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[Flowblade](https://jliljebl.github.io/flowblade/), [Pitivi](https://www.pitivi.org/) | Other FOSS video editors | Lin, Mac, Win | Movie Maker\n[Ardour](https://ardour.org/), [LMMS](https://lmms.io/), [qtractor](https://qtractor.sourceforge.io/) | Digital Audio Workstation | Lin, Mac, Win | Audition in a multi-track mode, FL Studio\n[JACK](http://jackaudio.org/) | Sound server (great with Ardour) | Lin Mac, Win | Many sound cards + hardware mixer\n[Calf Studio Gear](https://calf-studio-gear.org/) | Audio plug-in pack (great with Ardour) | Lin, Mac | Random VST Plugins\n[ocenaudio](https://www.ocenaudio.com/) | A perfect single-track audio editor | Lin, Mac, Win | Audition in a single-track mode\n[Resonic Player](https://resonic.at/) | A perfect audio player, analyzer and organizer | Win | -\n[VLC](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.ru.html) | The ultimate media player | Lin, Mac, Win | Many of them\n[MPC-BE](https://mpcbe.sourceforge.io/) | Old classic Media Player | Win | VLC\n[OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/) | Live video production software with unlimited capabilities | Lin, Mac, Win | -\n[HandBrake](https://handbrake.fr) | The ultimate video converter | Lin, Mac, Win | Tons of ugly and greedy shareware\n**[NATRON](https://natrongithub.github.io)**, [enve](https://maurycyliebner.github.io/) | 2D animation, VFX, and Motion Graphics | Lin, Win | After Effects\n[Chataigne](https://benjamin.kuperberg.fr/chataigne/en), [ossia score](https://ossia.io/) | Intermedia sequencer (for live shows and media installations) | Lin, Mac, Win | Touchdesigner\n[Q Light Controller Plus](https://www.qlcplus.org) | DMX Controller Software (live stage lightning) | Lin, Mac, Win | Sunlite Suite\n[OpenToonz](https://morevnaproject.org/opentoonz/) | 2D Animation software | Lin, Mac, Win | Adobe Animate\n[LosslessCut](https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut) | FFmpeg GUI for lossless operations | Lin, Mac, Win | CLI ffmpeg\n[Pedalboard2](https://github.com/lrq3000/Pedalboard2) | VST plugin host for live processing | Lin, Mac, Win | OBS Studio\n[cobalt](https://github.com/imputnet/cobalt) | YouTube downloader | Web | youtube-dl\n\n## Imaging/Design/Foto\n\nName | Specifics | Platform | Popular Alternative\n---- | --------- | -------- | -------------------\n[blender](https://www.blender.org/) | Widely appreciated 3D tool | Lin, Mac, Win | 3ds Max\n[GIMP](gimp.org) | It's awesome when you use shortcuts | Lin, Mac, Win | Photoshop\n[darktable](https://www.darktable.org/), [RawTherapee](https://rawtherapee.com/) | Raw photos developing toolset | Lin, Mac, Win | Lightroom\n[Hugin](http://hugin.sourceforge.net/) | The best panorama photo stitcher ever | Lin, Mac, Win | Many of them\n[Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/en/) | Vector editor for creative drawings | Lin, Mac, Win | CorelDRAW\n[LibreOffice Draw](https://libreoffice.org/), [Karbon](https://calligra.org/karbon/) | Simple vector editors for technical drawing | Lin, Mac, Win | CorelDRAW\n[Krita](https://krita.org/en/) | Digital painting made free | Lin, Mac, Win | SAI\n[Synfig Studio](https://www.synfig.org/) | 2D animation software | Lin, Mac, Win | Adobe Animate (former Flash)\n[FontBase](https://fontba.se/) | Font Manager | Lin, Mac, Win | -\n[FastStone Image Viewer](http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm) | Ultimate | **Win** | ACDSee, IrfanView\n[Excalidraw](https://excalidraw.com/) | Whiteboard | Web | Microsoft Whiteboard, diagrams.net\n[ImageManipulation](https://github.com/aiXander/ImageManipulation) | Finds similar images | Python | -\n\n## Text Editors\n\nName | Specifics | Platform | Popular Alternative\n---- | --------- | -------- | -------------------\n[Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) | Ultimate | Lin, Mac, Win | Sublime Text\n[Lite XL](https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl) | Light and Fast | Lin, Win | `notepad.exe`, AkelPad, leafpad, lite\n[Vim](https://www.vim.org/download.php) | It seems hard unless you try ([my .vimrc](https://gitlab.com/himura/env/-/blob/master/.vimrc)) | Lin, Mac, Win | Neovim\n[HackMD](https://hackmd.io/) | Online \u0026 Collaborative | Web | Google Docs\n[Trilium Next](https://github.com/triliumnext) | Personal Knowledge Base | Web/Desktop Sync | Obsidian\n[Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/) | Personal Knowledge Base | Lin, Mac, Win, Android | Evernote\n\n\n## Language/Writing\n\nName | Specifics | Platform | Popular Alternative\n---- | --------- | -------- | -------------------\n[LanguageTool](https://languagetool.org/) | Good spell checker | All | Many\n[Emojipedia](https://emojipedia.org/objects/) | Emoji search engine | Web | -\n[Glosbe](https://glosbe.com/) | Dictionary with usage examples | Web | -\n[Thesaurus.com](http://thesaurus.com) | Synonims search engine | Web | -\n[LaTeX](https://www.latex-project.org/) | Believe me, it worth learning | Lin, Mac, Win | Microsoft Office\n[LibreOffice](https://libreoffice.org/) | Quite a robust office suite | Lin, Mac, Win | Microsoft Office\n[DeepL](https://www.deepl.com) | AI translator | Web | Google Translate\n\n\n## Developer Tools\n\nName | Specifics | Platform | Popular Alternative\n---- | --------- | -------- | -------------------\n[GCC](https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/) | The compiler that changed the industry | Any | Visual Studio, LLVM\n[Regex101](https://regex101.com/) | Regular expressions debugger | Web | Your language's debugger\n[GitLab](https://gitlab.com) | Raise your own internal GitHub-like service! | Web | GitHub\n[tig](http://jonas.nitro.dk/tig/) | Text-based UI for Git | Lin, Mac (CLI) | -\n[Fork](https://git-fork.com/) | GUI for Git | **Mac, Win** | Git Extensions, SourceTree\n[GitKraken](https://www.gitkraken.com/) | GUI for Git (free for home and opensource) | Lin, Mac, Win | Git Extensions, SourceTree\n[P4Merge](https://www.perforce.com/products/helix-core-apps/merge-diff-tool-p4merge), [DiffMerge](http://www.sourcegear.com/diffmerge/index.html) | Diff/Merge Tool | Lin, Mac, Win | KDiff3, WinMerge\n[git-filter-repo](https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo) | Rewrite the whole Git history | Python | `git-filter-branch`, BFG Repo-Cleaner\n[tldr](https://tldr.sh/) | `man` in a nutshell | Web, CLI | `man`\n[explainshell](https://www.explainshell.com/) | Explanation to any shell command | Web | `man`\n[Data Converter](https://conv.darkbyte.ru/) | Text, Bin, Dec, Hex, Base64, Hash sums | Web | Hand-made tools\n[DB Browser for SQLite](http://sqlitebrowser.org/) | A quick and easy way to use SQL | Lin, Mac, Win | -\n[PM2 Runtime](https://pm2.io/runtime/) | Production Process Manager for Node.js | NodeJS | SystemD or Docker\n[Partition Wizard](https://www.partitionwizard.com/) | Free Partition Manager for Windows | **Win** | Many\n[ptpython](https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython/) | A better Python REPL | Python | `python`\n[Podman](https://podman.io/) | Docker done right (with backward compatibility) | Lin, Mac, Win | Docker\n[Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/) 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Don't even try. | Lin, Mac, Win | -\n[LibreCAD](https://librecad.org/), [QCAD](https://www.qcad.org/) | The 2D CADs | Lin, Mac, Win | AutoCAD\n[KiCad](http://kicad-pcb.org/) | The EDA | Lin, Mac, Win | P-CAD, Altium Designer, EAGLE, DipTrace\n[bCNC](https://github.com/vlachoudis/bCNC) | The ultimate GRBL CNC tool on tcl/tk | Lin, Mac, Win | Many\n\n\n## Utilites\n\nName | Specifics | Platform | Popular Alternative\n---- | --------- | -------- | -------------------\n[FreeFileSync](https://freefilesync.org) | Nice and friendly file synchronizer (mostly for backuping) | Lin, Mac, Win | -\n[Tixati](https://www.tixati.com), [qBittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/) | Awesome no-ad torrent clients | Lin, Win | μTorrent\n[KeePass](https://www.keepassx.org/) | Secure password manager | Lin, Mac, Win, Android | Paper?\n[Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/) | Convenient password manager | Lin, Mac, Win, Android | KeePass\n[7-Zip](https://www.7-zip.org/) | The best archiver | Lin, Win | WinRAR\n[WizTree](https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-finds-the-files-and-folders-using-the-most-disk-space-on-your-hard-drive/) | Disk space analyzer | **Win** | Folder Size\n[GParted](https://gparted.org/) | Partition manager | Lin, Mac, Win | [MiniTool Partition Wizard](https://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html)\n[Clonezilla](http://www.clonezilla.org/) | SSD Migration software | Lin, Mac, Win | [Macrium Reflect](https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree), [EaseUS Todo Backup Free](https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html)\n[fixparts](http://www.rodsbooks.com/fixparts/) | Converts primary partition to logical | Lin, Mac, Win | [EaseUS Partition Master](https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html)\n[SVGOMG!](https://jakearchibald.github.io/svgomg) | Cleans up the SVG markup | Web | -\n[RustDesk](https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk) | Remote desktop | Lin, Mac, Win, Android | TeamViewer, AnyDesk\n[awfice](https://github.com/zserge/awfice) | Simple browser-based office apps | Web Browser | -\n[Element](https://element.io), [Mattermost](https://mattermost.com/), [Rocket.Chat](https://rocket.chat/), [Zulip](https://zulip.com/) | Collaboration software | All | Slack, Teams\n[Joplin](https://joplinapp.org/) | Notes | All | Evernote\n[Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/download/) | Slow, but very secure anonymizer | Lin, Mac, Win, Android | VPNs\n[Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) | Continuous file synchronization program | Lin, Mac, Win, Android | rsync\n[Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/) | A single place for all smart home automation | - | Mi Home\n[WingetUI](https://github.com/marticliment/WingetUI) | Keep your apps always updated | Win | MS Store\n[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) | It works! 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