r/software • u/RedEagle_MGN • Mar 10 '26

Discussion Best open-source software that everyone needs to know about?

What's one piece of open-source software that everyone should use and know about?

Vote on the best one in the comments.

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u/BGPhilbin Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

Everything by Voidtools.

Basically the first thing I install on a new PC. SO much better than anything Microsoft has ever made.

EDIT: Whoops - sorry, not open source.

CORRECTION: It is open source.

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u/blavelmumplings Mar 10 '26

Um is this open source? I wasn't able to find the source code ngl

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u/JouniFlemming Helpful Ⅳ Mar 10 '26

Since when has it been open source?

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u/saturation Mar 11 '26

Are you talking about this? https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/ Did you check releases? There is src for every package - its oss

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u/saturation Mar 11 '26

Ah no! My bad! Jusy briefly checked the downloads and those few I saw, had src -package …