awesome-free-apps

Icon	Meaning	Icon	Meaning
🪟	Available on Windows	🟢	Open-source (Repository Link)
🍎	Available on macOS	⭐	Recommended by us
🐧	Available on Linux

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Contents

• Audio
  • Audio Players
  • Audio Recording
  • DJ Software
  • Music Notation
  • Music Production
• Browsers
• Communication
  • Messaging
  • Email Clients
• Compression and Archiving
• Customize
  • System Customization
  • Wallpaper Tools
• Data Management
  • Copy and Move
  • Sync and Clone
• Developer Tools
  • API Development
  • Database
  • Network Analysis
  • Game Engines
  • Virtualization
• Documents
  • Office Suites
  • E-book
  • PDF Tools
• Note Taking
• Text Editors
• Download Managers
• Games
  • Cloud Gaming
• Mobile Emulators
• Other Emulators
• Graphics Tools
• 3D Modeling and Animation
• Security
  • Antivirus
  • Password Managers
  • Ad & Tracker Blocking
• Image Viewers
• Remote Access
• Video
  • Video Editors
  • Video Players
  • Video Streaming and Recording
  • Video Converters and Compressors
• VPN and Proxy Tools
• Utility
  • Clipboard Management
  • Metadata
  • Window Management
  • File Management
  • Application Management
  • Screenshot
  • Space Visualizer
  • Trackpad

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. 🪟 🍎 🐧

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. �