• Open Shell icon
  • QuickLook icon
  • wnr icon
  • MusicBee icon
  • Free Alarm Clock icon
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my windows software ricing

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Priorities

  • Functionality
  • Minimal RAM power
  • customizable
  • accesible
  • plugins
  • good UI design
  • skins and aesthetics
  1. Open Shell is a fork of the Classic Shell project for Windows that getting back the classic start menu to modern versions of Microsoft Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Open Shell screenshot 1
    Open Shell screenshot 1
    Open Shell screenshot 2
    +2
    Open Shell screenshot 3
  2. QuickLook icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Preview of a shapefile (.shp) using the shapefile viewer plugin https://github.com/birderyu/QuickLook.Plugin.ShapefileViewer
    Preview of a PDF file
    Preview of a .docx file using the office plugin at https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook.Plugin.OfficeViewer
    +16
    Preview of an excel .xlsx file using the office plugin at https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook.Plugin.OfficeViewer
  3. wnr icon
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    Effective time-management, better than pomodoros Work and rest, with wnr now.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    wnr screenshot 1
    wnr screenshot 1
    wnr screenshot 2
    +1
    wnr screenshot 3
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    make easy study sessions

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

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Promo 1: Main Features
    Promo 2: Main Features
    Now Playing view
    +8
    -Library View.
-Waveform Seekbar / Progress bar
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    use this to listen to music, comes with skins

  5. Free Alarm Clock, free version of Hot Alarm Clock, is a portable and full-featured and user-friendly computer alarm clock and program-launcher for Windows in 23 languages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Screen
    23 languages in version 2.5
    New in V2.5: Ability to execute a command or open URL
    +1
    Run an exe-file
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    I use this for my alarms

  6. 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
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    my second terminal, default admin rights

  7. MPV icon
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    Versatile media player supporting multiple video formats, wide codec range, subtitles, hardware acceleration, OpenGL output, and intuitive CLI controls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
    • Chocolatey
    • OpenAPK
    MPV screenshot 1
    MPV screenshot 1
    MPV screenshot 2
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    i use this for videos on the terminal

  8. MPC-BE icon
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    Media Player Classic - Black Edition (MPC-BE) is a fork of MPC and MPC-HC. It moved away from MPC's aim to mimic the look and feel of Windows Media Player with updated player controls and provides additional features on top of MPC-HC such as a video preview tooltip when...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MPC-BE screenshot 1
    MPC-BE screenshot 1
    MPC-BE screenshot 2
    +2
    MPC-BE screenshot 3
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    my default video player

  9. f.lux icon
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    Software that makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    f.lux screenshot 1
    Main Window
    Color Presets
    +6
    Color Effects
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    changes color of screen according to the time of the day. very comfortable to the eyes, works even windows xp

  10. Filezo icon
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    Rapid access to files, folders, clipboard history in Windows with tagging, previews, integration with file open-save window, annotation, project-based organization and quick file operations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Filezo screenshot 1
    Filezo screenshot 1
    Filezo screenshot 2
    +17
    Filezo screenshot 3
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    watch all your recent files, tabs, etc. sits comfortably in the border of your screen, also saves allyour copypasta

  11. The simplest and fastest ALT-TAB replacement.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Switcheroo screenshot 1
    Switcheroo screenshot 1
    Switcheroo screenshot 2
    +1
    Switcheroo screenshot 3
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    switch between all your open programs

  12. Fluent Search is a fast and easy-to-use search application that lets you search for running applications, browser tabs, bookmarks, files, and more. Unlike Windows Start Menu, Fluent Search focuses on continuing existing work, it let you jump easily between running application...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Search for browser tabs
    Fluent Search main window - shows open applications
    Search for any file on your computer based on the program that can open it
    +11
    Search Tags filters result based on their properties, here the tag is the parent folder of these files
  13. Listary icon
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    Listary is a revolutionary search utility for Windows that makes finding your files and launching applications blazing fast, for casual and power users alike!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • File Explorer
    Global Search
    Web Search
    Listary screenshot 2
    +1
    General Settings
  14. 4t Tray Minimizer is a lightweight but powerful window manager, which helps you to free up space on the desktop and the taskbar via the following actions:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Minimize to tray
    Additional titlebar buttons and additional menu items
    Additional items into taskbar menu
    +4
    Menu
  15. QTranslate is a free translator for Windows. With this small utility, you simply select the text you want to translate and then press hot key (Ctrl+Q to show translation in the popup window or Double Ctrl click to show the translation in the main window).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main application window.
    Virtual keyboard.
    Options window.
    +6
    History of translations.
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    local translator with all world languages. choose bewteen google translate, etc

  16. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Instant Lookup in the current App (If available):
Just Press Win/cmd+Alt+C
    A personal collection table with its shortcuts mapped onto a virtual keyboard.
    Advanced statistics tracking your learning progress.
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    to learn hotkey in each program i own

  17. Hydrus icon
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    A personal booru-style media tagger that can import files and tags from your hard drive and popular websites. Content can be shared with other users via user-run servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Hydrus screenshot 1
    Hydrus screenshot 1
    Hydrus screenshot 2
    +8
    Hydrus screenshot 3
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    best media imageboard locally, personall use with tagging

  18. Zeal icon
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    Zeal is a free and open-source offline documentation browser for developers. You download docsets for the languages, frameworks, and libraries you use, and Zeal lets you search across all of them at once and jump straight to the symbol, class, or function you need.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • BSD
    Zeal screenshot 1
    Zeal screenshot 1
    Zeal screenshot 2
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    API documentation for prograaming languages syntax by packages, works offline

  19. Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    White and dark theme showcase
    Windows Terminal screenshot 1
    Windows Terminal screenshot 2
    +3
    Windows Terminal screenshot 3
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    i use this to watch anime

  20. Logseq icon
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    Local-first, privacy-focused notebook supporting Markdown and Org mode, offline use, encrypted backup, extensible with plugins, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    Logseq screenshot 1
    Logseq screenshot 1
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    Local notebook, plugins

  21. Sophisticated text editor for code with sleek interface, multi-select tabs, side-by-side definitions, and swift variable renaming using multiple selections.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Sublime Text screenshot 1
    Sublime Text screenshot 1
    Sublime Text screenshot 2
    +2
    Sublime Text screenshot 3
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    text editor, it works

  22. 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
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    i use this for pdfs, option 1

  23. Q-Dir icon
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    Q-Dir makes your files and folder easy to manage. Fast and easy access, with an amazing Quadro-View (4 panes) technique. You dont have to renounce the usual, Drag and Drop, all Views, and other functions of your system. No!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Q-Dir default view on Windows 10
    Q-Dir screenshot 1
    Q-Dir screenshot 2
    +4
    Q-Dir screenshot 3
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    best file manager ever

  24. IrfanView icon
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    Fast and powerful image viewer, editor, and converter for beginners and pros. Supports various formats, batch processing, and many extensions.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    IrfanView screenshot 1
    IrfanView screenshot 1
    Paint plugin
    +33
    Add text to image
    kaekazehkaekazeh’s note

    Fast and compact image viewer

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