Page 1: Graphic and Desktop Publishing

Page 2: Internet

Page 3: Multimedia

Page 4: Office Applications

Page 5: Security and Privacy Protection

Page 6: Other Tools and Utilities

Internet Freeware

eMule

	p2p file sharing client, is based on the eDonkey2000 network but offers more features than the standard client. Great for sharing large image archives with friends around the world.
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FileZilla

	FTP client that supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS). The main features are the site manager, message log, file and folder view, and a great transfer queue - I use this to upload to whitespace.freeweb7.net.
	Download Here

Free Download Manager

	Great download accelerator and manager.
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Miro

	Internet television application that automatically downloads videos from RSS-based channels, manages them, and plays them.
	Download Here

Mozilla Firefox

	Excellent cross-platform browser with features including tabbed browsing, live bookmarking, a download manager, themes, thousands of add-ins etc.
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Mozilla Thunderbird

	Cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Thunderbird aims to be a simple e-mail, newsgroup and news feed client and is a lot less bloated than Microsoft Outlook - in fact, it’s like Outlook Express without the limitations.
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Opera

	Use Opera to browse web sites, send and receiving e-mail messages, manage contacts, chat with IRC, download files via BitTorrent, and read web feeds.
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Nvu and Kompozer

	WYSIWYG HTML editors. It is intended to be an open source equivalent to proprietary software like Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver. Nvu and Kompozer is designed to be easy for non-technical computer users.
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Pidgin

	Instant messaging program that allows you to chat with your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. Yes all these in one!
	Download Here

RSSOwl

	RSS, Atom, and RDF Newsreader, which lets you gather, organize, update, and store information from any source in a convenient list.
	Download Here

Screamer Radio

	Internet radio client with recording abilities. It is able to play back streams using WMA, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or ACC streams. Is able to record these streams into many formats.
	Download Here

Skype

	Allows you to make telephone calls from your computer to other Skype users free of charge or to landlines and cell phones for a fee. There are other features including instant messaging, file transfer, SMS, video, and more.
	Download Here

Vdownloader

	Download and convert videos into AVI of MPG format. Use with Youtube, Google Video, Metacafe, MySpace, DailyMotion, Yuvutu, and more.
	Download Here

WinSCP

	SFTP and FTP client for use in Windows.
	Download Here

Further Reading:

• 90 Free High Quality Icon Packs [Set 1]
• Complete Resource for Internet Related Freeware
• Essential Freeware Programs for Your Every Day Needs
• Top 10 Vista Sidebar Gadgets
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33 Responses to “Freeware Applications for Your Every Need”

1. x_Katie_x says:
   

   Cool list - and its all free :)

2. SJ86 says:
   

   Good collection here… I didn’t know about some of these

3. Evan says:
   

   Cool. I didn’t know about Inkscape.

4. Rich says:
   

   Evan: Inkscape is a great piece of software. A lot of us use it at work.

5. anil sharma says:
   

   To be honest with you, I have never written any comments or posts in the Internet. This is my first time. Why did I decide to post? The answer is simple – all information here is so amazing and interesting that it’s hard to imagine someone wouldn’t comment it.

6. Ravi says:
   

   Wow,
   I like this site and i am very happy to download so many softwares.

7. Angad says:
   

   Yeah @ Anil Sharma, Ravi. I agree with you Guys.

8. Rich says:
   

   I second that

9. Ashutosh says:
   

   Hey,
   Great list. Good to see a compilation of computing essentials (essentials should be free, dont you think?)

   A

10. Ashutosh says:
    

    Hey,
    I would also recommend,
    FreeCommander (Utility - Great replacement to the lame Windows Explorer)
    And TrueCrypt (Security - Free open-source disk encryption software)

    A

11. Harry Anchan says:
    

    Here are a few more awesome freeware:

    1. Encode music from analog as well as digital sources:
    http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

    2. No advertising being forced on you by Real Player. Light, small and plays all your RM/RA files:
    http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

    3. VERY small, unobtrusive CD player:
    http://www.amberror.lt/

    4. Multi ID3 Tag Editor allows you to manipulate ID tags to display properly on your iPod:
    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Audio/Tag-Editors/Multi-ID-Tag-Editor.shtml

    6. MagicTransfer to back up critical files and OS settings:
    http://www.download3k.com/Install-Magic-Transfer.html

    7. VAIOSoft Recovery Manager. Excellent recovery software that worked for me:
    http://vaiosoft.com/products/recoverymanager.html

    8. DVDShrink. A FREE software solution for shrinking original DVDs onto recordable media:
    http://www.dvdshrink.org/

    9. DVD Decrypter. The Definitive DVD Backup Resource:
    http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/

    10. IrfanView. Probaly the best image viewer out there:
    http://www.irfanview.com/

    11. RegCleaner. A great registry cleaner/ Use it with CCleaner:
    http://www.worldstart.com/weekly-download/archives/reg-cleaner4.3.htm

    12. OverDisk, an amazing freeware utility that displays folder sizes in a multiple level pie:
    http://users.forthnet.gr/pat/efotinis/programs/overdisk.html

    13. DriveZ is a very small, standalone program that comes useful if you need to list or copy the contents of folders or drives:
    http://www.snapfiles.com/get/drivez.html

    14. LookDisk can search for files using various parameters:
    http://www.fxsearch.com/ldw_eng/

    15. TaskPrompt is a small task reminder utility:
    http://www.skynergy.com/taskprompt.html

    16. Eml2html is a program to restore/convert script back to html from eml and nws files:
    http://home.chello.no/~cato.salid/Eml2html/Eml2Html.htm

    17. Qlock is the leading *FREE* deskop World Clock especially designed for Windows PCs:
    http://www.qlock.com/

    18. UMark: Watermark freeware for images:
    http://www.uconomix.com/Products/uMark/Default.aspx

12. Rich says:
    

    Thanks for the recommendations Ashutosh and Harry.

13. YozDude says:
    

    Great list!

14. Rich says:
    

    Thanks for stopping by YozDude!

15. Jarret says:
    

    Couldnt agree more with this list. Thank you

16. Zelda says:
    

    If anyone knows of a freeware that’s similar to eBoostr, I’d be happy to hear. The rest of the list is nice. Freeware makes computers available for more people..

17. Sarah Byrd says:
    

    seen all these before…

18. Strickland says:
    

    thx for sharing

19. DRIFTKING says:
    

    HEYYY……..LOVE THIS SITE AND ADORE THESE FREEWARES

20. Kennith Gamble says:
    

    Good programs thanks

21. HARI143 says:
    

    good softwares

22. jona says:
    

    i think they are very usable

23. thenetguruz says:
    

    These are good apps, I have used most of them. You forgot to mention Open Office, Thunderbird and many others…

24. Rich says:
    

    @thenetguruz — thanks

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