definitive-opensource-mustbeperfect/readmes/windows.md

Tags

Alerts

🟡 🟠 🔴 ⭕ - Security incident (Minor, Moderate, Major, Critical)

🚫 - Potentially abandoned

🛑 - Potentially closed source

⁉️ - Suspicious license

🟥 - Corporate influence

🧪 - Experimental (Pre-Alpha)

🚧 - Critically unstable/buggy

❌ - On watch for removal

Highlights

💥 - Disruptive

🌍 - Influential

🌟 - Pioneering

💡 - Innovative

Awards (At 10k Stars)

🏆 - Crown of open source

🥈 - Second

🥉 - Third

Platforms

Cross - Cross-platform (MacOS, Windows, Linux)

Mobile - Android and IOS

CLI+ - CLI in addition to GUI

Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android, IOS, CLI, SelfHost, Web, VSCode, JetBrains, Chromium, Firefox, Plugin, Extension, N/A

Contents

Alphabetical

• AD Blocker
• Agent
• AI Image GUI
• AI Utilities
• All In One
• Antivirus
• Arr
• Assistant
• Audio Editor
• Audio Player
• Authentication
• Automation
• Backup
• Bookmark Manager
• Browser
• Browser Extensions
• Calendar
• Chat
• Cleaner
• Clipboard Manager
• Code Assistant
• Code Editor
• Collaboration
• Containers
• Dashboard
• Dev Tools
• Document Editor
• Document Manager
• Document Modifier
• Dotfiles Manager
• Download Manager
• EMACS Packages
• File Manager
• File Sharing
• Finance
• Firewall
• Game Engine
• Game Launcher
• Games
• Git GUI
• Graphics
• Home Automation
• Home Server
• IDE
• Image Processing
• Information Processing
• Keyboard Manager
• Knowledge Base
• Language Package Manager
• Launcher
• Linux
• LLM GUI
• MacOS
• Mail
• Manager
• Markdown Editor
• Media Downloader
• Media Management
• Model Tools
• Neovim Extensions
• Note Taking
• Office Suite
• Operating System
• Other
• Package Manager
• Password Manager
• Project Management
• Proofreading
• RAG
• Remote Desktop
• Removed Projects
• Research
• Screen Recording
• Search Engine
• Shell
• Spreadsheet
• Storage
• Surveillance
• Sync
• System
• System Monitoring
• Task Management
• Terminal Emulator
• Terminal Multiplexer
• Terminal Utilities
• Text Editor
• Time Management
• Tools
• Uncategorized
• Version Manager
• Video Conference
• Video Editing
• Video Player
• Video Transcoder
• Virtual Machine
• VPN
• Wiki
• Window Management
• Windows

Categorized

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Agent
  • AI Image GUI
  • AI Utilities
  • All In One
  • Assistant
  • Information Processing
  • LLM GUI
  • Manager
  • Model Tools
  • RAG
  • Research
• Communication
  • Chat
  • Collaboration
  • Mail
  • Video Conference
• Data
  • Backup
  • Storage
  • Sync
• Development
  • Code Assistant
  • Code Editor
  • Dev Tools
  • Game Engine
  • Git GUI
  • IDE
  • Language Package Manager
• Entertainment
  • Game Launcher
  • Games
• Extensions
  • Browser Extensions
  • EMACS Packages
  • Neovim Extensions
• Internet
  • Browser
  • Download Manager
  • Search Engine
• Media
  • Audio Editor
  • Audio Player
  • Graphics
  • Image Processing
  • Media Downloader
  • Screen Recording
  • Video Editing
  • Video Player
  • Video Transcoder
• Operating System
  • Windows
• Organization
  • Bookmark Manager
  • Document Manager
• Productivity
  • Calendar
  • Document Modifier
  • Finance
  • Knowledge Base
  • Project Management
  • Task Management
  • Time Management
• Security/Privacy
  • AD Blocker
  • Antivirus
  • Authentication
  • Firewall
  • Password Manager
  • VPN
• Server
  • Arr
  • Dashboard
  • Home Automation
  • Home Server
  • Linux
  • MacOS
  • Media Management
  • Operating System
  • Surveillance
• Terminal
  • Shell
  • Terminal Emulator
  • Terminal Multiplexer
  • Terminal Utilities
• Text
  • Document Editor
  • Markdown Editor
  • Note Taking
  • Office Suite
  • Proofreading
  • Spreadsheet
  • Text Editor
  • Wiki
• Utilities
  • Automation
  • Cleaner
  • Clipboard Manager
  • Containers
  • Dotfiles Manager
  • File Manager
  • File Sharing
  • Keyboard Manager
  • Launcher
  • Package Manager
  • Remote Desktop
  • System
  • System Monitoring
  • Tools
  • Version Manager
  • Virtual Machine
  • Window Management

Contents

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Go to top

Agent

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
screenpipe 💥	AI app store powered by 24/7 desktop history. open source - 100% local - dev friendly - 24/7 screen, mic recording	MacOS Windows

Communication - Go to top

Data - Go to top

Development - Go to top

Code Editor

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Void	Void is the open-source Cursor alternative.	Windows MacOS

Entertainment - Go to top

Game Launcher

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Playnite	Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.	Windows

Extensions - Go to top

Internet - Go to top

Media - Go to top

Screen Recording

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
ShareX	ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.	Windows

Operating System - Go to top

Windows

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
UniGetUI	UniGetUI: The Graphical Interface for your package managers. Could be terribly described as a package manager manager to manage your package managers	Windows

Organization - Go to top

Productivity - Go to top

Document Modifier

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Stirling PDF	#1 Locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files	MacOS Windows SelfHost

Security/Privacy - Go to top

Server - Go to top

Arr

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Overseerr	Request management and media discovery tool for the Plex ecosystem	Windows Linux SelfHost

Terminal - Go to top

Text - Go to top

Text Editor

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Notepads	A modern, lightweight text editor with a minimalist design.	Windows

Utilities - Go to top

Cleaner

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
BleachBit	BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux	Windows Linux

File Manager

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Files	A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.	Windows

Package Manager

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Choco	Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows	Windows

Tools

Name	Description	Platform	Stars
Czkawka	Multi functional app to find duplicates, empty folders, similar images etc.	Windows Linux

Honorable Mentions of Closed-Source Software

Some proprietary software just deserve recognition.

• Davinci Resolve - Professional Editing, Color, Effects and Audio Post!
• Obsidian - The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.
• LM Studio - Discover, download, and run local LLMs
• JetBrains - A rich suite of tools that provide an exceptional developer experience
• Raycast - A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.

Removed Projects

Projects that were once on this list but removed - usually due to abandonement or going closed source.

Archive

• eqMac - Closed source
• Hyper - Abandoned
• DiffusionBee - Closed source
• Lunarvim - Abandoned
• Motrix - Abandoned
• StableSwarmUI - Abandoned
• Trilium - Abandoned

FAQ

How about a JSON file with scripts or a website?

A JSON file with scripts that generate the README(s) would make fundamental changes and reorganization far easier whilst minimizing formatting and grammatical errors. A website would provide much requested features like tag based filtering and even automation.

 

However, for the foreseeable future, the list will to be edited directly as a markdown file for one reason: to keep things simple. The current system lets me focus solely on the projects within, not how to present said projects.

 

The current markdown system could also be considered a stepping stone to guage the community's needs prior to building a more complex system. I will likely migrate to a JSON file as the project scales and when I have time to architect such a system.

 

As for the website, the complexities of web development seem unnecessary and an added pain for a task that can suffice, for now, as a markdown file. Depending on the popularity of the project, however, this idea will remain in the back of my mind.

License

This project is released under the MIT license, hereby granting anyone to use, distribute, or modify this project for, but not limited to, commercial purposes. See the license tab for further information.

 

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