The following FREE desktop softwares are what we consider important for Website development and SEO (search engine optimization). All software listed below are completely free!

Windows Software:

FileZilla – FTP/SFTP

FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Website administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Website.

DataFreeway – FTP/SFTP

FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Website administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Website.

Core FTP LE – FTP/SFTP

FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Website administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Website.

Komodo – HTML & Programmer’s Editor

HTML & Programmer’s Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. In our opinion this is the best free programmer’s editor out there. Komodo is a complete programmer’s editor for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl; plus support for browser-side code including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and XML.

NVU – HTML Editor

HTML Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. NVU is a visual tool for making websites (WYSIWYG html editor), comparable to Dreamweaver.

NoteTab – HTML & Text Editor

HTML & Text Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. Notepad replacement and a handy HTML editor. Handle a heap of files with a simple tabbed interface. Search files, strip HTML tags and format text quickly.

GIMPShop – Graphics, Photo, Publishing

Graphics, Photo, Publishing. Graphics is an important visual aid to your visitors. GIMPShop rivals Photoshop in many features.

MAC Software:

FileZilla – FTP/SFTP

FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Website administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Website.

Cyberduck – FTP/SFTP

FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Website administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Website.

Komodo – HTML & Programmer’s Editor

HTML & Programmer’s Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. In our opinion this is the best free programmer’s editor out there. Komodo is a complete programmer’s editor for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl; plus support for browser-side code including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and XML.

NVU – HTML Editor

HTML Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. NVU is a visual tool for making websites (WYSIWYG html editor), comparable to Dreamweaver.

Smultron – HTML Editor

HTML Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. This editor works nicely with Cyberduck.

Gimp.app – Graphics, Photo, Publishing

Graphics, Photo, Publishing. Graphics is an important visual aid to your visitors. Gimp.app rivals Photoshop in many features (requires that either Apple’s X11 or XDarwin be installed).

Seashore – Graphics, Photo, Publishing

Graphics, Photo, Publishing. Graphics is an important visual aid to your visitors. Seashore is based on Gimp, but doesn’t require X11.

Linux Software:

FileZilla – FTP/SFTP

FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Website administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Website.

GFTP – FTP/SFTP

FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Website administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Website.

Komodo – HTML & Programmer’s Editor

HTML & Programmer’s Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. In our opinion this is the best free programmer’s editor out there. Komodo is a complete programmer’s editor for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl; plus support for browser-side code including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and XML.

NVU – HTML Editor

HTML Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. NVU is a visual tool for making websites (WYSIWYG html editor), comparable to Dreamweaver.

GIMP – Graphics, Photo, Publishing

Graphics, Photo, Publishing. Graphics is an important visual aid to your visitors. GIMP rivals Photoshop in many features.