Donations and Credits
Bluefin focuses on sustainability, the project focuses on efficiency and long term health. Donations are appreciated, especially those that benefit the Linux application ecosystem. Donations cover the cost of the GitHub runners, sponsoring Paleoart for the OS, and hardware expenses.
Current Maintainers
Artists
Maintainers Emeritus
Special Guests
Advisors and Mentors
The following individuals have made a lasting impact on Bluefin's design, either by active participation or by leading by example. Or by just being around when we needed advice. Sometimes it's just about being surrounded by positive people who know how to ship software and take care of their friends. Much love.
"Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are."
... and Joe Ressington, who is so "on brand" Linux that he doesn't have a GitHub account or any other means to contact him other than Mastodon, email, and IRC. Much love.
Universal Blue
Note that all Universal Blue image sources are kept in bash and Python in order to encourage contributions. Organizations that see value in our work can consider hiring any one of the millions of developers in the world with these skills to help out, we could always use the help. Get in touch with us if you'd be interested in trying that.
Projects
If your software is included in Bluefin and missing from this list, please send a pull request to add it!
- Atuin - Magical shell history tool with sync and search capabilities
- Blur My Shell - GNOME Shell extension that adds blur effects to the UI
- Deja Dup - Simple backup utility for GNOME
- Distroshelf - Native Linux app store and software center
- Extensions Manager - Native GNOME Shell extensions manager
- eza - Modern replacement for ls with colors and icons
- fastfetch - Fast system information tool like neofetch
- fd: David Peter and Tavian Barnes - Fast and user-friendly alternative to find
- Flatpak: Currently migrating fiscal hosts - Universal application distribution framework
- fzf - Command-line fuzzy finder for files and history
- GNOME - Modern desktop environment and development platform
- Homebrew - Package manager for Linux and macOS
- Logo Menu - GNOME Shell extension for application launcher
- Mozilla - Organization behind Firefox browser and web technologies
- Pika Backup - Simple backup application designed for GNOME
- Showtime - GNOME Video Player
- Thunderbird - Open-source email client with modern features
- Warehouse - Flatpak application manager with intuitive interface
- yq - Command-line YAML processor and editor
- Borg Backup - Secure backup program (package:
borgbackup) - fish - Smart and user-friendly command line shell (package:
fish) - Glow - Terminal based markdown reader (package:
glow) - Gum - Tool for glamorous shell scripts (package:
gum) - just - Command runner (package:
just) - Podman Compose - Docker compose implementation for Podman (package:
podman-compose) - PowerTOP - Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption (package:
powertop) - rclone - Cloud storage synchronization tool (package:
rclone) - restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program (package:
restic) - tmux - Terminal multiplexer (package:
tmux)