Windows Software

• AOMEI Partition Assistant - partition manager.
• Azure Data Studio - lightweight, cross-platform data management and development tool with connectivity to popular cloud and on-premises databases.
• BurnAware - burning software to create CD, DVD and Blu-ray of all types.
• Cryptomator - free and open-source encryption software.
• CrystalDiskInfo - S.M.A.R.T. utility for reading and monitoring disk drive status.
• CrystalDiskMark - open source disk drive benchmark tool.
• Defraggler - defrag entire hard drives or individual files. Works with HDD and SSD and supports NTFS and FAT32 file systems.
• Everything - desktop search utility that can rapidly find files and folders by name.
• Fiddler - web debugging proxy for Windows. Supports decoding and inspection of HTTP(S) requests and WebSocket communication.
• Firefox - the best web browser that still has full support for ad blockers.
• foobar2000 - the best advanced audio player.
• GIMP - free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks.
• Git - free and open source distributed version control system for Windows.
• HWiNFO - all-in-one solution for hardware analysis and monitoring.
• Imagine - the best image viewer.
• Kdenlive - free and open-source video editing software.
• KeePassXC - free and open-source password manager.
• Kleopatra - certificate manager and a universal crypto GUI. It supports managing X.509 and OpenPGP certificates in the GpgSM keybox and retrieving certificates from LDAP servers.
• LibreOffice - free and open-source office productivity software suite.
• Multipass - lightweight VM manager that lets you create and run fresh Ubuntu instances with a single command.
• Notepad++ - free and open-source text and source code editor.
• OBS Studio - free and open-source, cross-platform screencasting and streaming app.
• OpenVPN Connect - OpenVPN client software.
• PDF24 Tools - collection of easy-to-use PDF tools.
• PeaZip - free and open-source file archiver.
• PowerShell - command-line interface and scripting language for system and network administration.
• PowerToys - set of freeware system utilities designed for power users developed by Microsoft for use on the Windows operating system.
• PuTTY - free implementation of SSH and Telnet for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
• qBittorrent - cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client.
• Remote Desktop - modern RDP client software developed by Microsoft.
• Recuva - can recover pictures, music, documents, videos, emails or any other file type you've lost. And it can recover from any rewriteable media: memory cards, external hard drives, USB sticks and more.
• Rufus - utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
• R-Studio - data recovery solution for recovery files from different file systems.
• Squalr - free and open-source memory editor and game hacking tool.
• Sumatra PDF - free and open-source document viewer that supports many document formats including: PDF, eBook (epub, mobi), comic book (cbz/cbr), DjVu, XPS, CHM.
• Thunderbird - free and open-source email client software.
• Tor Browser - free and open-source web browser, that directs Internet traffic via a free, worldwide, volunteer overlay network. Using Tor makes it more difficult to trace a user's Internet activity.
• Total Commander - orthodox dual-pane file manager.
• TreeSize - graphical disk space analyzer.
• Victoria - HDD and SSD testing utility.
• VLC - free and open-source media player and streaming media server.
• VSCodium - community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s source code editor.
• Windows Terminal - multi-tabbed terminal emulator.
• WinSCP - free and open-source SSH File Transfer Protocol, File Transfer Protocol, WebDAV, Amazon S3, and secure copy protocol client.
• WireGuard - WireGuard client software.

Windows System Utilities

• BlueScreenView - scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death' crashes, and displays the information about all crashes in one table.
• CurrPorts - network monitoring software that displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on your local computer.
• Dependency Walker - utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules.
• IE PassView - utility that reveals the passwords stored by Internet Explorer Web browser.
• LockHunter - free tool to delete files blocked by something you do not know.
• Mail PassView - password-recovery tool that reveals the passwords and other account details for the variety of email clients.
• MyEventViewer - simple alternative to the standard event viewer of Windows.
• MyLastSearch - utility scans the cache and history files of your Web browser, and locate all search queries that you made with the most popular search engines.
• NetRouteView - GUI alternative to the standard route utility (Route.exe) of Windows operating system.
• PasswordFox - password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
• ProduKey - utility that displays the ProductID and the CD-Key of Microsoft Office (Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007), Windows (Including Windows 8/7/Vista), Exchange Server, and SQL Server installed on your computer.
• RegScanner - small utility that allows you to scan the Registry, find the desired Registry values that match to the specified search criteria, and display them in one list.
• Remote Desktop PassView - small utility that reveals the password stored by Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection utility inside the .rdp files.
• Sysinternals Suite - utilities to manage, diagnose, troubleshoot, and monitor a Windows environment. It includes:
• Autoruns - shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login. These programs and drivers include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.
• Process Explorer - utilities to manage, diagnose, troubleshoot, and monitor a Windows environment.
• Process Monitor - advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.
• PsTools - bunch of tools that allow you to manage remote systems as well as the local one.
• ShareEnum - uses NetBIOS enumeration to scan all the computers within the domains accessible to it, showing file and print shares and their security settings.
• Sigcheck - utility that shows file version number, timestamp information, and digital signature details, including certificate chains. Can show you if binary is 32-bit or 64-bit. Also includes an option to check a file's status on VirusTotal.
• TCPView - show you detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections.
• TaskSchedulerView - simple tool that displays in a single table the list of all tasks from the Task Scheduler of Windows. It also allows you to easily disable/enable mutiple tasks at once.
• WMI Tools - WMI Query Generators & Other WMI Tools.
• WifiInfoView - scans the wireless networks in your area and displays extensive information about them.
• Wireless Network Watcher - small utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network.
• WirelessKeyView - recovers all wireless network security keys/passwords (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer.
• WirelessNetView - small utility that runs in the background, and monitor the activity of wireless networks around you.

Created on 2023-11-17
Last edited on 2024-04-26