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Audio

  • AIMP - 32 bit audio processing and multi-format playback.
  • Audacity - Free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. Open-Source Software
  • AudioNodes - Modular audio production suite with multi-track audio mixing, audio effects, parameter automation, MIDI editing, synthesis, cloud production, and more.
  • CDex - CD Ripper (French site, English program).
  • Dopamine - An audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible.
  • Exact Audio Copy - Transfer files from your CDs to your PC in almost every format.Comes with some pretty nifty features too.
  • Foobar2000 - Free audio player for Windows, supports a wide range of audio formats and has a lot of cool features.
  • K-Lite Codecs - Collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools.
  • Kodi - Free and Open Source home theatre software. Open-Source Software
  • Mixxx - Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes, veritable alternative to Traktor. Open-Source Software
  • Musicbee - Like iTunes but better than iTunes.
  • MusicBrainz Picard - Picard is a cross-platform music tagger that looks up and rewrite metadata tags. Open-Source Software
  • Qtractor - An Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer. Open-Source Software
  • Reaper - Lightweight application with deep feature set and $60 for individual, non-profit, or small business use.
  • Resonic - Fast and free audio player.
  • WACUP - An extension/improvement to Winamp, providing bugfixes and more features such as a better MOD player and YouTube support.
  • Winamp - Music player capable of playing MP3s, MP2s, WAVs, VOCs and MIDI files.

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Backup

  • Arq - Backs up your files to your own cloud account (Amazon Cloud Drive, AWS, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, OneDrive, and SFTP).
  • Bvckup 2 - Light, versatile data replication software.
  • Duplicati - Free backup software to store encrypted backups online For Windows, macOS and Linux. Open-Source Software
  • Restic - Free cross-platform backup tool with support for various storage types. Open-Source Software

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Chat Clients

  • Caprine - An elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app. Open-Source Software
  • Discord - Discord is a free voice and text chat client for gamers and non-gamers alike. You can use it from your browser and it's available on iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux.
  • Franz - A messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram and many many more. Open-Source Software
  • Hexchat - IRC client based on XChat Open-Source Software
  • LimeChat - Instant messaging application.
  • Matrix - An open network for secure, decentralized communication. Open-Source Software
  • mIRC - An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
  • Quassel - Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client. Open-Source Software
  • Revolt - A user-first chat platform built with modern web technologies. Open-Source Software
  • Riot - A decentralised encrypted comms app for the Matrix.org ecosystem. Open-Source Software
  • Telegram - A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it's super fast, simple and free. Open-Source Software
  • Waow - Awesome WhatsApp Web Client to deliver you the best WhatsApp experience.

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Compression

  • 7-Zip - Open source Windows utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully, other formats can be unpacked. Open-Source Software
  • Bandizip - A lightweight, fast and free All-In-One Zip Archiver.
  • NanaZip - The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience. Open-Source Software
  • PeaZip - Archiver and file compressor. Extract 7Z CAB ISO RAR TAR ZIP archive files. Open-Source Software
  • Riot - Compress images either by file size or by many other image attributes.
  • WinRAR - A powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files.

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Customization

  • 7+ Taskbar Tweaker - Allows to customize and extend Windows taskbar functionality with various productivity enhancements.
  • Classic Start - Use Start Menu and Explorer like it's 2000. Open-Source Software
  • Clover - Add multi-tab functionality to Windows Explorer.
  • EarTrumpet - Per application volume control from the system tray. Open-Source Software
  • Komorebi - A tiling window manager for Windows Open-Source Software
  • QTTabBar - Extends Explorer by tabs and extra folder views.
  • Rainmeter - Rainmeter allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers. Open-Source Software
  • Search Deflector - A small program that redirects searches made from the Windows Start Menu or Cortana to whatever browser and search engine you prefer. Open-Source Software
  • TranslucentTB - Make your Windows task bar transparent. Open-Source Software
  • Wallpaper Engine - Live wallpapers with user-created content support for Windows.
  • WindHawk - Customize your windows desktop with various mods. Open-Source Software
  • YASB - A customizable status bar for windows Open-Source Software
  • ZBar - If you use multiple monitors, it lets you display a separate taskbar on each monitor.

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Data Recovery

  • Data Rescue - Comprehensive and professional Hard drive recovery software that can recover your photos, videos, documents.
  • IsoBuster - Comprehensive data recovery software that can recover files from various types of media including CDs, DVDs, hard drives, and more.
  • Ontrack EasyRecovery - Has filtering tools to help sort the large amount of data the software can recover.
  • PartitionGuru | Eassos Recovery - Data recovery with partition recovery.
  • TestDisk - Powerful free data recovery software primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again.

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Developer Tools

IDEs

  • Android Studio - The official IDE for Android based on the IntelliJ platform. Open-Source Software
  • Eclipse - A powerful IDE. Open-Source Software
  • JetBrains Toolbox App - Manage installed JetBrains tools, download new ones and open recent projects.
    • CLion - Smart cross-platform IDE for C/C++. (Free for Students)
    • DataGrip - Cross-Platform IDE for Databases and SQL. FREE for Students, check here for more info.
    • DataSpell - The IDE for Professional Data Scientists
    • GoLand - Provides ergonomic environment for Go development.
    • IntelliJ IDEA - A modern Java IDE with free community edition. Open-Source Software (Free for Students)
    • PhpStorm - Lightning-smart PHP IDE with major frameworks support.
    • PyCharm - Python IDE for professional developers with free community edition. Open-Source Software
    • Rider - A cross-platform .NET/Mono IDE.
    • RubyMine - An intelligent Ruby IDE that supports many modern frameworks.
    • WebStorm - A smart JavaScript IDE that uses the full power of the modern JavaScript ecosystem. FREE for Students, check here for more info.
  • NetBeans IDE - A free and open-source IDE. Open-Source Software
  • Visual Studio Code - A lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. Open-Source Software
  • Visual Studio - Microsoft's official IDE. Supports a multitude of languages via plugins.

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Developer Utilities

  • Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync, VSCode/Atom/Sublime packages and full-featured web client.
  • ExtendsClass - Online tools for developers (REST/SOAP clients, SQLite browser, Regex tester, XPath tester)
  • Mamp - Local server environment.
  • NSudo - A Powerful System Administration Tool. Open-Source Software
  • Open Server - Portable server platform and software environment (like MAMP, XAMPP, WAMP and very user friendly).
  • Pieces - AI-enabled productivity tool designed to supercharge developer efficiency, with an on-device copilot that helps you capture, enrich, and reuse useful materials, streamline collaboration, and solve complex problems through a contextual understanding of your workflow.
  • TailBlazer - A small fast tool for browsing through logs Open-Source Software
  • Velocity - Offline API Documentation Tool. (like Dash for macOS)
  • WMI Explorer - Provides the ability to browse and view WMI namespaces/classes/instances/properties in a single pane of view. Open-Source Software
  • wmWebStack - Localhost HTTP server stack with one click live publishing. Localhost websites can be viewed on any devices over public internet.
  • Xampp - Apache driven web development environment.

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API Development

  • Hoppscotch - Open source API development ecosystem. Open-Source Software
  • HTTP Toolkit - HTTP debugging & mocking tool. Open-Source Software
  • Insomnia - A modern REST client with a beautiful interface. Open-Source Software
  • Postman - REST client with intuitive user interface to send requests, save responses, add tests, and create workflows.

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Networking

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Command Line Tools

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Version Control

  • Fork - A fast & friendly Git client for Windows (and Mac).
  • Git Extensions - A powerful and easy to use UI for Git. Open-Source Software
  • GitHub Desktop - GitHub Desktop is an open source Electron-based GitHub app. Open-Source Software
  • GitKraken - A beautiful, cross-platform Git client.
  • GitLight - An open-source GitHub & GitLab notifications desktop client. Open-Source Software
  • Meld - A visual diff and merge tool. Open-Source Software
  • SourceTree - A free Git & Mercurial client.
  • TortoiseGit - Git client with full shell integration. Open-Source Software
  • Tower - Tower the most powerful Git client for Mac and Windows.

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Virtualization

  • Docker Desktop - Containerization for Desktop, built on top of WSL2
  • Podman Desktop - Open Source Desktop Containerization alternative to Docker Open-Source Software
  • Vagrant - A tool for building and managing virtual machines. Open-Source Software

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Databases

  • DataFlare - A modern, lightweight database GUI for SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  • DB Browser for SQLite - High quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite Open-Source Software
  • HeidiSQL - Powerful and easy client for MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
  • Keylord Cross-platform GUI client for Redis, LevelDB and Memcached key-value databases.
  • PostgreSQL Database - A comprehensive list of tools.
  • RazorSQL - A GUI for managing SQLite databases which requires major work.
  • Redis Desktop Manager Cross-platform open source Redis DB management tool.
  • Robo 3T - A lightweight GUI for MongoDB enthusiasts.
  • Sql Wave - A MySQL database manager.
  • SSLyog - A powerful MySQL administration tool

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File Management

  • FileZilla - FTP, FTPS and SFTP client. Open-Source Software
  • WinSCP - Free open source SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client.
  • Xftp 7 - Flexible and lightweight SFTP/FTP client.

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Games

  • 0 A.D. - A free, open-source real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. Open-Source Software
  • Awesome Games - List of games hosted on Github.
  • Epic Games - Digital video game storefront for PC and Mac, designed by Epic Games.
  • Freeciv - A Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. Open-Source Software
  • Godot Engine - Free and open source game engine. Easy to get started and flexible for intermediate users. Open-Source Software
  • GOG - DRM-free game store with a lot of old games but also has a rich collection of new games.
  • Itch.io - Install, update and play indie games. Open-Source Software
  • LuaStudio - Free game development tool/engine. Create games and other graphic focused apps on Windows using Lua/LuaJIT programming language. Export them to many platforms including iOS, Android and Mac.
  • Origin - Like Steam, but for EA.
  • Steam - Largest online video game retailer. Desktop app allows you to organise your library of games and play them at any time. But you already knew that.
  • Unity - Free game engine. Easy to pick up and use with a number of tutorials.
  • Unreal Engine - Another free game engine. Lots of documentation and easier to pick up, but you pay 5% royalties to Unreal when you make money from UE-based games.
  • Warsow - Free & fast-paced FPS game for Windows.

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Graphics

  • Aseprite - Tool for making pixel art & pixel animations. (Costs $20 but is opensource) Open-Source Software
  • Aspect - Photo organization application with support for peer-to-peer based synchronization across devices.
  • Blender - Fully-featured extensible cross-platform 3D content suite. Open-Source Software
  • Figma - Collaborative interface design tool.
  • Gimp - Open source image editor. Open-Source Software
  • Inkscape - Inkscape is a professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Open-Source Software
  • Krita - Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. Open-Source Software
  • Lunacy - Free Figma alternative with built-in design resources and graphic design capabilities.
  • Paint.net - how can you live without paint.net?
  • pngquant - A CLI for lossy compression of PNG images.

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Online Storage

  • Box - Ability to sync more than 100,000 files and supporting both special characters in file names and file paths longer than 256 characters.
  • Dropbox -Simple, elegant and versatile (PC, Macs, Android...) cloud storage solution.
  • Google Drive - Cloud storage solution deeply integrated in the Google ecosystem.
  • Mega - Encrypted file storage.
  • Nextcloud - Open source, self-hosted file share and communication platform.
  • OneDrive - Best cloud storage solution for Windows users.
  • pCloud - A swiss based privacy first cloud provider. Also offers one time payment lifetime plans.
  • Sync - Encrypted file storage that stores all files in canadian datacenters

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Productivity

  • Aperture Control - Windows environment automation tool with a number of premade recipes and examples available. Open-Source Software
  • AutoHotkey - The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows. Open-Source Software
  • Chocolatey - A package manager for Windows.
  • Cold Turkey - The only blocker for distracting websites that actually works. (even doesn't let you uninstall it when blocking is active).
  • CommandTrayHost - A Command Line program monitor systray for Windows. Open-Source Software
  • CopyQ - Clipboard manager with advanced features. Open-Source Software
  • Ditto - Clipboard manager.
  • Easy Window Switcher - Switch between application instances, fast.
  • Everything - The fastest file/folder search tool by name.
  • Executor.dk - A free multi purpose customizable and light-weight launcher.
  • f.lux - Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting.
  • File Juggler - Organize files automatically. Monitor folders and execute actions like rename, delete, unzip and more. Finds dates in PDFs and much more.
  • Flow Launcher - Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins. Open-Source Software
  • Inkdrop - The note-taking app for Markdown lovers.
  • Jan - An offline & private ChatGPT alternative that runs AI directly on Windows CPU (GPU also supported). Open-Source Software
  • Kaas - Cross-platform desktop LLM client for OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Azure and more, with a focus on privacy and security.Open-Source Software
  • KatMouse - Utility that enables "universal scrolling" in Windows: scrolling does not need the window to be active/clicked first (i.e. how it works in macOS and Linux)
  • Keypirinha - A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows. You can think of Keypirinha as an alternative to Launchy and a cousin of Alfred.
  • Keywiz - Free and open-source software for visualizing your keystrokes. Download and start visualizing your keystrokes realtime for Windows.Open-Source Software](https://github.com/mulaRahul/keyviz)
  • Launchy - The Open Source Keystroke Launcher. Open-Source Software
  • Listary - Keep files at your fingertips. An unique search utility.
  • Luna - Automatic dark mode for Windows 10.
  • MultiCommander - File Manager for Professionals.
  • Ninite - The easiest, fastest way to update or install software.
  • One Commander - File manager featuring miller columns and dual-pane views.
  • Qopy - The fixed Windows clipboard manager boasts numerous enhancement features. Open-Source Software
  • Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows. Open-Source Software
  • Simplenote - Simple cross-platform note taking app with cloud-based syncing.
  • Taskade - Smart task lists with real-time cross-platform syncing and team collaboration.
  • Timelens - A time tracking software for Windows and Mac client can be found here. Open-Source Software
  • ToDoList - Feature rich to-do list application. Open-Source Software
  • Total Commander - The best file manager for Windows.
  • WordWeb - A very good English dictionary for windows.
  • Wox - An effective launcher for windows. Open-Source Software

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Documents

  • FreeOffice - FreeOffice is a complete office suite with a word processor, a spreadsheet application and a presentation program – all compatible with their counterparts in Microsoft Office.
  • LibreOffice - Open source office suite. Open-Source Software
  • Microsoft Office - Microsoft's own productivity suite.
  • NitroPDF - The best PDF Reader you'll ever get.
  • OnlyOffice - The most complete and feature-rich office and productivity suite. Open-Source Software
  • OpenOffice - Software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Open-Source Software
  • Sumatra PDF - PDF, ePub, MOBI, CHM, XPS, DjVu, CBZ, CBR reader. Open-Source Software
  • WPS Office - The perfect free office software

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E-Book Utilities

  • Bookviser - Awesome application for Windows 8 devices to read eBooks in a simple way.
  • Calibre - Powerful software for e-book management and conversion. Open-Source Software
  • kobo - Incredibly ugly but powerful software for ebook management and conversion.

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Email

  • BlueMail - beautifully designed, powerful and easy to use email app if you're looking for cross-platform functionality.
  • Mailbird - IMAP and POP3 email client, featuring customization, complete touch support and multiple language support.
  • Mailspring - A fast and maintained fork of Nylas Mail, built on modern web technologies. Open-Source Software
  • Nylas Mail - An extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web. Open-Source Software
  • Postbox - The Power Email App
  • Thunderbird - Email client with minimalistic design. Open-Source Software
  • Wino Mail - Modern mail client for Windows with built in calendar. Open-Source Software

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Proxy and VPN Tools

  • Algo - Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud.
  • Cloudflare WARP - Fast, free VPN
  • ProtonVPN - High-speed Swiss VPN that safeguards your privacy.
  • Tailscale - Zero config VPN for building secure networks.
  • Twingate - Modern zero trust network access solution.
  • WireGuard - Fast, modern, and secure VPN tunnel.

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Security

  • Acrylic DNS Proxy - A local DNS proxy which caches the responses coming from your DNS servers and helps you fight unwanted ads through a custom HOSTS file.
  • AdwCleaner - Free removal tool for adware, PUP/LPI, Toolbars and Hijacker.
  • Bitdefender - Best outright protection against malware.
  • Bitwarden - Free and open-source password management service that stores sensitive information in an encrypted vault. Open-Source Software
  • Cryptomator - Free client-side encryption for your cloud files. Open-Source Software
  • Disable Data Logging - Make Windows 10 more private and safe.
  • ENCRYPTO - Encrypt your files in an elegant way.
  • GlassWire - Network security monitoring tool and analyzer that visualizes your network activity.
  • IIS Crypto - A utility for configuring encryption protocols, cyphers, hashing methods, and key exchanges for Windows components (eg TLS/AES/SHA for Remote Desktop)
  • KeePass - Free, open-source, easy-to-use password manager. Open-Source Software
  • Malwarebytes - protects from dangerous threats that antivirus doesn't.
  • NetLimiter - Internet traffic control and monitoring tool.
  • Padloc - Open-source and end-to-end encrypted password manager. Open-Source Software
  • ProtonPass - Encrypted password manager from the makers of ProtonMail. Features end-to-end encryption and zero-knowledge architecture.
  • SpyBot - Search and destroy malware, spyware and viruses.
  • System Explorer - An enhanced task manager with support for monitoring and modifying system processes, start-up programs, system services, drivers, shell extensions, and more.
  • Tor Project - Enable anonymous communication. Open-Source Software
  • UnChecky - automatically unchecks unrelated offers from installers.
  • VeraCrypt - VeraCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Open-Source Software
  • Viscosity - Fully-featured OpenVPN client, ready for enterprise deployment.
  • Windows 10 Paranoid's Guide

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Terminal

  • Alacritty - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator Open-Source Software
  • Babun - Alternative Windows shell based on Cygwin. Open-Source Software
  • Cmder - Console emulator package with clink shell. Open-Source Software
  • ColorTool - Set custom color schemes for the Windows Console with support for iTerm color schemes.
  • ConEmu - Customizable terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style and more.
  • ConsoleZ - Modified version of Console 2 for a better experience and a better visual rendering.
  • FluentTerminal - A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies.
  • Hyper - A terminal built on web technologies. Open-Source Software
  • Kitty - advanced Putty (SSH and telnet client).
  • MobaXterm - Xserver and tabbed SSH client.
  • mRemoteNG - The next generation of mRemote, open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager. Open-Source Software
  • MTPuTTY - Multi-Tabbed PuTTY.
  • Putty - SSH and telnet client.
  • Terminus - modern, highly configurable terminal app based on web technologies. Open-Source Software
  • Wezterm - A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written in Rust. Open-Source Software
  • Windows Terminal - Microsoft's official new terminal for Windows. Open-Source Software

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Text Editors

  • Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st Century. Open-Source Software
  • Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design. Open-Source Software
  • GVim - (G)Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. Open-Source Software
  • LazyVim - is a Neovim setup powered by lazy.nvim to make it easy to customize and extend your config. Open-Source Software
  • Light Table - A customizable editor with instant feedback and showing data values flow through your code. Open-Source Software
  • Neovim - literally the future of vim Open-Source Software
  • Notepad++ - A source code editor which supports several programming languages. Open-Source Software
  • Notepad2 - Tiny and fast Notepad replacement with many useful features. Open-Source Software
  • Oni - Modern Modal Editing - powered by Neovim Open-Source Software
  • SpaceVim - A community-driven vim distribution Open-Source Software
  • Sublime Text 3 - The sophisticated text editor.
  • Visual Studio Code - Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Open-Source Software

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Utilities

  • A-Z of Windows Terminal Commands
  • Acrosync - The only native rsync client for Windows (no cygwin required). It supports automatic uploads on file changes and incremental hourly backups.
  • AddToSendTo - This script lets you add your favorite Folder to Send To option, when you right-click. Open-Source Software
  • Advanced Renamer - Advanced batch renaming program, with support for renaming based on GPS data from images, ID3 tags from music files, TV show data and regular expressions.
  • Bandicam - Recording software allowing easy video recording of both desktop and 3D apps simultaneously.
  • Carnac - The easiest way to record keystrokes during any screen recording.
  • CleanMyPC - A clean computer in no time.
  • CPU-Z - A free all-in-one CPU monitoring tool.
  • Econap - Prevent sleep mode while your system is busy.
  • ExifCleaner - Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop. Open-Source Software
  • Ext2Fsd - Open source ext3/4 file system driver for Windows. Open-Source Software
  • Far - File and Archive manager. Clone of the Norton Commander. Open-Source Software
  • FileOptimizer - A lossless file size optimizer supporting a wide array of formats.
  • Fraps- Video game capture screen recorder that can be used with all games using DirectX or OpenGL technology.
  • FreeFileSync - An easy backup solution for files and folders, It supports mirroring/two way sync/update between source and destination.
  • fselect - Command-line tool to search files with SQL-like queries.
  • Glary Utilities - Provides many more advanced features which are non existent in ccleaner.
  • GPU-Z - A free all-in-one GPU monitoring tool.
  • Greenshot - Take and crop screenshots directly on the screen. Open-Source Software
  • HTTrack- Offline browser utility, allowing you to download a website from the Internet to a local directory. Open-Source Software
  • HWMonitor - A hardware monitoring program that reads PC systems main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, fans speed.
  • IrfanView - A very fast, small, compact and innovative graphic viewer for Windows.
  • LICEcap - Animated screen captures and save them directly to .GIF
  • LightBulb - Reduces eyestrain by adjusting gamma based on the current time
  • Link Shell Extension - Create symlinks from Explorer.
  • PowerPlanSwitcher - Provides a quick UI for switching power schemas & automatic switch on AC-plug-in on Windows10. Open-Source Software
  • PowerToys - The all in one power user app for Windows from Microsoft Open-Source Software
  • Process Explorer - Discover which program has a particular file or directory open. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
  • Process Hacker - Excellent full blown task manager.
  • Process Monitor- A sysinternal tool shows real-time file system, Registry, network and process/thread activity.
  • qBittorrent - Free and reliable P2P Bittorrent client.
  • Qopy - The fixed Windows clipboard manager boasts numerous enhancement features. Open-Source Software
  • Retroshare - A platform for secure communications and file sharing between friends. Open-Source Software
  • rimraf - A deep deletion module for node. Help to delete files and folders with very long paths
  • Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way.
  • SDelete - A command line utility that can securely delete a file, or clean the slack space.
  • SetToStartup - This script will help you to add your favorite programs or self made scripts/folders to startup. Open-Source Software
  • ShareX- Lets you take screenshots or screencasts of any selected area with a single key. Open-Source Software
  • Snipping Tool / Snip & Sketch - Windows 10 utility to easily capture and edit selected area in screen.
  • SpaceMonger - A graphical utility to display folders and files in blocks relative to their disk usage.
  • Speccy -Detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer.
  • SpeedCrunch - The best and only calculator you'll need, completely stripped down of unnecessary UI clutter. Open-Source Software
  • Sysinternals Suite - Tool suite by Mark Russinovich that provides access to Windows internals for troubleshooting: processes, physical ports, disk activity etc.
  • ueli - A powerful keystroke launcher for Windows.
  • Unlocker - Unlock files Windows won't let you delete
  • Waltr - Transfer any movie or music file to your iPhone w/o iTunes.
  • winreg-cli - Command line tool with a fluent API for modifying Windows registry. Open-Source Software
  • WizTree - Excellent, small utility application allows users to quickly find large files on a hard drive.
  • ZoomIt - It is a screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations. It runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image.

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Video

  • DaVinci Resolve - Professional video creation software for editing, visual effects, color correction, and audio post production.
  • HandBrake - High performance video encoding and conversion tools with a nice GUI. Open-Source Software
  • K-Lite Codecs - Collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools.
  • mpv - Media player. Open-Source Software
  • Olive Video Editor - Open source cross-platform non-linear video editor. Open-Source Software
  • Open Broadcaster Software - Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Open-Source Software
  • PotPlayer - Multimedia player with a wide collection of codecs which also offers extensive configuration options for users.
  • ScreenToGif - Allows recording of a selected area of your screen, saving it as a GIF or video. Open-Source Software
  • Shotcut - Open source, cross-platform video editor. Open-Source Software
  • Shutter Encoder - Versatile tool for converting images, videos, and audio files.
  • SMPlayer - Multimedia player that remembers settings for all played files. Open-Source Software
  • SRTEd - Visual subtitles editor.
  • Videotape - Video player for windows 10 focused on simplicity with a beautiful and easy to use interface.
  • VLC - Multimedia player and framework that plays DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Open-Source Software

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