I Love Free Software Day 2026. I’m going to eat dinner and rest first, because I know it’s going to be very exhausting.

It is Friday, February 13, 2026. At 8:30 p.m., I started taking the colorful square acrylic paintings out of almost every conceivable corner and carrying them into the kitchen. That took a lot of time, maybe an hour. Then I thought about how I could stack them on top of each other. It had looked different every time before, but since there were more of them now, I stacked them the same way as in 2025.

At 9:30 p.m., I began stacking all the colorful square acrylic paintings on top of each other. That took about another hour. At 10:30 p.m., I took a picture from every angle from the side and then one from above. I rested for 10 minutes and admired this work of art.

At 10:40 p.m., I began dismantling the FOSS tower. I didn’t want to simply clear away all the colorful square acrylic paintings, pack them into boxes, and tidy them away. It would certainly be interesting to know which project had been involved. So I began writing down all the names, a few at a time. Then I packed them into boxes and tidied them away. That took a very long time.

At 12:04 a.m., by which time I Love Free Software Day had begun, I posted my FOSS tower.

Of course, I was tired too. I didn’t want to just set everything up and then take it down again the next day. That would have taken even more time. Rearranging everything, going to bed, getting up, putting it all back again… So I did it all in one go. And that’s why it took so long.

It is now 4:36 a.m., and my eyes are closing. Twelve colorful square acrylic paintings remain, whose names I cannot remember and have been unable to find out even after researching them.

I fell asleep at 5:00 a.m. and woke up again at 11:30 a.m.

At 12:30 p.m., I went for a walk until 4 p.m. When I got back home, I remembered the names of the remaining 12 colorful square acrylic paintings.

The following Apps/Projects contributed to this year’s I Love Free Software Day 2026

1 2 5#

1List, 2 Player Battle, 2048, 5G

A#

Arch Linux, Arcticons, Arcticons Material You, Addictiontracker, Arco Linux, AVNC, Ameixa, ANOTHERpass, ArchiveTune, Adebar, ArcaneChat, aTox, AutoNotify, Aritycalc, Auxio, Always on Clock

B#

Blood pressure monitor, Balance the Ball, Bold Bitcoin Wallet, BallBreak, Bluemoon, boum, Better Bahn, BitAC, Badge Magic, Baby on Board, Batt, Buckwheat, BetterCounter, Block Puzzle Stone Wars, BOOM Switch, Bluesky Redirect

C#

Catima, CommandClick, Click Switch, Clauncher, CClauncher, CAPod, Cheogram, Compete, Cuscon, CTU Menza, Contact Diary, CastLab, Currencies, Chubby Click, CalcYou, Cofi - Brew Timer, CoMaps, CashCompass, Contacts, Coffee, Clover

D#

Debian Linux, Daily Dozen, Dew Point, droidVNC-NG, Dagger, Demodulate, Deskflow, Distributioncalculator, disky, Doable, Diaguard, Discreet Launcher, deedum, DMS Explorer, Dooz, Delist, Delta Chat, DeuFeiTage, Der Die Das, Devuan Linux, DAPNET

E#

EnRecipes, Energize, ETH & UZH Mensa Zürich, Eventyay Attendee, Eventyay Organizer, Expandroid, Exif Thumbnail Adder, Emacs, EteSync, Ente Auth, Emotic, EnigmaDroid, Emerald Dialer, Eidetic, Exclave, ExoAirPlayer

F#

Fossify File Manager, FTPClient, FlorisBoard, Foss Wallet, FutharkBoard, Fossify Gallery, Fossify Phone, FOSS Warn, Focus Launcher, Friendica, Flathub, Fitness Calendar, FiSSH, // foss.events, fWallet, F-Droid Classic, Fertility Test Analyzer, Flym, FairEmail, Fyreplace, Fossify Notes, FairScan, Free Browser, FeedFlow, FakeTraveler, Fintunes, Fucks Given, Forkgram, Fossify Voice Recorder, ForRunners, Force Stop helper

G#

Gentoo Linux, Game Counter, GymRoutines, GeoNotes, Golden Ratio, Gaai, Giant Stopwatch, Grocy, Green, GNU Guix, Guerrilla Mail

H#

Hubzilla, Home App, HTTP Request Shortcuts, Habo, Hourly Reminder, Hacki for Hacker News, hEARtest, Healthy Battery Charging, Homebot

I#

InnerTune, Is it Prime, Image Converter, Improvement roll, IVPN, Ion Launcher, InstaLate, Interval Timer

J#

Json List, Just Another Workout Timer, jtx Board, Jogger, JioFi Battery Notifier, JMP SIM Manager

K#

Komelia, Kmtemplate, kitshn, KISS Launcher, Kodi, KOReader, Kotatsu, KFZ-Kennzeichen, K-9 Mail, KernelSU

L#

Linkora, Linux Mint, Lawnicons, Lanis, Léon, Logger, Lyrics Grabbr, Luna Tracker, LabNex for GitLab, LRC Editor, Loop Habit Tracker, LxReader, LibreLinkUpDesktop, Life Counter

M#

Manjaro Linux, MX Linux, Markdown, Multi Launcher, Museum of a broken API, monocles mail, Mondstern Acrylic Icons, Metronome, Metrolist, Miniflutt, MakeACopy, Mastodon Redirect, Manyverse, Monerujo, Mucke, Material Notes, Mute Reminder, monocles launcher, Meshtastic, Moshidon, MIDICtrl, m3u, MMRL, Mass Transfer, Mattermost, Markor, Mensinator, Minimum, MIFARE Classic Tool, monocles browser, Mental Math, Musekit, Mobilizon, Moxxy, MusicSearch, moreDays, Movim, MediLog

N#

Nextcloud Notes, Nextcloud Nachrichten, NotificationLog, Nextcloud Cookbook, Nextcloud Yaga, Next Player, NLWeer, Nabla TypeMath, NymVPN, Nextcloud Notes, News, Noteshop, neutriNote CE

O#

Oinkoin, Open Alert Viewer, Open Camera, OpenTodoList, oRing Reminder, OpenRec, OCR, OpenCalc, osm2gmaps, openHAB, OPMT, Onloc, OpenDNS Updater, Olauncher Clutter Free, OpenFoodFacts, Öffi, OpenVK Legacy, OnionShare, OSM Dashboard für OpenTracks, Offline Cook Book, OSS Weather

P#

postmarketOS, Peercoin Wallet, Pie Launcher, Parlera, PDF, PAIesque, Prediktor, PlainApp, PCAPdroid, POP!_OS, Prav, Plant-it, PublicArtExplorer, phiola, Pagan, Phase10Counter, Pulse Music, Pachli, Periodical, Proexpense, Pushie, Photok, PlayHex, PSLab, Polr

Q#

Quote Unquote, QUIK SMS, qBitController

R#

Rocket Linux, RHVoice, Round Sync, RootlessJamesDSP, Raise To Answer, RiMusic, RedReader, Remote Numpad, Runner, Remind Me!

S#

Shadowsocks, Subtracks, Shade Launcher, ShoppingList, Spam Blocker, SimpleX Chat, Shop With Mom, SelfPrivacy, Subz, sift, Swatchlt, Snaptick, Stapy, Streak, Sentien Launcher, Simple Time Tracker, SongTube, Syncara, SkyTube, Simply Scored, Share To InputStick, ShikiApp, Simple., Standard Notes, SDB Viewer

T#

Trackbook, Tuta Mail, Text Launcher, Tasks, Taskmate, Taskwarrior, Timed Silence, Termux:GUI, ToFShare, Tool Telegram, Tempus Romanum, Torrents Digger, Twidere, taz, TSCH_BYL, TimePlanner, Tiny Weather Forecast Germany, Text Torch, Träwelldroid, Trigger, TemuC, Telefant, Tinc Mesh VPN, twitlatte, Twire, Taskmanager, Tensy, tSotaLog, TVHplayer, tmtLauncher

U#

usageDirect, URL Sanitizer, Ultrasonic, Unit converter ultimate, UnderEat, Units, μlogger

V#

Vape Tools, Vacation Days, Virtual Host, V2compose, Voltage Drop Calculator, VoIP.ms SMS

W#

Welefon, Whisper+, Water me, Word Maker, Warpinator, WikiReader, wger, Whatsap Status, Whatsdown, Wallet, Worm, Wattz, Wakelock Revamp, Watomatic, WalletCount, Workouts’N’Rest, Wi-Fi Info

X#

Xfce, XL Converter, XMPP Admin, Xed-Editor

Y#

Yivi

Z#

Zim Launcher, ZipXtract