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)