Software

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Last Modified: 2024-11-19 23:55

General Use

winget [W] - Windows package manager.
winstall [W] - Web-based winget browser. Creates a script which allows installing multiple packages with one command. Reminiscent of Ninite.
Everything [W] - Instantly search all your files across multiple local & network drives.
HexChat [L] [W] - Free IRC client based on XChat.
CrystalDiskInfo [W] - HDD/SSD benchmark & health status utility. Optional anime girl features.
Transmission [L] [W] [M] - Lightweight torrent client. Handles large numbers of torrents very well. Approved by all private trackers, offers packages for most NAS solutions.
Rufus [W] - Feature-rich utility for burning ISOs to flash drives.
Newsboat [L] - Console RSS Reader.
Filezilla [L] [W] [M] - Graphical FTP client and server software.
Ventoy [L] [W] - Create a bootable USB flash drive containing multiple ISO files.
Btrfs Assistant [L] - GUI to help manage Btrfs filesystems. Includes commonly used subvolume operations and Snapper support.
Pandoc [L] [W] [M] - Markup file converter, supports a broad range of formats. Convert between markdown, LaTeX, PDF, ePub etc. through the command line.

mpv [L] [W] [M] - Minimalistic cross-platform media player.
MPD [L] [W] [M] - Music Player Daemon. Audio player server controlled through player clients.
ncmpcpp [L] - Terminal-based frontend for mpd.
GIMP [L] [W] [M] - Cross-platform free & open source image editor. Green Is My Pepper.
FFmpeg [L] [W] [M] - Cross platform command-line media editing & encoding tool. Very extensive list of features.
Kdenlive [L] [W] [M] - FOSS non-linear editing video editor. Part of the KDE suite.
Exact Audio Copy [W] - CD Ripping Tool.
MusicBrainz Picard [L] [W] [M] - Audio file tag editor.
Mp3tag [W] - Audio file tag editor.
MediaInfo [L] [W] [M] - View information on multimedia files.
ExifTool [L] [W] [M] - EXIF metadata editor. Helps to quickly remove EXIF data from photos to stop you from doxing yourself.
foobar2000 [W] [M] - Advanced, highly customizable audio player.
fooyin [L] - qt6 foobar2000 clone for Linux.

Snapper [L] - Manages Btrfs subvolumes, allows scheduling automated snapshots.
Timeshift [L] - Schedule Btrfs snapshots. Alternative to Snapper, more similar to Apple’s Time Machine.
Virtual Volumes View [L] [W] [M] - External media cataloguing tool.

WinGPG [W] - All-in-one GPG tool for Windows. Allows creating keypairs, importing public keys & encrypting/decrypting files.
KeePass [L] [W] [M] - Cross-platform password manager. Uses a local database file instead of keeping your passwords in the cloud.
KeePassXC [L] [W] [M] - More modern KeePass.