Free Developer Tools for Windows
Editors, terminals and helpers for code, servers, config files and logs. Each download link goes to the developer's official site.
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Notepad++ Text and Code Editor
Fast tabbed editor for code, config files and logs.
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Visual Studio Code Code Editor
Microsoft's free code editor with debugging, Git, a built-in terminal and a huge extension library.
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Python Programming Language
The official Python interpreter for Windows, with pip, IDLE and the standard library.
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Node.js JavaScript Runtime
JavaScript runtime for servers, command-line tools and build tooling, bundled with npm.
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Go Programming Language
Google's open-source Go language: compiler, standard library and go tool for modules, tests and builds.
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Rust Programming Language
Memory-safe systems language installed with rustup: compiler, Cargo package manager and toolchains.
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.NET SDK Developer SDK
Microsoft's open-source SDK for building C#, F# and VB apps; the link installs the .NET 10 LTS SDK.
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Eclipse Temurin Java JDK
Free, TCK-certified OpenJDK builds from Eclipse Adoptium; the link installs the current LTS JDK.
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Git for Windows Version Control Tool
The standard Git build for Windows, with Git Bash, Git GUI and the Git Credential Manager.
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GitHub CLI Command-Line Tool
GitHub's official command-line tool for pull requests, issues, releases, Actions and repos.
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GitButler Git Client
Git client built around parallel and stacked branches, with an undo timeline and a companion CLI.
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Tower Git Client
Polished paid Git client for Windows and Mac with undo, conflict wizard and stacked branches; 30-day trial.
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TortoiseSVN Subversion Client
Subversion (SVN) client built into the Windows Explorer context menu, with icon overlays and diffs.
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GitHub Desktop Git Client
Graphical Git client from GitHub for committing, branching and opening pull requests.
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Docker Desktop Container Platform
Runs Docker containers on Windows with a GUI; free for personal use and small businesses.
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Windows Subsystem for Linux Linux Environment
Microsoft's layer for running real Linux distributions such as Ubuntu and Debian inside Windows.
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Podman Desktop Container Manager
Free open source GUI for Podman containers, pods, images and local Kubernetes clusters.
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Rancher Desktop Container Manager
Free open source app from SUSE for containers and local Kubernetes via K3s on your desktop.
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PowerShell 7 Shell and Scripting Language
Microsoft's open-source, cross-platform shell and scripting language, installed beside Windows PowerShell.
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VirtualBox Virtual Machine App
Run Windows, Linux and other operating systems in virtual machines on your PC.
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VMware Workstation Pro Virtual Machine App
Broadcom's desktop hypervisor for running Windows and Linux virtual machines, free for all uses.
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Visual Studio Community IDE
Microsoft's full IDE for C#, C++ and .NET, free for individuals, students and small teams.
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IntelliJ IDEA Java IDE
JetBrains' Java and Kotlin IDE; core features are free, Ultimate features need a subscription.
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PhpStorm PHP IDE
JetBrains' paid PHP IDE with Laravel, Symfony and WordPress support, Xdebug and PHPUnit; 30-day trial.
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GoLand Go IDE
JetBrains' paid Go IDE with a debugger, test runner, refactoring and database tools; 30-day trial.
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JetBrains Toolbox App IDE Manager
Free JetBrains launcher that installs, updates and rolls back IDEs and opens your recent projects.
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PyCharm Python IDE
JetBrains' Python IDE with free core features and Jupyter support; Pro adds web frameworks.
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RStudio R IDE
Posit's open-source IDE for R with console, editor, plots, debugger and Quarto support.
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Anaconda Distribution Python Distribution
Python distribution with conda, Anaconda Navigator and 600+ data science packages preinstalled.
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Spyder Python IDE
Open-source scientific Python IDE with an editor, IPython console, variable explorer and plots pane.
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JupyterLab Desktop Notebook App
Desktop app for JupyterLab with a bundled Python environment, sessions and remote server connections.
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Positron Data Science IDE
Posit's free data science IDE for Python and R, built on Code OSS with a data explorer and plots pane.
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Android Studio Android IDE
Google's official IDE for Android apps, with the emulator, Compose previews and profilers.
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Arduino IDE Microcontroller IDE
Official open-source editor for writing, compiling and uploading sketches to Arduino boards.
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XAMPP Local Web Server Stack
Local web server bundle with Apache, MariaDB, PHP and Perl and a simple control panel.
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Laragon Local Dev Environment
Portable local dev environment with Apache, Nginx, MySQL, PHP, Node.js and auto virtual hosts.
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Sublime Text Code Editor
Fast code and text editor with multiple cursors and Goto Anything; unlimited evaluation, $99 license.
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EmEditor Text Editor
Fast Windows text and CSV editor for huge files; free for home and school use, Professional is paid.
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UltraEdit Text Editor
Commercial text editor for 10 GB+ files with column mode, multi-caret, FTP/SSH and UltraCompare; 7-day trial.
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Postman API Client
API client for sending and testing HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket requests.
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Hoppscotch API Client
Open-source API client for REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, SSE, Socket.IO and MQTT requests.
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Unity Game Engine
Popular 2D and 3D game engine; Unity Personal is free below $200K in yearly revenue and funding.
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Unreal Engine Game Engine
Epic's real-time 3D engine with source access; free, 5% royalty on game revenue above $1 million.
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WinSCP SFTP and FTP Client
SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and S3 client for Windows with a two-pane file manager and scripting.
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PuTTY SSH Client
Classic SSH and Telnet client for Windows, with serial connections, key tools and saved sessions.
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Termius SSH Client
Modern cross-platform SSH and SFTP client with a host vault; free Starter plan, paid sync.
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Bitvise SSH Client SSH and SFTP Client
Free Windows SSH client with a graphical SFTP browser, terminal and powerful port forwarding.
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MobaXterm Home Edition SSH Client
All-in-one remote toolbox for Windows: tabbed SSH, X server, RDP, VNC and SFTP. Free Home Edition.
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Xshell SSH Client
Tabbed SSH, Telnet and RDP client with a session manager; free for home and school use.
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Windows Terminal Terminal App
Microsoft's tabbed terminal for PowerShell, Command Prompt and WSL, with panes and themes.
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Wireshark Network Protocol Analyzer
Network protocol analyzer that captures and decodes traffic packet by packet.
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Burp Suite Community Edition Web Security Testing Tool
Free manual web security testing toolkit with an intercepting proxy, Repeater and Decoder.
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Fiddler Everywhere Web Debugging Proxy
Web debugging proxy that captures, inspects and modifies HTTP and HTTPS traffic; 10-day trial.
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Charles Proxy Web Debugging Proxy
HTTP and HTTPS debugging proxy with SSL proxying, throttling and breakpoints; 30-day trial.
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VSCodium Code Editor
Community build of VS Code with Microsoft's telemetry and branding removed, under the MIT licence.
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Zed Code Editor
Fast open-source code editor written in Rust, with collaboration and optional AI.
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Neovim Terminal Text Editor
Modern, extensible fork of Vim with Lua configuration and a built-in LSP client.
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Vim Text Editor
Classic modal text editor with a Windows GUI (gVim), scripting and thousands of plugins.
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Notepad3 Text Editor
Light Notepad replacement with syntax highlighting, regex search and code folding.
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Geany Lightweight IDE
Small, fast IDE with syntax highlighting, build commands and a plugin system.
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Kate Text and Code Editor
KDE's advanced text editor with tabs, split views, LSP support and a built-in terminal.
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Eclipse IDE IDE
Open-source IDE for Java, C/C++, PHP and more, installed as ready-made packages.
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Apache NetBeans IDE
Apache's open-source IDE for Java, PHP, HTML and JavaScript with Maven and Gradle support.
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Code::Blocks C and C++ IDE
Open-source C and C++ IDE; the Windows bundle includes the GCC compiler and GDB debugger.
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Godot Engine Game Engine
Open-source 2D and 3D game engine with its own editor, GDScript and C# support.
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GameMaker 2D Game Engine
2D game engine with GML code and visual scripting; free for non-commercial use and learning.
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WebStorm JavaScript IDE
JetBrains' JavaScript and TypeScript IDE, free for non-commercial use; work projects need a subscription.
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Rider .NET IDE
JetBrains' cross-platform .NET and game development IDE, free for non-commercial use.
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CLion C++ IDE
JetBrains' C and C++ IDE with CMake and a bundled toolchain, free for non-commercial use.
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DataGrip Database IDE
JetBrains' SQL IDE for many databases, free for non-commercial use; paid for professional work.
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Sublime Merge Git Client
Fast Git client from the makers of Sublime Text; unlimited evaluation, $99 personal license.
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Fork Git Client
Fast Git client with interactive rebase and a merge conflict resolver; free evaluation, $59.99 license.
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GitKraken Desktop Git Client
Visual Git client with a commit graph and merge tool; free only for local and public repositories.
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Sourcetree Git Client
Atlassian's free Git client with a visual commit graph, staging and branch tools.
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TortoiseGit Git Client
Git client built into Windows Explorer: commit, pull and diff from the right-click menu.
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Git Extensions Git Client
Open-source Windows Git GUI with a commit graph, file history, blame and Explorer integration.
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Beyond Compare File Compare Tool
File and folder comparison tool with merge and sync; 30-day trial, then a $35 one-time license.
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WinMerge File Compare Tool
Compare and merge files and folders side by side, with text, image and table views.
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Insomnia API Client
Open-source API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket with local, Git or cloud storage.
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Bruno API Client
Offline, open-source API client that saves requests as plain files in your Git repository.
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DBeaver Community Database Client
Universal database client for SQL databases with a query editor, data grid and ER diagrams.
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Beekeeper Studio Database Client
Open-source SQL editor and database manager for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server and more.
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DbGate Database Client
Open-source SQL and NoSQL database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB and Redis.
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Navicat Premium Lite Database Client
Free edition of Navicat for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, MongoDB and Redis.
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SQL Server Management Studio Database Management Tool
Microsoft's free tool for managing SQL Server and Azure SQL: queries, backups, security and tuning.
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Redis Insight Redis GUI Client
Official Redis GUI for browsing keys, running commands and profiling Redis databases.
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HeidiSQL Database Client
Lightweight client for MariaDB, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases.
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TablePlus Database Client
Native GUI client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and more; limited free trial, $99 one-time license.
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MySQL Workbench Database Tool
Oracle's official MySQL tool for SQL queries, visual schema design, server administration and migration.
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pgAdmin 4 Database Tool
Official open-source PostgreSQL admin tool with a query tool, object browser and server dashboards.
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DB Browser for SQLite SQLite Editor
Open-source visual editor for SQLite database files: browse tables, edit data and run SQL.
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MongoDB Compass Database Tool
MongoDB's official free GUI to browse documents, build queries and aggregations and check indexes.
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Tabby Terminal Emulator
Open-source, highly configurable terminal with a built-in SSH, SFTP, Telnet and serial client.
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WezTerm Terminal Emulator
GPU-accelerated, open-source terminal emulator and multiplexer configured with Lua scripts.
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DevToys Developer Utilities App
Offline toolbox for developers: JSON and YAML converters, Base64, JWT, hashes, regex and more.
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HxD Hex Editor
Fast freeware hex editor for files of any size, raw disks and process memory (RAM).
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ImHex Hex Editor
Open-source hex editor for reverse engineering with a pattern language, disassembler and diffing.
