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The language resembles that of Turbo Pascal. 30 | [ZeroBrane Studio](https://studio.zerobrane.com/)|Lightweight IDE for your Lua needs. 31 | [ILSpy](http://www.ilspy.net/)|The open source .NET assembly browser and decompiler. 32 | [Eclipse](https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/)|A mature, scalable and commercially-friendly environment for open source software collaboration and innovation. 33 | [OpenTx](https://www.open-tx.org/)|Open source firmware for RC radio transmitters. 34 | [Thonny](https://thonny.org/)|Python IDE for beginners 35 | [LogViewer](https://github.com/beNative/LogViewer)|A multi-purpose logviewer. 36 | 37 | ## Diagnostic tools 38 | | | | 39 | |-|-| 40 | [CPU-Z](https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html)|System information software. 41 | [API Monitor](http://www.rohitab.com/apimonitor)|A free software that lets you monitor and control API calls made by applications and services. 42 | [SpaceSniffer](http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/)|Find lost space on your disks using a Treemap visualization layout. 43 | [Zadig](http://zadig.akeo.ie/)|USB driver installation made easy 44 | [H2testw](http://www.heise.de/ct/Redaktion/bo/downloads/h2testw_1.4.zip)|Checks SD cards for errors 45 | [Rufus](http://rufus.akeo.ie/)|The Reliable USB-drive Formatting Utility 46 | [Process Hacker](https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/)|A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware 47 | [QModMaster](https://sourceforge.net/projects/qmodmaster/)|QModMaster is an implementation of a ModBus master application. A graphical user interface allows easy communication with ModBus RTU and TCP slaves. QModMaster also includes a bus monitor for examining all traffic on the bus. 48 | [Open Hardware Monitor](https://openhardwaremonitor.org/)|The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer. 49 | [Seatools](https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/seatools/)|Diagnose, monitor, test and fix hard drives and SSDs. 50 | 51 | ## Editors 52 | | | | 53 | |-|-| 54 | [MP3TAG](https://www.mp3tag.de/en/)|The universal tag editor. 55 | [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/)|Free office suite. 56 | [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/nl/)|Draw Freely. 57 | [fritzing](http://fritzing.org/home/)|Electronics prototyping tool. 58 | [GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/)|The Free & Open Source Image Editor. 59 | [Resource Editor](http://melander.dk/reseditor/)|Editor for RES files with a heavy bias toward the resource types commonly used by Delphi developers, but all common resource file formats and resource types are supported. 60 | [Resource Hacker](http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/)|Resource Hacker is a resource editor, compiler and decompiler for 32bit and 64bit Windows applications. 61 | [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)|Extendable multiplatform code editor. 62 | [Quick Sequence Diagram Editor](http://sdedit.sourceforge.net/index.html)|Quick Sequence Diagram Editor is a tool for creating UML sequence diagrams from textual descriptions of objects and messages that follow a very easy syntax. 63 | [yEd Graph Editor](https://www.yworks.com/products/yed/download#download)|A powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams. 64 | [Blender](https://www.blender.org/)|The free and open source 3D creation suite. 65 | [Notepas](https://github.com/beNative/Notepas)|A portable multi-platform text editor. 66 | [SnippetSource](https://github.com/beNative/SnippetSource)|SnippetSource lets you organise your favorite pieces of code, scripts, thoughts, notes or other documents in a user definable tree structure. 67 | [QElectroTech](https://qelectrotech.org/index.html)|QElectroTech is a free software to create electric diagrams. 68 | [Xournal++](https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/releases)|Create handwritten notes and edit PDF files. 69 | [Freeplane](https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/)|Application for Mind Mapping, Knowledge Management, Project Management. Develop, organize and communicate your ideas and knowledge in the most effective way. 70 | [MarkText](https://github.com/marktext)|A simple and elegant open-source markdown editor that focused on speed and usability. 71 | 72 | ## Emulators and simulators 73 | | | | 74 | |-|-| 75 | [WinUAE](http://www.winuae.net/)|Amiga emulator. 76 | [VICE](http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/)|The VersatIle Commodore Emulator. 77 | [blueMSX](http://www.bluemsx.com/)|Emulator for the MSX platform. 78 | [fMSX](https://fms.komkon.org/fMSX/)|Portable MSX emulator. 79 | [Speccy](https://fms.komkon.org/Speccy/)|Portable Spectrum emulator. 80 | [DOSBox](https://www.dosbox.com/)|DOS-emulator. 81 | [RetroArch](https://www.retroarch.com/)|A frontend for emulators, game engines and media players. 82 | [EmulationStation](https://emulationstation.org/)|A graphical and themeable emulator front-end that allows you to access all your favorite games in one place, even without a keyboard. 83 | 84 | ## Virtualization software 85 | | | | 86 | |-|-| 87 | [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/)|Virtualization software for x86 and AMD64/Intel64. 88 | [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads)|Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments in a single workflow. 89 | [CloneVDI](https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=22422)|Virtual HD Clone and Optimize. 90 | 91 | ## Automation tools 92 | | | | 93 | |-|-| 94 | [Ansible](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html?extIdCarryOver=true&sc_cid=701f2000001OH7YAAW#selecting-an-ansible-artifact-and-version-to-install)|Configuration management tool. 95 | 96 | ## File management tools 97 | | | | 98 | |-|-| 99 | [Everything](https://www.voidtools.com/) | Locate files and folders by name instantly. 100 | [ReNamer](http://www.den4b.com/news/2416/renamer-6-9)|A powerful and flexible file renaming tool. 101 | [Rename Master](http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/108/)|A freeware utility designed to rename multiple files with a just few clicks. 102 | [grepWin](https://tools.stefankueng.com/grepWin.html)|A simple search and replace tool which can use regular expressions to do its job. 103 | [Double Commander](https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/)|A free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. 104 | [Junction Link Magic](http://www.rekenwonder.com/linkmagic.htm)|Junction Link Magic lets you create and manage NTFS junction points in a fast and easy way. 105 | [Win32 Disk Imager](https://win32diskimager.org/)|Write a raw disk image to any Removable Device. 106 | 107 | ## Internet and networking tools 108 | | | | 109 | |-|-| 110 | [PuTTY](https://www.putty.org/)|SSH and telnet client. 111 | [Wireshark](https://www.wireshark.org/)|Network protocol analyzer. 112 | [WinPcap](https://www.winpcap.org/)|The industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows environments. 113 | [P.SEN](http://ancestorsoftware.co.nf/?page_id=14)|A free and open source TCP/UDP Network Test Utility for Windows and Linux. 114 | [FileZilla](https://filezilla-project.org/)|A fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. 115 | [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/eng/index.php)|WinSCP is a popular SFTP client and FTP client for Microsoft Windows. 116 | [Rustdesk](https://rustdesk.com/)|The open source alternative to TeamViewer. 117 | 118 | ## Learning tools 119 | | | | 120 | |-|-| 121 | [Teach2000](https://www.teach2000.org/index.php?hl=english)|A private teacher to help you memorize a foreign language, topography or even the history of Italy by date. 122 | [Concepts](https://github.com/beNative/Concepts)|A collection of modules which demonstrate some programming concepts and libraries. 123 | 124 | ## Media encoding/decoding and conversion 125 | | | | 126 | |-|-| 127 | [PeaZip](http://www.peazip.org/)|Free file archiver utility. 128 | [HandBrake](http://handbrake.fr/)|The open source video transcoder. 129 | [MKVToolNix](http://mkvtoolnix.download/)|A set of tools to create, alter and inspect Matroska files. 130 | [ImgBurn](http://www.imgburn.com/)|A lightweight CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray burning application. 131 | [LameXP](http://lamexp.sourceforge.net/)|Audio Encoder Front-End. 132 | [UPX](http://upx.github.io/)|the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables. 133 | [Subtle](http://github.com/tvdburgt/subtle)|Desktop client for opensubtitles API. 134 | [ImageMagick](http://imagemagick.org/)|Use ImageMagick to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. 135 | [Upscayl](http://github.com/upscayl)|Upscayl lets you upscale your low resolution images using advanced AI Models. 136 | 137 | ## Media players 138 | | | | 139 | |-|-| 140 | [AIMP](http://www.aimp.ru/)|Music player 141 | [DAUM Potplayer](https://potplayer.daum.net/)|Multimedia player. 142 | [Foxit Reader](https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/)|PDF Reader. 143 | [XnView MP](https://www.xnview.com/en/)|Photo Viewer, Image Resizer & Batch Converter. 144 | [Kodi](https://kodi.tv/)|Open Source Mediacenter. 145 | 146 | ## System utilities 147 | | | | 148 | |-|-| 149 | [Rapid Environment Editor](https://www.rapidee.com)|Windows environment variables management. 150 | [Mouse Without Borders](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/profiles/mouse-without-borders/)|Control up to four computers from a single mouse and keyboard. 151 | [ConEmu](https://conemu.github.io/)|Windows terminal emulator. 152 | [Windows Terminal](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases)|Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. 153 | [Winaero Tweaker](https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836)|Universal tweaker software which supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. 154 | [Rufus](https://rufus.ie/)|A utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. 155 | [PowerToys](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys)|Windows system utilities to maximize productivity. 156 | [Ultimate Windows Tweaker](https://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-tweaker-4-windows-10)|Ultimate Windows Tweaker makes it easier to change Windows settings. 157 | [Warp](https://app.warp.dev/get_warp)|An intelligent terminal application. 158 | 159 | ## AI tools 160 | | | | 161 | |-|-| 162 | [LM Studio](https://lmstudio.ai/)|Discover, download, and run local LLMs. 163 | [Ollama](https://ollama.com/)|Run Llama 3, Phi 3, Mistral, Gemma 2, and other models. Customize and create your own. 164 | [DaVinci Resolve Studio](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve)|Video editing tool. 165 | 166 | ## Online tools 167 | | | | 168 | |-|-| 169 | [KREA](https://www.krea.ai/home)|Flux based image/video generator. 170 | [Runway](https://runwayml.com/)|Video generator. 171 | [KLING AI](https://klingai.com/)|Video generator. 172 | [Fragments](https://fragments.e2b.dev)|Open source AI powered code generator. 173 | [VEED](https://www.veed.io)|Video generator/editing tool. 174 | 175 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------