BigLoose's top freeware list
Over the years, I spent many hours looking on the web for the best softwares for my mac. If possible I always try to find freeware and opensource softwares.
As I keep sending links about those softwares to my friends I decide to compile a list and keep it on my website to allow anybody interested to access it.
So there it is. A simple list without any adverts, no pop ups, nothing else than the list.
Enjoy trying them.
Nicolas - BigLoose
Free software:
Adium
adiumx.com
multi protocol instant messenger (MSN, AOL, ICQ, Google talk...) all in the same window
Audacity
audacity.sourceforge.net
The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
aTypeTrainer4Mac
homepage.mac.com/typetrainer4mac/Menu1.html
A great free Multilingual Typing Tutors for Mac OS X. To learn how to type properly on a keyboard.
Carbon Copy Cloner
bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Excellent backup /disk cloning software. Allow to create bootable backups.
Cyberduck
cyberduck.ch
FTP client compatible with Smultron (see below) for file editing.
ffmpegx
ffmpegx.com
Video and audio encoder/conversion for many format (Divx, mpg, avi, flash...)
Firefox
mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox
powerful web browser with many plugin available.
Freemind
freemind.sourceforge.net
multi platform mind mapping software
Gimp
gimp.org/macintosh
the linux "Photoshop like" image editor for mac
Google Sketch up
sketchup.google.com/product/gsu.html
3d design for house drawing and much more
Handbrake
handbrake.fr
DVD to mpeg converter
iSquint
isquint.org
iPod video conversion app
Keepass
keepassx.org
the mac version of Keepass a password manager working on many platforms (linux, windows, mobile phones...)
Mac GPG
macgpg.sourceforge.net
the mac gpg/pgp encryption
Open Office
openoffice.org
The multi platform open source office suite. Compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Perian
perian.org
Perian is a free, open source, QuickTime component that supports many popular media types, including AVI, DivX, FLV and XviD.
Renamer4Mac
renamer4mac.com
Batch renaming file application.
Resize!
kstudio.net/re.html
image batch resizing software
SerialBox
serialz.to/serialbox.html
Serial database for "trying" software
Smultron
smultron.sourceforge.net
A powerful text editor. Great as a simple text editor but also works with most programing languages (html, java, perl, php and many more)
TVRow
dl.getdropbox.com/u/28570/Site/TV_Row.html
To use FrontRow on your Mac with an external monitor (TV in my case). It will change the main monitor to your TV while using FrontRow and back to normal when exiting.
VLC player
videolan.org/vlc
A video player that reads almost any format (mpg, divx, flash, mov, avi...).
Fink and Fink commander
finkproject.org
finkcommander.sourceforge.net
a platform which allows you to install many unix/linux free software like:
-Gnucash (accounting)
-Wireshark (Network protocol analyzer)
-Xmms (The X Multimedia System is a free software audio player very similar to Winamp)
-Ktouch (A program to learn to type on a keyboard quickly and correctly.)
and so many more...
NON FREE (but very usefull)
Data Rescue
prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
A life saving software to recuperate data from a failing hard drive.
Little snitch
obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
A excellent firewall for mac. To control what is coming and going on the network from your mac. You can block certain applications from connecting to the web. (useful with softwares "calling home" or to make sure that cracked software won't send any info or "see" copies with the same serial number on the local network)
last update 30.07.2008