We have compiled a list of essential, FREE tools that can help anyone who wishes to work in the web and graphics realm. These programs are very similar to there commercial counterparts and share many of the same powerful features. While free, they do take donations and we encourage everyone to donate if/when you can to keep software like this freely available to everyone.
If you have access to the commercial variants, we encourage you to use them in working with us. If you do not, we have provided links to download the best tools available. We fully endorse these software applications.
We will also be providing video tutorials featuring the software on this page very soon.
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache, PHP and the MySQL database. It also comes with PHPMyAdmin to easily manage your databases.
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
MAMP installs a local server environment in a matter of seconds on your Mac OS X computer, be it PowerBook or iMac. Like similar packages from the Windows- and Linux-world, MAMP comes free of charge.
This is the Macpad++ (Notepad++ for Mac) project ("macpp") This is the Mac Edition for Notepad++.
An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
Nvu (pronounced N-view) is a complete Web Authoring System that combines web file management and WYSIWYG web page editing. Nvu is designed to be extremely easy to use to create attractive, professional-looking web sites.
OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.