For a while now I have been meticulously creating a list of open source software that in my personal opinion are the best. Unlike other lists that provide more options than what is deemed perfect, this list aims to only provide the best. The sections with multiple software listed simply have multiple perfect choices, and thus are both listed. This list is meant to be simple and straight to the point. Very few software here are proprietary. The only circumstances in which proprietary software is added is when it provides a boost in privacy that no open source option is available for.
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The release code is in the format:
- Total Releases: The total number of releases since creation
- Year: The year of the release
- Month: The month of the release
- Day: The day of the release
- Daily Release Index: How many releases were made that day, starting at 0
⭐️ = Verified best software
✅ = My top choices
🧐 = I have personally used and inspected this software
🕒 = Software is outdated/abandoned
ℹ️ = This section needs improved
🍎 = Available for Apple products
🤖 = Available for Android products
🐧 = Available for Linux
🪟 = Available for Windows
🌐 = Available online
- 🧐 HuggingChat 🍎🌐
- 🧐 GPT4ALL 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 Audacity 🍎🐧🪟
- Nextcloud 🍎🤖🐧🪟🌐
- ⭐️✅🧐 Monero 🍎🐧🪟
⚠️ ✅🧐 Privacy.com 🍎🤖🌐
- ⭐️✅🧐 Brasero 🐧
- ⭐️✅🧐 Wikipedia 🍎🤖🌐
- 🧐 AnkiDroid 🤖
⚠️ ✅🧐 Wayback Machine 🍎🤖🌐
- Syncthing 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- KDE Connect 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- RetroShare 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ✅🧐 LocalSend 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 OnionShare 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- Warpinator 🤖🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅ qBittorrent 🍎🐧🪟
- ✅🧐 LibreTorrent 🤖
- ✅🧐 osu! 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ✅🧐 2048 (PFA) 🤖
- ✅🧐 Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection 🍎🤖🐧🪟🌐
- ✅🧐 Open Sudoku 🤖
- RetroArch 🍎🤖🐧🪟🌐
- ⭐️🧐 VirtualBox 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 Docker 🍎🐧🪟🌐
- ⭐️ Shelter 🤖
- ⭐️🧐 calibre 🍎🐧🪟
- 🧐 Librera Reader 🤖
- 🧐 Etar 🤖
- ✅🧐 Fossify Calendar 🤖
- Thunderbird 🍎🐧🪟
- Betterbird 🍎🐧🪟
- ✅🧐 draw.io 🍎🐧🪟🌐
- ⭐️✅🧐 Joplin 🍎🤖🐧🪟🌐
- ⭐️✅🧐 LibreOffice 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ✅🧐 Proton Mail 🍎🤖🐧🪟🌐
- 🧐 F-Droid 🤖🌐
- 🧐 Aurora Store 🤖
- Neo-Store 🤖
- ✅🧐 Obtainium 🤖🌐
- Droid-ify 🤖
- 🧐 IzzyOnDroid 🤖🌐
- 🧐 Accrescent 🤖
- 🧐 GNOME Software 🐧
- ✅🧐 Flathub 🐧🌐
- ⭐️✅🧐 Breezy Weather 🤖
- ⭐️✅🧐 SearXNG 🐧🌐
- ⭐️✅🧐 GrapheneOS 🤖
- ⭐️✅ Lawnchair 🤖
- ⭐️✅🧐 GRUB 🍎🐧🪟
- ✅🧐 GNOME 🐧
- ✅🧐 KDE Plasma 🐧
- ✅🧐 Debian 🐧🪟
- 🧐 Arch Linux 🐧
- 🧐 Fedora 🐧
- 🧐 Parrot Security OS 🐧
- EndeavourOS 🐧
- ⭐️✅🧐 HeliBoard 🤖
- ⭐️✅🧐 Trail Sense 🤖
- ⭐️✅🧐 Blender 🍎🐧🪟
- FreeCAD 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 Krita 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 GIMP 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 Flameshot 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 Inkscape 🍎🐧🪟
- Infomaniak kMeet 🍎🤖🐧🪟🌐
- ⭐️✅🧐 Aegis Authenticator 🤖
- ⭐️✅ VeraCrypt 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 addy.io 🤖🌐
- ⭐️✅ Mullvad 🍎🤖🐧🪟🌐
- WordPress 🍎🤖🐧🪟🌐
- ⭐️ Alovoa 🤖🌐
- ⭐️✅🧐 Briar 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 SimpleX Chat 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- Medito 🍎🤖
- drip. 🍎🤖
- ⭐️✅🧐 OpenStreetMap 🌐
- ⭐️🧐 OsmAnd 🍎🤖
- ⭐️✅🧐 Organic Maps 🍎🤖🐧
- ⭐️✅🧐 VLC Media Player 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ⭐️ Stremio 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 OBS Studio 🍎🐧🪟
- Kdenlive 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 Mullvad Browser 🍎🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 Tor Browser 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 uBlock Origin 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅🧐 NoScript 🍎🤖🐧🪟
- ⭐️✅ Pi-hole 🐧