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Dropbox

Free* by Dropbox |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Android, Linux, Online
+1 more Blackberry

Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they'll be instantly available on any of your other computers that also have Dropbox installed. Because copies of your files are stored on Dropbox's secure servers, you can also...

Backup & Sync, File Sharing file-sharing, online-storage, online-backup
+9 more file-synchronization, file-backup, built-in-player, folder-sync, built-in-viewer, offline-access, online-harddrive, selective-sync, sync-lan
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VLC media player

Open Source by VideoLAN |
Mac, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux

VLC media player is an lightweight, open-source multimedia player that supports nearly all digital audio and video formats (e.g. H.264 ,MKV, TS (but not from Technisat DigiCorder), MPEG-2, mp3, AVI, MPEG-4,...

Audio & Music, Video & Movies portable http://portableapps.com/de/apps/music_video/vlc_portable, streaming, media-player, internet-radio
+8 more podcast, avi, ogg, mp4, codec, mkv, ffmpeg, converting
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Firefox

Open Source by Mozilla Foundation |
Mac, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite. Firefox is highly extensible, with thousands of third-party add-ons available. Add-ons gallery:...

Web Browsers portable, multi-language, internet-browser, plugins
+5 more extensions, internet-explorer, mozilla, addons, bookmark-sync-own
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Google Chrome

Free by Google Inc. |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux

A free web browser developed by Google with a focus on speed and minimalism. Chrome offers fast start-up and web page loading, sports a minimalist user interface, automatically updates in the background, and...

Web Browsers portable http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portable, web-browser, internet-browser, extensions
+3 more mobile-browser, chromium, bookmark-sync-own
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Notepad++

Open Source by Don HO |
Windows

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and...

Development portable From http://portableapps.com: multilingual, development, programming, text-editor
+5 more multi-language, developer-tools, notepad, code-editor, tabbed-interface
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7-Zip

Open Source by Igor Pavlov |
Windows, Windows Mobile, Linux

7-zip is an open source Windows utility for manipulating archives. Supported formats: * Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR * Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH,...

File Management file-manager, encryption, zip, rar, archive-manager
+10 more file-compression, unzip, unpack, file-archiver, explorer-integration, archiving, tar, decompression, 7zip, file-utilities
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µTorrent

Free* by BitTorrent Inc |
Mac, Windows, Android, Linux

µTorrent (a.k.a uTorrent or MicroTorrent) is a lightweight BitTorrent client that includes standard features such as bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT....

File Sharing portable, wine It runs on Linux using Wine, peer-to-peer, bittorrent, bittorrent-client
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GIMP

Open Source by GIMP |
Mac, Windows, Linux

GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online...

Photos & Graphics portable Available also as portable app: http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable, image-editing, graphic, photo-retouching
+3 more perspective, shift-lens, architectural-photography
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CCleaner

Free* by Piriform |
Mac, Windows

CCleaner is a system optimization/cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system, allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It can also clear your internet history and...

OS & Utilities portable http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/portable, cleaner, optimization, registry-cleaner
+10 more uninstall-manager, duplicate-file-finder, delete-temporary-files, system-cleaner, system-optimizer, history-cleaner, remove-junk-file, context-menu-entry-disable, delete-history-files, privacy-cleaner
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Skype

Free* by Skype Limited |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online
+3 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, HP webOS

Skype is a proprietary software application that offers free Skype-to-Skype calls and low-cost local, national and international calls to both traditional land-line telephones and mobile phones. Additional...

Social portable Not original portable version: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/skype_portable, chat, voip, instant-messenger, video-chat
+4 more screen-sharing, video-conferencing, video-calls, group-video-chat
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Evernote

Free* by Evernote Corporation |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Online
+3 more Windows Mobile, HP webOS, Blackberry

Evernote easily captures information in any environment on most devices and platforms, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, anywhere. There are 3 version groups of Evernote:...

Office & Productivity iphone retina, ipad retina, notes, note-taking, notepad, ocr
+2 more text-recognition, online-notes
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VirtualBox

Open Source by Oracle (Sun Microsystems) |
Mac, Windows, Linux

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 & AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product. It allows you to run multiple operating systems on your computer, at the same time. VirtualBox can run a large number of guest...

Development, Network & Admin, OS & Utilities portable Portable VBox isn't made by Oracle. The portable 64bit-Version seems to work only with a parallel original VirtualBox Desktop installation. Download from http://www.techbeta.org/category/portable-apps, operating-system, virtualization, vmware
+2 more virtual-machine, sun
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TeamViewer

Free* by TeamViewer GmbH |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, Linux, Online

TeamViewer lets you establish a connection to any PC or server within just a few seconds. You can remote control the PC of your partner as if you were sitting right in front of it. New features such as...

Network & Admin, OS & Utilities portable, remote-access, remote-desktop
+2 more desktop-sharing, remote-computer-control
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Picasa

Free* by Google |
Mac, Windows, Online

Picasa is a software download from Google, that helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. The local application usage and the online storage up to 1 GB is free, and it is easy to use. The online version...

Backup & Sync, Photos & Graphics, Travel & Location online-storage, photos, photo-album, album
+4 more face-recognition, geolocation, online-photo-albums, face-tagging
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ImgBurn

Free by LIGHTNING UK! |
Windows, Linux

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application (34 languages) that everyone should have in their toolkit. ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats. It can burn Audio CDs...

CD/DVD Tools wine If you use Wine, it should also run on Linux and other x86-based Unixes., multi-language, burning, dvd-burner, iso-burner
+8 more bluray, cd-burner, iso-creator, cue, burn-dvd, burn-cd, burn-dvd-folders, hd-dvd
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Adobe Photoshop

Commercial by Adobe |
Mac, Windows

Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the current and primary market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation, and is the flagship product of...

Photos & Graphics graphics, image-editor, photos, photo-editing
+2 more 3d-painting, hardware-accelerated
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FileZilla

Open Source by File Zilla Project |
Mac, Windows, Linux

FileZilla is a powerful FTP-client for Windows NT4, 2000 and XP. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable. The program...

File Management portable Portable version offcially available at project's website, ftp, file-transfer, ftp-client
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Last.fm

Free* by Last.fm Ltd. |
Mac, iPhone, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, Linux, Online

Last.fm is a music community website that offers personalized internet radio, using a recommendation system called "Audioscrobbler" to build a detailed profile of users based on their music tastes...

Audio & Music streaming, music-streaming, internet-radio
+1 more radio-stations
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Pidgin

Open Source by Pidgin |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has built-in support for NSS, offering client-to-server...

Social portable PortableApps.com distributes a portable version., chat, instant-messenger, messenger, irc
+10 more jabber, msn, yahoo, chat-client, xmpp, icq, aim, google-talk, multi-protocol, gadu-gadu
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Opera

Free by Opera Software |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Opera is an innovative browser with the features, speed and security that will give you the best browsing experience available. Opera has a built-in e-mail and bittorrent client. It also has unique features...

Web Browsers portable Portable: native <= from the developers, multi-language, web-browser
+8 more internet-browser, extensions, extendable, opera, bookmark-sync, email-integration, integrated-email-client, built-in-torrent-client
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Paint.NET

Free by dotPDN LLC |
Windows

Paint.NET is a free image and photo editing software. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful...

Photos & Graphics portable, image-editing, photo-editing, paint
+5 more photoshop, graphic-design, graphic, webdesign, paint-net
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Audacity

Open Source by The Audacity Team |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. You can use Audacity to record live audio, convert tapes and records, edit sound files, change the speed or pitch of a recording and...

Audio & Music portable http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/audacity_portable, recording, music-production, audio-editor
+2 more record-output, pitch-correction
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Adblock Plus

Open Source by Wladimir Palant |
Mac, Windows, Android, Linux, Chrome OS

Adblock Plus is a Firefox add-on and Chrome extension that blocks internet ads, allowing you to regain control of the internet and view the web the way you want to. It is supported by over forty filter...

Web Browsers plugin / add-on Firefox, Chrome and Opera extension., ad-blocker, opera-extension
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Windows 7

Commercial by Microsoft |
Windows

Windows 7 is the successor to Windows Vista. The new OS introduces a compelling combination of welcome innovations and much-needed polish. Windows 7 is built with the codebase from Vista and is a minor upgrade...

OS & Utilities operating-system, virtual-pc, exfat.noresize
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JDownloader

Open Source by AppWork UG |
Mac, Windows, Linux

JDownloader simplifies and improves the process of downloading files from "free" file hosting sites like Rapidshare or Megaupload. JDownloader offers downloading in multiple parallel streams, CAPTCHA...

File Sharing portable http://jdownloader-portable.softonic.de/, java, download-manager, downloader
+7 more java-based, download-youtube, metalink, link-checker, file-download, captcha-recognition, dlc