Official desktop apps

yt-dlp

yt-dlp/yt-dlp

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader.

Visual Studio Code

microsoft/vscode

This repository ("Code - OSS") is where we (Microsoft) develop the Visual Studio Code product together with the community.

Ollama

ollama/ollama

Get up and running with Kimi, GLM, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.

PowerToys

microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows.

RustDesk

rustdesk/rustdesk

An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.

Godot Engine

godotengine/godot

Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine.

Terminal

microsoft/terminal

The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!

Neovim

neovim/neovim

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability.

Stirling-PDF

Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

#1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere.

LocalSend

localsend/localsend

An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop.

Zed

zed-industries/zed

Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

Syncthing

syncthing/syncthing

Open Source Continuous File Synchronization.

Orca

stablyai/orca

Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents.

Hoppscotch

hoppscotch/hoppscotch

Open-Source API Development Ecosystem • https://hoppscotch.io • Offline, On-Prem & Cloud • Web, Desktop & CLI • Open-Source Alternative to Postman, Insomnia.

Ventoy

ventoy/Ventoy

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files.

AppFlowy

AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy

Bring projects, wikis, and teams together with AI.

OBS Studio

obsproject/obs-studio

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording.

Tesseract OCR

tesseract-ocr/tesseract

Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository).

AFFiNE

toeverything/AFFiNE

There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE(pronounced [ə‘fain]) is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together.

draw.io Desktop

jgraph/drawio-desktop

Official electron build of draw.io.

Joplin

laurent22/joplin

Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

PowerShell

PowerShell/PowerShell

Welcome to the PowerShell GitHub Community!

Dbeaver

dbeaver/dbeaver

Free universal database tool and SQL client.

Brew

Homebrew/brew

The Package Manager for Everywhere.

Bruno

usebruno/bruno

Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia).

IINA

iina/iina

The modern video player for macOS.

SiYuan

siyuan-note/siyuan

An open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted knowledge workspace where humans and AI agents work together 开源、隐私优先、自托管的知识工作空间，让人与智能体在此协作.

Logseq

logseq/logseq

A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.

Zen Browser

zen-browser/desktop

Zen is a firefox-based browser with the aim of pushing your productivity to a new level!

Hyper

vercel/hyper

A terminal built on web technologies.

Puter

HeyPuter/puter

The Internet Computer! Free, Open-Source, and Self-Hostable.

Sunshine

LizardByte/Sunshine

Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.

Nw.js

nwjs/nw.js

Call all Node.js modules directly from DOM/WebWorker and enable a new way of writing applications with all Web technologies.

qBittorrent

qbittorrent/qBittorrent

qBittorrent is a [BitTorrent] client programmed in C++ / Qt that uses [libtorrent] (sometimes called libtorrent-rasterbar) by Arvid Norberg.

Insomnia

Kong/insomnia

The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC.

Aseprite

aseprite/aseprite

Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux).

ShareX

ShareX/ShareX

ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke.

Mattermost

mattermost/mattermost

Mattermost is an open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle..

Lapce

lapce/lapce

Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

UTM

utmapp/UTM

Virtual machines for iOS and macOS.

Kitty

kovidgoyal/kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you!

OCRmyPDF

ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF

OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched.

balenaEtcher

balena-io/etcher

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

FreeCAD

FreeCAD/FreeCAD

Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.

Vscodium

VSCodium/vscodium

binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing.

Anki

ankitects/anki

Anki is a smart spaced repetition flashcard program.

Flameshot

flameshot-org/flameshot

Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.

Algo

trailofbits/algo

Set up a personal VPN in the cloud.