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  • WindowGrid icon
  • wxMEdit icon
  • Tera Term icon
  • Dolphin Smalltalk icon
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Native and default shell (no cygwin, msys2 or WSL)

  1. EasyBCD icon
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    EasyBCD is NeoSmart Technologies multiple award-winning answer to tweaking Windows bootloader. With EasyBCD, almost anything is possible, e.g. to boot a Win7-VHD-image. Setting up and configuring Windows boot entries is simple, and there is no easier way to quickly boot right...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    EasyBCD Home
    Rename entry
    Add entry
    +7
    Advanced settings
    lunolas’s note

    Boot loader manager

  2. WindowGrid is a modern window management program that allows the user to quickly and easily layout their windows on a dynamic grid.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WindowGrid screenshot 1
    Example
    System tray menu
    lunolas’s note

    Simple, manual window tiling

  3. wxMEdit icon
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    wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit icon MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    wxMEdit screenshot 1
    wxMEdit screenshot 1
    wxMEdit screenshot 2
    lunolas’s note

    Hex editor

  4. Tera Term icon
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    Tera Term (Pro) is a free software terminal emulator (communication program) for MS-Windows. It supports VT100 emulation, telnet connection, serial port connection, and so on.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tera Term screenshot 1
    Tera Term screenshot 1
    Tera Term screenshot 2
    lunolas’s note

    Serial terminal interface

  5. Dolphin is a complete development IDE for Smalltalk targeted specifically at Microsoft Windows. It is capable of creating standalone GUI and console executables that will run on any version of Windows from XP up to the current Windows 10.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Dolphin Smalltalk screenshot 1
    Dolphin Smalltalk screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    GUI development

  6. Comodo Internet Security is a free, very voluminous and multi-layered security application that keeps hackers out and personal information in.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Comodo Internet Security screenshot 1
    Comodo Internet Security screenshot 1
    Comodo Internet Security screenshot 2
    +1
    Comodo Internet Security screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    XP compatible AV/firewall

  7. Immunet FREE Antivirus is the lightest anti-virus application, providing the fast protection against new viruses, because it protects through the cloud using the ClamAV engine. Install/Hardisk-Filesize: 5/10 MB.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    First screen of the program
    history of detected files
    program "about" button
    +3
    File History, shows the files the program scanned and the updates too
    lunolas’s note

    Additional AV protection

  8. Moon Secure AV is an open source antivirus currently using the ClamAV engine due to fast response time and huge AV database, however we are implementing another engine that is heuristic and will allow users to customize the engine on the fly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Moon Secure screenshot 1
    Moon Secure screenshot 1
    Moon Secure screenshot 2
    +2
    Moon Secure screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    XP compatible AV

  9. Windows Security (known as Windows Defender Antivirus before Windows 10 May 2020 Update, Windows Defender before Windows 10 Creators Update, or Microsoft Defender Antivirus before Windows 11) is an anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Microsoft Defender screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    AV

  10. MSConfig icon
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    MSConfig, or Microsoft System Configuration Utility, is a utility to troubleshoot the Microsoft Windows startup process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MSConfig screenshot 1
    MSConfig screenshot 1
    MSConfig screenshot 2
    +2
    MSConfig screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    Config services and startup programs

  11. Free and open-source tool for batch uninstalling multiple apps with minimal input, removing portable, protected, and damaged software, and cleaning up leftovers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Bulk Crap Uninstaller screenshot 1
    Bulk Crap Uninstaller screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Cleaner program uninstall

  12. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Task Manager screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    System monitor

  13. Resource Monitor is a system application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Resource Monitor screenshot 1
    Resource Monitor screenshot 1
    Resource Monitor screenshot 2
    +2
    Resource Monitor screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    System resource recorder and handle monitor

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    Mintty as a terminal for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Cygwin
    lunolas’s note

    Better terminal with mouse support

  15. GNU Emacs icon
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    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor
    Beyond just being able to edit plain text files, Emacs includes special features to help you write in many different human languages and programming/markup languages
    GNU Emacs screenshot 2
    +6
    GNU Emacs screenshot 3
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    Best gdb front-end I've found on Windows, since TUI is not supported

  16. GNU Project Debugger, or gdb, is a command-line, source-level debugger for programs that were written in C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, or Ada and compiled for any of a number of different target architectures including x86, x86-64, IA-64...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
    lunolas’s note

    For mingw use

  17. mintty icon
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    Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    mintty screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Terminal for msys2, cygwin and WSL

  18. Xming icon
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    Xming is a X Window System Server for Microsoft Windows®. It is fully featured, lean, fast, simple to install and because it is standalone native Windows, easily made portable (not needing a machine-specific installation or access to the Windows registry).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Xming -multiwindow mode on Windows 7 with five clients   including a remote ParaView.
    XDMCP on one X server and an xlogo X client on another.
    XDMCP on one X server used to access a remote Raspberry Pi and a few clients on another.
    lunolas’s note

    For WSL X11 programs

  19. PuTTY icon
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    Free and open-source terminal emulator supporting SSH, Telnet, and SCP. Portable, lightweight, and works offline to connect to remote systems securely.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    • Flathub
    PuTTY screenshot 1
    Tunnels interface
    PuTTY screenshot 2
    lunolas’s note

    SSH win32 client

  20. x64dbg icon
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    x64dbg is a 64-bit assembler-level debugger for Windows. The corresponding 32-bit debugger is called x32dbg.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    x64dbg screenshot 1
    x64dbg screenshot 1
    x64dbg screenshot 2
    +1
    x64dbg screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    WinDbg alternative

  21. WinDbg icon
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    WinDbg is a multipurposed debugger for Microsoft Windows, distributed on the web by Microsoft as part of the Debugging Tools for Windows. It can be used to debug user mode applications, drivers, and the operating system itself in kernel mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WinDbg screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Debugger for MSVC toolchain, with reverse debugging

  22. Strawberry Perl is a perl environment for MS Windows containing all you need to run and develop perl applications. It is designed to be as close as possible to perl environment on UNIX systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    lunolas’s note

    perl for win32

  23. Skype icon
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    Free global communication through video, voice, and instant messaging, plus competitive rates for mobile and landline calls. Available on multiple devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Android Wear
    Skype screenshot 1
    Skype screenshot 1
    Skype screenshot 2
    +9
    Skype screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    Phone calls

  24. Remote Desktop Connection is a technology that allows you to sit at a computer (sometimes called the client computer) and connect to a remote computer (sometimes called the host computer) in a different location.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Remote Desktop Connection screenshot 1
    Remote Desktop Connection screenshot 1
    Remote Desktop Connection screenshot 2
    +4
    Remote Desktop Connection screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    RDP client

  25. Message Analyzer enables you to capture, display, and analyze protocol messaging traffic; and to trace and assess system events and other messages from Windows components.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Microsoft Message Analyzer screenshot 1
    Microsoft Message Analyzer screenshot 1
    Microsoft Message Analyzer screenshot 2
    +2
    Microsoft Message Analyzer screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    Wireshark but understands Windows/Microsoft specific protocols

  26. Paint.NET icon
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    Free image editor for Windows, offering layer support, plugins, special effects, and portable use without installation. Lightweight and ad-free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
    Paint.NET screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Simple image editor

  27. Eraser icon
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    Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Eraser screenshot 1
    Eraser screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Shred for Windows

  28. A free, open-source viewer for Windows, supports PDFs, eBooks, Comics, with a simple, fast, and portable design prioritized for ease of use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SumatraPDF screenshot 1
    SumatraPDF screenshot 1
    SumatraPDF screenshot 2
    +3
    SumatraPDF screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    PDF reader

  29. The project's goal is to deliver runtime, headers, and libs for developing 64 bit (x64), as well as 32 bit (x86), windows applications using gcc-4.4 or newer versions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    lunolas’s note

    Open source compiler toolchain

  30. Link Shell Extension (LSE) provides for the creation of Hardlinks , Junctions , Volume Mountpoints , and Vistas Symbolic Links, (herein referred to collectively as Links) and a Folder Cloning process that utilizes Hardlinks or Symbolic Links.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • File Explorer
    • Chocolatey
    Pick Link Source... (file/dir)
    and Drop As... Symbolic Link, Junction, Hard Link and more
    lunolas’s note

    RIght-click context menu entry for filesystem links

  31. 7-Zip icon
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    Efficient file archiver offering superior compression and encryption. Supports multiple formats such as TAR, ZIP, with a unique self-extracting feature.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    • Arch Linux
    Main Window
    Add to Archive
    Options
    lunolas’s note

    File archiver

  32. Command-line tool for managing Windows applications with no registration, centralized audits, automatic package creation, offline support, disk space optimization, and synchronization.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Chocolatey
    Chocolatey screenshot 1
    Chocolatey screenshot 1
    Command Line Interface
    lunolas’s note

    Package manager

  33.  Like

    Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    gow screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Unix basic tools

  34. TortoiseSVN is a really easy to use Revision control / version control / source control software for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Commit dialog
    TortoiseMerge
    TortoiseSVN screenshot 2
    lunolas’s note

    SVN win32 client

  35. TortoiseCVS lets you work with files under CVS version control directly from Windows Explorer. Its freely available under the GPL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    TortoiseCVS screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    CVS win32 client

  36. ConEmu icon
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    Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ConEmu screenshot 1
    ConEmu screenshot 1
    Alpha transparency in ConEmu
    +2
    Windows 7 Jump list
    lunolas’s note

    tmux-like thing

  37. WinSCP  icon
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    A versatile client for SFTP, FTP, and other protocols for file transfer. It offers GUI choice, and supports automation and key authentication.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    WinSCP  screenshot 1
    WinSCP  screenshot 1
    WinSCP  screenshot 2
    +7
    WinSCP  screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    Orthodox file manager with remote (S)FTP and SSH support

  38. Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd (after its executable file name), is the command-line interpreter on Windows NT, Windows CE, OS/2 and eComStation operating systems. It is the counterpart of COMMAND.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    A picture of cmd, with the name blacked out.
    lunolas’s note

    Fastest

  39. PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    PowerShell screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Better task-handling features

  40. clink icon
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    Clink enhances your productivity in Microsoft Windows' "cmd.exe". If you're familiar with Bash then you will be familiar with the changes that clink brings to "cmd.exe" (it uses the same 'Readline' library that Bash uses). It is a small utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    clink screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Persistent history with search, and emacs keyboard shortcuts

  41. An open-source Windows scripting language enabling task automation through hotkeys, macros, and keystrokes, useful for creating custom forms and automating data entry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tray menu
    AutoHotkey screenshot 1
    AutoHotkey screenshot 2
    +1
    AutoHotkey screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    Automate Windows shell

  42. A tool to enable or disable active window tracking, raising and also the delay in milliseconds. This is known as x-mouse behavior.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    X-Mouse Controls screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Focus-follows-mouse

  43. altdrag icon
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    AltDrag allows you to move and resize windows much easier. When you have it running you can simply hold down the Alt key and then use your mouse to drag any window, and it doesn't matter where in the window you click.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    altdrag screenshot 1
    altdrag screenshot 2
    lunolas’s note

    Unix behaviour

  44. KDiff3 icon
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    KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE Plasma
    KDiff3 screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Unlike tkdiff, it handles Windows input OK (e.g. svn --diff-cmd). Unlike meld, it starts quickly.

  45. Far Manager is a program for managing files and archives in Windows operating systems. Far Manager works in text mode and provides a simple and intuitive interface for performing most of the necessary actions:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    UI language selection
    Main Window
    lunolas’s note

    Console orthodox file manager with all Windows Explorer features

  46. AkelPad icon
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    Open source text editor with notepad-style interface, supports files of any size, multi-window modes, Unicode codepages, plugins, and 20 language modules.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    AkelPad screenshot 1
    AkelPad screenshot 1
    AkelPad screenshot 2
    +8
    AkelPad screenshot 3
    lunolas’s note

    Simple notepad.exe replacement with tabs and infinite undo

  47. CLCL icon
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    CLCL is clipboard caching utility.

    • All clipboard formats are supported.
    • Template can be registered.
    • Pop-up menu is displayed by "Alt+C."
    • Menu can be customized.
    • Item is paste automatically.
    • Picture is displayed on a menu.
    • Tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    CLCL screenshot 1
    lunolas’s note

    Clipboard manager

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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How am.I figure out witch I can use