Official Free Tools Thread

[Ken g6]

Ever wondered what your C code compiles to? Yes, you can use gcc -S, but finding your function and comparing it to your original code can be a pain in the "S". 😉 So try this:

http://gcc.godbolt.org/

My only little gripe with it is that it doesn't optimize well at all, and adding -O3 breaks it.

 

[adamantine.me]

Good list. Do a lot of people use process hacker? Has anyone used the Atom text editor?

https://atom.io/

 

[dondon44]

Geany
Platform: Multiplatform (Windows / OSX / source)
More data: https://www.geany.org/Main/HomePage
Programmer's editor with many features of a lightweight IDE. Supports projects, code completion, syntax highlighting, error reporting, simple build commands. Multiple languages supported.

 

[Atari2600]

I'd add anaconda to the list of IDEs - even though its more than that.
Platform: Windows/OSX/Linux
See: www.anaconda.com

A fully featured python environment, complete with the Spyder IDE (which I think is a pleasure to work with).
Also works with R, but I've never had cause to use it.

 

[ssokolow]

This list is woefully out of date. I need to take a pass through it, but honestly I am not sure it's possible to have one that is really up to date and relevant any more.

You underestimate the shelf-life of a lot of this stuff. If you'd like a quick modernization jump, fixing the broken Doxygen link and adding these would go a long way to that:

Godot
Download: https://godotengine.org/
Platform: Windows/Linux/OS X/lots
Category: IDE's, Compilers, and Editors
Description: Godot is a game engine and IDE, programmable in C# or its own Python-like language and extensible with .dll/.so/.dylib files, which is also gaining popularity as a way to make tools for assisting in game creation.

Rust
Download: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
More data: https://www.hobofan.com/rust-interop/
Platform: Windows/Linux/OS X/lots
Category: IDE's, Compilers, and Editors
Description: Rust is a memory-safe, un-managed programming language focused on compile-time correctness, with a broad ecosystem of bindings/generators for writing compiled extensions for other languages.

Sphinx
Download: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/installation.html
More data: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/index.html
Category: Teaming and Communications
Description: Sphinx is a language-agnostic documentation system using reStructuredText with support for exporting to many formats and a plugin for extracting API documentation from Python code.

mdBook
Download: https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/releases
More data: https://rust-lang.github.io/mdBook/
Category: Teaming and Communications
Description: mdBook is a language-agnostic documentation system using Markdown which is the de facto standard for writing non-apidoc documentation in the Rust ecosystem.

Django
Platform: Windows/Linux/OS X
Download: https://www.djangoproject.com/download/
More data: https://djangopackages.org/
Category: Web Development
Description: Python's counterpart to Ruby on Rails, with a giant ecosystem of reusable components.

gdbgui
Platform: Linux/OS X
Download: https://www.gdbgui.com/installation/
More data: https://www.gdbgui.com/
Category: Debugging and Forensic Tools
Description: An advanced open-source browser-based GUI for the gdb debugger

x64dbg
Platform: Windows
Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/x64dbg/files/snapshots/
More data: https://x64dbg.com/
Category: Debugging and Forensic Tools
Description: An open-source debugger GUI for Windows

Blender
Platform: Windows/Linux/OS X
Download: https://www.blender.org/download/
More Info: https://www.blender.org/features/
Category: Content Tools
Description: An open-source 3D modelling tool which can also be used as a non-linear video editor

FontForge
Platform: Windows/Linux/OS X
Download: https://fontforge.org/en-US/downloads/
More Info: http://designwithfontforge.com/en-US/index.html
Category: Content Tools
Description: THE open-source font creator/editor

Inkscape
Platform: Windows/Linux/OS X
Download: https://inkscape.org/release/
More Info: https://inkscape.org/about/
Category: Content Tools
Description: An open-source vector graphics editor with native SVG capabilities

Krita
Platform: Windows/Linux/OS X
Download: https://krita.org/en/download/
More Info: https://krita.org/en/features/
Category: Content Tools
Description: Open-source digital painting tool

LMMS
Platform: Windows/Linux/OS X
Download: https://lmms.io/download
More Info: https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual
Category: Content Tools
Description: Open-source music-creation studio

SDL
Platform: Windows/Linux/OSX/etc.
Download: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/latest
More Info: https://www.libsdl.org/languages.php
Category: Toolkits and Frameworks
Description: The open-source platform abstraction layer Valve supports and funds for writing game engines that easily port to anything and automatically integrate with Steam's gamepad configurator.