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I am temporarily suspending the maintenance of this repository for 1 year. Feel free to make forks and provide PRs with changes to include in this fork in the future.

Awesome Windows Awesome

A curated list of awesome applications, software, tools and shiny things for Windows. 🎉

This list was created on Jul 26, 2021 and based on the wonderful work of https://github.com/Awesome-Windows/Awesome. However, the original list had obsolete links and items were mostly not in alphabetical order, so I made a fork to fix this and add new products faster.

If you notice obsolete or dead links, please be kind enough to report them by creating an issue or by making a pull request. Thanks!

Items marked with Open-Source Software are open-source software. Items marked with Freeware are free (as in free beer).

Contents

Applications

Audio

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

Chat Clients

  • Caprine - An elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Discord - A free voice and text chat client for gamers and non-gamers alike. Freeware
  • Element - A decentralised encrypted comms app for the Matrix.org ecosystem. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Franz - A messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram and many many more. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Hexchat - IRC client based on XChat. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • LimeChat - Instant messaging application. Freeware
  • Mattermost - An open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • mIRC - An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
  • Revolt - User-first chat platform built with modern web technologies. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Rocket.Chat - The communications platform that puts data protection first. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Quassel - A modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Telegram - A messaging app for desktop with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Waow - Awesome WhatsApp Web Client to deliver you the best WhatsApp experience. Freeware

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 Freeware
  • Bandizip - A lightweight, fast and free All-In-One Zip Archiver.
  • PeaZip - Archiver and file compressor. Extract 7Z, CAB, ISO, RAR, TAR, ZIP, and more archive files. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Riot - Compress images either by file size or by many other image attributes. Freeware
  • WinRAR - A powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files.

Customization

  • 7+ Taskbar Tweaker - Allows to customize and extend Windows taskbar functionality with various productivity enhancements. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • EarTrumpet - Per application volume control from the system tray. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Lively Wallpaper - Free and open-source application for setting GIFs, Videos and WebPages as your desktop wallpaper. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • ModernFlyouts - A modern Fluent Design replacement for the old Metro themed flyouts present in Windows 10 and older builds of Windows 11. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • MSEdgeRedirect - A tool that redirects News, Searches, Widgets, Weather, and more to your preferred browser. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Open-Shell (originally Classic Shell) - Use Start Menu and Explorer like it's 2000. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • QTTabBar - Extends Explorer by tabs and extra folder views. Freeware
  • Rainmeter - Allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • TranslucentTB - Make your Windows task bar transparent. Open-Source Software Freeware

Data Recovery

  • Data Rescue - Comprehensive and professional Hard drive recovery software that can recover your photos, videos, documents.
  • Eassos Recovery - Data recovery with partition recovery.
  • Ontrach EasyRecovery - Has filtering tools to help sort the large amount of data the software can recover.
  • Recuva - Recover your deleted files quickly and easily.
  • Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery - Remote recovery option to recover data from another computer over a network.
  • TestDisk - Powerful free data recovery software primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again. Open-Source Software Freeware

Developer Tools

  • Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync, VSCode/Atom/Sublime packages and full-featured web client.
  • DB Browser for SQLite - High quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • ExtendsClass - Online tools for developers (REST/SOAP clients, SQLite browser, Regex tester, XPath tester).
  • Fiddler - Web debugging proxy.
  • FileZilla - FTP, FTPS and SFTP client. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Fork - A fast & friendly Git client for Windows (and Mac).
  • Git Extensions - A powerful and easy to use UI for Git. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • GitHub CLI - Free and open-source tool for using GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Server from your computer's command line. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • GitHub Desktop - An open-source Electron-based GitHub app. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • GitKraken - A beautiful, cross-platform Git client.
  • HeidiSQL - Powerful and easy client for MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • HTTP Toolkit - HTTP debugging & mocking tool. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • I'm Only Resting - A feature-rich WinForms-based HTTP client Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Insomnia - A modern REST client with a beautiful interface. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Mamp - Local server environment.
  • Meld - A visual diff and merge tool. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • NSudo - A Powerful System Administration Tool. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Open Server - Portable server platform and software environment (like MAMP, XAMPP, WAMP and very user friendly). Freeware
  • Pixie - A simple color picker for developers. Freeware
  • pngquant - A command-line utility and a library for lossy compression of PNG images. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • PostgreSQL Database - A comprehensive list of tools.
  • Postman - REST client with intuitive user interface to send requests, save responses, add tests, and create workflows.
  • Process Explorer - A powerful task manager. Freeware
  • Process Hacker - Excellent full blown task manager. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Process Monitor- A sysinternal tool shows real-time file system, Registry, network and process/thread activity. Freeware
  • RazorSQL - A GUI for managing SQLite databases which requires major work.
  • Redis Desktop Manager - Cross-platform open source Redis DB management tool. Open-Source Software
  • Robo 3T - A lightweight GUI for MongoDB enthusiasts. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • SourceTree - A free Git & Mercurial client. Freeware
  • Sql Wave - A MySQL database manager.
  • SSLyog - A powerful MySQL administration tool.
  • TailBlazer - A small fast tool for browsing through logs Open-Source Software Freeware
  • TortoiseGit - Git client with full shell integration. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Tower - The most powerful Git client for Mac and Windows.
  • Vagrant - A tool for building and managing virtual machines. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Velocity - Offline API Documentation Tool. (like Dash for macOS)
  • Visual Studio - Microsoft's official IDE. Supports a multitude of languages via plugins.
  • Visual Studio Code - Lightweight Source Code Editor. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • VSCodium - A community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor Visual Studio Code. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Wamp - Web development environment. Freeware
  • WinSCP - Free and open-source SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Wireshark - A network protocol analyzer. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • WMI Explorer - Provides the ability to browse and view WMI namespaces/classes/instances/properties in a single pane of view. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • XAMPP - Apache driven web development environment. Freeware
  • Xftp - Flexible and lightweight SFTP/FTP client.
  • Zsh - A powerful command line shell. Open-Source Software Freeware

Documents

  • FreeOffice - A complete office suite with a word processor, a spreadsheet application and a presentation program – all compatible with their counterparts in Microsoft Office. Freeware
  • LibreOffice - A free and powerful office suite, and a successor to OpenOffice. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • 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 Freeware
  • SumatraPDF - PDF, ePub, MOBI, CHM, XPS, DjVu, CBZ, CBR reader. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • WPS Office - The perfect free office software.

E-Book Utilities

  • Calibre - Powerful software for e-book management and conversion. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • kobo - Powerful software for e-book management and conversion. Freeware

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 Freeware
  • Postbox - The Power Email App
  • Thunderbird - A cross-platform email client with minimalistic design. Open-Source Software Freeware

Games

  • 0 A.D. - A free, open-source real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Awesome Games - List of open-source games hosted on Github. Open-Source Software
  • Freeciv - A Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Godot Engine - Free and open source game engine. Easy to get started and flexible for intermediate users. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • 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
  • Open Source Games - Yet another list of open-source games hosted on Github. Open-Source Software
  • Open Source Game Clones - A list of open-source clones of popular games. Open-Source Software
  • 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. Freeware

Graphics

  • Blender - Fully-featured extensible cross-platform 3D content suite. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • GNU Image Manipulation Program - Open source image editor. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Inkscape - A professional vector graphics editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Krita - A professional free and open-source painting program. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • MapTiler - Generates zoomable raster maps from images in user-defined coordinate system.
  • Paint.NET - A freeware raster graphics editor program for Microsoft Windows, developed on .NET Framework. Freeware

Text Editors

  • Atom - A hackable text editor for the 21st Century. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Brackets - A modern, open source text editor that understands web design. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • GVim - (G)Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Light Table - A customizable editor with instant feedback and showing data values flow through your code. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Neovim - Implementation of Vim, but focused on extensibility and usability. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Notepad++ - A source code editor which supports several programming languages. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Notepad2 - Tiny and fast Notepad replacement with many useful features. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Onivim 2 - Native, lightweight modal code editor - powered by Neovim. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • SpaceVim - A community-driven vim distribution. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Sublime Text - The sophisticated text editor.
  • Visual Studio Code - Lightweight Source Code Editor. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • VSCodium - A community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor Visual Studio Code. Open-Source Software Freeware

IDEs

  • Android Studio - The official IDE for Android based on the IntelliJ platform. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • CLion - Smart cross-platform IDE for C/C++ that uses CMake as a build system.
  • Eclipse - A powerful IDE. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • IntelliJ IDEA - A modern Java IDE with free community edition. Open-Source Software
  • NetBeans IDE - A free and open-source IDE. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • 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.
  • Visual Studio - Microsoft's official IDE. Supports a multitude of languages via plugins.
  • WebStorm - A smart JavaScript IDE that uses the full power of the modern JavaScript ecosystem.

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.
  • 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.

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 Freeware

Productivity

  • AltSnap - Easily drag windows when pressing the Alt key. Maintained continuation of Stefan Sundin's AltDrag. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Aperture Control - Windows environment automation tool with a number of premade recipes and examples available. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • AutoHotkey - The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Chocolatey - A package manager for Windows. Open-Source Software
  • 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 Freeware
  • CopyQ - Clipboard manager with advanced features. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Ditto - Clipboard manager. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Double Commander - Free, open-source and cross-platform file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Easy Window Switcher - Switch between application instances, fast.
  • Everything - The fastest file/folder search tool by name. Freeware
  • f.lux - Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting. Freeware
  • File Juggler - Organize files automatically. Monitor folders and execute actions like rename, delete, unzip and more. Finds dates in PDFs and much more.
  • Inkdrop - The note-taking app for Markdown lovers.
  • 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). Freeware
  • Keypirinha - A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows. Freeware
  • Listary - Keep files at your fingertips. An unique search utility.
  • Luna - Automatic dark mode for Windows 10. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Microsoft PowerToys - A set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience for greater productivity. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • MultiCommander - File Manager for Professionals. Freeware
  • Ninite - The easiest, fastest way to update or install software. Freeware
  • One Commander - File manager featuring miller columns and dual-pane views.
  • Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Simplenote - Simple cross-platform note taking app with cloud-based syncing. Freeware
  • SuperF4 - Kill programs instantly with Ctrl+Alt+F4. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Taskade - Smart task lists with real-time cross-platform syncing and team collaboration.
  • 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 Freeware

Terminal

  • Alacritty - A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Cmder - Console emulator package with clink shell. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • ConEmu - Customizable terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style and more. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • ConsoleZ - Modified version of Console 2 for a better experience and a better visual rendering. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Fluent Terminal - A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Hyper - A terminal built on web technologies. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Kitty - Advanced PuTTY (SSH and telnet client). Open-Source Software Freeware
  • MobaXterm - Xserver and tabbed SSH client.
  • mRemoteNG - The next generation of mRemote, open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • MTPuTTY - Multi-Tabbed PuTTY. Freeware
  • PuTTY - SSH and telnet client. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Tabby - Modern, highly configurable terminal app based on web technologies. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Windows Terminal - Microsoft's official new terminal for Windows. Open-Source Software Freeware

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. Freeware
  • 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. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • CleanMyPC - A clean computer in no time.
  • CPU-Z - A free all-in-one CPU monitoring tool. Freeware
  • Econap - Prevent sleep mode while your system is busy.
  • ExifCleaner - Remove exif metadata from images and videos with drag and drop. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Ext2Fsd - Open source ext2/3/4 file system driver for Windows. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Far Manager - File and Archive manager. Clone of the Norton Commander. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • FileOptimizer - A lossless file size optimizer supporting a wide array of formats. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • 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. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • fselect - Command-line tool to search files with SQL-like queries. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Glary Utilities - Provides many additional features that CCleaner does not have.
  • GPU-Z - A free all-in-one GPU monitoring tool. Freeware
  • Greenshot - Take and crop screenshots directly on the screen. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • HTTrack- Offline browser utility, allowing you to download a website from the Internet to a local directory. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • 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. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • LightBulb - Reduces eyestrain by adjusting gamma based on the current time. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Link Shell Extension - Create symlinks from Explorer.
  • PowerPlanSwitcher - Provides a quick UI for switching power schemas & automatic switch on AC-plug-in on Windows 10. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • 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. Freeware
  • qBittorrent - Free and reliable P2P Bittorrent client. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Retroshare - A platform for secure communications and file sharing between friends. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • rimraf - A deep deletion module for node. Help to delete files and folders with very long paths. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • SDelete - A command line utility that can securely delete a file, or clean the slack space. Freeware
  • 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 Freeware
  • 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 Freeware
  • Sysinternals Suite - Tool suite by Mark Russinovich that provides access to Windows internals for troubleshooting: processes, physical ports, disk activity, etc. Freeware
  • ueli - A powerful keystroke launcher for Windows. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Waltr - Transfer any movie or music file to your iPhone w/o iTunes.
  • WinDirStat - A disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • winreg-cli - Command line tool with a fluent API for modifying Windows registry. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • WizTree - Excellent, small utility application allows users to quickly find large files on a hard drive.
  • YaCy - A general search engine by corporations of people, including the search web page, general crawlers, indexing, and ranking functions.Open-Source Software Freeware
  • ZeroNet - A decentralized web. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • 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. Freeware

Proxy and VPN Tools

  • Algo - Personal IPSEC VPN in the cloud.

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 Freeware
  • K-Lite Codecs - Collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Freeware
  • mpv - A free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Olive Video Editor - Open source cross-platform non-linear video editor. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • OBS Studio - Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • PotPlayer - Multimedia player with a wide collection of codecs which also offers extensive configuration options for users. Freeware
  • ScreenToGif - Allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save it as a gif or video. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Shotcut - Open source cross-platform video editor. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • SMPlayer - Multimedia player that can save different preferences for any single video. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • VidCutter - A modern yet simple multi-platform video cutter and joiner powered by libmpv + FFmpeg. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • 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 Freeware

Setup

Windows 10, 11 Setup

Windows 8.1 Setup

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. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • AdwCleaner - Free removal tool for adware, PUP/LPI, Toolbars and Hijacker. Freeware
  • AME Wizard - The Ultimate tool for modifying Windows 10 and 11. Only the source code of the CLI version is open. Currently in open beta test. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Bitdefender - Best outright protection against malware.
  • Cryptomator - Free client-side encryption for your cloud files. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • ENCRYPTO - Encrypt your files in an elegant way. Freeware
  • 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 (e.g. TLS/AES/SHA for Remote Desktop). Freeware
  • KeePass Password Safe - Free, open-source, easy-to-use password manager. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • KeePassXC - Free, open-source, cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • KeeWeb - Free, cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass, built on modern web technologies. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Malwarebytes - Protects against dangerous threats that antivirus can't find.
  • NetLimiter - Internet traffic control and monitoring tool.
  • SophiApp - The most powerful open source tweaker for fine-tuning Windows 10 & Windows 11. The next chapter of the Sophia Script project.
  • Sophia Script for Windows - A most powerful PowerShell module for Windows 10 & Windows 11 fine-tuning and tweaking.
  • 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. Freeware
  • Tor Browser - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • VeraCrypt - A free open source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Open-Source Software Freeware
  • Viscosity - Fully-featured OpenVPN client, ready for enterprise deployment.
  • Windows 10 Paranoid's Guide

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