You don't have to pay for professional software to complete simple tasks. Here are our favorite free software programs for getting work done.

Note that these are not all FOSS.

  • Photo Editing:

  • Video Editing:

    • DaVinci Resolve
    • CapCut
    • Shotcut

  • Audio Editing:

    • Audacity
    • Cakewalk
    • GarageBand

  • 3D Graphics:

    • Blender
    • Spline
    • Rumba

  • Office Software:

    • LibreOffice
    • Microsoft 365 Free Apps
    • WPS Office

  • Antivirus Software:

    • Windows Security
    • Avast Free Antivirus
    • Malwarebytes

  • Productivity Tools:

    • Bitwarden
    • VSCodium
    • PDF-XChange Editor
    • 7-Zip
    • OBS Studio
    • LanguageTool
  • @variantsEnglish
    3•28 days ago

    I’ve just found out about kitra right now but from the site it says it’s mostly focused are drawing and stuff like that so would photo editing be netter with something like rawtherapee?

    • @KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8•28 days ago

      If you’re working with RAW files, neither Gimp nor Krita are the tool for you.
      I use Darktable to adjust global things like brightness, contrast, white balance and so on, then export to Krita or Gimp for more granular local modifications.

    • Altima NEOEnglish
      3•28 days ago

      Yeah it’s definitely more of a souped up Paint app than photo editor.