usefulllllllsoftware
-Browsers
- Ungoogled Chromium
the only good chromium browser (fuck Brave) - Librewolf
easy to install firefox without spook/bloat (or use ffprofile.com) - Tor (+ SelekTOR if you're on linux)
self explanatory
-Extensions- UblockOrigin
but any adblocker is fine (as long as its open-source) - DarkReader
makes websites darker (but will sometimes flashbang you if it doesn't load fast enough) - ViolentMonkey
tampermonkey is dead - SponsorBlock
makes youtube a bit more bearable - Vimium
navigate websites with only your keyboard - Wikiwand
make reading more convenient - Universal Bypass
essential if you pirate (use linux if you do, since nobody makes spyware for obscure browser versions on obscure operating systems)
- UblockOrigin
-Utility
- qBittorent
good torrent client (utorrent is spyware) - nomacs
outdated but works just fine - MPC-HC + K-Lite Codec
MPC-BE too slow (the link is the active fork) - MPV
highly customizable player - Nicotine++
official soulseekqt client is rarely getting updates - Czkawka
fuck CCleaner - youtube-dl
all in one video extractor (rip) - qimgv
lightweight image viewer with a lot of good tools like "Quick Move"(click on the folder icon to change the directory) (has optional video support)
windows only- Simplewall
easier than having to go through 5 dialogue boxes just to disable internet privileges for one application - Privatezilla
fuck windows 10 (use community scripts as well) - Open-Shell-Menu
fuck windows 10 - notepad++
feature-rich notepad - taskbarX
easy toolbar customization - 7zip
more updated than winrar (tools>options...>settings>tick "Show "..." item" and "Full row select") - nvidiaProfileInspector
mostly better than the default one - Everyting
faster file search than explorer (needs to be running in the background)
- Simplewall
-Creative
- Sneedacity
fuck audacity - GIMP + PhotoGIMP
better than having to spend 30 bucks a month or downloading dodgy torrents - OBS
self explanatory - Shotcut
buggy but pretty good
-Mobile (Android)
- Fdroid
android appstore for FOSS apps - Newpipe
fork of newpipe with sponsorblock - Trebleshot
local network file transfer with a lot of options (receiver can get files from browser/doesnt need to install treble shot as well) - Bromite
chromium browser fork with built-in adblocker - Tachiyomi
manga/comic reader (the only good one) - Aegis
for 2FA
-Websites
- goodsites.tech (self explanatory)
- rentry.co
- whatsmyua.info
- ffprofile.com
- archive.org
- spyware.neocities.org
- invidio.us
- searx.be (less spooky that duckduckgo)
- libgen and sci-hub (for academic material)
- everestpipkin.github.io/image-scrubber
- soapgate.org
- gitpop2.herokuapp.com (sorts github forks)
- cubari.moe (for imgur collections)
- sharedrop.io (trebleshot except both peers only need a browser)