Software Alternatives & Reviews

[List] Let's talk about the software you can't live without. Here is my list

Syncthing SuperF4 Process Hacker Obsidian.md Notepad++ ModernFlyouts Kotatogram Desktop f.lux HandBrake Czkawka
  1. Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    SyncTrayzor/Syncthing - probably my favorite program, it allows you to synchronize any data between your phone and computer, such as photos, screenshots, etc. (Free • Open Source).

    #Cloud Storage #File Sharing #File Sharing And Backup 826 social mentions

  2. SuperF4 kills the foreground program when you press Ctrl+Alt+F4.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    SuperF4 - is a small utility, especially useful when you have an old computer and a program is freeze on it, this utility allows you to close it through the taskkill command without opening the task manager (Free • Open Source).

    #Monitoring Tools #Utilities #Data Cleansing 40 social mentions

  3. Process Hacker is a feature-packed tool for manipulating processes and services on your computer.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    ProcessHacker - improved task manager, shows all running processes in a tree structure (Free • Open Source).

    #Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #File Sharing 39 social mentions

  4. A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
    Obsidian - good note-taking program, writes everything in Markdown format and stores everything locally (Free Personal • Proprietary).

    #Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1453 social mentions

  5. A free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Notepad++ - a good text editor, I personally replaced the standard windows notepad with it, it's simple and easy to edit files (Free • Open Source).

    #IDEs And Text Editors #Text Editors #IDE 168 social mentions

  6. An open source, modern, and Fluent Design-based replacement for the old Metro-themed flyouts present in Windows 10.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    ModernFlyouts - improved volume control design (Free • Open Source).

    #Work Management #Time Tracking #Color Temperature Adjuster 18 social mentions

  7. Fork of Telegram Desktop with some cosmetic and useful experimental features.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Kotatogram - if you use telegram it's a great client with some extras that the official client doesn't have like unlimited accounts, get user id from profile and much more (Free • Open Source).

    #Instant Messaging #Messaging #Group Chat & Notifications 1 social mentions

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    f. lux is a piece of software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android that provides a blue light filter over your screen. Research suggests limiting our exposure to blue light in the hours before bedtime can help us fall asleep faster.
    f.lux - I previously used this program, however windows has its own night filter (Free • Proprietary).

    #Work Management #Color Temperature Adjuster #Time Tracking 345 social mentions

  9. HandBrake allows users to easily convert video files into a wide variety of different formats.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Handbrake - Video compression software helps to reduce file size without perceptible quality loss (Free • Open Source).

    #Video #Video Converter #File Converter 568 social mentions

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    Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.
    Сzkawka - tool for finding duplicate photos or files by comparing hashes (Free • Open Source).

    #Hard Disk Usage #Hard Disk Management #Hard Drive Tools 171 social mentions

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    ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    ShareX - mostly a screenshot program, although it's also full of features (Free • Open Source).

    #Screenshots #Screenshot Annotation #Image Annotation 271 social mentions

  12. Mailspring is a mail client for Mac, Windows and Linux.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Mailspring - an email client, a good alternative to Thunderbird if you don't like it (Freemium • Open Source).

    #Email #Email Clients #Calendar 25 social mentions

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    FurMark - GPU stress test and graphics card benchmark
    Furmark - program for testing a gpu and its temperatures under load (Free • Proprietary).

    #Device Management #System Information #Utilities 95 social mentions

  14. See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login.
    Autoruns - program from Microsoft to manage startup programs (Free • Proprietary).

    #OS & Utilities #Utilities #Windows Tools 302 social mentions

  15. CrystalMark is a full included benchmark application that can be utilized for surveying the execution and capacities of a PC.
    CrystalDiskMark - the most popular program for testing the speed of writing and reading disks (Free • Open Source).

    #Hard Drive Tools #Utilities #Monitoring Tools 73 social mentions

  16. CrystalDiskInfo. A HDD/SSD utility software which supports a part of USB connection and Intel RAID. >> Download. Intel RAID (IRST). IRST 11.
    CrystalDiskInfo - you can view the status and health of your drives (Free • Open Source).

    #Hard Drive Tools #Utilities #Web Service Automation 418 social mentions

  17. When it comes to saving your files on a cloud server, it is important to ensure the security of those files. Keeping your delicate files out of the wrong hands can save you a lot of time and hassle. Read more about Cryptomator.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Cryptomator - folder encryption tool, a great option if you need to quickly encrypt and decrypt only folders and files, and not the entire system as in the case of VeraCrypt (Freemium • Open Source).

    #Cloud Storage #File Sharing #Encrypted Cloud Storage 295 social mentions

  18. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1006 social mentions

  19. Log what you do on your computer. Simple (yet powerful), extensible, no third parties.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    ActivityWatch - a program to track your activity, just like on phones (Free • Open Source).

    #Time Tracking #Invoicing #Project Management 52 social mentions

  20. Fraud detection and prevention using browser fingerprinting with 99.5% accuracy. Stops account sharing, payment processing fraud and gaming.
    It is important because it randomizes fingerprints, which uBlock Origin cannot. You can verify this by going to FingerprintJS. Try switching to private mode, changing the container, deleting cookies, changing the IP, changing the user-agent, but the site will still be able to identify you. With this extension, user fingerprinting for websites is much more complicated.

    #Security & Privacy #Fraud Detection And Prevention #Identity Verification And Protection 51 social mentions

  21. What is it? Lively is a Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) for animated desktop wallpapers.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #OS & Utilities #Wallpapers #Personalization 100 social mentions

  22. Animated Wallpapers: Turn Videos, Web pages, Games, Emulators into windows wallpapers. - rocksdanister/lively
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Wallpapers #Windows Tools #Personalization 15 social mentions

  23. Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    There's only one legit NC clone nowadays, that is Far Manager. Initially written by Eugene Roshal (of WinRAR fame), it meanwhile is OSS.

    #File Manager #FTP Client #File Explorer 4 social mentions

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