TuxGenie — Full Catalog (234 apps · 22 AI tools

Features & Guided Setups 48

1 Fix a Problem

Describe what's wrong in plain English

2 Health Check

System CPU/RAM/disk/service health scan

3 Internet / WiFi

Wi-Fi down — local fixes, then AI if still down

4 Sound / Audio

No sound — unmute/restart, then AI if still silent

5 Display

Wrong resolution, monitor not detected

6 Bluetooth

Pairing fails, device not found

7 Printer Setup

Install printer, fix printing problems

8 Webcam Fix

Camera not detected, black screen

9 Missing Drivers

NVIDIA/GPU & missing drivers (safe playbook)

10 Permissions

Diagnose & fix permission denied errors

11 Install Software

Find & install software by description

12 Check for Updates

Safe upgrade analysis & ordering

13 Upgrade OS Version

Upgrade Ubuntu/Fedora/Debian to latest release

14 Find Linux App

Find Linux equivalents of Windows apps

15 Security Check

Harden firewall, SSH, open ports

16 Backup Settings

Create / restore config snapshots (.tar.gz)

17 Undo Changes

Restore snapshot or undo session commands

18 Performance Boost

My PC is slow — local speed fixes, then AI if still slow

19 Disk Cleanup

Find space hogs & clean up safely

20 Boot & Back

Broken after update, dual-boot, or speed boot

21 Battery & Power

Improve battery life, fix overheating

22 Manage Services

Optimise startup & running services

23 Hardware Info

Full hardware report & health check

24 Running Programs

Tame CPU/memory hogs & zombie processes

25 Explain Logs

Decode cryptic errors & system logs

26 Generate Script

Describe a task → get a bash script

27 Schedule Task

Schedule tasks in plain English

28 Docker Help

Container troubleshooting & cleanup

29 SSH Setup

Set up & harden SSH securely

30 Git Helper

Understand diffs, fix conflicts, undo commits

31 Gaming Setup

Get game-ready: Steam+Proton, GPU drivers, GameMode

32 New to Linux Setup

First-day setup for switchers: apps, codecs, drivers, updates

33 Developer Setup

Toolchains, VS Code, git, SSH keys, Docker, shell

34 Creator / Streaming

OBS, editors, virtual camera, audio routing

35 Privacy & Security

VPN, password manager, Tor, firewall, encryption check

36 Student Setup

Notes, citations, flashcards, office — free study tools

37 Homelab Setup

Docker, Portainer, Tailscale, Syncthing, backups

38 Accessibility

Screen reader, magnifier, on-screen keyboard, contrast

39 Suggest a Setup

Not sure? Answer one question, get the right setup

40 Dev Environments

Ready-to-run stacks: LAMP/LEMP, Node, Python, DBs, WordPress

41 Make Ubuntu Complete

Codecs, Flathub, Timeshift, firmware — you approve each step

42 Desktop Tweaks

GNOME Tweaks / Cinnamon / KDE extras for this desktop

43 Desktop Extras

GNOME extensions, Cinnamon applets, or KDE Discover

44 Desktop Settings

Open this desktop's Settings app

77 Install Apps

220+ app catalog (Brave, Signal, Blender, Bitwarden, Steam, SuperTuxKart…)

78 Remove Apps

Uninstall installed apps — apt/snap/flatpak, no AI, system pkgs hidden

88 Cloud Sync

Google Drive · Dropbox · OneDrive · S3 · WebDAV

99 AI Tools

22 tools: Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Ollama, Claude Code, Copilot CLI…

📦 App Catalog 234 apps

Install any of these with one tap from menu [77] — or just tell TuxGenie the app name.

Browsers 11

Brave Browser

Privacy-focused Chromium browser

Google Chrome

Google's web browser

Mozilla Firefox

Open-source web browser

Vivaldi

Highly customisable Chromium browser

Ulaa Browser

Privacy-first Indian browser by Zoho

LibreWolf

Privacy-hardened Firefox fork

Zen Browser

Beautiful Arc-style Firefox browser

Tor Browser

Anonymous browsing over Tor

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft's Chromium browser (proprietary)

Opera

Feature-rich Chromium browser with built-in VPN

Chromium

The open-source base of Chrome

Communication 16

Slack

Team chat and collaboration

Discord

Voice and text chat

Telegram Desktop

Fast encrypted messenger

Signal Desktop

Private, end-to-end encrypted messaging

Zoom

Video meetings

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft's team chat

Rambox

All-in-one workspace for messaging apps

Arattai

Tamil community chat app

Element

Secure Matrix team chat

Ferdium

All-in-one messaging hub

WhatsApp (ZapZap)

Unofficial WhatsApp desktop client

Session

Private, account-free messenger

Jami

Private peer-to-peer messaging & calls

Aspera Hub

WhatsApp · Gmail · Zoho in one Linux app (by Aspera)

Vesktop

Discord client optimized for Linux

Aspera Connect

Mirror & control your Android phone from Linux (by Aspera)

Office & Notes 23

LibreOffice

Free office suite (Writer, Calc, Impress)

OnlyOffice

Best MS Office format compatibility

WPS Office

Strong .docx/.xlsx compatibility

Thunderbird

Full-featured email client

Obsidian

Markdown notes / second brain

Joplin

Encrypted, cross-device note-taking

Zoho Mail

Zoho's professional email — installed as a PWA

Logseq

Privacy-first outliner / knowledge base

Zotero

Reference & citation manager

Standard Notes

Encrypted, cross-device notes

Xournal++

Handwrite notes & annotate PDFs

Anki

Spaced-repetition flashcards (great for study)

AppFlowy

Open-source Notion alternative

Foliate

Clean e-book reader (EPUB, Kindle…)

Evolution

Email, calendar & contacts (Exchange-capable)

Super Productivity

To-do list + time tracker (Pomodoro)

Planify

Task manager & to-do (Todoist sync)

Proton Mail

Encrypted email (Proton)

Notion (Cohesion)

Unofficial Notion desktop client

PDF Arranger

Merge, split & rearrange PDFs (free)

Master PDF Editor

Full PDF editor (proprietary)

GnuCash

Full accounting / personal finance

HomeBank

Simple personal budgeting

Media 15

VLC Media Player

Plays virtually any video/audio format

MPV

Lightweight scriptable video player

Spotify

Music streaming

Stremio

All-in-one streaming hub

Jellyfin Media Player

Desktop client for Jellyfin

Strawberry

Music player for audio collectors

Kodi

Home-theatre media center

Plex Media Server

Stream your media library to any device

FreeTube

Private, ad-free YouTube client

Rhythmbox

Classic music player & library

Jellyfin Server

Self-hosted media server (your own Netflix)

EasyEffects

Audio effects & EQ (PipeWire)

Multimedia Codecs

Play MP3 / H.264 / DVD on Ubuntu & Debian

Helvum

PipeWire audio/video patchbay

qpwgraph

PipeWire graph (KDE/Qt patchbay)

AV Creation 11

OBS Studio

Screen recording and live streaming

Kdenlive

Non-linear video editor

HandBrake

Open-source video transcoder

Audacity

Audio editor and recorder

Shotcut

Free cross-platform video editor

DaVinci Resolve

Pro video editing/color (guided install)

OpenShot

Easy open-source video editor

Ardour

Professional audio workstation (DAW)

LMMS

Free music-production studio

MuseScore

Music notation & sheet-music editor

FFmpeg

Convert and record audio/video (CLI)

Graphics 15

GIMP

Image editor (Photoshop alternative)

Inkscape

Vector graphics editor (Illustrator alternative)

Krita

Professional digital painting

Darktable

RAW photo editor (Lightroom alternative)

Blender

3D modelling, animation, rendering

Pinta

Simple image editor (Paint.NET-like)

digiKam

Pro photo management suite

RawTherapee

RAW photo developer (Lightroom alt)

Scribus

Desktop publishing (InDesign alt)

Upscayl

AI image upscaler

FreeCAD

Parametric 3D CAD modeler

KiCad

Electronics & PCB design (EDA)

drawio Desktop

Diagrams & flowcharts (offline)

Pencil2D

Simple 2D animation

LibreSprite

Pixel-art & sprite animation editor

Remote Access 7

AnyDesk

Fast remote desktop access

TeamViewer

Remote desktop and support

RustDesk

Open-source, self-hostable remote desktop

Remmina

Remote desktop client (RDP/VNC/SSH)

Moonlight

Stream games/desktop from another PC

Tailscale

Zero-config mesh VPN (official)

Trayscale

Unofficial GUI for Tailscale

Developer 35

Visual Studio Code

Microsoft's code editor

Sublime Text

Fast, minimal code editor

Git

Version control system

Docker

Containers for development

Node.js (LTS)

JavaScript runtime

DBeaver

Universal database GUI

Bruno

Open-source API testing (Postman alternative)

Postman

HTTP API testing tool

Kitty Terminal

Fast, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator

Lazygit

Terminal UI for Git

Neovim

Hyperextensible Vim-based editor

GitHub CLI (gh)

GitHub from the command line

Insomnia

REST/GraphQL API client (Postman alt)

Meld

Visual diff & merge tool

Zellij

Modern terminal workspace

Tabby Terminal

Modern terminal & SSH client

JetBrains Toolbox

Manager for JetBrains IDEs

Podman

Daemonless container engine

Modern CLI Pack

ripgrep · fd · bat · eza · fzf · zoxide

Android Studio

Google's official Android IDE

Alacritty

Fast GPU-accelerated terminal

Beekeeper Studio

Modern SQL database GUI

Zeal

Offline developer documentation

GitKraken

Graphical Git client

Zed

Fast modern code editor (Rust)

Helix

Modal terminal editor with built-in LSP

Warp

Modern AI terminal (blocks + AI assistant)

Ghostty

GPU-accelerated terminal emulator

Distrobox

Run any distro's apps in a container

Fish Shell

Friendly shell with autosuggestions

tmux

Terminal multiplexer (panes & sessions)

Starship

Fast, minimal cross-shell prompt

Godot Engine

Free & open-source game engine

Unity Hub

Manage Unity game-engine installs

VSCodium

VS Code without Microsoft telemetry

System Tools 22

Timeshift

System snapshots & restore (like Time Machine)

Stacer

System optimizer, cleaner, and monitor

GParted

Graphical partition editor

BleachBit

Free disk space & protect privacy

Synaptic

GUI frontend for apt

Flatpak + Flathub

Enable the universal Flathub app store

GNOME Tweaks

Advanced GNOME settings

Cockpit

Web-based server admin dashboard

Fastfetch

Fast system-info banner

Flatseal

Manage Flatpak app permissions

Mission Center

Modern system monitor / task manager

VirtualBox

Run other OSes in a virtual machine

virt-manager

KVM/QEMU virtual machine manager

Extension Manager

Install GNOME extensions easily

TLP

Automatic laptop battery optimisation

GNOME Boxes

Simple virtual machines

Waydroid

Run Android apps on Linux

OpenRGB

Universal RGB lighting control

Solaar

Logitech device manager

CoreCtrl

CPU/GPU performance & fan control

Warehouse

Manage your Flatpak apps

Piper

Configure gaming mice

Files & Sync 19

FileZilla

FTP / SFTP / FTPS client

Rclone

Sync files to any cloud (Drive, S3, Dropbox…)

Nextcloud Client

Self-hosted cloud storage sync

qBittorrent

Open-source BitTorrent client

KeePassXC

Offline password manager

Syncthing

Continuous peer-to-peer file sync

LocalSend

AirDrop-style local file sharing

Cryptomator

Encrypt files before cloud upload

Bitwarden

Open-source password manager

Déjà Dup Backups

Simple, encrypted backups

KDE Connect

Phone ↔ PC: files, texts, clipboard

Transmission

Simple, lightweight torrent client

Deluge

Flexible torrent client (plugins, web UI)

Pika Backup

Easy encrypted backups (BorgBackup)

Proton Pass

Open-source password manager (Proton)

Dropbox

Cloud file sync (Dropbox)

MEGA Sync

Cloud file sync (MEGA official client)

1Password

Password manager (1Password official)

Proton Drive

Encrypted cloud files (Proton)

Utilities 22

Flameshot

Screenshot tool with annotation

CopyQ

Advanced clipboard manager with history

Ventoy

Create multi-boot USB drives

Calibre

Ebook library manager and converter

Steam

Gaming platform with Proton (play Windows games)

btop / htop

Beautiful real-time system monitors

neofetch

System info banner on terminal launch

Dev Essentials Pack

Essential dev tools in one shot

balenaEtcher

Flash OS images to USB / SD

Kooha

Simple screen recorder

Czkawka

Find duplicate files & free space

OnionShare

Share files anonymously over Tor

Ulauncher

Fast app & action launcher

Espanso

System-wide text expander

Variety

Automatic wallpaper changer

Gear Lever

Manage & integrate AppImages

yt-dlp

Command-line video/audio downloader

Blanket

Ambient background sounds for focus

Stellarium

Free planetarium — explore the night sky

Organic Maps

Offline maps (OpenStreetMap)

Caffeine

Keep the screen awake

Google Earth Pro

Satellite maps and globe (Google)

Gaming 13

Lutris

Open gaming platform / launcher

Heroic Games Launcher

Epic / GOG / Amazon games launcher

Bottles

Run Windows apps/games via Wine

ProtonUp-Qt

Manage Proton-GE for Steam/Lutris

RetroArch

All-in-one retro game emulator

Prism Launcher

Open-source Minecraft launcher

Cartridges

Unified game library

Sober

Play Roblox on Linux (community client)

Dolphin Emulator

GameCube & Wii emulator (not the file manager)

PPSSPP

PlayStation Portable (PSP) emulator

ScummVM

Classic adventure-game engine

Modrinth App

Minecraft mods & instances (Modrinth)

Wine

Run Windows programs on Linux

Security 8

Gufw Firewall

Easy graphical firewall

ClamAV + ClamTk

Open-source antivirus + GUI

Wireshark

Network protocol analyzer

VeraCrypt

Disk & file encryption (encrypted volumes)

Proton VPN

Privacy-focused VPN (official app)

Mullvad VPN

Privacy-focused VPN (no-logs)

OpenSnitch

Interactive application firewall

NordVPN

Commercial VPN (official app)

Games — Free & Open-Source 17

SuperTuxKart

3D kart racer (Mario Kart-like)

0 A.D.

Historical RTS (Age of Empires-like)

Luanti (Minetest)

Voxel sandbox (Minecraft-like)

Battle for Wesnoth

Turn-based fantasy strategy

Xonotic

Fast arena FPS (Quake-like)

OpenTTD

Transport business sim

Warzone 2100

3D real-time strategy

Veloren

Multiplayer voxel action-RPG

Mindustry

Tower-defense + factory builder

OpenRA

Classic C&C-style RTS, rebuilt

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

Roguelike dungeon crawler

SuperTux

2D platformer (Super Mario-like)

Endless Sky

Space trading & combat

Hedgewars

Turn-based artillery (Worms-like)

Widelands

Settlers-style economy strategy

Freeciv

Civilization-style 4X strategy

Cataclysm: DDA

Post-apocalyptic survival roguelike

🤖 AI Tools 22 tools

One-tap AI tooling from menu [99] — editors, local models, terminals and more.

AI Editors 3

Cursor

AI-first code editor (VS Code fork)

Windsurf

Agentic AI code editor

Zed

Fast open-source editor with AI

Coding AI 8

Claude Code

Anthropic's terminal coding agent

OpenAI Codex CLI

OpenAI's terminal coding agent

Gemini CLI

Google Gemini AI in your terminal

GitHub Copilot CLI

GitHub's agentic AI coding CLI

Aider

AI pair-programmer in your terminal

Goose

Open-source local AI agent

Cline

Autonomous AI agent for VS Code

Continue.dev

Open-source AI extension for VS Code

Local LLMs 5

Ollama

Run local LLMs offline (Llama, Mistral, Qwen)

GPT4All

Run local LLMs offline (desktop GUI)

Msty

Local + cloud AI chat, one app

Jan

Open-source ChatGPT alternative

LM Studio

GUI to download and run any GGUF model

AI Web UIs & Servers 2

Open WebUI

ChatGPT-style browser UI for local models

LocalAI

Self-hosted OpenAI-compatible API

AI Terminals 1

Warp

AI-powered modern terminal

Voice & Speech 1

Whisper

Offline speech-to-text

Cloud AI Apps 1

ChatGPT Desktop

Desktop client for OpenAI ChatGPT

Starter Packs 1

Local AI Starter Pack

Ollama + Open WebUI + llama3.2:3b — zero to local AI

☁️ Cloud Sync 7 providers

Guided setup from menu [88] — connect and sync in a few steps.

Cloud providers 7

Google Drive

drive · oauth

Dropbox

dropbox · oauth

OneDrive

onedrive · oauth

Box

box · oauth

pCloud

pcloud · oauth

Nextcloud / WebDAV

webdav · creds

Amazon S3 / S3-compatible

s3 · s3

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