40 Windows Freeware and Open Source Software for Web Designers

Categories: Tips, Tools | Jun 14, 2009

If you are an web designer and want to save some money on applications some of open source and freeware applications can get the job done for you. In this post you will find 40 useful freeware and open source software for windows. You will find Image editing software, Code Editor, HTML Editor, CSS Editor and Screen Capture utility and much more.

Recently In a post we presented you with 40 Mac Freeware and open source software This is the continuation of that post

Image Editor

1.Gimp

2.Paint.net

3.Photoscape

4. Inkscape

5. PhotoPlus SE

6. DrawPlus 4

7. Pixia

8. PhotoFiltre

9. Ultimate Paint Standard

10. Picasa

11. Open Office Draw

12. Sodipodi

13. CinePaint

WYSIWYG Editors and Web Developing

CoffeeCup HTML Editor

PageBreeze Free HTML Editor

JustStyle CSS Editor

18. PSPad

19.KompoZer

18. Amaya

21. Astyle

Text Editor

22. EditPad Lite

23. Programmer’s Notepad

TextPad

Source Edit

Crimson Editor

26. Notepad ++

Caditor

Metapad

ConText

TotalEdit

FTP

WinSCP

Core FTP

FileZilla

GoFTP

CrossFTP

DeluxFTP

Miscellaneous

CamStudio

ScreenHunter

JR Screen Ruler

Pixel Ruler

Is there a cool software you would like to add? Shout it in the comment.

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Posted Under: Tips, Tools

Tagged: Free FTP, Free Image Editor, Text Editor

Gamer says:

January 10, 2010 at 6:29 pm

Great List! Already using some of them… going to try a few of the ones that I didn’t know about until know … downloading …. .
Thanks

Robomaster @ CoolAppSite says:

December 2, 2009 at 8:44 pm

Excellent list you’ve gotten here! I use Paint.net extensively and love it.
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Dave says:

November 27, 2009 at 12:46 pm

Wow, thats one heck of a list! Great share!

Lava says:

October 25, 2009 at 10:28 am

Great post, I hadn’t heard of most of these tools before. It’s nice to see more posts with news about such kind of software

bangyoyo says:

October 5, 2009 at 6:30 am

thanks for share, its very useful.

George Egonut says:

July 14, 2009 at 7:58 pm

There’s some really nice software there! I used Inkscape and Paint.net quite a bit before throwing down on the Adobe software, and I still use Notepad++ and FileZilla daily. Thanks for the post!

Offshore Webdesign Company says:

July 9, 2009 at 7:07 am

Thanks for sharing this info post.

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June 21, 2009 at 9:09 am

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Kayla says:

June 17, 2009 at 1:34 pm

Great post, I hadn’t heard of most of these tools before. It’s nice to see more posts about just Windows in this niche…some mac users are so biased against writing for PC users!

This was very helpful, I’ll be sure to look through it more carefully when I come back.
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Cheryl F. (The Lucky Ladybug) says:

June 17, 2009 at 3:13 am

I just happened to be looking at text editors recently and checked out a few of these. You missed a really great one — RJ TextEd. I replaced NoteTab Lite with it and I’m tickled pink happy with everything it does!

RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support, syntax highlighting and code folding. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for HTML editing with integrated preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates and more. The program also include support for Topstyle Lite CSS editor, has a dual pane file commander, as well as a FTP client to upload your files. … For a full list check out the features section.

Brant Schroeder says:

June 15, 2009 at 2:27 pm

Nice post, there are some great tools here I was unaware of.

stk says:

June 15, 2009 at 11:33 am

You might want to include HTML-Kit (frankly, I was surprised it wasn’t there).

I use FileZilla & HTML-Kit daily, but rely on paid solutions for drawing & photos.

Nice list, although I wish you had included some method of comparing the capabilities and usability for each functional s/w group, so I’d know which to try and which to give a skip.

joyologo design shop 2.0 says:

June 15, 2009 at 8:56 am

great article, very helpful resources, thanks for the list..
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Bullardino says:

June 15, 2009 at 1:10 am

You forgot to mention Komodo Edit, my preferred text editor.
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Web Design News says:

June 15, 2009 at 12:43 am

@alex: you should check this one

http://desizntech.info/2009/06/40-mac-freewares-and-open-source-softwares-for-web-designers/
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June 15, 2009 at 12:41 am

Very helpful,

Great post as always Kawsar

Cheers
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Tony Dunsworth says:

June 15, 2009 at 12:28 am

I also love Komodo Edit as a text editor and IDE substitute.

Kawsar Ali says:

June 14, 2009 at 11:59 pm

@alex: Done one already

alex says:

June 14, 2009 at 10:48 pm

Interesting, you gonna do a mac version freeware post soon ?

June 14, 2009 at 9:07 pm

@NiteStar: Thanks for the suggestion but this post is focused only on Software. Will do a post on CMS in future.

NiteStar says:

June 14, 2009 at 9:03 pm

It would have been nice for you to include the 3 major open-source CMS in existence: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal…
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Brandi says:

June 14, 2009 at 9:01 pm

Great List! Thanks for sharing!

Josh C says:

June 14, 2009 at 8:36 pm

Quite a list here… I’m a big fan of PSPad and used the heck out of Paint.net before I bought Photoshop
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