Questions tagged [gratis]
Software free of financial cost. For software that includes the source code, [open-source] is the best tag. Software can be either [gratis] or [open-source], or both. Only use this tag if "gratis" is a must-have requirement.
2,211
questions
1
vote
0
answers
9
views
FPGA free tools for synthesis and simulation working on Windows 10
As a hobby, I return to programming FPGA systems. I am looking for a free tool for the synthesis and simulation of reprogrammable circuits that work for the Windows 10 operating system. At this point, ...
- 111
1
vote
0
answers
12
views
Free online video cropper
Is there an online (no software to install) free tool that:
allows to crop a video in space (i.e. modify the top left and bottom right corners)
allows to crop a video in time (example: only keep from ...
- 318
1
vote
1
answer
37
views
Free software to block specific websites only for a specific Android device
The desired flow is:
I define websites forbidden to a specific Android device.
If a specific Android device tries to browse them, block them. But but send a notification to another device/pc (...
- 219
0
votes
1
answer
23
views
Freeware program to convert big PDF eg 200MB PDF, to RTF, and compatible with Windows 7?
Is there a freeware program to convert a big PDF (e.g. 200MB) PDF, to RTF, that is compatible with Windows 7?
- 171
1
vote
2
answers
22
views
Prioritise, categorise and share To Do list
I'm looking for a way of creating a To Do list.
There are 4 of us in my team and each person will have a list of tasks. I want to set a priority and category to each task and have each assigned to one ...
- 11
0
votes
0
answers
16
views
Program to check SSD health performance
I need an advice about what program should I use to check health and performance of SSD Drive. I bought some SSD Drives on outlet in a cheap price and now I would like to check them technically.
...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
11
views
Looking for free pdf-viewer with similar annotation capabilities to Zotero
This is what I require, anything else is optional: I must be able to set it as the default pdf-viewer, such that I can simply double-click on a file and start reading (Zotero can't do this, I have to ...
- 1
0
votes
0
answers
12
views
Looking for API that lets me communicate between two of my applications
Im new to APIs in general, so please excuse any questions you may deem trivial - I probably don't :)
Question:
I have two apps, each one on a different machine (lets call them main and second) and an ...
0
votes
1
answer
26
views
Free C++ library implementing hierarchical clustering or alike
Which can cluster small number of points by the given maximum distance between them.
Two dimensions only.
- 101
1
vote
0
answers
54
views
Image background removal tool for Windows (offline)
Background removal tools are possible: Remove BG (online) works nicely, Adobe (online), Removal AI (online; 1 free download only).
But they all don't fit my needs, which are:
works offline
works on ...
- 10.2k
1
vote
0
answers
27
views
Image inpainting offline tool for Windows
Image inpainting seems to be everywhere: Vercel (online) or Cleanup Pictures (online).
But they all don't fit my needs, which are:
works offline
works on Windows (10/11)
is gratis, also for ...
- 10.2k
1
vote
1
answer
138
views
Upscale photos to at least 2x resolution (offline) for Windows
Upscaling images seems to be everywhere: Upscaler Stockphotos (free, online), Gigapixel AI (paid), Big JPG (online; unclear license for offline use)
But they all don't fit my needs, which are:
works ...
- 10.2k
0
votes
2
answers
94
views
API client that can sync via git and costs nothing
My colleagues and I maintain a collection of (REST) requests, that we share via git.
We were happy users of Postman until they removed the import feature.
Our intended replacement Insomnia technically ...
- 171
2
votes
1
answer
66
views
Free tools to generate HTML from a picture
What are free tools to generate HTML from a picture of a website?
Just to quickly implement designers' work into code.
I want to upload a picture and get HTML, CSS from the service.
- 23
1
vote
0
answers
14
views
Looking for tools to summarize or quiz from large PDF/text files
Claude AI chatbot provides the ability to summarize PDF/texts. But it still has a limit, usually if one wants to create a summary of a book the pdf/text file has a lot of words exceeding the limit ...
- 131
1
vote
0
answers
15
views
Software for automated data evaluation and export
We are searching for a (free/open source) software that does the following:
Take raw data from file (csv and tdms, up to several 100MB
uncompressed)
Filter outliers (based on thresholds)
Calculate
...
- 111
0
votes
0
answers
8
views
Need a 500-line AI summary of a text file
I have an 8000-line, 907 KB text file converted from a PDF book and need a 500-line summary using AI tools. Online options have character limits; looking for GitHub libraries or alternative online ...
- 131
0
votes
0
answers
11
views
Can websites be opened without cursor detection by using cloud services or remote access tools?
Is there a way to open a website and move the cursor to another screen or browser on my laptop without the website detecting it?
Typically, this can be achieved by using remote access tools to connect ...
- 131
1
vote
1
answer
70
views
The proxychains equivalent for Windows
I'm already using SSH tunneling by ssh -D 9058 username@5*.**.1*1.1*. I need software on Windows to use this tunnel for specific applications or even for the whole system. It should be free and ...
- 167
2
votes
0
answers
20
views
Switching profiles to "do not disturb" for multiple tools
In my company, different teams use different messaging tools. In total, I have Discord, MS Teams, Zoom and ProCall. At home, stuff is not much different. I use Skype, MS Teams and Discord.
When I want ...
- 10.2k
0
votes
0
answers
11
views
Free SW for mapping the Network
Are there tools that map/scan the LAN and gather (as much as possible) information about the HW and/or network topology? Ideally, it would be great if that tool could also "draw" a topology ...
1
vote
0
answers
12
views
Replacement for Windows camera app
I am looking for a replacement for the built-in Windows 10 camera app.
Like the built-in app, it must
display camera live stream from cameras
take screenshots of cameras
And it must have various ...
- 10.2k
0
votes
0
answers
8
views
Video/audio playback control Chrome extension with settings per URL regex
I'm often listening to sped up videos and looking for an extension that specifically can:
set playback speed of videos (and optionally audio) on different websites, supporting as many players as ...
- 1,300
1
vote
1
answer
22
views
A successor of amarok?
I liked Amarok as a music player, where it's more of a library manager that also plays things rather than a "virtual physical player gadget" in the style of WinAmp. Alas, Amarok seems to be ...
- 3,149
1
vote
1
answer
20
views
C++ performance analysis
I have a program that I optimized for better performance by using multi-threading via C++ execution policies. That way it now uses ~80% of the CPU, which is much better than the 10% before.
However, I ...
- 10.2k
0
votes
0
answers
38
views
Software to take a picture via webcam every X time (e.g. every 20 minutes), over an extended period of time (multiple weeks)
I have a project where I need to consistently be able to capture pictures (preferrably timestamped) over the course of a longer period. I have found some options but many of them either cost, or have ...
- 1
4
votes
2
answers
44
views
free chat app with end-to-end encryption operating on Android and iPhone
What I need is a chat app with the following features:
Has end-to-end encryption.
No mandatory monthly / licensing fees. In other words: a free public service.
Mobile app supporting both Android and ...
- 143
0
votes
2
answers
69
views
Free SVG editor better than Inkscape
I know of the following SVG editors:
BoxySVG
Adobe Animate (formerly Flash Professional)
Adobe Illustrator
ToonBoom Studio
All paid. This is the only one I know that is free and open-source:
...
- 153
0
votes
0
answers
9
views
Repair damaged videos that tend to have infinite times
On Android 10 Samsung Mobile I used a camera app with API 2 enabled ( ? ) . This caused corrupt video recordings. In most such corrupt videos I can see that the time length is infinite even though ...
- 113
0
votes
0
answers
10
views
free cloud or on promise sw for customer support
I a looking for a free customer support (help desk + knowledge base)
for small team
for multiple products
with multi-language support (English + Czech is a must)
submission of tickets (and preferably ...
- 121
0
votes
0
answers
27
views
Agenda/Session Scheduler (to automatically assign timeslots)
I am looking for an optimization tool that can schedule sessions with assigned participants in such a way that participants can attend all of their assigned sessions (i.e. no participant would have to ...
- 271
0
votes
0
answers
21
views
Utility for viewing Chrome-trace-format JSONs
Chrome/ium has a trace viewing functionality, accessible via chome://tracing, which can load trace files in a certain JSON format and display them along a timeline. This is nice, but - I would like to ...
- 3,149
0
votes
0
answers
63
views
Free AI music genre recognition for local files
I'm wondering if there's any music genre detection which meets these criteria:
it's free
works on Windows/Linux
works with files on your disk, doesn't have to be offline, but it shouldn't require ...
- 1,300
1
vote
1
answer
21
views
Sanbox app for android
Need suggestions for some good sandbox apps for Android.
I want to install an app and test it, but it's picking up some credentials automatically. So thought of having a sandbox app that could prevent ...
- 113
2
votes
1
answer
50
views
Color blindness simulation
In order to check the perception of color choices, I'd like to be able to simulate color blindness for people with normal eyesight (me, basically).
My goal is to weaken / worsen / decrease the ...
- 10.2k
0
votes
3
answers
104
views
Is there a free modern software to displayer caller ID via Windows TAPI?
In the past there used to be softwares that could monitor caller ID of modems, but they seem to be gone nowadays, certainly the ones that utilize Windows' TAPI. Is there a modern software free or at ...
- 219
1
vote
0
answers
22
views
Freeware File Auditing Software for File Access
Good day,
Can you please recommend me a freeware/open-source solution for file access monitoring on Windows? To give a full background of how our system works currently:
We have a single PC running ...
- 11
0
votes
0
answers
22
views
Use iPhone as WebCam for PC
There are a lot of apps out there that allow you to use your phone as a WebCam and I don't know how to choose, and I'd like to solve this problem by delegating it to someone else. The app must be free ...
- 165
0
votes
0
answers
8
views
Free text messenger with registration without much details
Need suggestions for some good text message android apps where registration can be done only using some random id. Kind of anonymous messaging
- 113
0
votes
0
answers
66
views
Command line tool for scraping flight prices?
I want to have a free-to-use code (ideally from github, ideally in python) to scrape flight prices automatically for various connections, dates, times, airlines etc. which I can run at different times,...
- 169
0
votes
0
answers
21
views
How to change different shades of colors to one color only on specific parts of a photo?
I have photos of people that don't have a single background color behind them.
I would need to redo it completely white. But, since the color has a bunch of different shades, I can't simply fill it.
...
- 25
1
vote
1
answer
30
views
Crop a photo into a circle?
I need to recommend a free software with which I can crop photos into a circle. I found a few (eg here) but they are all online.
Please help
Thank you
- 25
1
vote
1
answer
80
views
An open-source note-taking app that facilitates drawing/handwriting?
I don't know what kind of hardware my device will be yet, but I imagine that it'll be a detachable 2-in-1 that runs Linux. As stated in that link, I plan to get help to add some function(s) into the ...
- 71
0
votes
0
answers
282
views
Downloading a .ts or .m3u8 video using youtube-dl or any other CLI
I am downloading videos from a website using the Video DownloadHelper Firefox extension. Recently I encountered an issue where the audio video is out of sync and the video is playing in a slow mode. ...
- 113
0
votes
0
answers
68
views
Chrome picture in picture extension with options similar to Opera's in-built feature
Is there any "picture in picture" Chrome extension that has these features:
player with options like volume controls and timeline
option for the videos to go automatically into this mode ...
- 1,300
0
votes
1
answer
29
views
Software for renting (a monitor)
we have a company that displays commericals on outdoor monitors.
I would need a software, where I can see when a monitor is booked by whom:
There are up to 10 clients on one monitor at once
I would ...
3
votes
2
answers
102
views
Best software to run Android apps on Linux
I am planning a migration from Windows to a Debian-based distro. I want to run a certain app that is only available as a mobile app.
Is there any way to have applications control their own windows ...
- 165
0
votes
0
answers
15
views
Reduce video size on Android
I need to reduce the size of an Android screencast, on Android.
The screencast is a few seconds long MP4, takes ~50 MB, and I want to reduce it to about 10 MB.
Context: I want to post a screencast to ...
- 19.4k
0
votes
0
answers
90
views
FOSS live language learning apps?
Is there a FOSS alternative to Tandem for doing live, peer-to-peer language learning with native speakers?
- 261
4
votes
4
answers
77
views
Are there specific tools for drawing UML diagrams?
Related to this question, but different because that question is 8 years out of date.
I draw UML diagrams by hand or on PowerPoint, but they quickly become messy as I develop them.
Are there any ...
- 141