List of Free Programs

Last updated Mar 1, 2026

Are you sick of paying a subscription for a necessary program like MS Office or Adobe Photoshop? Do you long for the days when you only had to pay for something one time, then you owned it? Have you found yourself wishing there were decent free programs out there so you could use them instead?

If so, youߴre in luck! Here's a list of free and/or open source programs to try out. Who knows? Maybe after using them for a few months youߴll end up liking them more than whatever you were using before.

This started with me looking up some free alternatives to the popular programs & apps I use. I thought it would be a good resource to have on hand. Hopefully this list helps others in the future, so we can all become less reliant on 'big tech'.

Note that only some of these are Free and Open Source (FOSS). Many are just free. If you have great programs to suggest, send an email to freeprogramalternatives@gmail.com