Yossi's Free Software list:
Always under construction... a list of what I consider the cream of the crop
for free software - typically
better than the paid for alternative. Note that the focus of this list is software
that will run under windows.
Disclaimer - these are simply links to software that was known to be free to
download an use at the
time the links were added to this page. Please report dead / broken links.
The author cannot be held responsible for any mistakes. Please report any broken
links to yossi
at weihs.net . Last updated January 2010.
Task |
Free software to use | License | Do I use now? |
compressed files |
Free, closed |
No Yes |
|
video editing |
VirtualDUB | GPL | |
audio editing |
Audacity | GPL | No |
image editing |
Free, closed Free, Closed |
Yes Yes |
|
media player |
VLC | GPL | No |
DVD ripper/ convertor |
Freeware |
No Yes Yes |
|
DVD Authoring |
DVDFlick | GPL | Yes |
disc burner utility |
ImgBurn | Freeware | Yes |
universal media transcoder |
MediaCoder | GPL | buggy |
bulk audio file transcode |
Switch Audio Convertor | Freeware | Yes |
MJPEG Batch Convertor |
MJPEG Convertor | Freeware | |
Media File Codec Info Utility |
AVICodec | Free, source available | |
Real Media Codec |
Real Alternative | Hack, Closed | |
MPEG4 /H264 Codec |
divx ; xvid | Closed;GPL | Yes |
PC Desktop Recording to Video |
camstudio | GPL | |
browser, email |
Firefox, Thunderbird | GPL | Yes |
mass-mailing |
Free | Yes | |
BLOG |
Wordpress | GPL | Yes |
content management system |
Textpattern | BSD | Not yet |
Privacy, Encryption |
GNUpg ; GPG4Win | GPL | |
| Encrypted Disks | TrueCrypt | GPL | |
Root Kit Detector |
RootKitRevealer | Free, closed | |
Spyware |
SpyBot-SD ; Ad-Aware | GPL | Yes |
Secure File Eraser |
Eraser | GPL | Yes |
CRON (job scheduling) |
VisualCron | Eval, closed | |
file sharing |
emule | GPL | Yes |
URL bookmarks validation |
Deadlink | ||
File Folder Sync (M$ Powertoy) |
SyncToy | Free, closed | No |
remote desktop |
UltraVNC ; VNC | GPL | No |
disk space analysis |
treesize | Free, closed | Yes |
Extra windows controls |
FileBox eXtender | GPL | No |
Comic Book Reader |
CDisplay | Free, closed | |
Browser TIFF viewer plugin |
AlternaTIFF | Free, closed | |
RSS Feed Reader |
FeedReader | GPL | |
Windows Antivirus |
Free |
No Yes |
|
Enhanced Telnet/SSH2 Client |
TeraTerm Pro Web | ||
Secure Shell Client |
PUTTY | GPL | |
Windows console window enhancement |
Console | GPL | |
PDF windows printer |
PrimoPDF , PDF Creator | GPL | Yes |
Ebay Snipe Tool |
JBidWatcher | GPL | Yes |
Password Manager (I bought roboform) |
SDM | GPL | No |
File Copy Tool |
XXCOPY | ||
X-Mouse for Windows |
True X-Mouse Gizmo | ||
Mind Map Tool |
Freemind | GPL | |
Project Planning |
Open Workbench | Free, closed | |
Project Planning |
openproj | CPAL | |
C++ Source Code Analysis |
Source-Navigator IDE | GPL | |
Text file editor |
Metapad ; Notepad++ | FC ; GPL | Yes |
Software Piracy Protection |
ActiveLock | ||
Router Firmware |
DD-WRT ; SveaSoft | Yes | |
Directory symbolic links for Windows NTFS |
Junction Link Magic | Free | |
File comparison tool for windows |
WinDiff ; ExamDiff | Free, closed | |
File merge tool for windows |
WinMerge | GPL | |
Incremental Search in text |
HandyFind | Free, closed | |
File backup tool for windows |
Cobian Backup | Free | No |
Send any windows app. to system tray |
Trayconizer | Free, closed | |
Hardware Detector |
CPU-Z | Free, closed | Yes |
Hard Disk SMART Status |
HDTUNE | Free, closed | Yes |
Multi Monitor Taskbar Support |
MultiMon | Free, closed | Yes |
Virtual KVM |
Synergy | GPL | |
On Screen Ruler |
Screen Ruler | Open Source | |
Firewall |
ZoneAlarm | Free, closed | No |
Windows SCP/FTP Client & Server |
WinSCP | GPL | |
| Econometrics - Easy Regression Analysis |
EasyREG | Free, closed | |
Web Photo Album Generator |
JAlbum | GPL |