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Programs

This is a selection of freeware and OSS programs for Windows.

Legend

x.xMB. Download size in megabytes.
L10n1. The program is available in at least two languages.
L10n0. The program is only available in one language (usually English).
ελ1. The program is available in Greek.
OSS. The program is open-source software.
UC0. The program does not support Unicode.
UC1. The program supports Unicode.

File utilities

7-Zip 4.44 Beta. Powerful archiver. Opens/makes 7Z, ZIP files and more, opens DEB, CHM, ISO, RAR and more. Igor Pavlov. 0.9MB, UC1, OSS, 2007.
Restoration 2.5.14. Alt. link. Restores deleted files. Brian Kato. 0.2MB, 2004.
WinDirStat 1.1.2. Graphical & statistical representation of disk usage. Bernhard Seifert. 2.4MB, L10n1, UC1, OSS, 2005.
WinMerge 2.4.6. File/directory differencing/merging. Many contributors. 2.4MB, L10n1, UC1, OSS, 2006.
xplorer² Lite 1.6.0.1. Dual-pane file manager. Nikos Bozinis. 1.0MB, L10n, UC0, 2006.

Security & Privacy

AVG Free 7.5.441. Free edition of the AVG antivirus for home use. Grisoft. 18.3MB, L10n0, 2007.
- ClamWin 0.90.1. On-demand antivirus scanner without real-time protection. 5.6MB, OSS, 2007.
KeePass 1.0.5. Password manager/auto-completer. Dominik Reichl. 0.4MB, L10n1, UC1, OSS, 2006.
Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall 4.2.3.912. KerioPF was bought in 2005-12 by Sunbelt. Now a valid email address is required to get it. The older (2003) lighter edition, 2.1.5, can still be found: www.321download.com, or download.kerio.com/archive
TrueCrypt 4.3. On-the-fly encryption of disks and volumes. TrueCrypt Foundation. 1.4MB, L10n1, OSS, 2007.
- NOTE. Take some time to browse the tutorial and the help file! If something goes wrong, you won’t be able to see your files again!

Internet & Networks

Azureus 2.4. BitTorrent client. Azureus team. 7.4MB, ελ1, L10n1, UC1, OSS, 2006.
DD-WRT v23 SP1. Alternative firmware for wireless routers. BrainSlayer. 3.3MB, L10n1, OSS, 2006.
eMule 0.47a. P2P client for the eDonkey and Kademlia networks. Merkur. 4.4MB, L10n1, UC1, OSS, 2006.
FileZilla 2.2.18. (S)FTP client. Tim Kosse. 4.0MB, UC1, OSS, 2005.
Firefox 2.0.0.1. Web browser. Mozilla Foundation. 5.6MB, ελ1, UC1, OSS, 2006.
- Adblock. The most popular Firefox extension.
  - Filterset.G. Set of rules for Adblock.
HFS 2.1d. HTTP File Server. Easy access to your files from anywhere. Massimo Melina. 0.5MB, UC0, OSS, 2007.
- To use with a dynamic IP, an account at DynDNS or No-IP.com is convenient.
NetTransport 1.87.258. Last freeware version of a good download manager. 2.0MB, ελ1, 2004.
RealPopup 2.6. Exchange messages over a LAN. Matro. 1.7MB, L10n1, UC0, 2005.
Screamer Radio 0.3.9 beta. Internet radio player (and recorder). Steamcore. 1.3MB, L10n1, UC1, 2007.
Skype 3.0.0.216. P2P internet telephony, with chat, file transfer, and video. Skype Ltd. 19.3MB, ελ1, L10n1, UC1, 2007.
- NOTE. The new Extras Manager can be unselected during installation: See Options.
Thunderbird 2.0 Beta 2. Email client with antispam filter. Mozilla Foundation. 6.2MB, ελ1, UC1, OSS, 2007.
- mozillaZine Knowledge Base. Extensive-knowledge base for Mozilla applications
UltraVNC 1.01. Cross-platform remote management. UltraVNC Team. 3.2MB, OSS, 2005.
WinSCP 3.82. SFTP client. Does not support FTP yet. Martin Prikryl. 1.8MB, L10n1, UC1, OSS, 2006.

Text & Productivity

ClipX 1.0.3.8. Clipboard history manager, good with multiple alphabets. Francis Gastellu. 0.1MB, UC1, 2005.
- Yankee Clipper 3 1.0.4.3. Another good clipboard manager. Handles pictures, richtext, URLs, optional permanent storage. InteleXual Software. 1.1MB, UC0, 2005.
FreeMind 0.8.0. Mind-mapper. Joerg Mueller et al. 7.8MB, OSS, 2005.
InfoRapid Search & Replace 3.1f. Replaces text within many files at once. Ingo Straub. 1.0MB, UC0, 2003.
MiKTeX 2.5. TeX implementation for Windows. Christian Schenk. 45.0MB, OSS, 2007.
OpenOffice.org 2.0.1. Office suite, compatible with MS Office. Sun Microsystems Inc. 76,3MB, r0, UC1, OSS, 2006.
Palm Desktop 4.1.4. PIM, works independently of Palms. Palm Software. 15.8MB, 2004.
PDFCreator 0.9.3. Create PDF documents from any Windows program. pdfforge.org. 12.6MB, OSS, 2006.
SciTE 1.72. Text/source editor. Neil Hodgson et al. 0.7MB, UC1, OSS, 2007.
- Notepad++ 4.0.1. Same base as SciTE, more windowish. Don HO. 1.3MB, OSS, 2007.
- PSPad 4.5.2. Full of features and tools. Jan Fiala. 3.2MB, ελ1, 2006.
Stickies 6.0a. Put virtual stickies on your desktop. Tom Revell, 0.9MB, ελ1, 2007.
TreePad Lite 2.95. Organize your notes in tree form. Henk Hagedoorn. 0.4MB, UC0, 2002.
WordSR, ExcelSR, PowerPointSR. Macros to replace text in multiple MS Office files. Tested on Office 2000 and XP. FUNDUC Software. 2003.

Music & Multimedia

1by1 1.60. Plays music by directories, supports Winamp plugins. Martin Pesch. 0.1MB, UC0, 2007.
- To prevent 1by1 from setting the Windows volume, select: Alt.[ernative] volume setting (only 16-bit) in Settings › Audio.
AudioShell 1.3.5. Editable properties and Explorer columns for all common audio files. Softpointer Inc. 1.1MB, UC1, 2007.
Exact Audio Copy 0.95 beta 4. Ripper for secure extraction. Andre Wiethoff. 1.8MB, 2006.
- EAC Drive Configuration at the Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase
- Exact Audio Copy QuickStart Manual
foobar2000 0.9.2. Advanced music player. Peter Pawlowski. 1.5MB, L10n0, UC1, 2006.
ImgBurn 2.2.0.0. Burn/build images, burn files/folders. LIGHTNING UK! 1.4MB, ελ1, UC1, 2007.
IrfanView 3.98. Image viewer/editor. Irfan Skiljan. 0.9ΜΒ, ελ1, 2005.
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.51. Codec Pack. Alt. link. KL Software. 33.1ΜΒ, 2006.
- Includes Media Player Classic, Real Alternative, and QuickTime Alternative.
Media Player Classic 6.4.8.8. Media player, plays DVDs. Gabest. 1.6MB, UC1, OSS, 2006.
Mp3tag 2.37d. Tag editor for common audio formats. Florian Heidenreich. 1.4MB, L10n1, UC1, 2007.
Paint.NET 3.0. Image editing and photo manipulation. Paint.NET Team. 5.2MB, L10n1, UC1, OSS, 2007.
RipIt4Me 1.6.9.0. Back up DVDs. Wraps and enhances two great discontinued tools. 1.1, 2007.
- DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0. Copies DVDs to your hard drive. Shut down. LIGHTNING UK! 0.9MB, 2005.
- DVD Shrink 3.2.0.15. Decrypts and compresses Video DVDs. Get here. dvdshrink. 1.0MB, 2004.
VLC media player 0.8.6a. Omni-player. No need for codecs. VideoLAN Team. 9.0MB, ελ1, OSS, 2006.
XnView 1.90.2. Viewer/browser/converter for 400 image formats. Pierre E. Gougelet. 8.1MB, ελ1, 2007.

System tools & utilities

AutoHotkey 1.0.46.08. Automate almost everything in Windows. Chris Mallett et al. 1.7MB, OSS, UC0, 2007.
- Review and introduction in Greek at Insomnia.gr
Autoruns 8.61. Control your startup programs. Sysinternals. 0.5MB, 2007.
CCleaner 1.37.456. System cleaner. (Slim version also available.) Piriform Ltd. 1.4MB, 2007.
ERUNT 1.1j. Backup and restore the registry in NT/2000/2003/XP. Lars Hederer. 0.8MB, 2005.
GParted LiveCD 0.3.4-4. Friendly partition editor on a live Linux CD. GParted team. 52.0MB, OSS, 2007.
Locate32 3.0.7.1060. Indexes filenames (not content) for fast searches. Janne Huttunen. 1.1MB, OSS, 2007.
nLite 1.3. Customize a Windows installation CD. nuhi. 1.9MB, L10n1, 2007.
NTFS4DOS Private 1.8. Access to NTFS partitions from DOS (or from the console in 9x/ME). Avira. 1.0MB, L10n1, 2006.
Process Explorer 10.06. Enhanced task manager. Sysinternals. 0.6MB, 2006.
SIW 1.66. System Information for Windows. Gabriel Topala. 1.4MB, L10n1, 2007.
Total Uninstall 2.35. Monitors installations, so that programs can be uninstalled thoroughly. Last freeware version. Gavrila Martau. 0.8MB, ελ1, UC0, 2005.
Tweak UI 2.10. Tweaker by MS. For 9x/ME/NT/2000, use v. 1.33. Microsoft. 0.1MB.
Unlocker 1.81. Unlocks files/directories locked by the system of by programs. Cedrick Collomb. 0.2MB, ελ1, L10n1, 2006.
Unofficial 98 SE Service Pack 2.1a. Rejuvenates 98 SE English. Alper Coskun. 16.6MB, 2005.

Miscellaneous

Celestia 1.4.1. Space simulation to explore our universe in three dimensions. Chris Laurel. 13.9MB, OSS, 2006.
LingoPad 2.5.0. English-German, German-English dictionary. (More pairs available.) Lingo4you GbR. 6.3MB, L10n1, UC1, 2007.
QuickDic 6.0. English-German, German-English dictionary. Stefan Büdenbender. 18.7MB, 2006.
WordWeb 5.0. English dictionary & thesaurus. Antony Lewis. 7.4MB, 2007.

Command-line programs & tools

FLAC 1.1.4. Lossless audio codec. Fast, widely supported. Josh Coalson. 1.1MB, OSS, 2007.
- wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison
- wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=EAC_and_Flac
GnuWin32. GNU and other open-source utilities ported to Windows. L10n1, OSS, 2006.
LAME 3.97. The best MP3 encoder. LAME Project developers. 2006.
- wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=LAME
- www.rarewares.org/mp3.html
Mirror 1.42. Mirrors directories. Fast! Dominik Jain. 0.1MB, 2006.