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  1. Blender

    Blender Foundation

    87

    3D creation suite

    Open source 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  2. DirectX Texture Assembler

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Texassemble is a command-line tool from Microsoft's DirectXTex library, designed for assembling and processing texture arrays, cubemaps, volume maps, and other complex texture types.

    Open source 60 Windows
  3. DirectX Texture Converter

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    This DirectXTex sample is an implementation of the texconv command-line texture utility from the legacy DirectX SDK utilizing DirectXTex rather than D3DX.

    Open source 60 Windows
  4. DirectX Texture Diagnostic Tool

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Texdiag is a diagnostic command-line tool from Microsoft's DirectXTex library, designed for analyzing and debugging texture files (e.g., DDS, PNG, TGA).

    Open source 60 Windows
  5. Bot Framework Composer

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Bot Framework Composer is an open-source, visual authoring canvas for developers and multi-disciplinary teams to design and build conversational experiences with Language Understanding and QnA Maker, and a sophisticated composition of bot replies.

    Open source 30 Windows
  6. The most feature-rich free astronomy software

    Open source 77 WindowsLinux
  7. Umbrello

    KDE e.V.

    77

    UML Modeller

    Open source 77 Windows
  8. LabPlot2

    KDE e.V.

    77

    FREE, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone and trusted by professionals

    Open source 40 Windows
  9. libwebp

    Google LLC

    77

    We provide in the libwebp codec distribution a reference implementation for the encoder and decoder applications

    Open source 40 Windows
  10. GIMP

    The GIMP Team

    72

    Free professional image editing

    Open source 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  11. Inkscape

    Inkscape Project

    72

    Professional vector graphics (SVG)

    Open source 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  12. Okular

    KDE e.V.

    72

    View and annotate documents

    Open source 72 Linux
  13. AINE Paint

    StudioAINE

    67

    A free drawing app for Windows

    Open source 77 Windows
  14. 67

    Memory training application

    Open source 77 LinuxmacOS
  15. apic-gui

    Rizki Rakasiwi

    67

    Desktop GUI for apic — design and collaborate on Git-friendly API contracts.

    Open source 77 Windows
  16. Archi

    Phillip Beauvoir & Jean-Baptiste Sarrodie

    67

    The Open Source modelling toolkit for creating ArchiMate models and sketches.

    Open source 77 Windows
  17. ART

    ART

    67

    ART is a fork of RawTherapee, a powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program.

    Open source 77 Windows
  18. 67

    3D model slicing software for 3D printers, maintained by Bambu Lab

    Open source 77 LinuxmacOS
  19. Blender Launcher

    Victor-IX

    67

    Blender Launcher is a standalone software client that provides management for stable, daily and experimental builds of Blender 3D. It is a free open source project available for 64-bit Windows and Linux (GLIBC 2.31 and higher) operating systems.

    Open source 77 Windows
  20. Blockbench

    JannisX11

    67

    Blockbench - A boxy 3D model editor.

    Open source 77 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  21. CADCraft

    Learning Machines LLC

    67

    An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Autodesk AutoCAD, rebuilt in pure Rust

    Open source 77 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  22. Camunda Modeler

    Camunda

    67

    A desktop application for modeling BPMN diagrams, DMN decisions, and Forms, powered by bpmn.io. Use it alongside your favorite IDE to implement solutions with Camunda.

    Open source 77 WindowsmacOS
  23. Chafa

    Hans Petter Jansson

    67

    Terminal graphics for the 21st century.

    Open source 77 Windows
  24. civet

    webberg

    67

    image assert manager written in electron

    Open source 77 Windows
  25. 67

    Photoshop alternative

    Open source 77 macOS
  26. Contour

    Contour Terminal Emulator

    67

    Modern C++ Terminal Emulator

    Open source 77 Windows
  27. Creality Print

    Creality

    67

    A self-developed Fused deposition modeling slicing software produced by Creality.

    Open source 77 Windows
  28. D2

    Terrastruct, Inc.

    67

    A modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams.

    Open source 77 Windows
  29. DJV2

    Humanity

    67

    DJV Professional playback and review software

    Open source 77 Windows
  30. DOSBox Staging

    DOSBox Staging

    67

    DOSBox Staging is a modern continuation of DOSBox — your existing configurations will continue to work, and you will have access to many advanced features.

    Open source 77 WindowsLinuxmacOS

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