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🪟 Available on Windows 🟢 Open-source
🍎 Available on macOS ⭐ Recommended by us
🐧 Available on Linux

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Audio

  • JACK Audio - Audio server for routing and mixing sound between programs. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • EarTrumpet - Advanced volume control for Windows, offering app-specific audio management. 🪟
  • FXSound - Boost sound quality, volume, and bass. Has a beautiful modern UI. 🪟

Audio Players

  • Foobar2000 - Lightweight and highly customizable audio player with support for many formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
  • MusicBee - Feature-rich music player and manager for Windows. 🪟
  • AIMP - Music player with a clean interface and powerful features. 🪟
  • Audacious - Lightweight audio player for simple music playback. 🪟 🐧
  • Karafun - Collection of karaoke songs across multiple genres. Play your own CDG files or use downloads from YouTube. 🪟
  • Strawberry Music Player - Music player for organizing and playing your audio collection. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Audio Recording

  • Audacity - Audio editor for recording and editing sounds. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • Ocenaudio - Easy-to-use audio editor for recording and analyzing sounds. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Wavosaur - Simple audio editor for recording, editing, and processing sound. 🪟

DJ Software

  • Mixxx - DJ software for live mixing and beatmatching with controller support. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • VirtualDJ - DJ platform for mixing music, beatmatching, and live performance. 🪟 🍎
  • DJ ProDecks - DJ software for mixing music and adding effects. 🪟
  • Serato DJ Lite - DJ software for beginners to mix music with ease. 🪟 🍎
  • Rekordbox - Software that enables a comfortable DJ workflow with AI, cloud, and automation tech. 🪟 🍎

Music Notation

  • MuseScore - Software for creating, playing, and sharing sheet music. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • LilyPond - Music notation program for creating high-quality sheet music. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Frescobaldi - Editor for LilyPond to create music scores quickly. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • ABCjs - Tool for writing and playing ABC music notation. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Denemo - Music notation software for fast score creation with LilyPond. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Music Production

  • LMMS - DAW for creating music with virtual instruments and MIDI support. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • Ardour - DAW for recording, editing, and mixing audio with professional features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Tracktion T7 - DAW for music production with advanced editing features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Zrythm - DAW for music production with an easy-to-use interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Qtractor - Multi-track DAW for Linux for audio and MIDI recording. 🐧
  • Cakewalk - Full-featured DAW for music recording and editing by BandLab. 🪟
  • Stargate DAW - Innovation-first DAW, instrument and effect plugins. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Reaper - Complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Browsers

  • Arc - Vertical tab browser for modern productivity. 🪟 🍎
  • Brave - Privacy-focused and fast browser. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Chrome - Fast browser with integrated Google services. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Chromium - Browser project behind Chrome. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • ungoogled-chromium - Privacy-focused Chromium with Google services removed. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Firefox - Browser with privacy and customization. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • LibreWolf - Privacy-focused Firefox fork with enhanced security. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Microsoft Edge - Chromium-based browser with extra enhancements. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Min - Fast, minimal browser prioritizing privacy. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Opera - Browser with built-in ad-blocking, VPN, and speed. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Pale Moon - Goanna-based browser. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Orion - Lightweight WebKit browser with Chrome/Firefox extension support. 🍎 🐧
  • qutebrowser - Keyboard-driven, vim-like browser in Python and Qt. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Safari - Native Mac browser with Apple device integration. 🍎
  • Station - Browser centralizing web apps in one workspace. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Tor Browser - Privacy browser routing traffic over the Tor network. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
  • Mullvad Browser - Privacy browser with Tor, anti-fingerprinting, and Mullvad VPN. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Vivaldi - Customizable browser putting you in control. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Yandex - Fast, secure browser by Yandex with privacy features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Zen Browser - Beautifully designed, privacy-focused browser with custom mods. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Communication

Messaging

  • Discord - Communication platform for text, voice, and video, popular with gamers. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
  • Telegram - Cloud-based messaging app known for speed, security, and group chats. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • WhatsApp - Free messaging app with text, voice, video calls, and multimedia sharing. 🪟 🍎
  • Signal - Secure, private messaging app with end-to-end encryption. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Slack - Collaboration hub for teams with messaging, file sharing, and integrations. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Viber - Free messaging app with text, voice, video calls, and file sharing. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Microsoft Teams - Team communication platform with chat, file sharing, and video conferencing. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Skype - Messaging and video call service supporting text, voice, and video. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Email Clients

  • CanaryMail - Secure email app with PGP support and AI assistance. 🍎 🐧
  • ElectronMail - Electron-based desktop client for ProtonMail. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Foxmail - Fast, user-friendly email client. 🍎 🐧
  • Mailspring - Beautiful, fast email client. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • BlueMail - Cross-platform email client with modern interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Nylas Mail - Extensible desktop email app based on web technologies. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Postbox - Advanced email management with productivity focus. 🪟 🍎
  • Polymail - Simple, powerful email client with modern features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Wino Mail - Fluent design email client with Mica effect. 🪟
  • Spark - Fast email client with team collaboration features. 🍎 🐧
  • ThunderBird - Email client for easier management. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Mailbird - IMAP/POP3 email client with customization options. 🪟
  • Tutanota - Encrypted email service focused on privacy. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Edison Mail - Customizable, intuitive email client with smart features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Skiff Mail - Encrypted, decentralized email service. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Compression and Archiving

  • 7-Zip - Archive manager supporting 7z, ZIP, and other formats. 🪟 🟢 ⭐
  • Bandizip - Fast, lightweight archive manager with extensive format support. 🪟
  • NanaZip - 7-Zip derivative optimized for Windows 10/11 with added functionality. 🪟
  • PeaZip - Archive manager supporting 180+ formats with encryption and compression. 🪟 🐧 🟢
  • Keka - Archive manager supporting ZIP, 7Z, TAR, GZIP, and RAR. 🍎
  • WinRAR - Popular archive manager with an unlimited free tier. 🪟
  • muCommander - Lightweight dual-pane file manager with archive support. 🍎
  • The Unarchiver - Simple tool for extracting ZIP, RAR, ISO, and other formats. 🍎
  • Unarchive One - Multi-format decompression tool with QuickLook integration. 🍎
  • PDF Archiver - Tool for tagging and organizing PDFs on macOS. 🍎 🟢

Customize

System Customization

  • Winaero - All-in-one app for tuning Windows settings. 🪟
  • Windhawk - Customization marketplace for Windows and programs. 🪟
  • HideVolumeOSD - Hides the Windows volume bar. 🪟 🟢
  • ExplorerPatcher - Restores and enhances the classic taskbar and system elements. 🪟 🟢
  • Hidden Bar - Simple app to organize and declutter your menu bar. 🍎 🟢
  • TinkerTool - Utility for enabling hidden system preferences. 🍎
  • TaskbarX - Personalize the taskbar with center alignment, transparency, and animations. 🪟
  • MacPilot - Unlock hidden settings and system tweaks. 🍎
  • Sizer - Resize any window to a predefined size. 🪟
  • FluentFlyouts - Replaces default flyouts with customizable modern ones. 🪟 🟢
  • Flow Launcher - Quick file search and app launcher like Spotlight. 🪟n/RetroBar) - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows. 🪟

Wallpaper Tools

  • Rainmeter - Desktop customization tool offering widgets, skins, and live stats. 🪟 🟢
  • Lively Wallpaper - Tool to set animated and interactive wallpapers. 🪟 🟢
  • WinDynamicDesktop - Port of macOS Mojave Dynamic Desktop feature to Windows. 🪟 🟢
  • ScreenPlay - Wallpaper and widget engine. 🪟 🐧 🟢
  • Plash - App to set websites as wallpapers. 🍎 🟢
  • Komorebi - Animated wallpaper manager. 🐧 🟢
  • Variety - Wallpaper changer with features for downloading and managing wallpapers. 🐧 🟢

Data Management

Copy and Move

  • TeraCopy - Copy and move multiple files. 🪟 🍎

Sync and Clone

  • FreeFileSync - Tool for comparing and syncing files or folders. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Syncthing - Continuous file synchronization for multiple computers. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • rclone - Command-line tool for managing and syncing files with cloud storage. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Developer Tools

  • WinMerge - Windows visual diff and merge for files and directories. 🪟
  • Diffinity - Diff and merging tool with focus on accurate and easy-to-read source code diffs. 🪟
  • Meld - Visual diff and merge tool. Helps you compare files, directories, and version-controlled projects. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • TkForge - Drag & drop in Figma to create a Python GUI with ease. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • livewinsize - Visualize window size in pixels and other units. 🪟 🟢 ⭐

API Development

  • Postman - API development platform with advanced testing and collaboration tools. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
  • Insomnia - Simple API client for REST and GraphQL development. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • Bruno - Offline API client that is fast, Git-friendly, and open source. 🪟 🟢
  • Hoppscotch - Lightweight API development tool for designing, testing, and debugging. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • HTTP Toolkit - Tool for debugging and mocking HTTP requests. 🪟
  • SoapUI Open Source - For testing REST and SOAP APIs with scripting support. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Cocoa Rest Client - Native app for testing REST APIs. 🍎
  • Paw - Advanced HTTP client designed for macOS. 🍎
  • Katalon Studio - Testing automation for APIs, web, and mobile apps. 🍎
  • HTTPie - Command-line and GUI tool to simplify working with APIs. 🪟 🍎
  • Mockoon - Desktop tool for creating and testing mock REST APIs. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Apidog - All-in-one workspace for API design, testing, and documentation. 🪟

Database

  • DBeaver - Universal database tool for SQL databases like MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Apache Family, and more. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Beekeeper Studio - Modern, lightweight SQL client supporting MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, SQL Server, etc. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Network Analysis

  • Wireshark - Leading tool for capturing and analyzing network traffic. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
  • Charles - Debugging proxy to view HTTP and HTTPS traffic. 🪟 🍎
  • James - Proxy for intercepting HTTP/HTTPS requests. 🪟 🍎 🟢
  • mitmproxy - Interactive HTTP proxy for debugging and penetration testing. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Proxie - HTTP debugging proxy for tracking requests. 🍎
  • Proxyman - Modern HTTP proxy with an intuitive UI. 🍎
  • Sniffnet - Tool for monitoring and analyzing network traffic. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Burp Suite Community Edition - Class-leading vulnerability scanning and web app security. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Game Engines

  • Godot - Game engine for 2D and 3D games with an easy-to-learn scripting language. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • Unreal Engine - Powerful, fully-featured game engine for high-quality 3D games. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
  • Unity - Popular game engine for creating both 2D and 3D games, with an intuitive interface and wide asset store. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • GDevelop - No-code engine for creating 2D games with a visual event system. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Cocos2d - Game engine for mobile and web games, focused on 2D games. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Defold - Cross-platform 2D game engine with easy-to-use tools. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • CryEngine - Advanced game engine with cutting-edge graphics and tools for creating visually stunning games. 🪟
  • Amazon Lumberyard - Free, cross-platform 3D game engine integrated with AWS and Twitch for multiplayer games. 🪟 🍎
  • LÖVE - Simple, easy-to-learn 2D game engine for Lua. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Monogame - Framework for cross-platform game development with C#. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Ren'Py - Popular engine for creating visual novels with a simple scripting language. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • PICO-8 - Fantasy console for making retro-style small games. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Tiled - Level editor for creating tile-based game maps, used with other engines. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • OpenRA - Game engine for real-time strategy games, supporting mods for classic titles. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • AppGameKit - Flexible game engine for 2D and 3D games with simple scripting. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Pixel Game Maker MV - Game creation engine for 2D pixel games with no coding required. 🪟
  • Scirra Construct - Powerful game engine with drag-and-drop and visual scripting for 2D games. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Flixel - 2D engine built with Haxe, suitable for platformers and action games. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Gosu - Simple 2D game development library for Ruby or C++. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Roblox Studio - Engine for making games on Roblox. 🪟 🍎

Virtualization

  • Docker - Containerization platform for operating-system-level virtualization. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • Multipass - Quickly launch and manage Ubuntu virtual machines on demand. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • OrbStack - Lightweight and fast virtualization for running Docker containers and Linux machines. 🍎
  • Lima - Tool for launching Linux VMs with file sharing and port forwarding. 🍎 🟢
  • QEMU - Emulator and virtualizer for hardware and system virtualization. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • UTM - GUI for QEMU to run various VMs including ARM64 and x64. 🍎
  • Vagrant - Tool for managing reproducible development environments using virtual machines. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Rancher Desktop - App for managing containers and Kubernetes on desktop. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Podman Desktop - Desktop alternative to Docker for managing containers. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • VirtualBox - Virtualization software for creating and managing virtual machines. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • VMWare Workstation - Virtualization software with advanced features. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Documents

  • CDisplayEx - Lightweight comic book reader (.cbr, .cbz, .pdf, manga). 🪟

Office Suites

  • LibreOffice - Popular and easy to use office suite. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • OnlyOffice - Office suite with collaboration features. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Apache OpenOffice - Suite for documents, spreadsheets, etc. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Calligra Suite - Office suite with word processing and vector graphics. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • WPS Office - Lightweight office suite compatible with MS file formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • FreeOffice - Suite with compatibility for MS Office formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Etherpad - Real-time collaborative text editor. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Google Workspace - Cloud-based suite for document collaboration. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Collabora Online - Cloud-based LibreOffice for collaboration. 🪟 🍎 🐧

E-book

  • Calibre - Powerful e-book manager. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • iChm - CHM reader. 🍎 🟢
  • Kindle App - Official Kindle reader app. 🪟 🍎
  • Klib - Manage Kindle and iBooks highlights. 🍎
  • Koodo Reader - eBook reader supporting 15+ formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Readest - Cross-platform eBook reader with tools. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Scribus - Layout and publishing software. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Sigil - EPUB editor. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Simple Comic - Reader for PDF, CBZ, and CBR formats. 🍎
  • Naps2 - Scan documents to PDF and more, as simply as possible. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢

PDF Tools

  • Sumatra PDF - Fast, lightweight PDF reader. 🪟
  • MuPDF - Powerful PDF viewer. 🪟 🐧 🟢
  • Okular - Universal document viewer by KDE. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Foxit PDF Reader - PDF viewer with annotations. 🪟
  • qpdfview - Tabbed document viewer. 🐧
  • Skim - PDF viewer for annotation. 🍎
  • Xournal++ - Handwriting and annotation tool for PDFs. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • PDF Arranger - PDF editor for splitting, merging. 🪟 🐧 🟢
  • PDF24 - Easy PDF tools. 🪟

Note Taking

  • Obsidian - A knowledge base app with powerful linking and markdown support. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Notion - All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, databases, and collaboration. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Plain Text Editor - Simple, distraction-free text editor for quick note-taking. 🍎
  • Tot - A simple, elegant app for collecting and editing text snippets. 🍎
  • Craft Docs - Beautiful and powerful tool for creating and organizing documents and notes. 🪟 🍎
  • RemNote - A knowledge management app with note-taking and spaced repetition features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Simplenote - A minimalist note-taking app that syncs across devices. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Joplin - Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢

Text Editors

  • Notepad++ - Text editor with syntax highlighting and advanced editing features for developers. 🪟 🟢
  • Visual Studio Code - A powerful and extensible code editor developed by Microsoft, featuring debugging, version control, and support for numerous languages. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Atom - Hackable text editor with features like Git integration and an extensive plugin ecosystem. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Vim - Highly configurable, command-line-based text editor that is especially favored by developers for its efficiency. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Emacs - A powerful, extensible text editor with a broad range of features and customization options. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Geany - A lightweight, fast text editor that supports many programming languages, with a built-in terminal and project management features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Brackets - Text editor focused on web development, with live preview and preprocessor support. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • FluentEdit - Code editor based on fluent design and notepad. 🪟
  • Fastedit - Code editor that looks like notepad and has frost background. 🪟 🟢
  • Bluefish - A powerful text editor targeted at web developers, supporting various programming languages. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Aurora Editor - A lightweight, fast code editor for macOS with a modern interface. 🍎
  • CodeEdit - Lightweight native code editor for macOS. 🍎 🟢
  • CotEditor - A lightweight plain-text editor designed for macOS. 🍎
  • Haystack Editor - Code editor with a canvas UI for better code understanding. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Helix - A post-modern modal text editor with extensibility and performance. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Lapce - A fast, powerful code editor designed for modern workflows. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • LightTable - Next-generation code editor focused on instant feedback. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • micro - A modern, intuitive terminal-based text editor. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Neovim - A modern, extensible terminal-based code editor. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Nova - A fast, flexible, and beautiful native Mac code editor from Panic. 🍎
  • Sublime Text - A popular, sleek editor with a plugin ecosystem for developers. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • SubEthaEdit - A collaborative text editor that allows real-time editing. 🍎
  • TextMate - A versatile, flexible text editor for macOS with advanced features. 🍎
  • Vimr - A refined Vim experience designed for macOS. 🍎
  • Zed - A high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Download Managers

  • Free Download Manager - Modern download accelerator. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
  • JDownloader - Popular download manager. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Xtreme Download Manager (XDM) - Powerful tool to increase download speeds up to 500%. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Aria2 - Lightweight, command-line download utility supporting multiple protocols. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Motrix - A simple and clean download manager with cross-platform support. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Persepolis Download Manager - GUI for Aria2, providing an intuitive interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • AB Download Manager - Easily download files from anywhere. 🪟 🐧 🟢 ⭐

Games

Cloud Gaming

  • NVIDIA GeForce NOW - Free tier for streaming supported games from the cloud. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Xbox Cloud Gaming - Free trial with limited titles via the cloud. 🪟 🍎
  • Boosteroid - Free plan available for limited game streaming. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Antstream Arcade - Free tier with retro games playable via the cloud. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Mobile Emulators

  • BlueStacks - Android emulator for playing mobile games on PC. 🪟 🍎
  • LDPlayer - Lightweight Android emulator for gaming on PC. 🪟
  • NoxPlayer - Android emulator optimized for mobile gaming on desktop. 🪟 🍎
  • MEmu Play - Powerful Android emulator with excellent gaming support. 🪟
  • Genymotion - Android emulator with advanced features for developers and gamers. 🪟 🍎
  • KoPlayer - Android emulator optimized for gaming and streaming. 🪟
  • Andy - Android emulator to run mobile games and apps on PC. 🪟 🍎

Other Emulators

  • PPSSPP - PSP emulator for any OS. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Dolphin - GameCube and Wii emulator. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • PCSX2 - PlayStation 2 emulator with compatibility for most games. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • RPCS3 - PlayStation 3 emulator that runs a lot of games. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Cemu - Wii U emulator that supports 4K resolution. 🪟
  • MAME - Arcade machine emulator with a massive library of supported games. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • DOSBox - DOS emulator designed for running old DOS games and applications. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • ScummVM - Emulator focused on classic point-and-click adventure games. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Citra - Nintendo 3DS emulator with great compatibility and performance. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • OpenEmu - Multi-system emulator with a clean interface and support for a variety of retro systems. 🍎
  • xemu - Original Xbox emulator for playing classic Xbox games on modern systems. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • higan - Multi-system emulator with high accuracy, supporting consoles like SNES and GBA. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • DuckStation - PlayStation 1 emulator with focus on speed, accuracy, and modern enhancements. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • PCSX-Redux - PlayStation 1 emulator aimed at advanced debugging and better game compatibility. 🪟 🐧 🟢
  • Mednafen - Multi-system emulator with a focus on precision and compatibility. 🪟 🐧
  • MelonDS - Nintendo DS emulator with accurate performance and Wi-Fi support. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • BSNES - SNES emulator with cycle-accurate emulation for high compatibility. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Graphics Tools

  • GIMP - Versatile image editor for tasks like photo manipulation and graphic design. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Inkscape - Vector graphics editor used for creating logos, illustrations, and more. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Krita - Digital painting software designed for illustrators and concept artists. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Figma - Collaborative interface design tool for building UI/UX projects. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Lunacy - Design tool offering collaboration features and built-in assets. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Paint.NET - Simple yet powerful image editor for quick edits and designs. 🪟
  • PhotoFiltre - Complete image retouching program. 🪟
  • Aspect - Photo organizer with peer-to-peer synchronization for secure image storage. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • pngquant - Command-line tool for compressing PNG images without losing quality. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Alchemy - Experimental drawing application focused on conceptual art creation. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Amadine - Intuitive vector drawing app aimed at graphic designers. 🍎
  • Colorpicker - Color manipulation tool for picking and modifying colors. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Draw.io - Desktop app for creating diagrams and flowcharts. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • FontForge - Font editor for creating and modifying font files. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • inklet - Use your Mac's trackpad as a drawing board for creative work. 🍎
  • macSVG - Design HTML5 SVG art and animations with this easy-to-use tool. 🍎
  • MagicaVoxel - Lightweight voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer for 3D models. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Monodraw - ASCII art editor for creating and editing text-based drawings. 🍎
  • Paintbrush - Bitmap image editor with basic drawing tools and pixel-level manipulation. 🪟
  • Pencil2D - Simple and intuitive tool for creating 2D hand-drawn animations. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Pixen - Native pixel art and animation editor designed for macOS. 🍎

3D Modeling and Animation

  • Blender - 3D creation tool supporting modeling, animation, rendering, video editing, and more. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • Wings 3D - 3D modeling software focusing on subdivision modeling. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • FreeCAD - Parametric 3D CAD modeler for designing real-life objects of any size. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • MakeHuman - 3D human modeler for creating realistic character models. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • OpenSCAD - Script-based 3D CAD modeler for creating precise solid geometry. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Security

Antivirus

  • Avast - Antivirus to help detect and isolate potential cyberthreats. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • ClamAV - Antivirus engine for detecting malware, viruses, and other threats. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • AVG Antivirus - Free antivirus software to protect against viruses, malware, and spyware. 🪟 🍎
  • Bitdefender - Lightweight and powerful antivirus for essential protection. 🪟 🍎
  • Malwarebytes - Malware removal tool offering real-time protection and cleanup. 🪟 🍎

Password Managers

  • Bitwarden - Password manager for securely storing, managing, and sharing sensitive online data. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • KeePass - Lightweight password manager for secure storage of passwords in encrypted databases. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • KeePassXC - Modern community fork of KeePass with cross-platform support and enhanced features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • LastPass - Cloud-based password manager with secure password sharing and autofill features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Passbolt - Team-oriented password manager for sharing and storing passwords securely. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • NordPass - Secure password manager with autofill and password health insights. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • RoboForm - Password manager and form filler with multi-platform synchronization. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Image Viewers

  • Irfanview - Simple image viewer with some editing abilities. 🪟
  • FlowVision - Waterfall-style image viewer. 🍎 🟢
  • qView - Visually minimal and space efficient. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • JPEGView - Lean, fast and highly configurable viewer/editor for JPEG, BMP, PNG, WEBP, TGA, GIF and TIFF images. 🪟
  • XnView - Image resizer, batch image converter. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • ImageGlass - Lightweight, versatile image viewer. 🪟 🟢

Remote Access

  • AnyDesk - Remote access solution for multiple devices, providing fast and secure connections. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Moonlight - GameStream client for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Steam Link. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Parsec - High-performance remote desktop solution with 4k streaming at 60fps and low latency. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • RoyalTSX - Remote access tool for IT professionals, supporting multiple protocols. 🍎
  • RustDesk - Remote desktop software with a focus on simplicity and security. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Steam Link - Play your Steam games across devices using the Steam Link app. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Sunshine - Self-hosted game streaming server for use with Moonlight. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • TeamViewer - Popular remote control software for desktop sharing and file transfer. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Windows Remote Desktop - Connect to remote PCs, virtual apps, and desktops with ease. 🪟
  • wmWebStack - Local server stack with one-click live publishing and remote device access. 🪟
  • Remmina - Remote access screen and file sharing to your desktop. 🐧

Video

  • FreeTube - Private YouTube client with no ads. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Video Editors

  • Shotcut - Video editor with a wide range of features. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • OpenShot - Easy-to-use video editor with support for multiple video tracks. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • DaVinci Resolve - Professional video editor with advanced color correction and effects. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
  • Capcut Desktop - Simple video editor with many builtin effects. 🪟 🍎
  • Kdenlive - Video editor with multi-track editing and a powerful interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Lightworks - Professional video editor with advanced features for filmmaking. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • HitFilm Express - Feature-packed video editor with visual effects and compositing tools. 🪟 🍎
  • VSDC Free Video Editor - Non-linear video editor with a rich set of editing tools. 🪟
  • Olive Video Editor - Non-linear video editor with powerful features and an intuitive interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Avidemux - Video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. 🪟 🍎 🐧

Video Players

  • VLC Media Player - Media player supporting almost all video formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Kodi - Media center that allows you to play and view most videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Stremio - Provides a secure, modern and seamless entertainment experience. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • ScreenBox - Basically VLC but with a modern UI. 🪟
  • MPV - Cross-platform media player with a simple interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • KMPlayer - Media player supporting various video formats and streaming protocols. 🪟 🍎
  • PotPlayer - Feature-rich video player with advanced playback options. 🪟 ⭐
  • MPC-HC - Lightweight video player with support for all common formats. 🪟 🟢
  • GOM Player - Popular media player with support for most video formats and customizable features. 🪟 🍎
  • RealPlayer - Versatile media player for playing videos and streaming. 🪟 🍎
  • Bomi Player - Advanced media player that supports a variety of video formats. 🐧
  • Clementine Player - Music and video player with a user-friendly interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • ScreenToGif - Screen recording software that allows you to capture GIFs and videos with customizable export options. 🪟
  • Videotape - Simple and minimalist video player for quick playback of local video files. 🪟
  • SMPlayer - Media player with the ability to remember playback settings and support for various video formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • IINA - Media player for macOS. Performs better than VLC. 🍎 🟢

Video Streaming and Recording

  • OBS Studio - Software for live streaming and video recording. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • Streamlabs Desktop - Streaming software with a customizable interface for live broadcasts. 🪟 🍎 🟢
  • Jitsi Meet - Video conferencing and streaming solution. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • XSplit Broadcaster - Free live streaming and recording tool with advanced features. 🪟
  • Zoom - Video conferencing tool with live streaming capabilities. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Nginx RTMP - Media streaming server using NGINX. 🐧 🟢
  • Livestreamer - Command-line utility to stream video from various platforms. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Kaltura - Video streaming platform for creating and managing content. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢

Video Converters and Compressors

  • FFmpeg - Command-line tool for video and audio processing with wide format support. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
  • HandBrake - Video transcoder for converting video formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Any Video Converter - Free video converter that supports multiple formats. 🪟 🍎
  • Format Factory - Multifunctional converter supporting video, audio, and image formats. 🪟
  • XMedia Recode - All-in-one video and audio converter with wide format support. 🪟
  • Shutter Encoder - Multi-functional media conversion tool for video, audio, and image formats with advanced processing options. 🪟 🍎
  • VidCoder - Video transcoder based on HandBrake, with a user-friendly interface. 🪟 🍎 🟢
  • FastFlix - GUI for H.264, HEVC and AV1 hardware and software encoding. 🪟 🟢

VPN and Proxy Tools

  • Tunnelblick - OpenVPN client for macOS with a user-friendly interface. 🍎 🟢
  • Algo - Personal IPSEC VPN setup for secure cloud usage. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Cloudflare WARP - Fast, free VPN and DNS service to improve privacy and security. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • ProtonVPN - Swiss-based high-speed VPN with enhanced privacy protections. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • SpechtLite - Simplified rule-based proxy tool for macOS. 🍎 🟢
  • Specht - Rule-based proxy app for macOS using Network Extension. 🍎 🟢
  • Twingate - Zero trust network access solution for secure private network connections. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • ShadowsocksX-NG - Modern Shadowsocks client with enhanced features for macOS. 🍎 🟢
  • rvc-mac - Ribose VPN Client for macOS, providing secure VPN connections. 🍎 🟢
  • WireGuard - Fast, modern, and secure VPN tunnel protocol designed for simplicity and performance. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Proxifier - Windows-based proxy client that allows network applications to connect via a proxy server. 🪟
  • Psiphon - Free VPN and proxy tool designed to bypass censorship. 🪟 🍎
  • Lantern - Free internet freedom tool that bypasses network restrictions. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • OpenVPN - VPN solution for secure internet connections. 🪟 🟢
  • SoftEther VPN - VPN software with multiple protocol support. 🪟 🟢

Utility

  • PowerToys - Collection of utilities including tools for file renaming, bulk resizing, and a quick launcher to enhance Windows productivity. 🪟 ⭐
  • AutoHotkey - Powerful scripting language for automating tasks and creating custom keyboard shortcuts. 🪟 ⭐
  • Nirsoft - Collection of utility softwares. 🪟
  • yt-dlp - Feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Fan Control - Highly focused fan controlling software. 🪟
  • SpeedCrunch - High-precision scientific calculator featuring a fast, keyboard-driven user interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • LocalSend - Share files to nearby devices. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Advanced IP Scanner - Reliable and free network scanner to analyze LAN. 🪟
  • PuTTY - SSH and telnet client for Windows. 🪟
  • Legacy Update - Software to install all relevant updates necessary to fix access to the Windows Update service on unsupported versions. 🪟
  • Twinkle Tray - Easily manage the brightness levels of multiple monitors. 🪟
  • Rocket - Type emojis using colon (:) anywhere. 🍎
  • Keylock - Lock your keyboard. 🪟 🟢
  • Winpower - Improved power settings for Windows. 🪟 🟢

Clipboard Management

  • Ditto - Extension to the standard Windows clipboard that provides advanced functionality. 🪟
  • Clipy - Lightweight clipboard manager. 🍎 🟢
  • CopyQ - Advanced clipboard manager with editing and scripting capabilities. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
  • Maccy - Simple and lightweight clipboard manager. 🍎 🟢
  • ClipAngel - Powerful clipboard manager with rich text, HTML, and image support for Windows. 🪟
  • Parcellite - Lightweight clipboard manager for Linux with basic functionality. 🐧
  • Diodon - Simple and lightweight clipboard manager for Linux. 🐧 🟢
  • Clipboard Fusion - Feature-rich clipboard manager for organizing and transforming clipboard data. 🪟 🍎
  • Qopy - The fixed clipboard manager with a clean and minimalistic UI as well as very unique features. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢

Metadata

  • ExifTool - Powerful command-line application for reading, writing, and editing meta information in image, audio, and video files. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • PhotoME - An EXIF and metadata viewer for photos, with some editing capabilities. 🪟
  • Metadata++ - Allows for viewing, editing, and removing metadata from photos and files. 🪟
  • MP3Tag - Edit metadata of audio files. 🪟

Window Management

  • AltSnap - Lightweight window management tool for snapping windows to predefined positions using keyboard shortcuts. 🪟 🟢
  • AquaSnap - Enhances window management with docking, snapping, and stretching features for Windows. 🪟
  • Rectangle - A simple and efficient window manager for macOS that allows easy window snapping and resizing using keyboard shortcuts. 🍎
  • Magnet - A popular macOS app for snapping windows into organized tiles with keyboard shortcuts. 🍎
  • i3 - A tiling window manager for Linux that provides powerful keyboard-driven window management. 🐧
  • XMonad - A highly customizable tiling window manager for X11 (Linux). 🐧
  • FancyZones - Feature of PowerToys that helps with window snapping and arranging for multi-monitor setups in Windows. 🪟 🟢
  • Sway - Tiling Wayland compositor for Linux, similar to i3, designed for use with Wayland. 🐧 🟢
  • KWin - Powerful window manager for KDE that supports tiling and a range of window management features for Linux. 🐧
  • OnTopReplica - A simple app to display a portion of your screen on top of other windows. 🪟 🟢
  • KDE Mover-Sizer - Application that emulates the behaviour of KDE. 🪟
  • GlazeWM - Tiling window manager inspired by i3wm. 🪟 🟢

File Management

  • Everything - Lightning-fast file and folder search tool that indexes your entire Windows file system for instant access. 🪟 ⭐
  • Files - Modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders. 🪟 🟢
  • Double Commander - Dual-pane file manager with extensive functionality like tabbed browsing, built-in text editor, and advanced search. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Xftp 7 - Lightweight and flexible SFTP/FTP client with advanced features for efficient file transfers. 🪟
  • FileZilla - Fast and reliable FTP, FTPS, and SFTP client for managing remote files. 🪟 🍎 🐧
  • Q-Dir - Multi-pane file manager offering up to four directory views simultaneously for enhanced productivity. 🪟
  • WinSCP - SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, and SCP client with a user-friendly interface. 🪟 🟢
  • Far Manager - Program for managing files and archives in Windows. 🪟
  • Free Commander - Alternative to the standard windows file manager. 🪟

Screenshot

  • Greenshot - Screenshot tool for Windows that allows capturing, annotating, and editing screenshots. 🪟 🟢
  • ShareX - Powerful screenshot and screen recording tool with advanced editing options. 🪟 🟢 ⭐
  • Flameshot - Customizable screenshot tool with an easy-to-use interface and built-in editor. 🐧 🪟 🍎
  • Lightshot - A fast and intuitive screenshot tool that allows capturing and editing images instantly. 🪟 🍎
  • Shutter - Feature-rich screenshot tool for Linux with an integrated editor for quick annotations. 🐧
  • Capter - Super simple screenshot tool. 🪟 🍎 🟢
  • Monosnap - Simple screenshot tool that includes cloud integration for easy sharing. 🪟 🍎

Space Visualizer

  • WizTree - Fast disk space analyzer that scans drives and shows file size distribution. 🪟 ⭐
  • SpaceSniffer - Identify large files and folders with an intuitive tree map. 🪟
  • TreeSize Free - Visualizes disk space usage in a tree-like structure for easy file management. 🪟
  • DiskSavvy - Disk space analyzer with various reporting and filtering options. 🪟
  • JDiskReport - Tool for visualizing disk usage with a variety of charts and graphs. 🪟 🐧
  • Filelight - Visualizer with a circular sunburst chart. 🪟 🍎 🐧

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