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Apps

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373 apps

7-Zip

Igor Pavlov

FREE

File archiver with high-ratio 7z compression and support for dozens of archive formats.

LGPL-2.1-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

File ManagementUtilities

ActivityWatch

ActivityWatch contributors

FREE

Automatic time tracker that records which apps and sites you use, keeping all the data on your own machine.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

AdwCleaner

Malwarebytes Inc.

FREE

Single-purpose cleaner for adware, toolbars and bundled junk, run from one portable file with no install.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

FREE

Vector, pixel and layout tools in a single application, free to use with a Canva account.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & Design

AIMP

AIMP DevTeam

FREE

Audio player with a built-in equaliser, format converter and library management tools.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

Alacritty

Alacritty contributors

FREE

Minimal GPU-rendered terminal with no tabs or splits, configured entirely through a text file.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Alfred

Running with Crayons Ltd

FREE + ONE-TIME

macOS launcher for apps, files and web searches; a one-time Powerpack adds workflows and clipboard history.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

AltTab

lwouis

FREE + ONE-TIME

Windows-style Alt-Tab for macOS that switches between individual windows with live thumbnails; search and extra styles need Pro.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsProductivity

FREE

Google's official Android IDE, bundling the emulator, layout inspector and Gradle build tooling.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Anki

Ankitects

FREE

Flashcard tool with a spaced repetition scheduler that shows each card again just before you would forget it.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

AntiMicroX

AntiMicroX contributors

FREE

Maps gamepad buttons and sticks to keyboard and mouse input, so a controller can drive games with no pad support.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsUtilities

Apache NetBeans

The Apache Software Foundation

FREE

Apache IDE for Java, PHP and JavaScript, with project templates and a visual GUI builder.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

AppCleaner

FreeMacSoft

FREE

Uninstalls macOS applications together with the preference and support files they leave scattered around.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

FREE

Editor and toolchain for Arduino boards, handling compilation and upload over USB in one window.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Aseprite

Igara Studio S.A.

ONE-TIME

Pixel art editor with frame-by-frame animation, onion skinning and sprite sheet export.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignGaming Tools

Audacity

Muse Group

FREE

Multi-track audio editor for recording, cutting and applying effects to waveform files.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

AutoHotkey

AutoHotkey Foundation LLC

FREE

Scripting language for Windows automation: short scripts bind hotkeys, remap keys, expand abbreviations and drive other windows.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

ProductivityDeveloper ToolsUtilities

Avidemux

Avidemux team

FREE

Simple tool for cutting, filtering and re-encoding video without a full editing timeline.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

Azahar

Azahar Emulator Project

FREE

Nintendo 3DS emulator that carries on the Citra codebase, with higher internal resolutions, save states and modern controller support.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Balabolka

Ilya Morozov

FREE

Text-to-speech reader that reads documents and the clipboard aloud with your installed voices and saves speech as audio.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

AccessibilityProductivity

FREE

Flashes disk images to USB sticks and SD cards, validating the write afterwards to catch corrupted media.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

BBEdit

Bare Bones Software, Inc.

FREE + ONE-TIME

macOS text editor that keeps working in a free mode after the trial, with grep search across files.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsUtilities

Beekeeper Studio Community

Beekeeper Studio, Inc.

FREE

SQL client with an autocompleting query editor, aimed at readability over configuration depth.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Beeper

Automattic

FREE

Single inbox that bridges WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Slack and other networks into one desktop chat list.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationProductivity

Betterbird

Betterbird contributors

FREE

Thunderbird fork that ships extra fixes and features which have not been merged into the upstream release.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Communication

Bitwarden

Bitwarden, Inc.

FREE

Password manager with an unlimited free tier and a server component you can self-host if you prefer.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

BleachBit

BleachBit contributors

FREE

Clears caches, logs and temporary files by application, with an option to overwrite freed space.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsSecurity & Privacy

Blender

Blender Foundation

FREE

3D suite covering modelling, sculpting, animation, simulation and rendering in one application.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignAudio & VideoCAD & 3D

Bookworm

Blind Pandas

FREE

Document reader made for screen-reader users that opens EPUB, PDF, Word and more, with read-aloud and bookmarks.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

AccessibilityProductivity

Bottles

Bottles contributors

FREE

Runs Windows software and games on Linux inside isolated Wine environments, each with its own settings and libraries.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsUtilities

Brave

Brave Software, Inc.

FREE

Chromium-based browser that blocks ads and trackers by default, without installing an extension first.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

Bruno

Bruno Software Inc.

FREE

API client that stores request collections as plain text files so they live in your Git repository.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

btop++

Jakob Liljenberg

FREE

Terminal resource monitor with mouse support and graphs for processor, memory, disks and network.

Apache-2.0macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

Bulk Crap Uninstaller

Marcin Szeniak

FREE

Uninstaller that removes many programs in one queued run, then looks for leftover files and registry keys; Store apps and Steam games too.

Apache-2.0Windows

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

calibre

Kovid Goyal

FREE

Ebook library manager that converts between formats and sends books straight to a connected reader.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementProductivity

Cemu

Cemu Project

FREE

Wii U emulator with Vulkan rendering and per-title graphics packs for resolution and frame-rate changes.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

CherryTree

Giuseppe Penone

FREE

Hierarchical note manager storing a whole tree of rich text and code snippets in one file.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

Chocolatey

Chocolatey Software

FREE

Command-line package manager for Windows that installs and updates applications from a community repository.

Apache-2.0Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsDeveloper Tools

ClamAV

Cisco Systems, Inc.

FREE

Open source antivirus engine with a command line scanner and signature database you can update yourself.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Claws Mail

The Claws Mail team

FREE

Lightweight GTK email client that stores mail as plain files and adds features through a large plugin set.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Communication

Code::Blocks

The Code::Blocks Team

FREE

C, C++ and Fortran IDE that works with several compilers through a plugin-based build system.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

FREE

Picks text and background colours from anywhere on screen and reports their contrast against the WCAG thresholds.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

AccessibilityDeveloper Tools

CPU-Z

CPUID

FREE

Reports processor, motherboard and memory details read straight from the hardware, plus a quick benchmark.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

Cryptomator

Skymatic GmbH

FREE

Encrypts a folder file by file before it reaches cloud storage, so sync keeps working per changed file.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

CrystalDiskInfo

Crystal Dew World

FREE

Reads S.M.A.R.T. data from drives and warns when health values start drifting toward failure.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

CrystalDiskMark

Crystal Dew World

FREE

Storage benchmark measuring sequential and random read and write speeds at several queue depths.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

CudaText

Alexey Torgashin

FREE

Cross-platform editor written in Free Pascal, with syntax highlighting for over 200 languages.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsUtilities

Cyberduck

iterate GmbH

FREE

Browser for remote storage, connecting to SFTP, WebDAV, S3 and consumer cloud drives in one window.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

Czkawka

Rafał Mikrut

FREE

Finds duplicate files, similar images and empty folders, then lets you review before deleting anything.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

darktable

darktable team

FREE

Non-destructive RAW developer that keeps edits in a sidecar file and leaves the original untouched.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & Design

DaVinci Resolve

Blackmagic Design

FREE + ONE-TIME

Editing, colour grading, visual effects and audio post in one app, with a free tier that adds no watermark.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoGraphics & Design

DB Browser for SQLite

DB Browser for SQLite team

FREE

Spreadsheet-style editor for SQLite files, letting you browse and edit tables without writing SQL.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

DBeaver Community

DBeaver Corp

FREE

Database client that connects to most SQL engines through JDBC, with an ER diagram viewer.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Developer Tools

Delta Chat

Delta Chat contributors

FREE

Chat app that sends messages over ordinary email accounts, encrypting them end to end where both sides support it.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Communication

DevToys

DevToys contributors

FREE

Offline collection of everyday developer utilities such as encoders, formatters and generators.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Developer ToolsUtilities

digiKam

digiKam Team

FREE

Photo manager for large libraries, with tagging, face detection and batch editing tools.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignFile Management

Directory Opus

GPSoftware

ONE-TIME

Explorer replacement that can take over every Windows folder window, with scripting and custom toolbars.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

Discord

Discord Inc.

FREE

Voice, video and text chat organised into servers and channels, with persistent rooms that stay open between sessions.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationGaming Tools

Ditto

Scott Brogden

FREE

Clipboard manager that keeps everything you copy, images and rich text included, in a searchable local history behind a hotkey.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

Dolphin

Dolphin Emulator Project

FREE

GameCube and Wii emulator that renders original titles at resolutions the consoles never supported.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

DOSBox Staging

DOSBox Staging contributors

FREE

Maintained DOSBox fork for running MS-DOS games, with reworked audio emulation and CRT-style shaders.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsUtilities

Double Commander

Double Commander contributors

FREE

Cross-platform two-pane manager modelled on Total Commander, with the same plugin interface on Linux.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

draw.io

JGraph Ltd

FREE

Diagram editor that runs offline and stores files locally, with shape libraries for flowcharts and networks.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignProductivity

DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo, Inc.

FREE

Privacy browser built on the system web engine, blocking trackers and answering cookie pop-ups for you.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyBrowsers

DuckStation

Connor McLaughlin

FREE

PlayStation emulator aimed at speed and accuracy, with resolution upscaling, PGXP geometry correction, save states and rewind.

CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Duplicati

Duplicati Inc.

FREE

Backup tool that sends encrypted incremental blocks to cloud storage, managed from a browser interface.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

EarTrumpet

File-New-Project

FREE

Tray volume control for Windows with a per-app mixer that can also send one app's sound to a different output device.

LicenseRef-EarTrumpetWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsAudio & Video

Eclipse IDE

Eclipse Foundation

FREE

Plugin-based IDE from the Eclipse Foundation, with separate distributions for Java, C/C++ and embedded work.

EPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Element

Element

FREE

Matrix client for chat and calls, able to connect to any homeserver including one you run yourself.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

eM Client

eM Client Inc.

FREE + ONE-TIME

Email, calendar and contacts client whose free licence covers personal use on one device with two accounts.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationProductivity

Encrypto

MacPaw

FREE

Drag a file in, set a password, and get an AES-256 package that opens on either Windows or macOS.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

Enpass

Sinew Software Systems

FREE + ONE-TIME

Password manager that keeps the vault on your device and syncs it through cloud storage you already own.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

FREE

Two-factor code generator that backs up its TOTP secrets end-to-end encrypted across devices.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

FREE

Store client for Epic's catalogue, which gives away a rotating selection of paid titles every week.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Espanso

Federico Terzi

FREE

Text expander that watches for trigger words in any application and replaces them with longer snippets.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

eSpeak NG

eSpeak NG contributors

FREE

Compact speech synthesizer for more than a hundred languages, run from the command line or used as a screen reader voice.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

AccessibilityUtilities

Everything

voidtools

FREE

Reads the NTFS index directly, so filename searches across a whole drive return as you type.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

ExifCleaner

szTheory

FREE

Strips metadata from photos, videos and PDFs by dragging them onto the window, in bulk if needed.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

FREE

Lightweight KDE browser built on QtWebEngine, with AdBlock and bookmark tools included.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Browsers

Fastfetch

Fastfetch contributors

FREE

Prints a system summary next to the distribution logo in the terminal, written in C for quick startup.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

Ferdium

Ferdium contributors

FREE

Container app that holds many web messengers in one window, each service kept in its own tab and session.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationProductivity

FFmpeg

FFmpeg team

FREE

Command-line toolkit for decoding, converting and streaming nearly any audio or video format.

LGPL-2.1-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoDeveloper Tools

Files

Files Community

FREE

Modern Windows file manager with tabs, dual pane and column layouts, following current Fluent design.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

FileZilla

Tim Kosse

FREE

Long-running FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with a transfer queue and a side-by-side local and remote tree.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

Firefox

Mozilla

FREE

Independent browser on Mozilla's Gecko engine, with container tabs that keep separate logins isolated from each other.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

Firejail

Firejail contributors

FREE

Confines a Linux program with kernel namespaces and seccomp, using ready-made profiles for common apps.

GPL-2.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

Flameshot

Flameshot contributors

FREE

Screenshot tool for drawing arrows, boxes and blur straight onto the selected area before saving, also driven from the command line.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

UtilitiesGraphics & Design

Floorp

Ablaze

FREE

Firefox-based browser from a Japanese team, centred on interface layouts and workspace customisation.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

BrowsersProductivity

FocusWriter

Graeme Gott

FREE

Full-screen writing tool that hides its own interface until you move the mouse, with daily word-count goals.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

FontForge

FontForge contributors

FREE

Font editor that draws glyph outlines and exports to TrueType, OpenType and web font formats.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignDeveloper Tools

foobar2000

Peter Pawłowski

FREE

Configurable audio player built on a component system, supporting a wide range of formats.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

Fork

Danil Pristupov

ONE-TIME

Git client with a visual interactive rebase, a built-in merge-conflict resolver and image diffs, sold as a one-time licence.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

ForkLift

BinaryNights, LLC

ONE-TIME

macOS dual-pane manager that doubles as an SFTP and cloud client, sold with a perpetual licence.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

fre:ac

Robert Kausch

FREE

Audio converter and CD ripper covering MP3, FLAC, Opus and other common formats.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

FreeCAD

The FreeCAD Team

FREE

Parametric 3D CAD modeller where models are driven by a history of editable constraints.

LGPL-2.1-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CAD & 3DGraphics & DesignProductivity

FreeCommander XE

Marek Jasinski

FREE + ONE-TIME

Dual-pane Windows file manager with folder comparison and sync built in; donors get the 64-bit build.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

FREE + ONE-TIME

Folder comparison and sync tool that transfers only the differences it finds between two locations.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

Freeplane

Freeplane contributors

FREE

Mind mapping tool with scripting, conditional styles and nodes that can hold attributes and calculated formulas.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

FSearch

Christian Boxdörfer

FREE

Instant filename search for Linux, keeping its own index so results appear without scanning the disk.

GPL-2.0-or-laterLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Geany

The Geany contributors

FREE

Lightweight IDE built on GTK, with basic build commands and few external dependencies.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Ghostty

Mitchell Hashimoto

FREE

GPU-accelerated terminal that uses native platform widgets instead of drawing its own interface.

MITmacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

GIMP

The GIMP Team

FREE

Raster image editor with layers, masks and a Script-Fu console for automating repetitive edits.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & Design

Git

The Git project

FREE

Distributed version control system that keeps a full project history in every working copy.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

FREE

Graphical Git client that turns commits, branches and pull requests into a point-and-click workflow.

MITWindows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

GlassWire

GlassWire

FREE

Turns network traffic into a timeline graph and flags new connections, with a firewall tab to cut them off.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

GNU Emacs

GNU Project

FREE

Extensible editor with a built-in Lisp interpreter, letting users reprogram the editor while it runs.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

GnuCash

GnuCash contributors

FREE

Personal and small business accounting built on double-entry bookkeeping, with reports and scheduled entries.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

Godot Engine

Godot Foundation

FREE

Game engine with a scene-based editor for 2D and 3D projects, exporting to desktop, mobile and web targets.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsDeveloper Tools

GOG Galaxy

GOG.com

FREE

Library client for DRM-free GOG games that can also pull in titles from Steam, Epic and other connected stores.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

FREE

Google's Chromium-based browser, paired with the Chrome Web Store catalogue and profile sync across devices.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Browsers

GParted

The GParted Project

FREE

Partition editor that creates, resizes and moves partitions across most common file systems.

GPL-2.0-or-laterLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

GPG Suite

GPGTools GmbH

FREE + ONE-TIME

Brings OpenPGP to macOS through a key manager and Services menu; the Apple Mail plugin is the paid part.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Gpg4win

Intevation GmbH

FREE

Packages GnuPG for Windows together with Kleopatra, a graphical manager for OpenPGP and S/MIME keys.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

GPU-Z

TechPowerUp

FREE

Graphics card inspector showing clocks, sensors and BIOS details, with a check for fake or relabelled cards.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

Greenshot

Thomas Braun, Jens Klingen and Robin Krom

FREE

Lightweight screenshot tool with an editor for arrows, highlights and blurring, exporting to printers, Office apps or upload plugins.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

UtilitiesGraphics & Design

Gufw

Marcos Alvarez Costales

FREE

Graphical front end for the ufw firewall, turning Linux rule syntax into checkboxes and profiles.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

Halloy

Squidowl

FREE

IRC client written in Rust with a modern interface, configured through a single TOML file.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Communication

HandBrake

The HandBrake Team

FREE

Video transcoder with presets that target specific devices, plus a batch processing queue.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

HeidiSQL

Ansgar Becker

FREE

Lightweight Windows client for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQL Server databases.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Helium

imput

FREE

Chromium build derived from ungoogled-chromium, shipping uBlock Origin as a native component.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

Helix

Helix contributors

FREE

Modal terminal editor with selection-first editing and language server support that needs no plugins.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Heroic Games Launcher

Heroic Games Launcher contributors

FREE

Open-source launcher for Epic, GOG and Amazon libraries, running Windows titles on Linux and macOS through Wine.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Homebrew

Homebrew contributors

FREE

Package manager for macOS and Linux that installs command-line tools and desktop apps from the terminal.

BSD-2-ClausemacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsDeveloper Tools

htop

htop dev team

FREE

Interactive terminal process viewer with scrolling, tree view and signals sent without typing a PID.

GPL-2.0-or-latermacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

HWiNFO

REALiX

FREE + ONE-TIME

Deep hardware analysis and sensor monitoring, free for personal use with a Pro licence for commercial work.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

IINA

IINA contributors

FREE

macOS video player built on mpv, with Picture in Picture and native trackpad gestures.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

ImageGlass

Duong Dieu Phap

FREE

Windows image viewer that opens large files quickly and reads formats the built-in viewer skips.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignUtilities

ImHex

WerWolv

FREE

Hex editor for reverse engineering, with a pattern language that labels binary structures.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsSecurity & Privacy

Inkscape

Inkscape Project

FREE

Vector graphics editor that uses SVG as its native file format, with node and path editing tools.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & Design

Insomnia

Kong Inc.

FREE

API client for REST, GraphQL and gRPC with an OpenAPI editor; work stays local or in Git, and the free plan caps Git Sync at three users.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

IntelliJ IDEA

JetBrains

FREE

Java and Kotlin IDE whose free tier covers everyday development, with Ultimate sold as a subscription.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Irssi

The Irssi project

FREE

Terminal IRC client with a split-window layout and a Perl scripting interface for automating channel tasks.

GPL-2.0-or-latermacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationDeveloper Tools

itch.io app

itch corp

FREE

Desktop client for the itch.io indie catalogue, handling installs, updates and offline launching of downloaded games.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Gaming Tools

JabRef

JabRef e.V.

FREE

Reference manager built directly on BibTeX files, aimed at LaTeX workflows and shared library files.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

Jami

Savoir-faire Linux

FREE

Peer-to-peer calling and messaging app that connects clients directly, with no central account server in between.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

Jan

Menlo Research

FREE

Open-source chat app that runs open models on your own machine or uses cloud providers with your own key, and serves a local API.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Local AIProductivity

FREE

Desktop app for Jitsi Meet video calls, working with the public service or any self-hosted Jitsi server.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Communication

Joplin

Laurent Cozic

FREE

Markdown notebook that syncs through your own storage account and encrypts notes end to end before upload.

AGPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivitySecurity & Privacy

Karabiner-Elements

Takayama Fumihiko

FREE

Key remapper for macOS built on a virtual keyboard driver, from single key swaps to JSON rules for layers and per-app behaviour.

UnlicensemacOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

Kate

KDE

FREE

KDE editor with split views, a session manager and a built-in terminal for multi-file work.

LGPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsUtilities

FREE

Pairs phones and computers on the same network to share files and the clipboard, mirror notifications and use the phone as a remote.

GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

UtilitiesCommunicationFile Management

FREE

Multi-track video editor from KDE, with proxy editing for working on heavy source files.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

KeePass

Dominik Reichl

FREE

The original offline password database, stored in a single encrypted file and extended through plugins.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

KeePassXC

KeePassXC Team

FREE

Offline password manager storing an encrypted database file you keep and sync yourself.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & Privacy

Keka

Aone

FREE

macOS archiver that compresses by dragging onto its window and splits large archives into volumes.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

KiCad

KiCad Development Team

FREE

Electronics design suite for schematic capture and PCB layout, with SPICE simulation, a 3D board viewer and Gerber output.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CAD & 3DDeveloper Tools

kitty

Kovid Goyal

FREE

GPU-rendered terminal with built-in tabs and split layouts, plus its own protocols for inline images and keyboard input.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Kodi

XBMC Foundation

FREE

Media centre that organises local video and music libraries for playback on a TV screen.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

FREE

KDE IRC client with per-channel settings, nickname watch lists and automatic reconnection to saved networks.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Communication

Kopia

Kopia contributors

FREE

Backup tool with content-addressed deduplication, offering both a desktop window and a command line.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

Krita

Krita Foundation

FREE

Digital painting application built around configurable brush engines, with animation support.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & Design

FREE

Dual-pane manager for Linux desktops, handling archives, mounts and remote shares as ordinary folders.

GPL-2.0-or-laterLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

LaunchBox

Unbroken Software, LLC

FREE + ONE-TIME

Box-art game frontend for emulators and PC titles, with a paid Big Box mode built for arcade cabinets and TVs.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

lazygit

Jesse Duffield

FREE

Terminal interface for Git that turns staging, rebasing and stashing into single keystrokes.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Libre Hardware Monitor

Libre Hardware Monitor contributors

FREE

Open-source sensor monitor for temperatures, fan speeds and voltages, continuing the Open Hardware Monitor project.

MPL-2.0Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

LibreCAD

LibreCAD Team

FREE

2D CAD drafting program forked from QCAD Community Edition that works natively with DXF files and can import DWG drawings.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CAD & 3DGraphics & Design

LibreOffice

The Document Foundation

FREE

Office suite covering documents, spreadsheets, slides and databases, using the Open Document Format natively.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

LibreSprite

LibreSprite contributors

FREE

Community fork of the last open-source Aseprite release, kept under the original GPL terms.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignGaming Tools

LibreWolf

LibreWolf Community

FREE

Firefox build with telemetry removed and privacy settings hardened before first launch.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

LINE

LY Corporation

FREE

Messenger widely used in Japan and Southeast Asia, with a desktop client for chats, calls and sticker shops.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Communication

Linphone

Belledonne Communications

FREE

Open-source SIP softphone for voice, video and instant messaging with any standards-based VoIP provider.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Communication

Lite XL

Lite XL contributors

FREE

Editor written in C and Lua with a binary of a few megabytes, extended entirely through Lua plugins.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsUtilities

Little Snitch

Objective Development Software GmbH

ONE-TIME

macOS application firewall with a rule editor and live traffic map, sold as a perpetual licence.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

LM Studio

Element Labs, Inc.

FREE

Desktop app for downloading and running open-weight language models locally, with a chat window and an OpenAI-compatible local API.

Windows · macOS · Linux

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

Local AIDeveloper Tools

LMMS

LMMS developers

FREE

Music production tool for pattern-based composition, with built-in synths and a beat editor.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

LocalSend

Tien Nam Do

FREE

Sends files and text between nearby devices over the local network, with no internet connection or account; apps for desktop and mobile.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Logseq

Logseq

FREE

Outliner that builds notes from bullet blocks, with a daily journal as the default entry point.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

ONE-TIME

Overlay that scales windowed games to full screen with a choice of upscalers and can add generated frames on any GPU; sold on Steam.

Windows

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

LosslessCut

Mikael Finstad

FREE

Trims and merges video without re-encoding, so cuts finish in seconds and quality is unchanged.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

LuLu

Objective-See

FREE

Open source macOS firewall that prompts on unknown outbound connections and asks nothing in return.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & Privacy

Lunacy

Icons8

FREE

UI design tool that opens and saves Sketch files, with built-in assets and offline operation.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignProductivity

Lutris

Lutris team

FREE

Linux game manager that installs Windows, emulated and native titles using community-maintained setup scripts.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Maccy

Alex Rodionov

FREE

Lightweight menu-bar clipboard history for macOS: open it with a hotkey, type to search, and pin the items you reuse.

MITmacOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

Mailspring

Foundry 376, LLC

FREE

Email client with a native C++ sync engine and one unified inbox across IMAP, Gmail and Office 365 accounts.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Communication

Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes Inc.

FREE

On-demand malware scanner and remover; the free edition cleans an infected machine without real-time cover.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

MangoHud

flightlessmango

FREE

Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for Linux showing frame times, GPU load and temperatures while a game runs.

MITLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsSystem Tools

Mattermost

Mattermost, Inc.

FREE

Desktop client for Mattermost servers, letting a team run its own channel-based chat on its own infrastructure.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationDeveloper Tools

MediaInfo

MediaArea.net

FREE

Reports codec, bitrate and container details for audio and video files without playing them.

BSD-2-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

Meld

Meld contributors

FREE

Visual diff and merge tool that compares two or three files and whole directory trees.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Developer ToolsUtilities

melonDS

Arisotura

FREE

Nintendo DS emulator focused on accuracy, including local wireless play between two running instances.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

mGBA

endrift

FREE

Game Boy Advance emulator with accurate timing, link cable emulation and a debugger for homebrew work.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

micro

Zachary Yedidia

FREE

Terminal editor with familiar desktop shortcuts, mouse support and a single-binary install.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsUtilities

Micro Snitch

Objective Development Software GmbH

ONE-TIME

Menu bar utility that reports whenever an app switches on the microphone or camera, and logs each event.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

FREE

Microsoft's Chromium browser shipped with Windows, adding vertical tabs and a built-in read-aloud mode.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Browsers

FREE

Chat and meeting app from Microsoft, with a free tier covering group calls of up to 60 minutes.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationProductivity

Midnight Commander

Midnight Commander contributors

FREE

Text-mode two-pane manager that works over SSH sessions, with a built-in viewer and editor.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementSystem Tools

Min

Min contributors

FREE

Minimal browser built on Electron, with full-text search across browsing history and ad blocking.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Browsers

Mixxx

Mixxx Development Team

FREE

DJ software with beat detection, four-deck mixing and support for common DJ controllers.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

MKVToolNix

Moritz Bunkus

FREE

Tools for creating and inspecting Matroska files, including merging video, audio and subtitles.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

MobaXterm

Mobatek

FREE

Remote computing toolbox bundling SSH, RDP, VNC, SFTP and an X server in one portable app.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsSystem Tools

Mod Organizer 2

Mod Organizer 2 Team

FREE

Mod manager that keeps each mod in its own folder and merges them through a virtual file system, leaving the game untouched.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

MonitorControl

MonitorControl

FREE

Menu-bar app that sets external monitors' hardware brightness, contrast and volume over DDC, from the keyboard's media keys.

MITmacOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

Moonlight

Moonlight Game Streaming Project

FREE

Client for streaming PC games over a local network, working with Sunshine or NVIDIA GameStream hosts.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Mozilla Thunderbird

MZLA Technologies Corporation

FREE

Desktop email client with a built-in calendar, address book and OpenPGP encryption for outgoing messages.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationProductivity

Mp3tag

Florian Heidenreich

FREE

Batch tag editor for audio files, able to pull metadata from online music databases.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

MPC-HC

clsid2

FREE

Lightweight Windows player descended from Media Player Classic, kept current by a community fork.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

mpv

mpv developers

FREE

Minimal media player driven by keyboard shortcuts and a config file, with no permanent toolbar.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

Graphics card tuning tool with fan curves, undervolting and an on-screen display for temperature and frame rate.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsSystem Tools

Mullvad Browser

Mullvad VPN AB

FREE

Tor Browser's anti-fingerprinting work without the Tor network, meant to be paired with a VPN.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyBrowsers

Mumble

The Mumble Developers

FREE

Low-latency voice chat for gaming and teamwork, running on servers that anyone can host themselves.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CommunicationGaming Tools

FREE

Music notation editor that engraves scores and plays them back with bundled instrument sounds.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoProductivity

MusicBee

Steven Mayall

FREE

Music manager for large libraries, with automatic tagging and device synchronisation.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoFile Management

MusicBrainz Picard

MetaBrainz Foundation

FREE

Tags music files by matching their audio fingerprint against the MusicBrainz database.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

NanaZip

M2-Team

FREE

7-Zip derivative rebuilt for modern Windows, adding the new context menu and Microsoft Store updates.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Neovim

Neovim contributors

FREE

Vim fork with an embedded Lua runtime, a built-in LSP client and asynchronous plugin architecture.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

NetBird

NetBird GmbH

FREE

Mesh VPN with access policies and an optional self-hosted control plane you run on your own server.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyDeveloper Tools

Nextcloud Desktop

Nextcloud GmbH

FREE

Sync client for a Nextcloud server, with selective sync and virtual files that download on demand.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

File Management

nomacs

nomacs team

FREE

Image viewer with a synchronised multi-window mode for comparing pictures side by side.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignUtilities

Notepad++

Don Ho

FREE

Windows text editor with syntax highlighting for many languages, tabbed files and a macro recorder.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsUtilities

Notesnook

Streetwriters

FREE

Note app that encrypts every note on the device before syncing, so the server never sees readable content.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivitySecurity & Privacy

Notion

Notion Labs

FREE

Workspace combining documents, databases and boards, where any page can be turned into a structured table.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

Nova

Panic

ONE-TIME

Native macOS editor from Panic with SFTP, Git and task runners built into a single window.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

NVDA

NV Access

FREE

Screen reader for Windows that speaks what is on screen or sends it to a braille display, extended through add-ons.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Accessibility

OBS Studio

OBS Project

FREE

Screen recording and live streaming tool built around scenes and switchable input sources.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

Obsidian

Obsidian

FREE

Note app that stores everything as local Markdown files and links notes into a navigable graph.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

FREE

Document viewer that reads PDF, ePub, comics and more, with annotations kept separate from the original file.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

Ollama

Ollama

FREE

Runs open-weight language models on your own machine and exposes them over a local API.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Local AIDeveloper Tools

OnionShare

Micah Lee

FREE

Shares files, hosts a site or runs a chat room straight from your machine over a temporary Tor address.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

Ascensio System SIA

FREE

Office suite built around close compatibility with the Microsoft Office file formats, working offline by default.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Productivity

OnyX

Titanium Software

FREE

Maintenance tool for macOS that verifies the disk, rebuilds caches and exposes hidden system options.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

Open-Shell

Open-Shell contributors

FREE

Restores a classic Start menu on Windows, with configurable skins and the old search behaviour.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System Tools

OpenRGB

Adam Honse

FREE

Controls RGB lighting on boards, memory and peripherals from one app, without vendor software running in the background.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsSystem Tools

OpenSCAD

The OpenSCAD Developers

FREE

CAD modeller where a part is written as a script of solids and transforms, then rendered to STL, so designs are easy to parameterise.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

CAD & 3DDeveloper Tools

OpenShot

OpenShot Studios, LLC

FREE

Video editor aimed at beginners, with drag-and-drop tracks and ready-made title templates.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

OpenSnitch

Simone Margaritelli

FREE

Interactive outbound firewall for Linux, asking about each new connection and keeping a searchable log.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

OpenToonz

Dwango

FREE

2D animation software used in studio production, with a scan-and-cleanup workflow for hand-drawn art.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignAudio & Video

Opera

Opera Norway AS

FREE

Chromium browser with an ad blocker, a free VPN proxy and a sidebar that docks messaging apps.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Browsers

Optikey

Julius Sweetland

FREE

On-screen keyboard driven by an eye tracker, switches, head movement or a mouse, for full computer control and speech.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Accessibility

OrcaSlicer

SoftFever

FREE

FDM slicer grown out of Bambu Studio and PrusaSlicer, with built-in calibration tests and fine control over walls and seams.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CAD & 3DUtilities

Orion

Kagi

FREE + ONE-TIME

WebKit browser for macOS that runs Safari, Chrome and Firefox extensions and sends no telemetry.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

Orkas

Orkas

FREE

Desktop AI workspace where a coordinator agent splits a goal among specialist agents, using your own model keys or a local endpoint.

MITWindows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

ProductivityLocal AI

paint.net

dotPDN LLC

FREE

Windows image editor with layers and plugins, sitting between Paint and full editing suites.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Graphics & Design

PCSX2

PCSX2 Team

FREE

PlayStation 2 emulator with save states, texture upscaling and compatibility settings stored per game.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

PDF-XChange Editor

PDF-XChange Co. Ltd

FREE + ONE-TIME

PDF editor whose free mode covers viewing, annotating, form filling and OCR, with a licence unlocking the rest.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

PDFsam Basic

Sober Lemur

FREE

Splits, merges, rotates and extracts pages from PDF files locally, without uploading anything to a server.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

PeaZip

Giorgio Tani

FREE

Archive manager reading over two hundred formats, with a two-pane browser and archive integrity checks.

LGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Pencil2D

Pencil2D contributors

FREE

Lightweight animation tool for hand-drawn work, mixing bitmap and vector layers on one timeline.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignAudio & Video

pgAdmin

The pgAdmin Development Team

FREE

Administration tool for PostgreSQL, covering query editing, server monitoring and backups.

PostgreSQLWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Picocrypt

Evan Su

FREE

Very small file encryption tool built around XChaCha20, with optional Reed-Solomon corruption recovery.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyUtilities

Pidgin

The Pidgin developers

FREE

Multi-protocol chat client that keeps XMPP, IRC and other accounts in one buddy list, extended through plugins.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Communication

Pixelorama

Orama Interactive

FREE

Pixel art editor built with the Godot engine, offering animation timelines and tile-based drawing.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 30 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignGaming Tools

Playnite

Josef Nemec

FREE

Open-source game library that merges Steam, GOG, Epic and emulator collections into one browsable interface.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

FREE

Container manager that runs images without a background daemon or root privileges.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Portmaster

Safing ICS Technologies GmbH

FREE

Application firewall that names the app behind every connection and filters trackers at the DNS layer.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft

FREE

Microsoft's open-source shell and scripting language for Windows, macOS and Linux, where commands pass .NET objects instead of text.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsSystem Tools

PowerToys

Microsoft

FREE

Set of Windows add-ons, each switched on separately: window layouts, a launcher, key remapping, bulk rename and OCR.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

UtilitiesProductivitySystem Tools

PPSSPP

Henrik Rydgård

FREE

PSP emulator that runs handheld titles at desktop resolutions, with support for replacement textures.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Prism Launcher

Prism Launcher Contributors

FREE

Minecraft: Java Edition launcher that keeps separate instances, each with its own game version and mods, and installs modpacks.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

privacy.sexy

undergroundwires

FREE

Builds a privacy hardening script from tweaks you tick off, and generates the matching revert script too.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

FREE + ONE-TIME

Adjusts process priorities and CPU affinity in the background to keep the system responsive under load.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

System Tools

Proton Pass

Proton AG

FREE

Password manager from the Proton suite, adding hide-my-email aliases beside the usual logins and notes.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Proton VPN

Proton AG

FREE

VPN client whose free plan carries no data cap, funded by the paid tiers rather than by advertising.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & Privacy

ProtonUp-Qt

DavidoTek

FREE

Installs and updates custom Proton and Wine builds for Steam, Lutris and Heroic without touching the terminal.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsUtilities

PrusaSlicer

Prusa Research

FREE

Slicer derived from Slic3r that prepares print files for filament and resin printers of many brands, with organic supports.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CAD & 3DUtilities

PuTTY

Simon Tatham

FREE

Small SSH and telnet client that runs from a single executable with no installation needed.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

PyCharm

JetBrains

FREE

Python IDE with a free tier covering core development, plus refactoring and test-runner integration.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

qutebrowser

Florian Bruhin

FREE

Keyboard-driven browser with Vim-style bindings and a minimal interface, configured in Python.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersDeveloper Tools

Radio Silence

Juuso Salonen

ONE-TIME

Minimal macOS outbound firewall: pick the apps to silence, with no rule prompts interrupting your work.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

RawTherapee

RawTherapee developers

FREE

RAW processor with detailed demosaicing and tone-curve controls aimed at photographers.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Graphics & Design

rclone

Nick Craig-Wood

FREE

Command line tool that copies and syncs between more than seventy cloud storage services and local disks.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

REAPER

Cockos Incorporated

ONE-TIME

Digital audio workstation with deep routing and scripting, sold under a low-cost personal licence.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Audio & Video

Rectangle

Ryan Hanson

FREE

Window manager for macOS that snaps windows into halves, quarters and thirds using keyboard shortcuts.

MITmacOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System ToolsProductivity

ReShade

crosire

FREE

Injector that adds shader effects such as ambient occlusion, depth of field and colour grading to games; some anti-cheat systems block it.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsGraphics & Design

restic

Alexander Neumann

FREE

Command line backup program with encrypted, deduplicated snapshots and a verifiable repository format.

BSD-2-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

RetroArch

Libretro

FREE

Front end that runs many emulator cores behind one interface, sharing shader, netplay and rewind features.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat Technologies Corp.

FREE

Desktop app for Rocket.Chat workspaces, able to hold several self-hosted or cloud servers in one window.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Communication

RPCS3

RPCS3 Team

FREE

PlayStation 3 emulator with a public compatibility list recording how far each tested title runs.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

RStudio

Posit

FREE

IDE for R and Python built around a console, plot pane and R Markdown authoring in one layout.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Rufus

Pete Batard

FREE

Writes bootable USB drives from ISO images, and can strip the online account requirement from Windows installers.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

System ToolsUtilities

RustDesk

Purslane Tech Pte. Ltd.

FREE

Open-source remote desktop and support tool whose ID and relay servers can be self-hosted instead of using the vendor's public ones.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

Not yet verified · listed 23 Oct 2026

UtilitiesSystem Tools

Sandboxie Plus

David Xanatos

FREE

Runs Windows programs in an isolated box, so changes to files and registry vanish when the box is emptied.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

Scoop

Scoop contributors

FREE

Command-line installer that puts apps in your user profile without admin prompts, driven by JSON manifests from community buckets.

Unlicense OR MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsDeveloper Tools

Scribus

The Scribus Team

FREE

Desktop publishing tool for print layouts, with CMYK colour handling and PDF/X export.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignProductivity

Scrivener

Literature & Latte

ONE-TIME

Long-form writing tool that splits a manuscript into rearrangeable sections beside research notes and outlines.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Productivity

ScummVM

The ScummVM Team

FREE

Reimplements the engines behind classic point-and-click adventures so original game files run on current systems.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Session

Session Technology Foundation

FREE

Encrypted messenger that identifies accounts by a random ID instead of a phone number, routed over a node network.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

ShareX

ShareX Team

FREE

Screenshot and screen-recording tool that sends each capture through steps you choose: annotate, save, read text, upload.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

UtilitiesGraphics & DesignAudio & Video

Shotcut

Meltytech, LLC

FREE

Video editor built on the MLT framework, with a wide codec list and no import step before editing.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

Shottr

Electric Endeavors LLC

FREE + ONE-TIME

Mac screenshot tool with markup, scrolling capture, OCR and a pixel ruler; free with reminders after 30 days, a licence for work.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

UtilitiesGraphics & Design

Signal Desktop

Signal Messenger, LLC

FREE

End-to-end encrypted messenger whose desktop app links to a phone account and keeps message keys on the device.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

simplewall

Henry++

FREE

Thin front end for the Windows Filtering Platform that blocks apps by default until you allow them.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacySystem Tools

SimpleX Chat

SimpleX Chat Ltd

FREE

Messenger with no account identifiers at all: contacts are added through one-time invitation links or QR codes.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

Slack

Slack Technologies, LLC

FREE

Team chat organised into channels and threads, with a free tier that keeps the most recent 90 days of history.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationProductivity

Sonic Pi

Sam Aaron

FREE

Live coding environment where music is written as code and changed while it is playing.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoDeveloper Tools

Sourcetree

Atlassian

FREE

Git and Mercurial client with a visual branch graph and interactive rebase support.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Spyder

Spyder Project Contributors

FREE

Scientific Python IDE with a variable explorer and IPython console aimed at data analysis work.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Stats

Serhiy Mytrovtsiy

FREE

macOS menu bar monitor for CPU, memory, disk, network and battery, with configurable widgets per sensor.

MITmacOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System Tools

Steam

Valve

FREE

Game store and library client with cloud saves, controller configuration and an overlay that works inside games.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

FREE

Music player for local collections, with a tag editor and support for lossless formats.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

Sublime Merge

Sublime HQ Pty Ltd

ONE-TIME

Native Git client with a syntax-highlighted diff view and a searchable commit history.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Sublime Text

Sublime HQ Pty Ltd

ONE-TIME

Native code editor known for fast startup, multiple cursors and project-wide Goto Anything search.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Subtitle Edit

Nikolaj Lynge Olsson

FREE

Subtitle editor with waveform syncing, format conversion and built-in translation helpers.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Audio & VideoUtilities

SumatraPDF

Krzysztof Kowalczyk

FREE

Small document reader for PDF, ePub, MOBI, CBZ and DjVu that opens in a fraction of a second.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

Sunshine

LizardByte

FREE

Self-hosted game streaming server that pairs with Moonlight clients to play PC games on another device.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Super Productivity

Johannes Millan

FREE

Task manager with a built-in time tracker, pulling issues from Jira, GitHub and GitLab into one list.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Productivity

Syncthing

The Syncthing Foundation

FREE

Syncs folders directly between your own devices, with no central server holding a copy of the files.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

File Management

Synfig Studio

Synfig contributors

FREE

2D animation tool built around vector tweening, generating in-between frames automatically.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

Not yet verified · listed 28 Jul 2026

Graphics & DesignAudio & Video

FREE

Microsoft's bundle of Windows troubleshooting tools, including Process Explorer, Autoruns and Process Monitor.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System Tools

System Informer

Winsider Seminars & Solutions Inc.

FREE

Task manager replacement showing process trees, open handles, loaded modules and live network activity.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System Tools

Tabby

Tabby Developers

FREE

Terminal emulator with a built-in SSH and SFTP client, serial and Telnet sessions, split panes and an encrypted vault for secrets.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

TagSpaces

TagSpaces UG

FREE

Organises files by tags written into filenames or sidecar data, so the tags survive outside the app.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementProductivity

Tailscale

Tailscale Inc.

FREE

Builds a private WireGuard mesh between your own machines, so they reach each other without port forwarding.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyDeveloper Tools

TeamSpeak

TeamSpeak Systems GmbH

FREE

Voice chat client for hosted servers, with a permission system that controls who may speak in each channel.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationGaming Tools

Telegram Desktop

Telegram FZ-LLC

FREE

Native desktop client for Telegram, with cloud-stored chat history that appears on every signed-in device.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Communication

TestDisk & PhotoRec

Christophe Grenier

FREE

Recovers lost partitions and carves deleted files back off a disk by reading their signatures.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

Things 3

Cultured Code

ONE-TIME

Native macOS task manager sold once per platform, organising work into areas, projects and a daily Today list.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Productivity

Thonny

Aivar Annamaa

FREE

Python IDE for beginners that steps through expression evaluation and shows variable state visually.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

FREE

E-book reader for EPUB, PDF, audiobooks and DAISY titles, built to work with screen readers and to read text aloud.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

AccessibilityProductivity

Threema

Threema AG

ONE-TIME

Swiss encrypted messenger paid for once rather than by subscription, with accounts that need no phone number.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

TickTick

Appest

FREE

Task manager pairing to-do lists with a calendar view, habit tracking and a built-in Pomodoro timer.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Productivity

Timeshift

Linux Mint

FREE

Takes system snapshots with rsync or Btrfs so a broken update can be rolled back from a live session.

GPL-3.0-onlyLinux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System Tools

Todoist

Doist

FREE

Task manager built around typed natural-language due dates, with projects, labels and recurring tasks.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Productivity

Tor Browser

The Tor Project

FREE

Firefox build that routes traffic through the Tor network and makes users' fingerprints look alike.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & PrivacyBrowsers

TortoiseGit

TortoiseGit developers

FREE

Git client built into Windows Explorer, exposing repository actions from the right-click menu.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Total Commander

Christian Ghisler

ONE-TIME

Two-pane file manager for Windows driven by keyboard shortcuts and extended through a plugin system.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File Management

Tuta Mail

Tutao GmbH

FREE

Encrypted mail service with a desktop client that keeps mailbox contents and the search index encrypted on device.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 24 Oct 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

Twinkle Tray

Xander Frangos

FREE

Tray slider that sets the brightness of external monitors over DDC/CI alongside a laptop screen, with hotkeys and schedules.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

Typora

Typora

ONE-TIME

Markdown editor that renders formatting in place, so there is no split preview pane to follow.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 24 Oct 2026

Productivity

FREE

Slicer with tested print profiles, hundreds of custom settings and a marketplace for plugins and materials, for many FDM printers.

LGPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

CAD & 3DUtilities

ungoogled-chromium

ungoogled-software

FREE

Chromium build with Google service integration and background connections stripped out of the source.

BSD-3-ClauseWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

UniGetUI

Martí Climent

FREE

Graphical front end for WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey and other package managers, with bulk update handling.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

Unity

Unity Technologies

FREE

Game engine with a visual editor and C# scripting, free on the Personal plan for teams under a revenue threshold.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

Gaming ToolsDeveloper Tools

Upscayl

Upscayl

FREE

Image upscaler that runs open-source AI models locally, without uploading files to a server.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignLocal AIUtilities

UTM

Turing Software, LLC

FREE

Virtual machine host for macOS built on QEMU, running both emulated and native-speed guests.

Apache-2.0macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsSystem Tools

Ventoy

Ventoy Project

FREE

Prepares a USB stick once, then boots any ISO file simply copied onto it, holding several systems at a time.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

FREE

Disk encryption that mounts encrypted containers as drives and can hide a second volume inside the first.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & PrivacyFile Management

Viber

Rakuten Viber

FREE

Messaging and calling app tied to a phone number, with a desktop client that mirrors chats from the mobile app.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Communication

Vim

The Vim Project

FREE

Modal terminal editor where editing commands are composed from keystrokes instead of menus.

VimWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

FREE

Virtualisation tool that runs guest operating systems in windows on the host desktop.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsSystem Tools

Vivaldi

Vivaldi Technologies

FREE

Chromium browser aimed at heavy tab users, with tab stacking, tiling and a mail client built in.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersProductivity

FREE

Media player that handles almost any audio or video format without installing extra codecs.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 24 Oct 2026

Audio & Video

Vorta

Manuel Riel

FREE

Desktop front end for BorgBackup, turning repository setup and scheduling into a settings window.

GPL-3.0-onlymacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File Management

Vortex

Nexus Mods

FREE

Mod manager from Nexus Mods that installs, sorts and profiles mods across a long list of supported games.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

VSCodium

VSCodium contributors

FREE

Community build of the VS Code source with Microsoft telemetry and branding removed.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Waterfox

BrowserWorks

FREE

Independent Firefox fork that keeps telemetry off and retains support for some older extension types.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersSecurity & Privacy

WeeChat

WeeChat developers

FREE

Terminal chat client built around IRC, extended with scripts in Python, Perl, Ruby and other languages.

GPL-3.0-or-latermacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationDeveloper Tools

WezTerm

Wez Furlong

FREE

Terminal emulator and multiplexer configured in Lua, with built-in panes and SSH sessions.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

WhatsApp

WhatsApp LLC

FREE

Desktop build of the phone-number based messenger, running as a companion device linked to the mobile account.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Communication

FREE

Collects hundreds of hidden Windows settings into one window, each with a reset to the original value.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System Tools

WinDirStat

WinDirStat contributors

FREE

Shows disk usage as a coloured treemap where each rectangle is a file sized by how much space it takes.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System ToolsFile Management

Windscribe

Windscribe Limited

FREE

VPN client with an open source desktop app and a free tier metered in gigabytes per month.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Security & Privacy

Wine

WineHQ

FREE

Compatibility layer that runs Windows programs on macOS and Linux by translating their system calls.

LGPL-2.1-or-latermacOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System ToolsUtilities

WinGet

Microsoft

FREE

Microsoft's command-line package manager, included with current Windows, for finding, installing and upgrading apps from a community catalogue.

MITWindows

No known warnings · checked 23 Oct 2026

System ToolsDeveloper Tools

WinMerge

WinMerge developers

FREE

Windows tool for comparing and merging files or folders, with image and binary comparison modes.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsUtilities

WinRAR

win.rar GmbH

ONE-TIME

The reference tool for creating RAR archives, with recovery records and multi-volume splitting.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementUtilities

WinSCP

Martin Přikryl

FREE

File transfer client for SFTP, FTP and SCP, with a two-pane layout and scripting support.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsFile Management

Wire

Wire Swiss GmbH

FREE

End-to-end encrypted messenger with a free personal plan covering chats, calls and screen sharing on desktop.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

CommunicationSecurity & Privacy

WireGuard

Jason A. Donenfeld

FREE

VPN tunnel built on a small modern codebase, configured through short key-based files instead of a GUI wizard.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Wireshark

The Wireshark team

FREE

Network protocol analyser that captures live traffic and decodes it packet by packet.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Developer ToolsSecurity & Privacy

WizTree

Antibody Software

FREE

Disk space analyser that reads the NTFS master file table directly, so a full drive scan finishes in seconds.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

System ToolsFile Management

Xcode

Apple

FREE

Apple's IDE for macOS and iOS development, bundling simulators, Instruments and Interface Builder.

macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

xemu

xemu Project

FREE

Original Xbox emulator working at hardware level, able to render games above the console's output resolution.

GPL-2.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Gaming Tools

Xournal++

Xournal++ contributors

FREE

Handwriting notebook with stylus pressure support, able to write and draw directly on top of PDF pages.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

ProductivityUtilities

XYplorer

Donald Lessau

FREE + ONE-TIME

Tabbed file manager that runs portable from a folder; the free edition stays usable after the trial ends.

Windows

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File Management

Yazi

sxyazi

FREE

Terminal file manager written in Rust, doing image previews and file operations without blocking the UI.

MITWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

File ManagementDeveloper Tools

yEd Graph Editor

yWorks GmbH

FREE

Diagram editor with automatic layout algorithms that arrange large graphs without manual placement.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Graphics & DesignProductivity

Desktop app that reads one-time codes off a YubiKey, so the secrets never sit on the computer itself.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Security & Privacy

Zalo

VNG

FREE

Vietnamese messaging app whose desktop build adds large file transfers, screen capture and task assignment.

Windows · macOS

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Communication

Zeal

Oleg Shparber

FREE

Offline documentation browser that stores API reference docsets for searching without a network.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 30 Oct 2026

Developer Tools

Zed

Zed Industries

FREE

Rust code editor with GPU rendering and built-in multiplayer editing, from the team behind Atom.

GPL-3.0-or-laterWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

IDEs & EditorsDeveloper Tools

Zen Browser

Zen Browser Team

FREE

Firefox fork with vertical tabs, workspaces and split view for people who group work by context.

MPL-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

BrowsersProductivity

Zettlr

Hendrik Erz

FREE

Markdown editor for academic writing, with citation keys, Zotero integration and export through Pandoc.

GPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Productivity

Zim

Zim contributors

FREE

Desktop wiki that keeps each page as a plain text file in an ordinary folder tree you can browse yourself.

GPL-2.0-or-laterWindows · Linux

No known warnings · checked 9 Nov 2026

Productivity

Zoom Workplace

Zoom Communications

FREE

Video meeting client whose free plan hosts up to 100 participants with a 40-minute limit per meeting.

Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Communication

Zotero

Corporation for Digital Scholarship

FREE

Reference manager that captures sources from the browser and inserts formatted citations into a word processor.

AGPL-3.0-onlyWindows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

Productivity

Zulip

Kandra Labs

FREE

Team chat that files every message under a named topic inside a channel, keeping parallel discussions apart.

Apache-2.0Windows · macOS · Linux

No known warnings · checked 29 Oct 2026

CommunicationProductivity