Download of the Week

Epic's redesigned launcher is now available in Preview. The company openly describes the new client as "vibe coded," claiming it loads game libraries 30x faster and starts up 46% faster than Steam. The overhaul also brings a cleaner interface, improved game management, and native Linux support for the first time.

Valve continues to bring Steam closer to a console-like experience across TVs, handhelds, and Linux PCs. The latest update introduces Big Art Mode, customizable screensavers, faster startup, and improvements to Remote Play and Steam Input. Linux users gain Proton support for non-Steam Windows games.

Tiny11 Builder now offers a graphical interface, making it easier to create stripped-down Windows 11 ISOs without the need for PowerShell scripts. Users can choose between Tiny11, the more aggressive Tiny11 Core, or custom removal of specific components. The latest release adds 26H2 compatibility, while retaining Turbo mode and support for resuming interrupted builds.

Raspberry Pi Desktop is back with a lightweight and free Linux environment for PCs and Intel-based Macs. Ideal for breathing new life into older computers, the latest release moves to Debian 13 (Trixie) with 64-bit support, a refreshed interface, and Raspberry Pi Connect for remote access. Run it from a USB drive with persistent storage or install it directly on your PC.

Comfy Desktop lets you generate AI images and video locally using your own GPU, with popular models such as Stable Diffusion, SDXL, Flux, Wan, and others. It wraps the powerful ComfyUI workflow system into a desktop app that handles installation, dependencies, and more, removing much of the hassle from running generative AI on your own hardware.

Chrome 155.0.8059.40 fixes 247 security vulnerabilities, including four rated Critical and dozens rated High. The most serious are use-after-free flaws affecting Chromecast, Browser, Navigation, and Track, with additional fixes across V8, WebRTC, PDF, WebGL, Media, and ANGLE. Given their severity, users should update Chrome as soon as possible.

RevPDF is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, offering PDF editing, OCR, conversion, forms, compression, and more, with all processing done on your device. Version 5.0 adds WYSIWYG text editing, PDF-to-Excel conversion, and improved Word exports.

WhatsApp is introducing new parental controls for teen accounts, giving parents more control without access to private conversations. Parents can restrict who sees a teen's profile photo or adds them to groups, receive group activity alerts, and more. Messages and calls remain end-to-end encrypted.

The latest Firefox release introduces a visual refresh across toolbars, menus, and the sidebar, alongside new themes and a compact mode with tighter tabs and toolbar spacing. The update also adds hardware AV1 decoding for WebRTC video calls.

Kalmuri is a free tool for screenshots and screen recording, with OCR and full-page web capture. The latest release improves WebP saving and OCR captures, also enhances image upload security.

Dolphin Emulator is one of the best ways to play GameCube and Wii games on modern hardware, with support for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. The latest release adds NetPlay to Android, enabling online multiplayer with desktop users, along with Wii Balance Board support, and security improvements.

Cloud storage is convenient, but it also means trusting someone else with your files. Cryptomator encrypts them locally before they reach Dropbox, Google Drive, or other cloud service you use. The open-source app uses AES-256 encryption to protect both file contents and filenames, and works across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

1Retro automatically backs up and syncs retro game saves across devices and emulators, letting you pick up where you left off without manually moving files. It works across OS with support for RetroArch, MiSTer, OpenEmu, RetroBat, OnionOS, and more.

Sublime Text has upgraded its plugin environment, while adding file icon themes and improving performance when saving many files and checking Git status. While other code editors embrace AI, Sublime Text sticks to what it does best: being a fast, lightweight code editor.

MPC-HC is a lightweight and highly customizable Windows media player, with strong codec support through its bundled LAV Filters and excellent compatibility with advanced renderers. Version 2.8.2 adds ReplayGain volume normalization, smoother seeking and file launching. For more recommended playback and streaming apps, check out our Essentials Software guide.

Krita is a feature-rich digital painting app built for artists, with customizable brushes, layers, drawing assistants, graphics tablet support, and animation tools. The latest 5.3.4 release adds animation and timelapse exports on Android and improves recorder reliability.

Photon Studio is a desktop image editor with layers, masks, adjustment tools, smart objects, retouching and native PSD support. Features such as subject selection and background removal run locally, with no subscription or paid feature tier. It's available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Managing RGB hardware from different brands often means installing several separate utilities, which is exactly what OpenRGB aims to avoid by controlling compatible lighting from one application. Version 1.0 marks a major step forward with support for more devices, a redesigned profile system, background service operation, including PawnIO and Qt6.

Google's Gemini desktop app is now available for Windows 10 and 11, providing quick access to the AI assistant from anywhere with an Alt + Space shortcut. The app also supports Google app integrations, multi-step tasks with Gemini Spark, and image and video generation.

DaVinci Resolve 21.1 expands its AI capabilities with tools for generating speech, aging or de-aging faces, removing motion blur, and more.

The Nvidia App brings together driver updates, graphics settings, and other GeForce features in one place. Its latest update expands the Statistics Overlay with CPU temperature, power consumption, and clock speed monitoring, available through the Custom view and in-game with Alt + R. For more ways to configure the app, check out our Nvidia App settings guide.

Omarchy is an Arch-based Linux distro built around Hyprland, designed to provide a polished and ready-to-use desktop without the usual setup work. It comes with developer tools, applications, and keyboard-driven workflows, while integrating AI agents that can help troubleshoot problems, modify the system, and create plugins and other customizations.

HWiNFO combines detailed system information with extensive sensor monitoring, making it useful for checking temperatures, power usage, clock speeds, and other hardware behavior in real time. It can also help troubleshoot performance issues.

Audacity 4.0 is a major overhaul of the popular audio editor, featuring a redesigned interface, improved clip editing, a new project format, and native ASIO support on Windows. Some features haven't made the transition yet, including MIDI tracks, but are expected to return in future releases.

Built in Rust, Zed is a modern code editor focused on speed and collaboration. It supports Git, debugging, remote development, AI agents, and extensions, with native versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Zed is also part of our Essential Apps for Windows and Mac.