This is a curated list of software that I use often and don't want to forget about. Some preferences will surely change over time, but I'll try to keep this list up to date.
There is also a bundle you can import and install with UniGetUI
- Cakewalk by BandLab - Cakewalk by BandLab is free.
- EarTrumpet - EarTrumpet is a powerful volume control app for Windows
- tenacity - an easy-to-use, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorde
- Discord - Discord is a voice, video and text communication service to talk and hang out with your friends and communities.
- Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams is your hub for teamwork in Office 365.
- WhatsApp - WhatsApp is a fast, simple, and secure messaging and calling for free, available on phones all over the world.
- Azure CLI - The Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) is a set of commands used to manage Azure resources.
- lazygit - simple terminal UI for git commands
- NuGet CLI - NuGet CLI reference
- nvm-windows - A node.js version management utility for Windows. Ironically written in Go.
- Oh My Posh - A prompt theme engine for any shell
- PowerShell Core - PowerShell for every system!
- Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal, and the original Windows console host -- all in the same place!
- Windows Subsystem for Linux - Run Linux on Windows
- GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program
- ImageMagick - ImageMagick is a free and open-source software suite for displaying, converting, and editing raster image and vector image files.
- IrfranView - IrfanView graphic viewer
- Azure Data Studio - Azure Data Studio is a data management tool that enables working with SQL Server, Azure SQL DB and SQL DW from Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Azure Functions Core Tools - The Azure Functions Core Tools provide a local development experience for creating, developing, testing, running, and debugging Azure Functions.
- Azure Storage Explorer - Easily work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Docker Desktop - Docker Desktop is an easy-to-install application for your Mac or Windows environment that enables you to build and share containerized applications and microservices.
- Git - Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
- JetBrains Rider - A cross-platform .NET IDE based on the IntelliJ platform and ReSharper
- NodeJS - Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
- Postman - Postman is a collaboration platform for API development.
- SQL Server Management Studio - SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is an integrated environment for managing any SQL infrastructure, from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database.
- Visual Studio - IDE for Windows, macOS, and Linux
- Visual Studio Code - Code editing. Redefined.
- Wireshark - Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer.
- 7-Zip - 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
- EurKEY - EurKEY is a keyboard layout that is designed to be easy to learn and easy to use.
- HWInfo - HWiNFO is a professional hardware information and diagnostic tool supporting the latest components, industry technologies, and standards.
- KeePassXC - KeePassXC is a community fork of KeePassX, a native cross-platform port of KeePass Password Safe, with the goal to extend and improve it with new features and bugfixes to provide a feature-rich, fully cross-platform, and modern open-source password manager.
- PowerToys - Windows system utilities to maximize productivity
- Sysinternals Suite - The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools.
- UniGetUI - UniGetUI is a GUI for the Windows Package Manager (winget)
- VirtualBox - VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
- WinSCP - WinSCP is a popular free SFTP and FTP client for Windows, a powerful file manager that will improve your productivity.
- ffmpeg - A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
- HandBrake - HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
- OBS Studio - Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
- VLC Media Player - VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
Those tools surely can be used inside a container, so here are some Docker images that I use often.
- Web File Browser - Web File Browser which can be used as a middleware or standalone app.
docker pull filebrowser/filebrowser
- PhotoPrism - Personal Photo Management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow
docker pull photoprism/photoprism
- Seq - The structured log viewer you've been looking for
docker pull datalust/seq
- TeamCity - TeamCity is a continuous integration and continuous delivery server developed by JetBrains
docker pull jetbrains/teamcity-server
- MS SQL Server - Microsoft SQL Server
docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest