This is a list of free and open-source software packages for the use of all computer users from areas such as Personal Use, Pictures, Business, File-Sharing, Accounting, Graphics, Audio/Video, Security & Anti-Virus all are computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits the Free Software Definition may be more appropriately called free software. For more information about the philosophical background for open-source software, see free software movement and Open Source Initiative, where possible please make donations to help keep this movement alive.
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Club Usage Free And Open Software
Scratch – Scratch is a programming language and an online community where children can program and share interactive media such as stories, games, and animation with people from all over the world. As children create with Scratch, they learn to think creatively, work collaboratively, and reason systematically.
Notepad++ – Notepad++ is a text editor and source code editor for use with Microsoft Windows. Unlike Microsoft Notepad, the built-in Windows text editor, it supports tabbed editing, which allows working with multiple open files in a single window.
Sublime Text – Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose.
You’ll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.
Python – Python is a widely used high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than possible in languages such as C++ or Java.
Coding For Kids Games
HP Puzzles – CAS Fun
Lightbot Programming Puzzle Game
Kodable Basic Coding Through Fun & Simple Exercises
RoboZZle Introduce Programming Ideas To Kids
Cargo-Bot Developed Using Codea an iPad App For Creating Games
Best Free Software For Personal Use
Apache OpenOffice Replaces Microsoft Office
Firefox Replaces Internet Explorer
Google Chrome Replaces Internet Explorer
Thunderbird Replaces Microsoft Outlook or Eudora
Mozilla Lightning Calendar Replaces Microsoft Calendar
PDFCreator Replaces Adobe Acrobat
Best Free Pictures
Pixabay – https://pixabay.com/
Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/
100 free and freemium sources of stock photos
Best Free Business Software
GanttPV Replaces Microsoft Project
FreeMind Mind mapping is a key process in many businesses
VirtualBox Unique but essential (for some)
Notepad++ Replaces Microsoft Windows Notepad
Greenshot you can take full or partial screenshots and add text and shapes
FileZilla Replaces WinFTP
Cloudwards For sending large file and much more..
Best Free Coding Websites
Scratch Visual Programming Language
HTML Hypertext Markup Language For Creating Web Pages
CSS Cascading Style Sheets
Python Interpreted High-Level Programming Language
JavaScript High-Level, Interpreted Programming Language
Coding Toys
10 best coding toys – Great Gifts for your Kids
Best Free Accounting Software
TurboCASH 5 Replaces Quicken
GnuCash Replaces Microsoft Money or Quicken
Best Free File-Sharing Software
Ares Galaxy Replaces BitTorrent
eMule Replaces BitTorrent
Tribler Replaces BitTorrent
Best Free Graphics Software
GIMP Replaces Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro
Blender 3D Replaces Maya, 3DSMax
Dia Replaces Microsoft Visio
Inkscape Replaces Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw
Scribus Replaces PageMaker, InDesign, QuarkXPress
Best Free Audio/Video Software
VLC Media Player Is a fast and powerful multimedia player that supports various audio and video formats
SMPlayer Is a free media player with the added ability to play and download YouTube videos.
Handbrake Handbrake enables you to stick a DVD in your DVD drive and have the contents of that film stored to your hard drive
Audacity recording your own podcast
Media Player Classic plays a wide swath of audio and video formats
Best Free Security & Anti-Virus Software
KeePass Password Safe Is a lightweight and intuitive password manager for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and mobile devices
TrueCrypt Replaces BitLocker
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition Replaces Norton Antivirus
HealthMonitor enables you to keep an eye on the health of your computer
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