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Software to run on the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems.
3188 questions
5 asked this week, 28 this month
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…
1966 questions
13 asked this month, 178 this year
Software to run on, or interact with, the Android operating system. For non-recommendation questions, please ask on android.stackexchange.com, or stackoverflow.com for programming Android applications…
1753 questions
8 asked this week, 20 this month
Software to run on the Linux operating system.
1714 questions
5 asked this week, 11 this month
Software required to be open-source. This is not to be confused with "gratis" software, which is free of cost. Open-source, sometimes called "free" or "libre" software, has the original source code fr…
1547 questions
14 asked this month, 319 this year
Software that has a user interface appearing in a web browser. These applications may run on third-party servers or be self-hosted.
1236 questions
6 asked this week, 17 this month
Software requests regarding python programming language, Python IDE's, and Python development tools.
921 questions
13 asked this month, 529 this year
Code libraries to write programs to accomplish specific tasks. Please use this tag together with one for the associated programming language.
880 questions
215 asked this year
JavaScript libraries, frameworks, plugins and JavaScript software development tools
859 questions
15 asked this month, 357 this year
Java development tools and libraries for Java.
759 questions
5 asked this month, 287 this year
Software for a database or an application related to one or more databases . For specific databases, please use the specific tag (see wiki).
628 questions
11 asked this month, 232 this year
Software tools used during the development of other software.
603 questions
7 asked this month, 150 this year
Software that manipulates PDF (Portable Document Format) files: converting to or from PDF, printing, editing, assembling or splitting, …
597 questions
8 asked this month, 135 this year
Software to run on Apple's OS X operating system.
576 questions
66 asked this year
Software related to the C++ programming language, including development environments, editors, compilers, analyzers, and libraries.
540 questions
5 asked this month, 184 this year
Software to create or manipulate video files.
511 questions
5 asked this month, 88 this year
Tools used during the development of web-apps or websites.
476 questions
5 asked this month, 156 this year
Software related to HTML, the main markup language used in the creation of web pages.
474 questions
6 asked this month, 142 this year
Software specifically for Windows 7. Please tag with [windows] instead unless your question involves functions specific to Windows 7.
447 questions
25 asked this year
Software to run on the iOS operating system series developed and sold by Apple Inc. For questions involving Apple hardware, software, and services see also apple.stackexchange.com. For general compute…
444 questions
127 asked this year
Software for handling images and graphics, including creating, editing, converting, organizing, and printing.
426 questions
83 asked this year
Libraries in C# and software to develop C# programs. C# is an object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft within its .NET Framework.
420 questions
182 asked this year
Software to create, read, record, or modify audio.
407 questions
6 asked this month, 78 this year
Integrated development environments (IDEs) for, libraries to use with, or products based upon the PHP language.
406 questions
151 asked this year
Software to manage files stored on device(s), network(s), and/or in the cloud.
379 questions
53 asked this year
if one of the software requirements is an Application Programming Interface (API), e.g. besides a graphical user interface (GUI), commandline interface (CLI) or web interface.
362 questions
182 asked this year
Software to perform actions by itself without actively being supervised by a user.
340 questions
140 asked this year
Software to read/write/manage emails (client-side), or to process them (server-side).
338 questions
71 asked this year
web browser software and web browser add-ons. If you are specifically looking for a Firefox or Chrome add-on/extension/plugin, use the tag [firefox] or [chrome] instead.
337 questions
75 asked this year
Software specifically for Windows 10. Please tag with [windows] instead unless your question involves functions specific to Windows 10.
334 questions
93 asked this year
Extensions or programs that work with Google's Chrome web browser.
316 questions
48 asked this year
Questions seeking recommendations which have a graphical user interface (CLI) and where a command-line interface (CLI) answer would be obvious but does not satisfy your needs.
305 questions
8 asked this month, 81 this year
Software that interacts with a network of computers or other devices.
303 questions
77 asked this year
Software to edit text. Also consider the `html-editor` tag, if appropriate.
297 questions
42 asked this year
a feature of software that brings hard to comprehend information into an optical representation that can be human-readable.
295 questions
5 asked this month, 93 this year
For requests for recommendations of security software. Before using this tag, make sure there's no more specific tag for the software you're after.
281 questions
74 asked this year
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