Students at Moruya High School will often require the use of specialised software in some of their courses. As a policy, we prefer to use free, open source, and multi-platform (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) software along with industry standard software which the students are able to access for free (often through DoE agreements).
We actively discourage the use of software which use vendor lock-in/data lock-in tactics, abuse software patents, use material without permission to train generative AI, or other unethical practices.
Below is an incomplete list of software found on computers at Moruya High School which can be downloaded for home use. Students also have access to Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud from home using their education login.
| Software | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Audacity | https://www.audacityteam.org/ | Audio recording and editing |
| Ardour | https://ardour.org/ | Digital Audio Workstation and music production |
| Blender | https://www.blender.org/ | 2D & 3D animation along with video editing and compositing |
| InkScape | https://inkscape.org/ | Vector image cration and editing |
| Krita | https://krita.org/ | Digital painting and 2D animation |
| Gimp | https://www.gimp.org | Photo and image manipulation |
| Irfanview | https://www.irfanview.com/ | Image viewer and batch conversion |
| VLC | https://www.videolan.org/ | Video player and converter |
| Scribus | https://www.scribus.net/ | Desktop Publishing |
| 7-Zip | http://www.7-zip.org/ | Compression/decompression of files |
| Python | https://www.python.org/ | Programming language and basic tools |
| Notepad++ | https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ | Text editing and syntax highlighting |
| Godot | https://godotengine.org/ | 2D/3D cross-platform game engine |
| Ardour | https://ardour.org/ | Digital audio workstation for recording and mixing audio and music |
| DJV | https://darbyjohnston.github.io/DJV/ | Image sequence playback |
| FreeCAD | https://www.freecad.org/ | Parametric 3D modeller |
| GDevelop | https://gdevelop.io/ | 2D/3D game creation application |
| Irfanview | https://www.irfanview.com/ | Image/video viewer |
| Libre Office | https://www.libreoffice.org/ | Office suite including word processing, presentation, spreadsheet etc |
| LMMS | https://lmms.io/ | Music production |
| MuseScore | https://musescore.org/ | Music notation |
| OBS Studio | https://obsproject.com/ | Video recording and live streaming |
| Shotcut | https://shotcut.org/ | Video editing |
| Tracker | https://physlets.org/tracker/ | Physics video analysis |