Everybody likes free software. And that includes Mac users. I mean, face it. Mac users already spend a tidy sum of money on our Macs. We don’t have to fork over a bunch of dough for software, too. Do we?In this compilation, I have gathered a list of my top picks for free software for Mac OS X.NOTE: Windows Users, I just published my top 65 list of free software for Windows. If you're looking for Windows software, check that out.

Adium

Adium is a free, multi-protocol instant messaging client. Connects with AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, etc. Awesome program.Download Page

Appfresh

AppFresh helps you to keep all applications, widgets, preference panes and application plugins installed on your Mac up to date. All from one place, easy to use and fully integrated into Mac OS X.Download Page

Audacity

A fairly advanced, free audio editing tool. Available for both Windows and Mac OS X. Great if you want an alternative to GarageBand.Download Page

Bean

Bean is a small, easy-to-use word processor (or more precisely, a rich text editor), designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable.Download Page

Blender

A very powerful 3D animation suite.Download Page

Buddi

A free personal finance and budgeting program.Download Page

Colloquy

An advanced IRC client for OS X. Advanced scripting, styling capabilities. My personal choice.Download Page

CamTwist

CamTwist is a software package that lets you add special effects to your video chats. It's also possible to stream your desktop and still images. With CamTwist, you can also use multiple video chat programs at the same time. We use this program for our live stream for PCMech LIVE.Download Page

CronniX

Provides a GUI frontend to the CRON system for scheduled tasks on the Mac.Download Page

CyberDuck

One of the most popular, free FTP clients for the Mac.Download Page

DejaMenu

DejaMenu will display the current application's main menu as a context menu when a key combination is pressed. Invaluable when using multiple screens on the Mac.Download Page

DeskLickr

Change your desktop wallpaper using images from Flickr.Download Page

Disk Inventory X

Disk Inventory X is a disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes of files and folders in a special graphical way called "treemaps".Download Page

Evernote

Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.Download Page

ffmpegX

An excellent utility for converting videos from one format to another.Download Page

Filezilla

Excellent FTP program.Download Page

Firefox

You likely know about it and love it. But, I do, too. The best web browser out there.Download Page

Flip4Mac

From Microsoft, allows WMV files to play in QuickTime Player.Download Page

Flock

Another web browser based on Firefox, but with a lot of social media functionality included.Download Page

Freemind

A free mind-mapping application. An innovative application for note taking and outlining. Takes time to get used to, but some people swear by it.Download Page

GIMP

Photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features.Download Page

Google Earth

The 3D map of the world that just gets better and better...and creepier. Total must-have.Download Page

Handbrake

DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter.Download Page

iBackup

iBackup is a simple to use backup/restore utility. Supports scheduled backups of files, folders and applications. Further, it uses plugins to backup your settings. It is also able to backup Application SettingsDownload Page

iGTD

An advanced task management program based on the Getting Things Done system.Download Page

iStat

With 8 separate and highly configurable menu extras, iStat menus will let you know exactly what’s going on inside your Mac.Download Page

Inkscape

Vector graphics application. Can be a little complicated, but its pretty powerful.Download Page

Juice

Want to listen to internet audio programs but can't when they are scheduled? This program lets you create your own custom online audio anytime, anywhere. Really.Download Page

LineIn

LineIn is a simple application for OS X to enable the soft playthru of audio from input devices. Routes audio from one source to another.Download Page

MAMP

An extremely quick and easy way to set up a Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP server on your Mac for local development work.Download Page

Miro

Beautiful interface. Plays any video type (much more than windows media player). Subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one. Torrent support. Search and download from YouTube and others.Download Page

Mozilla Thunderbird

Fantastic email client and Outlook alternative. Powerful spam filtering, solid interface, and all the features you need.Download Page

NeoOffice

A full, open source office quite based on OpenOffice.org.Download Page

Nvu

A full, WYSIWYG web editor available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.Download Page

OpenOffice.org

Big, full featured suite of tools for word processing and spreadsheets. Compatible with and a free replacement for Microsoft Word documents. Also supports OpenDocument Format.Download Page

Opera

Opera is a fantastic web browser with many legs up on Firefox, just without all the plug-ins.Download Page

Quicksilver

Puts control of OS X into your hands via the keyboard. A program launcher, but much more. Takes some getting used to, but many Mac users couldn’t live without it.Download Page

Scribus

Desktop publishing application with a lot of powerful features.Download Page

Seashore

Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS X's Cocoa framework. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP's technology and uses the same native file format.Download Page

Skitch

A great application for quickly snapping and editing screenshots and uploading to the Internet. Very handy for bloggers.Download Page

Skype

Free, voice-over IP service and application. For internet-based phone calls.Download Page

Smultron

A great, advanced text editor for OS X. Great for advanced editing and scripting. My personal choice.Download Page

SoundFlower

An audio routing application, acting as a virtual sound driver which you can then route other audio to. Extremely useful when doing anything with audio mixing on your Mac.Download Page

TextWrangler

TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool.Download Page

Tomato Torrent

A simple program for downloading torrents.Download Page

TweetDeck

A Twitter client based on Adobe AIR. Perfect for users of Twitter.Download Page

Twirl

twhirl is a desktop client for the Twitter microblogging platform, powered by Adobe AIR.Download Page

Ventrilo

Voice over (VOIP) group communications software. We use this on PCMech LIVE.Download Page

VirtualBox

Free, open source way to create virtual machines on your computer.Download Page

VLC

Plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more. Pretty good interface.Download Page