Software

Below is a list of recommended software that is typically used in the space by our members, please only use/link legally obtainable software, open-source software is particularly encouraged. If you cant see what your looking for ask on Slack

CAD / 3D Design

• https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/fusion-360/overview -probably the most used free 3D cad package
• https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases -Use for converting 3D CAD files to 3D prints, Open-Source Teesside Hackspace's slicer of choice.
• https://en.makercase.com/ -use to make laser cut boxes (like the donation box in the space)
• https://www.onshape.com/ -another free powerful 3D CAD package for makers, runs in the browser, saves in the cloud, its creators used to work for Solidworks (so has a lot in common).

Comm's

• https://www.fing.com/products/fing-desktop -See what IP + MAC addresses are on a network, and more. Windows, macOS, Android, IOS
• http://freeserialanalyzer.com/ -Sniff your COM ports. Windows.
• http://www.putty.org/ -SSH client. Open-source. Windows, Linux.
• https://realterm.sourceforge.io/ -Serial terminal/ monitor. Windows.

Home Automation

• https://nodered.org/ -created by IBM, open-sourced, powerful and can run on a raspberry pi, see https://notenoughtech.com/home-automation/nodered-home-automation/why-nodered-server/

Image Manipulation

• http://www.getpaint.net/index.html -like Microsoft paint but with loads more functionality whilst staying simple.
• https://www.gimp.org/ -GNU image manipulation package -closest thing to an open-source Photoshop
• https://www.photopea.com/ - Browser based photoshop alternative

PCB design software

• https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/pcb-software -RS components Free package
• https://kicad-pcb.org/ -Cross Platform and Open-Source Electronics Design Automation Suite

Programming

• https://code.visualstudio.com -IDE for most common programming languages
• https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ -simple text editor but with colour coding for HTML, XML etc
• https://platform.io/ -add on for visual studio code for programming Arduino etc through a more developed interface.
• http://winmerge.org/?lang=en -text file difference-ing and merging files

Other

• https://www.libreoffice.org Free office suite, open source, and compatible with .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx files