AWESOME WINDOWS TOOLS

1. awesome-windows-tools

   1 1 8 0.0

   Discontinued A Curated List of tools and Software for Windows OS

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. audacity

   2 346 13,639 9.9 C++

   Audio Editor

   

   Audacity - Free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.

4. mixxx

   3 138 5,426 10.0 C++

   Mixxx is Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes.

   

   Mixxx - Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes, veritable alternative to Traktor.

5. picard

   4 243 4,079 9.9 Python

   A cross-platform music tagger powered by the MusicBrainz database. Picard organizes your music collection by updating your tags, renaming your files, and sorting them into a folder structure, exactly the way you want it.

   

   MusicBrainz Picard - Picard is a cross-platform music tagger that looks up and rewrite metadata tags.

6. zsh

   5 79 3,845 8.6 C

   Mirror of the Z shell source code repository.

   

   Zsh - A powerful command line shell.

7. caprine

   6 25 7,158 6.9 TypeScript

   Elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app

   

   Caprine - An elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app.

8. riot-web

   7 2 6,554 9.7 HTML

   Discontinued A glossy Matrix collaboration client for the web. [Moved to: https://github.com/vector-im/element-web]

   

   Riot - A decentralised encrypted comms app for the Matrix.org ecosystem.

9. SaaSHub

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10. Vagrant

    8 125 26,658 9.4 Ruby

    Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.

    

    Vagrant - A tool for building and managing virtual machines.

11. Tor

    9 121 15 0.0 C

    Discontinued Tor protects your privacy on the Internet by hiding the connection between your Internet address and the services you use. (This is *not* the official repository.) (by katmagic)

    Tor Project - Enable anonymous communication.

12. franz

    10 48 4,591 8.2 JavaScript

    Franz is a free messaging app for services like WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger and many more.

    

    Franz - A messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram and many many more.

13. ScreenToGif

    11 157 24,923 5.5 C#

    🎬 ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video.

    

    ScreenToGif - ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save it as a gif or video.

14. Classic-Start

    12 34 31 0.0

    Renamed to NeoClassic-UI then renamed to Open-Shell - https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

    

    Classic Start - Use Start Menu and Explorer like it's 2000.

15. EarTrumpet

    13 27 9,613 7.8 C#

    EarTrumpet - Volume Control for Windows

    

    EarTrumpet - Per application volume control from the system tray.

16. rainmeter

    14 13 5,132 8.5 C

    Desktop customization tool for Windows

    

    Rainmeter - Rainmeter allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers.

17. openoffice

    15 130 1,028 9.8 C++

    Apache OpenOffice

    

    OpenOffice - Software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

18. search-deflector

    16 5 851 0.7 D

    Discontinued A small program that forwards searches from Cortana to your preferred browser and search engine.

    Search Deflector - A small program that redirects searches made from the Windows Start Menu or Cortana to whatever browser and search engine you prefer.

19. TranslucentTB

    17 92 17,087 6.9 C++

    A lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent.

    

    TranslucentTB - Make your Windows task bar transparent.

20. ONLYOFFICE

    18 178 5,438 7.6 Shell

    ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, forms and PDF, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.

    

    OnlyOffice - The most complete and feature-rich office and productivity suite.

21. Windows-10-Login-Background-Changer

    19 1 667 0.0 C#

    Discontinued Changes the Windows 10 Login Screen Background

    Windows 10 Login Background Changer - Lets you change the Windows 10 login screen background.

22. LibreOffice

    20 593 3,100 10.0 C++

    Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead (by LibreOffice)

    

    LibreOffice - Open source office suite.

23. GitExtensions

    21 26 8,034 9.7 C#

    Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).

    

    Git Extensions - A powerful and easy to use UI for Git.

24. intellij-plugins

    22 182 2,193 9.9 Java

    Open-source plugins included in the distribution of IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate and other IDEs based on the IntelliJ Platform

    

    IntelliJ IDEA - A modern Java IDE with free community edition.

25. desktop

    23 222 20,496 9.9 TypeScript

    Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. (by desktop)

    

    GitHub Desktop - GitHub Desktop is an open source Electron-based GitHub app.

26. im-only-resting

    24 1 189 0.0 C#

    A feature-rich WinForms-based HTTP client

    

    I'm Only Resting -A feature-rich WinForms-based HTTP client

27. NSudo

    25 8 1,622 6.1 C++

    Discontinued [Deprecated, work in progress alternative: https://github.com/M2Team/NanaRun] Series of System Administration Tools

    

    NSudo - A Powerful System Administration Tool.

28. freeciv

    26 44 1,356 9.8 C

    Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. Upstream repository for the standalone Freeciv client and server. Report bugs and submit patches at https://redmine.freeciv.org/projects/freeciv

    

    Freeciv - A Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization.

29. TailBlazer

    27 3 2,246 0.0 C#

    A modern file tail utility based on Rx.Net which show cases reactive programming and Dynamic Data (see https://github.com/RolandPheasant/DynamicData)

    

    TailBlazer - A small fast tool for browsing through logs

30. tortoisegit

    28 36 1,535 9.3 C++

    Windows Explorer Extension to Operate Git; Mirror of official repository https://tortoisegit.org/sourcecode

    

    TortoiseGit - Git client with full shell integration.

31. vagrant

    29 1 21,837 9.5 Ruby

    Discontinued Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments. [Moved to: https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant] (by mitchellh)

    

    Vagrant - A tool for building and managing virtual machines.

32. Visual Studio Code

    30 3,137 171,259 10.0 TypeScript

    Visual Studio Code

    

    Visual Studio Code - Build and debug modern web and cloud applications.

33. davinci-resolve-linux

    31 180 177 3.0

    Setup Davinci Resolve on Linux an Fix Issues with Importing and Exporting Media

    

    DaVinci Resolve - Professional video creation software for editing, visual effects, color correction, and audio post production.

34. wmie2

    32 7 786 0.0 C#

    

    WMI Explorer - Provides the ability to browse and view WMI namespaces/classes/instances/properties in a single pane of view.

35. sumatrapdf

    33 44 14,763 9.6 C

    SumatraPDF reader

    

    Sumatra PDF - PDF, ePub, MOBI, CHM, XPS, DjVu, CBZ, CBR reader.

36. arq_restore

    34 127 654 0.0 C

    command-line utility for restoring from Arq backups

    

    Arq - Backs up your files to your own cloud account (Amazon Cloud Drive, AWS, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, OneDrive, and SFTP).

37. Mailspring

    35 69 16,303 8.1 JavaScript

    :love_letter: A beautiful, fast and fully open source mail client for Mac, Windows and Linux.

    

    Mailspring - A fast and maintained fork of Nylas Mail, built on modern web technologies.

38. ueli

    36 29 3,982 9.6 TypeScript

    Cross-Platform Keystroke Launcher

    

    ueli - A powerful keystroke launcher for Windows.

39. N1

    37 1 24,601 0.0 JavaScript

    Discontinued :love_letter: An extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web. Forks welcome! [Moved to: https://github.com/nylas/nylas-mail]

    

    Nylas Mail - An extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web.

40. 0ad

    38 142 2,733 9.2 C++

    Discontinued [DEPRECATED] Git mirror of the 0 A.D. SVN source code (migrated to https://gitea.wildfiregames.com on August 20th 2024)

    

    0 A.D. - A free, open-source real-time strategy game of ancient warfare.

41. games

    39 17 23,385 0.0

    :video_game: A list of popular/awesome video games, add-ons, maps, etc. hosted on GitHub. Any genre. Any platform. Any engine.

    

    Awesome Games - List of games hosted on Github.

42. sqlitebrowser

    40 289 22,345 8.9 C++

    Official home of the DB Browser for SQLite (DB4S) project. Previously known as "SQLite Database Browser" and "Database Browser for SQLite". Website at:

    

    DB Browser for SQLite - High quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite

43. SpaceVim

    41 86 19,974 4.8 Vim Script

    Discontinued A community-driven modular vim/neovim distribution - The ultimate vimrc

    

    SpaceVim - A community-driven vim distribution

44. Godot

    42 2,785 97,169 10.0 C++

    Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

    

    Godot Engine - Free and open source game engine. Easy to get started and flexible for intermediate users.

45. RetroShare

    43 32 1,806 9.2 C++

    RetroShare is a Free and Open Source cross-platform, Friend-2-Friend and secure decentralised communication platform.

    

    Retroshare - A platform for secure communications and file sharing between friends.

46. itch

    44 69 2,505 7.1 TypeScript

    🎮 The best way to play your itch.io games

    

    Itch.io - Install, update and play indie games.

47. Quassel IRC

    45 11 740 3.8 C++

    Quassel IRC: Chat comfortably. Everywhere.

    

    Quassel - Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client.

48. inkscape

    46 46 - -

    Inkscape - Inkscape is a professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

49. obs-studio

    47 2,382 64,235 9.8 C

    OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

    

    Open Broadcaster Software - Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.

50. Atom

    48 286 58,803 8.1 JavaScript

    Discontinued :atom: The hackable text editor

    

    Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st Century.

51. notepad-plus-plus

    49 338 24,622 9.7 C++

    Notepad++ official repository

    

    Notepad++ - A source code editor which supports several programming languages.

52. neovim

    50 1,428 89,700 10.0 Vim Script

    Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

    

    Neovim - literally the future of vim

53. Brackets

    51 38 33,735 1.4 JavaScript

    Discontinued An open source code editor for the web, written in JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

    

    Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design.

54. Vim

    52 435 38,159 9.9 Vim Script

    The official Vim repository

    

    GVim - (G)Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing.

55. mpv

    53 857 30,673 9.9 C

    🎥 Command line media player

    

    mpv - Media player.

56. Kodi Home Theater Software

    54 314 19,265 9.9 C++

    Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.

    

    Kodi - Free and Open Source home theatre software.

57. Light Table

    55 10 11,740 0.0 Clojure

    Discontinued The Light Table IDE ⛺

    

    Light Table - A customizable editor with instant feedback and showing data values flow through your code.

58. oni

    56 4 11,463 0.4 TypeScript

    Discontinued Oni: Modern Modal Editing - powered by Neovim

    

    SpaceVim - A community-driven vim distribution

59. insomnia

    57 248 36,339 9.8 JavaScript

    The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

    

    Insomnia - A modern REST client with a beautiful interface.

60. hyperterm

    58 90 43,943 9.1 TypeScript

    A terminal built on web technologies

    

    Hyper - A terminal built on web technologies.

61. intellij-community

    59 112 17,934 10.0 Java

    IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition & IntelliJ Platform

    

    IntelliJ IDEA - A modern Java IDE with free community edition.

62. mockttp

    60 18 806 8.9 TypeScript

    Powerful friendly HTTP mock server & proxy library

    

    HTTP Toolkit - HTTP debugging & mocking tool.

63. Duplicati

    61 22 12,470 10.0 C#

    Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!

    

    Duplicati - Free backup software to store encrypted backups online For Windows, macOS and Linux.

64. hexchat

    62 22 2,986 0.0 C

    Discontinued GTK+ IRC client

    

    Hexchat - IRC client based on XChat

65. aperture-control

    63 1 130 1.8 PowerShell

    Windows environment automation tool

    

    Aperture Control - Windows environment automation tool with a number of premade recipes and examples available.

66. aperture-control-recipes

    64 1 23 1.8 PowerShell

    Collection of recipes for aperture-control

    

    Aperture Control - Windows environment automation tool with a number of premade recipes and examples available.

67. aperture-control-example

    65 1 31 1.8 PowerShell

    Example for a standard development environment setup via Aperture Control

    

    Aperture Control - Windows environment automation tool with a number of premade recipes and examples available.

68. CommandTrayHost

    66 1 403 0.0 C++

    A command line program monitor systray for Windows

    

    CommandTrayHost - A Command Line program monitor systray for Windows.

69. HandBrake

    67 985 19,617 9.7 C

    HandBrake's main development repository

    

    HandBrake - High performance video encoding and conversion tools with a nice GUI.

70. CopyQ

    68 30 9,740 9.1 C++

    Clipboard manager with advanced features

    

    CopyQ - Clipboard manager with advanced features.

71. Launchy

    69 1 121 0.0 C++

    Launchy is a good looking launcher for Windows (by OpenNingia)

    

    Launchy - The Open Source Keystroke Launcher.

72. Luna

    70 2 222 0.0 C#

    Discontinued Automatic dark mode for Windows 10 (by adrianmteo)

    Luna - Automatic dark mode for Windows 10.

73. ShareX

    71 581 32,380 8.6 C#

    ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.

    

    ShareX- Lets you take screenshots or screencasts of any selected area with a single key.

74. Scoop

    72 259 22,332 6.3 PowerShell

    A command-line installer for Windows.

    

    Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.

75. Wox

    73 24 25,597 9.7 Go

    A cross-platform launcher that simply works

    

    Wox - An effective launcher for windows.

76. exifcleaner

    74 42 2,068 0.0 TypeScript

    Cross-platform desktop GUI app to clean image metadata

    

    ExifCleaner - Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop.

77. Tabby

    75 95 63,751 9.1 TypeScript

    A terminal for a more modern age

    

    Terminus - modern, highly configurable terminal app based on web technologies.

78. babun

    76 1 8,604 0.0 Shell

    Babun - a Windows shell you will love!

    

    Babun - Alternative Windows shell based on Cygwin.

79. cmder

    77 83 26,371 5.6 C++

    Lovely console emulator package for Windows

    

    Cmder - Console emulator package with clink shell.

80. Console

    78 1 73,526 9.8 C++

    Discontinued The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place! [Moved to: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal] (by Microsoft)

    

    ColorTool - Set custom color schemes for the Windows Console with support for iTerm color schemes.

81. ConEmu

    79 30 8,746 5.1 C++

    Customizable Windows terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style, hotkeys and more

    

    ConEmu - Customizable terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style and more.

82. tdesktop

    80 174 27,593 10.0 C++

    Telegram Desktop messaging app

    

    Telegram - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free.

83. console

    81 4 2,932 2.6 C++

    This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8/10 and a better visual rendering. (by cbucher)

    

    ConsoleZ - Modified version of Console 2 for a better experience and a better visual rendering.

84. Cryptomator

    82 495 12,840 9.6 Java

    Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data.

    

    Cryptomator - Free client-side encryption for your cloud files.

85. FluentTerminal

    83 8 9,412 0.0 C#

    A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies.

    

    FluentTerminal - A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies.

86. hyper

    84 3 35,630 9.7 TypeScript

    Discontinued A terminal built on web technologies [Moved to: https://github.com/vercel/hyper] (by zeit)

    

    Hyper - A terminal built on web technologies.

87. Chocolatey

    85 397 10,763 8.7 C#

    Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

    

    Chocolatey - A package manager for Windows.

88. Windows Terminal

    86 517 98,230 9.5 C++

    The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!

    

    Windows Terminal - Microsoft's official new terminal for Windows.

89. Ext3Fsd

    87 10 728 0.0 C

    Ext2/3/4 file system driver for Windows

    

    Ext2Fsd - Open source ext3/4 file system driver for Windows.

90. fselect

    88 14 4,177 8.8 Rust

    Find files with SQL-like queries

    

    fselect - Command-line tool to search files with SQL-like queries.

91. calibre

    89 866 21,438 10.0 Python

    The official source code repository for the calibre ebook manager

    

    Calibre - Powerful software for e-book management and conversion.

92. awesome-dva

    90 31 32 0.0 JavaScript

    A curated list of "damn vulnerable apps" and exploitable VMs / wargames. See contributing.md for information.

    

93. greenshot

    91 305 4,234 1.1 C#

    Greenshot for Windows - Report bugs & features go here: https://greenshot.atlassian.net or look for information on:

    

    Greenshot - Take and crop screenshots directly on the screen.

94. httrack

    92 6 3,923 3.1 C

    HTTrack Website Copier, copy websites to your computer (Official repository)

    

    HTTrack- Offline browser utility, allowing you to download a website from the Internet to a local directory.

95. AutoHotkey_L

    93 53 6,118 7.5 C++

    Discontinued AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows. [Moved to: https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkey]

    

    AutoHotkey - The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows.

96. LightBulb

    94 22 2,408 7.9 C#

    Reduces eye strain by adjusting screen gamma based on the current time

    

    LightBulb - Reduces eyestrain by adjusting gamma based on the current time

97. PowerSwitcher

    95 3 389 0.0 C#

    Power plan switcher for Windows 10. Heavily inspired by EarTrumpet.

    

    PowerPlanSwitcher - Provides a quick UI for switching power schemas & automatic switch on AC-plug-in on Windows10.

98. rimraf

    96 17 5,759 7.2 TypeScript

    A `rm -rf` util for nodejs

    

    rimraf - A deep deletion module for node. Help to delete files and folders with very long paths

99. winreg-cli

    97 1 46 1.1 JavaScript

    Discontinued Command line tool with a fluent API for modifying the Windows registry

    winreg-cli - Command line tool with a fluent API for modifying Windows registry.

100. Yacy

     98 115 3,570 8.7 Java

     Distributed Peer-to-Peer Web Search Engine and Intranet Search Appliance

     

     Yacy - A general search engine by corporations of people, including the search web page, general crawlers, indexing, and ranking functions.

101. ZeroNet

     99 149 18,536 0.0 JavaScript

     ZeroNet - Decentralized websites using Bitcoin crypto and BitTorrent network

     

     ZeroNet - A decentralized web.

102. algo

     100 156 29,385 5.7 Jinja

     Set up a personal VPN in the cloud

     

     Algo - Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud.

103. olive

     101 66 8,553 7.8 C++

     Free open-source non-linear video editor

     

     Olive Video Editor - Open source cross-platform non-linear video editor.

104. OBS

     102 1 3,421 0.0 C

     Open Broadcaster Software (Deprecated: See OBS Studio repository instead)

     

     Open Broadcaster Software - Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.

105. SaaSHub

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