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Windows Terminal87
Microsoft Corporation
A modern tabbed terminal for Windows
Open source 90 Windows -
DBeaver Community87
DBeaver Corp
Universal database tool
Open source 89 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
Notepad++87
Notepad++ Team
Lightweight text and code editor for Windows
Open source 88 Windows -
Git87
Git for Windows Project
The leading version-control system
Open source 86 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
Docker Desktop87
Docker Inc.
Run containers on your machine
Free + paid plans 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
Visual Studio Code87
Microsoft Corporation
The code editor most developers use
Free 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS -
APM – Agent Package Manager87
Microsoft Corporation
The package manager for AI-Native Development.
Open source 77 Windows -
April 2026 GDK Update 587
Microsoft Corporation
The Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) contains the common tools, libraries, and documentation needed to build games for Xbox Game Pass for PC on Windows 10/11, Xbox consoles (Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One), and cloud gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimat
Free 77 Windows -
AzCopy v1087
Microsoft Corporation
AzCopy v10 is a command-line utility that you can use to copy data to and from containers and file shares in Azure Storage accounts.
Open source 77 Windows -
Azure CLI87
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Azure CLI 2.0
Open source 77 WindowsmacOS -
Bicep CLI87
Microsoft Corporation
A declarative language for describing and deploying Azure resources
Open source 77 Windows -
Docker Compose87
Docker Inc.
docker-compose plugin for docker cli
Open source 77 Windows -
KDiff387
KDE e.V.
Diff/Patch Frontend
Open source 77 WindowsmacOS -
Kile87
KDE e.V.
LaTeX Frontend
Open source 77 Windows -
MFCMapi87
Microsoft Corporation
Provides access to MAPI stores to facilitate investigation of Exchange and Outlook issues and to provide developers with a sample for MAPI development.
Open source 77 Windows -
Microsoft ASP.NET Core Runtime 8.087
Microsoft Corporation
.NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform for building many different types of applications.
Open source 77 Windows -
Microsoft Azure Kubelogin87
Microsoft Corporation
A Kubernetes credential (exec) plugin implementing Azure authentication.
Open source 77 Windows -
Microsoft Azure Quick Review87
Microsoft Corporation
A tool to check compliance of Azure resources with Azure best practices and recommendations.
Open source 77 Windows -
Microsoft Azure Service Fabric SDK87
Microsoft Corporation
To build and run Azure Service Fabric applications on your Windows development machine, install the Service Fabric runtime, SDK, and tools.
Open source 77 Windows -
Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator87
Microsoft Corporation
The Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator is a tool that emulates the Azure Blob, Queue, and Table services for local development purposes.
Free 77 Windows -
Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer87
Microsoft Corporation
Explorer for Azure Storage
Open source 77 WindowsmacOS -
Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server87
Microsoft Corporation
The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server is a stand-alone data access application programming interface (API), used for OLE Database.
Free 77 Windows -
Microsoft SqlPackage87
Microsoft Corporation
SqlPackage is a command-line utility that automates the database development tasks by exposing some of the public Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) APIs.
Free 77 Windows -
Microsoft Web Deploy87
Microsoft Corporation
Web Deploy (msdeploy) simplifies deployment of Web applications and Web sites to IIS servers
Free 77 Windows -
Microsoft Web Platform Installer87
Microsoft Corporation
A little tool for deploying your favorite open-source web applications and all the necessary platform components required to get you up and running quickly and seamlessly.
Free 77 Windows -
NuGet87
Microsoft Corporation
The package manager for .NET
Open source 77 Windows -
PerfView87
Microsoft Corporation
PerfView is a CPU and memory performance-analysis tool.
Open source 77 Windows -
PowerShell87
Microsoft Corporation
PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation solution made up of a command-line shell, a scripting language, and a configuration management framework. PowerShell runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS.
Open source 77 WindowsLinux -
psqlodbc87
PostgreSQL Global Development Group
The official PostgreSQL ODBC Driver
Open source 77 Windows -
Remote Tools for Visual Studio 202287
Microsoft Corporation
Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2022 enables app deployment, remote debugging, remote testing, performance profiling, and unit testing on computers that do not have Visual Studio installed.
Free 77 Windows
