restore — workstation blueprint

🌐

Browser & Remote

01

🌏

Google Chrome

Primary browser

Download

🖥️

Chrome Remote Desktop

Remote access to this machine

Download

🎨

Creative Suite

02

🎬

DaVinci Resolve

Video editing & color grading

Download

✨

Adobe Creative Cloud

Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Media Encoder

Download

📐

Maxon Cinema 4D

3D motion design & rendering

Download

🤖

AI & Assistants

03

🧠

Claude (Desktop)

Anthropic's AI assistant — desktop app

Download

⌨️

Claude Code

AI coding assistant (CLI) — npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Guide

🔓

OpenCode

AI-powered CLI — npm i -g opencode

Site

🤖

OpenAI Codex CLI

AI coding agent in your terminal

GitHub

🦙

Ollama

Run local LLMs on your machine

Download

💻

Terminal & Shell

04

⚡

Warp Terminal

Modern terminal with AI features

Download

🪟

Windows Terminal

Microsoft's modern terminal emulator

Download

🐙

Git Bash / Git

Version control & Unix shell for Windows

Download

🐧

WSL

Windows Subsystem for Linux

Guide

🧛

Dracula Theme (Windows Terminal)

Dark terminal theme — add to settings.json

Theme

🛠️

Dev Tools

05

📝

VS Code

Code editor with extensions

Download

🐳

Docker Desktop

Containerized dev environments

Download

⭐

GitHub CLI (gh)

Manage GitHub from the terminal — winget install GitHub.cli

Download

🟡

JetBrains WebStorm

Smartest JS/TS IDE

Download

🗄️

DBngin

Free all-in-one DB setup — PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis

Download

⚙️

Runtimes & Languages

06

🟢

Node.js

JavaScript runtime v24 LTS

Download

🐍

Python 3.14

General-purpose programming language

Download

📦

pnpm

Fast disk-efficient package manager — npm i -g pnpm

Install

📈

Trading

07

💹

MetaTrader 5

Multi-asset trading platform

Download

🎵

Media & Entertainment

08

🧰

Utilities

09

📤

LocalSend

AirDrop-style file sharing across devices

Download

🎞️

HandBrake

Video transcoder for any format

Download

🪐

AntiGravity

Local AI code assistant

GitHub

🔑

MAS (Microsoft Activation)

Open-source Windows/Office activator — irm massgrave.dev/get

Site

🛡️

Chris Titus WinUtil

Windows debloater, tweaker & optimizer — irm christitus.com/win | iex

GitHub

🌙

Moonlight

Game streaming client

Download

☀️

Sunshine

Self-hosted game stream server

GitHub

🔊

FxSound

Audio equalizer & sound enhancer

Download

🔍

Microsoft PowerToys

PowerToys Run, FancyZones & system utilities — winget install Microsoft.PowerToys -s winget

GitHub

🔧

System & Drivers

10

🎮

NVIDIA App / Drivers

GPU drivers + ShadowPlay, Broadcast

Download

💡

ASUS Armoury Crate

ASUS system controls & RGB

Download

🎧

SteelSeries GG

SteelSeries peripherals engine & Sonar

Download

⚙️

AMD Chipset Drivers

AMD motherboard chipset & power drivers

Download

🔧

ASUS Driver Hub

ASUS driver & BIOS management tool

Download

💿

Windows Installation Media

Create bootable USB to reinstall Windows

Download

📟

CLI Essentials

11

🪄

winget

Built-in Windows package manager — preinstalled

Built-in

🌍

npm Global Packages

Reinstall: npm i -g opencode pnpm

After Node

🍎

macOS Setup

12

☀️

Sol

Open-source Spotlight alternative — brew install sol

GitHub

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