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Portable applications are programs that require no installation and can be used on a thumb drive on any machine that works with thumb drives. Back in college, I would use a portable version of Firefox as it contained all my personalized settings. I’d even carry a portable version of Photoshop to work on images I’d use on this site. That was a long time ago and I don’t really have need for portable applications anymore; however, if you like portable programs (or you want to give them a try), you’ll love this list over at Gizmo’s Freeware.

If you want to learn more about portable applications, go here.

The list has a bunch of great applications in these categories:

These categories are then broken down into subcategories where the best programs are listed. The only thing that would improve this list is a download link with all the applications bundled into one (although I understand this is not possible because the site does the right thing by crediting the authors for their efforts.)

Best Free Portable Applications [Gizmo's Freeware]

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