BOOKMRKS-MTHRFCKR/Windows-Tools-And-Apps-+-Websites.md

## Windows Tools and Apps + Websites

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* **[KDE Connect](https://kdeconnect.kde.org/)**  
Control PC from mobile. Virtual trackpad. Air drop files from iOS / Android to Windows and back. Get notifications. Clipboard sync. Browse phone from PC.
* **[Filelight](https://apps.kde.org/en-gb/filelight/)**  
Filelight is an application to visualise the disk usage on your computer.
* **[Flow Launcher](https://www.flowlauncher.com/)**  
Quick File Search & App Launcher for Windows.
* **[Ambie White Noise](https://ambieapp.com/)**  
Play white noise and nature sounds to help you focus, sleep, or unwind. Help you and your loved ones sleep. Focus on work or studies. Unwind after a long day.
* **[PicPick](https://picpick.app/en/)**  
A full-featured screen capture tool, Intuitive image editor, colour picker, colour palette, pixel-ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more.
* **[Microsoft PowerToys](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/powertoys/)**  
Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.
* **[Rainmeter](https://www.rainmeter.net/)**  
Rainmeter allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers.
  * [Aesthetic Rainmeter Skin Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHj0juUACFk)
* **[FileBot](https://www.filebot.net/)**  
FileBot is the ultimate tool for renaming and organizing your movies, TV shows and Anime. Match and rename media files against online databases, download artwork and cover images, fetch subtitles, write metadata, and more, all at once in matter of seconds.
  * [FileBot 4.9.6 Portable Fully Unlocked](https://anonfiles.com/X3Db344by0/FileBot_4.9.6-portable_rar)
  * [Mediafire Mirror](https://www.mediafire.com/file/d7e9ctdnzc971pb/FileBot_4.9.6-portable.rar/file)
* **[PRemoteM](https://github.com/1Remote/PRemoteM)**  
PRemoteM is a modern personal remote session manager and launcher. It is a single place to manage all your remote sessions supporting number of different protocols.
* **[Sysinternals](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite)**  
Windows Sysinternals is a suite of more than 70 freeware utilities that was initially developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell that is used to monitor, manage and troubleshoot the Windows operating system.
* **[Safing Portmaster](https://safing.io/portmaster/)**  
Pi-hole alternative. Block ads & trackers system wide. Monitor all network activity. Manually allow or block connections. Auto-block via selected filter lists. Enforce DNS-over-TLS. Configure settings for different networks. Set global & per‑app settings.
* **[PotPlayer](https://potplayer.tv/)**  
One of the best video player for Windows. Offers wide range of settings and customizations, as well as lightweight nature and supports a large variety of media formats and codecs.

PotPlayer Alternatives

* [MPC-BE](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/)
* [mpv.net GUI](https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net) Version of MPV with settings menu etc.
* [mpv](https://mpv.io/)

* **[ClipClip](https://clipclip.com/)**  
ClipClip is a free clipboard management software for Windows that will revolutionize the way you copy and paste. ClipClip makes it possible to copy multiple texts, images or files to your clipboard. You can then browse or search through these Latest Clips, or convert them to Saved Clips so you can assign a title and organize them into folders to use later on.
* **[Traffic Monitor](https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/blob/master/README_en-us.md)**  
TrafficMonitor is a network monitoring software with floating window feature for Windows. It displays the current internet speed and CPU and RAM usage. There are also other capabilities like an embedded display in the taksbar, changeable display skins, and historical traffic statistics.
* **[Pushbullet](https://www.pushbullet.com/)**  
Share links and files between all your devices and send text messages from any device. See phone notifications.
* **[Font Identifier](https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont)**  
Upload a picture to this webpage and it’ll identify the font. Shazam but for fonts.
* **[cleanup.pictures](https://cleanup.pictures/)**  
AI tool to automatically remove text, objects etc. from images.
* **[stacher.io](https://stacher.io/)**  
GUI for YT-DLP which allows you to download videos from hundreds of websites.
* **[RedKetchup Image Resizer](https://redketchup.io/image-resizer)**  
Resize an image in pixels, percentage, or ratio online. Downscale or upscale using filters and sharpening. Supports the PNG, JPEG, WEBP, HEIC, GIF, ICO, TIFF, BMP, and SVG formats.
* **[IDM](https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/download.html)**  
Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads.
  * Use [this](https://github.com/J2TEAM/idm-trial-reset) to reset the trial.
* **[Proton VPN](https://protonvpn.com/download)**  
The free version is fantastic and offers great speeds. 10 MB/s+ regularly. Servers in Netherlands, US and Japan.
* **[qBittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/)**  
qBittorrent is a cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client.
* **[7zip](http://www.7-zip.org/download.html)**  
7-Zip is a free and open-source file archiver, a utility used to place groups of files within compressed containers known as "archives". It allows you to open .ZIP, .TAR, .RAR etc.
* **[foobar2000](https://www.foobar2000.org/)**  
foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.
  * [Aesthetic foobar2000 Skin](https://github.com/TT-ReBORN/Georgia-ReBORN)
  * [The Original One](https://github.com/kbuffington/Georgia)
* **[Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/)**  
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages and is packed full of features.
* **[Calibre](https://calibre-ebook.com/)**  
calibre is a powerful and easy to use e-book manager. It’ll allow you to do nearly everything and it takes things a step beyond normal e-book software.
* **[EarTrumpet](https://eartrumpet.app/)**  
Powerful per application volume control for Windows.
* **[HWiNFO](https://www.hwinfo.com/)**  
Free Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting. In-depth Hardware Information, Real-Time System Monitoring, Reporting & more.
* **[CPU-Z](https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html)**  
CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system : Processor name and number, codename, process, package, cache levels. Mainboard and chipset. Memory type, size, timings, and module specifications (SPD). Real time measurement of each core's internal frequency, memory frequency.
* **[DaVinci Resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve)**  
DaVinci Resolve is a free alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro and the world’s only solution that combines video editing, colour correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production all in one software tool! Its elegant, modern interface is fast to learn and easy for new users, yet powerful for professionals.
* **[AutoHotkey](https://www.autohotkey.com/)**  
AutoHotkey is a free, open-source scripting language for Windows that allows users to easily create small to complex scripts for all kinds of tasks such as: form fillers, auto-clicking, macros, etc.
* **[Lively Wallpaper](https://rocksdanister.github.io/lively/)**  
Animated desktop wallpapers, bring your desktop to life! Lively is a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Project. A great free alternative to Wallpaper Engine.
* **[Rufus](https://rufus.ie/)**  
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
* **[Revo Uninstaller](https://www.revouninstaller.com/)**  
Revo Uninstaller is described as 'Application uninstaller tool for cleaning up failed/uninstalled or removing all traces of application files and registry keys. Monitors for changes made by installers and applications therefore and can undo these changes when uninstalling'. Paid but offers 30 day free trial without CC.

An alternative to Revo is [Bulk Crap Uninstaller](https://www.bcuninstaller.com/) It has lesser features but still good. Open source.

* **[f.lux](https://justgetflux.com/)**  
f.lux is a cross-platform computer program that adjusts a display's color temperature according to location and time of day, offering functional respite for the eyes. The program is designed to reduce eye strain during night-time use, helping to reduce disruption of sleep patterns. Offers way more features and colour temperatures than Windows Night Light.
* **[HandBrake](https://handbrake.fr/)**  
HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files. HandBrake's backend contains comparatively little original code; the program is an integration of many third-party audio and video libraries, both codecs (such as FFmpeg, x264, and x265) and other components such as video deinterlacers (referred to as "filters"). These are collected in such a manner to make their use more effective and accessible (e.g., so that a user does not have to transcode a video's audio and visual components in separate steps, or with inaccessible command-line utilities).
* **[TinyWall](https://tinywall.pados.hu/)**  
A frontend for Windows Firewall that lets you whitelist applications allowed to connect to the internet. No more phoning home without your permission.
* **[bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/)**  
Open source password management solutions for individuals, teams, and business organizations.
* **[Sandboxie+](https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie)**  
Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. It creates a sandbox-like isolated operating environment in which applications can be run or installed without permanently modifying local & mapped drives or the windows registry. An isolated virtual environment allows controlled testing of untrusted programs and web surfing.
* **[FilelistCreator](https://www.sttmedia.com/filelistcreator)**  
Directory Tree Exporter. For a wide variety of occasions, lists of files or directories are required: perhaps you need an index of some files or folders from a CD, DVD, hard drive or memory stick, maybe you would like to have an overview over your file collections. With this tool, creating file lists is no longer a lot of effort! It is enough to drag files or folders onto the program in order to get them listed.
* **[Arclab Dir2HTML](https://www.arclab.com/en/dir2html/)**  
Create a HTML Index of your Files and Folders. Highly customizable.
* **[Bulk Rename Utility](https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/)**  
Bulk Rename Utility allows you to easily rename files and entire folders based upon extremely flexible criteria. Add date/time stamps, replace numbers, insert text, convert case, add auto-numbers, process folders and sub-folders....plus a whole lot more!
* **[QuickLook](https://github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook)**  
It allows users to peek into a file content in lightning speed by just pressing the Space key.
* **[jDownloader](https://jdownloader.org/)**  
JDownloader is a free, open-source download management tool with a huge community that makes downloading as easy and fast as it should be. Users can start, stop or pause downloads, set bandwith limitations, auto-extract archives and much more.
  * [How to disbale the ads.](https://superuser.com/questions/1297098/how-to-disable-ads-in-jdownloader)
* **[NirSoft Tools Collection](https://www.nirsoft.net/)**  
A unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities.
* **[BleachBit](https://www.bleachbit.org/)**  
A cleaner tool to preserve privacy. It can secure-delete files, folders, program's history, cache and temporary files.
* **[HTTrack](https://www.httrack.com/)**  
It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure.
* **[Icaros](https://shark007.net/tools.html)**  
A great alternative to K Lite Codec Pack for adding thumbnails to file explorer. Icaros is a collection of lightweight, high quality, Windows Shell Extensions, which is capable of providing Windows Explorer thumbnails for essentially any video media filetype. Icaros can provide Windows Explorer thumbnails, for essentially any video media format supported by FFmpeg which includes popular filetypes such as: Mkv, Flv, Avi, Mp4, Mov, Rmvb, M2ts, Ogm etc. It is capable of thumbnailing just about any file by adding its extension(s) to the optional filetypes box and re-activating Icaros.
* **[ActivityWatch](https://activitywatch.net/)**  
ActivityWatch is an app that automatically tracks how you spend time on your devices. It can be used to keep track of your productivity, time spent on different projects, bad screen habits, or just to understand how you spend your time.
* **[Authy](https://authy.com/)**  
Enable 2FA for your favourite sites. Go beyond the password and protect yourself from hackers and account takeovers.
* **[Stardock Fences](https://www.stardock.com/products/fences/)**  
Declutter and beautify your desktop. Automatically organize your desktop apps, files, and folders on Windows.
* **[libDrive](https://github.com/libDrive)**  
libDrive is a Google Drive media library manager and indexer, similar to Plex, that organizes Google Drive media to offer an intuitive and user-friendly experience. Browser based and doesn't need powerful servers like Plex does. Streams straight from Google Drive and uses Cloudflare workers to turbo speed the stream.
* **[Heroku Switcher](https://hs.hitarashi.in/)**  
Run your Heroku app without worrying about dynos getting exhausted.
* **[AudioBand](https://github.com/AudioBand/AudioBand)**  
Audio Band allows you to display song information from various sources directly in the taskbar. Supports Spotify + variety of audio players.
* **[PortableApps](https://portableapps.com/)**  
Get portable version of various apps. Use [PortableApps.com](http://PortableApps.com) for your personal apps on your work PC or for your work apps on your personal PC.
* **[MakeMKV](https://www.makemkv.com/)**  
MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert DVD, Blu-ray, UHD and AVCHD discs that you own into MKV. The only thing MakeMKV does - it remuxes/changes the video clips from the disk into a set of MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way(no video and audio reconversion). The MKV format can store multiple video/audio tracks with all meta-information and preserve chapters.
* **[Skiley](https://skiley.net/)**  
A webapp which integrates with your Spotify account. Free. Manage your playlists, discover brand new tracks, and much more!
* **[last.fm](https://www.last.fm/)**  
[Last.fm](http://Last.fm) is a music website founded in 2002. Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler", [Last.fm](http://Last.fm) builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the tracks the user listens to, either from Internet radio stations, or the user's computer or many portable music devices. This information is transferred ("scrobbled") to [Last.fm](http://Last.fm)'s database either via the music player (including, among others, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, MusicBee, SoundCloud, and Anghami) or via a plug-in installed into the user's music player. The data is then displayed on the user's profile page and compiled to create reference pages for individual artists.
* **[Kodi](https://kodi.tv/)**  
Kodi turns any computer, smartphone, or tablet into a digital set-top box or streamer, giving users the ability to stream files from the internet, a home network, or local storage. Unlike other TV streamers such as Apple TV, Chromecast 3rd Generation, and Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, Kodi isn’t held back by licensing or a curated app store. The software lets you download a range of community-made apps or add-ons and watch whatever you like.
  * Aesthetic Skin - [Arctic: Zephyr - Reloaded](https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=337862)
  * [How to Install Post](https://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:Arctic:_Zephyr_-_Reloaded) or [How to Install Video](https://youtu.be/Mg1SQYGzb70) \- A rough guide since this is for Artic Zephyr 2.
* **[CopyTrans HEIC](https://www.copytrans.net/copytransheic/)**  
With CopyTrans HEIC, you can preview and browse HEIC images (iPhone Format) through Windows Explorer. Supports thumbnail generation for HEIC. You don’t have to run any additional software! Browse your photos or send them to print – all without converting to JPEG.
  * You will need to enable classic Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11 to open HEIC files. It is much faster than Photos app as well. Enable Classic Windows Photo Viewer by downloading and running [this registry file](https://anonfiles.com/X106D94by2/photo_reg).