Good software, clearly explained.

An open-source painting app designed for digital art and illustration.

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Development

Notepad++

A fast Windows editor for plain text, configuration files, and code.

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Windows / macOS / Linux / Android / iOS

Firefox

A customizable browser with built-in tracking protection and tools for organizing tabs.

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KeePassXC

A desktop password manager that keeps an encrypted password database under your control.

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Design

Blender

An open-source 3D creation suite for modeling, animation, and rendering.

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Audacity

A cross-platform editor for recording, trimming, and processing audio.

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HandBrake

An open-source video transcoder for creating files suited to storage or sharing.

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Sumatra PDF

A lightweight Windows reader for PDFs, e-books, and comic files.

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calibre

A desktop tool for organizing an e-book library, metadata, and format conversion.

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ShareX

A Windows capture tool for screenshots, annotations, and configurable sharing workflows.

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Windows / macOS / Linux / Android / iOS

Obsidian

A note-taking app built around local files and links between ideas.

LibreOffice

A free office suite with tools for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Design

GIMP

An open-source image editor for retouching, compositing, and graphic work.

Windows / macOS / Linux / Android / iOS

VLC media player

A media player that handles many audio and video formats, discs, and network streams.

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OBS Studio

An open-source tool for screen recording and live streaming with flexible audio and video scenes.

Development

Visual Studio Code

A cross-platform code editor for writing, debugging, and managing projects.

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