Alternatives to PortableApps.com for all platforms with any license

  • NirLauncher

    NirLauncher is a package of more than 200 portable freeware utilities for Windows, all of them developed for NirSoft Web site during the last few years. You can easily...

    • Warning This app contains tools that can read or unveil passwords and could be used by other users of your computer for malicous actions. Read the comments.

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  • Cameyo

    Cameyo is a free, open-architecture application virtualization product. It combines best-of-breed application virtualization technology with simplicity. Application...

    • Portable Apps is a USB launcher with access to software modified to run on any PC. Cameyo is a remote application sandboxing tool similar to citrix or MS Remote Apps Guest • Aug 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

    Commercial $ $ $ Web

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  • LiberKey

    Portable applications launcher, LiberKey includes 305 portable applications. In all areas : Audio, Video, Graphics, Internet, Games, Security, Education, System and...

    • Freeware portable start menu for portable apps Guest • Nov 2015 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree
    • Maybe better than PortableApps. Freeware not open-source Guest • Aug 2018 Disagree   Agree

    Free Windows

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  • PStart

    PStart is a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications, you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable...

    • Simple to setup and very flexible when compared to portableapps.com platform Guest • May 2016 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

    Free Windows

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  • The Portable Freeware Collection

    Huge, regularly updated collection of portable freeware or open source applications of all kinds. No specific launcher is distributed by this site, just the applications.

    Free Web

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  • SyMenu

    SyMenu is a portable menu launcher and Start Menu replacement to organize your applications quickly and easily. On top of that SyMenu is able to automatically index any...

    • More than 1000 free and quality programs against 300. Daily updates. Tons of options for your customization. Guest • Jun 2017 Disagree   Agree

    Free Windows .NET Framework

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  • Turbo Studio

    Turbo Studio (formerly Spoon.net) make you run your applications with no installs, dependencies, or conflicts. Deploy in standalone EXEs, with Turbo Server, or on...

    Commercial $ $ $ Windows

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  • ThumbApps

    We provide open source (FOSS) and freeware portable apps for Windows desktop/laptop/tablet computers. No pirated software/warez. We believe we can stay productive on...

    • Discontinued See http://www.thumbapps.org/2017/04/closing-farewell-message-to-thumbapps-users-worldwide.html

    Free Open Source Windows Web SourceForge

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  • PenDriveApps

    Pendriveapps is a website for reviewing and categorizing portable software. Bring your office applications, email, web browser, instant messaging software, games...

    Free Web

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  • WinPenPack

    winPenPack is an applications environment of Free Softwares, modified for being run and used from an USB pendrive, without need of installation

    Free Open Source Windows

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  • Lupo PenSuite

    The collection of portable software for everyone. A completely free Suite of programs and games, all in one package for your USB flash drive.

    Free Windows

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  • Portable Start Menu

    Portable Start Menu is a simple and free start menu application that can be installed on USB sticks or local PCs. Organize your programs in a simple menu system and...

    Free Windows

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PortableApps.com Comments

Not native Linux apps

Comment by Jupiter2
about PortableApps.com · Aug 2016 · Helpful Not helpful 1 Helpful Report as spam

portableapps.com is listed with the Linux tag. This should be removed. The site states that Wine is required to run their collection under Linux. They also suggest Wine and other emulated solutions to get these native Windows apps to run under macOS. You might as well boot into Windows on a Virtual Machine and run these apps or remove Linux entirely and replace with Windows.

I was a big fan of this site and especially portablefreeware.com (which I miss dearly) when I was a Windows user but these are not native Linux apps. On a positive note, Linux should soon see real (native), stable, portable solutions becoming more mainstream in the form of Ubuntu Snap Packages, Flatpak and others.

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Comment by filehippo
about PortableApps.com · Apr 2018 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Nice blog post thanks for sharing it.

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Comment by andreadurante60
about PortableApps.com · May 2017 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

It has all the necessary apps and updated regularly !

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Comment by User3952178
about PortableApps.com · Apr 2012 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

I am interesting - whether BoxedApp SDK was used in the development of this program?

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Comment by arahman56
about PortableApps.com · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

For those looking for an easier way to keep your portable apps updated, get the 2.0 launcher from here: http://portableapps.com/news/2010-07-17_-_portableapps.com_platform_2.0_beta_5_released . Comes with an updater for your portable apps.

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