Category Project Name URL Platforms supported Alternative to paid product 3d Modeling/Animation (complex) Blender.org https://www.blender.org/ Adobe , AutoDesk Maya ($3,675) 3d Modeling (Simple) Sketchup https://www.sketchup.com/ Corel Draw ? 3d Modelling (Voxel/Brick) MagicaVoxel https://ephtracy.github.io/ Corel Draw ? 3D Modeling (Digital Clay Sculpting) Sulptris https://pixologic.com/sculptris/ Corel Draw ? 3D Modeling (In VR) Google Blocks https://arvr.google.com/blocks/ Human 3D (Model/Armature generator) MakeHuman http://www.makehumancommunity.org/ CAD FreeCAD Windows, macOS, Linux AutoCAD ($4,195 and up) Photo Editing/Manipulation GIMP https://www.gimp.org/ Windows, macOS, Linux Photoshop ($19.99 per user per month) Digital Painting/Comics Krita https://krita.org/en/ Adobe Ilustrator Vector Art. Inkspace https://inkscape.org/ Windows, macOS, Linux Illustrator ($19.99 per user per month), CorelDraw($429) Graphic/Drawing Dia Windows, macOS, Linux Visio Professional($589.99) StoryBoarding Storyboarder https://wonderunit.com/storyboarder/ Adobe Ilustrator Video Game Engine Unity https://unity.com/ Visual Novel Maker w/no Code Fungus + Unity https://fungusgames.com/ Text Vased Game (Non linear stories) Twine https://twinery.org/ Audio / Sound Recording/Editing Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org/ Apple LogicPro ($199.99), FL Studio Producer Edition ($199) Sheet Music Notation Musescore https://musescore.org/en Retro Game Music Maker Bosca Ceoil https://boscaceoil.net/ Retro Video Game Effects Generator BFXR https://www.bfxr.net/ Audio/Music tools Amarok https://amarok.kde.org/ Windows, macOS, Linux Best open source alternative to: iTunes Screen capture % record ShareX https://getsharex.com/ Screen & webcam recording OBS Studio https://obsproject.com/ Live Streaming (Twitgh/Youtube) Streamlabs OBS https://obsproject.com/ Video and Audio Converter Handbrake https://handbrake.fr/ Windows, macOS, Linux Nero Recode 2 2d Animation (cutout) Opentoonz https://opentoonz.github.io/e/ Stick Figure Animation Pivot Animator https://pivotanimator.net/ Stop Motion/Claymotion Stop Motion Studio https://www.cateater.com/ (mobile only) Video Editing Blender https://www.blender.org/ Flashcards/Spaced Repetition Learning: Anki Wesome Websites https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, any device with web browser <trial, not free anymore :( Distraction Free Writign Writer (Bighugelabs) https://writer.bighugelabs.com/welcome for deseprates :D Script/Playwriting Amazon Storywriter Sound Efect Database Freesound.org https://freesound.org/ Music for Film/Games Incompetech.com/music https://incompetech.com/music/ Closed :( Pixel Art. & Animation Piksel https://www.piskelapp.com/ Texture adn HDRIs for 3D - HDRI Haven HDRI Haven https://hdrihaven.com/ Fonts Google Fonts https://fonts.google.com/ Fonts 1001freefonts.com http://1001freefonts.com/ Simple Android App Maker AppInventor https://appinventor.mit.edu/ Color Palette Generator Coolors.Co https://coolors.co/ Rhyme dictionary Rhymezone.com https://rhymezone.com/ WebBrowser Chrome https://www.google.com/chrome/ WebBrowser Brave https://brave.com/?ref=ngh545 Email Thunderbird https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/ Email Gmail https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/ Media Player VLC https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS Office LibreOffice https://www.libreoffice.org/ Microsoft Office ($71.88 per user per year and up) Office GoogleDocs http://docs.google.com/ Microsoft Office ($71.88 per user per year and up) Office OpenOffice https://www.openoffice.org/ Microsoft Office ($71.88 per user per year and up) Antivirus ClamAV https://www.clamav.net/ Kaspersky Anti-Virus, McAfee AntiVirus Plus Antivirus ClamWin http://www.clamwin.com/ Windows Kaspersky Anti-Virus, McAfee AntiVirus Plus PasswordStorage KeePass https://keepass.info/ Windows, macOS, Linux RoboForm, LastPass PDF Tools PDFCreator https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator Windows Adobe Acrobat ($381.65) Compression Tools 7-zip https://www.7-zip.org/ Windows, macOS, Linux WinZip, WinRar VPN Psiphon https://psiphon3.com/en/index.html Windows and Android Popular paid VPN clients. Backup / Restore tools Clonezilla https://clonezilla.org/ Windows and Linux Symantec Norton Ghost, Acronis True Image Notes NixNote http://www.nixnote.org/NixNote-Home/ Windows and Linux Evernote, Microsoft OneNote Education Octave https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Windows, macOS, Linux MathWorks MATLAB Clean up Tools BleachBit https://www.bleachbit.org/ Windows and Linux CCleaner.