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C

Bring ChatGPT to your desktop with ChatGPT Work and Codex, plus context from your email, screenshots, files, and anything on your screen.

Google's web mapping service (launched 2005).

WC

Free media library of millions of images, sounds and videos, each with its licence and author stated.

F

Firefox is a web browser, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

D

Organize and develop images from digital cameras.

GC

Google Chrome is a web browser, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

D

Discord is a voice and video calling program, available on Windows and Linux: screen sharing.

B

Brave is a web browser, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS: ad and tracker blocking.

B

Run Windows software.

V

VLC media player, the open-source multimedia player.

PG

More than 75,000 free ebooks, mostly older works in the public domain, readable online or downloadable.

VS

Visual Studio Code is a code editor, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: debugging and built-in terminal.

TD

Telegram Desktop is a messaging program, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Lightweight image viewer for folders and ZIP archives.

Process monitor for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Aider, Gemini, Goose).

Bootable rescue system to back up, restore and clone disks, compatible with Clonezilla images.

Fast, light open-source video editor you can edit with an AI – chat in the app (Claude, OpenAI-compatible, Ollama), MCP server and CLI, offline subtitles. Linux AppImage/.deb.

Open-source music player for Windows and Linux. Play local files, connect to Navidrome, stream from YouTube Music and SoundCloud, and build your own playlists.

A cross-platform, keyboard-driven minimal launcher like Alfred/Raycast.

Fast photo editor for Linux: one-click looks, 400+ presets, Lightroom preset import, RAW, HEIC and JPEG XL, colour grading and batch editing. Built with Qt 6, C++ and libvips.

G

Interpreter for PostScript and PDF files, used to view, print, convert and compress PDF documents.

F

frametrellis is a video editing program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: offline use, multitrack editing and keyframe animation.

R

Fast, native email client for Linux, Windows and macOS with an optional AI assistant (ChatGPT, OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama): Rust mail engine, Qt 6/QML, Smart Inbox, keyboard-first.

B

A lightweight, cross-platform Markdown editor.

An open-source clone of Paint.NET (paint.net) for Linux — a C++/Qt6 image editor with layers, effects and adjustments. Contributions welcome.

Q

A multi-platform GUI for pass, the standard unix password manager.

Lightweight (~1.5 MB) open-source screen annotation with click-through mode and keyboard-first shortcuts. For demos, teaching, meetings & screen recording. Windows, macOS.

Lightweight image viewer for folders and ZIP archives.

Process monitor for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Aider, Gemini, Goose).

Microsoft Copilot is an AI companion for work and everyday life.

A cross-platform, keyboard-driven minimal launcher like Alfred/Raycast.

S

Lightweight & resource friendly music client.

Q

A multi-platform GUI for pass, the standard unix password manager.

M

Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

Bootable rescue system to back up, restore and clone disks, compatible with Clonezilla images.

Fast, light open-source video editor you can edit with an AI – chat in the app (Claude, OpenAI-compatible, Ollama), MCP server and CLI, offline subtitles. Linux AppImage/.deb.

Open-source music player for Windows and Linux. Play local files, connect to Navidrome, stream from YouTube Music and SoundCloud, and build your own playlists.

Fast photo editor for Linux: one-click looks, 400+ presets, Lightroom preset import, RAW, HEIC and JPEG XL, colour grading and batch editing. Built with Qt 6, C++ and libvips.

G

Interpreter for PostScript and PDF files, used to view, print, convert and compress PDF documents.

F

frametrellis is a video editing program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: offline use, multitrack editing and keyframe animation.

R

Fast, native email client for Linux, Windows and macOS with an optional AI assistant (ChatGPT, OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama): Rust mail engine, Qt 6/QML, Smart Inbox, keyboard-first.