Wanting Chrome's engine without Google's services is the problem this web browser solves. Chromium's price is manual updates and no Netflix playback.
Zen Browser is a free, open-source Firefox fork that brings Arc's Workspaces and vertical tabs to web browsers on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Free, open source and funded by donations, Thunderbird is the email client for people who want mail, calendar and contacts kept on their own machine.
Anyone who needs disk encryption that no company holds a key to ends up at VeraCrypt: free, open source, and unforgiving of a forgotten password.
KeePassXC is a free, open source password manager for people who would rather hold their own encrypted file than trust a company's vault. Sync and mobile stay in your hands.
ShareX bundles screen capture, recording, and upload automation into one free Windows tool. A dense settings tree decides who should actually install it.
Notepad++ is the free, open-source text editor most Windows users install the day plain Notepad stops being enough. Fast, tiny, and endlessly extendable.
7-Zip is a free, open-source file archiver that opens almost everything and compresses tighter than most paid rivals. A plain interface is the only real cost.
Rufus is the bootable USB tool most technicians reach for first: a free, open source Windows utility that turns a spare stick into working install media in minutes.
VLC media player opens nearly any video or audio file for free, on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS, without hunting down a separate codec pack.
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