Windows Apps

Windows 11 is a personal computer operating system released by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.

Alternatives: Ubuntu

VeraCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Alternatives: Windows BitLocker

Back up your files to another drive and restore them if the originals are lost, damaged, or deleted.

Windows Defender is built into Windows to help guard your PC against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software in real time. Windows Defender features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against malware when it's detected, minimizes interruptions, and helps you stay productive.

Alternatives: Sophos Home, ESET NOD32 Antivirus

VirusTotal is a free service that analyzes files and URLs for viruses, worms, trojans and other kinds of malicious content.

Alternatives: MetaDefender, Jotti, VirSCAN

Winja is a free application for Microsoft Windows that lets you find potential malware on your system. It uses the scanning engine of virtually all antivirus products in the market to give you a very precise idea of the risk posed by a particular file. To do this, Winja first uses the VirusTotal public API to submit the fingerprint of a file. If this fingerprint exists, Winja returns the existing analysis report. If not, Winja sends the unknown file to VirusTotal servers for scanning.

In Windows, you can use Windows Firewall to block or unblock certain applications, but it doesn’t offer an easy-to-use interface for its advanced features. Firewall App Blocker makes the process very easy! Simply drag and drop the application you wish to block into the FAB window, or browse the hard disk to find it. That’s it!

Alternatives: Comodo Free Firewall, BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control, simplewall, SpyShelter

Unchecky aims to keep potentially unwanted programs out of your computer. Unchecky automatically unchecks unrelated offers, both saving you mouse clicks and making it less likely to miss a checkbox of an unwanted offer.

SUMo (Software Update Monitor) keeps your PC up-to-date & safe by using the most recent version of your favorite software! Unlike built-in auto update features, SUMo tells you if updates are available before you need to use your software.

Alternatives: Ketarin, Windows Package Manager CLI

Cmder is a software package created out of pure frustration over the absence of nice console emulators on Windows. It is based on amazing software, and spiced up with the Monokai color scheme and a custom prompt layout, looking sexy from the start. Think about cmder more as a software package than a separate app. All the magic is happening through ConEmu. With enhancements from clink.

The Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Windows Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Its main features include multiple tabs, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and custom themes, styles, and configurations.

Alternatives: Fluent Terminal

Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network activity and statistics, logged-in users, and system services. The Task Manager can also be used to set process priorities, processor affinity, forcibly terminate processes, and shut down, restart, hibernate or log off from Windows.

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.

Alternatives: Process Explorer

This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and when you start various built-in Windows applications like Internet Explorer, Explorer and media players.

AltDrag gives you the ability to move and resize windows in a new way. After starting AltDrag, you can simply hold down the Alt key and then click and drag any window.

Alternatives: Taekwindow, AlwaysMouseWheel, MoveInactiveWin

File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It is also the component of the operating system that presents many user interface items on the screen such as the taskbar and desktop.

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

Alternatives: PeaZip, Bandizip, WinRAR

Universal Extractor 2 is a tool designed to extract files from any type of extractable file. Unlike most archiving programs, UniExtract is not limited to standard archives such as .zip and .rar. It can also deal with application installers, disk images and even game archives and other multimedia files.

Listary is a search utility for Windows that makes finding your files and launching applications blazing fast, for casual and power users alike!

Alternatives: Launchy, Wox, Keypirinha

KeePassXC can store your passwords safely and auto-type them into your everyday websites and applications. KeePassXC is a community fork of KeePassX, the cross-platform port of KeePass for Windows. Every feature works cross-platform and was thoroughly tested on multiple systems to provide users with the same look and feel on every supported operating system. This includes the beloved Auto-Type feature.

Alternatives: KeePass, Bitwarden, 1Password

PWGen is a professional password generator capable of generating large amounts of cryptographically-secure passwords—“classical” passwords, pronounceable passwords, pattern-based passwords, and passphrases consisting of words from word lists.
PWGen for Windows: https://pwgen-win.sourceforge.io/

Seriously private browsing. Firefox shows you how many data-collecting trackers are blocked with Enhanced Tracking Protection. Firefox Lockwise makes the passwords you save in Firefox secure and available on all your devices. Firefox Monitor alerts you if we know your information is a part of another company’s data breach.
Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/

Alternatives: Vivaldi, Brave

An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers. Fast, potent, and lean.

Alternatives: Adblock Plus, AdGuard

The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked. The Tor Browser lets you use Tor on Windows, macOS, or Linux. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser to protect your anonymity, and is self-contained.

Tor Expert Bundle: https://www.torproject.org/download/tor/
ProxAllium: https://github.com/DcodingTheWeb/ProxAllium

Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!
Add-ons: https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/
WarnAttachment: https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/warnattachment/
Minimize on Close: https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/minimize-on-close/
TBTray: https://github.com/sagamusix/TBTray
ThunderbirdTray: https://github.com/TheGuardianWolf/ThunderbirdTray

Alternatives: eM Client, Microsoft Mail and Calendar, Postbox, Microsoft Office Outlook, PopMan