Quite often, the projects run off donations, and communities may work together to improve the code for everyone.

Here is a list of some popular options:

Arts:

• Krita: Open source free drawing program
• Inkscape: Free open-sourced program for Vector format files
• Seamly2D: A program for creating fabric patterns
• Scribus: InDesign alternative
• FontBase: A program for sorting and previewing your fonts.

3D: – FreeCAD: a free alternative to AutoCAD – Blender: pro-level 3D creation software

Animations: – Synfig Studio: 2D animations – OpenToonz: 2D animations – Enve: 2D animations

Music and Audio

• Mixxx: for DJ's
• Audacity: Audio editor
• lmms music creation software
• Musescore Studio: notation app

Streaming and Video Editing

• OBS Studio: a free program for livestreamers
• DaVinci Resolve video editor
• Shotcut video editor

Photography:

• Dark Table: Photo editing that supports RAW files
• GIMP: photoshop alternative program

Office, Writing, and Business:

• LibreOffice: Microsoft office alternative
• OpenOffice: Microsoft office alternative
• Logseq: Obsidian alternative
• Reactive Resume: Resume builder

Creating Writing Specific:

• KIT Scenarist: Screenwriting
• Manuskript Creative writing
• Bibisco: Novel writing

Accounting and Money Management:

• HomeBank Accounting software
• Frappe Books: Accounting software

Entertainment:

• VLC: a media player that can play pretty much anything
• Kodi: Video media manager
• Jellyfin – A personal media server and client.
• HandBrake – An open-source video transcoder.
• VidCoder – An open-source DVD/Blu-ray ripping and video transcoding application.
• Metastream – Watch streaming media with friends
• Syncplay – Syncplay synchronizes the position of media so people can watch the same thing at the same time.

Ebooks:

• Calibre: ebook management

Gaming:

• Playnite: Video game manager

Farming:

• FarmOS
• OpenFarm

Other:

• GRAMPS: family tree maker
• uBlock Origin: Ad Blocker
• Eraser – A secure data removal tool for Windows.
• Powertools: Productivity tools for Windows.
• KDE Connect: Connect your devices: including by syncing notifications between phones and computers.
• Grocy: “Grocy is a web-based self-hosted groceries & household management solution for your home.”
• Devtoys: “Swiss army knife for developers”
• VSCodium: “VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft's editor VS Code.”

Text-to-Speech:

• bark
• Piper
• espeak

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