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- Applications<\/a>\n
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- Audio<\/a><\/li>\n
- Chat Clients<\/a><\/li>\n
- Compression<\/a><\/li>\n
- Customization<\/a><\/li>\n
- Data Recovery<\/a><\/li>\n
- Developer Tools<\/a><\/li>\n
- Documents<\/a><\/li>\n
- E-Book Utilities<\/a><\/li>\n
- Email<\/a><\/li>\n
- Games<\/a><\/li>\n
- Graphics<\/a><\/li>\n
- Online Storage<\/a><\/li>\n
- Backup<\/a><\/li>\n
- Productivity<\/a><\/li>\n
- Terminal<\/a><\/li>\n
- Text Editors<\/a><\/li>\n
- IDEs<\/a><\/li>\n
- Utilities<\/a><\/li>\n
- Video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Setup<\/a>\n
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- Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n
- Windows 8.1 setup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Security<\/a><\/li>\n
- Miscellaneous<\/a><\/li>\n
- Discussion Forums<\/a>\n
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- Windows<\/a><\/li>\n
- IRC channels<\/a><\/li>\n
- Reddit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Contribute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n<\/a>Applications<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Audio<\/h3>\n
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- AIMP<\/a> – 32 bit audio processing and multi-format playback.
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- Audacity<\/a> – Free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.
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- AudioNodes<\/a> – Modular audio production suite with multi-track audio mixing, audio effects, parameter automation, MIDI editing, synthesis, cloud production, and more.
- CDex<\/a> – CD Ripper (French site, English program).
- Dopamine<\/a> – An audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible.
- K-Lite Codecs<\/a> – Collection of DirectShow filters, VFW\/ACM codecs, and tools.
- Qtractor<\/a> – An Audio\/MIDI multi-track sequencer.
- Reaper<\/a> – Lightweight application with deep feature set and $60 for individual, non-profit, or small business use.<\/li>\n
- Winamp<\/a> – Music player capable of playing MP3s, MP2s, WAVs, VOCs and MIDI files.
- Mixxx<\/a> – Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes, veritable alternative to Traktor.
- Musicbee<\/a> – Like iTunes but better than iTunes.<\/li>\n
- MusicBrainz Picard<\/a> – Picard is a cross-platform music tagger that looks up and rewrite metadata tags.
- VLC<\/a> – Free media player, works pretty well.
- Foobar2000<\/a> – Free audio player for Windows, supports a wide range of audio formats and has a lot of cool features.<\/li>\n
- Exact Audio Copy<\/a> – Transfer files from your CDs to your PC in almost every format.Comes with some pretty nifty features too.<\/li>\n
- Kodi<\/a> – Free and Open Source home theatre software.
- Resonic<\/a> – Fast and free audio player.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n<\/a>Chat Clients<\/h3>\n
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- Hexchat<\/a> – IRC client based on XChat
- Waow<\/a> – Awesome WhatsApp Web Client to deliver you the best WhatsApp experience.
- LimeChat<\/a> – Instant messaging application.
- Caprine<\/a> – An elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app.
- mIRC<\/a> – An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.<\/li>\n
- Telegram<\/a> – A messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it\u2019s super fast, simple and free.
- Quassel<\/a> – Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client.
- Discord<\/a> – 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.
- Riot<\/a> – A decentralised encrypted comms app for the Matrix.org ecosystem.
\n<\/a>Compression<\/h3>\n
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- 7-Zip<\/a> – Open source Windows utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully, other formats can be unpacked.
- Bandizip<\/a> – A lightweight, fast and free All-In-One Zip Archiver.
- PeaZip<\/a> – Archiver and file compressor. Extract 7Z CAB ISO RAR TAR ZIP archive files.
- Riot<\/a> – Compress images either by file size or by many other image attributes.
- WinRAR<\/a> – A powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n<\/a>Customization<\/h3>\n
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- 7+ Taskbar Tweaker<\/a> – Allows to customize and extend Windows taskbar functionality with various productivity enhancements.
- Classic Start<\/a> – Use Start Menu and Explorer like it’s 2000.
- Clover<\/a> – Add multi-tab functionality to Windows Explorer.
- EarTrumpet<\/a> – Per application volume control from the system tray.
- TranslucentTB<\/a> – Make your Windows task bar transparent.
- QTTabBar<\/a> – Extends Explorer by tabs and extra folder views.
- Windows 10 Login Background Changer<\/a> – Lets you change the Windows 10 login screen background.
- ZBar<\/a> – If you use multiple monitors, it lets you display a separate taskbar on each monitor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n<\/a>Data Recovery<\/h3>\n
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- Data Rescue<\/a> – Comprehensive and professional Hard drive recovery software that can recover your photos, videos, documents.<\/li>\n
- Ontrach EasyRecovery<\/a> – Has filtering tools to help sort the large amount of data the software can recover.<\/li>\n
- Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery<\/a> – Remote recovery option to recover data from another computer over a network.<\/li>\n
- PartitionGuru\uff5cEassos Recovery<\/a> – Data recovery with partition recovery.
- Recuva<\/a> – Recover your deleted files quickly and easily.<\/li>\n
- TestDisk<\/a> – Powerful free data recovery software primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and\/or make non-booting disks bootable again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n<\/a>Developer Tools<\/h3>\n
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- Addict<\/a> – Drop-in REST API for Active Directory.<\/li>\n
- DB Browser for SQLite<\/a> – High quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite
- HeidiSQL<\/a> – Powerful and easy client for MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.<\/li>\n
- Fiddler<\/a> – Web debugging proxy.<\/li>\n
- FileZilla<\/a> – FTP, FTPS and SFTP client.
- Git Extensions<\/a> – A powerful and easy to use UI for Git.
- GitHub Desktop<\/a> – GitHub Desktop is an open source Electron-based GitHub app.
- GitKraken<\/a> – A beautiful, cross-platform Git client.
- I’m Only Resting<\/a> -A feature-rich WinForms-based HTTP client
- Insomnia<\/a> – A modern REST client with a beautiful interface.
- Keylord<\/a> Cross-platform GUI client for Redis, LevelDB and Memcached key-value databases.<\/li>\n
- Mamp<\/a> – Local server environment.
- Meld<\/a> – A visual diff and merge tool.
- Open Server<\/a> – Portable server platform and software environment (like MAMP, XAMPP, WAMP and very user friendly).
- Pixie<\/a> – A simple color picker for developers.<\/li>\n
- pngquant<\/a> – Apply lossy compression on PNG files with or wi<\/li>\n
- PostgreSQL Database<\/a> – A comprehensive list of tools.<\/li>\n
- Postman<\/a> – REST client with intuitive user interface to send requests, save responses, add tests, and create workflows.<\/li>\n
- Process Explorer<\/a> – A powerful task manager.
- Process Hacker<\/a> – Excellent full blown task manager.<\/li>\n
- RazorSQL<\/a> – A GUI for managing SQLite databases which requires major work.<\/li>\n
- Redis Desktop Manager<\/a> Cross-platform open source Redis DB management tool.<\/li>\n
- Robo 3T<\/a> – A lightweight GUI for MongoDB enthusiasts.<\/li>\n
- SourceTree<\/a> – A free Git & Mercurial client.<\/li>\n
- Sql Wave<\/a> – A MySQL database manager.<\/li>\n
- SSLyog<\/a> – A powerful MySQL administration tool<\/li>\n
- TortoiseGit<\/a> – Git client with full shell integration.
- TortoiseSVN<\/a> – Subversion client with full shell integration.
- Vagrant<\/a> – A tool for building and managing virtual machines.
- Velocity<\/a> – Offline API Documentation Tool. (like Dash<\/a> for macOS)<\/li>\n
- Visual Studio<\/a> – Ultimate Microsoft Developer Tool.<\/li>\n
- Visual Studio Code<\/a> – Lightweight Source Code Editor.<\/li>\n
- Wamp<\/a> – Web development environment.<\/li>\n
- WinSCP<\/a> – Free open source SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client.
- Wireshark<\/a> – A network protocol analyzer.
- WMI Explorer<\/a> – Provides the ability to browse and view WMI namespaces\/classes\/instances\/properties in a single pane of view.
- Xampp<\/a> – Apache driven web development environment.
- Xftp 5<\/a> – Flexible and lightweight SFTP\/FTP client.
- Zsh<\/a> – A powerful command line shell.
- DB Browser for SQLite<\/a> – High quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite
- Ontrach EasyRecovery<\/a> – Has filtering tools to help sort the large amount of data the software can recover.<\/li>\n
- Classic Start<\/a> – Use Start Menu and Explorer like it’s 2000.
- Bandizip<\/a> – A lightweight, fast and free All-In-One Zip Archiver.
- Waow<\/a> – Awesome WhatsApp Web Client to deliver you the best WhatsApp experience.
- Audacity<\/a> – Free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds.
- IRC channels<\/a><\/li>\n
- Windows 8.1 setup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Chat Clients<\/a><\/li>\n
- Audio<\/a><\/li>\n
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