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    Apache OpenOffice

    Apache OpenOffice

    The free and Open Source productivity suite

    Free alternative for Office productivity tools: Apache OpenOffice - formerly known as OpenOffice.org - is an open-source office productivity software suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, graphics, formula editor, and database management applications. OpenOffice is available in many languages, works on all common computers, stores data in ODF - the international open standard format - and is able to read and write files in other formats, included the format used by the most common office suite packages. OpenOffice is also able to export files in PDF format. OpenOffice has supported extensions, in a similar manner to Mozilla Firefox, making easy to add new functionality to an existing OpenOffice installation.
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    Downloads: 326,004 This Week
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    KDiff3

    KDiff3

    A graphical text difference analyzer

    This repository is no longer maintained and is kept for archival purposes. See https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kdiff3 for the newest code and https://download.kde.org/stable/kdiff3/ for release bundles. All bugs should be filed at bugs.kde.org. KDiff3 is a graphical text difference analyzer for up to 3 input files, provides character-by-character analysis and a text merge tool with integrated editor. It can also compare and merge directories. Platform-independant.
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    Downloads: 2,486 This Week
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    OmegaT - multiplatform CAT tool

    OmegaT - multiplatform CAT tool

    The free computer aided translation (CAT) tool for professionals

    OmegaT is a free and open source multiplatform Computer Assisted Translation tool with fuzzy matching, translation memory, keyword search, glossaries, and translation leveraging into updated projects.
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    Downloads: 1,571 This Week
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    AkelPad
    A simple notepad-like text editor with many features. It is designed to be a small and fast.
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    Downloads: 1,407 This Week
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    LibreOffice

    LibreOffice

    A free and powerful office suite

    LibreOffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice. Its clean interface and feature-rich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. LibreOffice is Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) – development is open to new talent and new ideas, and our software is tested and used daily by a large and devoted user community. Your documents will look professional and clean, regardless of their purpose: a letter, a master thesis, a brochure, financial reports, marketing presentations, technical drawings and diagrams. LibreOffice makes your work look great while you focus on the content, thanks to its powerful styles system and structuring tools. LibreOffice is compatible with a wide range of document formats such as Microsoft® Word (.doc, .docx), Excel (.xls, .xlsx), PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx) and Publisher. But LibreOffice goes much further with its native support for a modern and open standard (OpenDocument Format).
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    Downloads: 709 This Week
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    jEdit

    jEdit

    jEdit is a programmer's text editor written in Java.

    jEdit is a programmer's text editor written in Java. It uses the Swing toolkit for the GUI and can be configured as a rather powerful IDE through the use of its plugin architecture.
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    Downloads: 609 This Week
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    QPrompt

    QPrompt

    Personal teleprompter software for all video makers.

    Free teleprompter software for all video creators. Built with ease of use, fast performance, control accuracy, and cross-platform support in mind. QPrompt works with studio teleprompters and tablet teleprompters, cellphones, and webcams. It was also designed for use in video conferences.
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    Downloads: 956 This Week
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    Allows editing of any size file in hexadecimal, decimal and ASCII. A great tool that allows you to edit and analyze the contents for either the data or resource fork of any type of file. 68K, PPC and Carbon run on MacOS 7-9 and X.
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    Downloads: 217 This Week
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    Arabic Keyboard

    Arabic Keyboard

    Arabic Keyboard Phonetic

    Can't Remember the Position of Arabic Letters on your Keyboard? Try This Phonetic Arabic Keyboard Layout. Letters correspond to Latin / English / German Letters of similar pronunciation, which makes it much faster and easier to type. Example: the Arabic Letter Meem "م" can be typed by pressing "M". They Layout can be either used online on arab-key.com or installed as a System Language for macOS and Windows. Includes Arabic, Persian, Kurdish Letters. All Features Free
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    Downloads: 145 This Week
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    Grafana: The open and composable observability platform

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    SynWrite

    SynWrite

    Advanced text editor for programmers and Notepad replacement.

    SynWrite is a free source code editor, HTML editor, and Notepad replacement for Windows systems. It is a full-featured alternative not only to simple Notepad, but also to professional editors.
    Downloads: 97 This Week
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    biblatex
    Biblatex is a LaTeX package which provides full-featured bibliographic facilities
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    Downloads: 81 This Week
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    wxMEdit

    wxMEdit

    wxMEdit, Cross-platform Text/Hex Editor, Improved Version of MadEdit

    •Added automatically checking for updates •Added bookmark support •Added right-click context menu for each tab •Added purging histories support •Added selecting a line by triple click •Added FreeBASIC syntax file •Added an option to place configuration files into %APPDATA% directory under Windows •Improved support for Find/Replace •Improved Mac OS X support •Improved system integration under Windows •Improved encoding detection result •Improved Hex editing support •Added more choices for data format copying/pasting in Hex Area •Added new feature: Paste with Overwriting in Hex Area •Improved encoding support --Added grouping of encodings --Added new encodings: ISO-8859-16,CP1258,KOI8-R/U,GB18030,CP850,CP852,CP855,CP866,CP437 for ASCII-Art •Redesigned dialogs with Code::Blocks wxSmith •Updated translations --Added Spanish,Russian,German,Polish translation --Updated Chinese and Japanese translations •Other fixes and changes
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    Downloads: 122 This Week
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    Pootle, Virtaal & Translate Toolkit

    Pootle, Virtaal & Translate Toolkit

    Localization tools built by localizers for localizers

    Tools for localization: - Pootle: web based translation management system. - Virtaal: Computer Aided Translation (CAT) tool. - Translate Toolkit: QA, format conversion and support (PO, Java .properties, OpenOffice, Mozilla, XLIFF, TMX, TBX, CSV, Qt .ts).
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    Downloads: 64 This Week
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    OxygenOffice Professional(OOOP, O2OP)is an enhanced version of free OpenOffice.org what is a multi-platform office productivity suite.OxygenOffice Professional contains more extras like templates, cliparts, samples, fonts and VBA support. Get 3.2.1
    Downloads: 39 This Week
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    Vim

    Vim

    Vim - the ubiquitous text editor

    Vim is a highly configurable, keyboard-driven text editor designed to make creating and editing text extremely efficient. It is based on the classic vi editor and comes preinstalled as “vi” on most UNIX systems and macOS. Vim is known for its modal editing approach, which allows users to perform complex text manipulations with minimal keystrokes. It is exceptionally stable and lightweight, making it suitable for everything from quick file edits to large development projects. Vim supports a wide range of customization options, enabling users to tailor workflows to their exact needs. Its active development and long-standing community ensure continuous improvements and long-term reliability. Vim is an improved version of the editor "vi", one of the standard text editors on UNIX systems.
    Downloads: 40 This Week
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    JuffEd
    JuffEd is a free, cross-platform text editor for programmers and advanced users. Has syntax highlighting for many languages, code folding, find/replace using plain text and regexps, code completion, multiple charsets and many other useful features.
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    Downloads: 33 This Week
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    AraWord

    AraWord

    AraWord is a pictogram-based word processor for disabled people.

    AraWord is currently a part of ARASUITE!!!! Pleas, look for ARASUITE in Sourceforge!!!! https://sourceforge.net/projects/arasuite/ AraWord is a word processor that combines pictograms and text to help disabled people. More info: http://www.catedu.es/arasaac/index.php
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    Downloads: 114 This Week
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    GloboNote

    GloboNote

    Create sticky notes, to-do list, journals & reminders all in one app

    GloboNote is a free and easy to use desktop note taking application. It lets you create sticky notes, to-do lists, journals, reminders and other notes in one place. There are no limits to the number of sticky notes you can create. Notes can be organize by groups and search using the search tool. GloboNote can be run in any OS that has Java 8 installed.
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    Downloads: 20 This Week
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    Jaxe
    Jaxe is a free Java XML editor with a configurable GUI, using XML schemas for validation and XSL for exports in HTML or XML.
    Downloads: 17 This Week
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    Steganos LockNote
    Store your most valuable notes in a LockNote. Hide your everyday notes in a safe place. Application and document in one: the mechanism to encrypt and decrypt a note is part of it. Secure, simple, independent. No installation required.
    Downloads: 19 This Week
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    Canorus

    Canorus

    Music score editor

    Canorus is a free cross-platform music score editor. It supports an unlimited number and length of staffs, polyphony, a MIDI playback of notes, chord markings, lyrics, import/export filters to formats like MIDI, MusicXML, ABC Music, MusiXTeX and LilyPond
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    Downloads: 21 This Week
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    Ada Class Library

    Ada Class Library

    Ada Class Library - an object orientated library for Ada.

    Text search and replace. Scripting (small tool programs). CGI scripts. Execution of external programs (incl. I/O redirection). Garbage Collection. Extendended Booch Components. CD-Recorder
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    Downloads: 64 This Week
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    Diff-ext is an extension for filemanagers such as Windows Explorer and Nautilus that allows to launch diff/merge tools on selected files.
    Downloads: 18 This Week
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    SETEdit is a friendly text editor. It is a text mode application with windows, buttons, mouse support, etc. The main target of the project are programmers so the editor is mainly oriented to programming.
    Downloads: 20 This Week
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    htmlarea

    htmlarea

    Small, powerful, full featured WYSIWYG editor

    HTMLArea 4 is a browser based WYSIWYG editor that easily replaces the TEXTAREA in your web pages. It is written in JavaScript, and suitable for use in any modern web browser, and any page on your web site. Current version is 4.0-2016-08-29
    Downloads: 21 This Week
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