# Your ONE recommendation for FREE software? **URL:** \ **Category:** Other\ **Created:** [19 July 2022 23:11 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610 "2022-07-19T23:11:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarkusWinter](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/markuswinter/32/32_2.png) [@MarkusWinter](https://ifnotnil.com/u/MarkusWinter)\ **Post date:** [19 July 2022 23:11 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/1 "2022-07-19T23:11:47Z")
We’ve all been there: people ask for recommendations and are deluged with lots of alternatives. So let’s try to be a bit more exclusive: If you had just ONE piece of FREE software to recommend - which one would it be? My vote goes to Quiver as the more I use it, the more I love it: > **[‎Quiver - take better notes](https://apps.apple.com/de/app/quiver-take-better-notes/id866773894?l=en&mt=12)** > > ‎Quiver is a notebook built for programmers. It lets you easily mix text, code, Markdown and LaTeX within one note, edit code with an awesome code editor, live preview Markdown and LaTeX, and find any note instantly via the full-text search. > > \# Mix... **NO LONGER FREE SO DISQUALIFIED** ---
**Author:** ![DaveS](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/daves/32/79_2.png) [@DaveS](https://ifnotnil.com/u/DaveS)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 01:10 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/2 "2022-07-20T01:10:29Z")
The one piece of free software that I use the most and adds to my daily workflow? **APPLE SWIFT** hands down ---
**Author:** ![jmadren](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/jmadren/32/65_2.png) [@jmadren](https://ifnotnil.com/u/jmadren)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 03:23 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/3 "2022-07-20T03:23:40Z")
> [@MarkusWinter](#): > > If you had just ONE piece of FREE software to recommend - which one would it be? > > My vote goes to Quiver as the more I use it, the more I love it: Um, it’s not free. ---
**Author:** ![MarkusWinter](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/markuswinter/32/32_2.png) [@MarkusWinter](https://ifnotnil.com/u/MarkusWinter)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 03:30 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/4 "2022-07-20T03:30:13Z")
> [@jmadren](#): > > Um, it’s not free. Interesting. It was free when I got it, and I’m using the latest version without ever having had to pay anything (I don’t even see a price, just an ‘open’ button - and had to open the link from my iPhone to see the price). 🤔 I guess this is a consequence of how the App Store works … My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![jmadren](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/jmadren/32/65_2.png) [@jmadren](https://ifnotnil.com/u/jmadren)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 03:33 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/5 "2022-07-20T03:33:12Z")
> [@MarkusWinter](#): > > Interesting. It was free when I got it, and I’m using the latest version without ever having had to pay anything I figured this was the case. ---
**Author:** ![npalardy](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/npalardy/32/10_2.png) [@npalardy](https://ifnotnil.com/u/npalardy)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 03:33 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/6 "2022-07-20T03:33:23Z")
So make the choice be If you had just ONE piece of software to recommend - which one would it be? Possibly BBEdit since its my goto Swiss army knife for most anything “text and text like” Its open nearly all day every day and in use constantly ---
**Author:** ![Karen](https://ifnotnil.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@Karen](https://ifnotnil.com/u/Karen)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 03:46 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/7 "2022-07-20T03:46:23Z")
I use BBEdit in free mode… that is enough for me. -Karen ---
**Author:** ![DaveS](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/daves/32/79_2.png) [@DaveS](https://ifnotnil.com/u/DaveS)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 05:29 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/8 "2022-07-20T05:29:01Z")
my go to Editor is ULTRAEDIT (by IDM software)… it is not free… Although I got a lifetime license for being a responding beta tester when they made the macOS version ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Wolf](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/bad_wolf/32/2308_2.png) [@Bad\_Wolf](https://ifnotnil.com/u/Bad_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 05:54 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/9 "2022-07-20T05:54:10Z")
Python ---
**Author:** ![Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/garry/32/2_2.png) [@Garry](https://ifnotnil.com/u/Garry)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 11:16 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/10 "2022-07-20T11:16:49Z")
[Flutter](https://flutter.dev). ---
**Author:** ![eugenedakin](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/eugenedakin/32/3892_2.png) [@eugenedakin](https://ifnotnil.com/u/eugenedakin)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 12:41 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/11 "2022-07-20T12:41:11Z")
I use C++. It’s used by all operating systems and batteries-are-included. ---
**Author:** ![npalardy](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/npalardy/32/10_2.png) [@npalardy](https://ifnotnil.com/u/npalardy)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 13:08 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/12 "2022-07-20T13:08:21Z")
No baling wire, duct tape and gum ? Pfft how useful can that be 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pjsmith67](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/pjsmith67/32/5028_2.png) [@pjsmith67](https://ifnotnil.com/u/pjsmith67)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 13:15 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/13 "2022-07-20T13:15:41Z")
The editor I seem to to go for everything non-programming related is JOE (Joe’s Own Editor). Its terminal based but when I need to look at or edit a file I always seem to be in the terminal anyway. Its almost always one of the first software packages I install on a new machine. ---
**Author:** ![SteveW](https://ifnotnil.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@SteveW](https://ifnotnil.com/u/SteveW)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 13:16 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/14 "2022-07-20T13:16:23Z")
Firefox, because the alternatives are spyware. ---
**Author:** ![Tim](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/tim/32/13_2.png) [@Tim](https://ifnotnil.com/u/Tim)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 17:50 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/15 "2022-07-20T17:50:09Z")
I cannot live without [FinderMinder](https://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/labs/). It positions new Finder windows into the exact location and size that I want them every time. And it’s totally free 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jmadren](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/jmadren/32/65_2.png) [@jmadren](https://ifnotnil.com/u/jmadren)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 18:21 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/16 "2022-07-20T18:21:49Z")
> [@npalardy](#): > > So make the choice be > > If you had just ONE piece of software to recommend - which one would it be? Given that criteria, and the fact this is for Mac computers (which appears to be the focus), then I nominate [Path Finder](https://www.cocoatech.io/). Or better, stretch the “ONE” meaning to one purchase, and get [Setapp](https://setapp.com/) (though it is a monthly/annual subscription). Then you get Path Finder, Bartender, iStat Menus and many, many more great apps for one reasonable price. ---
**Author:** ![BillG](https://ifnotnil.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BillG](https://ifnotnil.com/u/BillG)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 21:33 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/17 "2022-07-20T21:33:47Z")
I guess for free software (for Mac), I use [Phoenix window manager](https://kasper.github.io/phoenix/) constantly. ---
**Author:** ![prodman](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/prodman/32/81_2.png) [@prodman](https://ifnotnil.com/u/prodman)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 22:04 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/18 "2022-07-20T22:04:08Z")
Interestingly, the only “free” applications in my dock are seven I wrote myself to resolve needs I had/have. Oh, wait, Plugins Pro was free, wasn’t it? The only other free app I occasionally use, that isn’t in my dock for that reason, is Handbrake. ---
**Author:** ![npalardy](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/npalardy/32/10_2.png) [@npalardy](https://ifnotnil.com/u/npalardy)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 22:14 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/19 "2022-07-20T22:14:08Z")
> [@jmadren](#): > > Given that criteria, and the fact this is for Mac computers (which appears to be the focus), then I nominate [Path Finder](https://www.cocoatech.io/). I dont think Markus MEANT it to be macOS specific Nominate something on Windows if you care to ---
**Author:** ![MarkusWinter](https://ifnotnil.com/user_avatar/ifnotnil.com/markuswinter/32/32_2.png) [@MarkusWinter](https://ifnotnil.com/u/MarkusWinter)\ **Post date:** [20 July 2022 23:10 UTC](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610/20 "2022-07-20T23:10:28Z")
Doesn’t have to be Mac, you can recommend one app for each OS … BUT … it should be an APP, not a language (developers 🙄 I guess) [Next page](https://ifnotnil.com/t/your-one-recommendation-for-free-software/2610.md?page=2)