My favorite programs for Windows

These are apps that you should start using, everything here is open source unless marked otherwise.

Kastlet
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  1. Open source torrenting client, much better than µTorrent and BitTorrent and whatever other proprietary torrenting client exists, worth mentioning qBittorrent icon qBittorrent and Deluge icon Deluge

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Cloudron
    • Xfce
    Transmission Windows
    Transmission Mac
    Transmission GTK+
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    Transmission Qt
  2. MPV icon
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    You should use this instead of VLC Media Player icon VLC Media Player, it's pretty much VLC but way better in alot of ways, it has a minimalistic look, you can customize it with custom OSCs, (also doesn't look like an ancient media player) and you can improve it even further by creating a config file, you can learn more about this by following iamascum's guides. If you feel like it's too hard to use, you should try mpv.net icon mpv.net, fork of MPV that is more user friendly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
    • Chocolatey
    MPV screenshot 1
    MPV screenshot 1
    MPV screenshot 2
  3. Useful tool to download multiple files from Mega easily, no limits on how much you can download.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Megabasterd screenshot 1
    Megabasterd screenshot 1
    Megabasterd screenshot 2
    +4
    Megabasterd screenshot 3
  4. Package manager, somewhat like Linux's package managers, if you want an alternative not tied to NuGet, you should try Scoop icon Scoop, however scoop has a smaller amount of packages compared to Chocolatey.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Chocolatey screenshot 1
    Chocolatey screenshot 1
    Command Line Interface
  5. BleachBit icon
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    Open source alternative to CCleaner icon CCleaner, I wouldn't trust CCleaner so I recommend using this instead.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Blackberry
    • PortableApps.com
    BleachBit 1.9.3 on Windows 10 showing Firefox preview
    BleachBit 1.9.3 on Windows 10 showing the Preferences dialog
    BleachBit 0.8.2 on Ubuntu 10.10 (Kurdish translation)
  6. PyCharm icon
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    Python IDE, there's an open source and a closed source version.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    PyCharm screenshot 1
    PyCharm screenshot 1
  7. VSCodium icon
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    Open source fork of Visual Studio Code icon Visual Studio Code, pretty much the same but with removed telemetry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    VSCodium screenshot 1
  8. Closed source, however it's very useful when searching for a specific file, much better experience than searching for it in File Explorer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Locate files and folders by name instantly.
  9. I love this app, it allows you to create webapps.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
    WebCatalog screenshot 1
    WebCatalog screenshot 1
    WebCatalog screenshot 2
    +6
    WebCatalog screenshot 3
  10. LibreWolf icon
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    A Mozilla Firefox icon Mozilla Firefox fork, but with improved privacy by default, better than Microsoft Edge icon Microsoft Edge.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Linux Mint
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Flathub
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • OpenBSD
    Homeage
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