Links

Websites

Windows software

  • 7-zip – archive (eg. zip) file creation and extraction
  • regex renamer – bulk rename files based on regular expressions
  • find and replace bool – bulk regex based find and replace across files
  • mp3tag – bulk update mp3 file tag information
  • winDirStat – visualize windows directory space usage
  • gow – gnu on windows (unix command-line tools)
  • winscp – sftp client

pdf file manipulation

  • briss – crop pdf files to size
  • pdfsam – split and Merge pdf files

audio / video

  • vlc – VLC Media Player (audio & video) with good codec support
  • audacity – audio editor and recorder

iOS software

  • overcast – podcast app
  • narwhal – reddit client
  • sync.me – contact sync between device, google and facebook
  • vrp 7 – audio recording
  • documents – pdf viewer & editor
  • dictionary universal – stardict viewer
  • calendars 5 – google calendar app
  • pdf expert 5 – pdf editor
  • tiny scan – scan as pdf and save to cloud

Mac software

Available through homebrew and cask

To install these apps, run brew search [tool] to confirm the availability of the tool. and then install it with brew install [tool]. If it is a cask, install it with brew cask install [tool].

  • alfred – spotlight replacement with workflow support
  • atom – opensource code editor
  • bartender – rearrange menu bar items (paid app)
  • bettertouchtool – window snapping and multi-touch management
  • captur – menubar screen capture tool
  • cyberduck – ftp / sftp client
  • flux – manage colour temperature based on time of day
  • itsycal – taskbar calendar
  • jadengeller-helium – floating browser window (eg for streaming video)
  • keepingyouawake – prevent your mac from sleeping
  • meteorologist – menubar weather app
  • miaforgmail – menubar gmail client and notifier
  • smartgit – git client
  • vlc – media player
  • youtube-dl – download youtube videos and extract audio

Other software

The tools below are not yet available through homebrew.

  • afloat – Always on Top with installation script, to keep [some] windows on top
  • menumeters – Monitor cpu/disk/memory/network status in the menubar

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