2016 software

TikTok, known in mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong as Douyin (), is a social media and short-form online video platform. It hosts user-submitted videos, which range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes. It can be accessed through a mobile app or through its website.

free and open-source federated social networking project

free and open-source, privacy-focused web browser developed by Brave Software, Inc. based on the Chromium web browser

intelligent personal assistant

seventh major version of the Android operating system

spyware software created by the NSO Group based in Israel

Gboard is a virtual keyboard app developed by Google for Android and iOS devices. It was first released for iOS in May 2016, followed by a release for Android in December 2016, debuting as a major update to the already-established Google Keyboard app on Android.

LineageOS is an open source Android (AOSP)-based operating system for smartphones, tablets, and set-top boxes. It is community-developed and serves as the successor to CyanogenMod, from which it was forked in December 2016. As of 2025, there are about 4.5 million devices running LineageOS.

defunct video chat app by Google

capability-based, real-time operating system (RTOS) being developed by Google

eighth version of Windows Server, released in 2016

tenth major release of iOS, the mobile operating system by Apple Inc.

instant messaging app by Google

compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables on Windows

live streaming platform

Bitwarden is a freemium open-source password management service that is used to store sensitive information, such as website credentials, in an encrypted vault. It is owned and developed by Bitwarden, Inc.

The .NET platform (pronounced as "dot net"; formerly named .NET Core) is a free and open-source, managed computer software framework for Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. It is a cross-platform successor to the .NET Framework. The project is mainly developed by Microsoft employees by way of the .NET Foundation and is today released under an MIT License.

web application framework

13th major version of the macOS operating system

mobile web browser

Svelte is a free and open-source component-based front-end software framework and language created by Rich Harris and maintained by the Svelte core team.

MetaMask is a software cryptocurrency wallet developed by ConsenSys for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain and other EVM-compatible networks. It enables users to manage Ethereum accounts and connect to decentralized applications (dApps) via a browser extension or mobile app.

EncroChat was a Europe-based communications network and service provider that offered modified smartphones allowing encrypted communication among subscribers. It was used primarily by organised crime members to plan criminal activities.

Gitea () is a forge software package for hosting software development version control using Git as well as other collaborative features like bug tracking, code review, continuous integration, kanban boards, tickets, and wikis. It supports self-hosting and also provides a free public first-party instance. It is a fork of Gogs and is written in Go and TypeScript. Gitea can be hosted on all platforms supported by Go including FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OpenBSD, and Windows. The project is funded on Open Collective.

Zstandard is a lossless data compression algorithm developed by Yann Collet at Facebook. Zstd is the corresponding reference implementation in C, released as open-source software on 31 August 2016.

game engine developed by Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft

software

online survey creator

Miitomo was a freemium social networking mobile app developed by Nintendo for iOS and Android devices. The app, Nintendo's first, allowed users to converse with friends by answering various questions, and featured Twitter and Facebook integration. The app was released in March 2016 for iOS and two months later for Android, launching alongside their My Nintendo service. Despite initially being a critical and commercial success, with over ten million downloads worldwide a month after release, its popularity dwindled soon after and it was ultimately discontinued on May 9, 2018.

crowdsourcing ML platform developed by Google

MEMZ is a trojan horse created for Microsoft Windows. The name of the malware refers to its purpose as a humorous Trojan intended to replicate the effects of early computer viruses.

Dorico () is a scorewriter for macOS, Windows and iPadOS developed by Steinberg, a subsidiary of Yamaha. It is one of the leading professional-level music notation programs alongside Sibelius and the now discontinued Finale. Dorico's development team consists of most of the former core developers of Sibelius.

free and open-source federated social networking service

game engine developed by id Software

free, easy-to-use, open-source, commercial-grade toolkit that trains deep learning algorithms to learn like the human brain

web decentralization project

blended learning platform

a photo-editing application

Amazon's variant of the CryEngine game engine

bridgeOS is an embedded operating system created and developed by Apple for use exclusively with its hardware. bridgeOS runs on the T series Apple silicon processors and operates devices such as the OLED touchscreen strip called the "Touch Bar", Touch ID fingerprint sensor, SSD encryption, and cooling fans.

utility software

WaveNet is a deep neural network for generating raw audio. It was created by researchers at London-based AI firm DeepMind. The technique, outlined in a paper in September 2016, is able to generate relatively realistic-sounding human-like voices by directly modelling waveforms using a neural network method trained with recordings of real speech. Tests with US English and Mandarin reportedly showed that the system outperforms Google's best existing text-to-speech (TTS) systems, although as of 2016 its text-to-speech synthesis still was less convincing than actual human speech. WaveNet's ability

software by Microsoft for automation of recurring tasks

open source online office suite

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software to circumvent internet censorship

iPad app for education use

social networking app

Peruvian financial technology service

Remote desktop software primarily used for gaming

AIVA (Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist) is an electronic composer recognized by the SACEM.

an edition of the Go software AlphaGo

thumb|Toyota Prius with openpilot installed thumb|An old version of Cabana, a CAN Bus traffic visualiser, now part of openpilot tools thumb|A user annotating a drive openpilot is an open-source, semi-automated driving software by comma.ai, Inc. When paired with comma hardware, it replaces advanced driver-assistance systems in various cars, improving over the original system. As of 2025, openpilot supports 325+ car models and has 10 000+ users, accumulating over .

Wiki.js is a wiki engine running on Node.js and written in JavaScript. It is free software released under the Affero GNU General Public License. It is available as a self-hosted solution or using "single-click" install on the DigitalOcean marketplace.

(formerly known as ) is a Japanese streaming video service owned and operated by AbemaTV, Inc., a joint venture between the internet company CyberAgent and the broadcaster TV Asahi. Launched in April 2016, the platform distinguishes itself from traditional video-on-demand (VOD) services by functioning primarily as a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) network. It offers multiple real-time linear channels alongside a premium on-demand subscription tier and pay-per-view (PPV) capabilities.

GNU/Linux distribution

GoodbyeDPI is a free and open-source software tool for bypassing deep packet inspection (DPI) systems and Internet censorship. It was created by Russian developer ValdikSS in 2016 and is distributed under the Apache License via GitHub.

FydeOS is an operating system developed as a fork of the open-source project ChromiumOS. It uses the Linux kernel and integrates both a web browser platform and container technologies. The interface is similar to Chrome OS, and it is compatible with hardware platforms based on x86 and ARM architectures. Devices running FydeOS support the latest web application standards, compatibility with Android apps, and a Linux environment, providing a user experience similar to that of a Chromebook.

full node software client for the bitcoin network

Upday (stylised upday) is an online news aggregator developed by publisher Axel Springer SE, maintained by Upday, based in Berlin, Germany. It was originally made in cooperation with Samsung Electronics and shipped as an app with most Samsung Galaxy devices sold in Europe In 2020, Upday had more than 25 million monthly users and claims to be the most popular news application in Europe. At the end of 2023, the Samsung partnership ended and Axel Springer turned Upday into an AI-driven news platform.