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OpenSSH

OpenBSD Project · Tunneling & remote access

Reference implementation of the SSH protocol from the OpenBSD project: remote shell, file transfer, port forwarding, key agent and certificate authority tooling

SSH-OpenSSHOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

PM2

Keymetrics (Unitech) · Infrastructure & provisioning

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Production process manager for Node.js and other long-running programs with cluster mode, log handling, restart policies and boot-time startup scripts

AGPL-3.0-onlyOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Positron

Posit Software, PBC · Mathematical & statistical computing

Posit's multi-language data-science IDE built on Code OSS, with first-class R and Python consoles, variables and plots panes, under the Elastic License 2.0

Elastic-2.0FreeLocalNov 2, 2026

restic

restic project (Alexander Neumann and contributors) · Backup & recovery

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Encrypted, deduplicating backup program written in Go that stores snapshots in local, SFTP, S3-compatible and many cloud backends

BSD-2-ClauseOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

RStudio IDE

Posit Software, PBC · Mathematical & statistical computing

Posit's open-source integrated development environment for R, with console, editor, plots, environment panes, Quarto/R Markdown authoring and Python via reticulate

AGPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Shortcuts

Apple Inc. · macOS automation

Apple's built-in visual automation app for macOS, iOS and iPadOS that chains app actions, scripts and system functions into runnable shortcuts

ProprietaryFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

SQLite

SQLite Consortium / Hipp, Wyrick & Company · Relational databases

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Public-domain embedded SQL database engine that stores a whole database in one file and ships inside most operating systems and browsers

Open sourceOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Swift

Apple Inc. · Swift & SwiftUI development

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Apple's compiled, memory-safe, multi-paradigm language for Apple platforms, Linux, Windows and embedded targets, developed in the open at swift.org

Apache-2.0Open sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

SwiftUI

Apple Inc. · Swift & SwiftUI development

Apple's declarative UI framework for building interfaces in Swift that run across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS

ProprietaryFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

TestFlight

Apple Inc. · Swift & SwiftUI development

Apple's beta distribution service for sharing pre-release iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS builds with internal and external testers through App Store Connect

ProprietaryFreeNov 2, 2026

TeX Live

TeX Users Group (TUG) · LaTeX & typesetting

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The comprehensive free TeX distribution for Linux, macOS and Windows, released yearly with the tlmgr package manager and all major engines, packages and fonts

Open sourceFreeOpen sourceLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

TeXstudio

TeXstudio contributors · LaTeX & typesetting

Open-source desktop LaTeX editor with integrated PDF viewer, autocompletion, wizards, spell checking and a structure view for Windows, macOS and Linux

GPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

Visual Studio Code

Microsoft · IDEs & editors

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Free, extensible code editor from Microsoft with a large extension marketplace, integrated terminal, debugging, remote development and built-in AI assistance

MITFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

WireGuard

WireGuard project (Jason A. Donenfeld) · Tunneling & remote access

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Minimal, high-speed VPN protocol and implementation built on modern cryptography, included in the Linux kernel and available on macOS, iOS, Windows, Android and BSD

GPL-2.0-onlyOpen sourceFreeLocalSelf-hostedNov 2, 2026

Xcode

Apple Inc. · Swift & SwiftUI development

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Apple's integrated development environment and toolchain for building, debugging, testing and submitting apps for iOS, macOS and other Apple platforms

ProprietaryFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Zed

Zed Industries · IDEs & editors

Native, GPU-rendered code editor written in Rust by Zed Industries, with built-in collaboration, language servers and optional AI assistance

GPL-3.0-or-laterOpen sourceFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Zotero

Corporation for Digital Scholarship · Citation management

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Free, open-source reference manager with browser connectors, word-processor plugins, a PDF reader, group libraries and optional paid file storage

AGPL-3.0-onlyFreeOpen sourceLocalNov 2, 2026

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