PicView is a fast, free and fully customizable picture viewer for macOS and Windows 10/11. It supports virtually all image file types, including (animated) WEBP, (animated) GIF, SVG, AVIF, HEIC, PSD and many others.
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Cross-platform, free media player supports multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, offers hardware acceleration, 4K, lossless audio, and more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- iPad
- AppImageHub
- Apple Watch
- Snapcraft
- Google Chrome
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- F-Droid
- Kindle Fire
- Haiku
- Android TV
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
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Code and Text Editors
The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM) and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG). LyX combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX with the ease of use of a GUI.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- Haiku
- Chrome OS
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Free open-source code editor and Notepad replacement supporting multiple languages, featuring high speed, low resource usage, privacy focus, and plugin extensibility.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
+10
Texmaker is a free LaTeX editor, that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX, in just one application.
TeXstudio is an integrated environment for writing LaTeX documents. Our goal is to make writing LaTeX as easy and comfortable as possible. Therefore TeXstudio has numerous features like syntax-highlighting, integrated viewer, reference checking and various assistants.
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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.Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Electron
- Snapcraft
- Homebrew
- Chocolatey
Source Code & Web Hosting Services
A free Git source code hosting service with the objective to give the open-source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that code remains free and secure forever.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
+5
It's quick, easy, free & fast - just put your open source project's homepage, developer blog or web experiment into a Git repository at Codeberg, and we'll do the rest.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+15
Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Go (Programming Language)
- Cloudron
+5
Technical Design Tools
Free open-source 3D software for modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering, compositing, video editing, and simulation.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Steam
- Flatpak
+9
A versatile open-source 3D CAD modeler with modular architecture, suitable for engineering applications across multiple platforms, supporting Python scripting.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Flatpak
+5
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Flathub
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A fully featured, user friendly, open source Geographic Information System (GIS) with similar power to ArcGIS and MapInfo.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
+9
Others
Privacy-first AI assistant with chat, writing, transcription, summarization, email, and document tools, hosted in Switzerland and compliant with strict data privacy laws.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+4
Experience YouTube ad-free on desktop with enhanced privacy. FreeTube prevents Google tracking and works seamlessly across Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- AppImageHub
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
+4
Block ads, cookies, popups & other trackers. Ghostery sets you up for a private, transparent, and fast internet.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Yandex Browser
- Opera
- Mozilla Firefox
+1
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Privacy-first AI assistant with zero-access encryption, no logging or profiling, open-source code, and user-controlled conversations, subject to GDPR regulations.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- F-Droid
+5
Provides anonymous VPN access with no personal data required, no-logs policy, high-speed servers, modern encryption, ad-blocking and multihop privacy features.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- F-Droid
- WireGuard
- Tor
- OpenWrt
- Tomato
- pfSense
- DD-WRT
+10
Lightweight and open-source app for YouTube, PeerTube, SoundCloud, and more. No Google Account needed, supports 4K and background audio streaming with downloads.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Android
- SoundCloud
- YouTube Music
- Flathub
- Bandcamp
- YouTube
- F-Droid
- Flatpak
- PeerTube
+9
openHAB is a Java-based open-source home automation platform that integrates and combines a vast range of different smart home systems and technologies into one single solution.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Apple Watch
- F-Droid
- Kodi
- Cloudron
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Open-source web analytics tool prioritizing privacy, with no cookies and full compliance with GDPR, CCPA, PECR. Fast, lightweight design.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+4
Official PartnerSwiss-based VPN that ensures online privacy with a high-speed network, advanced encryption, and no-logs policy, offering a free version. Supports multiple platforms and unblocks content worldwide.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Apple TV
- Flathub
- F-Droid
- Android TV
- Flatpak
- Fire TV
- Mozilla Firefox
+7
XCP-ng is a high-performance, enterprise-level hypervisor with a rich ecosystem and is the result of massive cooperation between individuals and companies. All commercial features are enabled with no commitment required to a support agreement.
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xPrivo is a free, open-source, private AI chat assistant that focuses entirely on keeping you anonymous while helping tackle your most complex questions.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Online
- iPhone
- iPad
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Self-Hosted
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*Loops and Pixelfed are Canadian, but they are the best FOSS alternatives to Instagram and Tiktok.
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