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Freeware Alternative List


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Updated by kinetix63, 15th December 2006

Originally compiled by sanctified, and updated by Simon thanks to Neowin members.

Note: If you are going to contribute to this list please ensure there is a line in your post in the following format:

Application - http://url/to/homepage

This makes updating the list so much easier :)

Items marked in bold are new additions, the previous revision of the list can be found here.

3D Graphics:

3Delight Free - http://www.3delight.com/index.htm

Anim8or - http://www.anim8or.com/

Art Of Illusion - http://www.artofillusion.org/

Blender - http://www.blender3d.org/

Freestyle - http://freestyle.sourceforge.net/

Gelato - http://www.nvidia.com/page/gz_home.html

Houdini (Free Edition) - http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com...3&Itemid=89

Maya Personal Learning Ed. - http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index...&id=7639525

Now3D - http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm

OpenFX - http://www.openfx.org

Pointshop 3D - http://graphics.ethz.ch/pointshop3d/downloadPS3D20.html

POV-Ray - http://www.povray.org/

SketchUp - http://sketchup.google.com/

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/eng/avast_4_home.html

AVG - http://free.grisoft.com/

BitDefender - http://www.bitdefender.com

ClamWin - http://www.clamwin.com/

Anti Spyware:

Ad-aware SE Personal - http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php

Arovax AntiSpyware - http://www.arovaxantispyware.com/

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/

Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Microsoft Windows Defender - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx

Sentinel - http://www.runtimeware.com/sentinel.html

SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/

SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Spyware Terminator - http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Super AntiSpyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/index.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/page/home.php?lang=en&page=home

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

Jungulator - http://www.iamthemightyjungulator.com/downloads

KRISTAL Audio Engine - http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php

LoopBe1 - http://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html

MIDI Pattern Generator 64 - http://www.gradywerks.com/mpg64/

orDrumbox - http://ordrumbox.sourceforge.net/

Reaper - http://www.cockos.com/reaper/index.php

Smart PC Record - http://www.voiceemotion.com/smartrecorder.htm

Tu2 - http://www.brambos.com/tu2.html

Audio Players:

1by1 - http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html

Apollo 37zx - http://koti.welho.com/hylinen/apollo/[/b]

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/

Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/

iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Jet Audio Basic - http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/jetaudio/

Juke - http://www.wolosoft.com/en/juke/index.html

Mixere - http://mixere.sourceforge.net/

Mixxx - http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/

monoRAVEik - http://www.mono211.com/monoraveik/mr1200.html

MoreAmp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/moreamp/

MPXPlay - http://mpxplay.sourceforge.net/

Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/

musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/

QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/

Screamer Radio - http://www.screamer-radio.com/

VUPlay - http://www.vuplayer.com/vuplayer.php

Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/

Xion - http://xion.r2.com.au/

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/

Audiograil - http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?kmp3

AudioShell - http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm

Balthers Graphic Groove Box - http://www.balther.dk/gboxenter.html

beatharness - http://www.beatharness.com/

BeSweet - http://dspguru.doom9.net/

CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

CUE Splitter - http://www.shareup.com/CUE_Splitter-download-30218.html

dBpowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

EAC - http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

EffecTV - http://pbx.mine.nu/effectv/

Encounter 2003 - http://www.waschbusch.com/software.htm

Gephex - http://www.gephex.org/index.php

GermaniXEncoder - http://www.germanixsoft.de/

iTunes Agent - http://ita.sourceforge.net/index.html

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

MediaInfo - http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

MP3 Book Helper - http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/

MP3 Tag - http://www.mp3tag.de/

Mp3 Tag Tools - http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/

mp3DirectCut - http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html

MP3Gain - http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/

mpTrim - http://www.mptrim.com/

MusicBrainz - http://musicbrainz.org/

opcode - http://www.opcode.co.uk/opd2d/default.asp

SC Free Audio Extractor - http://www.download-up.com/download-SC_Fre...tractor-60.html

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/

Vibe Streamer - http://www.vibestreamer.com/

Whorld - <a href="http://whorld.org/"'>http://whorld.org/" target="_blank">http://whorld.org/

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/

DVDAuthor GUI - http://download.videohelp.com/liquid217/dvdauthorgui.pl

DVDStyler http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/

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

MediaCD - http://www.botproductions.com/mediacd/index.html

SilentNight Micro CD/DVD/ISO/AUDIO Burner - http://www.silentnight2004.com/NEW_Download.html

Smart CD-Menu Creator - http://www.cupidsystems.com/products/smart...eator/index.php

Ultimate CD/DVD Burner - http://www.mispbo.com/burner.htm

Compression / Decompression:

7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/

Alzip - http://www.altools.net/Downloads/DownloadA...88/Default.aspx

bzip2 - http://www.bzip.org

Compress it - http://www.rg-software.de/

ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/

FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/

Info-Zip - http://www.info-zip.org/

IZArc - http://www.izarc.org

KGB Archiver - http://kgbarchiver.sourceforge.net/

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

Defrag Software:

Auslogics Disk Defrag - http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/index.php

DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/

JkDefrag - http://www.kessels.com/JkDefrag/

OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp

Whitney Defrag - http://www.whitneyfamily.org/Hacks/?item=Defrag

Desktop Enhancements:

Autohotkey - http://www.autohotkey.com/

AutoSmall - http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~wingdog/soft1.html

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/

Launchy - http://www.launchy.net/#intro

Locate32 - http://locate32.webhop.org/

Lost Goggles - http://www.lostgoggles.com/

Menu Inventor - http://micron.ic.cz/menuinventor

MouseIMP - http://www.mouseimp.com/

Panorama - http://www.ivory.org/panorama.html

Qliner Hotkeys - http://www.qliner.com/hotkeys/default.htm

Rainlendar - http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php

RKLauncher - http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/

Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/

SlickRun - http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/

Snippy - http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/

Taskix - http://taskix.robustit.com/

TaskSwitchXP Pro - http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/

Trip - http://trip.glenmurphy.com/

Weather Watcher - http://www.singerscreations.com/

WinRoll - http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/

Yahoo! Widget Engine (Formerly Konfabulator) - http://widgets.yahoo.com/

Download managers:

Flashget - http://www.amazesoft.com/index_en.htm

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/

WinBITS - http://www.darvin.de/english/

wxDownload Fast - http://dfast.sourceforge.net/index.html

Educational Utilities:

Kicad - http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/

Molecular Workbench - http://mw.concord.org/modeler/

Periodic Table - http://paulalanfreshney.com/education/pt/

SciCraft - http://www.scicraft.org/

Scilab - http://www.scilab.org/

XCCalc - http://www.geocities.com/hjsmithh/Calc/XCCalc.html

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/

Lock Note - http://locknote.steganos.com/

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://http://www.primitus.us/a43/

BarracudaDrive - http://barracudaserver.com/examples/BarracudaDrive/

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/

SequoiaView - http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

File repair and recovery:

ADRC Data Recovery Software Tools - http://www.adrc.net/data_recovery_software/index.html

Avira UnErase Personal - http://www.free-av.com/antivirclassic/avira_unerase.html

FreeUndelete - http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

VAIOSoft Recovery Manager - http://www.vaiosoft.com/products/recoverymanager.html

Firewalls:

Comodo Personal Firewall - http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com

Filseclab Personal Firewall - http://www.filseclab.com/eng/products/firewall.htm

Jetico Personal Firewall - http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/jpfirewall.htm

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/

Zonealarm Basic firewall - http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/comp...reeDownload.jsp

FTP Clients:

CoreFTP - http://www.coreftp.com/

FFFTP - http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~sota/ffftp-e.html

Filezilla - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla

Flash Wanderer - http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html/ftp_wanderer.html

miFiles - http://www.simdata.com.au/products/miFiles/miFiles.htm

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.guildftpd.com/

Quick 'n Easy FTP Server Lite - http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html...ftp_server.html

SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd

TYPSoft FTP Server - http://en.typsoft.com/

WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/

zFTP Server - http://www.zftpserver.com/

HTML Editors:

1st page 2000 - http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml

Aracnophilia - http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/

Blocknote - http://www.blocknote.net/index.shtml

Elfima Notepad - http://www.elfima.com/enotepad.php

FoxEditor - http://foxeditor.sourceforge.net/

FTP

HTML-Kit - http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

JoJoThumb - http://www.jojosoftware.de/jojothumb/english/default.htm

Notetab light - http://www.notetab.com/

NVU - http://www.nvu.com/index.html

PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/

Selida - http://selida.camelon.nl/

SuperEdi - http://www.wolosoft.com/en/superedi/

Trellian webPAGE - http://webpage.vendercom.com/

TSW WebCoder - http://www.tsware.net/

visualEdit - http://www.activecampaign.com/visualedit/

WeaverSlave - http://www.weaverslave.ws/weaverslave.31.html

WebDwarf - http://www.virtualmechanics.com/products/dwarf/

WYSIWYG Web Builder - http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html...eb_builder.html

Image viewers:

Ahaview - http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe

ALSee Picture Viewer - http://www.altools.net/Default.aspx?tabid=54

BlueMarine - http://bluemarine.tidalwave.it/

FastStone Image Viewer - http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Futurix Imager - http://www.futurix.co.uk/imager/

Irfanview - http://www.irfanview.com/

Picasa - http://picasa.google.com

Shell Extension - http://www.firmtools.com/products/shellextension/

XNView - http://www.xnview.com/

Instant Messengers:

AMSN - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php

Fomine LAN Chat - http://www.fomine.com/lan-chat.html

Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

Google Talk - http://www.google.com/talk/

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://http://sim-im.org/wiki/Main_Page

TerraIM - http://terraim.sourceforge.net/

Trillian Basic - http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/

Internet Explorer Front-Ends:

AM Browser - http://www.ambrowser.com/

Avantbrowser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/

Green Browser - http://www.morequick.com/indexen.htm

Maxthon - http://www.maxthon.com/

SlimBrowser - http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm

IRC Clients:

BersIRC - http://www.bersirc.com/

BitchX - http://bitchx.org/

HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/

NodeIRC - http://node.sourceforge.net/

TinyIRC - http://www.tinyirc.net/

XChat - http://www.silverex.org/news/

Mail programs:

Cobian Herald - http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobherald.htm

Evolution for Windows - http://shellter.sourceforge.net/evolution/

Foxmail - http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/

i.Scribe - http://www.memecode.com/

Koma-Mail - http://www.koma-code.de/index.php?option=c...=5&Itemid=6

Mahogany Mail - http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/

NMZ Labs Mail Chekcer - http://www.nmzlabs.com/mail_checker

Pegasus Mail - http://www.pmail.com/

PopTray - http://www.poptray.org/

Revolver Mail - http://www.revolversoft.com/en/products/mail/index.php

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/

Spam Experts Home - http://www.spamexperts.com/products-servic...perts-home.html

SpamPal - http://www.spampal.org/

Network Tools:

ACMP - http://www.aagon.com/English/default.asp?A...em=JR40c089fpo9

BeyondCopy - http://beyondcopy.sourceforge.net/

CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/

Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/

Fomine NetSend GUI - http://www.fomine.com/net-send-gui.html

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

PRTG Traffic Grapher - http://www.paessler.com/prtg

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/

Remote Reboot - http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/05/r...ur-network.html

Tango Dropbox - http://tangoftp.com/

TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/

Ultr@VNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

WinIPConfig - http://www.pkostov.com/wipcfg.html

WinNG - http://montaro.bur.st/winng/

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://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sect...id=2&page=1

TextMaker Viewer - http://www.officeviewers.com/

TreeDBNotes - http://www.softviewer.com/treedbnotes/free_index.htm

Partition Managers:

Dubaron - DiskImage http://www.dubaron.com/diskimage/

g4u - http://freshmeat.net/projects/g4u/

GParted LiveCD http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Partition Logic - http://partitionlogic.org.uk/

Partition Resizer - http://www.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

Cool PDF Reader - http://www.pdf2exe.com/reader.html

CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Free Image Converter - http://www.downloadhotfile.com/download-do...rter-33715.html

Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm

Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/awki

PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/

pdf24-creator - http://www.pdf24.org/en/pdf24-creator.htm

PDF/Textbox - http://www.pdftextbox.com/default.aspx

PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

PDFTK Builder - http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/

PDFRedirect - http://www.exp-systems.com/

PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/

Photo manipulation and image design:

3D Box Shot Maker - http://www.bosseye.com/boxshot/index.htm

ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

Artweaver - http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version

Beneton Movie GIF - http://software.benetonfilms.com/Beneton_Movie_GIF.php

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/

Faststone Photo Resizer - http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm

IcoFX - http://icofx.xhost.ro/

Imagicon - http://www.download3000.com/download_9302.html

iIco - http://www.mintrasystems.com/world/product...duct.php?p=iico

Inkscape - http://www.inkscape.org/

JPEGCrops - http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/

Movie to Animated GIF Converter - http://www.evanolds.com/movtogif.html

Paint .NET - http://www.getpaint.net

Pixia - http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/

Pixie - http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html

Pixrev - http://pylab.altervista.org/pixrev.html

PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre.com/

PhotoMerge - http://www.kiwiczech.net

Sodipodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/index.php3

Synfig - http://www.synfig.com/overview/

The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/

Tuxpaint - http://www.tuxpaint.org

Watermark Creation - http://www.leolasoft-herter.de/Download.html

Wax - http://www.debugmode.com/wax/

Wink - http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

WinMorph - http://www.debugmode.com/winmorph/

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 Designer 2007 Personal - http://www.mpsoftware.dk/products.php

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.ruby-lang.org/

Screenweaver - http://screenweaver.com/download

SE|PY ActionScript Editor - http://www.sephiroth.it/python/sepy.php

SharpDevelop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/

WebMatrix - http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/

WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/

XML Copy Editor - http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net/

Pop-up Blockers:

Google Toolbar for Firefox - http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/index.html

Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer - http://toolbar.google.com/T4/?rd=f

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/

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Webcam Software:

Manycam http://manycam.com/index.php

Use your webcam with multiple programs simultaneously.

? Add text to your webcam video window with any application.

? Add cool animations in your video window.

? Show your local day and date in your video window.

? Add live CGI graphics like fire and water effects, make it appear as if it is snowing inside your house.

Demo http://manycam.com/demo.php

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Audio Creation

Ambiloop http://evenfall.com/ambiloop/index.html

Ambiloop basically functions like a multi-track endless audio tape loop or digital delay box with feedback. Simply set the desired loop time for a track (or use manual mode to set loop times on-the-fly) and press the record button. Incoming audio is recorded in real time for the length of the loop. Recording continues seamlessly as the loop repeats and the previously recorded audio begins playing back at a volume set by the feedback control. Or just grab a single loop on the fly with the Insert Record feature. Ambiloop will play up to eight tracks simultaneously. Loops can be slowed to half speed or played backwards and a multimode filter is available for non-destructive, realtime filtering.

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Photo manipulation and image design:

Photoscape http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php

Photoscape is the fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.

# Viewer: View your folders photos, slideshow

# Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment, white balance, backlight correction, frames, balloons, mosaic mode, adding text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal, blooming

# Batch editor: Batch editing multiple photos

# Page: Make one photo by merging multiple photos at the page frame

# Combine: Make one photo by attaching multiple photos vertically or horizontally

# Animated GIF: Make one animation photo with multiple photos

# Print: Print portrait shot, carte de visite, passport photo

# Screen Capture: Capture your screenshot and save it

# Color Picker: Zoom in screen on images, search and pick the color

# Rename: Change photo file names in batch mode

# Raw Converter: Convert RAW to JPG

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Video tools & converters:

Scilab Aurora http://scilab-aurora.sourceforge.net/English/index.html

Scilab Aurora is a simple but useful video editor software for Windows and Linux. It implements almost all important feature of a non-liner editor, such as filters effect, transition, motion setting, transparency setting. A lot of image and video formats are admitted. We create a straightforward GUI and project manager to simplify your work. Aurora also includes EVP( Effective Image and Video processing toolbox for Scilab .)

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Mail programs:

DreamMail http://www.dreammail-europe.org/index.php?...ome〈=en

Designed to handle multi-user and multi email account. The supported protocols are SMTP, eSMTP, POP 3, Hotmail and Yahoo... With the supplementary remote mail box access function, you might use it to logon your mail account remotely and check the mail content, preview even to delete it directly from the server; The combination use of mail filter, blacklist and white list, can sort out the junk mail effectively.

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Video tools & converters:

FLV to Video/Audio Converter http://www.flv2all.com/index.php

# Flash FLV to Video/Audio Converter can convert FLV to AVI video formats such as Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2, MPEG4 (DivX 5 compatible), Full Uncompressed AVI, XviD MPEG-4 Codec, H264/AVC AVI.

# Flash FLV to Video/Audio Converter can convert FLV to MPEG video formats such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VCD - PAL, VCD - NTSC, SVCD - PAL, SVCD - NTSC, DVD - PAL, DVD - NTSC. Supports aspect ratio for normal and wide screen.

# Flash FLV to Video/Audio Converter can convert FLV to WMV video formats: Windows Media Video V7 and Windows Media Video V8.

# Flash FLV to Video/Audio Converter can convert FLV to MP3 audio format.

# The output video bitrate, framerate, framesize, audio bitrate, fequency, channel are all configurable

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General Utilities And Other Applications:

The Guide http://theguide.sourceforge.net/

The Guide is an application that allows you create documents ("guides") which inherently have a tree (which you can modify as you please) and text associated with each node of the tree. The text itself is of the rich-text variety, and the editor allows you to modify the style and formatting of the text (fonts, bold, italics etc).

For the initiated, the Guide is a two-pane extrinsic outliner. This concept is similar to mindmapping in some ways.

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Great piece of software. Thanks.

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Audio Creation

TuxGuitar http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/

A Multitrack tablature editor and player

# Score Viewer

# Multitrack display

# Autoscroll while playing

# Note duration management

# Various effects (bend, slide, vibrato, hammer-on/pull-off)

# Support for triplets (5,6,7,9,10,11,12)

# Repeat open and close

# Time signature management

# Tempo management

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For the above, TuxGuitar, you need a Java Soundbank http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/so...soundbanks.html

Audio Creation

Cross Platform Guitar Effect Processor http://cp-gfx.sourceforge.net/index.html

Software guitar effects rig, needs ASIO4All http://www.asio4all.com/

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Desktop Enhancements

Laptop Alarm http://www.syfer.nl/

Did you ever hesitate to leave your laptop for a few minutes in a public space like a library? Afraid that someone will take your laptop? Now there is a simple and free solution to this problem! Laptop Alarm will ring a loud alarm whenever someone tries to steal your laptop!

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Photo manipulation and image design:

InsightPoint http://www.icytec.com/

InsightPoint creates sophisticated illustration and layout for Web and print. When it comes to spell out and share your ideas, in text and in graphics as well, InsightPoint is the fastest and easiest way to get you there. Built on top of XML technologies, comprehensive object-oriented vector design tools, trivial learning curve, and smooth drawing experience.

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Educational Utilities

Periodic Table Classic http://www.freshney.org/education/pt/index.htm

Application containing all the elements of the Periodic Table along with images of the elements in their natural state.

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Should replace Periodic Table - http://paulalanfreshney.com/education/pt/ in the main list. It's the same application, the URL changed

Educational Utilities

Periodic Table Explorer http://www.freshney.org/education/pte/index.htm

The PTE is a brand new way of exploring the periodic table. It has the same functions as the original Periodic Table software plus many more, it also has a completely new and innovative user interface that allows an almost unlimited amount of control over the display.

Educational Utilities

Earth's Core http://www.freshney.org/education/ec/index.htm

Earth's Core provides a wealth of information for those people interested in Rocks, Gems and Minerals. it contains detailed information on hundreds of gems and minerals as well as a detail glossary of terms

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Small Business - Good housekeeping

Pyxis http://www.freshney.org/pyxis/index.htm

Pyxis is an asset management system that is tailored for home and small business use. Keep track of any item that you buy for your home or business. Simple user-friendly interface lets you add and update information quickly and accurately.

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Disk Information Utility

Xinorbis http://www.freshney.org/xinorbis/index.htm

Xinorbis is a simple but powerful hard disk analyser. Using a sophisticated mix of graphs, tables and tree displays, it gives the user a complete overview of the contents of a hard disk (or directory).

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Totally Shameless plug: I have found all these applications while browsing for PTE: All of the software on freshney.org is free for commerical and non-commercial use and written by a developer named Paul Alan Freshney. He writes some truly wonderful applications: a little donation to help him cover his costs is some money well invested.

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General Utilities And Other Applications:

Libra http://www.getlibra.com/

Libra is a library software to organize your stuff: Books, Audio CDs, Movies, & Games (for a start). And it does so beautifully, and at an amazing price ($0 for non-commercial use).

Hook up your webcam, and Libra turns it instantly into a barcode scanner. Point your webcam towards the barcode (in any orientation) on the back of your books, DVD's or CD's and Libra will auto-retrieve the product information automatically, and add it to your library.

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General Utilities And Other Applications:

Libra http://www.getlibra.com/

Libra is a library software to organize your stuff: Books, Audio CDs, Movies, & Games (for a start). And it does so beautifully, and at an amazing price ($0 for non-commercial use).

Hook up your webcam, and Libra turns it instantly into a barcode scanner. Point your webcam towards the barcode (in any orientation) on the back of your books, DVD's or CD's and Libra will auto-retrieve the product information automatically, and add it to your library.

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Amazing! Thanks for sharing that app. with us, I can't wait to try this out. I can't believe that thing is free :D

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