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Browse everything7-Zip
The small, free archiver that opens practically every archive format and compresses better than ZIP.
Bitwarden
An open-source password manager with free cross-device sync, apps for every platform and optional paid plans.
Everything
A free Windows search tool from voidtools that finds files and folders by name instantly.
F-Droid
An app store and client for free and open-source Android apps that works without a Google account.
Firefox
The main browser not built on Chromium, with tracking protection turned on by default.
GIMP
The long-running free image editor for photo retouching, compositing and general pixel work.
Recently added
All by dateActual Budget
Envelope budgeting that keeps your data on your own device and syncs between machines without a company in the middle.
AdGuard Home
Network-wide ad and tracker blocking in a single binary, with encrypted DNS built in rather than bolted on.
Advanced IP Scanner
Scans a home or office network and lists every device with its name, MAC address and shared folders.
Aegis Authenticator
An encrypted two-factor authentication app for Android with real backups and imports from every other authenticator.
aerc
A terminal email client with vim-style keys, an embedded terminal for composing, and first-class support for git email workflows.
age
File encryption with one small key, no options to get wrong, and a command you can remember.
Categories
All categories- Secure messaging12 listings
- Password managers5 listings
- PDF tools9 listings
- Android app stores4 listings
- Custom Android ROMs3 listings
- Photo backup and management7 listings
- Color tools4 listings
- System utilities15 listings
- Browser tools3 listings
- Media players7 listings
- Video editing and conversion16 listings
- Screenshots and screen recording9 listings
- Audio editing and playback15 listings
- Image and vector editors12 listings
- File sync and transfer5 listings
- Torrent clients2 listings
- VPN and private networking11 listings
- Archive and compression tools6 listings
- Code and text editors13 listings
- Window management17 listings
- Disk and USB tools13 listings
- Note-taking13 listings
- Media servers9 listings
- Web browsers13 listings
- Keyboard shortcuts and automation8 listings
- Office suites8 listings
- Backup tools13 listings
- Email clients9 listings
- Remote desktop10 listings
- Virtual machines11 listings
- Terminals and SSH clients15 listings
- System monitoring14 listings
- Game console emulators15 listings
- Ebook readers and libraries8 listings
- Network tools12 listings
- Encryption tools7 listings
- Local AI tools13 listings
- Photo editing and viewing10 listings
- 3D modelling and CAD11 listings
- Game launchers9 listings
- FTP and SFTP clients6 listings
- 3D printing slicers6 listings
- App launchers5 listings
- API clients5 listings
- Clipboard managers3 listings
- Command line tools16 listings
- Container tools3 listings
- Database tools7 listings
- DNS and ad blocking3 listings
- Download managers3 listings
- File managers9 listings
- Git clients7 listings
- Learning and reference4 listings
- Personal finance6 listings
- RSS readers5 listings
- Security tools14 listings
- Developer tools9 listings
Collections
All collections- Leave Google on AndroidAn operating system, an app store and an updater that together run an Android phone without a Google account.
- PDFs without a subscriptionRead, merge, convert and edit PDF files with free software instead of a paid Acrobat plan.
- Own your dataSelf-hosted replacements for hosted services: passwords, photos and documents on a server you control.
- Private by defaultFree tools whose defaults protect you: encrypted messaging, a local password vault and a content blocker.
- A Windows starter kitThe handful of free tools most people install first on a new Windows machine: instant search, the missing system utilities, an archiver, a capture tool and a text editor.
- Leave the Adobe subscriptionFree replacements for photo editing, painting, vector drawing, video editing and audio work, none of which bill you monthly.
- Play and convert anythingOpen any file, cut it without re-encoding, convert it for a device, or fetch it from the web in the first place.
- Reach your own machinesPrivate networking and sync between the computers you own, with no third party storing your files.
- Your own media libraryRun the streaming service yourself: a media server, a torrent client and photo backup on hardware you control.
- Backups that actually restoreEncrypted, deduplicated snapshots to storage you control, and a tool to verify they come back.
- Run AI on your own hardwareChat with a capable language model without sending a word of it to somebody else’s server.
- A terminal worth usingTerminals, SSH clients and file transfer tools for people who work at a command line.
- Encrypt what mattersEncrypt a drive, a cloud folder, or a single file you are about to send.
- Play your old consolesEmulators for the consoles you grew up with, plus one front end to hold them all.
- Games on LinuxLaunchers and compatibility layers that get a Windows game library running on Linux.
- Develop your own photosRaw developers, a library manager and a viewer, none of them rented by the month.
- See inside your machineFind out what the hardware is doing, and what is moving across the network.
- Run another operating systemHypervisors for trying an OS in a window, or running a rack of them on one box.
- A desk you can reach from anywhereRemote desktop tools that do not route your session through somebody else’s cloud.
- Mail on your own termsDesktop mail clients that keep your accounts in one window instead of five browser tabs.
- A library of your ownManage, read and serve ebooks and comics from storage you own.
- Design and print in 3DModellers for parts, buildings and rooms, from sketch-driven CAD to scripted solids.