Great Applications and Software

Welcome!

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:10:00 +0000

This site is a compilation of free applications and software that can be found all over the web. Most of the apps you will see are free, however, a few are trials and may require you to pay at some point.

ALL SOFTWARE AND LINKS FOUND HERE IS "USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!"
We do not warrant any third party apps you find here.

When you talk about free software, you generally think of "Shareware" or "Freeware", however that's not what this listing is about. Many of the applications you find here are full versions, Open Betas, and maybe even a Closed Beta or two. As you look around you may also see some links to some web based services. Generally these are things we found to be useful.

Want to see your site or application list on this site? E-mail me JEarly84@GMail.Com

Watch Television For Free

http://watchtelevisionforfree.blogspot.com

Don't have a TV? At work and bored out of your mind? Think Cable is way over priced? If you fit into any of these categories WatchTelevisionForFree.Blogspot.com is the place for you!

Servicemember's Wives

http://servicememberswives.com

This is a great site for the wives of all branches of service. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Fire, EMS, and Police. Join the forums and share ideas, get support laugh and find a shoulder to cry on!

Accounting

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:39:00 +0000

Buddi

http://buddi.digitalcave.ca/

Buddi is a personal finance and budgeting program, aimed at those who have little or no financial background. In making this software, I have attempted to make things as simple as possible, while still retaining enough functions to satisfy most home users.

System Tools

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Security and Encryption

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:02:00 +0000

TrueCrypt

http://www.truecrypt.org

The beauty of TrueCrypt lies in its unique design. It allows you do many useful things with data encryption, the coolest of which is easily the ability to create a virtual encrypted disk within a file, which you can then mount as a real disk. You could even store an encrypted hidden volume inside of another encrypted volume. That, my friends, is true security. (Thanks Dr. Death!)

Desktop Improvments & Widgets

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:22:00 +0000

A massive assortment of widgets

http://eco.netvibes.com/widgets

Ecosystem is the largest widget directory.

Find widgets for the best services and news, create yours, share them with your friends and add them to your personal start page to manage your digital life.

Networking & Security

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Net Stumbler

http://www.stumbler.net

Net stumbler is a great little app for finding wireless networks in your area. It sees ALL networks. I use it when I travel. You'd be surprised what's hiding out there.

Wire Shark

http://www.wireshark.org

Wireshark is an award-winning network protocol analyzer developed by an international team of experts.

Browsing & Downloads

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:37:00 +0000

FDM

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

What is Free Download Manager? It is a powerful, easy-to-use and absolutely free download accelerator and manager. Moreover, FDM is 100% safe, open-source software distributed under GPL license. Warning: beware of fake versions.

RoboForm

http://www.roboform.com

RoboForm was named PC Magazine Editor's Choice, and CNET Download.com's Software of the Year. RoboForm allows you to:
. Manage your passwords and Log In automatically.
. Fill long registration and checkout forms with one click.
. Encrypt your passwords to achieve complete security.
. Generate random passwords to maximize password strength.
. Fight Phishing by entering passwords only on matching web sites.
. Defeat Keyloggers by not using the keyboard to type passwords.
. Back up your passwords and copy them between computers.
. Synchronize passwords between computers using GoodSync.
RoboForm Password Manager is:
. Portable: RoboForm2Go runs from USB key, no install needed.
. Phone-friendly: sync your passwords to Windows Mobile and Palm.
. Universal: works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN, Firefox.
. IE 8, IE 7 and Vista are fully supported.

Anti-Virus

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Ad-Aware

http://www.lavasoft.com

Real-time protection against spyware, trojans,

rootkits, hijackers, keyloggers, and more!

Spy Bot

http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.

AVG

http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition

AVG's newest security product provides real-time protection against online threats for free-forever. There are millions of poisoned web pages out there. Let AVG LinkScanner check them out first. If a link is dangerous, you'll be protected.

FireFox Extensions / Addons

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:03:00 +0000

Flashblock

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on...

Firebug

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page...

Greasemonkey

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748

Allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript. ...

Free Website Hosting

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:39:00 +0000

Webs.Com

http://www.webs.com

Looking to make a free website? Use our easy website builder to create a personal, group, or small business website.

Zymic

http://www.zymic.com

This is a great hosting service with more features than you can imagine.

Online Gaming (RTS)

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Battle Forge

http://www.battleforge.com

BattleForge is a next-gen real time strategy game, in which you fight epic battles against evil along with your friends. What makes BattleForge special is that you can assemble your army yourself: the units, buildings and spells in BattleForge are represented by collectible cards that you can trade with other players.

Online Gaming (FPS)

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:22:00 +0000

Combat Arms

http://combatarms.nexon.net/Intro.aspx

Free online First Person Shooter (FPS). Tons of customizable gear, good game play.

CrossFire

http://crossfire.subagames.com/index.aspx

FPS with lots of options and a large community. Download and get in on one of the massive tournaments!

Server Software

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:46:00 +0000

Icecast

http://www.icecast.org

Icecast is free server software for streaming multimedia.

Abyss Web Server

http://www.aprelium.com

Abyss web server is a free easy to use web server. It has an incredibly small foot print and runs well.

Portable / Pen Drive Apps

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:01:00 +0000

PortableApps.com

http://portableapps.com

Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.

HTTP File Server

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/hfs.html

HFS - HTTP File Server is an easy to use drag and drop file server for personal file sharing. It runs as a standalone executable and does not require any installation.

QNE FTP

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/quickeasyftpserver.html

Quick `n Easy FTP Server Lite is a standalone, multi-threaded FTP server that offers advanced features and security.

FoxIt PDF

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/foxitpdf.html

Foxit PDF Reader is an alternative to Adobe Reader, that allows you to view and print PDF files and opens them very fast, without any delay. It supports all the standard features, as well as browser integration, and also an option select/copy of text from the documents

Alarm Clock

http://dssf.net/english/alarm.htm

Alarm is a simple digital desktop alarm clock.

Google Chrome Portable

http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2008/09/03/portable-chrome-021510

This is Portable Chrome (build with Code of Chromium).

Firefox Portable

http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured web browser that's easy to use. It has lots of great features including popup-blocking, tabbed-browsing, integrated search, improved privacy features, automatic updating and more.

InfraRecorder

http://infrarecorder.org/

InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

MegaIRC

http://ironfist.at.tut.by/megairc.htm

MegaIRC is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Client. It allows you to connect to the IRC network a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk.

It supports the server and channel lists, full ANSI colors, audible and visual notifications, DCC file send and receive, message logs, command line. It has the multilingual interface. The color scheme in MegaIRC is fully customizable, you can change the text and background, as well as other specific types of text eg. your own messages. MegaIRC allows you to associate sounds (mp3, ogg, wav are supported) with specific events.

MegaIRC supports various IRC server encodings and, for your anonymity, can connect to a server through Socks5 firewall. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is also supported.

HydraIRC

http://www.hydrairc.com

HydraIRC is an open-source IRC client with an attractive and easy to use interface. It supports DCC Chat and File transfers, Connecting to multiple servers, Dockable Floating Tabbed Windows, Autohiding Windows, DLL Plugins, Channel Monitoring, Message Logs, Event Viewer, Themes, Color schemes, Buddy groups, Audible and Visual Notifications , Reg-Exp Highlighting, Favorites and much more.

Picture & Photo Editing

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:27:00 +0000

Gimp

http://www.gimp.org

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

Paint.Net

http://www.getpaint.net/

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.

Ink Scape

http://www.inkscape.org/download/?lang=en

Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an open XML-based W3C standard, as the native format.

Audio & Video Development

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:19:00 +0000

TrakAx Audio Studio

http://www.trakax.com/software/pc

TrakAx empowers you to create professional music and video mixes in an easy-to-use and fun environment. Whether you are creating a music track for your MySpace page or a video for YouTube, TrakAxPC is the most powerful FREE application on the web.

Audacity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. Learn more about Audacity... Also check our Wiki and Forum for more information.

CamStudio

http://camstudio.org

CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)

Office & Bussiness

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:08:00 +0000

Open Office

www.openoffice.org

Open office is compatible with Microsoft office, and many other programs. Best of all it's free!

Eco Byte

http://www.ecobyte.com/replacetext

Replace Text, formerly called BK ReplaceEm, is the free string-replacing utility for Windows.
At its core, Replace Text is essentially a text search-and-replace program. However, unlike the search-replace functionality of a standard text editor, Replace Text is designed to operate on multiple files at once. And you need not only perform one search-replace operation per file; you can setup a list of operations to perform. If different groups of files need to have different operations performed on them, this is no problem either. You can also specify a backup file for each file processed, just in case the replace operation didn't do exactly what you wanted.

Listas

http://listas.labs.live.com/

Create Lists to share or for yourself.
Create and edit lists, keep a list to yourself or share it with others and collaborate with your friends. Collect content from all over the web with the Listas Toolbar.

Listas

http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator

PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application.

Key Features:

* Create PDFs from any program that is able to print
* Security: Encrypt PDFs and protect them from being opened, printed etc.
* Send generated files via eMail
* Create more than just PDFs: PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, PS, EPS
* AutoSave files to folders and filenames based on Tags like Username, Computername, Date, Time etc.
* Merge multiple files into one PDF
* Easy Install: Just say what you want and everything is installed
* Terminal Server: PDFCreator also runs on Terminal Servers without problems
* And the best: PDFCreator is free, even for commercial use! It is Open Source and released under the Terms of the GNU General Public License.

Media Players and Converters

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:45:00 +0000

WinAmp

www.winamp.com

A GREAT media player with TONS of features!

VLC

www.videolan.org/vlc

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

Media-Convert

http://media-convert.com

Can't get that file to play? Try this!

MCE Buddy

http://mcebuddy.com/default.aspx

MCEBuddy takes your LARGE Windows Media Center television recording (and other video) files and makes them small saving you disk space. It also removes commercials and converts your recordings into formats that are usable on other systems and handheld devices. It does all of this automatically with a minimum of fuss and little or no technical knowledge required.

Audacity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Web Development

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:22:00 +0000

Page Breeze

www.pagebreeze.com

PageBreeze Free HTML Editor is an award-winning HTML Editor which has both visual (WYSIWYG) and HTML tag/source modes. PageBreeze Free HTML Editor's design emphasizes simplicity and ease-of-use. You'll find that you'll be creating great looking websites almost instantly--with virtually no learning curve!

Evrsoft

www.evrsoft.com

At Evrsoft we learn from our users and past experience. When we initiate production we listen to what our customers have to say and we then set out to design products based on our customer's wants and need's--because we can't make our software better until we know what our customers want to do with it. We get motivated when we create software that makes your tasks easier, faster, and more enjoyable.

Coffee Cup

http://www.coffeecup.com/free-editor

The CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor is a drag-and-drop HTML Editor with built-in FTP uploading. It has wizards for tables, frames, forms, and fonts, and comes with all HTML 4.0 and XHTML tags. The free version also includes wizards for images and links, as well as a QuickStart tool so you can create Webpages quickly.

FTP Software

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:01:00 +0000

FileZilla

http://filezilla-project.org/

FileZilla is a great, FREE, easy to use FTP server and client solution

Smart FTP

http://www.smartftp.com/

SmartFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet.

Core FTP

http://www.coreftp.com/

This free, secure FTP client gives you a fast, easy, reliable way to update and maintain your website via FTP. It also provides a secure method (via SSL, TLS, or SFTP) to upload / download files to and from FTP servers. Check out the list of features and you'll find almost every feature you need, all in a free ftp program. There are no popup ads, advertising or spyware and you're never asked or reminded to register.

Go FTP

http://www.goftp.com//

GoFTP is the fastest FTP program on the planet! GoFTP is easy to use and has all of the basic features you need plus many advanced features that make this the best FTP client on the net.

Automation & Macros

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:30:00 +0000

AutoIt3

http://www.autoitscript.com/

AutoIt is a freeware Windows automation language. It can be used to script most simple Windows-based tasks (great for PC rollouts or home automation).

Auto Mouse

http://download.cnet.com/Auto-Mouse/3000-2072_4-10042125.html

Auto Mouse allows the user to record mouse and keyboard inputs, which can be saved to a script file and later repeated once or multiple times. Program includes many other features for ultimate control of your computer while you're away or just need a program to help you with monotonous tasks.

Launchy

http://www.launchy.net

Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!

AutoHotkey

http://www.autohotkey.com

AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can:

* Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder.
* Create hotkeys for keyboard, joystick, and mouse. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a hotkey.
* Expand abbreviations as you type them. For example, typing "btw" can automatically produce "by the way".
* Create custom data-entry forms, user interfaces, and menu bars. See GUI for details.
* Remap keys and buttons on your keyboard, joystick, and mouse.
* Respond to signals from hand-held remote controls via the WinLIRC client script.
* Run existing AutoIt v2 scripts and enhance them with new capabilities.
* Convert any script into an EXE file that can be run on computers that don't have AutoHotkey installed.

Operating Systems

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:43:00 +0000

Ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

Free Spire

http://www.freespire.org/

Freespire is a community-involved, Linux-based operating system that combines the best that free, open source software has to offer (community involved, freely distributed, open source code, etc.), but also provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs, drivers and applications as they see fit. With Freespire, the choice is yours as to what software is installed on your computer, with no limitations or restrictions placed on that choice. How you choose to maximize the performance of your computer is entirely up to you.

DSL

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org//

D@mn Small Linux, is a 50Mb linux distribution.

REACTos!

http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html

ReactOS® is a free, modern operating system based on the design of Windows® XP/2003. Written completely from scratch, it aims to follow the Windows® architecture designed by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to the application level. This is not a Linux based system, and shares none of the unix architecture.

EYEos

http://eyeos.org/

The idea of eyeOS is to create a free, open source (AGPLv3) product easy to install on a web server so you will have your own cloud system under your control. You can also participate in a great community of users and developers, able to create your own apps. Welcome to the eyeOS project.

Photo & File Hosting

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:35:00 +0000

Flikr

http://www.flickr.com/

Not much to say about this one...

Media Fire

http://www.mediafire.com/

Online hosting of well almost anything...

Badongo

http://www.badongo.com/

Another free hosting site.

Communications Apps

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:20:00 +0000

KDX by Haxial

http://www.haxial.com/products/kdx/

This is a server and client app that has TONS of great functions. Everything from messaging to remote desktop.

Game Speak Client

http://getgsc.com/

Game Speak Client... This handy little app was designed for Gamers, Clans, and Guilds. The application does I.M., Group Chat and FREE 200 slot voice servers that are totally customizable.

X-Fire

www.xfire.com

X-fire is another I.M. client designed for gamers.

Broadcaster Studio Pro

http://download.cnet.com/Broadcaster-StudioPro/3000-13631_4-10640915.html

This little app is GREAT. It allows you to record anything on the screen. It will also broadcast any video on your computer in place of your web cam!

Online Gaming (MMO)

noreply@blogger.com (Jared) — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Aeria Games and Entertainment

http://www.aeriagames.com

Aeria Games is home to some of the best online games around. Check them out you're sure to find something you'll enjoy.

12 Sky 2

http://www.12sky2.com

This is the sequal to one of my favorite games. It's a free to play martial arts MMORPG.

Project Powder

http://projectpowder.outspark.com/index.shtml

Project powder Snowboarding. A great online MMO.

2 Moons

http://2moons.acclaim.com/2mlanding5.html

Free too play MMO, Great Graphics. If you like WoW you'll like this!

5 Street

http://5st.us.woniu.com

This is an extremely casual MMO. Looks very much like a real world sim. Download, login and meet new people.

9 Dragons

http://9dragons.acclaim.com/9dlanding2.html

Become a master of martial arts in Ancient China. Join one of 6 major clans and learn their unique style of kung fu. Realistic fighting action featuring hundreds of authentic martial arts moves and weapons. An exciting adventure awaits you in the land of 9Dragons!

Ace Online

http://ace.subagames.com/

ACE Online is an action based Massive Multiplayer (MMP) 3D Space Shooter. In ACE Online, players can pilot their own fighter ships (also known as Gears), on a futuristic world where they can upgrade skills or the Gear itself. In ACE Online, gamers have full control over the Gear’s movement, making it very different from the traditional style RPG’s mouse click control method. This is a Role-Playing Game (RPG), but with all the fun and action of a First Person Shooter (FPS). Since the background of ACE Online is based in a spacious 3D atmosphere, players need to be aware that an enemy missile can strike at any time and from any direction.

Bounty Bay

http://www.bountybayonline.com/en/index.html/

Bounty Bay Online - The Nautic Century takes place in the time of explorers and pirates. In historically accurate places and in an ever changing political climate the Bounty Bay Online player experiences the time of the 14th to 16th century.