25 BEST Windows Programs: Must Have Free Apps & Software!

[@TechHut]

Here are all the applications :D Internet: Brave, Firefox Development: VScodium, MinGW Media: mpv, VLC, MakeMKV Email: MailSpring, Thunderbird Image Editing: Krita, GIMP, Darktable Vector Graphics: Inkscape, Pencil Project Audio: Audacity, Ardour Notes: Jopin, SimpleNote Office: LibreOffice, Okular, NextCloud Video Editing: Kdenlive, Olive Additional: Bitwarden, OBS, 7Zip, qBittorrent, Blender

[@kissthesky40]

Thanks. That was nice of you.

[@alxluthor]

Bro! you deserve a medal for this, thank you very much, all of these are awesome and very very useful. Good job my friend!

[@dumbllama8495]

The reason I can't give up VLC is that whenever I watch foreign movies, I don't have to worry about subtitles looking giant and ugly. I can resize the subtitle font size while playing the video.

[@fawzanfawzi9993]

FOSS softwares like these are great entry point for Linux as they can help you transitioning to Linux more easily by not relying windows-only proprietary software. Also, I'm pretty sure "Okular" is pronounced as "Ocular" since KDE loves to use K as their naming scheme.

[@lasue7244]

@Dio Titus True but when theres a open source alternative of similar capability, I'll choose FOSS any day

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

for media player, mpc-hc is apparently free and open source. but its windows only.

[@yash1152]

0:57 am loving that wallpaper already - will properly define the current state of me

[@joshuarichardson3589]

Thank you for adding a PDF editor, I have been looking for an alternative and am excited to test out Okular!

[@silverthunderbird]

Great video! Lots of open source goodies I'd never heard of before. Just an FYI that there's currently controversy about the new owners of Audacity now installing telemetry in the software, and being dodgy about how it's being incorporated. Lots of info available by searching "Audacity controversy". Fortunately, there are forks. One example is Ocenaudio, which is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

[@GmanAtheistNell]

Great helpful video, Thanks. Just suggest you add links to the software in info.

[@Beryesa.]

You know that you wont get much views or good&helpful comments when your channel's community is just blindly linux fan without respecting others. I mean I am using Linux for about 1 year, but the specific part of the community which disturbs people if they don't think what they think is something I really hate. (Large amount of this guys are in the "toxic" part of the Arch community). I love the Linux community which is kind and here to help people or improve Linux to make it better. That is why I really switched. It has changed me to think more positively, wanted to give help to others etc. You are free to use/do what you want in Linux. This is what I really love. But you are free as much as you don't interrupt others freedom. This is what I think the freedom means. What do you think about this, I want to listen :) IMHO, You can't say "dumb" to somebody that uses something like Linux mint or because s/he doesn't use what you use. You are not better than the other person because you use arch etc. (this is just and example for general case.) For example, you can hate ubuntu. But distracting people who use Ubuntu doesn't make you a better better person. Even the opposite. And you can't deny that ubuntu helped Linux more than YOU while you're just hanging around with your impulsive speech (in general cases). I don't defend Ubuntu here, this is just most common situation to give as an example. And what about non-technical users or newcomers to Linux? I hate when they're underestimated by the toxics. Are you happy when you make other people hate? :/ I just want to see more happy penguins in community, is it a lot ;)?

[@Beryesa.]

BTW this was not a message against you or your channel, just in general. Please don't get it wrong ;)

[@TechHut]

Oh no I didn't. It's a great message. This is why I do Windows videos here and there. There is no better way to slowly bring someone to the Linux community than to have them follow you because of a Windows tutorial. Shuting down and being disrespectful to those who use Windows will keep the Linux adoption rate as low as it is. And I agree on the distro take. I love Ubuntu and all the "noob" distros. Heck I use the most user friendly version of Arch you can get. (Manjaro) Thanks for your comment. 🐧🐧

[@orkhepaj]

yeah linux fanboys act like those crazy vegans

[@Marcelg13]

Tried MPV, but it crashed a bunch of times. Used VLC for many years until I discovered MPC-HC and never looked back. Other than that, it's a great list and I found some new stuff that I didn't know before.

[@ekirchman8765]

I use all three, Linux, Windows and Mac (but mostly Linux) on a daily basis and I would love to see a video like this but for open source mac programs

[@orkhepaj]

why use all 3?

[@anantgupta7916]

VSCodium: vs code with no microsoft

[@halvarmc671]

I like how most of these lists haven't changed in 20 years. Note-taking, Obsidian or Logseq are better choices depending on how your brain works.

[@webted2709]

would be nice if you would, in the description, list the applications and the urls to get them

[@justpushingkeys]

Another great video! Love the outtake! Can you list the softwares in the description or comments ?

[@TechHut]

Yeah I'll add that in. Give me like a hour to get to the computer 🤓

[@TechHut]

Check pinned comment :)

[@yash1152]

@@TechHut hi, can u share the wallpaper link as well 😅

[@edsbloggingcom]

Video editor? Free? There is only one king of the hill: DavinciResolve

[@rohanleander]

Thanks man. will try them out.

[@billwright7054]

Apache Open Office is also a great Office substitution. It is also Free.

[@gz6616]

Note taking apps: obsidian and zim-wiki

[@phxfarmer4844]

Cool video bro

[@fen8234]

great content , thank you

[@KaranJesrani]

Absolutely useful video!!

[@farukofculture5722]

Sublime text is amazing too and simple for text edit and code writing

[@maminou732]

Not opensource

[@farukofculture5722]

@@maminou732 i didn't think it sry

[@tonyrulez69]

Best video player in my opinion: PotPlayer Note taking: Notable

[@owainharris]

PotPlayer is good, but it's not free and open source.

[@tonyrulez69]

@@owainharris It's free but not open source. I don't see a problem with that. Most professional apps are not open source.

[@owainharris]

@@tonyrulez69 Free as in freedom (FOSS / GNU licensing), not the price. This video is about free (FOSS) and open source applications on Windows, not apps that don't cost anything.

[@orkhepaj]

oh first one i see others mention potplayer , i use potplayer too this is clearly the best imho

[@orkhepaj]

@@owainharris it is free , open source i dont care for that until it works well, open source is overhyped anyway

[@yash1152]

12:56 honourable mention: sumatra pdf - it's only a reader, but a very VERY good one. it's foss.

[@MrTubeMeToo]

good job!

[@Apeiron242]

It's fully functional and anatomically correct.

[@alexandresoutonogueira7675]

A value my phone-desktop browser bookmarks synchronization a lot, I "can't live" without google chrome because of it. Does firefox have a mobile version?

[@guilhermebuganza9329]

great video

[@soummyadipchakraborty1380]

Is okular available for windows? 😮

[@yash1152]

7:21 i will be giving pencil project a go if it's FOSS

[@yash1152]

oh, this video contains FOSS apps only, i had the idea that Brave ( 1:15 ) was not FOSS, so i thought the video contained other non-FOSS apps too. But i just found out today that brave browser is FOSS. so, yeah, will be trying pencil project (:

[@TheChromiumExpert]

Yo I need that background!

[@pinkplonker8776]

I like Libre Office but a problem I found was that macros written for Excel didn’t work.

[@VinukaThejana]

What is the need of 7Zip on Linux

[@hansoy8208]

How's VSCodium performing against VSCode? I'm a Linux user wanting to go a step further into open source and I'd want something good enough to handle different development tools since I'm still a student doing web, mobile, and desktop development. EDIT: Btw thanks for all the FOSS you shared, even Linux users like me will benefit from these since I haven't heard of Krita and PhotoGIMP yet.

[@hansoy8208]

@gilkesisking Thanks man, what do you code in it?

[@sloomjumah5288]

It's the same performance without Microsoft's telemetry. VSCode is open source but the package released by Microsoft isn't exactly open source. They are the exact same source base and updated at the same time.

[@ananttiwari1337]

@@sloomjumah5288 Then build VSCode without Telemetry from source...

[@orkhepaj]

@@sloomjumah5288 cool , so this works exactly the same way as the normal vscode

[@ana303_]

Notepad++ or Notepads ( by Jackie Liu ) both are open source and really fast to work with and takes less resources. Ive switched from MS Notepad to Nodepads and its a blast.

[@phxfarmer4844]

I agree

[@stefanml90]

U forgot Kodi, u can do a lot more then with VLC

[@BryanChance]

What's the name of the audio program? Not audacity, the other one...ordor? Audor? Overlay the title??

[@dmp4096]

Ardour

[@KaranJesrani]

Maybe can add Power Toys

[@oscwavcommentaccount]

Where can I get that Windows 10 background image with tux on it?

[@TechHut]

I found it here. I made sure Tux was there to judge me while I worked in Windows for the day. 😅 wallhere.com/en/wallpaper/1920873

[@magicalcapi9148]

Unfortunately, it seems Pencil Project stopped being updated Last release was from 2019 There's a branch going on, but nothing official nor released it seems

[@nas1m]

Linux > Windows

[@voltovsky3856]

linux good windows bad

[@oscwavcommentaccount]

foss good proprietary bad (kinda true tho)

[@orkhepaj]

not at all , win10 is superior to linux and will be in the comming years , maybe in a decade linux will be an alternative

[@nas1m]

@@orkhepaj I’m guessing you haven’t used linux recently.

[@orkhepaj]

@@nas1m used it a week ago , so your guess is false :P just tested it some win games and voila they ran horribly

[@jonathancain8142]

Brave is good for phones but not as good for windows

[@orkhepaj]

yeah brave is meh , i like opera way more

[@Pakanahymni]

The color correction in your talking head sections is quite cold, you look really really pale. I noticed it at 18:10 or so. Just something to think about I guess, if you don't mind personally then it's not a problem.

[@magicalcapi9148]

My problem with VLC is that every update it seems to be more broken and with fewer features Plugins are constantly stop working, and I got tired of videos not catching up, even on fresh installations I'm super looking forward mpv and its front ends. I still don't think they match VLC when it was at its peak, but it's getting close

[@orkhepaj]

potplayer^^

[@magicalcapi9148]

@@orkhepaj Is it still being updated? Last updated on social media I've found is from 2019

[@orkhepaj]

and no file explorer app? double commander is the best btw

[@aryakiran256]

I use emacs for note taking

[@liftlinux9421]

Org mode...

[@aryakiran256]

@@liftlinux9421 yup

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

I have same programs installed on my Windows machine as on my Linux boot xD the only reason why it even exists is games

[@RicardoPerezLeon]

I want that wallpaper....

[@YM-lm8xr]

Isn't it little creep to be able to know how many times people open the emails.....

[@kas1987kas]

Transmission, Sumatra PDF

[@ananttiwari1337]

Uhhhhh, pretty much everyone I know uses most of these...

[@TechHut]

You have good friends.

[@orkhepaj]

@@TechHut or he only knows himself :D and 0 friends

[@mohamedHARAGO]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@emeukal7683]

Nothing can replace Adobe and there's lots of reasons to make office mandatory. For example, macro to create invoice and later on print it won't work with libre office. And no, again, nothing can rival Adobe in workflow efficiency and therefore quality.

[@22stunt45]

Don't understand about Firefox, there's nothing special about, it doesn't have any special functionality, and its soo ugly... I see one positive, security.

[@ananttiwari1337]

By default, Firefox isn't great in terms of privacy. Firefox is pretty horrid by default in general... you can change the theme tho, to make it look more like you want.

[@orkhepaj]

firefox is the linux fanboys holy browser thats all , even when its team got sjw infested and the app is meh they still wont change from it

[@povilasbrilius]

Spain #interrogation.

[@josephkurdziolek4483]

Linux is still better

[@swapnilkanyal]

they are not good enough because you guys tell people that they are free applications but they are not actually they are open source application and no application is free even the simplest application uses resources to manufacture it is just that sometime you don't directly pay for an application and you assume it to be free

[@TechHut]

Most of these are community projects and they run off of donations or the larger organization offers paid services.

[@orkhepaj]

heh? wrong , there are free apps i bet you are one of those who hear some half-truth never think it through and then apply it to everything , and then it will be a total fail assessment of the situation just like here