win32

lunolasList by lunolas, last updated 2018-01-03

Native and default shell (no cygwin, msys2 or WSL)

EasyBCD
Free Personal • ProprietaryWindows
Boot loader manager
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WindowGrid
Free • ProprietaryWindows
Simple, manual window tiling
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wxMEdit
Free • Open SourceMac Windows Linux BSD
Hex editor
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Tera Term
Free • Open SourceWindows
Serial terminal interface
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Dolphin Smalltalk
Free • Open SourceWindows
GUI development
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Comodo Internet Security
Freemium • ProprietaryWindows
XP compatible AV/firewall
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Immunet FREE Antivirus
Free • ProprietaryWindows
Additional AV protection
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Moon Secure
Free • Open SourceWindows
XP compatible AV
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Windows Security
Free Personal • ProprietaryWindows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad
AV
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MSConfig
Free • ProprietaryWindows
Config services and startup programs
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Bulk Crap Uninstaller
Free • Open SourceWindows
Cleaner program uninstall
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Windows Task Manager
Free • ProprietaryWindows
System monitor
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Resource Monitor
Free • ProprietaryWindows
System resource recorder and handle monitor
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wsltty
Free • Open SourceWindows Cygwin
Better terminal with mouse support
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GNU Emacs
Free • Open SourceMac Windows Linux Android BSD F-Droid Haiku
Best gdb front-end I've found on Windows, since TUI is not supported
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GNU Project Debugger
Free • Open SourceMac Windows Linux BSD Cygwin
For mingw use
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mintty
Free • Open SourceWindows
Terminal for msys2, cygwin and WSL
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Xming
Paid • ProprietaryWindows
For WSL X11 programs
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PuTTY
Free • Open SourceWindows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ReactOS
SSH win32 client
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x64dbg
Free • Open SourceWindows
WinDbg alternative
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WinDbg
Free • ProprietaryWindows
Debugger for MSVC toolchain, with reverse debugging
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Strawberry Perl
Free • Open SourceWindows
perl for win32
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Skype
Freemium • ProprietaryMac Windows Linux Online Android iPhone Chrome OS
Phone calls
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Remote Desktop Connection
Free • ProprietaryWindows
RDP client
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Microsoft Message Analyzer
Free • ProprietaryWindows
Wireshark but understands Windows/Microsoft specific protocols
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Paint.NET
Free • ProprietaryWindows .NET Framework
Simple image editor
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Eraser
Free • Open SourceWindows PortableApps.com
Shred for Windows
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SumatraPDF
Free • Open SourceWindows
PDF reader
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MinGW-w64
Free • Open SourceWindows Linux BSD
Open source compiler toolchain
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Link Shell Extension
Free • ProprietaryWindows Windows Explorer
RIght-click context menu entry for filesystem links
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7-Zip
Free • Open SourceMac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ReactOS
File archiver
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Chocolatey
Freemium • Open SourceWindows
Package manager
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gow
Free • Open SourceWindows
Unix basic tools
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TortoiseSVN
Free • Open SourceWindows
SVN win32 client
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TortoiseCVS
Free • Open SourceWindows
CVS win32 client
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ConEmu
Free • Open SourceWindows
tmux-like thing
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WinSCP
Free • Open SourceWindows PortableApps.com Wine
Orthodox file manager with remote (S)FTP and SSH support
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Windows Command Prompt
Paid • ProprietaryWindows
Fastest
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PowerShell
Free • Open SourceMac Windows Linux
Better task-handling features
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clink
Free • Open SourceWindows
Persistent history with search, and emacs keyboard shortcuts
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AutoHotkey
Free • Open SourceWindows
Automate Windows shell
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X-Mouse Controls
Free • Open SourceWindows
Focus-follows-mouse
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altdrag
Free • Open SourceWindows
Unix behaviour
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KDiff3
Free • Open SourceMac Windows Linux
Unlike tkdiff, it handles Windows input OK (e.g. svn --diff-cmd). Unlike meld, it starts quickly.
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Far Manager
Free • Open SourceWindows
Console orthodox file manager with all Windows Explorer features
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AkelPad
Free • Open SourceWindows PortableApps.com
Simple notepad.exe replacement with tabs and infinite undo
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CLCL
Free • ProprietaryWindows
Clipboard manager
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Programs that are cross-platform (e.g. git) are missing. Those that are here (e.g. kdiff3) are explained. Built-in apps are preferred when suitable. Anything not here is assummed to be Unix-like (cygwin, WSL, VirtualBox)

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