Efforts have been made to limit software to free and open-source options. Some paid for options are included when no better alternative exists (to my knowledge). Subscription models are excluded entirely.
Downloadable:
- Atom Editor - Highly modifiable text editor with full GitHub integration [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Audacity - Multi-track audio editing, relatively powerful for its learning curve [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Brave Browser - Chrome-based browser with a built-in adblocker and TOR browser [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Calibre - E-Book library manager, exporter, and reader [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Picotorrent - Fast, safe, and minimal torrent client [Windows]
- Equalizer APO - Open source audio processing software, functions as a systemwide EQ [Windows]
- Evince PDF Reader - Lightweight, but powerful, document viewer [Linux]
- GIMP - Vector based image manipulation software, a Photoshop alternative [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Inkscape - Vector based graphics editor, an Illustrator alternative [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Krita - Feature-heavy painting and drawing program [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Musicbee - Highly customisable music library manager, exporter, and player [Windows]
- Audioband - A taskbar-based audio controller for Spotify, iTunes, or MusicBee [Windows]
- OpenShot - Powerful video editing software [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Scribus - Desktop publishing software, an InDesign alternative [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Tiddlywiki - A html based personal wikipedia tool, incredibly lightweight, and unsurpassed as a diary
- TiddlyDesktop - A fusion web-browser/Javascript node built in NWJS, allowing Tiddlywiki to run as a native app [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- AndTidWiki - A standalone html viewing tool, optimised for TiddlyWiki [Android]
- VLC - Powerful multimedia player [Linux, Mac, Windows]
- Zotero - Reference and journal library manager, capable of sharing libraries between devices [Linux, Mac, Windows]