2009 Pricelessware List
These programs were voted as being "The best of the best in freeware" for 2009.
- µTorrent
- http://www.utorrent.com/
- 1by1
- http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
- 40tude Dialog
- http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
- 7-Zip
- http://www.7-zip.org/
- a-squared Free 4.5
- http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
- AbiWord
- http://www.abisource.com/
- Agent Ransack
- http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
- Agnitum Outpost Free
- http://free.agnitum.com/
- AIMP2
- http://aimp.ru/index.php
- AllChars
- http://allchars.zwolnet.com/
- Analog-X Script Defender
- http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/System/sdefend/Freeware.htm
- Ant Movie Catalog
- http://www.antp.be/software/moviecatalog
- AnVir Task Manager Free
- http://www.anvir.com/taskmanagerfree/
- Apache
- http://httpd.apache.org/
- Atlantis Nova
- http://www.atlantiswordprocessor.com/en/nova.htm
- Audacity
- http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
- Auslogics Disk Defrag
- http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag
- AutoHotKey
- http://www.autohotkey.com/
- AutoIt
- http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
- Autoruns
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
- Avast! antivirus Home Edition
- http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
- Avidemux
- http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
- AxCrypt File Encryption
- http://www.axantum.com/AxCrypt/
- Bulk Rename Utility
- http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php
- Bullzip PDF Printer
- http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
- BurnCDCC
- http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-free-software.htm
- Burrrn
- http://www.burrrn.net/?page_id=4
- Calendar Magic
- http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
- CCleaner
- http://www.ccleaner.com/
- CDBurnerXP
- http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
- Chainsaw
- http://www.cthuloides-cabinett.de/software/chainsaw.html
- Clippy
- http://wots.coolfreepage.com/link.php?id=SW3
- Cmdow (Commandline Window Utility)
- http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/index.html
- Cobian Backup 9
- http://www.cobian.se/
- Color Cop
- http://colorcop.net/
- Contig
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx
- Convert for Windows
- http://joshmadison.com/software/download-convert-for-windows/
- Copernic Desktop Search Home
- http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/index.html
- CPU-Z
- http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
- CurrPorts
- http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html
- DeepBurner Free
- http://www.deepburner.com/index.php?r=products&pr=deepburner&prr=features
- Defraggler
- http://www.defraggler.com/
- Dependency Walker
- http://www.dependencywalker.com
- doPDF
- http://www.dopdf.com/
- docmd
- http://thomaslauer.com/comp/docmd
- DupDetector
- http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php
- EAC (Exact Audio Copy)
- http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/
- EASEUS Partition Master
- http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm
- EclipseCrossword
- http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/
- EditPad Lite 6.5.1
- http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
- Eraser
- http://eraser.heidi.ie/
- ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT)
- http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/index.htm
- ESBCalc
- http://www.esbconsult.com/esbcalc/esbcalc.htm
- ESBUnitConv
- http://www.esbconsult.com/esbcalc/esbunitconv.htm
- EssentialPIM Free
- http://www.essentialpim.com/
- Eusing Free Registry Cleaner v.2.5.1
- http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm
- Everything
- http://www.voidtools.com
- ExifTool
- http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool
- ExifTool GUI
- http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.htm
- Faststone Image Viewer
- http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
- FileMenu Tools
- http://www.lopesoft.com/en/fmtools/info.html
- Filenote (part of ShellTools)
- http://www.moonsoftware.com/shelltools.asp
- Filezilla
- http://filezilla-project.org/
- Firebug
- http://getfirebug.com/
- Firefox
- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html
- Folder2Iso
- http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareFolder2Iso.php
- Foobar2000
- http://www.foobar2000.org/
- Format Factory
- http://www.formatoz.com/index.html
- Forte Free Agent v1.93
- http://www.cc.uom.gr/pub/FREEWARE/INTERNET%20TOOLS/Newsreaders-Usenet/a32en193.exe
- FreeCommander
- http://www.freecommander.com/
- FreePdf
- http://freepdfxp.de/
- FreeUndelete
- http://www.officerecovery.com/
- Gadwin PrintScreen
- http://www.gadwin.com/
- Ghostscript
- http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost
- GMER
- http://www.gmer.net/
- GNU Privacy Guard
- http://www.gnupg.org/
- Gnumeric
- http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/
- GnuWin32
- http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
- GParted LiveCD
- http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
- HandBrake
- http://handbrake.fr/
- Hash
- http://keir.net/hash.html
- Hashtab v3.0.0
- http://www.beeblebrox.org/
- HJSplit
- http://www.freebyte.com/hjsplit/
- HostsMan
- http://www.abelhadigital.com/
- HTTrack
- http://www.httrack.com/
- HxD 1.7.7.0
- http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
- ImgBurn
- http://www.imgburn.com/
- Index Your Files
- http://www.indexyourfiles.com/
- InfraRecorder
- http://infrarecorder.org/
- Inkscape
- http://www.inkscape.org/
- IPNetInfo
- http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ipnetinfo.html
- Irfanview
- http://www.irfanview.com/
- IZArc
- http://www.izarc.org/
- JkDefrag 3.36
- http://www.kessels.biz/JkDefrag/
- JkDefragGUI
- http://www.emro.nl/freeware/
- JR Screen Ruler
- http://www.spadixbd.com/freetools/jruler.htm
- K-Meleon
- http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
- Karen's Replicator
- http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
- KeePass Password Safe
- http://keepass.info/
- Kerio Personal Firewall v2.1.5
- http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page7.html#Kerio%20Personal%20Firewall
- KompoZer
- http://www.kompozer.net/
- Lame
- http://lame.sourceforge.net/
- LightBox Free
- http://sagelighteditor.com/downloadfree.html
- Lister
- http://www.ghisler.com/lister
- Lupas Rename
- http://rename.lupasfreeware.org/
- Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder
- http://magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
- MagicDisc
- http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
- http://www.malwarebytes.org/
- Maxthon Classic Ver. 1.6.5
- http://www.maxthon.com/
- Media Player Classic Home Cinema
- http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/
- Metapad
- http://liquidninja.com/metapad/
- Miranda IM
- http://www.miranda-im.org/
- MozBackup
- http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/download.php
- Mp3tag
- http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
- MySQL
- http://www.mysql.com/
- MyUninstaller
- http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html
- Neutron 1.07
- http://keir.net/neutron.html
- NewsProxy 1.2.5
- http://www.exscientia.org/akula_tools/index.html
- nLite
- http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
- Nmap Security Scanner v5.00
- http://nmap.org/download.html
- Noscript
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722
- NotePad++
- http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
- Open Office
- http://www.openoffice.org/
- OpenExpert
- http://www.baxbex.com/openexpert.html
- Opera
- http://www.opera.com/
- PC Wizard
- http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
- PDF-XChange Viewer
- http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer/
- PDFTK Builder
- http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/#pdftkbuilder
- Pegasus Mail
- http://www.pmail.com/index2.htm
- Photo! Editor
- http://pho.to/editor/
- PhotoFiltre
- http://photofiltre.en.softonic.com/
- Photoscape
- http://www.photoscape.org/
- PHP
- http://www.php.net/
- Picasa
- http://picasa.google.com/index.html
- Pop Peeper
- http://www.poppeeper.com/
- Power Defragmenter
- http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Power-Defragmenter-Download-20185.html
- Process Explorer
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
- ProcMon
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
- PSPad
- http://www.pspad.com/
- Pstart
- http://www.pegtop.net/start/
- Pure Text 2.0
- http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/
- PuTTY
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
- QuickPar
- http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
- Rainlendar
- http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php
- Recuva
- http://www.piriform.com/recuva
- RegScanner
- http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.html
- RegSeeker
- http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
- Regshot v1.81
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/regshot/files/
- Revo Uninstaller
- http://www.revouninstaller.com/
- RJ TextEd
- http://www.rj-texted.se/
- Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier
- http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29
- Sandboxie
- http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie
- Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)
- http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
- Skype
- http://www.skype.com/
- slrn
- http://slrn.sourceforge.net/
- Spacemonger
- http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/v1x.php
- SpeedFan
- http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
- SpywareBlaster
- http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
- Stickies
- http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
- Stunnel
- http://www.stunnel.org/
- Superantispyware
- http://www.superantispyware.com/
- Sysinternals Suite
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx
- System Information for Windows
- http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html
- TClockEx
- http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/
- TED Notepad
- http://jsimlo.sk/notepad/
- Teracopy
- http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
- The Gimp
- http://www.gimp.org/
- TheSage
- http://www.sequencepublishing.com/thesage.html
- Thunderbird 2
- http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/latest-2.0/
- The world has moved on and Thunderbird 3 is the current version
- TinySpell
- http://tinyspell.m6.net/
- TOMBO
- http://tombo.sourceforge.jp/En/
- Treecopy
- http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/treecopy/
- TreePad Lite
- http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/
- TrueCrypt
- http://www.truecrypt.org/
- UBCD4Win
- http://ubcd4win.com/
- UK Kalender
- http://freenet-homepage.de/ukrebs/
- Universal Extractor
- http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract
- Unlocker
- http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
- UnxUtils
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils
- USB Disk Ejector
- http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector
- USBDeview
- http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
- USBDLM
- http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
- VirtualBox
- http://www.virtualbox.org/
- VirtuaWin
- http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/
- VLC Media Player
- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
- VMware Player
- http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
- WinAudit
- http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm
- WinContig
- http://wincontig.mdtzone.it/en/index.htm
- WinDirStat
- http://windirstat.info/
- Windows System Control Center
- http://www.kls-soft.com/wscc/index.php
- WinMerge
- http://winmerge.org/
- WinPatrol
- http://www.winpatrol.com/
- WinSCP
- http://winscp.net/
- Wireshark
- http://www.wireshark.org/
- Wordweb Free Version Dictionary/Spell Checker
- http://wordweb.info/
- Xenu's Link Sleuth
- http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
- XMedia Recode
- http://www.xmedia-recode.de/
- English representation - http://www.freewarefiles.com/XMedia-Recode_program_47942.html
- Xnews
- http://xnews.newsguy.com/
- Xnview
- http://www.xnview.com/
- xxclone
- http://xxclone.com/
- xxcopy
- http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
- ZSoft Uninstaller
- http://www.zsoft.dk/index/software_details/4