Microsoft Windows apps
An overengineered oversimplified hardware-agnostic frontend for FFMPEG.
A cross-platform batch video encoder that shrinks your video files to a target quality level. No need to babysit the queue or tweak settings per file - just pick a target bitrate, add your files, and hit start.
Logitech Mouse Remapper.
A lightweight, open-source, fully local alternative to Logitech Options+ for remapping Logitech HID++ mice.
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Open-source app for incredible screen recordings. Create polished product demo videos effortlessly.
Recordly is an open-source screen recorder that adds auto-zoom, smooth cursor animations and more to your videos. Expect bugs.
Free Disk Cloning, Backup and Erasing Software.
High-speed disk management toolkit for Windows. Backup, clone, erase and restore entire drives with ease. Free CLI support included.
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🚀 The Ultimate Image Uploader for Efficient Creators.
Supports Obsidian, Typora, VS Code etc. and 60+ image hosting services (S3, GitHub, Cloudflare R2, Imgur, Aliyun OSS...). Paste, upload, done.
KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.
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Power Up Your Task Manager. Advanced Task Manager with History.
Historical resource monitoring, powerful controls for managing troublesome apps, and detailed visibility into hidden behavior that impacts your PC’s performance, privacy, and security.
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WiFiman is here to save your network from sluggish surfing, endless buffering, and congested data channels.
- Detect available WiFi networks and Bluetooth LE devices instantly.
- Scan network subnets for additional details on detected devices, such as Bonjour, SNMP, NetBIOS, and Ubiquiti discovery protocols.
- Connect to your UniFi network remotely via Teleport - a free, zero-configuration VPN.
Block Unauthorized Network Communication via Command Line, Instantly. Instantly Block Network Access by PID/EXE.
ProcNetBlocker (Process Network Blocker) is a lightweight Windows command-line utility designed for system administrators, developers, and power users who need granular, real-time control over application network access. Stop unauthorized communication, sandbox suspicious programs, or manage bandwidth—all with a simple command.
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De-slop Windows. Built to remove things. Not to impress you.
It removes the unnecessary stuff, tones down the rest and shows you exactly what’s going on. No cloud, no assistants, no magic. Everything is local, deterministic and reversible.
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The Best Windows 11 & 10 Debloater.
If you’re trying to debloat Windows 10 or 11, you’re probably wondering which tool to use. Try Win11Debloat, an open-source & easy-to-use one-line tool; download it now.
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A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser.
This tool filters and passes the command line arguments of Microsoft Edge processes into your default browser instead of hooking into the microsoft-edge: handler, this should provide resiliency against future changes. Additionally, an Image File Execution Options mode is available to operate similarly to the Old EdgeDeflector. Additional modes are planned for future versions.
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A modern desktop client for Navidrome/Subsonic servers built with React and Electron.
An app that adapts to you, not the other way around
Affinity comes with built-in Vector, Pixel, and Layout studios, but you’re not locked in. Rearrange panels and mix and match your favorite tools to build custom studios. You can save multiple setups, switch between them in a click, and even share with others or download theirs. It’s customization that flexes to your workflow.
Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device.
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A powerful application for disc burning, archive and image file processing, virtual drive, and bootable USB drive creation
PowerISO is a powerful application which can do lots of task, such as disc burning and imaging, archive and image file processing, virtual drive, and bootable USB drive creation. It provides an all-in-one solution and supports most popular archives and disc image files.
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WinFindr is an epic Windows file search tool.
WinFindr is a lightweight and easy-to-use Windows file and registry search tool, that can also search inside PDF files.
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Your One-Stop Publication Workbench
From idea to publication in one app: Zettlr supports your writing process at every stage — from initial notes to journal submission or book manuscript.
Harden Windows Safely, Securely using Official Supported Microsoft methods and proper explanation | Always up-to-date and works with the latest build of Windows | Provides tools and Guides for Personal, Enterprise, Government and Military security levels | SLSA Level 3 Compliant for Secure Development and Build Process | Apps Available on MS Store✨
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WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).
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Scientific plotting and data analysis. LabPlot is a FREE, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone.
FREE, open source and cross-platform Data Visualization and Analysis software accessible to everyone and trusted by professionals.
Fast PostgreSQL Client for Developers.
A minimal, fast SQL client desktop application with AI-powered querying. Built for developers who want to quickly peek at their data without the bloat. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Fixes the crap Windows leaves behind.
You'd think that stuff would be over by now with sleek, modern OSes like Windows 11. Well... the built-in Windows cleaner might be enough, sure. But instead, the "modern OS" blesses us with a whole new batch of problems: ads in the Start menu, creepy data collection, and preinstalled junk apps you didn't ask for and can't easily remove. It's kind of wild that we still need tools like this in 2025. And they don't even sound that different - like this one here: CrapFixer. What can I say? The tech world is a bitch.
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A lightweight code editor with vim mode, Git integration, and agentic AI editing.
A desktop app for isolated, parallel agentic development.
mux (Coding Agent Multiplexer) is a cross-platform desktop application for AI-assisted development with isolated workspace management.
Reduce the space taken up by games and programs on disk by using native Windows APIs.
CompactGUI transparently compresses your games and programs reducing the space they use without affecting their functionality. It works directly with the Win32 API to achieve the same thing as the native compact.exe command-line tool available from Windows 10 onwards.
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A desktop app to easily run Large Language Models locally.
Privacy-first and free Speech-to-Text.
Murmure is an AI-powered, offline speech-to-text tool designed with Privacy first in mind and powered by NVIDIA Parakeet 🦜. Your voice always stays yours.
SQL & noSQL database manager.
Powerful and easy to use (no)SQL database client for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis, …
DbGate is cross-platform database manager. It's designed to be simple to use and effective, when working with more databases simultaneously. But there are also many advanced features like schema compare, visual query designer, chart visualisation or batch export and import.
Offline Documentation Browser.
Zeal is an offline documentation browser for software developers.
save links, notes, and images. private & open source.
vault is a desktop app to collect and organize links, notes, and images. it’s open source, private, and everything is stored locally.
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The Ultimate CSV Editor. SmoothCSV is a powerful and intuitive tool for editing CSV files.
SmoothCSV is a cross-platform CSV editor built for real work. Edit your files intuitively, exactly how you want. Lightning-fast performance, handles messy data, and powerful features like SQL queries. Just smooth CSV editing that works.
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Convert & compress everything in 2 clicks!
File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress files using the context menu in windows explorer.
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A highly configurable Windows status bar written in Python.
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a free messaging app for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and more.
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🔍 Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins.
Dedicated to making your work flow more seamless. Search everything from applications, files, bookmarks, YouTube, Twitter and more. Flow will continue to evolve, designed to be open and built with the community at heart.
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Private, fast, and honest web browser.
The Chromium-based web browser made for people, with love. Best privacy by default, unbiased ad-blocking, no bloat and no noise.
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Visual diff and merge tool.
Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many popular version control systems.
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Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on Android, Linux, MacOS and Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service.
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Uncensorable Peer-to-Peer. Where Friendship Meets Freedom. Decentralized application with Friend-to-Friend technology.
Xeres allows you to interact with people in a fully decentralized way. No server or account required, which means: nobody can censor you.
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speak into any text field.
A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline.
Handy is a cross-platform desktop application built with Tauri (Rust + React/TypeScript) that provides simple, privacy-focused speech transcription. Press a shortcut, speak, and have your words appear in any text field—all without sending your voice to the cloud.
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Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software 🖥️ 📸. Open Source Screenshot Software.
Flameshot is a free and open-source, cross-platform tool to take screenshots with many built-in features to save you time.
Compress your pictures up to 90% without visible quality loss.
Caesium is an image compression software that helps you store, send and share digital pictures, supporting JPG, PNG, WebP and TIFF formats. You can quickly reduce the file size (and resolution, if you want) by preserving the overall quality of the image.
Containers and Kubernetes.
The best free and open source tool for developers to work with containers and Kubernetes. Simplify container management, streamline Kubernetes workflows, and transition from local development to production with ease.
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A modern GUI for yt-dlp (and other youtube-dl forks).
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The Fully Customizable Desktop Environment for Windows 10/11.
Seelen UI is a tool designed to enhance your Windows desktop experience with a focus on customization and productivity. It integrates smoothly into your system, providing a range of features that allow you to personalize your desktop and optimize your workflow.
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ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical adventure and role-playing games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed! ScummVM is a complete rewrite of these games' executables and is not an emulator.
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Emulator of retro x86-based machines.
86Box is a low level x86 emulator that runs older operating systems and software designed for IBM PC systems and compatibles from 1981 through fairly recent system designs based on the PCI bus.
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An open source anti-detect browser with robust fingerprint injection. 🦊 A stealthy, minimalistic, custom build of Firefox for web scraping 🦊
Fly through your Windows 11 setup 🐝
Originally, Flyby11 was a simple patcher to remove the restrictions stopping you from installing Windows 11 (24H2) on unsupported hardware. Old PC? No TPM, no Secure Boot, unsupported CPU? Flyby11 let you install Windows 11 anyway.
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Your new desktop awaits. 🚀 Web-based Dynamic Desktop Engine. The open-source HTML dynamic desktop engine for Windows 10 & 11.
Create and share web-based interactive, animated wallpapers on Windows 🚀 Available on the Microsoft Store
Universal 2D Graphics Editor. one to rule them all.
PixiEditor is a universal 2D editor that was made to provide you with tools and features for all your 2D needs. Create beautiful sprites for your games, animations, edit images, create logos. All packed up in an intuitive and familiar interface.
Create non-destructibe, procedural graphics with Node Graph. Node Graph allows for creating fully non-destructible graphics and animations. Connect nodes to easily compose complex visuals. From pre-built effects to custom shaders, the possibilities are endless!
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Al powered voice to text.
Write 3x faster, without lifting a finger.
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Say goodbye to proprietary music players filled with ads, tracking, and profiling. Nuclear empowers you to listen to what you want, where you want, and how you want, for free.
Nuclear is a free music streaming program that pulls content from various free sources.
This means that you can search for your favorite artists, albums, and songs, and the player will find information about them, as well as song streams, lyrics, music recommendations, and more, aggregating data from multiple sources.
Nuclear has no ads and no tracking.
Your entire server infrastructure at your fingertips. Manage all your servers from your local desktop. No remote setup required.
XPipe is a new type of shell connection hub and remote file manager that allows you to access your entire server infrastructure from your local machine. It works on top of your installed command-line programs and does not require any setup on your remote systems. So if you normally use CLI tools like ssh, docker, kubectl, etc. to connect to your servers, you can just use XPipe on top of that.
The most intuitive desktop API client
Organize and execute REST, GraphQL, and gRPC requests in a simple and intuitive app. Yaak is a desktop API client for organizing and executing REST, GraphQL, and gRPC requests. It's built using Tauri, Rust, and ReactJS.
MariaDB, MySQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite made easy.
HeidiSQL is free software, and has the aim to be easy to learn. "Heidi" lets you see and edit data and structures from computers running one of the database systems MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite. Invented in 2002 by Ansgar, HeidiSQL belongs to the most popular tools for MariaDB and MySQL worldwide.
Free Cloud Encryption for Dropbox & Co.
Cryptomator offers multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud.
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