Free Useful Software

Uses Software
  • GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)

  • Name is self-explanatory.

  • Best free Photoshop alternative.

  • Honorable mention: Paint.net

  • 7-Zip

  • For compressing and uncompressing files.

  • Better than WinRAR in every single way.

  • Honorable mention: PeaZip

  • MPC-HC

  • Lightweight media player. Superior to VLC.

  • Honorable mentions: VLC, Deluge, PotPlayer

  • qBittorrent

  • Very lightweight, stable, full-featured torrent-client.

  • Honorable mentions: uTorrent 2.2.1 , Tixati, Miniget

  • ShareX

  • Take screenshot, share it everywhere.

  • Support for direct Imgur upload.

  • Honorable mentions: Gyazo, Puush

  • OBS

  • Screen recorder. Better than Fraps.

  • Honorable mentions: Bandicam, Shadowplay

  • F.lux

  • Changes screen color temperatur to a warmer color. Extremely comfortable at night.

  • Honorable mention: Redshift

  • LibreOffice

  • Full-featured office suite. Decent MS Office alternative.

  • Honorable mentions: OpenOffice, GDrive

  • VOID Tools Everything

  • Incredibly fast, lightweight search engine TOOLS for local files.

  • Honorable mention: Windows Explorer

  • IrfanView

  • Lightweight image viewer with a lot of options and features.

  • Honorable mentions: Picasa, XnVlew

  • Pidgin

  • Universal chat client. Includes Hangouts, Facebook and IRC.

  • Honorable mention: Miranda IM, Trillian

  • Sumatra PDF

  • Free PDF reader, that also supports comic archives. Much better than Adobe Reader.

  • Honorable mentions: Foxit Reader, CutePDF

  • TeamViewer

  • Help or get helped remotely by sharing your screen without any hassle.

  • Speccy

  • Basic system information tool.

  • Nice for troubleshooting.

  • Honorable mentions: CPU-Z, HWmonitor

  • Audacity

  • Easy to use multi-track audio editor and recorder.

  • foobar2000

  • Highly customizable, lightweight music player.

  • Honorable mentions: AIMP, WinAmp, WMP

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