My Essential Windows App List

A versatile OS with universal app architecture, free initial year offer, redesigned UI for mouse and touch, virtual desktop, and improved security.

Detects and updates missing or outdated device drivers automatically, offers backup, restore and uninstall functions, supports browser scans and provides access to a large driver database.

Add tabbed navigation to all desktop applications, allowing seamless multi-tasking and improved workspace management for enhanced productivity.

Wox is a full-featured plugin-powered launcher that supports file and web searching.

Efficient file archiver offering superior compression and encryption. Supports multiple formats such as TAR, ZIP, with a unique self-extracting feature.

Free e-book manager offering library management, multi-format conversion, syncing to devices, news download as e-books, built-in viewer, editor, and privacy.

Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information...

Open-source browser with Gecko engine, supporting HTML add-ons and providing privacy features like Enhanced Tracking Protection and third-party cookie blocking.

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An advanced browser with a built-in VPN for privacy, ad blocker, Speed Dial, AI, cloud sync, and rich extensions, tailored for various devices.

Office suite offering productivity tools for document creation, collaboration, and AI-enhanced editing across various platforms and devices.

Comprehensive file manager with built-in FTP, file compare, archive navigation, multi-rename tool with regular expression support, and side-by-side windows.

Cross-platform email client providing POP/IMAP support, robust filtering, multiple accounts, and chat. Extendable via add-ons with RSS/Atom, etc.

Online encrypted password storage with password generation, dark web monitoring, and two-factor authentication. Manage with security dashboard.

Free, lightweight PDF viewer available on multiple platforms. Features include annotation, form-filling, signing, cloud integration, and more.

Ditto is an extension to the standard windows clipboard. It saves each item placed on the clipboard allowing you access to any of those items at a later time.

A versatile platform for text and voice communication, featuring topic-specific channels, customizable moderation, and smooth low latency interactions.

Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute a wide range of games and related media entirely over the internet, stretching from one-man independent efforts to some of...

Comprehensive protection with advanced antivirus, antispyware, memory scanning, and network shielding, plus parental controls and identity theft safeguards.

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.

Reddit Enhancement Suite is a community-driven unofficial browser extension for Reddit.

Comprehensive software providing screen recording and live streaming on Mac, Windows, and Linux with powerful encoding support and unlimited scenes.

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

Optimizes systems by removing unused files and cleaning registries, speeding up PCs. Features include automatic cleaning, driver update, privacy protection.

Comprehensive codec collection with DirectShow filters enables playback of popular and rare audio and video formats, configurable installation and regular updates.

Fast, stable Windows-compatible image viewer and editor with extensive browsing, conversion, and editing features, including slideshows and EXIF info.

Locate files and folders by filename on Windows instantly, displaying all items on NTFS volumes and mapped network drives. Supports 19 languages.

Deluge is a full-featured BitTorrent client for Linux, Unix and Windows. It is written in python, uses libtorrent (rasterbar) at its core and GTK for the main user interface along with web and console interfaces for advanced client/server...

Free image editor for Windows, offering layer support, plugins, special effects, and portable use without installation. Lightweight and ad-free.

Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files of various formats (.iso, .bin, etc) can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting...

Free open-source code editor and Notepad replacement supporting multiple languages, featuring high speed, low resource usage, privacy focus, and plugin extensibility.

Provides multi-monitor taskbars, customizable window management, advanced wallpaper options, and free basic features for efficient screen control.

Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they'll be instantly available on any of your other computers that also have Dropbox installed. Because copies of your files are stored on Dropbox's secure servers, you can also access them from any computer or mobile...

Cross-platform app for creating and organizing notes from text, web pages, images, and voice memos. Offers security features and integrates with various tools.

Freeware system profiler for Windows and Android displays in-depth CPU, RAM, and chipset info, working ad-free, offline, and consumes fewer resources.

A lightweight utility providing detailed information on video cards and graphics processors. Displays clocks, tests PCI-Express, and supports GPUs.

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

Free global communication through video, voice, and instant messaging, plus competitive rates for mobile and landline calls. Available on multiple devices.