The MAGIC behind this lightning fast search engine is reading the MFT (like a phonebook) of the disks.
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- Windows
Stuff that I have on every Windows computer. These complement Windows and some of them should be included with Windows. Many of these are both Free and Open Source, too. Most are free or freemium.
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The MAGIC behind this lightning fast search engine is reading the MFT (like a phonebook) of the disks.
Multi-platform clipboard tool monitoring and saving text, images, and custom formats, with tabs, search, shortcuts, scripting, and customization for efficiency.




Clavier+ allows you to create global keyboard shortcuts for launching applications, opening folders, writing text and opening websites.



FOSS simple keyboard mapper for windows
KeyCombiner helps you learn exactly the keyboard shortcuts you need. Create your own shortcut collections by importing from a large public database of shortcuts (VSCode, Vim, IntelliJ, Gmail, Notion, Excel, etc.




pops up a window with searchable shortcuts relevant to the current window
Enpass offers you freedom from remembering too many passwords and other important credentials. It secures them in one place by your master password and makes them accessible anywhere and everywhere - on your smartphones, tablets, or desktops.





multi-OS synced password vault, can back up on cloud
Displays disk usage visually with interactive segmented rings, scans local and remote disks, allows direct file management, and integrates with KDE file managers.




CryptSync is a small utility that synchronizes two folders while encrypting the contents in one folder. That means one of the two folders has all files unencrypted (the files you work with) and the other folder has all the files encrypted.





syncs between encrypted (for cloud storage) and original, working unencrypted original folders.
Compress and encrypt files with versatile software, supporting multiple formats for secure data transfer and offering efficient storage options.





It's the best archiver for the past 25 years
Analyze disk space usage with in-depth insights and interactive visualizations across local and network drives, including mobile devices.





easily analyze folder structure
Free and open-source tool for screen capture and recording; enables file uploads, annotation, dark mode, 4K support, and customizable themes.





Fantastic screeshot taker and editor with lots of functionality built in
Portable BSD-licensed image editor for Windows offering multi-layer support, batch processing, extensive filters, macro recording, and broad file compatibility.






USBTreeView is a Windows graphical user interface application that enables you to browse all USB controllers and connected USB devices on your computer.




standalone executable capable for analyzing the USB ports
Optimize your Windows PC with powerful tools to fix, speed up, and maintain systems, offering one-click registry cleaning, privacy protection, and disk cleanup.





computer maintenance tool package
Gpg4win enables users to securely transport emails and files with the help of encryption and digital signatures. Encryption protects the contents against an unwanted party reading it. Digital signatures make sure that it was not modified and comes from a specific sender.

This project has reached a minimum-viable product level of quality. While contributors dogfood it as their daily driver, it may be unstable for some commands. Future releases will work fill out missing features and improve stability.



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




Open-source CLI tool enables installing, upgrading, and managing Windows software via command line, supports configuration files, automation, and curated repository.

Obsidian is a note-taking app that lets you create a personal knowledge graph with ease. It is designed for non-linear thinking and allows you to easily link your notes together wiki-style.





I am currently in transition from Notion to Obsidian, as the former is limited to online-use only and the latter is way faster
Manages tasks across all platforms with advanced language recognition. It integrates with 60+ tools, and offers templates for various projects.





Great task manager, works on every platform and really easy to use and sort
After devoting so much time arranging tiles on the Start menu, it would be annoying if something were to happen to it , a registry corruption , a new application installation or a bad update can rearrange or delete the tiles on the Start menu.





Finally, a way to save the Start Menu Layout for when migrating or re-installing windows


Desktop organizer for Windows 10/11, arranging files in customizable shaded areas. Features include quick access, snapshot layouts, and enterprise tools.





keeps your desktop organized on any screen with Fences and folder portals
Label folders with customizable color or image-coded icons to identify status, priority, or content type, enabling rapid visual organization and quick folder access.





easily customize folder icons from the context menu. add your own libraries too !
Winaero Tweaker is a universal tweaker software which supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11.





Tweaks many annoyances out and suggests things that you didn't know are possible.
Customize right-click menus in Windows Explorer with built-in file operations, custom commands, symbolic links, folder sync, and advanced context controls.





extends your context menu with a customizable set of built in and personal commands
Advanced volume mixer for Windows 10 and 11 providing per-app control, device switching, audio visualization, hotkeys, automatic updates, and modern interface.




simple task bar volume controller, better than the one included with Windows10
The Quick Look feature from Mac OS X, which allows users to preview file contents quickly by pressing the Space key, is missed. Windows doesn't have this feature. While alternatives like WinQuickLook and Seer exist, the decision was made to create a new version because the...





simple and easy file previewer extensible by plugins
A feature-rich, simple-to-use app seamlessly integrated with a clean, minimal and modern user interface.





Great and lightweight image viewer
This tool filters and passes the command line arguments of Microsoft Edge processes into your default browser instead of hooking into the microsoft-edge: handler, this should provide resiliency against future changes.



Removes Edge results fom search
Cross-platform, free media player supports multimedia files, DVDs, streaming, offers hardware acceleration, 4K, lossless audio, and more.




Manages and organizes music libraries, playlists, and folders, supports podcasts and web radio, advanced tagging, CD ripping, device sync, and multiple audio formats.





Probably the best free combination of Radio, Podcasts, Artist and track info, and infinite layout capabilities
Open-source media player supporting Linux to iOS, highly customizable with plug-ins, supports 4K and diverse formats, privacy-centric and ad-free.





The best Media Center out there by far
These are useful on any personal computer
Open-source browser with Gecko engine, supporting HTML add-ons and providing privacy features like Enhanced Tracking Protection and third-party cookie blocking.





The best browser that doesn't follow you everywhere. lots of plugins
Open-source, ad-free torrent client offering a polished user interface, integrated multi-site search, RSS support, remote web control, and cross-platform availability.




An efficient PDF viewer and editor with advanced features like direct content editing, OCR by ABBYY, form filling, annotation, and offline access.





The best PDF editor not owned by Adobe
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