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Software

Computer software, called just “software”, is a set of instructions and documentation that tells a computer what to do or how to perform a task.
Software includes all different programs on a computer, such as applications and the operating system. Applications are programs that are designed to perform a specific operation, such as a game or a word processor.

Lists

• https://aiartists.org/ai-generated-art-tools – AI art tools

• https://apps.gnome.org/#circle – GNOME Core & Circle apps

• https://awesomeopensource.com/projects/tui – TUI open source projects

• https://dyne.org/software-products – selected software from Dyne.org

• https://ethical.net/resources - Ethical Alternatives & Resources (browsers, search engines, e-mail providers, analytics, hosting, social media, calendars, video, books, podcasts, etc)

• https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-cli-apps – CLI apps

• https://github.com/awesome-foss/awesome-sysadmin - curated list of amazingly awesome open source sysadmin resources

• https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted - Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

• https://github.com/cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade – tools of the trade, from Hacker News

• https://github.com/everestpipkin/tools-list – open-source, experimental, and tiny tools roundup

• https://github.com/humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech – open-source projects that are directly related to humane tech topics

• https://github.com/Igglybuff/awesome-piracy – curated list of awesome warez and piracy links

• https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint - curated list of amazingly awesome OSINT (Open-source intelligence)

• https://github.com/Lissy93/personal-security-checklist - privacy respecting software

• https://github.com/redecentralize/alternative-internet - interesting new networks and tech aiming at decentralisation

• https://github.com/rothgar/awesome-tuis - terminal user interface apps

• https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge - collection of lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools & more

• https://github.com/umutphp/awesome-cli – CLI apps

• https://guardianproject.info/apps – Android privacy and security-focused apps

• https://itch.io/tools – itch.io indie tools for games & other

• https://kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?category_id=332&staff_picks=1&sort=magic - Software projects successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter

• https://libreserver.org/apps.html – host it yourself libre server

• https://opensourcedesign.net/resources - many websites and platforms for openly licensed icons, fonts, image, tools and other resources

• https://pixls.us/software – a selection of Free/Libre Open Source Software projects related to photography

• https://plaintextproject.online/tools.html – plain text tools

• https://prism-break.org – opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore and Tempora; lots of apps

• https://switching.software – ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software

From Wikis

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_utilities – core linux utilities

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications – huge list of apps

• https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_text_editors – list of text editors

• https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers – list of web browsers

Wiki

• https://curlie.org/Computers/Software

• https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

• https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

• https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software

• https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software

• https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Software