Software

free open source software for creativity

installation

ninite.com (not open source but usefull)

android ⇒ f-droid.org

3D & CAD

• • openSCAD.org scripted CAD (also 2D)

  • freecadweb.org CAD

  • blender.org render animation manipulation and more

Mesh editing

• MeshLab

3D viewer/format converter

• open3mod.com

• G-code Analyser (web)

Photogrammetry

• MESHROOM

2D

CAD

• librecad.org

Vector graphics

• • inkscape.org

Raster graphics (Image Editor)

• gimp.org

  • darktable.org (lighting)

Digital painting

• Krita.org

Command-line

• ImageMagick

Audio

• audacityteam.org

  • SuperCollider — audio synthesis and algorithmic composition

Movie

• Avidemux

Multimedia Player

• VLC

• KODI

electronics & programming

• arduino.cc

• processing.org

Text/code editor

• notepad++

• SciTE

  • diff ⇒ Meld

Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

• KiCAD

includes circuit simulation

• ngspice

Version control

• git

DTP Desktop Publishing

• Scribus.net

Simulation

• Algodoo

• CFD

  • openFOAM

    • Flowsquare *

    • simscale

• FEM

compression/archive

• 7zip.org

Communication/Chat collaboration

• qwebirc.org

  • • IRC ↦ webchat.oftc.net

    • IRC ↦ webchat.ircnet.net

    • IRC ↦ webchat.freenode.net

    • IRC ↦ webirc.hackint.org

• etherpad

  • • medienpad.de / etherpad.net

• • piratenpad.de

  • cryptpad

    • cryptpad.piratenpartei.de

    • cryptpad.fr

  • Video conferencing ↦ jitsi.org ⇒ example