Internet & Web

Free Internet & Web Tools

Browsers, email clients, FTP tools, VPN software, and more — the free software ecosystem dominates internet tools.

Web Browsers

Mozilla Firefox

MPL 2.0

Firefox is the flagship browser of the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping the internet open and accessible. It remains the most capable privacy-respecting mainstream browser, with an enormous extension ecosystem, container tabs for separating browsing contexts, enhanced tracking protection, and regular performance improvements.

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Brave Browser

MPL 2.0

Brave is a Chromium-based browser with aggressive built-in ad and tracker blocking, a native password manager, and optional access to Tor for private browsing windows. It loads pages faster than Chrome on most hardware because it blocks the data loaded by ads and trackers.

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Email Clients

Mozilla Thunderbird

MPL 2.0

Thunderbird is the email client developed alongside Firefox by the Mozilla Foundation. It handles multiple email accounts, supports IMAP and POP3, has powerful search and filtering, and a large collection of add-ons. Recent versions added a unified calendar, task manager, and chat — making it a complete personal information manager.

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FTP & File Transfer

FileZilla

GPL v2

FileZilla has been the standard free FTP client for over two decades. It supports FTP, FTPS, and SFTP with a clean two-pane interface, drag-and-drop transfers, transfer queue management, and bookmarked server connections. The server edition is also free and runs on Windows.

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WinSCP

GPL v3

WinSCP focuses on secure file transfer protocols: SFTP, SCP, FTP, and WebDAV. Its interface resembles a dual-pane file manager, making it intuitive for anyone familiar with Windows Explorer. Supports scripting and integration with PuTTY for SSH connections.

Download Managers

qBittorrent

GPL v2

qBittorrent is the open-source, ad-free alternative to uTorrent. It is a full-featured BitTorrent client with a built-in search engine, sequential downloading, RSS feed management, IP filtering, web UI for remote management, and a clean interface that doesn't bombard you with upgrade prompts.

Windows / macOS / Linux Official Site →

Free Download Manager

Freeware

Free Download Manager accelerates HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and BitTorrent downloads with multi-threading and pause/resume support. It integrates with browsers, handles password-protected downloads, and includes a built-in video downloader for common streaming sites.

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VPN & Privacy Tools

Proton VPN Free

GPL v3

Proton VPN's free tier is unusual in the VPN market: no data limits, no logs, and servers in three countries (US, Netherlands, Japan). The free plan is supported by paid subscribers and run by the Swiss privacy company behind ProtonMail. It doesn't offer the fastest speeds or the broadest server selection, but it's the most trustworthy free VPN available.

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RSS & Podcast Tools

gPodder

GPL v3

gPodder is a cross-platform podcast manager and downloader. It subscribes to any podcast RSS feed, automatically downloads new episodes, and syncs your subscriptions with the open gPodder.net service. Lightweight and focused on doing one thing well.

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FreshRSS

AGPL v3

FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS/Atom feed aggregator with a clean web interface. If you're comfortable running your own server or a local PHP environment, it gives you complete control over your news feed with no subscription, no tracking, and no algorithm deciding what you see.

Self-hosted Official Site →