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Profession directory / 30 apps

Software for IT & Cybersecurity

Browse general-purpose and specialist apps relevant to it & cybersecurity workflows. Develop, administer, diagnose, connect, secure, and support modern computer systems and networks.

These are general discovery suggestions. Follow your organization's policies for sensitive, regulated, or confidential work.

Backup & RecoveryOpen Source

FreeFileSync

An open-source folder comparison and synchronization application for creating repeatable local, network, removable-drive, and supported online-storage workflows.

Developer ToolsOpen Source

Git

The distributed version-control system used across modern software development.

Network ToolsOpen Source

Nmap

A network discovery and security-auditing utility for authorized inventory, service inspection, and troubleshooting.

Virtualization & EmulationOpen Source

Oracle VirtualBox

A desktop virtualization platform for creating and running guest operating systems, virtual disks, snapshots, networks, shared folders, and development labs.

Security & PrivacyFreemium

Proton Pass

An end-to-end encrypted password manager for logins, secure notes, identities, aliases, and cross-device autofill.

Network ToolsFreemium

Tailscale

A mesh networking service that connects approved devices through an encrypted private network.

Network ToolsOpen Source

WireGuard

An open-source VPN protocol and official client tooling for creating fast encrypted tunnels between configured devices and networks.

Security & PrivacyOpen Source

2FAS Auth

An open-source mobile authenticator for generating time-based two-factor authentication codes and backing up configured tokens.

Data & AnalyticsFree for Personal Use

Anaconda Distribution

A Python and data-science distribution that bundles conda, Navigator, Jupyter, and a large collection of curated packages.

Backup & RecoveryOpen Source

Clonezilla

A bootable open-source disk-imaging and cloning environment for backing up or restoring partitions and entire drives across supported file systems.

Backup & RecoveryOpen Source

Duplicati

An open-source encrypted backup client for scheduling incremental backups to local storage, standard network protocols, and supported cloud services.

File ManagementOpen Source

Nextcloud Desktop

The official desktop sync client for keeping selected files and folders aligned with a compatible Nextcloud server.

Developer ToolsOpen Source

PuTTY

A compact SSH and Telnet client for connecting to remote systems.

Virtualization & EmulationOpen Source

QEMU

An open-source machine emulator and virtualizer used to run guest systems, emulate hardware architectures, and support development, testing, and infrastructure tools.

Backup & RecoveryOpen Source

Rescuezilla

A graphical bootable recovery environment for disk imaging, cloning, restoring, partition work, file access, and compatibility with many Clonezilla images.

Developer ToolsOpen Source

WinSCP

A Windows file-transfer client supporting SFTP, SCP, FTP, and WebDAV.

Network ToolsOpen Source

Wireshark

A network protocol analyzer for inspecting and troubleshooting packet traffic.