A list of free & open-source apps I use on Windows

• qBittorrent

  709 24,960 9.6 C++

  qBittorrent BitTorrent client

  

qBittorrent for downloading / sharing large files.

• VideoLAN Client (VLC)

  379 12,932 2.3 C

  VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please follow https://wiki.videolan.org/Sending_Patches_VLC/

  

VLC - plays virtually everything.

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• LibreOffice

  584 2,412 10.0

  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: Office suite, with word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, vector graphics drawing, database. Similar to Microsoft Office, but free

• Signal-Desktop

  322 13,985 9.9 TypeScript

  A private messenger for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  

Signal - encrypted communication software for Windows, Mac, Android, and iPhone.

• HandBrake

  981 15,486 9.8 C

  HandBrake's main development repository

  

Handbrake with VideoLAN's libdvdcss .dll for video conversion and ripping DVDs.

• calibre

  862 18,233 9.9 Python

  The official source code repository for the calibre ebook manager

Calibre for e-book management / multi-format conversion.

• Bitwarden

  1,055 14,286 9.8 C#

  The core infrastructure backend (API, database, Docker, etc). (by bitwarden)

  

Bitwarden is a cross-platform password manager.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• czkawka

  361 17,429 7.9 Rust

  Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.

Czkawka - a very powerful duplicate file detector tool.

• yt-dlp

  2,360 70,159 9.8 Python

  A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

  

yt-dlp - powerful command-line video downloader and the best for youtube.

• ShareX

  578 27,580 9.3 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.

  

JPEGView - lightweight image viewer for Windows. ShareX - screen capture tool with other nice features.

• CPython

  1,310 59,431 10.0 Python

  The Python programming language

  

Python 3: Programming / scripting language

• windirstat

  237 360 8.8 C++

  WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for various versions of Microsoft Windows.

  

WinDirStat: Analyze what is taking space on your drive

• notepad-plus-plus

  329 21,539 9.7 C++

  Notepad++ official repository

  

Notepad++: good and fast general purpose text/code editor

• node

  918 103,479 9.9 JavaScript

  Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

  

NodeJS: For web / frontend development

• KeePass2.x

  315 291 2.9 C#

  unofficial mirror of KeePass2.x source code

KeePass 2: Opensource password manager that doesn't store your secrets in the cloud

• git

  616 8,056 0.0 C

  A fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches. (by git-for-windows)

  

Git: Version control

• Ditto

  92 3,005 7.3 C

  Ditto is an extension to the Windows Clipboard. You copy something to the Clipboard and Ditto takes what you copied and stores it in a database to retrieve at a later time.

Ditto Clipboard: clipboard manager, clipboard history

• Visual Studio Code

  2,831 157,893 10.0 TypeScript

  Visual Studio Code

  

Visual Studio Code: a bit slower than Notepad++, especially startup. But more/better features for developers. Like Git integration, debugger, etc.

• Chocolatey

  393 9,849 8.4 C#

  Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

  

Chocolatey: package manager

• adoptium

  150 172 7.0
  

Temurin JDK: OpenJDK for backend development

• AltSnap

  31 1,680 8.1 C

  Maintained continuation of Stefan Sundin's AltDrag

AltSnap gives you the ability to move and resize your windows in a new way. When AltDrag is running, you can simply hold down the Alt key and then click and drag any window. And so much more..

• SaaSHub

  www.saashub.com sponsored

  SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

  

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