List of my favorite Freeware/FOSS
A list of both Software and some games that are FOSS or Freeware :)
the list is in random order.
The Vivaldi browser protects you from trackers, blocks unwanted ads, and puts you in control with unique built-in features.
- Web Browser
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Flathub
Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.
- Audio Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
The primary objective of this project is to develop an intuitive graphical user interface for popular CLI package managers on Windows 10 and 11, including WinGet, Scoop, Chocolatey, Pip, Npm, .NET Tool, and PowerShell Gallery.
- Software Updater
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
Chocolatey NuGet is a Machine Package Manager, somewhat like apt-get, but built with Windows in mind. It is built on top of NuGet command line and the NuGet infrastructure.
- Software Installer
- Freemium • Open Source
- Windows
This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.
- Code Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
- Flathub
Paint.net is a free and very capable image editing software for Windows. Great alternative to Photoshop for people that do not need all the stuff PS offers.
- Digital Painting Tool
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- .NET Framework
Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with Java 5 or later.
- 3D Modeler
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Armory is an open-source 3D game engine with full Blender integration, turning it into a complete game development tool. The result is a unified workflow from start to finish, making you work faster. No more jumping between different applications.
- Game Development Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Blender
Wings 3D is a subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.
It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes 1.0.
There is no support in Wings for doing animations.
- 3D Modeler
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
BleachBit deletes unnecessary files to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk.
- System Cleaner
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Blackberry
- PortableApps.com
RawTherapee is a free RAW converter and digital photo processing software. All changes can be applied and batch processed at a convenient time.
- Raw Photo Editors
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
darktable is a virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers: it manages your digital negatives in a database and lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable. it also enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.
- Photo Manager
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices.
- Digital Painting Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
Natron is an open source, cross platform nodal compositing application. It is built around industry standard open source tech such as OpenFX, OpenEXR, OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO. The feature set includes realtime playback/RAM cache, multi-threaded rendering, 2d tracking...
- VFX Software
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Rigs of Rods is an open source vehicle simulator licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. What makes Rigs of Rods different to most simulators is its unique soft-body physics: vehicles, machines, objects, etc.
- Simulation Games
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Stunt Rally is a racing game with rally style of driving, mostly on gravel.
It features a rich variety of 172 tracks in 34 sceneries also on other planets.
Track difficulty ranges from short and easy to very difficult stunt tracks including jumps, skewed loops, pipes winding in.
- Racing Game
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
SuperTux is a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original Super Mario games. Instead of Mario, the hero in this game is Tux, the mascot of the Linux kernel.
- Platform Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Chrome OS
- PortableApps.com
SuperTuxKart is a free 3D kart racing game; we want to make the game fun more than we want to make it realistic. You can play with up to 4 friends on one PC, racing against each other or just try to beat the computer (a network multiplayer feature is planned).
- Racing Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- OpenSolaris
LibreCAD is an open source 2D CAD application for Windows, Apple and Linux. It is based on Qt, which is a leading cross-platform application and UI development framework.
- CAD Software
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
FreeCAD is a general purpose parametric 3D CAD modeler. The development is completely Open Source (LGPL License). FreeCAD is aimed directly at mechanical engineering and product design but also fits in a wider range of uses around engineering, such as architecture or other...
- CAD Software
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
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.
- 3D Modeler
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Steam
- Flatpak
Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application. Scribus is designed for flexible layout and typesetting, and the ability to prepare files for professional quality image setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms.
- Desktop Publisher
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flathub
AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks.
- Word Processor
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- GTK+
- Flatpak
- AmigaOS
AnyDesk offers a fast, intuitive and security-focused way to connect to remote computers. With a bevy of features and lightweight design that works across multiple desktop and mobile platforms, it's powerful enough for enterprises but easy enough for personal and home office...
- Remote Desktop Tool
- Free Personal • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- Raspberry Pi
- Apple TV
Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.
- Music Production App
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework. Target platform is GNU/Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio, and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI, are the main infrastructures for...
- Music Production App
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
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.
- Digital Painting Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
- AmigaOS
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
- Vector Graphic App
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application made by users, for users. Many languages, designed around the concept of the logical book, i.e., a single entry in your library that may correspond to actual e-book files in several formats.
- Ebook Reader
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Homebrew
Krita is a professional Free and open source (FOSS) painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone within concept art, texture and matte painters, illustrations and comics.
- Digital Painting Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android Tablet
- Epic Games Store
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
Signal is a messaging app with an unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all the features expected from a modern IM app. Signal has received a lot of praise from all around the world for its security and privacy-respecting technologies.
- Video Calling App
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Flathub
- Ubuntu
- Debian
qTox - The most feature-rich Tox client; P2P instant messaging, audio and video calls.
- Instant Messenger
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
SpeedFan is a program that monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers and controls the fans if possible.
- System Information Utility
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
System Explorer is an enhanced Taskmanager that provides detailed information about running processes, startup programs, IE add-ons (BHOs), drivers, services network connections, system resources and more.
- Process Management Tool
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Clementine is a cross-platform free and open source music player and library organizer. It is a port of Amarok 1.4 to the Qt 4 framework and the GStreamer multimedia framework, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and...
- Audio Player
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
DaVinci Resolve combines the world’s most advanced color corrector with professional multi-track editing, so now you can edit, color correct, finish and deliver all from one system!.
- Video Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- iPad
Kdenlive is a non linear video editor. It is based on the MLT framework and accepts many audio and video formats, allows you to add effects, transitions and render into the format of your choice.
- Video Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE
- Flathub
- Flatpak
The FlightGear flight simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project. It also simulates space flight in Earth's orbit.
- Flight Simulator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
OBS Studio (also known as Open Broadcaster Software, or OBS) is a screen-casting and live-streaming software available across multiple platforms including macOS, Windows and Linux. Boasting features typically only found in commercial screen recording apps, OBS also provides one...
- Screen Recorder
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
- FreeBSD
ONLYOFFICE is an open-source, online office suite that includes editors for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms. It supports all common formats and MS Office files.
- Word Processor
- Free Personal • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Flatpak
- Cloudron
LibreOffice is a powerful office suite – its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity.
- Office Suite
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
Snappy Driver Installer Origin is a portable Windows tool to install and update device drivers. It can be used offline to install drivers where Internet isn't available. No more searching for drivers after a clean install, just let Snappy Driver Installer Origin do it's...
- Driver Updater
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
Snappy Driver Installer is an application for installing/updating drivers on PCs running Microsoft Windows using driverpacks or included folders with drivers.
- Driver Updater
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
- Bootable USB Creator
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Perform clean installation of video drivers by removing old ones first, then blocking Windows from automatically installing a default driver.
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
GitHub Desktop is a native Git client for Mac OS X and Windows with a graphical user interface.
- Git Client
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
- Text Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Download and create torrents, search for files, create download queues and change task priorities with this high-speed torrent client.
- Torrent Client
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- AppImageHub
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays every file and folder on local or removable NTFS volumes on your computer (hence the name...
- File Search Utility
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network. It is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.
- Network Analyzer
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
VSCodium instead of VSCode ?
yes im changing it now :)
Reply written Jun 20, 2022