My favorite programs for Windows

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

Kastlet
KastletList by Kastlet, last updated 2022-01-27
  1. Transmission icon
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    Open source torrenting client, much better than µTorrent and BitTorrent and whatever other proprietary torrenting client exists, worth mentioning qBittorrent and Deluge

    • Torrent Client
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Cloudron
    • Xfce
    • ...
    Transmission Windows
  2. MPV icon
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    You should use this instead of 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, fork of MPV that is more user friendly.

    • Audio Player
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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    MPV screenshot 1
  3. scrcpy icon
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    Screen mirroring tool, much better than something like ApowerMirror

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    scrcpy screenshot 1
  4. ShutUp10++ icon
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    Closed source tool to improve your privacy on Windows, to improve your privacy further you should also debloat Windows, there are many tools such as Windows10Debloater and Debloat Windows 10.

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    ShutUp10++ screenshot 1
  5. Megabasterd icon
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    Useful tool to download multiple files from Mega easily, no limits on how much you can download.

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

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    Chocolatey screenshot 1
  7. BleachBit icon
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    Open source alternative to CCleaner, I wouldn't trust CCleaner so I recommend using this instead.

    • System Cleaner
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Blackberry
    • PortableApps.com
    • ...
    BleachBit 1.9.3 on Windows 10 showing Firefox preview
  8. Bulk Crap Uninstaller icon
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    Open source program uninstaller, can easily uninstall Chocolatey and scoop packages, can uninstall multiple programs at once and removes traces of files.

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    Bulk Crap Uninstaller screenshot 1
  9. PyCharm icon
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    Python IDE, there's an open source and a closed source version.

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

    • Code Editor
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron
    • Flathub
    • ...
    VSCodium screenshot 1
  11. Windows Terminal icon
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    Has more functionalities than Windows Command Prompt, you can have multiple tabs, it's open source but it's still owned by Microsoft, another alternative would be Cygwin.

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    White and dark theme showcase
  12. Files icon
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    Alternative to Windows's File Explorer. Supports tabs and custom themes and overall feels much smoother than the normal File Explorer.

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    Files screenshot 1
  13. Everything icon
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    Closed source, however it's very useful when searching for a specific file, much better experience than searching for it in File Explorer.

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    Locate files and folders by name instantly.
  14. Mark Text icon
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    I like using this more than Notepad, has a cleaner UI + open source. If you do not like this, you should use Notepad++.

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    GitHub Flavored Markdown
  15. GIMP icon
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    Decent alternative to Adobe Photoshop If you want something more like Adobe Photoshop, then you should try Photopea, it's a closed source website which has pretty much the same UI as Adobe Photoshop.

    • Digital Painting Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    • AmigaOS
    • ...
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  16. SumatraPDF icon
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    Minimalistic open source PDF Reader.

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    SumatraPDF screenshot 1
  17. YACReader icon
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    Useful comic reader, if you do not like this, try CDisplay Ex.

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    YACReader screenshot 1
  18. WebCatalog icon
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    I love this app, it allows you to create webapps.

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    WebCatalog screenshot 1
  19. LibreWolf icon
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    A Mozilla Firefox fork, but with improved privacy by default, better than Microsoft Edge.

    • Web Browser
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Linux Mint
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Flathub
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • OpenBSD
    • ...
    Homeage
  20. ImageGlass icon
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    Open source alternative to Microsoft Photos.

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    ImageGlass screenshot 1

This list was created by Kastlet Jan 26, 2022 and was last updated Jan 27, 2022. The list has 20 apps.

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