trans-neptunian object

software i use

now everything i link to here (and nearly everything i use) is, generally speaking, free, and sometimes also open-source, not for any sort of grand ideological reason but because i hate spending money and i'm extremely paranoid about downloading viruses from sketchy sites.

items with a heart (❤️) are my favorites <3

computers & programming

text editors

sublime text
sublime text my beloved!!! a lightweight text editor that i use for scripting as well as making this website
notepad++
i mostly use this for miscellaneous notes and making quick edits to files
recommended themes / plugins

i just can't stop making lists

general:

sublime text (via package control):

notepad++ (plugins list):

command line tools

conemu
terminal emulator (i still don't really know what this means)
git
version control manager. i don't know how to explain and i don't know what happened to my wonderful link that did so via extended metaphor :(
scoop
package manager for windows, what i use to install some of these programs
pandoc
convert between a ton of different document formats
imagemagick
quickly edit images from the command line
oxipng
lossless png compression optimizer (please use this on your websites so people don't have to download 6.8MB images every time they visit)

writing

libreoffice
FOSS alternative to microsoft office suite
obsidian
writing / note-taking in markdown
focuswriter
distraction-free word processor

art / graphics

krita
digital art software
libresprite
FOSS alternative to aseprite, for pixel art and animations
inkscape
for working with vector graphics (which i do not do often)