Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
FOSS are softwares made for the people and made by the people i.e. it is made by group of people, and source code are made available publicly, any one can contribute to the source code. these softwares are free to use that means you don't have to pay for using the software but you can donate if you want.
Here are some popular open source softwares -
Software | Developed by | Website Link | Source Code Repositary Link |
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VLC media player | VideoLAN | VLC official Website | VLC Repositary |
Wikipedia | Wikimedia Foundation | Wikipedia official Website | Wikipedia Repositary |
Mozilla Firefox (browser) | Mozilla Foundation | Mozilla official Website | Mozilla Repositary |
GIMP (Image editor) | GNU and GNOME projects | GIMP official Website | GIMP Repositary |
OpenShot (video editor) | OpenShot Studios, LLC | OpenShot official Website | OpenShot Repositary |
Android (operating sysytem) | Android official Website | Android Repositary | |
Linux (operating sysytem) | Linus Torvalds | Linux official Website | Linux Repositary |
Kali Linux (operating sysytem) | kali | kali linux official Website | kali linux Repositary |
Signal (messaging app) | Signal Technology Foundation | Signal official Website | Signal Repositary |