The Best Of: Windows Software
On this page you will find the best 90 free Windows programs for all your needs. We’ve taken the effort to categorize the apps and picked only those we believe to be the best ones and which will most likely be useful to you.
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Anti-virus
Malware removal
Firewall Apps
Defragmenters
File Recovery
Uninstallers
Backup Apps
System Maintenance
Browsers
Email Clients
Communication
Photos/Images
Audio Tools
Video Tools
Documents
Productivity
Archive Managers
CD/DVD Tools
Downloads
Others
avast! Free Antivirus
Expect great all-around protection against viruses and trojans.
AntiVir Free Version
Lightweight and solid. Good ratings. Worth looking into.
AVG Antivirus Free Edition
Not as good as Avast or Avira but with considerably less bloat. The most popular free antivirus.
Microsoft Security Essentials
Simple, lightweight and competent protection suite.
Comodo Internet Security
Free security suite, includes both a firewall and anti-virus protection.
Spybot S&D
Detects and removes spyware. Compliments anti-virus apps.
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Easy-to-use, simple, and effective anti-malware application.
IObit Security 360 Free
Advanced malware & spyware removal utility.
PC Tools Firewall Plus 6
Powerful firewall capable of providing excellent protection.
Comodo Firewall (standalone)
Long been considered one of the best free firewall tools available.
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall
Provides the best overall firewall protection for advanced users.
Online Armor Free
All of the normal features of a firewall and more.
Ashampoo FireWall Free
Very easy to use and navigate. For intermediate users.
Auslogics Disk Defrag
Simple, reliable and quite fast. A must-have free PC tool. Considered no.1 by many.
Defraggler
Another excellent defrag tool. Portable. From the same guys behind hugely popular CCleaner.
IObit Smart Defrag
Extremely easy to use. Works continuously in the background.
Recuva
Very effective in restoring deleted files. Extremely popular.
FreeUndelete
No frills, just focused on the zen of file recovery.
ADRC Data Recovery Software
The Renaissance Man of free data recovery. Not as popular as Recuva but still has its own fans.
Revo Uninstaller Free
Fast and very effective at uninstalling just about anything. Popular choice for the purpose.
IObit Uninstaller
New kid on the block. Gaining popularity. Boasts a bunch of features not found on other uninstallers.
Absolute Uninstaller
Less popular than the other two but probably the simplest to use one.
Mozy
Incredibly smart, highly secure, set-it-and-forget-it backup solution. Backups data to web.
FBackup
Backup files and documents, personal settings and plugins.
Todo Backup
Able to backup the entire operating system, program settings, browser data, emails and other data.
Clonezilla
Live CD to completely clone your hard drive.
SyncBack Freeware
Selective synchronisation, local and remote backup to an FTP server.
Glary Utilities
Includes over 15 useful tools. Been recommended by MakeUseOf several times!
CCleaner
Scores high points all around. The most popular choice at the moment. Not as many features as in others.
IObit Toolbox
The amount of system maintenance tools included in this free app is truly staggering.
Google Chrome
The fastest, minimal design browser now with extension support.
Firefox
More than 6,000 add-ons for every possible feature. The most customisable browser to date.
Safari
Designed to emphasize browsing. Also features extensions.
Opera
The “fastest and most advanced” browser available today.
Thunderbird
Increasingly popular. One of the best email clients for Windows.
Postbox Express
A simple, yet powerful, new email application for Windows.
Google Notifier
Alerts you when you have new Gmail messages.
Skype
The most popular cross-platform VoIP application. Must-have for everyone online.
Pidgin
Easy-to-use, cross-platform, multi-protocol chat client. Supports all major chat programs.
Digsby
An alternative multi-protocol instant messaging app. Cross-platform. Extremely popular.
Paint.NET
Strong candidate as a potential substitute for Photoshop for beginner/intermediate users.
FastStone Image Viewer
One of the best image viewer, converter & editor bundles.
IrfanView
The Swiss Army knife of image viewers/editors. Extremely popular.
Google Picasa
Powerful photo manager software from Google. Includes 1-click photo retouching features. Easy online photo sharing.
GIMP
Very capable graphic editor with Photoshop-like features. Often labeled as free Photoshop alternative.
PhotoScape
Another good free photo editing application.
foobar2000
Highly customisable advanced audio player for Windows.
Songbird
A popular music player based on Mozilla’s code. Includes plugins.
Audacity
Very popular open source software for recording and editing sounds.
iTunes
Music player and video library organiser. Hosts the iTunes Store.
MediaMonkey
Full-featured music player and music collection organiser.
Winamp
Well-know, lightweight, small-footprint media player.
CopyTrans Manager
Alternative iPod manager app. Sync and transfer music & files to iPod, iPhone, iPad.
VLC Media Player
Extremely popular cross-platform app that plays almost any video file.
Handbrake
Open source, cross-platform, multithreaded video transcoder and converter.
VirtualDub
Open-source and portable video editor.
Media Player Classic
Replica of WM Player. Includes only the most basic controls. Plays many formats.
Freemake
Free video converter & DVD burner that’s easy to use.
OpenOffice
A popular free alternative to Microsoft Office.
Dropbox
Must-have for everyone. Sync folder with docs to web or other PCs / Macs. Share documents.
Notepad++
Popular open source text editor. Favoured by many, including programmers.
FoxIt Reader
Really light alternative to Adobe Reader. Open PDF files.
doPDF
Easily convert documents and pictures to PDF from any Windows program with two clicks.
Fences
Provides rectangular containers for your desktop to visually organize your icons. Handy!
Rainlender
Very easy to use and lightweight calendar for your Windows desktop.
Evernote
Save your ideas on the go and instantly take notes. Access notes from anywhere. Highly recommended!
VirtuaWin
Gives you multiple virtual desktops to organize your workflow. Highly customisable.
Launchy
A powerful keystroke based program launcher. Replaces the Start button.
7-zip
Takes care of most of your extracting/compression needs.
Universal Extractor
With over 50 supported file formats, Universal Extractor is superb.
IZArc
One archive utility to rule them all. Supports almost all formats.
ImgBurn
CD/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-ray burning application. Also, lets you create image files from CDs and DVDs.
CDBurnerXP
The most popular free alternative to Nero Burning ROM. Burn CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.
bitRipper
Back-up your DVDs as AVI files or Mpeg to your hard drive. Excellent backup tool for DVDs.
CDex
Open-source digital audio CD extractor. Saves CD tracks as MP3′s.
DuBaron CD2ISO
A great tool to extract ISO images from CDs or DVDs. Very simple and easy to use.
Virtual CloneDrive
Mount a virtual drive to open and playback ISO image files (CD/DVD images).
DVDShrink
The easiest and one of the better free DVD ripping and backup tools.
uTorrent
Speedy, efficient, and free. The most popular BitTorrent client.
Deluge
An awesome but unappreciated cross-platform BitTorrent client.
YouTube Downloader HD
Downloads YouTube videos with just a few clicks of the mouse button.
LastPass
Secure plugin to store and synchronise passwords across browsers.
Unlocker
Kills or unlocks unresponsive programs or system processes.
Soluto
Speed up Windows boot time by removing unnecessary apps from startup. Very effective.
PortableApps Suite
A collection of useful portable apps. Carry the apps with you wherever you go on a thumbdrive.
TreeSize Free
Shows you where your precious hard drive space has gone to.
TrueCrypt
Free open-source, cross-platform disk encryption software. Encrypt and hide sensitive files.
EASEUS Partition Master
All-in-one partition manager. Create, resize and merge partitions.
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