Honorable Mentions 🏆

Downloaders

• µTorrent
• qBittorrent
• Transmission
• yt-dlp - only)

PCB Design

• CircuitMaker
• KiCAD

Programming

• GNU Emacs
• Notepad++
• Vim
• Visual Studio Code

Sprite Editors

• Aseprite
• PixelMash

Transcoding

• FFmpeg - only)
• Handbrake
• MediaHuman Audio Converter
• MediaHuman Video Converter

Relevant XKCD

Vercel

• Universal Price Tiers

SaaS/PaaS Alternatives

ERPs

• ERPNext - hosted)

Firebase

• InstantDB, a Firebase alternative

Heroku

• Dokku

JIRA

• Plane
• Redmine
• WeKan

Lucidchart

• Dia
• Draw.io

Vercel

• Coolify

Zoom

• Fireship.io

Sources

Transcoding

• AlternativeTo
• Princeton University
• TechLog360
• Fstoppers

Subscription-Free Software

1Password

• KeePass

Adobe Acrobat Pro

• uPDF
• Slay PDF

Adobe After Effects

• Friction

Adobe Audition

• Audacity
• SOUND FORGE Pro

Adobe Illustrator

• Affinity Designer
• CorelDRAW
• InkScape

Adobe InDesign

• Affinity Publisher

Adobe Lightroom

• Capture One
• darktable

Adobe Photoshop

• Affinity Photo
• ArtRage
• GIMP
• Luminar
• Rebelle
• Pixelmator Pro
• Krita

Adobe Premiere

• DaVinci Resolve
• DaVinci Resolve Studio
• Final Cut Pro
• Olive
• VEGAS Pro
• Wondershare Filmora
• Shotcut

Airmail

• Thunderbird

Airtable

• nocodb

AutoCAD

• BricsCAD
• FreeCAD
• LibreCAD

Avid Pro Tools

• Ableton Live
• Ardour
• Cubase
• FL Studio
• LMMS
• Logic Pro
• Zrythm
• PreSonus Studio One

Avid Sibelius

• Finale
• FORTE
• Guitar Pro
• LilyPond
• MagicScore SongWriter
• MuseScore
• StaffPad
• PreSonus Notion

CelAction

• OpenToonz
• Procreate Dreams
• ToonBoom Harmony
• TVPaint

EasyWorship

• OpenLP
• OpenSong
• VideoPsalm
• FreeWorship

Maya

• Blender
• Cinema4D

Microsoft 365

• LibreOffice
• OpenOffice

Restream

• OBS Studio

Slack

• Mattermost

Unity

• GameMaker
• Godot
• OGRE
• Panda3D
• Ren'Py
• Stencyl

Zoom

• Jitsi