Advanced multi-platform BitTorrent client with a nice user interface as well as a Web UI for remote control and an integrated search engine. Aims to provide a free alternative to µtorrent.
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Sumatra PDF is a free PDF, eBook (MOBI), XPS, DjVu, CHM, Comic Book (CBZ and CBR) reader for Windows. Sumatra PDF is small and starts up very fast. Portable version included.
Simple, cross platform video editor for lossless trimming / cutting of videos. It doesn't do any decoding / encoding and is therefore extremely fast.
Microsoft has started work on XDP for Windows, which is based on a popular Linux project that enables low latency and high throughput for apps. The firm's implementation is open-source on GitHub.
Everything you need to safely browse the Internet. Protect your privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.
Sigil is a free and open source editor for the EPUB format. It is designed for easy, WYSIWYG editing of EPUB files and for converting other formats to EPUB.
Bulk Crap Uninstaller is a free and open source program uninstaller. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal user input.
FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.
Open-Source vector graphics editor similar to Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. Natively supports opening or importing SVG, SVGZ (gzipped SVG), PDF and Adobe Illustrator (.ai) formats.
RedNotebook is a modern journal. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and word clouds. You can also format, tag and search your entries.
fmedia is a fast asynchronous media player/recorder/converter for Windows, Linux and FreeBSD.
Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration.
Sandboxie allows you to run your browser, or any other program, so that all changes that result from the usage are kept in a sandbox environment, which can then be deleted later.
VidCoder is a DVD/Blu-ray ripping and video transcoding application for Windows. It uses HandBrake as its encoding engine.
An office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents.
Open Source video, audio and image converter based on FFmpeg and other great tools. It has been designed by video editors in order to be as accessible and efficient as possible.
NVIDIA has open-sourced its Linux GPU kernel drivers for products made and released after 2018. This means GPU functionalities like the clock and thermal management are now available for tweaking.
Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
Sandboxie allows you to run your browser, or any other program, so that all changes that result from the usage are kept in a sandbox environment, which can then be deleted later.
Open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key.
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Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server. The program streams or transcodes many different media formats with little or no configuration.
LibreOffice is a powerful office suite; its clean interface and powerful tools let you unleash your creativity and grow your productivity.
Wireshark is the world's most popular network protocol analyzer. A network packet analyzer will try to capture network packets and tries to display that packet data as detailed as possible.
Microsoft recently published on GitHub the source code of Windows 3D Movie Maker, a 27-year-old software for creating 3D animations in pre-rendered environments. It is available under the MIT license.
Calibre is an open source e-book library management application that enables you to manage your e-book collection, convert e-books between different formats, synchronize with e-book reader devices.
Open-source office productivity software suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, formula editor, and database management applications.
Plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with markdown support and ownCloud / Nextcloud integration.
Sandboxie allows you to run your browser, or any other program, so that all changes that result from the usage are kept in a sandbox environment, which can then be deleted later.
Screen, webcam and sketchboard recorder with an integrated editor. Record your screen, edit and save as a Gif or video.
Everything you need to safely browse the Internet. Protect your privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.
Mozilla has released its latest Common Voice dataset and for the first time, it contains 20,000 hours of content, which is almost double the number of hours that it had one year ago.
FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server for Windows. FileZilla supports SSL, the same level of encryption supported by your web browser, to protect your data.
Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to Jabber/XMPP, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Zephyr, IRC, and more chat networks all at once. It can support many more with plugins.
RSS Guard is a simple (yet powerful) feed reader. It is able to fetch the most known feed formats, including RSS/RDF and ATOM.
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Google has pledged support for OpenSSF's Package Analysis Project for open source packages uploaded to popular repositories. It has also published the results which paint a rather interesting picture.
Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.
Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.
Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor. Major features include support for a wide range of formats; no import required meaning native timeline editing; resolution support to 4k.
Microsoft seemingly confirms when Windows 11 22H2 will release publicly
Windows 11 optional update (KB5014019) brings Windows Spotlight to the desktop
Systemd v251 with GNU11 could prove troublesome for users of nearly all Linux distros
Samsung allegedly assembling a "dream team" to take down Apple's M1 in 2025
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