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Freeware Software Alternative List

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3D Graphics:
3D Apartment Designer - http://creditsuisse.databecker.net/index.p...uage=en&s=4
3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
Houdini (Free Edition) - http://www.sidefx.com/apprentice/index.html
Maya Personal Learning Ed. - http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services..._maya_ple.shtml
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org
POV-Ray - http://www.povray.org/
SOFTIMAGE|XSI EXP - http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/
Terragen - http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
Toxic - http://www.toxicengine.org/
Wings 3D - http://www.wings3d.com/
Anti-Virus:
a-squared - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/
BitDefender - http://www.bitdefender.com
ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/
Anti Spyware:
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Arovax Shield - http://www.arovaxshield.com/download.php
Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
Browser Hijack Retaliator http://www.zamaansoft.com/products/bhr/
CWShredder - http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshr...r_download.html
Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Microsoft AntiSpyware - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
ToolbarCop - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm
Watcher - http://www.donationcoders.com/kubicle/watcher/index.html
WinPatrol - http://www.winpatrol.com/
Winpooch - http://winpooch.free.fr/home/index.php
Audio Creation
Gungirl Sequencer - http://ggseq.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
HammerHead - http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtml
Jesusonic - http://www.jesusonic.com/soft.php
KRISTAL Audio Engine - http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php
orDrumbox - http://ordrumbox.sourceforge.net/
Reaper - http://www.cockos.com/reaper/index.php
Tu2 - http://www.brambos.com/news.html
Audio Players:
1by1 - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch
Billy - http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
CoolPlayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
DeejaySystem MK1 - http://www.deejaysystem.com/prod_mk1.asp
DeliPlayer. http://www.deliplayer.com/
Evil PLayer - http://evilplayer.server-host.com/
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.jetaudio.com/
Mixere - http://mixere.sourceforge.net/
Mixxx - http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/
monoRAVEik - http://www.mono211.com/monoraveik/mr1200.html
MoreAmp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/moreamp/
Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/
musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
Sonique - http://sonique.lycos.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/
XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
Zinf - http://www.zinf.org/
Audio Tools:
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audiograbber - http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
AudioShell - http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm
BeSweet - http://dspguru.doom9.net/
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Encounter 2003 - http://www.waschbusch.com/
GermaniXEncoder - http://www.germanixsoft.de/
iTunes Agent - http://ita.sourceforge.net/index.html[/b]
K-MP3 - http://www.katarncorp.com/
KraMixer - http://www.kramware.com/
M4a/Flac/Ogg/Ape/Mpc Tag Support Plugin for Media Player & Media Center 2005 - http://www.softpointer.com/WMPTagSupport.htm
MP3 Book Helper - http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/
Mp3 Tag Tools - http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/
mp3DirectCut - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/
MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
mp3Trim - http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/
MusicBrainz - http://musicbrainz.org/
opcode - http://www.opcode.co.uk/opd2d/default.asp
Rarewares - http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/
SoundEngine Free - http://www.cycleof5th.com/en/index.htm
TagScanner - http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
The GodFather - http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/
TigoTago - http://www.tigotago.com/
CD/DVD Burning/Cover creation:
Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
Burrrn - http://www.burrrn.net/
CDBurnerXP - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
DVDStyler http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/index.html
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr
eCover - http://www.esoftware.it/eCover/index.html
GUI for dvdauthor - http://www.videohelp.com/~gfd/
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/
ISO Recorder http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
SilentNight Micro CD/DVD/ISO/AUDIO Burner - http://www.silentnight2004.com/NEW_Download.html
Smart CD-Menu Creator - http://www.cupidsystems.com/smartmenucreator.html
Compression / Decompression:
7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
bzip2 - http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html
ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/
FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/
Info-Zip - http://www.info-zip.org/
IZArc - http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
KGB Archiver - http://www.icpnet.pl/~tomekpawlak/kgb/index.php?lang=en
QuickZip - http://www.quickzip.org/
SimplyzIP - http://www.dpaehl.de/
TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/
UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/
Zip&Go - http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
Zipfocus - http://www.skaro.net/zip-reader/index.html
Zipgenius - http://www.zipgenius.it/
Defrag Software:
DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
Whitney Defrag - http://www.whitneyfamily.org/Hacks/?item=Defrag
Desktop Enhancements:
Autohotkey - http://www.autohotkey.com/
AveDesk - http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372
Clocktrayskins - http://www.drive-software.com/windowsclock.html
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
Desktop Sidebar - http://www.desktopsidebar.com/
Filehand - http://www.filehand.com/
Glass2k - http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
Kapsules - http://kapsules.shellscape.org/
Konfabulator - http://www.konfabulator.com/info
Launchy - http://www.launchy.net/#intro
Locate32 - http://locate32.webhop.org/
Lost Goggles - http://www.lostgoggles.com/
MobyDock - http://www.mobydock.com/
MouseIMP - http://www.mouseimp.com/
Panorama - http://www.ivory.org/panorama.html
Rainlendar - http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=proj...ject=rainlendar
RunFast - http://www.idiogensoftware.com/runfast/index.htm
Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/
SlickRun - http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/
Snippy - http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/
StartEx - http://www.zalentino.com/startex/
TaskSwitchXP Pro - http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/
tclock2 - http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm
Trip - http://trip.glenmurphy.com/
Weather Watcher - http://www.singerscreations.com/
WinRoll - http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
3D Apartment Designer - http://creditsuisse.databecker.net/index.p...uage=en&s=4
3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm
Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/
Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/
Houdini (Free Edition) - http://www.sidefx.com/apprentice/index.html
Maya Personal Learning Ed. - http://www.alias.com/eng/products-services..._maya_ple.shtml
Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org
POV-Ray - http://www.povray.org/
SOFTIMAGE|XSI EXP - http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/
Terragen - http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
Toxic - http://www.toxicengine.org/
Wings 3D - http://www.wings3d.com/
Anti-Virus:
a-squared - http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html
AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/
BitDefender - http://www.bitdefender.com
ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/
Anti Spyware:
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Arovax Shield - http://www.arovaxshield.com/download.php
Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
Browser Hijack Retaliator http://www.zamaansoft.com/products/bhr/
CWShredder - http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshr...r_download.html
Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Microsoft AntiSpyware - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
ToolbarCop - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm
Watcher - http://www.donationcoders.com/kubicle/watcher/index.html
WinPatrol - http://www.winpatrol.com/
Winpooch - http://winpooch.free.fr/home/index.php
Audio Creation
Gungirl Sequencer - http://ggseq.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
HammerHead - http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtml
Jesusonic - http://www.jesusonic.com/soft.php
KRISTAL Audio Engine - http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php
orDrumbox - http://ordrumbox.sourceforge.net/
Reaper - http://www.cockos.com/reaper/index.php
Tu2 - http://www.brambos.com/news.html
Audio Players:
1by1 - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch
Billy - http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
CoolPlayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
DeejaySystem MK1 - http://www.deejaysystem.com/prod_mk1.asp
DeliPlayer. http://www.deliplayer.com/
Evil PLayer - http://evilplayer.server-host.com/
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.jetaudio.com/
Mixere - http://mixere.sourceforge.net/
Mixxx - http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/
monoRAVEik - http://www.mono211.com/monoraveik/mr1200.html
MoreAmp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/moreamp/
Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/
musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
Sonique - http://sonique.lycos.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/
XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
Zinf - http://www.zinf.org/
Audio Tools:
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audiograbber - http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
AudioShell - http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm
BeSweet - http://dspguru.doom9.net/
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
Encounter 2003 - http://www.waschbusch.com/
GermaniXEncoder - http://www.germanixsoft.de/
iTunes Agent - http://ita.sourceforge.net/index.html[/b]
K-MP3 - http://www.katarncorp.com/
KraMixer - http://www.kramware.com/
M4a/Flac/Ogg/Ape/Mpc Tag Support Plugin for Media Player & Media Center 2005 - http://www.softpointer.com/WMPTagSupport.htm
MP3 Book Helper - http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/
Mp3 Tag Tools - http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/
mp3DirectCut - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch/
MP3Gain - http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
mp3Trim - http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/
MusicBrainz - http://musicbrainz.org/
opcode - http://www.opcode.co.uk/opd2d/default.asp
Rarewares - http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/
SoundEngine Free - http://www.cycleof5th.com/en/index.htm
TagScanner - http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
The GodFather - http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/
TigoTago - http://www.tigotago.com/
CD/DVD Burning/Cover creation:
Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
Burrrn - http://www.burrrn.net/
CDBurnerXP - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
DVDStyler http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/index.html
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr
eCover - http://www.esoftware.it/eCover/index.html
GUI for dvdauthor - http://www.videohelp.com/~gfd/
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/
ISO Recorder http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
SilentNight Micro CD/DVD/ISO/AUDIO Burner - http://www.silentnight2004.com/NEW_Download.html
Smart CD-Menu Creator - http://www.cupidsystems.com/smartmenucreator.html
Compression / Decompression:
7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
bzip2 - http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html
ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/
FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/
Info-Zip - http://www.info-zip.org/
IZArc - http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
KGB Archiver - http://www.icpnet.pl/~tomekpawlak/kgb/index.php?lang=en
QuickZip - http://www.quickzip.org/
SimplyzIP - http://www.dpaehl.de/
TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/
UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/
Zip&Go - http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
Zipfocus - http://www.skaro.net/zip-reader/index.html
Zipgenius - http://www.zipgenius.it/
Defrag Software:
DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
Whitney Defrag - http://www.whitneyfamily.org/Hacks/?item=Defrag
Desktop Enhancements:
Autohotkey - http://www.autohotkey.com/
AveDesk - http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372
Clocktrayskins - http://www.drive-software.com/windowsclock.html
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
Desktop Sidebar - http://www.desktopsidebar.com/
Filehand - http://www.filehand.com/
Glass2k - http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
Kapsules - http://kapsules.shellscape.org/
Konfabulator - http://www.konfabulator.com/info
Launchy - http://www.launchy.net/#intro
Locate32 - http://locate32.webhop.org/
Lost Goggles - http://www.lostgoggles.com/
MobyDock - http://www.mobydock.com/
MouseIMP - http://www.mouseimp.com/
Panorama - http://www.ivory.org/panorama.html
Rainlendar - http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=proj...ject=rainlendar
RunFast - http://www.idiogensoftware.com/runfast/index.htm
Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/
SlickRun - http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/
Snippy - http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/
StartEx - http://www.zalentino.com/startex/
TaskSwitchXP Pro - http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/
tclock2 - http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm
Trip - http://trip.glenmurphy.com/
Weather Watcher - http://www.singerscreations.com/
WinRoll - http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
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Download managers:
Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
Fresh Download - http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdown.html
Gigaget - http://www.gigaget.com/
LeechGet - http://www.leechget.net/en/
Retriever - http://www.halogenware.com/software/retriever.html
Star Downloader - http://www.stardownloader.com/downloads.php
Sun Download Manager - http://www.sun.com/download/sdm/index.xml
wackget - http://millweed.com/projects/wackget/
wget - http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hherold/
WellGet - http://www.wellget.com/
Encryption and data security:
Axcrypt - http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Blowfish Advanced CS- http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
ccrypt - http://ccrypt.sourceforge.net/
CRYPTAINER LE - http://www.cypherix.com/cryptainer_le_download_center.htm
Eraser - http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
File Shredder - http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
fseKrit - http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Other/fSekrit/
KeePass - http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
GnuPG - http://www.gnupg.org/
PGP Freeware - http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
PicoCrypt - http://picofactory.com/picocrypt.html
TrueCrypt - http://www.truecrypt.org/
File Managers:
2xExplorer - http://netez.com/2xExplorer/
A43 - http://www.shawneelink.net/~bgmiller/
CubicExplorer - http://www.cubicreality.com/
ExplorerXP - http://www.explorerxp.com
freeCommander - http://www.freecommander.com/index_en.htm
Gyula's Navigator - http://www.wanari.com/
JExplorer - http://home.megapass.co.kr/~woosjung/
MeeSoft Commander - http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/
File repair and recovery:
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
Firewalls:
Comodo Personal Firewall - http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com
Jetico Personal Firewall - http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/jpfirewall.htm
Kerio (Kerio Personal Firewall is FREE for home and personal use) - http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
NetVeda Safetynet - http://www.netveda.com/consumer/safetynet.htm
Outpost Firewall (version 1 is free) - http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
SoftPerfect Personal Firewall - http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/
Sygate - http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
Wyvern Firewall 2004 - http://www.wyvernworks.com/firewall.html
Zonealarm Basic firewall -
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/comp...reeDownload.jsp
FTP Clients:
CoreFTP - http://www.coreftp.com/
Filezilla - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
miFiles - http://www.simdata.com.au/mifiles.html
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/
FTP Servers:
Cerberus - http://www.cerberusftp.com/
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Golden FTP Server - http://www.goldenftpserver.com
GuildFTPD - http://www.totalshareware.com/ASP/detail_view.asp?application=8334
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server - http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/ftp_server.html
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd
TYPSoft FTP Server - http://en.typsoft.com/
WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/
HTML Editors:
1st page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
AceHTML - http://freeware.acehtml.com/download.html
Aracnophilia - http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
Elfima Notepad - http://www.elfima.com/enotepad.php
FoxEditor - http://foxeditor.sourceforge.net/
HTML-Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
Notetab light - http://www.notetab.com/
NVU - http://www.nvu.com/index.html
PHP Designer 2005 and HTMLGate FREE - http://www.mpsoftware.dk/products.php
PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/
Selida - http://www.amaryllis.8m.com/
SuperEdi - http://www.wolosoft.com/en/superedi/
Trellian webPAGE - http://webpage.vendercom.com/
TSW WebCoder - http://www.tsware.net/
WebDwarf - http://www.virtualmechanics.com/products/dwarf/[/url]
WYSIWYG Web Builder - http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html...eb_builder.html
Image viewers:
Ahaview - http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe
FastStone Image Viewer - http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/
Picasa - http://www.picasa.com/content/download.php
Shell Extension - http://www.firmtools.com/products/shellextension/
SlowView - http://www.slowview.at/
XNView - http://www.xnview.com/
Instant Messengers:
AMSN - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php
Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Google Talk - http://www.google.com/talk/
IM2: http://www.im2.com
Mercury Messenger - http://www.mercury.to/
MiniAIM - http://miniaim.net/
Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Pandion - http://www.pandion.be/
PSI - http://psi.affinix.com/
qip - http://www.qip.ru/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
SIM - http://sim-icq.sourceforge.net/
TerraIM - http://terraim.sourceforge.net/
Trillian Basic - http://trillian.cc/downloads
Internet Explorer Front-Ends:
AM Browser - http://www.ambrowser.com/
AOL Browser - http://beta.aol.com/projects/aolbrowser/
Avantbrowser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/
FastStone 4in1 Browser - http://www.faststone.org/FSBrowserDetail.htm
Maxthon - http://www.maxthon.com/
SlimBrowser - http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm
IRC Clients:
BersIRC - http://www.bersirc.com/
!!!!!X - http://!!!!!x.org/download.php
HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/
NodeIRC - http://node.sourceforge.net/
TinyIRC - http://www.tinyirc.net/
XChat - http://www.silverex.org/news/
Mail programs:
Foxmail - http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/english/
i.Scribe - http://www.memecode.com/
Mahogany Mail - http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/
Pegasus Mail - http://www.pmail.com/
PopTray - http://www.poptray.org/
Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/
Anti-spam programs:
K9 - http://www.keir.net/k9.html
MailWasher- http://www.mailwasher.net/
POPFile - http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
SpamBayes - http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
SpamPal - http://www.spampal.org/
Network Tools:
CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
FreeNAS - http://www.freenas.org/
Gencontrol - http://www.gensortium.com/products/gencontrol.html
hamachi - http://www.hamachi.cc/
NetMeter - http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
NetProfiles - http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/
NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - http://www.ntop.org
PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
RAS Graph & Stats - http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s...p;threadid=2400
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
Tango Dropbox - http://tangoftp.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
Ultr@VNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/
Office Application:
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/
qjot - http://www.xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php
Scribus - http://windows.scribus.net/
TreeDBNotes - http://www.softviewer.com/treedbnotes/free_index.htm
Partition Managers:
Dubaron - DiskImage http://www.dubaron.com/diskimage/
Partition Logic - http://visopsys.org/partlogic/download.html
Partition Resizer - http://zeleps.com/
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/
SwissKnife - http://www.compuapps.com/Download/swissknife/swissknife.htm
TestDisk - http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
PDF Utilities:
Brava! Reader - http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm
CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/
PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/
PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/
Photo manipulation and image design:
ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
Artweaver - http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Deep Paint - http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-21...tml?tag=lst-2-7
Delineate - http://delineate.sourceforge.net/
IcoFX - http://icofx.xhost.ro/
iIco - http://www.mintrasystems.com/world/product...duct.php?p=iico
Inkscape - http://www.inkscape.org/
JPEGCrops - http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/
Paint .NET - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/
Pixie - http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre.com/
PhotoMerge - http://www.kiwiczech.net
Recolored - http://www.recolored.com
Sodipodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
Synfig - http://www.synfig.com/overview/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Tuxpaint - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint
Wax - http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
Wink - http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
WinMorph - http://www.debugmode.com/winmorph/0 -
Programming:
ActivePerl - http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
BlueJ - http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html
Crimson Editor - http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Code::Blocks - http://www.codeblocks.org/
Context - http://www.context.cx/
Dev C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Dev Pascal - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Digital Mars C++ - http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html
Eclipse - http://www.eclipse.org/
Enigma - http://www.enigma-uk.freeserve.co.uk/Enigma.htm
ExamDiff - http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff
Freepascal - http://www.freepascal.org/
JCreator LE - http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm
jEdit - http://www.jedit.org/
Metapad - http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Notepad2 - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/
Open Watcom - http://www.openwatcom.org/
PaseoExpress - http://www.paseosoft.com/
Pelles C - http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/index.htm
PHP Hypertext Parser - http://www.php.net/
Programmer's Notepad - http://www.pnotepad.org/
PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/
Python - http://www.python.org/
Ruby - http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html
SharpDevelop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/
WebMatrix - http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/
WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/
Pop-up Blockers:
Google Toolbar - http://www.google.com/
NoAds - http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopUp Stopper - http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Privoxy - http://www.privoxy.org/
Proxomitron - http://www.proxomitron.info/
RSS Readers:
Ablion - http://www.fileheaven.com/Abilon/download/14059.htm
BlogExpress - http://www.usablelabs.com/productBlogExpress.html
Feedreader - http://www.feedreader.com/
FireANT - http://www.antisnottv.net/
GreatNews - http://www.curiostudio.com/
klipfolio - http://www.serence.com/site.php
RssBandit - http://www.rssbandit.org/
RSSOwl - http://www.rssowl.org/
RssReader - http://www.rssreader.com/
RSS Xpress - http://rssxpress.free.fr/en/?page=&idNews=
SharpReader - http://www.sharpreader.net/
System Information and monitoring:
AIDA32 - http://www.sofotex.com/AIDA32-download_L9326.html
ATITool - http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
ATI Tray Tools - http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Everest - http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.p...en&pageid=1
Free Disks monitoring - http://www.tools4ever.com/products/free/fr...oring-software/
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/
HWiNFO - http://www.hwinfo.com/
K1 - http://clanpkm.free.fr/K1/?lng=en
Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Sysmetrix - http://www.xymantix.com
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html
WhatsRunning - http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx
WINAUDIT - http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm
Why Reboot? - http://www.exodus-dev.com/products/WhyReboot/
Video codecs:
DivX Codec - http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=toptab_divx_from_/index.php
FFDSHOW - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
XviD - http://www.xvid.org/
Video players :
AC3Filter - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter
AVS DVD Player - http://www.avsmedia.com/DVDPlayer/index.aspx
BsPlayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
Crystal Player - http://www.crystalplayer.com/index.php?page=downloads
Cygwin MPlayer - http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
DivX Player - http://www.divx.com/
Flash Movie Player - http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/flash_movie_player/
MaximusDVD - http://www.maximusdvd.com/
Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303
MPUI - http://mpui.sourceforge.net/
VideoLan - http://www.videolan.org/
Video tools & converters:
AVI2DVD - http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.html
DScaler - http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
FlasKMPEG - http://www.flaskmpeg.net
FlowPlayer - http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/
GB-PVR - http://www.gbpvr.com/index.html
GSpot - http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
HDTVtoMPEG2 - http://www.midwinter.com/~bcooley/
iPod video converter - http://www.ipod-video-converter.org/
Mediacoder - http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
MobileVideo For iPod - http://www.keronsoft.com/mobilevideo-for-i...-converter.html
PSP Video 9 - http://www.pspvideo9.com/
Riva FLV Encoder 2.0 http://www.rivavx.com/index.php?downloads&L=3
STOIK Video Converter - http://www.softforall.com/Multimedia/Video..._ScreenShot.htm
Super http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
The FilmMachine http://members.home.nl/thefilmmachine/
TMPGEnc - http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html
VCDEasy - http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/Au...eo/VCDEasy.html
Video DVD Maker - http://www.videodvdmaker.com/
Video Tools - http://www.bobyte.com/
Videora iPod Converter http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/
VirtualDubMod - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65889
Zwei-Stein Video Editor - http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html
Web browsers:
Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp
Opera - http://www.opera.com
Web servers:
Abyss - http://abyss.sourceforge.net/
Apache - http://httpd.apache.org/
Apache2Triad - http://apache2triad.net/
HTTP File Server - http://www.rejetto.com/sw/
Sambar - http://www.sambar.com/
Savant - http://savant.sourceforge.net/
SimpleServer:WWW - http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/sswww.htm
Smart Cache - http://scache.sourceforge.net/
TinyWeb - http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/index.html
Xitami - http://www.xitami.com/
Webcam Software:
booruWebCam - http://www.booru.net/
Dorgem - http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/
grabMotion - http://www.grabmotion.com/
Pryme - http://www.hilo.dk/pryme/
Checksum Utilities:
fsum - http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
HashCalc - http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/
hksfv - http://www.big-o-software.com/products/hksfv/
ICEECC - http://www.ice-graphics.com/ICEECC/IndexE.html
md5sum - http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
md5summer - http://www.md5summer.org/
MooSFV - http://www.ubercow.com/moosfv/
QuickPar - http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
QuickSFV - http://www.quicksfv.org/download.html0 -
General Utilities And Other Applications:
AdShield - http://www.lossepladsen.dk/all4you/TheLostWorld/AdShield.php
AnalogX - http://www.analogx.com/
AppRocket - http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
Attribute Changer - http://webplaza.pt.lu/~rpetges/
AutoIt - http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/
BISS - http://www.bluetack.co.uk/index.php
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com
ClipX - http://bluemars.org/clipx/
Contact - http://www.isaacboy.com/contact.htm
Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com
dd for windows http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite/dd.htm
Dir2HTML - http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/dir2html/
Dirkey - http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
DM2 - http://dm2.sourceforge.net/
EasyCleaner - http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
ERUNT - The Emergency Recovery Utility NT - http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
EssentialPIM - http://www.essentialpim.com/
Everyday Auto Backup - http://www.backupsoft.net/everydayautobackup.htm
Excessive-software - http://www.excessive-software.eu.tt/
File Transfer Expert - http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/download...re_fte_105.html
Folder Size Extension - http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/
Freeproxy - http://www.handcraftedsoftware.org/
Hamsin Clipboard - http://www.iisr-cnc.com/hamsin/
HDCleaner - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secu...HDCleaner.shtml
HTTrack - http://www.httrack.com/
Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
KeyNote - http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
Language Identifier - http://www.languageidentifier.com/
Link Checker - http://www.relsoftware.com/rlc/
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com
Money Manager - http://www.thezeal.com/software/manager/default.asp
Multi Install - http://multiinstall.sourceforge.net/
MV Reg Clean - http://www.velasco.com.br/mvregcln-installer-br.zip
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
NetTime - http://nettime.sourceforge.net
Notebook BatteryInfo http://www.batteryinfo.de.vu/
Nullsoft Installer - http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis
Open Subfolder - http://www.bubblepop.com/opensubfolder/index.html
OpenWengo - http://www.openwengo.org/
Outlook Linker - http://www.teamscope.com/otherpro/utilities.asp#linker
PastIconsFlusher - http://www.prprogramsstudios.tk/
Peerguardian - http://www.methlabs.org/
png2ico - http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
RegSeeker - http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Restoration - http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
ShellExView v1.14 - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
Space Monger - http://www.werkema.com/software/spacemonger.html
Starter - http://members.lycos.co.uk/codestuff/
Startup Control Panel - http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Stickies - http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/
StrokeIt - http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/
Syncback - http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
SyncToy - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en
Sysinternals - http://www.sysinternals.com/
TextHarvest - http://members.aol.com/getmydata/pc-sample.htm
Toolbox - http://www.sil.org/computing/toolbox/
TreeSize - http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
TuneXP - http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/showdoc.php?doc=txp_about
Turbo Pad - http://turbopad.sourceforge.net/
Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
URLSnooper - http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mous...oper/index.html
Vim - http://vim.sourceforge.net
WeathAlert - http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/stu/msowul/?page=weathermain
Windows Snapshot maker - http://www.ntwind.com/winsnap/index.html
WordWeb - http://wordweb.info/free/
XP AntiSpy - http://www.xpantispy.org/
YourDir - http://www.primeoption.com.au/FreewareYourDir.htm
ZoomIT - http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/zoomit.html0 -
Hope you folks enjoy the list.
Cheers! :beer:0 -
Marvellous, definitely one for the bookmarks!
Thanks for collating all those, much appreciated.0 -
That's an incredible list you've drawn up there.... Thanks a zillion times.Rent, Council Tax, Electricity, Gas, Telephone, TV License, Food, Clothing, VAT, Parking, Congestion Charge....... Thank you God you gave us MARTIN :money: :money: :money: !!!0
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Great thread - how do we go about nominating it for post of the month and getting it in the tips email?Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
20p savers club = £8.00
£2.00 savers club = £0.00 (£100 banked)
AMAZON SELLERS CLUB member 0024 come and join us make some space and get hold of some cash, we're on the Ebay and other auctions, Car Boot and Jumble Sales Board0 -
hehehehe
..........more dead links.................
http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_v...pplication=8334
QuickSFV - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/4668/
GuildFTPD - http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_v...pplication=8334
Everest - http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.p...en&pageid=1
HDCleaner - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secu...HDCleaner.shtml
STOIK Video Converter - http://www.softforall.com/Multimedia/Video..._ScreenShot.htm
you may want to check that the links work before copy and pasting them£2 savers club = £83.500 -
black_pudding wrote:Great thread - how do we go about nominating it for post of the month and getting it in the tips email?
To nominate I think you have to post here:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.html?f=510 -
urbanite wrote:hehehehe
..........more dead links.................
http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_v...pplication=8334
QuickSFV - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/4668/
you may want to check that the links work before copy and pasting them
I could, but I will be here for decades.0
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