Brackets (successor of Edge Code, and should be called Adobe Brackets) is a cool, lightweight, powerful, free and open-source/cross-platform web front end developing IDE for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It's created and maintained by Adobe Systems, written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and focuses on modern web design/development.

At present, DAEMON Tools is the best and most powerful virtual drive tool in the world, also the only one in similar tools that supports NF3, PS and encrypted CD/DVD formats. Besides, it is also an advanced simulation tool for backup and merging of protected CD/DVD (by SafeDisc encryption technique), and able to open CUE, ISO, IMB, CCD, BWT, MDS, CDI, VCD, and many other image file formats.

SoundTap Streaming Audio Recorder (SoundTap for shot) is very popular and practical tiny real-time streaming audio recorder. It enables users to capture sound from all kinds of digital audio sources (including microphone, MIDI, VCR, streaming media audio, all kinds of software, etc.) and save it as MP3/WAV file.

DeSmuME (formerly known as YopYop DS) is the first Nintendo DS emulator that can run both homebrew and commercial game ROM at a playable level for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It was written in C++ and released as open source freeware.

Undoubtedly, in the same type of Digital Audio Workstation software, the one that can hold the vast user support for such a long time is really rare. Ableton Live can be described as the "4+ years of grinding sword", because its Live 8's release has to date back to 2009. Fortunately, Ableton Live came with many earth-shaking improvements.