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Imaging Applications
- GIMP - A free, open-source version of Photoshop.
- Photoleap - An AI imaging application.
- Andrea Mosaic - Create photomosaics for free.
- DICOM Viewer - View medical image formats.
- CrazyBump - Create bump maps, reflection maps, and normal maps.
- FlowCode - Create QR codes
Programming Tools
- Visual Studio Code - A great free, open-source code editor.
- CodePen - A free, online code editor.
Windows Applications
The Best Free Software of 2023
- Audacity
- Shotcut
- Streamlabs OBS
- VLC media player
- Discord
- Scribus
- Google Earth Pro
- Plex TV
- Inkscape
- LibreOffice
- Mozilla Firefox
- Teracopy
- Sublime Text
- VirtualBox
- EarTrumpet - multi-application volume control.
- Bitwarden is a cross-platform password manager.
- Calibre for e-book management / multi-format conversion.
- WizTree - so you don't grow old and die waiting for WinDirStat.
- Macrium Reflect 8 Free to image your system before every Patch Tuesday.
- Sumatra PDF is a very lightweight PDF / e-book reader.
- Signal - encrypted communication software for Windows, Mac, Android, and iPhone.
- Eraser for securely deleting sensitive data.
- qBittorrent for downloading / sharing large files.
- MusicBee is a music player with tons of features.
- Git: Version control
- Visual Studio Code: a bit slower than Notepad++, especially startup. But more/better features for developers. Like Git integration, debugger, etc.
- Docker: For running containers, like PostgreSQL or MariaDB, ...
- Python 3: Programming / scripting language
- Temurin JDK: OpenJDK for backend development
- NodeJS: For web / frontend development