Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
- Mac
When you live in a command line, configurations are a deeply personal thing. They are often crafted over years of experience, battles lost, lessons learned, advice followed, and ingenuity rewarded. When you are away from your own configurations, you are an orphaned refugee in...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Git
GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place. This is particularly useful for keeping track of system-wide and per-user...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
Google Cloud platform enables you to build and host web apps on the same systems that power Google applications. App Engine offers fast development and deployment; simple administration, with no need to worry about the underlying infrastructure and systems, patches or backups...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Oracle Solaris
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
CloneApp is a free portable and simple backup tool which could save you a lot of time when migrating your software or reinstalling Windows.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Microsoft Hyper-V Server is a free product that delivers enterprise-class virtualization for your datacenter and hybrid cloud.
The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools like the BSOD Screen Saver or NotMyFault.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
NTLite, successor of nLite, is the cutting edge Windows configuration tool made by an independent developer.
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WUD allows you to download all of the current Windows Updates using a simple interface. All of the updates are contained in Update Lists (ULs) which allows you to choose which updates you want for which version of Windows.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Autoruns shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is a systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large groups of computers running Windows, macOS, Linux, as well as Windows Phone, Symbian, iOS and Android.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
Microsoft Intune is a cloud service that provides mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Windows Mobile
- Android
- iPhone
Silent Install Helper determines the type of installation package and allows you to install programs in "silent" mode (without user intervention). Supported installers: Inno Setup, Smart Installer, Wise installer, NSIS, RAR \ ZIP \ 7z \ 7z Setup \ Free Arc \ Microsoft...
This is a little program that can automatically determine which silent switches can be used with a setup file.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
The tool allows to easily install multiple programs at once. It creates a setup package that contains multiple application installers. Simply run the package. Programs will be installed automatically in background mode (silently).
Inno Setup is a free installer for Windows programs. First introduced in 1997, Inno Setup today rivals and even surpasses many commercial installers in feature set and stability.
The MSIX Packaging SDK project is an effort to enable developers on a variety of platforms to pack and unpack packages for the purposes of distribution from either the Microsoft Store, or their own content distribution networks.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Make your Computer Work Faster Now by using Uninstall Tool! Its a fast, secure and convenient way to remove unneeded applications and system components. Great, powerful and reliable alternative to standard Windows Add/Remove program.
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Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.
Ninite is the easiest way to install software. Pick the apps you want, and the Ninite installer will download and install all of your selected apps at once, automatically. It is 100% hands-free; Ninite automatically rejects browser toolbars and other prepackaged junk.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
SharpApp is a free and portable tool building upon a PowerShell engine and community powered script files for disabling telemetry functions in Windows 10, uninstalling preinstalled apps, installing software packages and automating Windows tasks.
PowerShell script for automation of routine tasks done after fresh installations of Windows 10 / Server 2016 / Server 2019.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
The most powerful PowerShell module on GitHub for Windows 10 & Windows 11 fine-tuning and tweaking
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
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QTTabBar is an extension for Windows Explorer that brings tabbed browsing to Microsoft's file browser. It comes with a number of nifty features including a favorites function for launching folders and applications, groupings of folders that can be opened together, tooltip...
Locate files and folders by filename on Windows instantly, displaying all items on NTFS volumes and mapped network drives. Supports 19 languages.
Disk analysis tool with treemap views, duplicate file detection, and cleanup actions. Works offline and ad-free on Windows as an open-source project.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
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Open source community and software directory offering code hosting, analytics, version control, project management, and access to over 50,000 business titles.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online
PortableApps.com is a website offering many free, commonly used Windows applications that have been specially packaged for portability. These portable applications can be used from removable media such as USB flash drives.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- BSD
- PlayOnLinux (PlayOnMac)
- Wine
Use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to accelerate and automate deployments of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Office 2010, and Windows Server 2008 R2. It can be used to deploy OS and applications, sysprep and capture images as WIM or VHD files, and then deploy...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE, WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or install, deploy, and repair Windows while it is offline.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
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Creates full, incremental, or differential backups, restores files, partitions, or OS, supports cloning, backup templates, scheduling, encryption, and disaster recovery.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
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Transfers files, folders, applications, and user settings between computers, supporting both network and image file migration for Windows XP to 11 devices.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Copy Handler is a free software for Windows systems, which allows you to take full control over the file copy and move operations. Program is highly customizable and fully integrates with the operating system.
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File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in Windows Explorer.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- File Explorer
Context Menu Tuner is an application which allows you to customize Explorer's context menu in Windows 10, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1.
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Comprehensive file manager with built-in FTP, file compare, archive navigation, multi-rename tool with regular expression support, and side-by-side windows.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Android
- Android Tablet
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Tweaking.com - Windows Repair is a tool designed help fix a large majority of known Windows problems including; registry errors, file permissions, issues with Internet Explorer, Windows Updates, Windows Firewall and more.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
OneGet is a unified interface to package management systems and aims to make Software Discovery, Installation and Inventory (SDII) work via a common set of cmdlets (and eventually a set of APIs). Regardless of the installation technology underneath, users can use these common...
Package Managers
Open-Source Package Managers to aid in quickly installing/re-installing various packages, apps, programs, and software. Note that these should be used in conjunction with some of the listed package management utilities and helpers
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