One of the commonly heard queries on many of the technical writing lists is a request for “free tools” that could help technical writers.

Here are some open source tools that are useful for technical writers:

1. Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations
   1. Google Docs
   2. Apache OpenOffice
2. Help Authoring
   1. HelpMaker
3. Screen Capture
   1. Greenshot
4. Image Editor
   1. GIMP
5. Drawing Tools
   1. draw.io
   2. Inkscape

There are many more useful tools out there. We will post another list soon!