Office – Desktop – Small Helpers
( Atom ) - Text editor ( Notepad++ ) - Text editor ( IZArc ) - Archive utility ( Agent Ransack ) - Local search ( OpenOffice ) - Office suite ( Dia ) - Diagram editor ( KDiff3 ) - Compares two files or directories ( WinMerge ) - Compares two files or directories ( TailMe ) - Monitors file growth ( BareTail ) - Monitors file growth ( Cygwin ) - Unix API emulator ( InfoRapid ) - Full-text search tools ( LingoPad) - Multilingual dictionary ( Xenu’sLink Sleuth ) - Detects dead links ( JR Screen Ruler ) - Desktop ruler ( FreeMind) - Mind mapping tool ( DM2 ) - Window control (transparency, bring windows to front, etc.) ( PDFCreator ) - Application for creating PDF files ( Renamer-It! ) - To rename files ( Win32 Disk Imager ) - To copy an image to an SD card ( GoogleCalendarSync ) - To synchronize Google Calendar with Outlook ( QTranslate ) - Translation program ( Calibre ) - E-book Manager (reader) ( DeskPins ) - Pin window to foreground
Audio – Video
( Audacity ) - Multitrack audio editor ( Extract Audio Copy ) - Audio grabber ( VLC ) - Media player ( Winamp ) - Media player ( CamStudio ) - Screencast program ( Handbrake ) - Video converter ( Mediainfo ) - Shows tag information for audio & video files ( XBMC ) - Media center (http://openelec.tv for Raspberry Pi) ( MakeMKV ) - Blu-ray & DVD ripping ( MusicBrainz Picard ) - Tag audio files ( Equalizer APO ) - Equalizer ( OBS Studio ) - Broadcast program (LUTs filters recommended)
Graphics – 3D
( Gimp ) - Image editing program ( Paint.Net ) - Image editing program ( IrfanView ) - Image viewer ( DarkShot ) - Screenshot program ( Inkscape ) - Vector graphics editor ( blender ) - 3D modeling program
Development
( Eclipse ) - Software development environment ( IntelliJ ) - Software development environment ( NetBeans ) - Software development environment ( JDeveloper ) - Java development environment ( DevC++ ) - C++ programming environment ( XAMPP ) - Apache web server with MySQL, SQLite, PHP, PEAR and Perl ( The Regex Coach ) - Regular expressions ( Protege ) - Ontology editor ( Screem ) - XML development environment ( Gantt Project ) - Project planning ( OpenProj ) - Project planning ( Tortoise ) - SVN client ( Git ) - Version control system ( HeidiSQL ) - MySQL client ( SQuirreL SQL ) - DB client (MySQL, Oracle, etc.) ( Launch4j ) - Convert *.jar to *.exe ( GCViewer ) - Visualizes the garbage collection output
Internet
( FileZilla ) - FTP client ( WinSCP ) - SFTP client ( PuTTY ) - SSH and Telnet client ( FireFox ) - Web browser ( Thunderbird ) - Email client ( PSI ) - Instant messaging, chat ( Pidgin - Gaim ) - Instant messaging, chat ( Skype ) - VoIP telephony ( XChat ) - IRC client ( HTTrack ) - Offline browser
Security - Network - System
( Clam Win ) - Antivirus ( Keepass ) - Password manager ( Password Safe ) - Password manager ( Ext2 Installable File System ) - Allows access to Linux partitions ( SafeGuard ) - Data encryption ( AxCrypt) - Data encryption ( Wireshark - Ethereal ) - Software for analyzing network protocols ( nmap ) - Network mapper ( Nessus ) - Network or vulnerability scanner ( VMware ) - Virtual machine ( VirtualBox ) - Virtual machine ( ZoneAlarm ) - Firewall ( RealVNC ) - VNC viewer ( Process Explorer ) - Process Explorer for the Task Manager
System
( Unlocker ) - Shows all processes accessing a specific file. ( CDBurnerXP Pro ) - Disc burning program ( burnatonce ) - Disc burning program ( Magic ISO Maker ) - Virtual drive
Games
( Path of Exile ) - Fantasy action role-playing game (RPG)