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    Graphite

    Launch

    Open source free software. A vector graphics creativity suite with a clean, intuitive interface. Opens instantly (no signup) and runs locally in a browser. Exports SVG, PNG, JPG.

    FreeOpen source

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    Penpot

    Launch

    Penpot is a free, open-source design tool that runs in your browser and supports real-time collaboration. It uses open web standards like SVG, CSS, and HTML, making designs easy to export and integrate with development workflows. Features i

    Open source

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    qBittorrent

    Launch

    qBittorrent is a full featured FOSS alternative to uTorrent. With a lightweight, Qt based client, built in search engine, built in Bittorrent extensions, and advanced network management tools, qBittorrent is the best client available. Bug t

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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    Motrix

    Launch

    Motrix is a full-featured download manager that support downloading HTTP, FTP, BitTorrent, Magnet, etc. Motrix has a clean and easy to use interface. I hope you will like it . ## Features - Simple and clear user interface - Support BitTorre

    FreeOpen source

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    Helix

    Launch

    Helix is a terminal-based modal text editor inspired by Vim and Kakoune, built for modern development workflows. Features: * Vim-like modal editing with a selection-first, action-second model borrowed from Kakoune * Multiple cursors and sel

    FreeOpen source

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    Transmission

    Launch

    Transmission - A Fast, Easy and Free Bittorrent Client For macOS, Windows and Linux Transmission is designed for easy, powerful use. We've set the defaults to just work and it only takes a few clicks to configure advanced features like watc

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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Ghostty

Experience blazing-fast terminal performance

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Mealie

Material design inspired recipe manager

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D3

Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML

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JetBrains Toolbox App

Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects

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Anime

JavaScript animation engine

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React Three Fiber

Declarative React renderer for Three.js scenes

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Drawio Desktop

Official electron build of draw.io

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qutebrowser

A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt

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Homebridge Config UI X

The Homebridge UI. Monitor, configure and backup Homebridge from a browser

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GIMP

A free & open-source imaging and graphic design software

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Krita

Digital Painting. Creative Freedom

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Plasmic

Build powerful apps fast— without the limits

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Webstudio

Advanced Open Source Website Builder

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Uno

Open-source platform for building cross-platform native Mobile, Web, Desktop

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Diagrams

Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures

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TeXstudio

Integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents

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Cap

Beautiful, shareable screen recordings

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Inkscape

A free and open-source vector graphics editor

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Quant Ux

Prototype, Test and Learn

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CotEditor

Lightweight plain-text editor for macOS

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Ionicons

Beautifully crafted open source icons for use in web, iOS, Android

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LibreCAD

LibreCAD is a cross-platform 2D CAD program

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Blockbench

A low poly 3D model editor

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augmented-ui

Integrate your apps with technology

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Slint

Slint is an open-source declarative GUI toolkit

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P5.js

p5.js is a client-side JS platform that empowers artists, designers…

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FreeCAD

Free and open-source 3D parametric modeler

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eza

A modern alternative to ls

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Pixelorama

Create sprites, tiles, and animations effortlessly

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Rawgraphs App

A web interface to create custom vector-based visualizations on top of…

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Visx

Visualization components

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Lively

Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop…

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google-webfonts-helper

Hassle-Free Way to Self-Host Google Fonts

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MangoDisk

Free, open-source disk cleaner and space analyzer

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Firefox

A free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla

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Tad

Application for viewing and analyzing tabular data such as CSV files

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Apexcharts.js

Interactive JavaScript Charts built on SVG

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Linear Mouse

Full control of mouse

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coolLabs Fonts

A privacy-friendly drop-in replacement for Google Fonts

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hue.tools

A free color mixer, blender, info and modifier tool

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Formatjs

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Early

Discovery platform for early-stage software products

Breathe. You’re still early. early.tools is a platform dedicated to surfacing tools before they go mainstream, so you can lean back and discover Waitlist and MVP releases of products before anyone else. We only accept early.tools that are... Showing a Waitlist or MVP release. Have the founder(s) link to it on their socials. Are pre-revenue &/or not publicly accessible.

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Design
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