SOFTWARE LIST
for Windows & Linux

• Audacity

  Audio editor | Open source |

• Clementine

  Audio player | Open source |

• Dolby Access
  

  Sound technology |

Windows-only

• Equalizer APO

  (+Peace )

  Audio equalizer | Open source |

Linux alternative: easyeffects

• Spotube

  Spotify client | Open source |

• HandBrake
  

  Video transcoder | Open source |

• K-Lite Codec Pack Mega
  

  Video filters, codecs and tools |

Windows-only

• Kdenlive
  

  Video editor | Open source |

• OBS
  

  Video recording\live stream | Open source |

• OpenShot
  

  Video editor | Open source |

• ShareX
  

  Screen capture tool | Open source |

Linux alternative: SimpleScreenRecorder

+ Spectacle

• VLC
  

  Video player | Open source |

• Blender
  

  3D creation suite | Open source |

• draw.io
  

  Diagram software | Open source |

• Gimp
  

  Image editor | Open source |

• Inkscape
  

  Vector graphics editor | Open source |

• IrfanView + Plugins
  

  Image viewer |

Linux alternative: Gwenview

• Pinta
  

  Image editor | Open source |

• Sweet Home 3D
  

  Interior design | Open source |

• Discord

  Communication platform |

• Edge

  Web Browser |

• Firefox

  Web Browser | Open source |

• FreeTube

  YouTube player | Open source |

• JDownloader

  Download management tool | Open source |

• Skype

  Telecommunications app |

• Streamlink Twitch GUI

  Twitch for Streamlink | Open source |

• Teams

  Communication platform |

• Thunderbird

  Email client | Open source |

• Tixati
  

  BitTorrent client |

• Zoom

  Telecommunications app |



• UTILITIES
• OpenVPN

  VPN connectivity tool | Open source |

• PuTTY

  SSH and telnet client | Open source |

• TeamViewer

  Remote desktop tool |

• WinSCP

  SFTP\FTP client | Open source |

Linux alternative: gFTP

• Wireshark
  

  Network protocol analyzer | Open source |



Browser extensions
Links are for Firefox
Allow CORS
CORS manager |


Bitwarden Premium ($)
Password manager |


Cookie-Editor
Cookies manager |


Dark Reader
Dark Mode everywhere |


Enhancer for YouTube
YouTube enhancer |


Plasma Integration
KDE integration |
Only for KDE


PopUpOFF
Removes/prevents popups |


Privacy Badger
Block trackers |


Tree Style Tab
Tabs like a tree |


uBlock Origin
Content blocker |

• Calibre

  E-book management | Open source |

• kDrive

  Cloud | Open source |

Only for certain countries

• Kindle for PC

  Desktop Kindle app |

Linux alternative: Kindle Cloud Reader

• LibreOffice

  Office suite | Open source |

• Kate

  Source code editor\notepad | Open source |

• Okular

  Document viewer | Open source |

• PDF Arranger

  Split&Merge PDF | Open source |

• Xournal++

  Note-taking software | Open source |

• Heroic Games Launcher

  Amazon\Epic\GOG Client |

• Prism Launcher

  Minecraft launcher |

• Steam

  Official Valve client |



Windows-only
Amazon Games
Official Amazon client |


Battle.net
Official Blizzard client |


Cheat Engine
Modifying games | Open source |


EA App
Official EA client |


Epic Games Launcher
Official Epic client |


GOG Galaxy
Official CDProject client |


RTSS
VGA utility |


Ubisoft Connect
Official Ubisoft client |


Xbox
Official Xbox PC client |





Linux-only
GOverlay
MangoHUD GUI | Open source |


Lutris
Gaming Platform | Open source |


Minigalaxy
GOG client | Open source |





Emulators
BSNES
SNES | Open source |


DuckStation
PS1 | Open source |


melonDS
NDS | Open source |


Nestopia
NES | Open source |


PCSX2
PS2 | Open source |


RetroArch(Mupen64Plus-Next)
N64 | Open source |

• 7-Zip
  

  File archiver | Open source |

Linux alternative: Ark

• CPU-Z
  

  Hardware monitoring |

Linux alternative: s-tui

• CrystalDiskInfo
  

  Disk information tool |

Linux alternative: smartmontools

• DiskGenius Free
  

  Partition management |

Linux alternative: KDE Partition Manager

• GPU-Z
  

  VGA information tool |

Windows-only

• HWiNFO
  

  Hardware monitoring |

Linux alternative: Stacer

• Listary
  

  Search utility |

Linux alternative: FSearch

• Meld
  

  Differencing/merging tool | Open source |

• Microsoft PC Manager
  

  Maintenance app |

Windows-only

• OpenHashTab
  

  Shell extension for file hashes | Open source |

Linux alternative: DE Related

• PowerShell
  

  Advanced Shell |

• Prime95
  

  Stress test |

Linux alternative: stress

• ReNamer
  

  File renaming tool |

Linux alternative: GPRename

• Synaptic
  

  Package Manager | Open source |

Linux&APT-only

• Sysinternals Suite
  

  Windows utilities |

Windows-only

• Virtual Machine Manager
  

  Managing virtual machines | Open source |

Linux-only

• VirtualBox
  

  Managing virtual machines | Open source |

• WizTree
  

  Disk space manager |

Linux alternative: QDirStat

• Waydroid
  

  Android on Linux | Open source |

Linux&Wayland-only

• WSL
  

  (+Debian )
  

  Windows Subsystem for Linux |

Windows-only



Backup
Back in Time
Backup | Open source |
Linux-only
Timeshift
Backup | Open source |
Linux-only

• Android Studio
  

  Android IDE | Open source |

• Apache Maven
  

  Build automation tool | Open source |

• Code::Blocks
  

  C/C++ IDE | Open source |

• DBeaver CE
  

  Database tool | Open source |

• DbSchema CE
  

  Database design tool |

• Docker Desktop
  

  Containerized applications |

• Eclipse Enterprise Java\Web Developers
  

  (+Lombok )
  IDE | Open source |

• Git
  

  Distributed ver. control system | Open source |

• GitKraken Pro ($)
  

  Git client |

• MSYS2
  

  Software Distribution Platform | Open source |

Windows-only

• .NET SDK
  

  Developer platform | Open source |

• NVM (Node.js)
  

  Manage Node.js versions | Open source |

• OpenJDK
  

  Open-source JDK | Open source |

• Postman
  

  API platform |

• Python
  

  Programming language | Open source |

• SSMS
  

  Database tool |

Windows-only

• Visual Studio Code
  

  Source code editor |

• Visual Studio Community
  

  IDE |

Windows-only