The following FREE desktop softwares are what we consider important for site development and SEO (search engine optimization).

Windows Software:

DataFreeway - FTP/SFTP

FREE - FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Web site administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Web site.

Core FTP LE - FTP/SFTP

FREE - FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Web site administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Web site.

FileZilla - FTP/SFTP

FREE - FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Web site administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Web site.

Komodo - HTML & Programmer's Editor

FREE - HTML & Programmer's Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. In our opinion this is the best free programmer's editor out there. Komodo is a complete programmer's editor for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl; plus support for browser-side code including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and XML.

NVU - HTML Editor

FREE - HTML Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. NVU is a visual tool for making websites (WYSIWYG html editor), comparable to Dreamweaver.

NoteTab - HTML & Text Editor

FREE - HTML & Text Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. Notepad replacement and a handy HTML editor. Handle a heap of files with a simple tabbed interface. Search files, strip HTML tags and format text quickly.

GIMPShop - Graphics, Photo, Publishing

FREE - Graphics, Photo, Publishing. Graphics is an important visual aid to your visitors. GIMPShop rivals Photoshop in many features.

Cyberduck - FTP/SFTP

FREE - FTP/SFTP (File Transfer Protocol & Secure File Transfer Protocol). FTP is a must for any serious Web site administrator. FTP is what you use to download and upload Web pages, images, robots.txt files and anything else you wish to upload to your Web site.

Komodo - HTML & Programmer's Editor

FREE - HTML & Programmer's Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. In our opinion this is the best free programmer's editor out there. Komodo is a complete programmer's editor for Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby and Tcl; plus support for browser-side code including JavaScript, CSS, HTML and XML.

NVU - HTML Editor

FREE - HTML Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. NVU is a visual tool for making websites (WYSIWYG html editor), comparable to Dreamweaver.

Smultron - HTML Editor

FREE - HTML Editor. You can edit your Web pages without an HTML editor. This editor works nicely with Cyberduck.

Gimp.app - Graphics, Photo, Publishing

FREE - Graphics, Photo, Publishing. Graphics is an important visual aid to your visitors. Gimp.app rivals Photoshop in many features (requires that either Apple's X11 or XDarwin be installed).

Seashore - Graphics, Photo, Publishing

FREE - Graphics, Photo, Publishing. Graphics is an important visual aid to your visitors. Seashore is based on Gimp, but doesn't require X11.