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  🗂️ My Software Index

  


  

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A curated list of awesome free software that I personally love




  

    Based entirely on my own usage and opinions. 


    All are free to use (or at least have a free tier). 


    Mainstream picks like MS Office or Gmail are intentionally left out.

  




## 🔺 Category



- [Browsers](#-browsers)

- [Search Engines](#-search-engines)

- [Web Applications](#-web-applications)

- [Email Services](#-email-services)

- [Cloud](#-cloud)

- [Code Editors](#-code-editors)

- [Utilities](#-utilities)

- [Benchmarking and Monitoring](#-benchmarking-and-monitoring)

- [Password Managers](#-password-managers)

- [Recording and Editing Applications](#-recording-and-editing-applications)

- [Productivity Applications](#-productivity-applications)

- [Customization Tools](#-customization-tools-and-library)



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## 💡 Browsers



- [Brave](https://brave.com/) - The best chromium based browser with crazy strong adblocker.

- [Firefox](https://www.firefox.com/en-US/) - The most well know non chromium browser, pretty good.

- [Mullvad Browser](https://mullvad.net/en/browser) - A good privacy focused web browser.

- [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) - The best privacy browser, no tracking, IP masking and anonymity.





## 🔍 Search Engines



- [Brave Search](search.brave.com) - Strong privacy, no tracking and ad-free search engine.

- [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/) -  Privacy search powered by Google results, but strips all trackers and logs.

- [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/) - Popular privacy-first search engine, simple UI with zero user profiling.





## 🌎 Web Applications



- [Wormhole](https://wormhole.app/) - End-to-End Encrypted temporary File Sharing.

- [TempMail](https://temp-mail.org/en/) - Get free temporary emails.

- [Pi7 Image Compressor](https://image.pi7.org/compress-image-to-50kb) - Variable size image compressor.

- [Sejda](https://www.sejda.com/) - Okay-ish PDF editor but with feature to edit PDF contents.

- [ILovePDF](https://www.ilovepdf.com/) - My go to PDF Editor of choice.





## 📧 Email Services



- [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) - Proton Mail or rather the whole proton suite is privacy focused and offers very good features and a generous free tier.

- [Tuta Mail](https://tuta.com/) - Another Privacy first email service alongside a calendar with a minimal UI and generous free tier.





## ☁ Cloud



- [Filen](https://filen.io/) - End-to-End Encrypted cloud storage with 10GB free plan.

- [pCloud](https://www.pcloud.com/) - Free 10GB cloud storage BUT End-to-End Encryption is a paid add-on...😑 WHY ?

- [MEGA](https://mega.nz/) - Zero Knowledge Encrypted cloud storage with 20GB free plan, though with a bit of shady past.

- [Ice Drive](https://icedrive.net/) - Another privacy focused cloud storage. Free 10GB storage and this uses TwoFish Encryption instead of AES, pretty cool !

- [Hivenet](https://www.hivenet.com/) - Decentralized cloud compute and cloud storage. 10GB free cloud storage.

- [Terabox](https://terabox.com/) - 1TB of free cloud storage. Although not recommended for personal stuff like photos and documents. I upload old games here...😁.

- [Proton Drive](https://proton.me/drive) - Part of the proton suite, free 5GB Storage, End-to-End Encrypted.





## 📐 Code Editors



- [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) - This is mainstream but its insanely cool, useful and my primary code editor.

- [Helix Editor](https://helix-editor.com/) - A modern terminal-first text/code editor with in-built themes and other features.

- [Vim](https://www.vim.org/) - The legendary terminal text editor. Minimal, insanely fast and powerful !

- [Codepen](https://codepen.io/) - Web based frontend code editor. HTML, CSS and JS.

- [Online GDB](https://www.onlinegdb.com/) - Online Code editor and Debugger, supports maximum mainstream languages.





## 🔨 Utilities



- [TranslucentTB](https://translucenttb.github.io/) - A lightweight utility that makes Windows taskbar transparent.

- [Shutup10++](https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10) - A Windows utility that gives full control over data, prevents unwanted data collection by Windows.

- [BlockTheSpot](https://github.com/mrpond/BlockTheSpot) - Ad skip/block for Spotify, Super handy !

- [Cryptomator](https://cryptomator.org/) - Free and open source data encryption software.

- [scoop](https://scoop.sh/) - A command-line installer for Windows, super useful.

- [Revo Uninstaller](https://www.revouninstaller.com/revo-uninstaller-free-download/) - Uninstall apps down to the registry that too for free, Its one of my personal favorite !

- [Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU)](https://www.guru3d.com/download/display-driver-uninstaller-download/) - A must have, used to uninstall display drivers.

- [WinRaR](https://www.win-rar.com/start.html?&L=0) - The Goat of the file compressor and zipping programs with unlimited day free trial...😜

- [7-zip](https://www.7-zip.org/) - Another incredibly good file zipping and compression software.

- [SCLI](https://github.com/nexus949/scli/releases/tag/v1.0) - Open source command Line shortcut opener made by Me...😁.

- [Rufus](https://rufus.ie/en/) - Bootable Media Creation Tool, my personal favorite.





## 💪🏼 Benchmarking and Monitoring



- [CPU Z](https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html) - Shows Detailed CPU and RAM information.

- [GPU Z](https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/) - Shows Detailed GPU information.

- [MSI Afterburner](https://www.msi.com/Landing/afterburner/graphics-cards) - GPU overclocking and monitoring Software.

- [Rivatuner Statistics Server](https://www.guru3d.com/download/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download/) - Bundled with MSI Afterburner, a powerful software to display system data like performance while gaming.

- [Unigine Superposition Benchmark](https://benchmark.unigine.com/superposition) - A great GPU benchmarking tool.

- [Cinebench](https://www.maxon.net/en/downloads/cinebench-2024-downloads) - Industry grade CPU benchmarking tool.

- [Furmark](https://geeks3d.com/furmark/) - A great tool to stress test a GPU.

- [HW Info](https://www.hwinfo.com/) - System monitoring and hardware analysis tool for Windows.

- [HW Monitor](https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html) - Hardware monitoring program that displays temperatures, power, clock speeds and other information.

- [Libre Hardware Monitor](https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor) - Free open source Hardware monitoring software just like HW Monitor.

- [CrystalDiskMark](https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskmark/) - Simple Disk Benchmarking Software. Check HDD and SSD speeds.





## 🔑 Password Managers



- [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/) - One of the best password managers out there, free and open source powered with AES Encryption and E2E Encryption.

- [Proton Pass](https://proton.me/pass) - Part of the Proton Suite a very good password manager with E2E Encryption.

- [KeepassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) - An open source local storage password manager with encryption selection.





## 🎥 Recording and Editing Applications



- [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/) - One of the best screen recording and streaming software. Open source and free.

- [Shotcut](https://www.shotcut.org/) - Lightweight, free, open source Video editing software supporting 4k60fps exports.

- [Da Vinci Resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/in/products/davinciresolve) - The industry grade free video editing software and direct competitor to Premiere Pro.

- [Gimp](https://www.gimp.org/) - Free and Open source feature-rice image editor.

- [photoeditor.com](https://www.photoeditor.com/) - Web based photo editor, not the best but gets the job done.

- [Avidemux](https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/) - Free and open source tool for simple video cutting, filtering, and encoding. Ideal for quick edits without re-encoding.





## 💻 Productivity Applications



- [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) - Best Note taking app, markdown heaven with plugin support. Everything is stored locally so no concerns on privacy.

- [Trello](https://trello.com/) - A project Management Tool, organized everything into "cards" for better management.

- [Libre Office Suite](https://www.libreoffice.org/) - An incredibly powerful, useful and open source suite of applications used to create and edit documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. The best equivalent to Microsoft Office Suite.

- [Flow Launcher](https://www.flowlauncher.com/) - Quick File Search & App Launcher for Windows.





## 🥪 Customization Tools and Library



- [Rainmeter](https://www.rainmeter.net/) - Lightweight Windows Customization Tool. Loads "skins" to make windows look good.

- [WindHawk](https://windhawk.net/) - Powerful Windows customization tool and Windows mod marketplace.

- [Shields.io](https://shields.io/) - Cool Badges markdown, websites and more.

- [Remix Icons](https://remixicon.com/) - Simple, neutral - style icons, free to use.

- [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/) - Icons for the web, delivered through CDN.

- [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/) - Large library of font specimens to use.

- [Devicons](https://devicon.dev/) - Free Icons for devs to use delivered through CDN.