Apps that work across multiple platforms so you get the same experience on all the systems you use.
Advanced video editing and color correction with integrated visual effects, motion graphics, and audio post-production tools, used by professionals.
VIDEO EDITING - A powerhouse in color correction, video editing and now visual effects and audio post production, Resolve is one of very few commercial video apps with native support for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Open source vector graphics editor supporting SVG with features like custom brushes, pressure sensitivity, and layer management across multiple platforms.
VECTOR IMAGE EDITING - Competing with the likes of Adobe Illustrator is no easy task, but Inkscape holds its own by adding hugely powerful SVG features to the vector graphic tool set. Topping that off, it's available on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Free open-source 3D software for modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, rendering, compositing, video editing, and simulation.
3D GRAPHIC EDITING - Renowned worldwide for its powerful and encompassing 3D development tool set and intuitive workflow, Blender is also equally at home with all the major operating systems. A lesser known fact, Blender is also very adept as a cross-platform video editor.
TEXT AND CODE EDITING - Atom has a downright beautiful interface that makes code and text editing fun. It's also fully customizable and hackable and brings all that great functionality to all major OSes.
A free, open-source painting program for professional artists offering customizable UI, 9 brush engines, layer support, and color management.
IMAGE EDITING / DRAWING - Krita is a full-featured, Photoshop-like image editor with a powerful focus on painting. It also sports a ton of innovative features of its own, with more being added consistently by way of a hugely supportive community. Krita works across all the major platforms.
Comprehensive software providing screen recording and live streaming on Mac, Windows, and Linux with powerful encoding support and unlimited scenes.
SCREEN RECORDING - OBS is a screencasting beast. It loads and runs blazing fast, covers all the essentials with an extensive feature set and it works on Mac, Windows and Linux, with the same, intuitive workflow being available for each.
Godot Engine is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel.
GAME DEVELOPMENT - One of the most powerful game development environments, Godot is also one of the select few that works across multiple platforms, including Mac, Windows and Linux.
Ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. ocenaudio also has powerful features that will please more advanced users.
SOUND EDITING - One of the fastest audio editors around, Ocenaudio provides a super intuitive interface and robust feature set that expedites audio editing tasks across all major systems.
Waveform is a commercial, cross-platform DAW. With a focus on design and composition, it offers tools to greatly simplify everything from initial inspiration to the final mix.
MUSIC PRODUCTION - One of the few, full-featured audio workstations that works across major desktop platforms including Linux, Tracktion Waveform offers the full breadth of audio and MIDI editing tools and with arrangement and chord tracks that greatly simplify composition. There's also now a free version for those who want to try it out with a somewhat limited but still adequate feature set.
Hyper™ is a beautiful and extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards. It provides an elegant command-line experience that is consistent across all supported platforms which includes macOS, Windows and various Linux distributions like Fedora and Debian.
TERMINAL - Commandline experiences vary across platforms, making cross-platform work tedious. Hyper can help by providing the same core, terminal experience on Mac, Windows and Linux. It's free and uses familiar web technology for configuration.
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Nice List. You have Bitwig studio, Tracktion waveform is now a good one to be included in your list...
Thanks, you're right. There's also REAPER, which has a Linux version as well. Considering Waveform now has a free version, that's the optimal choice for this list. I'll add it.
Echo echo ...Feels empty in here
Thanks for starting the discussion! Do you mean the list is sparse? Please feel free to make suggestions, I'll be happy to extend the list. Meanwhile, I've just added Bitwig Studio for music production and Hyper for a familiar, cross-platform terminal experience.
I think ittyhoss was talking about the comments section of this list...