[Gouki]

List updated 12 Apr 08.

Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware, Anti-Spyware

Ad-Aware - http://lavasoft.element5.com/index.php
Avast! - http://www.avast.com
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/
Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic - http://www.free-av.com/
ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/
Comodo Antivirus - http://antivirus.comodo.com/
HijackThis - http://www.spywarein....php#hijackthis
Spybot-S&D - http://www.spybot.in...home/index.html
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacools...areblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.javacools...ywareguard.html
Winpooch - http://winpooch.free.fr/
XPY - http://xpy.whyeye.org/


Audio Players

1by1 - http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
CoolPlayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
DeliPlayer - http://www.deliplayer.com/
Delphamp - http://www.delphamp.com/
Foobar2000 - http://www.foobar2000.com/
MoolPlayer - http://tinyapps.co.uk/moolplayer/
musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
Poddox - http://www.poddox.com/
Quintessential Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
SongBird - http://www.songbirdnest.com/download
XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/


Audio Tools

Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
AutoFLAC - http://legroom.net/modules.php?op=modload&...mp;app=autoflac
BonkEnc - http://www.bonkenc.org/index.php
CDEx - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Floola - http://www.floola.com/modules/wiwimod/
MP3Gain - http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
Mp3tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
Streamripper - http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/
YamiPod - http://www.yamipod.c...n/modules/home/
Yammy - http://yammy.sourceforge.net/


Benchmarking / Hardware Info

CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Futuremark - http://www.futuremark.com/products/
HDDScan - http://hddguru.com/c...nt/en/software/
HD Tune - http://www.hdtune.com/
Nero CD-DVD Speed - http://www.cdspeed2000.com/
Nero InfoTool - http://www.nero.com/.../Info_Tool.html
PC WIZARD 2007 - http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
RightMark Utilities - http://www.rightmark.org/
SIV System Information Viewer - http://siv.mysite.wa...-members.co.uk/
SIW System Information for Windows - http://www.gtopala.com/


Bittorent Clients

µTorrent - http://utorrent.com/index.php
Azureus - http://azureus.sourc...e.net/index.php
BitComet - http://www.bitcomet.com/
BitSpirit - http://www.167bt.com/intl/
BitTorrent - http://www.bittorrent.com/
Deluge - http://www.deluge-torrent.org/
Halite - http://www.binarynot....com/halite.php
Rufus - http://rufus.sourceforge.net/


CD & DVD Burning

BurnAware Free Edition - http://www.glorylogi...rview-free.html
Burrrn - http://www.burrrn.net/
CDBurnerXP Pro - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/index.php
cdrtfe - http://cdrtfe.sourceforge.net/
DeepBurner - http://www.deepburner.com/
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/
Infra Recorder - http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/
Small CD-Writer - unofficial translation - http://www.911cd.net...?showtopic=7564
StarBurn - http://www.rocketdiv...m/starburn.html


Compression/Decompression

7-zip - www.7-zip.org
ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/
Far Manager - http://farmanager.com/
WinUHA - http://winuha.com
UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/
Universal Extractor - http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=62418


Data Backup & Recovery

DriveImage XML - http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm
PC INSPECTOR File Recovery - http://www.pcinspect.../uk/welcome.htm
Recuva - http://www.recuva.com/
Restoration - http://www3.telus.ne...ESTORATION.html
SelfImage - http://selfimage.excelcia.org/
SoftPerfect File Recovery - http://www.softperfe...s/filerecovery/
TestDisk and PhotoRec - http://www.cgsecurity.org/
Undelete Plus - http://www.undelete-plus.com/


Download Manager

DownThemAll - Firefox extension - http://www.downthemall.net/
FlashGet - http://flashget.com/
Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
LeechGet Personal Edition - http://www.leechget.net/en/
Orbit Downloader - http://www.orbitdownloader.com/
Wackget - http://millweed.com/
Wget - http://gnuwin32.sour...ckages/wget.htm
wGetGUI - http://www.jensroesner.de/wgetgui/
WinWGet - http://www.cybershade.us/winwget/



Encryption

FreeOTFE - http://www.freeotfe.org/
KeePass - http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
Steganos LockNote - http://www.steganos....ote&language=en
TrueCrypt - http://www.truecrypt.org/


File Tools

A43 File Management Utility - http://www.primitus.us/a43/
Ant Renamer - http://www.antp.be/software/renamer
CloneSpy - http://www.clonespy.com/?Features
CubicExplorer - http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/about
Directory Lister - http://www.krksoft.com/index.html
ExplorerXP - http://www.explorerxp.com/
freeCommander - http://www.freecommander.com/
LS File List Generator - http://home.a03.itsc.../programing/en/
ReNamer - http://www.den4b.com/
UltraExplorer - http://www.mustangpe...raexplorer.html
WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/


Firewall

Comodo Personal Firewall - http://www.comodogroup.com/
Outpost Firewall Free - http://www.agnitum.c...tfree/index.php
Safety.Net - http://www.netveda.c...r/safetynet.htm
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall - http://www.softperfe...ducts/firewall/
ZoneAlarm - http://www.zonelabs.com/


FTP

Filezilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/


Graphics

ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/
Artweaver - http://www.artweaver...hp?artweaver_en
AveIconifier2 - http://www.aqua-soft...ead.php?t=15304
Blender - http://www.blender.org/
Color Detector - http://www.cosmin.com/colordetector/
Color Cop - http://prall.net/colorcop/features
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
hugin - Panorama Tools GUI - http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
InkScape - http://www.inkscape.org/
Instant Eyedropper - http://instant-eyedropper.com/
IrfanView - http://www.irfanview.com/
Jahshaka - http://www.jahshaka.org/
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org/
Paint.NET - http://www.getpaint.net/index.html
PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre.com/
Picasa - http://picasa.google.com/
Google SketchUp - http://www.sketchup.com/
Scratch - http://scratch.media.mit.edu/
TuxPaint - http://www.tuxpaint.org/
XnView - http://www.xnview.com/




GUI

Adolix Wallpaper Changer - http://www.adolix.co...lpaper-changer/
AveDesk - http://www.avedesk.org/
Caledos Wallpaper - http://www.caledos.c...os/Caledos.aspx
CD Art Display - http://www.closetosoftware.com/
Crawlpaper - http://sourceforge.n...cts/crawlpaper/
Deskloops - http://www.xilokit.c.../deskloops.html
Desktop List View - http://iamwill.com/d...tView/index.php
Dexpot - http://dexpot.de/index.php?id=home
DM2 - http://dm2.sourceforge.net/
Flickr Wallpaper Rotator - http://www.rushfrisb...er-Rotator.aspx
FlyakiteOSX - http://osx.portraitofakite.com/
John's Background Switcher - http://www.johnsadve...groundSwitcher/
ObjectDock - http://www.stardock....cts/objectdock/
Pitaschio - http://pitaschio.ara3.net/index.htm
Power Dimmer - http://www.whitsoftd...om/powerdimmer/
PowerMenu - http://www.veridicus...ming/powermenu/
QTTabBar - http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/
RK Launcher - http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/
RocketDock - http://www.punksoftware.com/rocketdock
Switcher - http://insentient.net/index.html
Tango Shell Patcher - http://vertigosity.b...com/?page=start
Taskbar Shuffle 2.2 - http://www.freewebs....kbarshuffle.htm
TaskSwitchXP - http://www.ntwind.co...skswitchxp.html
XPize - http://xpero.msfn.org/
Yahoo! Widgets - http://widgets.yahoo.com/
VirtuaWin - http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/
Vista Transformation Pack - http://www.windowsxl...net/?page_id=15


Instant Messaging

aMSN - MSN - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php
Gaim - Multi-Protocol support - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
miniaim - AIM - http://miniaim.net/
Miranda - Multi-Protocol support - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Trillian - Multi-Protocol support - http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/


IRC Client

Bersirc - http://bersirc.free2...index.php/home/
HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/
KVIRC - http://www.kvirc.net/
X-Chat - http://www.xchat.org/
X-Chat 2 - http://www.silverex.org/news/


Network Tools

Ethereal - Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
Knocker - Port Scanner - http://knocker.sourc...e.net/index.php
NetStumbler - http://stumbler.net/
Hamachi - http://www.hamachi.cc/
OCS Inventory - Inventory - http://ocsinventory.sourceforge.net/
OmniPeek Personal - http://www.omnipeek....ek_personal.php
PuTTY Tray - http://www.xs4all.nl/~whaa/putty/
Show Traffic - Traffic Analyzer - http://www.demosten.com/index.html
SmartSniff - http://www.nirsoft.n...ls/smsniff.html
Snort - IDS - http://snort.org/
SoftPerfect Network Scanner - http://www.softperfe...networkscanner/
Spiceworks - http://www.spiceworks.com/
The Dude - http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php
Wireshark -http://www.wireshark.org/


Notepad Replacements

metapad - http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus....net/uk/site.htm
Notepad2 - http://www.flos-free...h/notepad2.html


Office

AbiWord - http://www.abisource.com/
doPDF - http://www.dopdf.com/
Foxit Reader - http://www.foxitsoft...df/rd_intro.php
Gnumeric - http://www.gnome.org...jects/gnumeric/
Nvu - http://www.nvu.com/index.php
OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org/
PDFCreator - http://www.pdfforge.org/


RSS

FeedReader - http://www.feedreader.com/
GreatNews - http://www.curiostudio.com/index.html
RSSOwl - http://www.rssowl.org/


System Utilities


Auslogics Disk Defrag - http://www.auslogics...efrag/index.php
CamStudio - http://www.camstudio.org/
CCleaner - http://ccleaner.com/
Convert - http://joshmadison.n...ftware/convert/
Event Log Explorer - http://www.eventlogxp.com/
Google Earth - http://earth.google.com/
HashTab - http://beeblebrox.org/hashtab/
JkDefrag - http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/
Neoshooter - http://www.neowin.ne...howtopic=161346
nCleaner - http://nkprod.ro/ncleaner/
NirSoft Utilities - http://www.nirsoft.net/
Revo Uninstaller - http://www.revounins....com/index.html
Rumshot - http://shellscape.org/rumshot/
Sandboxie - http://www.sandboxie.com/
Sizer - http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html
Sysinternals Utilities - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysintern...itiesindex.mspx
System Info for Windows - http://www.gtopala.com/
Microsoft Virtual PC - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/...pc/default.mspx
Total Copy - http://www.ranvik.net/totalcopy/
Tera Copy - http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org/
WinAPIOverride32 - http://jacquelin.pot...napioverride32/
Window Clippings - http://www.windowclippings.com/

Web Browsers

Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Opera - http://www.opera.com/


VoIP

Gizmo - http://www.gizmoproject.com/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
VoipStunt - http://www.voipstunt.com/
WengoPhone - http://www.wengo.com/


Video Players

GOM Player - http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.n...cts/guliverkli/
MoolPlayer - http://tinyapps.co.uk/moolplayer/
MPUI - http://mpui.sourceforge.net/
KMPlayer - http://www.kmplayer....orums/index.php
rulesPlayer - http://rulesplayer.lessequal.com/
VLC - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Zoom Player (Standard) - http://www.inmatrix.com/


Video Tools

Any Video Converter - http://www.any-dvd-converter.com/
AutoGK - http://www.autogk.me.uk/
BeSweet - http://dspguru.doom9.net/
Dr.DivX - http://labs.divx.com/DrDivX
DVD43 - http://www.dvd43.com/
DVDFab Decrypter - http://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm
DVD-Rebuilder - http://dvd-rb.dvd2go.org/
GSpot Codec Information Appliance - http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
MediaCoder - http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
MKVToolnix - http://www.bunkus.or...ols/mkvtoolnix/
RatDVD- http://www.ratdvd.dk/download.htm
StaxRip - http://www.planetdvb.net/staxrip/
Videora Converter - http://www.videora.c...n-us/Converter/
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/


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This post has been edited by DigeratiPrime: 12 April 2008 - 02:21 PM

[atomizer]

nice job!!!

little update: .DOT NET is not required for CD burner xp pro. see here. enough people complained about their switch to DOT NET that they decided to offer an alternitive.

also very worthy of mention is ClamWin, a FOSS and *very* good, very light anti-virus. note that isn't for newbs however, as it does not do real-time scanning (which is one of it's better assets IMO). ClamMail is the counterpart for e-mail.

PopTray is, by far, the very best e-mail checking util i've ever found. very simple, yet LOADED with useful features. FOSS, but it's Delphi.

KeyPass Password Safe, FOSS, and the best PWD manager i've yet come accross.

Filezilla, one of the better FOSS FTP clients/servers.

[alsiladka]

Just one ques. before even i included to the list?
Only open source ones or even the normal freewares?

Quote

http://www.voipstunt.com

It gives you free calling to USA and many Other countries . Really usefull for everyone.

Quote

http://www.irfanview.com/

Support for a lot , literally lots of formats.

[Gouki]

@ atamozier - Thanks for the heads up. List edited.

@ alsiladka - As you can see on the topic description, the list is made of Free and Open Source Software. So yes, the "normal freeware" is acceptable.

[Jeremy]

IrfanView is free, so it should be on your list. I use it and it rules.

[atomizer]

i don't think IrfanView is OSS

[alsiladka]

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i don't think IrfanView is OSS

The topic is not just a list of OSS but also some good freewares.

[Jeremy]

F/OSS = Free / Open Source Software
IrfanView is Free as in you don't pay anything, nor are you encouraged to donate. Nothing complicated here...

[DigeratiPrime]

we could add irfanview, whats the difference between that and xnview though?

[WolfX2]

i know i tunes is free and it falls under the catagory of [Audio Players]

[Jeremy]

Yeah, well you wouldn't use ITunes unless you owned an IPod.

[Gouki]

wolf74481, on Mar 28 2006, 08:03 PM, said:

i know i tunes is free and it falls under the catagory of [Audio Players]

iTunes is something that everyone knows about. The main reason for this list is to provide some alternatives to the 'well known software'.

However, I want to thank everyone for the submissions. Some will be added, some will not. However, there will be no confirmation (post) by me nor DigeratiPrime about a user's submission. Mainly to prevent useless posts.

Feel free to submit as many applications as you want. After all, the list is made by all of you.

Thank you all.

[WolfX2]

@Gouki - ohhh ic now, thanks for the info

This post has been edited by wolf74481: 28 March 2006 - 09:27 PM

[EchoNoise]

What about DVD Shrink?

[atomizer]

Jeremy, on Mar 28 2006, 12:01 PM, said:

F/OSS = Free / Open Source Software
IrfanView is Free as in you don't pay anything, nor are you encouraged to donate. Nothing complicated here...

might want to check the defanition of F/OSS

@DigeratiPrime - the differance between IrfanView and XnView is that the latter is primarily geared toward graphics only, where Irfan does audio and video as well.

[DigeratiPrime]

atomizer, on Mar 29 2006, 05:26 AM, said:

Jeremy, on Mar 28 2006, 12:01 PM, said:

F/OSS = Free / Open Source Software
IrfanView is Free as in you don't pay anything, nor are you encouraged to donate. Nothing complicated here...

might want to check the defanition of F/OSS

@DigeratiPrime - the differance between IrfanView and XnView is that the latter is primarily geared toward graphics only, where Irfan does audio and video as well.

ty atomizer and others. i will update the list a little later today.

[Jeremy]

atomizer, on Mar 29 2006, 06:26 AM, said:

Jeremy, on Mar 28 2006, 12:01 PM, said:

F/OSS = Free / Open Source Software
IrfanView is Free as in you don't pay anything, nor are you encouraged to donate. Nothing complicated here...

might want to check the defanition of F/OSS

@DigeratiPrime - the differance between IrfanView and XnView is that the latter is primarily geared toward graphics only, where Irfan does audio and video as well.

To hell with the technicalities and politics of "free" and "open-source". You don't have to bloody pay for it, I've said this a dozens times now... c'mon.
Yes, it does audio and video, but you can select only image formats to be associated with the program and then disable the audio and video plugins aftwards. Man, I hate it when someone brings up a bunch of gobbly goop just because they want the last word of a discussion. I suppose it's the whole pride or male ego thing. Anyway, I'm like that too, but when it's as simple as being free, why bother creating more frustrations?

[RogueSpear]

Tor: An anonymous Internet communication system
http://tor.eff.org/

TrueCrypt: Free open-source disk encryption software
http://www.truecrypt.org/


Also, I would like to second a couple of sentiments. First would be the inclusion of KeyPass Password Safe. Second would be that I don't think most people care whether or not something is open source or not, but rather if they're permitted to use it without paying for it.

[Gouki]

The only reason this list has OSS it's because it tends to be more well written than regular (non-OS) software.

As for the suggestions, they have been added to the list. Thanks

[RogueSpear]

I would agree with that. I certainly have more "trust" in open source software since it is open to the scrutiny of everybody. I've never been a fan of secrets.