Programs for Students macOS
Free programs for assignments, note-taking, flashcards, maths and reference management, plus what you need to join online classes.
Office suite
Notes
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Obsidian 1.15.0
Obsidian is a personal knowledge base and markdown editor designed to work over a local folder of plain text files.
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Joplin 3.7.22
Joplin is an open-source note-taking and to-do application designed to capture ideas, manage task lists, and organize documents.
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Notion 7.42.1 Free version available
Notion is a workspace and productivity application that consolidates notes, documentation, project tracking, and structured databases into a single environment.
Studying
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Anki 26.09.3
Anki is a free and open-source flashcard application built around spaced repetition to assist with long-term retention.
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Zotero 10.0.7
Zotero is an open-source reference management tool developed by the Corporation for Digital Scholarship.
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calibre 9.17.0
calibre is a free, open-source e-book management software created by Kovid Goyal.
Meetings and team chat
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Zoom Workplace 7.2.5.90525 Free version available
Zoom Workplace is a unified communication platform designed for video meetings, screen sharing, and team collaboration.
- Microsoft Teams 26276.505.5234.9924 Free version available Microsoft Teams is a communication platform developed by Microsoft Corporation that combines text chat, video conferencing, file sharing, and workspace collaboration.
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Discord 0.0.421
Discord is a communication platform designed for voice, video, and text interaction among communities, gaming groups, and friends.
Password manager
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.
brew install --cask libreoffice obsidian anki zotero calibre zoom microsoft-teams discord bitwardenProfession kits
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