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  1. OBS Studio

    OBS Project

    87

    Professional screen recording and live streaming

    Open source 90 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  2. Audacity

    Audacity Team

    87

    Free audio recording and editing

    Open source 87 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  3. Shotcut

    Meltytech, LLC

    87

    Free cross-platform video editor

    Open source 87 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  4. Microsoft Copilot

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Microsoft Copilot is an AI companion for work and everyday life.

    Free + paid plans 82 Windows
  5. HandBrake

    The HandBrake Team

    87

    Convert video to modern formats at smaller sizes

    Open source 81 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  6. Blender

    Blender Foundation

    87

    3D creation suite

    Open source 80 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  7. Lokalize

    KDE e.V.

    87

    Computer-Aided Translation System

    Open source 77 Windows
  8. Microsoft PowerBI Desktop

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    Visualize any data and integrate the visuals into the apps you use every day with Power BI, a unified platform for self-service and business intelligence.

    Free 77 Windows
  9. Visual Studio BuildTools 2017

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    An integrated, end-to-end solution for developers looking for high productivity and seamless coordination across teams of any size.

    Free 70 Windows
  10. Edit

    Microsoft Corporation

    87

    A simple editor for simple needs.

    Open source 60 Windows
  11. 87

    One command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills.

    Open source 60 Windows
  12. x264

    VideoLAN

    87

    x264 is a free software library and application for encoding video streams into the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC compression format.

    Open source 40 Windows
  13. Power Automate for desktop

    Microsoft Corporation

    84

    Automate workflows across modern and legacy applications on your desktop by recording actions such as mouse and keyboard clicks.

    Free 77 Windows
  14. Crow Translate

    KDE e.V.

    80

    A simple and lightweight translator that allows you to translate and speak text using Google, Yandex, Bing, LibreTranslate and Lingva.

    Open source 77 WindowsLinux
  15. Freeplane

    Open source

    75

    Free mind mapping and knowledge building software

    Open source 77 WindowsmacOS
  16. KatanA Desktop

    HiroyukiFuruno

    72

    KatanA Desktop

    Open source 77 Windows
  17. Actual Budget

    Actual Budget

    67

    A local-first personal finance app

    Open source 77 WindowsLinux
  18. Aegisub

    Aegisub Team

    67

    Cross-platform advanced subtitle editor

    Open source 77 Windows
  19. AFFiNE

    AFFiNE

    67

    A privacy-focused, local-first, open-source, and ready-to-use alternative for Notion & Miro. One hyper-fused platform for wildly creative minds.

    Free + paid plans 77 WindowsmacOS
  20. Agentero

    poco-ai

    67

    Agent 友好的文献管理方式。

    Open source 77 Windows
  21. Airtable

    Airtable

    67

    Desktop app for Airtable, the low-code platform for building collaborative apps.

    Free + paid plans 77 Windows
  22. Alarm

    RII7

    67

    Alert at a chosen time by an alarm sound with a notification message.

    Free 77 Windows
  23. Ameko

    AmekoProject

    67

    Cross-platform editor for Advanced Substation Alpha (ASS) subtitles

    Open source 77 Windows
  24. AppFlowy

    AppFlowy-IO

    67

    The Open Source Alternative To Notion.

    Open source 77 WindowsLinuxmacOS
  25. Arvis

    jopemachine

    67

    Cross-platform launcher that help you run, edit, create any workflow simple

    Open source 77 Windows
  26. Asana

    Asana, Inc.

    67

    Manage your team’s work, projects, & tasks online

    Free + paid plans 77 WindowsmacOS
  27. ASAP Utilities (Home and Student edition)

    A Must in Every Office BV - Bastien Mensink

    67

    A friendly Excel add-in that saves our users a lot of valuable time.

    Free 77 Windows
  28. AulaSync

    rpaasch

    67

    Holder skemaer fra Aula opdateret i din kalender

    Open source 77 Windows
  29. aulua

    Karoterra

    67

    AviUtl2 Lua script build & install tool

    Open source 77 Windows
  30. Bandicam

    Bandicam

    67

    Bandicam is a lightweight screen recorder software for Windows that can capture anything on your PC screen as a high-quality video.

    Free + paid plans 77 Windows

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