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Artha

Artha is a dictionary, available on Linux.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-2.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Sundaram Ramaswamy
Latest version: 1.0.5 (27 July 2020)
Latest activity: 12 February 2026
Source code: sourceforge.net/p/artha/code

At a glance

All of Artha is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Artha is a handy off-line thesaurus based on WordNet with distinct features like global hotkey look-up, passive desktop notifications, regular expression based search, etc.. Artha may be used as a free open-source replacement to the proprietary WordWeb Pro. GNOME Shell: Install the "AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support" extension from the Extensions Manager, or the tray icon and application window will not be visible. Features: Hotkey look-up from inside any window Passive notifications for seamless workflow Spelling suggestions for a misspelled word Powerful regular expressions based search Volume and speed adjustment

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 8 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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