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Windows Only — macOS Only — Linux Only — Open-source Only — Recommended Only
Mobile version — Android Only — iOS Only
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Meaning |
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Available on Windows |
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Open-source (Repository Link) |
| 🍎 |
Available on macOS |
⭐ |
Recommended by us |
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Available on Linux |
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Contents
Audio
- FXSound - Boost sound quality, volume, and bass. Has a beautiful modern UI. 🪟 🟢 ⭐
- JACK Audio - Audio server for routing and mixing sound between programs. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- EarTrumpet - Advanced volume control for Windows, offering app-specific audio management. 🪟
- Ambie - Use white noise, nature sounds, & more to boost your productivity. 🪟 🟢
- BlackHole - Virtual audio loopback driver for routing audio between macOS applications. 🍎 🟢
Audio Players
- Foobar2000 - Lightweight and highly customizable audio player with support for many formats. 🪟 🍎 ⭐
- Audacious - Lightweight audio player for simple music playback. 🪟 🐧 🟢
- Karafun - Collection of karaoke songs across multiple genres. Play your own CDG files or use downloads from YouTube. 🪟
- MusicBee - Feature-rich music player and manager. 🪟
- Strawberry Music Player - Music player for organizing and playing your audio collection. 🪟 🍎 🐧
Audio Recording
- Audacity - Audio editor for recording and editing sounds. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
- Ocenaudio - Easy-to-use audio editor for recording and analyzing sounds. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Wavosaur - Simple audio editor for recording, editing, and processing sound. 🪟
DJ Software
- DJ ProDecks - DJ software for mixing music and adding effects. 🪟
- Mixxx - DJ software for live mixing and beatmatching with controller support. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Serato DJ Lite - DJ software for beginners to mix music with ease. 🪟 🍎
- Rekordbox - Software that enables a comfortable DJ workflow with AI, cloud, and automation tech. 🪟 🍎
- VirtualDJ - DJ platform for mixing music, beatmatching, and live performance. 🪟 🍎
Music Notation
- ABCjs - Tool for writing and playing ABC music notation. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Denemo - Music notation software for fast score creation with LilyPond. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Frescobaldi - Editor for LilyPond to create music scores quickly. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- LilyPond - Music notation program for creating high-quality sheet music. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- MuseScore - Software for creating, playing, and sharing sheet music. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- TuxGuitar - TuxGuitar is an editor and player for multi-track guitar tablatures. It can open Guitar Pro, Power Tab Editor, TablEdit and MIDI files. 🪟 🍎 🐧🟢
Music Production
- LMMS - DAW for creating music with virtual instruments and MIDI support. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
- Ardour - DAW for recording, editing, and mixing audio with professional features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Cakewalk - Full-featured DAW for music recording and editing by BandLab. 🪟
- Furnace - Multi-system chiptune tracker. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- MilkyTracker - Cross platform XM tracker. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- OpenMPT - Modren tracker software that can open multiple tracker formats. 🪟
- Qtractor - Multi-track DAW for Linux for audio and MIDI recording. 🐧
- Stargate DAW - Innovation-first DAW, instrument and effect plugins. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Tracktion T7 - DAW for music production with advanced editing features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
Browsers
- Tor Browser - Privacy browser routing traffic over the Tor network. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢 ⭐
- Arc - Vertical tab browser for modern productivity. 🪟 🍎
- Brave - Privacy-focused and fast browser. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Chrome - Fast browser with integrated Google services. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Chromium - Browser project behind Chrome. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- ungoogled-chromium - Privacy-focused Chromium with Google services removed. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Firefox - Browser with privacy and customization. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- LibreWolf - Privacy-focused Firefox fork with enhanced security. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Microsoft Edge - Chromium-based browser with extra enhancements. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Min - Fast, minimal browser prioritizing privacy. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Opera - Browser with built-in ad-blocking, VPN, and speed. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Pale Moon - Goanna-based browser. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Orion - Lightweight WebKit browser with Chrome/Firefox extension support. 🍎 🐧
- qutebrowser - Keyboard-driven, vim-like browser in Python and Qt. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Safari - Native Mac browser with Apple device integration. 🍎
- Station - Browser centralizing web apps in one workspace. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Mullvad Browser - Privacy browser with Tor, anti-fingerprinting, and Mullvad VPN. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Vivaldi - Customizable browser putting you in control. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Zen Browser - Beautifully designed, privacy-focused browser with custom mods. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
Communication
Messaging
- Discord - Communication platform for text, voice, and video, popular with gamers. 🪟 🍎 🐧 ⭐
- Telegram - Cloud-based messaging app known for speed, security, and group chats. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- WhatsApp - Free messaging app with text, voice, video calls, and multimedia sharing. 🪟 🍎
- Signal - Secure, private messaging app with end-to-end encryption. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Slack - Collaboration hub for teams with messaging, file sharing, and integrations. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Viber - Free messaging app with text, voice, video calls, and file sharing. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Microsoft Teams - Team communication platform with chat, file sharing, and video conferencing. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Skype - Messaging and video call service supporting text, voice, and video. 🪟 🍎 🐧
Email Clients
- BlueMail - Cross-platform email client with modern interface. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- CanaryMail - Secure email app with PGP support and AI assistance. 🍎 🐧
- Edison Mail - Customizable, intuitive email client with smart features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- ElectronMail - Electron-based desktop client for ProtonMail. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Eppie Mail - Open-source email client with local AI agents and full support for Gmail, Outlook, and Proton Mail. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- eM Client - Modern client to boost your productivity. 🪟
- Foxmail - Fast, user-friendly email client. 🪟 🍎
- Mailbird - IMAP/POP3 client with customization options. 🪟
- Mailspring - Beautiful, fast email client. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Nylas Mail - Extensible desktop email app based on web technologies. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Postbox - Advanced email management with productivity focus. 🪟 🍎
- Polymail - Simple, powerful email client with modern features. 🪟 🍎 🐧
- Wino Mail - Fluent design email client with Mica effect. 🪟
- Spark - Fast email client with team collaboration features. 🍎 🐧
- ThunderBird - Email client for easier management. 🪟 🍎 🐧 🟢
- Tutanota - Encrypted service focused on privacy. 🪟 🍎 🐧
Compression and Archiving
- 7-Zip - Archive manager supporting 7z, ZIP, and other formats. 🪟 🟢 ⭐
- Bandizip - Fast, lightweight archive manager with extensive format support. 🪟
- muCommander - Lightweight dual-pane file manager with archive support. 🍎
- NanaZip - 7-Zip derivative optimized for Windows 10/11 with added functionality. 🪟
- PDF Archiver - Tool for tagging and organizing PDFs. 🍎 🟢
- PeaZip - Archive manager supporting 180+ formats with encryption and compression. 🪟 🐧 🟢
- The Unarchiver - Simple tool for extracting ZIP, RAR, ISO, and other formats. 🍎
- Unarchive One - Multi-format decompression tool with QuickLook integration. 🍎
- Keka - File archiver for compressing and extracting common archive formats. 🍎
Customize
System Customization
- Winaero - All-in-one app for tuning Windows settings. 🪟
- Windhawk - Customization marketplace for Windows and programs. 🪟 🟢
- HideVolumeOSD - Hides the Windows volume bar. 🪟 🟢
- ExplorerPatcher - Restores and enhances the classic taskbar and system elements. 🪟 [🟢](https://github.com/