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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