+Xinok Subscriber² Posted April 21, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted April 21, 2009 Freeware Alternative ListSpecial Thanks to: CoolCatBad, kinetix63, Simon, and Sanctified. This list was last updated October 2011. I have no plans to continue maintaining this list. There are no Windows 8 apps on this list. Expect some broken links. For the web developers out there, you can download this list as an XML document to do with as you please: freelist.zip MikeFu84, 616e6f6e, Pulgafree and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Copernic Reporter Posted September 2, 2011 Reporter Share Posted September 2, 2011 Many thanks Xinok for keeping this alive. A single complaint: Pls remove Open Freely --> File Management -> Viewers, because IMO is just a scam. The software is similar to Free Opener and (maybe) owned by the same company. Remember all the buzz about Free Opener on freewaregenius, lifehacker etc...? Well, at the begining Free Opener installer was around 20.4 MB now is 1.5 MB and there's a reason. Now is a web installer ''powered'' by InstallIQ , an adware provider. Moreover it seems that same same company produces the same program under different name but all with the same purpose: money from InstallIQ. Just check this out: FreeOpener 1.0.1.0 http://www.freeopener.com/ Free File Opener 2011 http://www.freefileopener.com/ Free File Viewer 2011 http://www.freefileviewer.com/ Ultimate File Viewer http://www.ultimatefileviewer.com/ The same software under different theme and using different names. After doing some research I found that the company behind all this poorly coded stuff is Bitberry Software ApS owner of Trusted Software a website that rips-off Open Source software like GIMP, VideoLan than bundle it with InstallIQ. +Xinok 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Xinok Subscriber² Posted September 2, 2011 Author Subscriber² Share Posted September 2, 2011 Pls remove Open Freely --> File Management -> Viewers, because IMO is just a scam. The software is similar to Free Opener and (maybe) owned by the same company. Remember all the buzz about Free Opener on freewaregenius, lifehacker etc...? Well, at the begining Free Opener installer was around 20.4 MB now is 1.5 MB and there's a reason. Now is a web installer ''powered'' by InstallIQ , an adware provider. Moreover it seems that same same company produces the same program under different name but all with the same purpose: money from InstallIQ. Thanks for pointing this out. I took a better look and besides for being highly suspicious, their software (presumably illegally) bundles other programs as well as install a certain codec pack... So I removed Open Freely as well as Free Opener (it was also on the list). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 iwod Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I think two new addition should be added to the list. These two, simple, elegant, lightweight, powerful, are the best in my opinion. Not only as a freeware, but also within commercial category. Bandizip - http://www.bandicam.com/bandizip/ Yes there are TONS of Archivers out there, but they are either very light weight and ugly ( 7 zip ), powerful but heavy ( Power Archivers type.) Bandizip offers many features while being quite lightweight. It is also one of the best if not the best at extracting Unicode filename archives. KingSoft Office Free - http://www.kingsofts...suite-free.html Yes i get it from the back page news. Most neowinians hate Chinese. The same for Chinese Software as well. But other then that it is possibly the best Office Suit you can get ( free or paid ) if you dont like Ribbon UI. +Xinok 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Vykranth Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 IcoFX in section 19-35 Image & Graphics -> Icons -> Editors should be removed as it became a shareware with version 2.0 +Xinok 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Xinok Subscriber² Posted October 1, 2011 Author Subscriber² Share Posted October 1, 2011 Changelog - October 2011 Credit: @Copernic for pointing out a suspicious program @iwod for suggesting Bandizip and Kingsoft Office Suite Free @Vykranth for pointing out that IcoFX is no longer freeware Category Changes: Windows 8, a temporary base category until the OS is officially released Mathematics -> Calculators, arranged calculators not already under a sub-category Mathematics -> Calculators -> Arithmetic, new sub-category for simple calculators Uncategorized -> Forensics, moved under System Program Changes: Updated IcoFX link to a mirror of the last freeware version Monthly Stats: Categories: 771 Programs: 5705 PortableApps: 139 Starred: 259 Tags: 588 3D Graphics -> Viewers Ogre Meshy Audio -> Duplicate Finders Rinse | for iTunes Audio -> Editors ocenaudio Audio -> Editors -> Tools Free Ringtone Maker Audio -> Extract Moo0 VideoToAudio Audio -> Lyrics & Chords Lyricist Audio -> Notation & Tablature Taboo Audio -> Organize Rename and move files by metatags bliss Audio -> Players Calaym Mpxplay Audio -> Synthesizers FluidSynth Audio -> Text to Speech YAKiToMe | Web-Based | Free Registration Backup & Synchronization -> LAN UrBackup Business & Office -> Business Card Easy Card Creator | Restricted TechnoRiverStudio Community Business & Office -> eCommerce KonaKart PrestaShop Business & Office -> Help Desk HESK SysAid Free CAD WireframeSketcher CAD -> Circuit Board / Electical VirtualBreadboard CD & DVD -> Burners StarBurn Free | Portable CD & DVD -> Converters IMG to ISO UIF to ISO CD & DVD -> Copy / Rip DVD43 DVDFab HD Decrypter | Free After Trial Passkey Lite CD & DVD -> Images (ISO) ISO to USB CD & DVD -> Virtual Drives TotalMounter | Virtual Burner Compression & ZIP -> Archivers :star: Bandizip KuaiZip Database -> Administration & Management Pretty Database Explorer Database -> Dump / Export / Backup MySQLBackupFTP Database -> Monitoring Pretty Reports Data Recovery & Repair -> Master Boot Record (MBR) MBR Regenerator Data Recovery & Repair -> Passwords Advanced Password Recovery Desktop & Customization -> Clipboard PasteCopy.NET Desktop & Customization -> Desktop & Explorer Folder Options X Desktop & Customization -> Keyboard -> Hot Keys AloneKey Desktop & Customization -> Launchers -> Icon / Grid Folder Bookmarks Harmony Desktop & Customization -> Launchers -> List / Menu SyMenu Desktop & Customization -> Logon 7Log Desktop & Customization -> Macros & Virtual Input WinParrot Desktop & Customization -> Taskbar Aero Taskbar Color Changer Desktop & Customization -> Timer, Alarm, Stopwatch OnlyStopWatch Desktop & Customization -> Virtual Desktops Finestra Virtual Desktops Desktop & Customization -> Wallpaper Wallpaper Manager Desktop & Customization -> Window Control bug.n Devices -> Android Synx Devices -> Camera Agisoft Lens Devices -> Smart Card Cardpeek Devices -> Web-Cam Sentry Vision Security Documents & PDF -> Auto-Complete / Autofill CopyTexty Popchrom | Chrome Add-on Documents & PDF -> CSV CSVFileView Documents & PDF -> Flat Files Flat File Checker (FlaFi) Documents & PDF -> Metadata BeCyPDFMetaEdit Documents & PDF -> Readers / Viewers Google Docs Viewer | Firefox Add-on Documents & PDF -> Readers / Viewers -> eBook MComix Documents & PDF -> Speech Recognition Dictation Pro Documents & PDF -> Suites Kingsoft Office Suite Free Documents & PDF -> Text -> Editors BirEdit Educational -> Computers Efficiency Educational -> Geography gvSIG Educational -> Kids Tools Bambini GCompris Educational -> Language Fingerspelling Tutor Educational -> Teaching & Learning ExamEditor E-Mail -> Tools WiseStamp | Firefox Add-on | Chrome Add-on File Management -> Attributes Moo0 TimeStamp File Management -> Checksum eHash Fsum Frontend Moo0 HashCode File Management -> Copy & Move FileSieve n2ncopy WinRoboCopy File Management -> Disk Space Analysis Better Directory Analyzer File Management -> List Generators Simple File Lister File Management -> Organizer / Tagging DiviFile Stuff Organizer File Management -> Search Dropout VX Search | Restricted File Management -> Search -> Find and Replace GGrep Image & Graphics -> Color Pickers & Grabbers Peacock Color Picker Image & Graphics -> Converters & Resizers AnyPic Image Resizer Free Image & Graphics -> Editors PixBuilder Studio Image & Graphics -> Editors -> Pixel Art ASEPRITE GrafX2 Image & Graphics -> Editors -> Web-Based Adobe Photoshop Express | Web-Based Image & Graphics -> Effects Easy Photo Effects Focalpoint Photo Frame & Effects Free Image & Graphics -> GIF / APNG Animat | Firefox Add-on Image & Graphics -> Metadata (EXIF) Pixelgarde Image & Graphics -> Print & Scan DVD Slim Image & Graphics -> Screenshot -> Upload Clupper xScreenshot Image & Graphics -> Stereoscopic Agisoft StereoScan Image & Graphics -> Thumbnails Moo0 ImageThumbnailer Image & Graphics -> Viewers & Organizers Helicon Photo Safe Image Components ModernView Information Management -> Calendars & Time Management Calendar Editor Pro Information Management -> Database Piggydb Information Management -> Genealogy (Family Tree) Visual Family Tree Information Management -> Mind Mapping Mind On Track VYM (View Your Mind) Information Management -> Notes Memonic Desktop | Online | Free Registration Information Management -> Notes -> Stickies StickMeUp Information Management -> PIM PIM Xtreme Information Management -> Time Tracking Kapow Punch Clock MapleXp Information Management -> Todo & Task Management DeskTask Instant Messengers -> Other PrivyTalks | Web-Based Instant Messengers -> Tools Messenger Plus | Adware Mathematics -> Calculators -> Financial & Loan Loan Calculator Plus Mathematics -> Calculators -> Geometry Geometry Solver 3D Mathematics -> Calculators -> Other CPMP-Tools Mathematics -> Calculators -> Scripted Frink Network -> Auditing & Inventory Prime Network -> Bandwidth Monitoring SysTray Bandwidth Monitor Network -> Hotspot Virtual Wi-Fi Router Network -> MAC Address DynaMAC Network -> Remote -> Access / Desktop Mouse Without Borders QuickScreenShare | Web-Based Tonido Network -> Scanners EMCO MAC Address Scanner Network -> Sniffer Capsa Free NetworkTrafficView WebCookiesSniffer WebSiteSniffer Network -> Tools EMCO Ping Monitor Free Online Services -> Education Codecademy Online Services -> File Transfer Kicksend LargeDocument Operating Systems Zorin OS Operating Systems -> Bootloader SARDU Optimization & Tweaks -> Cleaners Broken Shortcut Fixer Moo0 DiskCleaner Optimization & Tweaks -> Other Simple Performance Boost Programming -> Code -> Analysis KinetiCount Programming -> Code -> Formatting DustMite Tigris Delta Programming -> Code -> Generation CodeGenerator | Free Registration Programming -> Compilers & Languages Groovy Programming -> Documentation NDoc Programming -> Editors medit ZionEdit Programming -> Game Creation TADS (Text Adventure Development System) Programming -> Hex Editors Hexalt(ed) Programming -> IDE -> D Poseidon Programming -> INI IniSpector Programming -> Licensing IntelliProtector Programming -> Obfuscator -> EXE / DLL Orange Heap Programming -> Regular Expressions PyReditor RSS -> Readers Newzie Science & Medical BrainVISA OpenEMR Virtual Environment Laboratory (VLE) Science & Medical -> Astronomy & Astrology Astronomy Calculators Ephemeris SkyORB Science & Medical -> DICOM / Imaging Biocomputing Unit (Multiple Products) BrainVoyager QX BrainVoyager Viewer DICOM Browser MRIcro Science & Medical -> Genetics Syntainia Science & Medical -> Molecular BALLView CueMol PyRx Science & Medical -> Neurology BrainVoyager Brain Tutor BrainVoyager TMS Neuronavigator Lucid Scribe Security -> Anti-theft Norton Anti-Theft PC-Alarm and Security System | Free Registration Security -> Anti-virus -> HIPS Registry Alert Security -> Anti-virus -> Scanners Comodo Cleaning Essentials Security -> Autorun Blockers USB Flash Drives Control Security -> Encryption Secure Archive Security -> File Shredders Moo0 Anti-Recovery Moo0 FileShredder Security -> Monitoring / Keylogger Ultimate Keylogger Free Security -> Program Blockers AppAdmin Security -> Web Bitdefender TrafficLight Cocoon | Firefox Add-on System -> Benchmark ATTO Disk Benchmark System -> Devices/Hardware -> Lock USB Disabler System -> Drivers -> File Systems SDFS System -> Info & Monitoring TinyResMeter System -> Info & Monitoring -> RAM (Memory) MemInfo System -> Keyboard -> Sharing ShareMouse System -> Power -> Management Boray POWer System -> Process -> Terminate VPN Watcher System -> Startup / Autorun StartupEye System -> Stress Test StressMyPC System -> System Restore System Restore Explorer Uncategorized Aber Lite JSesh Razuna SSLCertScanner Uncategorized -> Audio Reactive Music Language Editor Uncategorized -> Data Mining DASS-GUI Uncategorized -> Documents DocumentBurster Uncategorized -> Network Foglight Network Management System Uncategorized -> Programming Cedalion Uncategorized -> Sports Dartscore 2005 Uncategorized -> System Advanced Tokens Manager GetWindowText Uncategorized -> Time Moo0 WorldTime Video -> Capture & Recording :star: ScreenVirtuoso Video -> Effects / Filters Pixelfusion | for Windows Media Player Video -> Metadata Moo0 VideoInfo Video -> Stereoscopic NVIDIA 3D Vision Video Player Video -> Streaming / DLNA Serviio Video -> Subtitles -> Downloaders OpenSubtitlesSearch Video -> Subtitles -> Editors Gaupol Virtualization -> Physical to Virtual Parallels Transporter Agent Virtualization -> Virtual Drives VFD Web & Internet -> Anonymity Osiris Web & Internet -> Browsers Waterfox Web & Internet -> Browsers -> Data Find Favorites Web & Internet -> Browsers -> Default Change Default Browser Web & Internet -> Design -> Editors Wakanda Studio Web & Internet -> Servers Fortitude HTTP Web & Internet -> Sites -> Facebook Kurst FlickNav PhotoGrabber Web & Internet -> Spider / Crawler The Image Collector WebESC Web & Internet -> Website Monitor Newzie NotiPage ReloadIt Windows 8 MetroController Metro UI Tweaker Start Menu Selector Windows 8 Developer Preview Tweaker Windows 8 Login Screen Capture Windows 8 Start Menu Gadget Windows 8 Start Tweaker Windows 8 Tweaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Copernic Reporter Posted October 1, 2011 Reporter Share Posted October 1, 2011 Thanks for the updates! Altarsoft Video Capture 1.2 is no longer free. Updates:- software changed to shareware - adjust rotation, zoom, crop - text and image overlays - reencoding video http://www.altarsoft...o_capture.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Aor Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 How about Nero Kwik Media 11.0.14900 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 remixedcat Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 vmware player is free media jukebox is free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kslogan Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Can i suggest two free softwares i use daily. Search Everything: locate files and folders by name instantly, a lot faster then windows search. Kingsoft PC Doctor: maybe a windows tweaking tool, i've no idea which category it should be in since it also get malware removal features, reviews from wilderssecurity are pretty good, worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 TDT Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I don't know if this was answered before or not, but is Adobe Reader free for business use? Not redistribution, just regular use on company pc's. If it is, can someone please point me to the "proof", because I don't see anything about this in that stupid eula... Thank you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Vykranth Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Desktop & Explorer (Category 11-10) Better Explorer - http://bexplorer.codeplex.com/ A replacement of standard windows explorer with more features for more convenient work! One of that is Tabs, Ribbon interface, additional conditional tabs and so on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ellenswine Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Can I suggest the Lan messenger used inside our company :laugh: BigAnt office messenger :An instant messaging program for secure business conversation, 10users license is free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 616e6f6e Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 1-4a Rename http://www.1-4a.com/rename/ A mass file renamer. I used this religiously until I discovered ReNamer, which I found much easier to use, but 1-4a is still one of my favourites. It's a standalone program (i.e. no installation required) and the entirety of the functionality/interface is contained on one large screen. AHK BBCodeWriter http://www.autohotke...page/index.html This program allows you to type up BBCode forum posts offline with the ability to preview them as they'd appear online, including emoticons. Android Sync Manager WiFi http://global.mobile...oad/android.jsp Along with the corresponding (free) app on your Android device this program allows you to sync your device with your PC over the WiFi connection. AVIAddXSubs http://aviaddxsubs.blogspot.com/ Takes .srt subtitles and adds them to the AVI container (i.e. the video is not re-encoded). It converts the original .srt into XSub or idx/sub formats, depending on your needs. Convert AVI to MP4 http://www.convertavitomp4.com/ A basic yet extremely useful tool for doing the obvious. It only allows you to convert one file at a time, and there's no control over the internal settings of the program, but it works perfectly. I've found that the converted file almost always plays on the PS3 whereas the converted MP4 files from other software don't. FileASSASSIN http://www.malwareby...ts/fileassassin This program comes bundled with Malwarebytes' Anti-malware, but it's also available as a separate program. It's a file unlocker/deleter. Applian FLV Player http://applian.com/flvplayer/ Self-explanatory! The only thing I should mention is that after installation the final part of the setup wizard asks if you want to install Freecoder Toolbar, and the option is ticked automatically, so don't be too hasty as you click through. GASHISOFT GXSCC http://www.geocities...B236/indexE.htm A MIDI/SMF/RCP player which emulates the sound of 8-bit audio similar to that of the old games consoles and chiptunes. Mega Manager http://www.megaupload.com/?c=tools For users of MegaUpload.com with either a free or premium account, it allows you to upload and download to/from the website and manage various aspects of the process. Net Transport (Free) http://freeware4revi...on-of-fast.html This is a download manager much like the plethora of others out there, but this one can handle RTSP protocols which means downloading streaming media is possible. The link provided is to the last free version of the program (it's now paid) and the download link provided on the page is to a file hosting service. I'm not sure if this is permitted, but it's there if you want it. NoSleep HD http://nosleephd.codeplex.com/ A tiny standalone program which prevents your external hard drives from sleeping by simply writing to a text file on each selected drive at the time intervals you require. ORCA MSI Editor http://www.technipag...msi-editor.html Allows you to edit .msi installation packages. It is no longer officially supported by Microsoft but it still works fine. If you have PC DVD backups and wish to split them into CDs, or vice versa, you'll most likely need this program along the way. Pastebin http://pastebin.com/tools#windows Upload pasted text from your PC to the Pastebin website and control how it will be presented. It requires you to have a free login account to be used. It's also available for many other OSs and even comes in the form of browser extensions/add-ons. Wim's World Clock http://www.wimsprogr...m/programs.html Displays multiple time zones of your choosing from a System Tray icon. It can be hovered over to show a tooltip or can be clicked to show a configurable window displaying the times/dates. It optionally syncs itself with a selection of government time websites. XdN Tweaker http://xenomorph.net.../vb/xdntweaker/ Allows you to tweak various aspects of Windows. Works with XP > Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 616e6f6e Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm not sure if it's just me but the dashes between the category numbers in the Table of Contents are somehow a different character than the dashes used throughout the rest of the thread, making it tricky to use Ctrl+F to find anything. It hasn't always been this way, which is the weird part! Does anyone else have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Cheryl_27 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 The link in category 32-20 Security - File Shredders, for Free File Wiper has changed to http://www.myportablesoftware.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 616e6f6e Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 BlueStacks http://bluestacks.com/ Essentially an Android emulator for Windows. It's still in BETA stages but it works quite well with most apps already (as of today I've personally tested it with Words with Friends, Hanging with Friends, Android Market and Get Jar!). ChromePlus is now called CoolNovo http://coolnovo.com/ Comodo Dragon Browser http://www.comodo.co...ars/browser.php A free browser based on Chromium with extra emphasis on privacy and security. CDisplayEx http://www.cdisplayex.com/ A comic book reader which I personally find much easier to use than ComicRack. Spider Player is now discontinued and as a result the developer is now offering the Pro license for free. http://spider-player.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 moloko Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 spider player looks intersting. WOW there is even a portable verision!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mk2001 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Wow, your guys have provide so many software. YesterData Photo Recovery Free to recover one photo/picture/psd files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DGMurdockIII Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 here are four free cad programs LibreCAD - http://librecad.org/cms/home.html BRL-CAD - http://brlcad.org/ FreeCAD - http://sourceforge.n...title=Main_Page QCAD - http://www.ribbonsoft.com/en/qcad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Copernic Reporter Posted December 28, 2012 Reporter Share Posted December 28, 2012 You can recover the lost pictures with data recovery software. I've tried iDisksoft Data Recovery, the deep recovery mode is powerful and helped me recover files. Free to download it from http://www.idisksoft.com SPAM. Your software is ''free to download'' and not FREEWARE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 monkeylove Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 An anti-spam program: G-Lock Spam Combat: http://www.glocksoft.com/spamcombat/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tf76 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Found this the other day. oCam - Screen recorder http://ohsoft.net/product_ocam.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CLontario Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Wasn't there a web site that did this same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bi4me Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Found this the other day. oCam - Screen recorder http://ohsoft.net/product_ocam.php Might as well be interested in CamStudio, been using it for a while and works like a charm except that it generates relatively bigger in size video files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Found this the other day. oCam - Screen recorder http://ohsoft.net/product_ocam.php Okay this is amazing. I have had a real hard time finding good free screen recorders. This is the best! THANKS! (i've tried CamStudio and it isn't this good for me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Special Thanks to: CoolCatBad, kinetix63, Simon, and Sanctified.
This list was last updated October 2011. I have no plans to continue maintaining this list.
There are no Windows 8 apps on this list. Expect some broken links.
For the web developers out there, you can download this list as an XML document to do with as you please:
freelist.zip
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