We all love open-source software, but there are so many amazing projects out there that often go unnoticed. Let’s change that! Share your favorite open-source software that you think more people should know about. Here’s how you can contribute:
- Single Option Per Comment: Mention one open-source software per comment to be able to easily find the most popular software.
- No Duplicates: Avoid duplicating software that has already been mentioned to ensure a wide variety of options.
- Upvote What You Love: If you see a software that you also appreciate, upvote it to help others discover it more easily.
Check out last year’s post for more inspiration: Last Year’s Post
Let’s create a comprehensive list of open-source software that everyone should know about!
VLC (VideoLAN media player): play media files, DVDs, network streams and more. Just works,
alternativeto.net is great for finding these
LibreOffice - simply the best office suite there is (IMHO). I was a MS-office user for years, but since I switched, I haven’t looked back…
Inkscape - the best vector graphics program out there. So easy to use, and so powerful.
Firefox - the original private webbrowser. Even though some people don’t like the options in it (like those that let you stream Netflix and other DRM content). If people care about privacy, they use this browser, or one that is made from it…
GIMP - unlike Krita - which is made for drawing - this is made for photo-editing. It’s like Photoshop. The learning curve is a bit steep, but it is really powerful.
Krita is a fantastic program for drawing. It’s made for making beautiful paintings and animations.
qBittorrent: only for your legal torrenting needs from e.g. archive.org :>
librewolf a privacy-focused fork of the latest stable firefox (win,linux,mac)
Calibre: great e-book manager
NextCloud - Self hosted personal cloud solution that you can run on Docker or bare metal.
strudel. From the website:
With Strudel, you can expressively write dynamic music pieces.
The best place to actually make music with Strudel is the Strudel REPL
It’s really fun to make music in it, I recommend trying it out!
Thunderbird - a brilliant e-mail program, which also handles contacts, newsfeeds, calender and more. It’s available for multiple platforms, like Android, Windows, Linux and so forth…
