Welcome! 👋

Here you can find a curated list of all the best free and open-source software for every need!

Summary 📋

• Audio 🎧
• Development 💻
• Game Development 🎮
• Graphics 🖼️
• Operational Systems 🖥️
• Productivity 📎
• Social networks 💬
• Video 🎥
• Web Browsing 🌐

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Audio 🎧

• Ardour - Comprehensive digital audio workstation for professional use.
• Audacity - The most famous digital audio editor.
• Cider - Multi-platform and beautifully crafted Apple Music interface.
• Rhythmbox - The traditional audio player from GNOME and the community.

Development 💻

• Apache NetBeans - Classic IDE for Java development.
• Git - The most famous and used version-controlling system.
• GitHub Desktop - Git graphical interface for managing repositories.
• VSCodium - VSCode without any Microsoft telemetry.
• Zed - New IDE from the creators of Atom, focused on speed, collaboration, and optimal developer experience.

Game Development 🎮

• GDevelop - No-code newbie-friendly game engine.
• Godot - The most comprehensive and loved game engine.

Graphics 🖼️

• Blender - Most powerful 3D modelling tool.
• Blockbench - 3D low-poly modelling tool.
• Darktable - Lightroom-like photo editing tool.
• GIMP - Most powerful image manipulation tool.
• Inkscape - Traditional vector graphics editor.
• Krita - Powerful illustration tool.
• LibreCAD - Traditional and powerful CAD tool.
• LibreSprite - Pixel-art editor, forked from Aseprite.
• penpot - Self-hosted collaborative prototyping tool.
• PhotoGIMP - Photoshop-like patched GIMP.

Operational Systems 🖥️

• Debian - The most famous and used Linux distro of all time, focused on security and stability.
• Endless OS - The famous encyclopedia Linux distro.
• Fedora - Enterprise-grade Linux distro from RedHat.
• Kali Linux - The one Linux distro for hackers.
• Manjaro - User-friendly and Arch-based Linux distro.
• Mint - Windows-like and user-friendly Linux distro.
• Slackware - The one Linux distro for hardcore users.
• Tails - Privacy-focused Linux distro.
• Ubuntu - The most famous newbie-friendly Linux distro based on Debian.
• Zorin OS - Windows-like comprehensive Linux distro.
• elementary OS - macOS-like and friendly user experience.
• openSUSE - Famous working-station Linux distro.
• PopOS - The comprehensive Linux distro for STEM and creative professionals.

Productivity 📎

• BitWarden - Best-in-class password manager.
• HedgeDoc - Self-hosted collaborative markdown note-taking.
• Jitsi - Easy and secure audio & video meetings.
• Joplin - Powerful note-taking application.
• LibreOffice - The most famous open-source Microsoft Office alternative.
• Obsidian - Powerful note-taking and mind mapping application.
• Ollama - Self-hosted large language models (LLMs).
• Thunderbird - Famous email client from Mozilla.

Social networks 💬

• Forem - Self-hosted forum platform from the creators of the DEV Community.
• Mastodon - The most famous decentralized micro-blogging social network.
• Pixelfed - Decentralized photo sharing.
• WordPress - The most famous blog authoring platform.
• friendica - Traditional and decentralized social network.
• writefreely - Self-hosted and distraction-free blog authoring tool.

Video 🎥

• kdenlive - Powerful and comprehensive video editing tool.
• OBS Studio - The most used and powerful live streaming tool.
• OpenShot - Powerful video editing tool.
• Owncast - Self-hosted live streaming platform.
• PeerTube - Decentralized video-hosting platform.
• VLC - Traditional and comprehensive player.

Web Browsing 🌐

• Firefox - Simply one of the most used browsers ever!
• ungoogled-chromium - Chromium (Chrome) without any Google telemetry and possibly annoying stuff.

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