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a suite of minimal, lightweight, cross-platform software
The nightshade suite of software is written by us on the xvoidsx team.
Each application in the nightshade suite is meant to be minimal, lightweight, and cross-platform, meaning they will run anywhere. We build around the FLTK toolkit, ensuring a consistent look and feel, and small footprint.
We believe tons of software today is bloated and stuffed full of things it doesn't need. Such "kitchen-sink" software has a good intention, but usually a bad execution. Options may be buried in layers and layers of settings pages, making things people might need to edit inaccessible. Instead, we believe the best software does one thing and does it right.
That's what the nightshade suite is - opinionated, small programs meant to do one thing, do it well, and be stable and consistent. The nightshade suite of programs will be installed by default on nightshadeOS, the distro project we're slowly cooking up. The suite will also be easy to install on any platform, as it is all free software.
Here are the programs currently in the nightshade suite of programs. Note that development is ongoing, and more programs will be listed here in the future!
The nightshade suite of programs are built around the Fast Light Toolkit (FLTK) in C++.
Every program in the suite is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.