26, 2014 | by afaqurk

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#33 Show HN: Blur Webcam Background on Linux

174 points | 48 comments | Aug 30, 2021 | by dumdumdumdum

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#34 Show HN: A minimal C runtime for Linux i386 and x86_64 in 87 SLOC of C

172 points | 54 comments | Jan 30, 2015 | by oso2k

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#35 Show HN: Sysdig, a tool for Linux system exploration

171 points | 48 comments | Apr 03, 2014 | by degio

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#36 Show HN: A retro terminal text editor for GNU/Linux coded in C (C-edit)

168 points | 61 comments | Aug 30, 2024 | by velorek

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#37 Show HN: Welder – set up your Linux server with plain shell scripts

158 points | 66 comments | Jun 09, 2017 | by pchm

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#38 Show HN: Linux driver for the Xbox One wireless dongle

158 points | 22 comments | Dec 22, 2019 | by Medusalix

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#39 Show HN: Hydrogen, a multithread non-blocking Linux server framework in Rust

154 points | 46 comments | May 10, 2016 | by nathansizemore

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#40 Show HN: kew – A Terminal Music Player for Linux

152 points | 65 comments | Oct 04, 2024 | by ravachol

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#41 Show HN: Ecosim – A cellular ecosystem simulator toy for Linux written in C

150 points | 29 comments | Feb 27, 2020 | by connor-brooks

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#42 Show HN: Sedy, a GitHub Bot Bringing Linux Sed to Code Reviews

144 points | 44 comments | Feb 28, 2017 | by Kmaschta

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#43 Show HN: A proactive way of securing your Linux server

143 points | 107 comments | Sep 03, 2020 | by prashantgupta24

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#44 Show HN: Wiser – minimal hypervisor boots Linux VM, written in C

136 points | 31 comments | Jul 22, 2021 | by flouthoc_fl

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#45 Show HN: CLI forensics tool for tracking USB device artifacts on Linux

136 points | 24 comments | Jul 25, 2019 | by snovvcrash

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#46 Show HN: Watch what files any Linux process accesses

131 points | 37 comments | Jun 08, 2020 | by spieglt

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#47 Show HN: Nixar – New design of Linux command line

130 points | 62 comments | Nov 15, 2015 | by askucher

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#48 Show HN: Maim – A simple screenshot utility for Linux

124 points | 83 comments | Oct 16, 2014 | by naelstrof

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#49 Show HN: 2D Game engine and editor for Windows and Linux

121 points | 21 comments | Mar 09, 2022 | by ensiferum

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#50 Show HN: Zectl – ZFS Boot Environment Manager for Linux

119 points | 25 comments | Mar 18, 2020 | by johnramsden

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#51 Show HN: Get help on any Linux command by typing 'howdoi –' in your terminal

113 points | 57 comments | May 19, 2020 | by superasn

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#52 Show HN: I wrote a tool in Rust for tracking all allocations in a Linux process

113 points | 30 comments | Feb 15, 2023 | by mkimball

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#53 Show HN: Vas-quod – A minimal Linux container runtime written in Rust

110 points | 25 comments | Dec 27, 2020 | by flhoc

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#54 Show HN: Hnwatch – Linux x64 terminal-based real-time HN watcher/reader

102 points | 48 comments | Jul 16, 2015 | by 2ton_jeff

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#55 Show HN: Keydogger – Minimal keyboard macro for Linux (Wayland)

97 points | 43 comments | Jun 15, 2024 | by jarusll

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#56 Show HN: Whippy Term - GUI terminal for embedded development (Linux and Windows)

96 points | 14 comments | May 06, 2025 | by SurvivorTed

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#57 Show HN: Build your Linux from Scratch inside Docker with one command

94 points | 28 comments | Dec 12, 2017 | by eiskalt

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#58 Show HN: A miniature Linux distro for non-rooted Android devices

94 points | 15 comments | Jan 23, 2013 | by stonewhite

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#59 Show HN: distri: a Linux distribution to research fast package management

92 points | 66 comments | Aug 17, 2019 | by secure

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#60 Show HN: Picosnitch – a reliable and lightweight security/privacy tool for Linux

92 points | 10 comments | Jan 03, 2022 | by elesiuta

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#61 Show HN: Wave – Modern Open-Source Terminal (macOS and Linux)

82 points | 90 comments | Dec 19, 2023 | by sawka

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#62 Show HN: A simple GUI app to make Linux touchpad gestures easier

82 points | 28 comments | Sep 29, 2018 | by cunidev

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#63 Show HN: dlinject.py – Inject a .so into a running Linux process, without ptrace

82 points | 19 comments | Dec 30, 2019 | by DavidBuchanan

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#64 Show HN: An Aesthetically Pleasing Arch Linux Distro

76 points | 20 comments | Jul 23, 2020 | by aswinmohanme

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#65 Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD

76 points | 16 comments | Mar 05, 2017 | by everythingcli

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#66 Show HN: Compressed directories on Linux

70 points | 38 comments | May 07, 2017 | by jamesbowman

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#67 Show HN: Termbox – Launch a Linux terminal with two clicks

69 points | 57 comments | Dec 08, 2016 | by jgillich

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#68 Show HN: Monolinux – A tiny embedded Linux distro

69 points | 17 comments | Oct 12, 2019 | by eerimoq

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#69 Show HN: Interactive exercises for Linux CLI text processing commands

69 points | 7 comments | Dec 10, 2022 | by asicsp

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#70 Show HN: Moustique – C++14 coroutine-based non-blocking IO on Linux

68 points | 31 comments | Apr 01, 2018 | by matt42

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#71 Show HN: voidDB – A transactional key-value DB written in Go for 64-bit Linux

67 points | 31 comments | Jan 31, 2025 | by joel-ling

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#72 Show HN: HTerm, The Graphical Terminal for iOS, MacOS and Linux

67 points | 12 comments | May 06, 2013 | by new299

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#73 Show HN: AzureFS – I mounted Azure Cloud Storage as filesystem on Linux

66 points | 16 comments | Sep 22, 2012 | by aalpb

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#74 Show HN: Open Source emulator in Javascript that runs Linux

65 points | 15 comments | Mar 29, 2012 | by reginaldo

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#75 Show HN: Tux.io – a (now working) Linux desktop in your browser

64 points | 16 comments | May 02, 2017 | by christux

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#76 Show HN: Resin.io – Push Updates to Linux Devices with Git and Docker

62 points | 26 comments | Jan 28, 2015 | by craig

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#77 Show HN: Setup a fancy development environment ... on a linux system console

61 points | 22 comments | Sep 13, 2012 | by gbin

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#78 Show HN: Linux Mint Redesign Proposal

57 points | 42 comments | Jul 19, 2024 | by zmaznevegor

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#79 Show HN: C library for Linux to easily create modular projects

56 points | 10 comments | Mar 29, 2018 | by nierro

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#80 Show HN: Demo of Agent Based Model on GPU with CUDA and OpenGL (Windows/Linux)

55 points | 21 comments | Dec 04, 2023 | by ktt8788

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#81 Show HN: Linux sysadmin skills for anyone - a new online course

52 points | 32 comments | Nov 01, 2012 | by snori74

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#82 Show HN: Lockdown.sh Simple shell script for locking down new linux installs

51 points | 13 comments | May 24, 2020 | by x8d

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#83 Show HN: DitchTheBell – Linux-based desktop notifier for RSS/Atom feeds

50 points | 12 comments | Sep 25, 2023 | by Escher21

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#84 Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans

50 points | 9 comments | Feb 27, 2025 | by unknown321

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#85 Show HN: Linux activity recorder

49 points | 61 comments | Oct 03, 2013 | by treskot

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#86 Show HN: Tiny C runtime Linux (rt0), HelloWorld 0.6k (i386), sbrk example added

49 points | 10 comments | Oct 12, 2015 | by oso2k

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#87 Show HN: A GTK+ 1Password App for Linux

47 points | 16 comments | Mar 13, 2015 | by jbreams

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#88 Show HN: Netpen.io Visual editor for Linux network scripts generation

45 points | 7 comments | Oct 21, 2021 | by ebirger

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#89 Show HN: FSSB – A filesystem sandbox for Linux

43 points | 20 comments | Dec 19, 2016 | by adtac

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#90 Show HN: Uncap: Map Caps Lock to Escape on Windows, Linux and Mac

42 points | 29 comments | Sep 24, 2017 | by uncap

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#91 Show HN: New MODULA-3 Releases for WinNT, Linux and OS X

42 points | 4 comments | Jan 03, 2016 | by brakmic

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#92 Show HN: keysniffer – Linux kernel module to log pressed keys in debugfs

40 points | 15 comments | May 16, 2016 | by apjana

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#93 Show HN: vpnns – Per-app VPN using Linux namespaces

40 points | 5 comments | Nov 01, 2016 | by kpc

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#94 Show HN: pyDash – Small web-based dashboard for Linux in Python and Django

39 points | 19 comments | Feb 12, 2014 | by k3oni

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#95 Show HN: Notkia – A Linux phone with LoRa+WiFi+BT connectivity

38 points | 9 comments | Jun 02, 2022 | by ClassicOldSong

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#96 Show HN: Simple C library for an XBox Controller (Linux) for easy use in games

36 points | 9 comments | Sep 10, 2016 | by EllipticCurve

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#97 Show HN: SeaLion 2 – Linux Server Monitoring, Alerting and Debugging Tool

32 points | 43 comments | Sep 18, 2014 | by treskot

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#98 Show HN: ClipCapsule – A Clipboard Manager for Linux (Built with Go and Wails)

31 points | 8 comments | Apr 14, 2025 | by victorevogor

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#99 Show HN: On the security of the Linux disk encryption LUKS

31 points | 6 comments | May 05, 2023 | by proxystore

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#100 Show HN: Simple Linux Backups

30 points | 49 comments | Dec 17, 2014 | by XERQ

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