A list of the open source/free software that I use, and have found invaluable as a student/early-career researcher. I'll continue to update the list as I try out new programmes.
The list is presented in the format: Software Name (purpose) - Commercial alternative(s)
The list is presented in the format: Software Name (purpose) - Commercial alternative(s)
- GIMP (raster image editor) - Adobe Photoshop
- Inkscape (vector image editor) - Adobe Illustrator
- SPIERS (reconstructing 3-D data)-Aviso/VG Studio MAX [used for this research]
- LibreOffice (office suite)- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
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Zotero (reference/citation manager) - EndNote, etc.
- Scite is a useful Zotero plug-in to consider installing too [download from GitHub]