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.
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Drag and drop free video fire effect software for Windows
I have a drag and drop free video effects software for Windows which is good for adding effects like rain, snow, fog, etc. to videos. It also has the effect of adding fire, but you can't locate the ...
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Is there a name for these kind of website template or can you suggest some free/open-source website template similar to this?
I am developing a static website for which I would like to include a default template something like this: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/global-logistics-solutions-isometric-landing-...
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What is a good software or plugin for Email tracker?
I am searching for a gratis software that enable me to track my email to the sender. Is there one that does not require me to upgrade or pay? My OS is Windows 10.
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Free cloud solution to run an HTTP request every hour
I'm looking to hit a serverless function every 60 minutes with an HTTP request.
I don't want this to run on my own desktop/laptop/phone but in a cloud/online service so I'm sure it won't stop.
It has ...
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Is there a free software that helps you cut a video and export it under XXX Mo?
My teammate oftenely need to cut and export videos under 500Mo. The source files are too long and too heavy to be uploaded on a plateform. So they need to be cut in parts that are under 500Mo.
I don't ...
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Gratis self-hosted time-tracking web service for teams
Recently a court in Germany decided that employers need to track their employees working time. However, several companies who have a remote-working setup don't do that - they just trust their ...
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A utility to demultiplex/extract tracks from an MP4 file
I'm using Linux. If I want to demultiplex a Matroska file, I can use mkvextract to do so. But what if I want to do this with an MPEG4 file (.mp4)? Is there an equivalent or similar utility for ...
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Gratis accountancy package that takes its input from a plain text file (or database; in fact, just not manual data entry)
A friend asked my search for this. Friend is UK based, if that makes any difference, accountancy wise.
Friend has a software application which someone else developed and which I am to take over.
Since ...
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Is there a free remote desktop program with serial port forwarding for Windows?
I'm looking for a free alternative to Windows built-in remote desktop client mstsc.exe that supports serial port forwarding.
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Free code quality / code coverage plugin or service for GitHub
I am looking for a plugin or service that I can connect to the GitHub repository so that:
checked the quality of the code,
generate code coverage reports in the project
The project is Open Source in ...
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How can I re-compress an image within a PDF?
I have a PDF document which I want to reduce in size. I've already tried PyPDF2 File Size reductions:
from PyPDF2 import PdfReader, PdfWriter
reader = PdfReader("example.pdf")
writer = ...
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Software to read S.M.A.R.T. (SMART) values from USB hard disk drives (Windows)
Please recommend Windows software that can read S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology; often written as SMART) values from hard disk drives (HDDs) that are connected via USB.
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How can I unlock track changes on a DOCX file without the password?
I have a Microsoft Word DOCX file that has been sent to me with track changes locked. The edits I made have rendered the tracked changes very messy, so I would like to be able to unlock and turn off ...
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Delete all but n most recent files?
I need a good tool, preferably a purpose-built, not a Swiss Army knife, and definitely free.
The tool will only allow a maximum number of files - or maybe files of a certain wildcard match - in a ...
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Simple-but-not-too-simple drawing/image editing program
For years now I have retained an old copy of Jasc Paint Shop Pro 6 because I haven't been able to find any other software that provides the combination of simplicity and power that it has. Part of it ...
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Self-service virtual machines on multiple nodes with GPUs
I have 6 nodes with multiple GPUs each. I also have 30 professional users (not all trusted) that, from time to time, want to run some GPU-intensive computational jobs.
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Tool to Visualize Timespans across Timezones
Context: I'm trying to get an overview of when different people around the globe are typically available, based on their typical times of availability and their timezone.
Software searched for: A tool ...
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Program that types pre set things for me
I like to solve killer sudoku puzzles online and I find myself typing every number in a cell a lot. I am wondering if anyone knows a program that I can set to type them all out quickly when I input a ...
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Pomodoro app for OSX, that can be downloaded outside the App Store
In order to be more productive and reduce the risk of RSI, I need an app that reminds me to take regular breaks. I used to use Be Focused and I liked it a lot:
simple yet effective interface
non-...
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Easy Resource Blocking Tool
I am looking for an very easy to use freeware tool to block resources.
Say I have a car pool of 3 cars and I want to share it with a group of people.
A person should be able to input the date and time ...
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Remind me when I haven't done X for 10 days (and button to click whenever I do X)
I must do a particular activity at least every 10 days. I sometimes do it more often, and sometimes I am busy and the task slips away.
Recurring reminder/task is not a good option: Let's say I should ...
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Simple "quick & dirty" stats for C++ containers/ranges
I'm looking for a small header-only library which takes a C++ container (or range, or iterator pair) with numbers, and gives you some basic stats about it: average, variation, kurtosis, standard ...
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Animate Illustrated Images
I'm looking for some free software that can make an illustration into a video. So if I have an illustration of a carrot I want the software to make a video zooming in and out of the carrot, making the ...
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Floor Plan Software
I'm looking for free software that I can run on a Mac or browser that lets me import an existing architectural drawing (preferably in pdf format) that will then let me draw shapes representing ...
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Which JavaScript logger for me?
I am looking for a flexible logging system. I had thought that Winston was it, but I just can't get the filtering that I want to work (feel free to answer my S.O question ;-)
I want to be able to log ...
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C++ Project Reader - no compiling required
I am looking for an application to help me read the source code for a C++ project I have been given. I won't be doing any actual editing or compiling of the code though; I'm just reading through the ...
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SFTP server hosting library for .NET Core / 5 / 6
Is there a library to host a SFTP server from .NET Core / 5 / 6? I found this one but it costs money
https://www.rebex.net/file-server/
Basically I need a very simple library were I can host a SFTP ...
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Android app to get a picture pixel's position
I have a picture on my phone, and want to know at what x,y a certain pixel is.
For instance there is a dog around the pixel x=259 y=437 (from the top-left) and I need to paste these pixel coordinates ...
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Regular expression search for multiple files with summary for Regex groups
I have a lot of files to search (17000+). I would like to search the file content using a regular expression. Unlike all programs that I know until now, I don't want to get a list of files (there will ...
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Generate schema diagram for Firebase
I have been using MySql for a few decades now and have just inherited a code base which uses FireBase, of which I have zero previous experience.
My first thought is to look at the database schema, to ...
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Offline periodic reminders and alerts app for iOS designed for rapid and accurate creation/visualization/removal of events
I want an iOS app where I can bring up a calendar schedule, click on any part of a day, and create alerts that may be one-time or recurring WITHOUT cloud sync.
I'd use the built-in Calendar app but ...
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Teleprompter software
I'm trying to record a few videos with children and neither me nor them can remember the whole text. Reading the text from a sheet of paper works, but does not look good. It would be much better to ...
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Tools or Software for Text Analysis
Does anyone know of or use (preferably free) tools or software that allow you to search in text documents for certain words, and then add an identifying code to them for later analysis?
It would also ...
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Chat-messengers for Android and Windows devices, but not American or Russian
As it's been a bit noisy these days, I've thought that it may be a good time to migrate to a new chat-messenger.
Yes, I've decided to quit WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram. No need to worry about my mates, ...
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I want to create a static website based on JSON data. Which technology should I pick?
We want to create a website quite similar to a blog.
We have a JSON file containing our data:
[{
"name": "Anna",
"age": 15,
"tags": ["nice", &...
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Magnifier tool for Windows with more options than the built-in magnifier tool
I'm looking for a "Magnifier" freeware for Windows, that offers more customization that the built-in magnifier:
I'd like to be able to customize the shortcuts, the smoothness / speed of the ...
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What software to view EXR "videos" (single images on disk)
With Blender I can render my animations as single frames. When rendering as PNG, the pixel values might get clipped, so I am trying to render to an HDR format which keeps the brightness information.
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Free and Open Source C compilers for PIC10 family of Microchip microcontrollers?
I am looking for Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) C compiler(s) for the PIC10FXXX family of microcontrollers (MCU). What I have found so far:
Small Device C Compiler (SDCC): As reported ...
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Remote desktop software that allows connection of multiple users concurrently
My team's remote device is a Linux machine running Ubuntu 20.04. We are looking for a remote desktop software with the following qualities:
multiple separate users concurrently can connect and use ...
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Working web proxy to acces blocked content
Some of you might know this problem, want to watch a video on youtube, but got the mesage, that video is not avaible in your country. On some other websites you even geting mesage about content not ...
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Is there a non-awful free word processor for Windows?
I've really tried to use LibreOffice (and previously the near-identical Open Office). It's sadly garbage. Two of the main annoyances/show-stoppers are:
It has no "dark theme", so it kills ...
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Converting a REG file to code
I have a Windows Registry file (.REG), which is entered into the Registry when being double clicked.
Now I want to achieve the same result in code with C#. Is there a tool which could convert the REG ...
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Gratis Android application that can remove the cache of all my Android applications at once
I'm looking for a gratis Android application that can remove the cache of all my Android applications at once.
CCleaner doesn't do it for free:
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Kitchen oven scheduler for multiple parallel dishes
I'm looking for a free Android app that helps with preparing several kinds of food in parallel, with the goal of getting everything ready at more roughly the same time.
For example, I might like to ...
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Free software for automatically drawing UML from Python source code
Can you suggest a free software or open source library that automatically draw a UML given Python source code as input?
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C++ library for creating temporary files and directories, and their names
I'm looking for a small C++ library (i.e. not Boost), which can do the following:
Create a new unique single-path-element (file name, directory name) for use for a temporary file or directory
Create ...
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Software for forensic analysis
I am looking for software, which helps with forensic analysis of .exe-files, especially, if the analysied file
modifies the registry
creates, modifies or deletes other files
opens network connections
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Software to bulk/batch convert thousands of PNG image files to JPG without changing timestamps (Windows)
I'm looking for gratis Windows software to bulk/batch convert thousands of PNG image files to JPG. The big requirement is that both the created and modified timestamps of the files must be maintained....
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Gratis Windows program to burn large MKV files to old style CD movies
I have some holiday movies, generally, one 3 gB, one > 10gB as MKV files and want to give copies to a friend.
Said friend is very old school, so they need to be burned as movie standard (*.VOB?), ...
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Gratis iOS application to track how much WiFi data I currently use
I'm looking a gratis iOS application that can track how much WiFi data I currently use.
I am aware of the the following applications, but they are not gratis:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/system-...
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