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Software

Downloadable tools and programs

Almost all of these programs are available for free to casual users.
A select few programs will be listed and clearly marked "Not Free Software" if they are a unique program with no free version available which meets a specific access need. If a free version is located, they will be replaced in this list by the free option.

Accessibility Tools

Software and programs designed to increase accessibility in some manner.
Dancing Dots
"Accessible Music Technology for Blind & Low Vision Performers since 1992."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
NVDA Screen Reader
"[A] free, open source, globally accessible screen reader for the blind and vision impaired."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads

Audio and Video

Programs for creating, editing, and accessing audio and video.
Audacity
"Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Audacity is free, open source software."
Has AI Features
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
Ice Cream Apps
"When setting up Windows 10 and 11, Microsoft not only installs the operating system alone, but also a whole range of additional apps – some useful, some less so. O&O AppBuster allows you to remove the unwanted apps easily and quickly. Or, if you accidentally uninstalled one of these apps, you can also retrieve them with one click.
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
Levelator
"The Levelator is a software that runs on Windows and OS X that adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or other audio file for variations from one speaker to the next, for example. It’s not a compressor, normalizer or limiter although it contains all three. It’s much more than those tools, and it’s much simpler to use. The UI is dirt-simple: Drag-and-drop any WAV or AIFF file onto The Leveler’s application window, and a few moments later you’ll find a new version which just sounds better."
Contains Downloadable Files
Has Ads
JDownloader2
"JDownloader is a free, open-source download management tool with a huge community that makes downloading as easy and fast as it should be. Users can start, stop or pause downloads, set bandwith limitations, auto-extract archives and much more. It’s an easy-to-extend framework that can save hours of your valuable time every day!"
Contains Downloadable Files
Has Ads
Mix It Up
"Mix It Up Is A Free, Full Featured, Community Driven, Open-Source Stream Bot Developed BY Streamers FOR Streamers"
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
Open Broadcaster Studio
"Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Download and start streaming quickly and easily on Windows, Mac or Linux."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
VLC Media Player
"VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols."
Recommended by Robin
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Games

Games and fun stuff.
Desktoptale
"Desktoptale is a tiny program that puts a fully controllable Undertale, Undertale Yellow or Deltarune character of your choice on your Windows desktop!"
Contains Downloadable Files
Has Ads

Images

Image creation and processing.
GIMP image editor
"The Free & Open Source Image Editor"
Does Not Have Ads
Glaze
"Glaze is a system designed to protect human artists by disrupting style mimicry. At a high level, Glaze works by understanding the AI models that are training on human art, and using machine learning algorithms, computing a set of minimal changes to artworks, such that it appears unchanged to human eyes, but appears to AI models like a dramatically different art style."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
Nightshade
"[A] tool that turns any image into a data sample that is unsuitable for model training. More precisely, Nightshade transforms images into "poison" samples, so that models training on them without consent will see their models learn unpredictable behaviors that deviate from expected norms, e.g. a prompt that asks for an image of a cow flying in space might instead get an image of a handbag floating in space."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads

Other

Miscellaneous other software.
1blocker
"The Most Beautiful & Powerful Ad Blocker for Safari. Enjoy a cleaner, faster, and more private web."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
7-zip
"7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio... You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don’t need to register or pay for 7-Zip."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
Alternative To
"AlternativeTo is a crowd-sourced and free site that helps you find better apps and services."
Has AI Features
Does Not Have Ads
Calibre Ebook Management
"calibre is a powerful and easy to use e-book manager. Users say it’s outstanding and a must-have. It’ll allow you to do nearly everything and it takes things a step beyond normal e-book software. It’s also completely free and open source and great for both casual users and computer experts. "
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
DuckDuckGo
"Free. Fast. Private. Get our browser on all your devices. Search and browse more privately with the DuckDuckGo browser. Unlike Chrome and other browsers, we don’t track you."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
JSesh
"JSesh is a word processor, for ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. It’s used in many professional egyptological publications: the IFAO, the JARCE, and all kinds of books."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
Libre Office
"An open-source alternative to Microsoft Office. Contains a word processor, presentation, spreadsheet, and diagram drawing programs."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
O&O AppBuster: Free uninstaller for unwanted apps
"Free uninstaller for unwanted apps".
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
O&O ShutUp10++
"The free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11".
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
Rarebit
"A free, open-source WEBCOMIC TEMPLATE. Built in HTML and JavaScript".
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads
Sigil Ebook
"Sigil was designed to make it easy to create great ebooks using the EPUB format. If you are formatting books for your own use, or you are a professional editor publishing books on multiple platforms, then Sigil is for you. You can use Sigil to format and package your books into an EPUB that looks exactly the way you want it to using an advanced set of features that have made Sigil one of most popular EPUB editors available."
Contains Downloadable Files
Does Not Have Ads