Recommended Softwares
System Compositions
Currently this category mainly includes package managers and GUI environments.
Python Environment Management
- ππ-πͺππ§ Conda: Development environment manager.
- ππ Conda-Pack: Archive Conda environment.
Windows Package Management
- ππ-πͺ WinGet: Windows application softwares manager.
Mainstream Applications
- ππ-πͺππ§ .NET: A cross-operating-system development platform.
- ππ-πͺππ§ 7-Zip: Archive compression software.
- ππ-πͺππ§ Git: Distributed version control system.
- ππ-πͺππ§ Git Large File Storage: Git large file management expansion.
- ππ-πͺππ§ MiKTeX: Typesetting tool set for TeX ecosystem.
- ππ-πͺππ§ Neovim: TUI text editor and text editing kernel.
- ππ-πͺππ§ Python: Runtime environment of programming language Python.
- ππ pip: pip is the package installer for Python.
- ππ matplotlib: A package for data visualization.
- ππ seaborn: A package for statistic data visualization based on matplotlib.
Commandline Shell
- ππ-πͺππ§ OhMyPosh: Shell display effect configuration tool.
- ππ-πͺππ§ PowerShell: Command line shell. Used both in daily operating and scripting.
Ebook Reader
- ππ-πͺπ§ Okular: An open source ebook reader that support PDF, EPUB etc.
Other choices:
- ππ-πͺ Sumatra PDF: Document viewer.
Image Viewer
This category mainly includes the softwares that can handle a folder of image instead of show only one image. This is for exclude some other softwares that can view single image (e.g. web page browsers, ebook readers etc.).
- ππ-πͺ ImageGlass: Image viewer and gallery browser.
Terminal Emulator
- ππ-πͺππ§π Alacritty: Terminal emulator.
Other choices:
- ππ-πͺ Windows Terminal: Terminal emulator.
Terminal Multiplexer
- ππ-π§ Tmux: An open source terminal multiplexer.
Other choices:
- ππ-π§ GNU Screen: An open source terminal multiplexer. For now, it dosenβt support true color ANSI escape sequence.
Timed Media Player
Audio and video palyer.
- ππ-πͺππ§ VLC: An open source video and audio palyer.
Web Application Client
- ππ-πͺππ§ Firefox: An open source web page browser.
- ππ-πͺππ§ Thunderbird: An open source e-mail client.
- ππ-πͺππ§ππ€ Bitwarden: An open source password management client.
Text Editor and Development Environment Front-end
Mainly use this:
- ππ-πͺππ§ Visual Studio Code: GUI text editor and development environment front-end framework.
Alternative Applications
- ππ-πͺπ§ Nomacs: Image viewer, not support APNG for now.
- π°π-πͺππ§ Typora: Markdown viewer and editor.
For Fun
- ππ-πͺππ§π GNU Emacs: A complex system disguised as a text editor.
Irreplaceable Works
This category focuses more on the gameβs artworks, stories, and level design etc., while other categories focus on mechanics.
- π°π-πͺ Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: A modern military theme FPS game with cinematic experience.
- π°π-πͺ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: A modern military theme FPS game with cinematic experience.
- π°π-πͺ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011): A modern military theme FPS game with cinematic experience.
- π°π-πͺπππ€Gorogoa: A jigsaw puzzle game that cleverly uses optical illusions. Its graphics are quite artistic.
Not Classified
- π°π-πͺπππ€Gorogoa: A jigsaw puzzle game that cleverly uses optical illusions. Its graphics are quite artistic.
Age of Empires
- π°π-πͺ Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition: A historical RTS game.
- ππ Return Of Rome Main Menu: A Return of Rome theme main menu wall paper.
- ππ Small Trees: Show trees smaller.
- ππ Zetnus Improved Grid Mod: Show map grid.
- π°π-πͺ Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition: A historical RTS game.
- π°π-πͺ Age of Empires IV: A historical RTS game.
Not recommended:
- π°π-πͺ Age of Empires: Definitive Edition: A historical RTS game.
Bejeweled-like
BioShock-like
Diablo-like
- ππ-πͺππ§ DevilutionX: Diablo build for modern operating systems.
- π°π-πͺ Diablo II: A famous diablo-like games.
- π°π-πͺ Diablo III: A famous diablo-like games.
- π°π-πͺ Last Epoch: A good diablo-like game.
Not recommended:
- π°π-πͺ Diablo: The origin of diablo-like games.
Dwarf-Fortress-like
- π°π-πͺππ§ RimWorld: A colony management game.
Half-Life-like
- π°π-πͺ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011): A modern military theme FPS game with cinematic experience.
Not recommended:
- π°π-πͺ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007): A modern military theme FPS game with cinematic experience.
- π°π-πͺ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009): A modern military theme FPS game with cinematic experience.
Minecraft-like
Rogue-like
- ππ-πͺππ§ NetHack: A dungeon crawler game, the successor of Hack.
- ππ-πͺππ§ππ€ Pathos: Nethack Codex: A modern rogue-like dungeon crawler game.
Not recommended:
- ππ-π 1-Bit Rogue: A Dungeon crawler RPG: A very simple rogue-like game, somewhat even not that rogue-like.
- ππ-πͺπ§ Rogue: A dungeon crawler game. Itβs the begin of rogue-like games.
- π°π-πͺ Rogue (Epyx DOS Edition): This is a DOS port of Rogue.
- ππ-πͺππ§ Moria: The first rogue-like game with a town level.
- ππ-π§ Hack: The first rogue-like game with a pet dog.
- ππ-π§ Larn: The first roguelike with a time limit and multi dungeons.
- ππ-π§ Omega: A roguelike game that plays more like a DND RPG. You canβt just hack and slash at the begin.
Stardew Valley
- ππ-πͺππ§ SMAPI: A modding framework for Stardew Valley.
- ππ ConsoleCommands: Offer console commands for SMAPI console.
- ππ GenericModConfigMenu: Add menus for mods to config.
- ππ Lookup Anything: In-game data wiki.
- ππ SaveBackup: Auto backup the saves of Stardew Valley.
- ππ UIInfoSuite2: Provide more informations on UI.
- π°π-πͺππ§ Stardew Valley: A farm game.
- ππ-πͺππ§ Stardew Valley Mod Manager: A mod manager for Stardew Valley.
XCOM
- π°π-πͺ XCOM Chimera Squad: A sci-fi alien war chess game.