awesome-free-apps/recommended-only.md

Windows Only — macOS Only — Linux Only — Open-source Only — Recommended Only

Icon	Meaning	Icon	Meaning
🪟	Available on Windows	🟢	Open-source
🍎	Available on macOS	⭐	Recommended by us
🐧	Available on Linux

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Contents

• Audio
  • Audio Players
  • Audio Recording
  • DJ Software
  • Music Notation
  • Music Production
• Browsers
• Communication
  • Messaging
  • Email Clients
• Compression and Archiving
• Customize
  • System Customization
  • Wallpaper Tools
• Data Management
  • Copy and Move
  • Sync and Clone
• Developer Tools
  • API Development
  • Database
  • Network Analysis
  • Game Engines
  • Virtualization
• Documents
  • Office Suites
  • E-book
  • PDF Tools
• Note taking
• Text Editors
• Download Managers
• Games
  • Cloud Gaming
  • Mobile Emulators
  • Other Emulators
• Graphics Tools
• 3D Modeling and Animation
• Security
  • Antivirus
  • Password Managers
• Image Viewers
• Remote Access
• Video
  • Video Editors
  • Video Players
  • Video Streaming and Recording
  • Video Converters and Compressors
• VPN and Proxy Tools
• Utility
  • Clipboard Management
  • Metadata
  • Window Management
  • File Management
  • Screenshot
  • Space Visualizer

Audio

Audio Players

• Foobar2000 - Lightweight and highly customizable audio player with support for many formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐

Audio Recording

• Audacity - Audio editor for recording and editing sounds. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

DJ Software

Music Notation

Music Production

• LMMS - DAW for creating music with virtual instruments and MIDI support. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

Browsers

• Tor Browser - Privacy browser routing traffic over the Tor network. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐

Communication

Messaging

• Discord - Communication platform for text, voice, and video, popular with gamers. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐

Email Clients

Compression and Archiving

• 7-Zip - Archive manager supporting 7z, ZIP, and other formats. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

Customize

System Customization

Wallpaper Tools

Data Management

Copy and Move

Sync and Clone

Developer Tools

• TkForge - Drag & drop in Figma to create a Python GUI with ease. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
• livewinsize - Visualize window size in pixels and other units. 🪟 🟢 ⭐

API Development

• Postman - API development platform with advanced testing and collaboration tools. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
• Insomnia - Simple API client for REST and GraphQL development. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

Database

Network Analysis

• Wireshark - Leading tool for capturing and analyzing network traffic. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐

Game Engines

• Godot - Game engine for 2D and 3D games with an easy-to-learn scripting language. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
• Unreal Engine - Powerful, fully-featured game engine for high-quality 3D games. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐

Virtualization

• Docker - Containerization platform for operating-system-level virtualization. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

Documents

Office Suites

• LibreOffice - Popular and easy to use office suite. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

E-book

PDF Tools

Note Taking

Text Editors

Download Managers

Games

• Steam - Platform for buying and playing PC games. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐

Cloud Gaming

Mobile Emulators

Other Emulators

Graphics Tools

3D Modeling and Animation

• Blender - 3D creation tool supporting modeling, animation, rendering, video editing, and more. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

Security

Antivirus

Password Managers

Image Viewers

Remote Access

Video

Video Editors

• DaVinci Resolve - Professional video editor with advanced color correction and effects. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐

Video Players

• PotPlayer - Feature-rich video player with advanced playback options. 🪟 ⭐

Video Streaming and Recording

• OBS Studio - Software for live streaming and video recording. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

Video Converters and Compressors

• FFmpeg - Command-line tool for video and audio processing with wide format support. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐

VPN and Proxy Tools

Utility

• PowerToys - Collection of utilities including tools for file renaming, bulk resizing, and a quick launcher to enhance Windows productivity. 🪟 ⭐
• AutoHotkey - Powerful scripting language for automating tasks and creating custom keyboard shortcuts. 🪟 ⭐

Clipboard Management

Metadata

Window Management

File Management

• Everything - Lightning-fast file and folder search tool that indexes your entire Windows file system for instant access. 🪟 ⭐

Screenshot

• ShareX - Powerful screenshot and screen recording tool with advanced editing options. 🪟 🟢 ⭐

Space Visualizer

• WizTree - Fast disk space analyzer that scans drives and shows file size distribution. 🪟 ⭐