Catalog of free software with links


List of free software / freeware alternative to paid
3D Graphics:
> 3Delight Free   Http://www.3delight.com/index.htm
> Anim8or   Http://www.anim8or.com/
> Aqsis   Http://www.aqsis.com/
> Blender   Http://www.blender3d.org/
> Gmax   Http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
> Houdini (Free Edition)   Http://www.sidefx.com/apprentice/index.html
> Maya Personal Learning Ed.   Http://www.alias.com/eng/products
> Now3D   Http://digilander.libero.it/giulios/Eng/homepage.htm
> OpenFX   Http://www.openfx.org
> POV Ray Http://www.povray.org/
> SOFTIMAGE | XSI EXP   Http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/
> Terragen   Http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/
> Toxic   Http://www.toxicengine.org/
> Wings 3D   Http://www.wings3d.com/
Anti Virus:
> AntiVir   Http://www.free-av.com/
> Avast   Http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html
> AVG   Http://free.grisoft.com/
> BitDefender   Http://www.bitdefender.com
> ClamWin   Http://www.clamwin.com/
Anti Spyware:
> Ad Ware Http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
> Bazooka   Http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
> CWShredder   Http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshr...r_download.html
> Hijackthis   Http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
> Microsoft AntiSpyware   Http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx
> SpyBot Search & Destroy   Http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
> SpywareBlaster   Http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
> SpywareGuard   Http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
> WinPatrol   Http://www.winpatrol.com/
Audio Creation:
> Gungirl Sequencer   Http://ggseq.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
> Jesusonic   Http://www.jesusonic.com/soft.php
> KRISTAL Audio Engine   Http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php
> OrDrumbox   Http://ordrumbox.sourceforge.net/
> Tu2   Http://www.brambos.com/news.html
Audio Players:
> 1by1   Http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch
> Billy   Http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
> CoolPlayer   Http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
> DeliPlayer.   Http://www.deliplayer.com/
> Foobar 2000   Http://www.foobar2000.org/
> ITunes   Http://www.apple.com/itunes/
> Jet Audio Basic   Http://www.jetaudio.com/
> Musik   Http://musik.berlios.de/
> MusikCube   Http://www.musikcube.com/
> QCD Player   Http://www.quinnware.com/
> Sonique   Http://sonique.lycos.com/
> Winamp   Http://www.winamp.com/
> XMPlay   Http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
> Zinf   Http://www.zinf.org/
Audio Tools:
> Audacity   Http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
> AudioShell   Http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm
> CDex   Http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
> DBpowerAMP Music Converter   Http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
> EAC   Http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
> Encounter 2003   Http://www.waschbusch.com/
> GermaniXEncoder   Http://www.germanixsoft.de/
> K MP3 Http://www.katarncorp.com/
> KraMixer   Http://www.kramware.com/
> MP3 Book Helper   Http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/
> MP3 Tag   Http://www.mp3tag.de/
> Mp3DirectCut   Http://www.rz.unifrankfurt.de/~pesch/
> MP3Gain   Http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/
> Mp3Trim   Http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/
> MusicBrainz   Http://musicbrainz.org/
> Rarewares   Http://rarewares.hydrogenaudio.org/
> SoundEngine Free   Http://www.cycleof5th.com/en/index.htm
> TagScanner   Http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
> The GodFather   Http://users.otenet.gr/~jtcliper/tgf/
> TigoTago   Http://www.tigotago.com/
CD / DVD Burning:
> Burn4Free   Http://www.burn4free.com/
> Burnatonce   Http://www.burnatonce.com/
> Burrrn   Http://www.burrrn.net/
> CDBurnerXP   Http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
> CDRDAO   Http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
> CDR Tools Frontend   Http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
> Deepburner   Http://www.deepburner.com/
> DVD Decrypter Http://www.dvddecrypter.com/
> Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD   Http://www.paehl.de/cdr
> UsefulUtils CD & DVD Discs Studio   Http://en.uus4u.com/products/
> Small CD Writer Http://www.avtlab.ru/scdwriter.htm
Compression / Decompression:
> 7 Zip Http://www.7-zip.org/
> Bzip2   Http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html
> ExtractNow   Http://www.extractnow.com/
> FilZip   Http://www.filzip.com/
> Info Zip Http://www.info-zip.org/
> IZArc   Http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
> QuickZip   Http://www.quickzip.org/
> TUGZip   Http://www.tugzip.com/
> UPX   Http://upx.sourceforge.net/
> Zip & Go   Http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
> Zipgenius   Http://www.zipgenius.it/
Defrag Software:
> DIRMS & Buzzsaw   Http://www.dirms.com/
> OpenVMS   Http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
Desktop Enhancements:
> AveDesk   Http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372
> CursorXP   Http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
> Desktop Sidebar   Http://www.desktopsidebar.com/
> Glass2k   Http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
> Kapsules   Http://kapsules.shellscape.org/
> Konfabulator   Http://www.konfabulator.com/info
> MobyDock   Http://www.mobydock.com/
> Panorama   Http://www.ivory.org/panorama.html
> Rainlendar   Http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=proj...ject=rainlendar
> Samurize   Http://www.samurize.com/
> SlickRun   Http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/
> TaskSwitchXP Pro   Http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/
> Tclock2   Http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm
> Weather Watcher   Http://www.singerscreations.com/
> WinRoll   Http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
Download managers:
> Free Download Manager   Http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
> Fresh Download   Http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdown.html
> LeechGet   Http://www.leechget.net/en/
> Star Downloader   Http://www.stardownloader.com/downloads.php
> Sun Download Manager   Http://www.sun.com/download/sdm/index.xml
> Wackget   Http://millweed.com/projects/wackget/
> Wget   Http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hherold/
> WellGet   Http://www.wellget.com/
> Download Master   Http://www.westbyte.com/dm/
Encryption and data security:
> Axcrypt   Http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
> Blowfish Advanced CS Http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
> Eraser   Http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
> File Shredder   Http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
> KeePass   Http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
> GnuPG   Http://www.gnupg.org/
> PGP Freeware   Http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
> PicoCrypt   Http://picofactory.com/picocrypt.html
> TrueCrypt   Http://www.truecrypt.org/
> WindowsCleaner   Http://www.winnowsoft.com/internet-eraser.htm.
File Managers:
> 2xExplorer   Http://netez.com/2xExplorer/
> A43   Http://www.shawneelink.net/~bgmiller/
> ExplorerXP   Http://www.explorerxp.com
> Gyula's Navigator   Http://www.wanari.com/
> JExplorer   Http://home.megapass.co.kr/~woosjung/
> MeeSoft Commander   Http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/
File repair and recovery:
> PC Inspector File Recovery   Http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
Firewalls:
> Jetico Personal Firewall   Http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/jpfirewall.htm
> Kerio (Kerio Personal Firewall)   Http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
> Outpost Firewall (version 1 is free) Http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html
> SoftPerfect Personal Firewall   Http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/
> Sygate   Http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
> Wyvern Firewall 2004   Http://www.wyvernworks.com/firewall.html
> Zonealarm Basic firewall   Http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/comp...reeDownload.jsp
FTP Clients:
> CoreFTP   Http://www.coreftp.com/
> Filezilla   Http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
> MiFiles   Http://www.simdata.com.au/mifiles.html
> SmartFTP   Http://www.smartftp.com/
> TYPSoft FTP Server   Http://en.typsoft.com/
FTP Servers:
> FileZilla   Http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
> Golden FTP Server   Http://www.goldenftpserver.com
> GuildFTPD   Http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/detail_v...pplication=8334
> Quick 'n Easy FTP Server   Http://www.pablovandermeer.nl/ftp_server.html
> SlimFTPd   Http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd
> WarFTPD   Http://www.jgaa.com/
HTML Editors:
> 1st page 2000   Http://www.evrsoft.com/download.shtml
> AceHTML   Http://freeware.acehtml.com/download.html
> Aracnophilia   Http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/
> HTML Kit Http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
> NVU   Http://www.nvu.com/index.html
> Selida   Http://www.amaryllis.8m.com/
> Trellian webPAGE   Http://webpage.vendercom.com/
> TSW WebCoder   Http://www.tsware.net/
> WYSIWYG Web Builder   Http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com/html...eb_builder.html
Image viewers:
> Ahaview   Http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/ahaviewfree.exe
> FastStone Image Viewer   Http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
> Irfanview   Http://www.irfanview.com/
> Picasa   Http://www.picasa.com/content/download.php
> SlowView   Http://www.slowview.at/
> XNView   Http://www.xnview.com/
Instant Messenger:
> AMSN   Http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php
> Gaim   Http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
> IM2: http://www.im2.com
> Mercury Messenger   Http://www.mercury.to/
> Miranda IM   Http://www.miranda-im.org/
> Pandion   Http://www.pandion.be/
> PSI   Http://psi.affinix.com/
> Qip   Http://www.qip.ru/
> Skype   Http://www.skype.com/
> SIM   Http://sim-icq.sourceforge.net/
> TerraIM   Http://terraim.sourceforge.net/
> Trillian Basic   Http://trillian.cc/downloads
Internet Explorer Front Ends:
> AM Browser   Http://www.ambrowser.com/
> AOL Browser   Http://beta.aol.com/projects/aolbrowser/
> Avantbrowser   Http://www.avantbrowser.com/
> Maxthon   Http://www.maxthon.com/
> SlimBrowser   Http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm
IRC Clients:
> BersIRC   Http://www.bersirc.com/
> BitchX   Http://bitchx.org/download.php
> HydraIRC   Http://www.hydrairc.com/
> NodeIRC   Http://node.sourceforge.net/
> TinyIRC   Http://www.tinyirc.net/
> XChat   Http://www.silverex.org/news/
Mail programs:
> Foxmail   Http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/english/
> I.Scribe   Http://www.memecode.com/
> Mahogany Mail   Http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/
> Pegasus Mail   Http://www.pmail.com/
> PopTray   Http://www.poptray.org/
> Thunderbird   Http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/
Anti Spam Programs:
> K9   Http://www.keir.net/k9.html
> MailWasher Http://www.mailwasher.net/
> POPFile   Http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
> SpamBayes   Http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
> SpamPal   Http://www.spampal.org/
Network Tools:
> CMDTime NTP Utility   Http://www.softshape.com/download/
> Ethereal Protocol Analyzer   Http://www.ethereal.com/
> Gencontrol   Http://www.gensortium.com/products/gencontrol.html
> Hamachi   Http://www.hamachi.cc/
> NetMeter   Http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
> NetProfiles   Http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/
> NMap   Http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
> Ntop   Http://www.ntop.org
> PingPlotter   Http://www.pingplotter.com
> PuTTY   Http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
> RAS Graph & Stats   Http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2400
> RealVNC   Http://www.realvnc.com/
TightVNC   Http://www.tightvnc.org/
> Ultr @ VNC   Http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
> WinSCP   Http://www.winscp.com/
Office Suite:
> Notepad ++   Http://notepadplus.sourceforge.net
> Bred 3   Http://www.astonshell.ru/freeware/bred3/ Alternative to Notepad from MS
> 602PC Suite free edition   Http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
> AbiWord   Http://www.abiword.com/
> OpenOffice.org   Http://www.openoffice.org/
> Qjot   Http://www.xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php
Partition Managers:
> Partition Resizer   Http://zeleps.com/
> Ranish Partition Manager   Http://www.ranish.com/part/
> TestDisk   Http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
PDF Utilities:
> CutePDF   Http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
> Foxit PDF Reader   Http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
> Free PDF   Http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
> Ghostscript / GSView   Http://www.ghostscript.com/
> PDF 995   Http://www.pdf995.com/
> PDFCreator   Http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
> PrimoPDF   Http://www.primopdf.com/
Photo manipulation and image design:
> ArtRage   Http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
> ColorPic   Http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
> Deep Paint   Http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-21...tml?tag=lst
> Delineate   Http://delineate.sourceforge.net/
> IIco   Http://www.mintrasystems.com/world/product...duct.php?p=iico
> JPEGCrops   Http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/
> Paint .NET   Http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
> Pixia   Http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/
> Pixie   Http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
> PhotoFiltre   Http://www.photofiltre.com/
> Sodipodi   Http://www.sodipodi.com/
> The Gimp   Http://www.gimp.org/
> Tuxpaint   Http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint
> Recolored   Http://www.recolored.com/
Programming:
> ActivePerl   Http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
> Crimson Editor   Http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
> Code :: Blocks   Http://www.codeblocks.org/
> Context   Http://www.context.cx/
> Dev C ++   Http://www.bloodshed.net/
> Dev Pascal   Http://www.bloodshed.net/
> Digital Mars C ++   Http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html
> Eclipse   Http://www.eclipse.org/
> ExamDiff   Http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff
> Freepascal   Http://www.freepascal.org/
> JCreator LE   Http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm
> JEdit   Http://www.jedit.org/
> Metapad   Http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
> Notepad ++   Http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
> Notepad2   Http://www.flos-freeware.ch/
> Open Watcom   Http://www.openwatcom.org/
> Pelles C   Http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/index.htm
> PHP Hypertext Parser   Http://www.php.net/
> Programmer's Notepad   Http://www.pnotepad.org/
> PSPad   Http://www.pspad.com/
> Python   Http://www.python.org/
> Ruby   Http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html
> SharpDevelop   Http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/
> WinMerge   Http://winmerge.org/
Pop up Blockers:
> Google Toolbar   Http://www.google.com/
> NoAds   Http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
> PopUp Stopper   Http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
> Privoxy   Http://www.privoxy.org/
> Proxomitron   Http://www.proxomitron.info/
RSS Readers:
> Ablion   Http://www.fileheaven.com/Abilon/download/14059.htm
> Feedreader   Http://www.feedreader.com/
> FireANT   Http://www.antisnottv.net/
> GreatNews   Http://www.curiostudio.com/
> RssBandit   Http://www.rssbandit.org/
> RSSOwl   Http://www.rssowl.org/
> RssReader   Http://www.rssreader.com/
> RSS Xpress   Http://rssxpress.free.fr/en/?page=&idNews=
> SharpReader   Http://www.sharpreader.net/
System Information and monitoring:
> CPU-Z Http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
> Everest   Http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.p...en&pageid=1 (became paid )
> Gkrellm   Http://bill.nalens.com/
> Motherboard monitor   Http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
> SpeedFan   Http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
> Sysmetrix   Http://www.xymantix.com
> WCPUID   Http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html
Video codecs:
> DivX Codec   Http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=toptab_divx_from_/index.php
> FFDSHOW   Http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
> XviD   Http://www.xvid.org/
> SamCodec Http://samlab.ws/soft/sam_codec_pack.cab
> SamDecoder   Http://samlab.ws/soft/sam_decoder_pack.cab
Video players:
> Light Alloy   Http://www.softella.com/la/index.htm
> AC3Filter   Http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter
> BsPlayer   Http://www.bsplayer.org/
> Crystal Player   Http://www.crystalplayer.com/index.php?page=downloads
> Full Screen Player   Http://www.vidon.ru/old/fsplay/
> Cygwin MPlayer   Http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
> DivX Player   Http://www.divx.com/
> MaximusDVD   Http://www.maximusdvd.com/
> Media Player Classic   Http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303
> VideoLan   Http://www.videolan.org/
Video tools:
> DVD Shrink   Http://www.dvdshrink.org/
> DScaler   Http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
> FlasKMPEG   Http://www.flaskmpeg.net
> GSpot   Http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
> VirtualDub   Http://www.virtualdub.org/
> VirtualDubMod   Http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65889
> Zwei-Stein Video Editor   Http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html
Web browsers:
> Firefox   Http://www.getfirefox.com
> K-Meleon   Http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
> Mozilla   Http://www.mozilla.org/
> Netscape   Http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp
> Opera   Http://www.opera.com
Web servers:
> Abyss   Http://abyss.sourceforge.net/
> Apache   Http://httpd.apache.org/
> Sambar   Http://www.sambar.com/
> Savant   Http://savant.sourceforge.net/
> SimpleServer: WWW   Http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/sswww.htm
> TinyWeb   Http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/index.html
> Xitami   Http://www.xitami.com/
> Janaserver   Http://www.janaserver.de/ HTTP, Proxy, eMail, FTP and DNS server
Webcam Software:
> BooruWebCam   Http://www.booru.net/
> Pryme   Http://www.hilo.dk/pryme/
Checksum Utilities:
> Fsum   Http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
> Hksfv   Http://www.big-o-software.com/products/hksfv/
> Md5sum   Http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
> Md5summer   Http://www.md5summer.org/
General Utilities And Other Applications:
> AdShield   Http://www.lossepladsen.dk/all4you/TheLostWorld/AdShield.php
> AnalogX   Http://www.analogx.com/
> AppRocket   Http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
> Celestia   Http://www.shatters.net/celestia
> CCleaner   Http://www.ccleaner.com
> Contact   Http://www.isaacboy.com/contact.htm
> Cygwin   Http://www.cygwin.com
> Dirkey   Http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
> EditPad Lite   Http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
> EssentialPIM   Http://www.essentialpim.com/
> Folder Size Extension   Http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/
> HTTrack   Http://www.httrack.com/
> Inno Setup   Http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
> KeyNote   Http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
> Memtest-86 Http://www.memtest86.com
> Money Manager   Http://www.thezeal.com/software/manager/default.asp
> MWSnap   Http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
> NetTime   Http://nettime.sourceforge.net
> Nullsoft Installer   Http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis
> Open Subfolder   Http://www.bubblepop.com/opensubfolder/index.html
> Peerguardian   Http://www.methlabs.org/
> Process Explorer (aka ProcessXP)   Http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
> QuickPar   Http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
> QuickSFV   Http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/4668/
> Png2ico   Http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
> Restoration   Http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
> Stickies   Http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/
> Sysinternals   Http://www.sysinternals.com/
> Toolbox   Http://www.sil.org/computing/toolbox/
> TreeSize   Http://www.jamsoftware.com/freeware/index.shtml
> TuneXP   Http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/showdoc.php?doc=txp_about
> Turbo Pad   Http://turbopad.sourceforge.net/
> Unlocker   Http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
> Vim   Http://vim.sourceforge.net
> WeathAlert   Http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/stu/msowul/?page=weathermain
> YourDir   Http://www.primeoption.com.au/FreewareYourDir.htm
> Unlocker   Http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
> Open Workbench (similar to MS Proj ect)   Http://www.openworkbench.org/
Emulators:
Dosbox (http: //dosbox.sourceforg e.net/) Http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
Bochs (http: //bochs.sourceforge.n et /) Http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
QEMU (http: //fabrice.bellard.free.f r / qemu /) Http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/
All are cross-platform.
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The site with the "best" free software  
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