- Joplin – note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities, an amazing self-hosted alternative to Evernote
- Geany – general-purpose code editor
- Brackets – a text editor perfect for web design
- f.lux – adjusts your computer screen colour depending on the time of day. It reduces eye strain and headaches considerably. I’ve been using it for ten+ years and now all default screens look like a laser light show…
- IrfanView – very light and simple yet powerful graphic viewer for Windows
- Sumatra PDF – the lightest, nicest pdf and ebook reader for Windows
- WordWeb – English dictionary and thesaurus, check any word in any program/window instantly with a key stroke and right-click on the word
- Audacity – multi-track audio editor and recorder
- MusicBee – music manager and player (a Winamp replacement of sorts)
Web stuff
- YunoHost – easily manage your own server, host and install services like email, cloud, chat… Very noob-friendly!
- Bludit – simple, flat-file CMS for websites and blogs
- Matrix – an open standard for secure, decentralised, real-time communication
- Element – secure chat and video calls based on the Matrix protocol (previously Riot.im)
- Proton – encrypted, Swiss-based, privacy-focused email and suite of online tools (calendar, file storage, VPN…)