Software
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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.
Multimedia
- 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.
Backup/Archiving
- 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.
Security
- 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.
Browser Extensions
- uBlock Origin - The only browser adblocker you should consider.
- SponsorBlock - Skips YouTube sponsor segments, subscription reminders etc.
- NoScript - Script blocker.