Best 10 Free Software for Windows, Mac, Linux 2019

The best free and open source programs for your computer in short when you see the term open source software it means that its source code is freely available for users to inspect modify and distribute the software to anyone for any reason but so many free and open source programs that actually grade.

List of 6 Established trusted and completely free Open Source Programs

Libre Office

This office suite released in 2011 is an excellent alternative to Microsoft Office the Microsoft Word, and Excel options have improved quite a bit over the years.

when opening and converting those file formats included with Libre Office is writer who has many of the same features as Microsoft Word calc is similar to excel impress can be used instead of PowerPoint draw is a vector graphics editor and math can be used to create and edit mathematical formulas LibreOffice is available for Windows Mac and Linux.

OBS studio

Released in 2012 the screen recorder is available for Windows Linux and Mac it's viral for streaming video games and other live content recordings can also be saved to your computer to be imported into your favorite video editor if you have an older PC with low system specs you may encounter lag for most people the only right thick's for this is to upgrade your computer many users of OBS studio report that they find it to be confusing to use when starting out I'd highly recommend checking out the various tutorials available.

Shotcut 

online Shotcut is a great video editor for new users it was initially released in 2004 and is updated on a rig serves as a few years ago it was the first editor I used for editing YouTube videos before switching over to Premiere Pro it includes a ton of features that are often locked behind a paywall with most free video editors including support for 4k resolutions and allows for multiple tracks on the same timeline if you've tried out other video editors shot cuts user interface may not be what you're used to for example when adding tracks to the timeline you have to click on the menu icon in the lower left then select add video track and go back in and add audio track before adding your clips on the shotcut website they include video tutorials that will teach you how to use it.

Shotcut is available for Windows Mac and Linux.

GIMP

Released in 1996 this image editor is one of the best free alternatives to Photoshop.

GIMP supports layers and includes tools for retouching your photos or creating brand new images from scratch in the past year GIMP has received a significant upgrade making it more useful including cosmetic changes that make it look better. Gimp has number of theme choices including dark, grey light

Gimp it's available for download on Linux Mac and Windows.

Share X  

One of the best screenshot utilities ever to be created it was initially released in 2007 and at this time is only available for computers running Windows 7 or newer with so many features and ways to capture any portion of your screen it makes the new screenshot tool in the latest version of Windows 10 look pathetic.

It’s quite simple to use go to capture in the left pane and select your screenshot method for simple tasks.

Share X to record your screen otherwise you're better off using OBS studio if you select web page capture it works great to capture an entire web page at the top just enter the URL of the web page

you'd like to win in this example I'll just use the share X website click on capture when it's done click upload with every screen capture method at the top you have various ways save upload and mark up your images

Blender

3D computer graphics tool set released in 1998 it's been used to create animated films video games visual effects and a whole lot more some of its features include 3D modeling raster graphics editing rigging and skinning and even includes a video editor blender does have a high learning curve, and the user interface will be overwhelming for first-time users so I'd recommend checking out the various tutorials on the blender website when you're getting started using it blender is available for Windows Mac and Linux.