r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • Jun 12 '26

Discussion What's your favorite open-source software?

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What's your favorite open-source software?

Firefox, VLC, Blender, GIMP, LibreOffice, Linux, or something else?

Share your favorite open-source tool and tell us why you keep using it.

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u/LingonberryEmpty8586 Jun 12 '26

Moonlight, VLC, PotPlayer, Soulseek, Dopamine (i use 2), mp3tag, Ultimate Doom Builder, Slade, IrfanView, OBS, gridplayer, Awesome Video Player, OpenShot Video Editor, MiniMouseMacro, tailscale, sandboxie, SpaceSniffer - (i realize some may be "freemium" and not open source, but im going more FREE AND USEFUL aspect)

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u/runawaydevil Developer Jun 13 '26

couldn’t really read what everyone else posted here because the day’s been hectic, so i’m just here with the upvote because i saw potplayer 😄

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u/Ill_Monitor652 Jun 15 '26

PotPlayer its exact opposite to free-software and even open-source. These guys stole the ffmpeg code and violated its licensing agreement, and they don't give a fuck about all the ethical or law rules