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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Simple program to cap a computer's fan speed at a given RPM
Not looking for cooling curves or anything fancy. Just something that overrides existing behavior to cap the fan speed at a given RPM through a slider control or similar.
Operating system: Windows 10
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Just move those files from one disk to another
Copying and moving files with Windows Explorer is not reliable. Depending on what error you get, the action is interrupted and does not continue, even if you hit the "Skip" button. Here is ...
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Gratis Android application that can download videos from YouTube
I'm looking a gratis Android application that can download videos from YouTube. Neither NewPipe nor Videoder seems to be working anymore to download YouTube videos. I want a GUI (e.g., YouTube-dl CLI ...
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A free program for drawing a molecule using crystallographic data
I have the crystallographic data (Space group, Unit cell dimensions, Fractional coordinates, etc. ) of the compounds I synthesized and studied almost 50 years ago. We, at the time, fed in the data ...
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Diagramming tool with good connector auto-arrangement when I drag connected boxes
I have been using Microsoft Visio. However, when I draw a bunch of boxes, connect them, then drag to rearrange the boxes, the rearrangement of the connectors is non-optimized and ugly.
Is there a ...
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Windows CLI tool to remove a specified line from a section within an `ini` file
Please recommend a gratis Windows CLI tool that allows one to remove a specified line from a section within an ini file.
For example, let's say you have the following ini file:
[settings]
height=100
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VNC replacement
I would like to install VNC viewer on my PC, but the website https://realvnc.com seems not to respond.
Is this a temporary problem (it occured yesterday too), do I need to get that installer somewhere ...
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How to build an online quiz that allows for partial scores and shows a running total of points?
I'm trying to build a simple website that will help people determine if they are eligible for a particular government program. Eligibility is determined by points in various categories (age, ...
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Capture scrolling window screenshot in macOS
Is there any software which can take a scrolling window screenshot? For example, I want to take the screenshot of Terminal which has more content than what is visible in the screen (I am aware of the ...
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More usable gitk
I use git, and for visualization of branches, often use gitk. But - I don't like it:
Most importantly: You can't copy most of the text from there, e.g. commit comments. Aargh!
It doesn't use the same ...
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Gratis JavaScript library to fake TV noise / interference
Related : Animating canvas to look like tv noise
I want to have a small portion of a web page look like it has "TV noise" (if you can think of a better English phrase, please update), and am ...
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Drag and drop extract pages from PDF with free / open source software
some of my colleagues need single pages from within a multi-page PDF document. Using Adobe Acrobat for example, you can go to navigation pane and extract via drag and drop a single page to file ...
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FOSS, Gratis, at-least-web-browser-operated, well-attested, generally considered as secured (and desirably standard) stock trading/investment program
FOSS, gratis, at-least-web-browser-operated (but may also be natively-operated), well-attested, generally considered as secured (and desirably standard) stock trading/investment program.
The program ...
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Free OpenVPN client with per-app split tunneling
Pretty much what the title and tags say. GUI preferred, text configs fine. May agree to an alternative to OpenVPN as long as it has free servers and resulting ping of less than say 300 ms. (This ...
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About the proper data recovery software for deleted partitions ( merged partitions after installing windows)
One of my friend and has tried to install the new windows and merged all the computer partitions and deleted important data from its hard drive, so we are trying to help him to recover its data.
I ...
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Any Self-Hosted Mail 'Client' / 'Relay'
I don't want to setup my own MX server, my domain mail (for a few family members) is currently been handled by a free DNS provider and a free email provider. I have no problem with those, and they are ...
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Identify code-pieces one specific person mainly worked on
a co-worker leaves and I would like to identify parts of the code that might need explanation / handover.
I'm looking for gratis software that helps me to identify parts of the code in a git-...
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Use-as-you-wish AI-generated portraits of human faces
Are there any comprehensive collections of AI-generated portraits of human faces (photorealistic, male/female, old/young, different skin colors, various facial expressions) that are free to use?
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Learning a new programming language
I want to learn a new programming language and that language should combine a few features I know from other programming languages and should avoid the things I dislike from those.
Must have:
object ...
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Free Java library to convert various (as many file types as possible) to PDF
I'm looking for a free Java library to convert various file types (as many file types as possible) to PDF.
By various file types, I mean at least most images, Microsoft office documents (at least Word ...
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Automatic image straightening for documents
Is there a software which, for documents, automatically determines the angle of rotation and straightens the image?
Some applications are able to rotate image by externally given angle. The best I ...
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Sort a Parquet file externally by multiple columns
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I have a Parquet file that is much larger than my memory and would like to sort it according to two columns.
Specifically let's say I have 64GB of memory, a 1TB Parquet file with the columns ...
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Looking for a (free) personal knowledgebase application with tagging (Windows)
I want to store notes/articles (mostly rich text but ideally images too) and tag and date them (dates would be arbitrary and typed manually). Incremental search on any combination of tags, note ...
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Screen recorder with zoom functionality and mouse highlighting
During the recording, I need to zoom at the place where the mouse cursor is. So, I need software where I can press and hold a button (or something like that) to zoom in and when I release the button ...
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Gratis and GUI program to create separate compressed file archives (e.g., .zip or .7z) for each selected file/directory
I'm looking for a GUI, free program for Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 that can create separate compressed file archives (e.g., .zip or .7z) for each selected file/directory.
For example, if I select 10 ...
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Genymotion alternative with the same features
I am a developer and recently started working with React-Native to develop mobile app.
Those started using Genymotion as emulator. But there is some issue with Genymotion.
First off the emulator dose ...
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On a Windows PC, is there a software that I can automate a left down mouse-click at a specific location using a keyboard shortcut
I have checked out the recommendations of this page. However, I've found that "AutoHotKey" has a pretty steep learning curve and "Auto Mouse Click Generator" does not have the ...
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Finding a binary in a binary
I have a task where I need to proof that one binary file contains another binary file. "No problem", I thought, "that's what a diff-tool is there for". Unfortunately it didn't give ...
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What's a program for creating a VERY simple offline android app with low coding requirement?
This might come off as a weird or stupid question but please bear with me
In short, my concern is making an app that lets me design very simple animations and can read and display real-time and date, ...
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QR code reader for Android 10 and better
I've been using the old XZing barcode scanner. It's been a workhorse for almost as long as I've been using Android but with Android 10 and 11 I've had... odd issues like the app being stuck upside ...
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What is using all of my Android's RAM?
So, I juts got a new 'phone. It's China-no-name, but I bought it from Amazon.
I have used it for 1 day. I did install 15 or 20 apps, but was careful to select SD card as data storage for them where I ...
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Putty clone that does not store settings in Registry
I have a hard time migrating the Putty settings from the Registry to my new machine.
Therefore I'm looking for a Putty clone that
either stores the settings in a file format, so that it's possible to ...
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MIDI editor with ability to export to mp3 or Ogg Vorbis using DosBox-style sound card emulation?
I'm looking for a lightweight digital audio workstation (DAW) program built for editing MIDIs and exporting them to a modern compressed format (such as mp3 or Ogg Vorbis) through emulated sound cards ...
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Unicode character picker
Too many times I find myself googling "Unicode " to find a Unicode character suitable for my needs. I'm now trying to replace that silly procedure with something more reproducible and ...
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Convert MSG files to EML files
I need to convert Outlook Emails in MSG file format into the EML file format.
Other requirements:
does not send the data to "the cloud" or some online service for conversion
does not have ...
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Windows 10 - gratis app to keep touchpad always active
New laptop. It seems that a double tap can en/dis-able the touchpad.
Theoretically. In practice, I want it constantly enabled, but while my palm accidentally brushing against it disables it, double ...
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PDF printer free
I am looking for a PDF printer (i.e. a "virtual printer" producing PDF files, which can be used by any application just like any other printer) which is able to parse <a href='http://www....
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Gratis text to speech Windows app which does not need training
I am trying to follow a video tutorial which is simply too fast. I have to pause every 5 seconds to try ot take notes.
Is there a gratis text to speech Windows app which does not need training?
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How to use MySQL cloud services (gratis)?
I am new to web development. My team is planning to create a dynamic website as a project. I want to have a relational database (MySQL) but all tutorials seem to use MySQL and PHP locally. We want to ...
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From Independent Open Source - Software server to Protocols and Encrypting? [closed]
The idea is to create an app that would for an example take a standard USB or old laptop. And to turn it into a cloud that is similar to that of Google Drive. The difference would be, that instead of ...
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convert pencil handwriting to pen handwriting online free
I have pdfs of my homework assignment written in pencil. I was supposed to write it in pen. I am looking for a software that changes the colour of my handwriting to blue/black colour. Please help, ...
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Free Android app to track quitting bad habits
I am looking for an Android app or a way to track quitting bad habits.
There are many such apps on Google Play, but it seems that most of them are time-based, e.g., tracking hours or days of being ...
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How to detect voice/singing in music?
I am looking for a free command line (Linux) tool, or a python package, that checks an audio file (music) for voice/singing in it. I have a lot of music pieces; some are with singing and some are ...
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Creating in 3D to transfer into 2D black and white line art?
For Windows 10 environment.
I draw graphic novels/comics. I want to create environments, mostly city scapes, buildings, towers, that I can import as simple black and white line art into my comics ...
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Survey tool with custom questions
I hope this is the right place for this. If not, feel free to tell me a better place to post this.
Basically, I have about 100 clients, and I wish to send these clients a survey/questionnaire. I have ...
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Online app which generates beats sounds and allows user to download sound file
Looking for an online service or an app which allows user to combines sounds of two different frequencies and generates the sound. Also the user should have the option to download the generated sound ...
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Collaborative brainstorming tool
In the good old days, when you could meet with a group of people, we would often brainstorm using large sheets of paper and post-it or sticky notes.
Seeing meetings these days are mostly limited to MS ...
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Free Windows text search and replace across multiple files and directories (binary, archives office and PDF too would be nice)
One text search & replace to rule them all
We currently have 27 questions tagged text-search, and none of them really satisfy my requirements.
So, let's try for the one all-encompassing text ...
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Small (1 x 1) Android clock (widget)
Even when grouping icons, my Android home screen is becoming crowded.
I am looking for a 1 x 1 solution. I.e something that only takes up as much space as a standard icon.
Must be gratis and offer a ...
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Free tool/framework/program to create high quality rest API documentation?
Could you please recommend free tool/framework/program to create high quality rest API documentation?
Thank you