We all love open-source software, but there are so many amazing projects out there that often go unnoticed. Let's change that! Share your favorite open-source software that you think more people should know about. Here’s how you can contribute:

Single Option Per Comment: Mention one open-source software per comment to be able to easily find the most popular software.
No Duplicates: Avoid duplicating software that has already been mentioned to ensure a wide variety of options.
Upvote What You Love: If you see a software that you also appreciate, upvote it to help others discover it more easily.

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Let's create a comprehensive list of open-source software that everyone should know about!

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[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Open Video Downloader: Download any video or playlist from Youtube as audio and/or video, in various resolutions.

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

CopyQ: clipboard manager with history and pinned items

The UI is a bit janky, but it does the job well.

[–] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Warzone 2100 https://wz2100.net/

The first commercial video game to be released in the GPL

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[–] somerandomname@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago

Kodi multimedia center.

[–] ambitiousslab@lemmy.ml 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dino: a modern open-source chat client (XMPP) for the desktop.

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[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 days ago

Varia is a download manager written using GTK4. Simple, easy, and best of all speeds up downloads significantly on most sites. There also is a extension for Chromium and Firefox, but I haven't tried them.

[–] somerandomname@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Restic, a reliable backup solution.

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[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago

I already made a list

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

SMplayer, one of the best multimedia player, fast, capable to stream YouTube and almost everything, all codecs.

Windows (all), Linux, Mac

https://www.smplayer.info/

https://github.com/smplayer-dev/smplayer

[–] mathlete@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

super productivity

To do list with time boxing/time tracking. No data collection--it's all local to your device. There are several DIY options to sync the desktop version with the mobile app.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Absolutely amazing, only criticism from me is that it's electron. Wish these type of apps atleast give a cli options to avoid using electron.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Guake, drop down terminal.

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