Digital Humanities

Below are various free, open-source tools for creating and developing digital humanities projects, along with relevant tutorials and examples of projects created with those tools.  

• Art of Illusion
  • Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. Many of its capabilities rival those found in commercial programs
• OpenSCAD
  • Free software for creating solid 3D CAD objects using Linux/UNIX, MS Windows and Mac OS X.
• SketchUp Free
  • ​​​​​​​SketchUp Free is the simplest free 3D modeling software on the web — no strings attached. Bring your 3D design online, and have your SketchUp projects with you wherever you go.
• Wings 3D
  • ​​​​​​​An advanced subdivision modeler that is both powerful and easy to use.A

• Audiotool
  • ​​​​​​​Audiotool is a powerful online music production studio right in your browser.

• Chronozoom
  • An educational tool for teachers and students who want to put historical events in perspective.
• Prezi
  • Presentation software that uses motion, zoom, and spatial relationships to bring your ideas to life and make you a great presenter.
• Canva
  • ​​​​​​​An online template editor app for creating social media graphics and presentations.

• Chapter and Verse
  • A free software tool to create chapterized audiobooks for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime.​​​​​​​
• Calibre
  • ​​​​​​​A powerful and easy-to-use e-book manager.

• ArcGIS StoryMaps
  • Transform your maps and geographic information system (GIS) work into interactive content
• Leaflet
  • The leading open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. Leaflet is designed with simplicity, performance and usability in mind. It works efficiently across all major desktop and mobile platforms.

• Trello
  • Trello lets you work more collaboratively and get more done. Trello’s boards, lists, and cards enable you to organize and prioritize your projects in a fun, flexible and rewarding way.
• Zotero
  • ​​​​​​​Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
• Evernote
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Evernote helps you capture and prioritize ideas, projects, and to-do lists, so nothing falls through the cracks.

• Scripto
  • A free, open source tool enabling community transcriptions of document and multimedia files.

• ArcGIS Explorer Online
  • Connect people, locations, and data using interactive maps. Work with smart, data-driven styles and intuitive analysis tools. Share your insights with the world or specific groups.
• Gephi
  • ​​​​​​​The leading visualization and exploration software for all kinds of graphs and networks. Gephi is open-source and free.
• Neatline
  • ​​​​​​​A free, online tool for creating interlinked timelines and maps as interpretive expressions of the literary or historical content of archival collections.
• Stackla
  • ​​​​​​​Discover, manage and display the most engaging visual content across all your marketing touchpoints with Stackla's AI-powered enterprise platform
    
• Tableau Public
  • ​​​​​​​Tableau Public is a free data visualization software. It allows users to connect to a spreadsheet or file and create interactive data visualizations for the web.
• TagCrowd
  • ​​​​​​​A web application for visualizing word frequencies in any text by creating what is popularly known as a word cloud, text cloud or tag cloud.
• Tiki-Toki
  • ​​​​​​​Online timeline maker software for creating beautiful interactive timelines that you can share on the web. Tiki-Toki's free account lets you create a fully-functional timeline that you can share with friends and colleagues.
• Timeline
  • ​​​​​​​An open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet. Experts can use their JSON skills to create custom installations, while keeping TimelineJS's core functionality.
• TimeMapper
  • ​​​​​​​An open-source project of Open Knowledge Foundation Labs. Create elegant timelines and maps in seconds.
• Voyant
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Voyant Tools is a web-based text reading and analysis environment. It is a scholarly project that is designed to facilitate reading and interpretive practices for digital humanities students and scholars as well as for the general public.

• Bluefish
  • A powerful editor targeted towards programmers and web developers, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code.
• Jekyll
  • ​​​​​​​A simple, blog-aware, static site generator for personal, project, or organization sites.
• Omeka Classic
  • ​​​​​​​A web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits.
• WordPress
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Open source software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app. Beautiful designs, powerful features, and the freedom to build anything you want. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

• Drupal
  • An open-source CMS for ambitious digital experiences that reach your audience across multiple channels.
• Manifold Scholarship
  • ​​​​​​​The result of a three-year long collaboration between two public universities and a digital development agency staffed with humanities scholars. Manifold is designed to provide a solid, robust publishing platform that is easy to install and use.

TAPoR 3 is a gateway to the tools used in sophisticated text analysis and retrieval. Use this resource to discover research tools for studying texts and other projects.