awesome-windows
:computer: :tada: A curated list of awesome applications, software, tools and shiny things for Windows.
https://github.com/Lumaeris/awesome-windows
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Applications
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Graphics
- Krita - A professional free and open-source painting program. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Blender - Fully-featured extensible cross-platform 3D content suite. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://developer.blender.org/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Inkscape - A professional vector graphics editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Audio
- AIMP - 32 bit audio processing and multi-format playback. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Dopamine - An audio player which tries to make organizing and listening to music as simple and pretty as possible. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/digimezzo/Dopamine) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Kodi - Free and Open Source home theatre software. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- MusicBrainz Picard - Picard is a cross-platform music tagger that looks up and rewrite metadata tags. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/metabrainz/picard) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Qtractor - An Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://qtractor.org/qtractor-downloads.html#Git) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Resonic - Fast and free audio player. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Winamp - Music player capable of playing MP3s, MP2s, WAVs, VOCs and MIDI files. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Chat Clients
- Caprine - An elegant Facebook Messenger desktop app. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Element - A decentralised encrypted comms app for the Matrix.org ecosystem. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/vector-im/element-desktop) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Franz - A messaging app for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram and many many more. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/meetfranz/franz) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Hexchat - IRC client based on XChat. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Mattermost - An open source platform for secure collaboration across the entire software development lifecycle. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/mattermost/desktop) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Revolt - User-first chat platform built with modern web technologies. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/revoltchat/desktop) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Telegram - A messaging app for desktop with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Compression
- Bandizip - A lightweight, fast and free All-In-One Zip Archiver.
- PeaZip - Archiver and file compressor. Extract 7Z, CAB, ISO, RAR, TAR, ZIP, and more archive files. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Riot - Compress images either by file size or by many other image attributes. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Customization
- ModernFlyouts - A modern Fluent Design replacement for the old Metro themed flyouts present in Windows 10 and older builds of Windows 11. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ModernFlyouts-Community/ModernFlyouts) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- QTTabBar - Extends Explorer by tabs and extra folder views. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Rainmeter - Allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/rainmeter/rainmeter) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Lively Wallpaper - Free and open-source application for setting GIFs, Videos and WebPages as your desktop wallpaper. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Data Recovery
- Ontrach EasyRecovery - Has filtering tools to help sort the large amount of data the software can recover.
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Developer Tools
- Cacher - Cloud-based, team-enabled code snippet manager with Gist sync, VSCode/Atom/Sublime packages and full-featured web client.
- ExtendsClass - Online tools for developers (REST/SOAP clients, SQLite browser, Regex tester, XPath tester).
- FileZilla - FTP, FTPS and SFTP client. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://download.filezilla-project.org/client/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Fork - A fast & friendly Git client for Windows (and Mac).
- Git Extensions - A powerful and easy to use UI for Git. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/gitextensions/gitextensions) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GitHub CLI - Free and open-source tool for using GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Server from your computer's command line. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/cli/cli) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GitKraken - A beautiful, cross-platform Git client.
- Meld - A visual diff and merge tool. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- NSudo - A Powerful System Administration Tool. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/M2Team/NSudo/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Open Server - Portable server platform and software environment (like _MAMP_, _XAMPP_, _WAMP_ and very user friendly). ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Pixie - A simple color picker for developers. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- pngquant - A command-line utility and a library for lossy compression of PNG images. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/kornelski/pngquant) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Postman - REST client with intuitive user interface to send requests, save responses, add tests, and create workflows.
- Robo 3T - A lightweight GUI for MongoDB enthusiasts. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Studio3T/robomongo) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SourceTree - A free Git & Mercurial client. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SSLyog - A powerful MySQL administration tool.
- TortoiseGit - Git client with full shell integration. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://gitlab.com/tortoisegit/tortoisegit) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tower - The most powerful Git client for Mac and Windows.
- Vagrant - A tool for building and managing virtual machines. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Wireshark - A network protocol analyzer. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- XAMPP - Apache driven web development environment. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Xftp - Flexible and lightweight SFTP/FTP client.
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Documents
- LibreOffice - A free and powerful office suite, and a successor to _OpenOffice_. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/source-code/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- NitroPDF - The best PDF Reader you'll ever get.
- OnlyOffice - The most complete and feature-rich office and productivity suite. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DesktopEditors)
- OpenOffice - Software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://openoffice.apache.org/source.html) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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E-Book Utilities
- kobo - Powerful software for e-book management and conversion. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Email
- BlueMail - Beautifully designed, powerful and easy to use email app if you're looking for cross-platform functionality.
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Games
- 0 A.D. - A free, open-source real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/0ad/0ad) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Awesome Games - List of open-source games hosted on Github. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/AwesomeKalin/games)
- Freeciv - A Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/freeciv/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Godot Engine - Free and open source game engine. Easy to get started and flexible for intermediate users. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/godotengine/godot) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Open Source Game Clones - A list of open-source clones of popular games. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/opengaming/osgameclones)
- Unity - Free game engine. Easy to pick up and use with a number of tutorials.
- Warsow - Free & fast-paced FPS game for Windows. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Unreal Engine - Another free game engine. Lots of documentation and easier to pick up, but you pay 5% royalties to Unreal when you make money from UE-based games.
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Text Editors
- Light Table - A customizable editor with instant feedback and showing data values flow through your code. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/LightTable/LightTable) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Neovim - Implementation of Vim, but focused on extensibility and usability. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/neovim/neovim) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Notepad++ - A source code editor which supports several programming languages. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Onivim 2 - Native, lightweight modal code editor - powered by Neovim. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/onivim/oni2) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Sublime Text - The sophisticated text editor.
- Visual Studio Code - Lightweight Source Code Editor. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- VSCodium - A community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft’s editor Visual Studio Code. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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IDEs
- Android Studio - The official IDE for Android based on the IntelliJ platform. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://sites.google.com/a/android.com/tools/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- CLion - Smart cross-platform IDE for C/C++ that uses CMake as a build system.
- IntelliJ IDEA - A modern Java IDE with free community edition. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community)
- PhpStorm - Lightning-smart PHP IDE with major frameworks support.
- Rider - A cross-platform .NET/Mono IDE.
- RubyMine - An intelligent Ruby IDE that supports many modern frameworks.
- WebStorm - A smart JavaScript IDE that uses the full power of the modern JavaScript ecosystem.
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Online Storage
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Backup
- Arq - Backs up your files to your own cloud account (Amazon Cloud Drive, AWS, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, OneDrive, and SFTP).
- Bvckup 2 - Light, versatile data replication software.
- Duplicati - Free backup software to store encrypted backups online for Windows, macOS and Linux. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Productivity
- Chocolatey - A package manager for Windows. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/chocolatey/choco)
- Double Commander - Free, open-source and cross-platform file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by _Total Commander_ and features some new ideas. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/doublecmd/doublecmd) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Easy Window Switcher - Switch between application instances, fast.
- f.lux - Automatically adjust your computer screen to match lighting. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- File Juggler - Organize files automatically. Monitor folders and execute actions like rename, delete, unzip and more. Finds dates in PDFs and much more.
- Inkdrop - The note-taking app for Markdown lovers.
- MultiCommander - File Manager for Professionals. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Ninite - The easiest, fastest way to update or install software. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Simplenote - Simple cross-platform note taking app with cloud-based syncing. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Total Commander - The best file manager for Windows.
- Wox - An effective launcher for windows. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Wox-launcher/Wox/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- AutoHotkey - The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Lexikos/AutoHotkey_L) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Terminal
- ConEmu - Customizable terminal with tabs, splits, quake-style and more. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Maximus5/ConEmu) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ConsoleZ - Modified version of Console 2 for a better experience and a better visual rendering. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/cbucher/console) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Kitty - Advanced PuTTY (SSH and telnet client). [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/cyd01/KiTTY/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- mRemoteNG - The next generation of mRemote, open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Tabby - Modern, highly configurable terminal app based on web technologies. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Windows Terminal - Microsoft's official new terminal for Windows. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Utilities
- Acrosync - The only native rsync client for Windows (no cygwin required). It supports automatic uploads on file changes and incremental hourly backups.
- AddToSendTo - This script lets you add your favorite Folder to Send To option, when you right-click. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/aashutoshrathi/Python-Scripts-and-Games/tree/master/AddToSendTo)
- Advanced Renamer - Advanced batch renaming program, with support for renaming based on GPS data from images, ID3 tags from music files, TV show data and regular expressions. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Carnac - The easiest way to record keystrokes during any screen recording. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/Code52/carnac) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Greenshot - Take and crop screenshots directly on the screen. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- HTTrack - Offline browser utility, allowing you to download a website from the Internet to a local directory. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/xroche/httrack) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- PowerPlanSwitcher - Provides a quick UI for switching power schemas & automatic switch on AC-plug-in on Windows 10. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/petrroll/PowerSwitcher) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Retroshare - A platform for secure communications and file sharing between friends. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/RetroShare/RetroShare) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- rimraf - A deep deletion module for node. Help to delete files and folders with very long paths. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SetToStartup - This script will help you to add your favorite programs or self made scripts/folders to startup. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/aashutoshrathi/Python-Scripts-and-Games/tree/master/SetToStartup)
- ShareX - Lets you take screenshots or screencasts of any selected area with a single key. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SpaceMonger - A graphical utility to display folders and files in blocks relative to their disk usage.
- Speccy - Detailed statistics on every piece of hardware in your computer.
- SpeedCrunch - The best and only calculator you'll need, completely stripped down of unnecessary UI clutter. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://bitbucket.org/heldercorreia/speedcrunch/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ueli - A powerful keystroke launcher for Windows. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/oliverschwendener/ueli) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- WizTree - Excellent, small utility application allows users to quickly find large files on a hard drive.
- YaCy - A general search engine by corporations of people, including the search web page, general crawlers, indexing, and ranking functions.[![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/yacy/yacy_search_server) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ZeroNet - A decentralized web. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- CleanMyPC - A clean computer in no time.
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Video
- Olive Video Editor - Open source cross-platform non-linear video editor. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/olive-editor/olive) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- OBS Studio - Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- PotPlayer - Multimedia player with a wide collection of codecs which also offers extensive configuration options for users. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Shotcut - Open source cross-platform video editor. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SMPlayer - Multimedia player that can save different preferences for any single video. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/smplayer-dev/smplayer) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Videotape - Video player for windows 10 focused on simplicity with a beautiful and easy to use interface.
- VLC - Multimedia player and framework that plays DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- K-Lite Codecs - Collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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Security
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Windows 8.1 Setup
- Acrylic DNS Proxy - A local DNS proxy which caches the responses coming from your DNS servers and helps you fight unwanted ads through a custom HOSTS file. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](http://mayakron.altervista.org/support/acrylic/Home.htm) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- AdwCleaner - Free removal tool for adware, PUP/LPI, Toolbars and Hijacker. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- AME Wizard - The Ultimate tool for modifying Windows 10 and 11. *Only the source code of the CLI version is open. Currently in open beta test.* [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://git.ameliorated.info/Styris/trusted-uninstaller-cli) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Cryptomator - Free client-side encryption for your cloud files. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- GlassWire - Network security monitoring tool and analyzer that visualizes your network activity.
- IIS Crypto - A utility for configuring encryption protocols, cyphers, hashing methods, and key exchanges for Windows components (e.g. TLS/AES/SHA for Remote Desktop). ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- KeeWeb - Free, cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass, built on modern web technologies. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- SpyBot - Search and destroy malware, spyware and viruses.
- Tor Browser - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/torproject) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- VeraCrypt - A free open source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://www.veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt/) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- Viscosity - Fully-featured OpenVPN client, ready for enterprise deployment.
- KeePassXC - Free, open-source, cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”. [![Open-Source Software][OSS Icon]](https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc) ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
- ENCRYPTO - Encrypt your files in an elegant way. ![Freeware][Freeware Icon]
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