Free and Open Source

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

The main features of 7-Zip

High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
Supported formats:
Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z.
For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
Self-extracting capability for 7z format
Integration with Windows Shell
Powerful File Manager
Powerful command line version
Plugin for FAR Manager
Localizations for 87 languages

7-Zip works in Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.

 

Free and open source program uninstaller. Can remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly. .

 

WinCDEmu is an open-source CD/DVD/BD emulator - a tool that allows you to mount optical disc images by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. If you have downloaded an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, WinCDEmu is the easiest way to do it.

Features:

• One-click mounting of ISO, CUE, NRG, MDS/MDF, CCD, IMG images.
• Supports unlimited amount of virtual drives.
• Runs on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions from XP to Windows 10.
• Allows creating ISO images through a context menu in Explorer.
• Small installer size - less than 2MB!
• Does not require rebooting after installation.
• A special portable version is available.
• Translated to more than 20 languages.
• Does not occupy drive letters when not used.
• Supports data, DVD-video and BD-video images.
• WinCDEmu is free for any kind of use - it is licensed under LGPL

Translations:
WinCDEmu supports various UI languages through the LNG files maintained by the community. You can download the latest language files or submit your own translation in the Online Translation System.

 

BleachBit deletes unnecessary files to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk.

Rid your system of old clutter including cache, cookies, Internet history, localizations, logs, temporary files, and broken shortcuts.

Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean Adobe Acrobat Reader DC , APT, Bash, Beagle, Chromium, Epiphany, Mozilla Firefox, Flash, GIMP, Google Chrome, Google Earth, Internet Explorer, Java, KDE, OpenOffice.org, Opera, RealPlayer, Safari, Second Life viewer, Skype, VIM, XChat, Yum, and more.

BleachBit has never bundled any junk like browser toolbars.

 

A free and open source password manager that keeps all of your passwords safe in one place.

 

Easily format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
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LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity.

 

Free and open source, Java-based mind-mapping app for the desktop featuring a hierarchical editor that emphasizes folding.

 

Mozilla Firefox (known simply as Firefox) is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox is highly extensible, with thousands of third-party add-ons available.

Firefox version 60+ (Quantum) is presently faster than Google Chrome and use less memory than Chrome. Compare to previous versions of Firefox, the Quantum version is twice as fast, promote parallelism, and has more intuitive user interface.
• Video at https://youtu.be/n6wiRyKkmKc
• Read more and see performance test results at https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/quantum-performance-test/

Firefox is developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation

 

Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail, news and instant messaging client. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox.

It supports POP (storing mail locally on your hard drive so that it can be accessed without an internet connection), and IMAP. It features excellent mail filter capabilities and management.

Thunderbird has strong support for using multiple accounts and identities, including automated signature features.

Chat functionality is built in, so you can enjoy real-time conversation with your contacts, right from your favorite messaging application, with multiple supported networks. Thunderbird makes it easy to search through both past conversations and received emails.

Thunderbird can also function as an RSS/Atom feed reader, and has a large selection of add-ons that extend it with calendar support, PGP support, integration with online services and much more.

Available also as portable app: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable

 

OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. Starting with the fundamental premise that complexity is the enemy of security, OpenVPN offers a cost-effective, lightweight alternative to other VPN technologies that is well-targeted for the SME and enterprise markets.

 

FDM accelerates downloads by splitting files into sections and then downloading them simultaneously.
In addition, Free Download Manager allows you to adjust traffic usage, organize downloads, control file priorities for torrents, efficiently download large files and resume broken downloads.
FDM can boost all your downloads up to 10 times, process media files of various popular formats, drag&drop URLs right from a web browser as well as simultaneously download multiple files!

[With version 5.0 and newer the source code is not available and the GNU General Public License agreement has been removed from the app.]

 

The qBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µTorrent. Additionally, qBittorrent runs and provides the same features on all major platforms (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD).

qBittorrent is based on the Qt toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar library.

Features

Polished µTorrent-like User Interface

Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine
Simultaneous search in most famous BitTorrent search sites
Per-category-specific search requests (e.g. Books, Music, Movies)

All Bittorrent extensions
DHT, Peer Exchange, Full encryption, Magnet/BitComet URIs, ...

Remote control through a Web user interface
Nearly identical to the regular UI, all in Ajax

Advanced control over trackers, peers and torrents
Torrents queueing and prioritizing
Torrent content selection and prioritizing

Natively integrated: When Downloads Completes Options (no need for additional script or plug-in)
Exit, Suspend, Hibernate, Shutdown

UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support

Available in ~41 languages (Unicode support)

Torrent creation tool

Advanced RSS support with download filters (inc. regex)

Bandwidth scheduler

IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible)

IPv6 compliant

Sequential downloading (aka "Download in order")

Available on most platforms: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD

 

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework. Owned by the non-profit organization VideoLAN.

 

Code combines the streamlined UI of a modern editor with rich code assistance and navigation, and an integrated debugging experience – without the need for a full IDE.

 

Inkscape is a professional vector graphics editor for Linux, Windows and macOS. It's free and open source.

 

Professional, open-source raster graphics editor with advanced digital painting and sketching tools and workflow features.

 

GIMP is a free program for such photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Essentially it's the closest thing to Photoshop you can get for free.

 

Blender is the free and open-source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing, video editing, and motion tracking.

 

Godot is a fully featured, open source, MIT licensed game engine. It focuses on having great tools, and a visual oriented workflow that can export to PC, Mobile and Web platforms. It is a cross-platform 2D and 3D game engine and game development IDE. You can port your game to run on Windows, Linux, Mac OSx/iOS, BSD, Android, BlackBerry 10, HTML5, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo 3DS.

FEATURES

Visual editor, full of mature tools.
Uncluttered UI, with context-sensitive editors.
Amazing scene system, supporting instancing and inheritance.
Friendly content creation interfaces for artists, level designers, animators, …
Visual shader editing for 2D and 3D.
Persistent live editing (changes are not lost after stopping the game). Live editing on mobile devices!

 

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform, non-linear video editor.

Supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. No import required which means native editing, plus multi-format timelines, resolutions and frame-rates within a project. Frame accurate seeking supported for many video formats.

Blackmagic Design SDI and HDMI for input and preview monitoring. Screen, webcam and audio capture. Network stream playback. Supports resolutions up to 4k and capture from SDI, HDMI, webcam, JACK & Pulse audio, IP stream, X11 screen and Windows DirectShow devices.

Multiple dockable and undockable panels, including detailed media properties, recent files with search, playlist with thumbnail view, filter panel, history view, encoding panel, jobs queue, and melted server and playlist. Also supports drag-n-drop of assets from file manager.

 

LMMS is a free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio , which allow you to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples. You can have fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more; all in a user-friendly and modern interface.

 

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. You can use Audacity to record live audio, convert tapes and records, edit sound files, change the speed or pitch of a recording and much more.