Free & Open-Source Windows Software

Development & Programming

CMake (Build System)

Git (Version Control)

Notepad++ (Text Editor) 

OpenSSL (Cryptography Toolkit)

Visual Studio Code (Code Editor)

Visual Studio Community (IDE - Freeware)

Databases

DBeaver (Universal Database Tool) 

MariaDB (Database Server)

MySQL Community Server (Database Server)

PostgreSQL (Relational Database) 

Graphics & Design

GIMP (Image & Photo Editing)

Inkscape (Vector Graphics Editor)

Krita (Digital Painting)

ShareX (Screen Capture & Recording) 

Internet & Web Utilities

Firefox (Web Browser)

HTTrack (Website Downloader)

qBittorrent (Torrent Client)

Office & Document Management

LibreOffice (Office Suite)

PDF4QT (PDF Editor)

Sumatra PDF (Lightweight PDF Reader) 

Audio & Music Production

Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation)

Audacity (Audio Editor)

Video Creation & Media

Blender (3D & 2D Content Creation)

HandBrake (Video Transcoder)

Kdenlive (Video Editor) 

MPC-HC (Media Player Classic - Home Cinema)

mpv (Media Player) 

VLC Media Player (Multimedia Player)

Hardware & Diagnostics

CrystalDiskInfo (Disk Health & S.M.A.R.T. Monitor) 

CrystalDiskMark (Storage Benchmarking)

Libre Hardware Monitor (Hardware Stats)

OpenHashTab (File Hash Calculator)

Security & Privacy

BleachBit (Junk & Privacy Cleaner)

KeePassXC (Password Manager) 

Malwarebytes Free (Anti-Malware - Freeware)

System Utilities & Virtualization

7-Zip (File Archiver)

CDBurnerXP (CD/DVD Burner - Freeware)

Everything (Fast File Search) 

FreeFileSync (File & Folder Synchronization)

KShutdown (Automated Shutdown)

Microsoft PowerToys (System Utilities) 

Open-Shell (Start Menu Customization)

Rufus (Bootable USB Creator)

RustDesk (Remote Access Software)

Ventoy (Multiboot USB Creator)

VirtualBox (System Virtualization)