Programs for Developers Windows
Code editors, Git, programming languages, API testing and database tools: the first things to install on a new development machine.
Code editor
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Visual Studio Code 1.143.1
Visual Studio Code is a lightweight code editor developed by Microsoft for web and cloud application development.
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VSCodium 1.143.17232
VSCodium is a community-driven, open-source binary distribution of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code codebase.
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Notepad++ 8.9.8.1
Notepad++ is a free and open-source text editor and source code editor built for Microsoft Windows, designed as a lightweight replacement for default text editors.
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Geany 2.1.0
Geany is a fast, lightweight open-source text editor and integrated development environment (IDE) built on Scintilla.
Version control and diff
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Git 2.56.0.4
Git is an open-source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
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GitHub Desktop 3.6.10
GitHub Desktop is an open-source graphical user interface that simplifies interacting with Git repositories and GitHub.
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WinMerge 2.16.60
WinMerge is an open-source differencing and merging tool for Windows.
Languages and containers
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Python 3.14.10
Python is an open-source, high-level programming language designed for readability and versatility.
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Node.js 26.13.0
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome's V8 engine.
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Docker Desktop 4.98.0 Free for personal use
Docker Desktop is an integrated developer environment for building, running, and sharing containerized applications and microservices.
API testing
Databases
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DBeaver 26.2.0
DBeaver is a universal database management tool and SQL client designed for developers, database administrators, and data analysts.
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HeidiSQL 12.22.0.7382
HeidiSQL is a lightweight, open-source database client designed for managing MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and SQLite databases.
Terminal and SSH
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Windows Terminal 1.25.2733.0
Windows Terminal is an open-source tabbed command-line application developed by Microsoft.
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PowerShell 7.6.9.0
PowerShell is an open-source task automation framework and command-line shell developed by Microsoft.
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PuTTY 0.85.0.0
PuTTY is a free and open-source network terminal client developed by Simon Tatham under the MIT license.
Paid or trial programs are labelled with their license type. Every link goes to the program's official source.
Install the kit with one command
The command below installs the suggested programs from each group from the official repository. Use the bulk install tool to pick only the ones you want.
winget install --id Microsoft.VisualStudioCode -e; winget install --id Git.Git -e; winget install --id GitHub.GitHubDesktop -e; winget install --id WinMerge.WinMerge -e; winget install --id Python.Python.3.14 -e; winget install --id OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS -e; winget install --id Docker.DockerDesktop -e; winget install --id Postman.Postman -e; winget install --id DBeaver.DBeaver.Community -e; winget install --id Microsoft.WindowsTerminal -e; winget install --id Microsoft.PowerShell -e; winget install --id PuTTY.PuTTY -eProfession kits
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