My Awesome List of Windows Apps

This is a list of awesome apps for Windows 10.

Browser

• Google Chrome : browser from Google

• Microsoft Edge : browser from Microsoft

• Epic Privacy Browser : no history no tracking browser

• Mozilla Firefox : privacy oriented browser

• Opera : browser with VPN

• FlashPeak Slimjet : lightweight chrome-based browser

• Chrome Remote Dekstop : remote desktop

• Epic Privacy Browser

Built in Windows 10 Apps

• Camera (Windows 10) : camera

• Microsoft News

Citation Manager

• Mendeley Desktop : citation manager

• Zotero : open source citation manager

Collaboration

• GitHub Dekstop

• Github CLI* (gh)

• Git

Command Line Interface

• speedtest: speedtest

• gping: gping example.com

• is-up: is-up example.com

• mtr: mtr example.com

• Ubuntu : ubuntu on top Windows 10

Computing Programming

• Anaconda3 : numerical computation, python

• Arduino : Arduino programming

• Microsoft Visual Studio Code : IDE

• Octave : FOSS numerical computation

• Matlab Polyspace : complete numerical computation

• SpeedCrunch : simple numerical computation, calculator

• Calculator : calculator (Windows 10)

• Maxima computer algebra system

• Fritzing : electronic design

• Kalk : command-line calculator

• Kalker : command-line scientific calculator

• Qalc and Qalculate : command-line scientific calculator

Cloud Storage

• Microsoft OneDrive

Drawing App

• Inkscape: open source vector graphic drawing and editor

• Fresh Paint*

Ebook and Document Converter

• calibre : ebook manager

• Pandoc : document converter engine (tex, latex, markdown, word, odt)

• pandoc-crossref : reference plugin for pandoc

• wkhtmltopdf : document converter

• Panwriter : GUI for Pandoc (tex, latex, markdown, word, odt)

File Search

• Listary : file search (embedded in Windows Explorer)

• Wizfile : file search

• fzf (Github Repo): file search CLI

• Everything : file search

• Everything Toolbar : Everything toolbar

• Agent Ransack : file content search

• Fileseek : file content search

• dnGrep : file content search

• ripgrep : file search

• ripgrep-all : CLI file content search

• Windows Czkawka : file duplicate finder

File Sync

• SyncFolder : file folder sync

• Syncthing : file cloud sync

• Synctrayzor : Syncthing GUI

• rclone : file cloud sync (portable, direct)

File Downloader and Transfer

• Youtube-DLG (youtube-dl-gui): video download manager

• wget : file download (portable, direct, terminal)

• croc : file transfer

• curl

• FireDM : download manager

File Tools

• 7-Zip : file archiver, file compression

• File Converter : file converter

• FileMenu Tools : file menu tools

• Wiztree : file, folder, drive mapper

• QTTabbar : tab extension for file explorer

• WinMerge : file folder comparison

• Quicklook : file viewer

• CSVed : csv viewer, editor, converter

• Free Commander : alternative to Windows Explorer

• TidyTabs : tab extension for any windows

Framework

• Node.js

• Ruby

• Yarn

• Dot Net, .Net

• Java

• NVM

• Go

• Golang

• Hugo

• Hugo Extended

Graphic Editor

• Microsoft Visio: diagram and vector graphic drawing and editor from Microsoft

• draw.io : graphic editor

• Graphviz : graphics and drawing package (library)

• OriginLab : scientific graphic editor

• yed : graphich editor

Hand Writing

• Microsoft Whiteboard

• Xournal++ : note taking and PDF annotation tool

• Microsoft Font Maker : convert handwriting to font

• gInk : desktop handwriting (portable)

Image and Photo Tools

• Microsoft Photos : photo manager and viewer

• ShareX : screenshot tools (complete)

• Snip & Sketch : screenshot tools (quick, simple, windows default)

• Irfan View : photo viewer

• Irfan View shell extension

Image Photo Editor Converter

• paint.net : image editor (free, complete)

• Paint 3D

• Pixillion Image Converter : image converter

• ImageMagick : image processing library

• Picosmos Tools : image editor (quick and complete for simple editing)

• XnConvert : image converter, batch editor

Latex Math Editor

• MiKTex : LaTex engine

• KLatexFormula : LaTex formula editor

• TexStudio : LaTex editor

• EqualX : Latex formula editor

• Mathpix Snipping Tool : Latex OCR

• Math Input Panel : Equation Editor

Laptop Tools

• Lenovo Hotkeys

• Lenovo Vantage

• Lenovo Vantage Service

Map

• Google Earth Pro

• Maps (Windows 10)

• JOSM: OSM map editor

• SS Panet

Music and Audio

• AIMP : music audio player

• Groove Music : music audio player (Windows 10)

• Audacity : audio editor

• Voice Recorder : audio voice recorder (Windows 10)

• Equalizer APO : audio equalizer/filter

• Peace : GUI for Equalizer APO

• Spobrify : Youtube listener

• Virtual Audio Cable : virtual speaker, microphone

• Eartrumpet : Speaker Mix, Setting

Network Tools

• NetSetMan : network setting and manager

• NETworkManager : network tools

• WinMTR : ping and trace route (portable, direct)

• WinMTRCmd : CLI ping and trace route (portable, direct, terminal)

• gping : CLI graphic ping (portable, direct, terminal)

• speedtest : CLI network speed test (portable, direct, terminal)

• HostsMan (hm) : host file editor

• Hosts File Editor : host file editor

• Telerik Fiddler : web debug

• IPFS Desktop* : decentralized file system

• Librespeed: CLI network speed test

• dnslookpu: CLI DNS lookup

Note Taking and Code Editor

• Notepad++ : note taking, text editor

• OneNote : note taking (Office Suite)

• Sticky Notes : note taking (Windows 10)

• Obsidian : note taking, zettelkasten, markdown

• VNote : note taking, zettelkasten, markdown

• Markdown Monsters : note taking, wordpress integration

• Journal by Microsoft

• Logseq : browser based notetaking

• mdsilo : Lightweight plain-text knowledge silo and networked-writing tool.

• VS Code : code editor

• Quarto : markdown meet Jupyter notebook

Office Suite

• LibreOffice : open source office suite (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, Base)

• Microsoft Office : office suite from Microsoft (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access)

• Scrivener : word processor

Others

• Nimbletext : text batch manipulation

• BabelMap : unicode character

• V380 : Webcam monitoring

• Glance by Mirametrix: object detection

• BlueStacks : Android Emulator

• BlueStacks X: Bluestack Gaming Platform

• Anki : card repetition learning app

• Picpick : screen shoot, desktop record, screen ruler, color picker

• Screenruler: screen ruler

PDF Tool

• CutePDF Writer: pdf writer, pdf printer

• ByteScout PDF Multitool* : pdf editor (split, merge, rotate, remove), pdf extractor (table, image), pdf compressor, pdf OCR, pdf converter (image, html), pdf parser

• PDFsam Basic: pdf editor (split, combine, merge, rotate)

• MuPDF : very lightweight pdf, xps, epub, cbz viewer

• Foxit Reader : pdf reader (reflow, rotate), pdf anotation (comment, type, draw, sign, stamp)

• SumatraPDF : fast pdf reader

• GPL Ghostscript : pdf rendering engine

• Free PDF Compressor : pdf compressor

• PDF Reader by Xodo : pdf reader (reflow, rotate), pdf compressor, pdf anotation (comment, type, draw, sign, stamp), pdf editor (split, rearrange)

• PDF24 : the most complete pdf editor

• Paperly : academic pdf

• Poppler : pdf rendering engine

Phone Connection

• KDE Connect

• Your Phone (Windows 10)

• Minimal ADB and Fastboot

• Scrcpy: Android phone control on windows

• adb: Android Debug Bridge (adb)

Productivity

• Pomodoro Logger : kanban, pomodoro, timer

Portable Apps

• duck

• xournal

• xsltproc

• gInk

• mtr

• SAS Planet

• Sioyek PDF

• FireDM : download manager

Remote Desktop and Tools

• WinSCP

Security

• Authy Desktop : 2FA, two factor authentication

• Malwarebytes : anti malware

• ShutUP10 (OOSU10): Windows permission editor

Software Application Manager

• Chocolatey : software application manager

• Chocolatey GUI : GUI for chocolatey

• Revo Uninstaller : software application uninstaller

Video Conference

• Skype : messaging, video conference

• Zoom : video conference

• Microsoft Teams : video conference

Video Editor

• FFmpeg : video processing library/engine

• Handbrake : video converter

• HitFilm Express* : video editor (complete editing)

Video Player and Streaming

• OBS Studio : streaming, screen recording

• OBS Virtual Cam : virtual cam add on for OBS

• VLC Media Player : video player

• SMPlayer: video player, GUI for mpv player

Visualization

• Microsoft PowerBI Desktop

Windows and Desktop Tools

• AutoHotkey : automation for Windows

• CCEnhancer : enhancer for CCleaner

• CCleaner : junk, storage cleaner

• Bleachbit: junk, storage cleaner, security enhancement

• Wise System Monitor : system monitoring

• XMeters : system monitoring

• Fluent Search: application launcher

• WSCC (Windows System Control Center) : windows mini tools collection

• HWiNFO64 : hardware information

• CPUID CPU-Z : hardware information

• DeskPins : pin windows on top

• Window Top: pin windows app on top

• PowerToys : windows enhancement

• Windows Terminal : the best terminal for windows

• Bing Wallpaper* : everyday wallpaper

• Rainmeter : desktop visualization

• TaskbarX : taskbar visualization

• Bluegrams : windows ruler

• Rocketdock : desktop toolbar launcher

• UI Vision RP XModules : Windows Automation

• WindowTop : window top

Writing Tools

• Grammarly for Windows : grammar checker

• Grammarly for MS Office Suite : grammar checker

• Languagetool Server

• Languagetool MS Word Add in : grammar checker, open source

• Writefull for Word : grammar checker

• Lightkey : AI writing recommendation

• Espanso : text expansion

• Ditto : clipboard manager, copy-paste

• Harzing's Publish or Perish : scientific writing helper

• Vale : linter for prose.

Voice Command

• Alexa

• Cortana

VPN and Anonymity

• ProtonVPN : VPN

• Cloudflare WARP* : VPN

• OpenVPN : VPN

• Lantern : VPN

• Green Tunnel

• GoodbyeDPI

• Powertunnel

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