Freemium software
A useful free version or free tier exists, but additional features, usage, storage, support or services require payment.
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Bitwarden
An open-source password manager with free cross-device sync, apps for every platform and optional paid plans.
Stirling PDF
A self-hosted web PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, converting, signing and editing PDFs on your own server.
Tailscale
Builds a private network between your own devices using WireGuard, without opening ports or running a server.
Anki
Flashcards that schedule themselves, showing you a card just before you would have forgotten it.
AnythingLLM
A desktop AI app that answers questions about your own documents, with no account and no API key needed.
Anytype
An encrypted, offline-first workspace for notes, tasks and databases that syncs peer to peer.
AquaSnap
Adds magnetic window snapping, docking, tiling and stretching to Windows, going well past what Aero Snap does.
Ardour
A full digital audio workstation for recording, editing and mixing, with no subscription and no dongle.
Beekeeper Studio
A SQL client that is pleasant to look at and works the same on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Brave
A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.
Bruno
An API client that saves collections as plain files in a folder, so Git handles the sharing instead of a cloud account.
Burp Suite Community Edition
PortSwigger's free web security testing toolkit, for intercepting, inspecting and modifying HTTP traffic by hand.
Cap
An open-source screen recorder and Loom alternative with local editing, instant share links and the option to use your own storage.
changedetection.io
Watches web pages for changes and notifies you through Discord, email, Slack, Telegram, a webhook or dozens of other services.
Chatbox
A desktop and mobile chat client for AI models, where you supply your own API keys or point it at a local model.
Cloudflare Tunnel
Exposes a service on your machine to the internet through Cloudflare without opening a single port in your firewall.
Cloudflare WARP
A free WireGuard-based tunnel to Cloudflare that encrypts your traffic without pretending to be a privacy VPN.
DaVinci Resolve
Professional editing, colour grading, visual effects and audio post in one program, with a free version that is genuinely capable.
DBeaver Community
One database client for more than a hundred databases, with a proper SQL editor and ER diagrams.
DbGate
One database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, SQLite, Redis and a dozen more, on desktop or as a web app.
Deskreen
Turns any device with a web browser into a second screen for your computer, over the local network.
DisplayFusion
Multi-monitor management for Windows: a taskbar on every screen, wallpaper spanning, title bar buttons and hotkeys for moving windows.
Docker Desktop
The standard way to run containers on a Windows or Mac desktop, free for personal use and paid for larger companies.
Duplicacy
A deduplicating cloud backup tool whose lock-free design lets several machines share one storage bucket.
Element
The reference Matrix client: end-to-end encrypted chat on a network you can host yourself.
Emby Server
A personal media server for video, music, photos and live TV, with the good parts behind a subscription.
Files
A file manager for Windows with tabs, columns, tags and dual panes, built the way Explorer should have been.
Ghostfolio
A self-hosted wealth dashboard that tracks stocks, ETFs, crypto and cash across platforms and shows what your portfolio is actually made of.
Home Assistant
A home automation server that talks to smart devices on your own network instead of through their clouds.
Hoppscotch
A fast API client that runs in a browser tab, with a self-hostable workspace if you want one.
