Software

Cross-platform

Media

• mpv

Windows

• PowerToys
  • it's kind of hard to use Windows once you get used to using this

Archive Utility

• NanaZip
  • 7-zip fork for Windows w/ zstd (which I use a lot), brotli, etc.

Package Managers

• Winget
  • comes with Windows
• Chocolatey
  • requires Administrator permissions

Mounting ISO, CUE images

Windows versions 8 and above natively support mounting ISOs. However CUE images are not supported. WinCDEmu is a lightweight, open-source disc emulator that supports mounting CUE, NRG, IMG, ISO, etc. images.

• WinCDEmu Website
• Source (GitHub)
• Portable Version

Master Control Panel / God Mode

(Misnomer; you probably won't use this either)

Shows a list of all the available settings on Windows in a single view.

Open it by exceuting the following command or saving it as a shortcut: explorer.exe shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

MacOS

Clipboard Management

• maccy
  • not sure why macOs doesn't have a native clipboard manager like Windows and KDE

Terminal Emulator

• iTerm2
  • terminal with features you'd probably want

Package Manager

• HomeBrew
  • package manager everyone uses but it is noticeably slow

Video Players

• IINA
  • video player based on mpv with native macOS UI