Open-source might not be the first thing you think of with Windows, but these free tools can seriously boost your productivity.

Windows 10's end-of-support date arrives on October 14, 2025, and with Windows 11 adoption rising among enterprises, a single update that covers the OS and all apps has obvious appeal.

On Windows 11, you can configure virtually any computer application to launch automatically during startup using the Startup ...

There’s no need to stick with Windows’ preloaded applications. These time-tested apps are all free — and open source, too.

The app will then roll out to all Windows 10 PCs as part of the monthly security release to Windows 10 that will become available on February 11, 2025.