2008 Pricelessware List by Category
These programs were voted as being "The best of the best in freeware" for 2008.
Desktop
- FastStone Capture http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=775
- Iconoid http://www.sillysot.com
- KatMouse http://kickme.to/katmouse
- MultiRes http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/multires.shtm
- PStart http://www.pegtop.net/start/
- Screen2exe http://www.screen-record.com/index.htm
- TClockEx http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/
- Tray It! http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm
- USB Disk Ejector http://quick.mixnmojo.com/usb-disk-ejector
- VirtuaWin http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net
- Wallpaper Changer http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/
- Yankee Clipper III http://www.intelexual.com/products/YC3
Development and Programming
- AutoHotkey http://www.autohotkey.com
- AutoIt http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3
- Email Link Encoder http://www.alexnolan.net/software/email_link_encoder.htm
- HxD http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd
- KompoZer http://www.kompozer.net
- SQLite Database Browser http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net/
- Xenu's Link Sleuth http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
File and Disc Utilities
- 7-Zip http://www.7-zip.org
- Agent Ransack http://www.mythicsoft.com
- Bulk Rename Utility http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk
- Cathy http://www.mtg.sk/rva
- Cobian Backup http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
- Copernic Desktop Search Home http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/home/index.html
- Defraggler http://www.defraggler.com
- dirhtml http://dirhtml.enware.info
- docmd http://thomaslauer.com/comp/docmd
- DriveImage XML http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
- Dup Detector http://www.photo-freeware.net/dupdetector.php
- Eraser http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
- FileAlyzer http://www.safer-networking.org/en/filealyzer/index.html
- FileMenu Tools http://www.lopesoft.com/en/index.html
- Filenote (ShellTools) http://www.moonsoftware.com/shelltools.asp
- FreeCommander http://www.freecommander.com
- GParted LiveCD http://gparted.sourceforge.net
- Hash http://keir.net/
- JKDefrag http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag
- JKDefragGUI http://www.emro.nl/freeware/
- Karen's Replicator http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp
- Lister http://www.ghisler.com/tools.htm
- Lupas Rename http://rename.lupasfreeware.org
- Ninotech Path Copy http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/freeutil.htm
- OpenExpert http://www.baxbex.com/products.html
- Oscar's File Renamer http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
- Paragon Drive Backup Express http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express
- Recuva http://www.recuva.com
- Resource Hacker http://angusj.com/resourcehacker
- Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29
- SyncBack Freeware http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
- THE Rename http://www.herve-thouzard.com
- Undelete Plus http://undelete-plus.com/
- Universal Extractor http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract
- Unlocker http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
- XXCOPY http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
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Graphics
- Artweaver http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
- ExifTool/ExifTool GUI http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
- FastStone Image Viewer http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
- GIMP http://www.gimp.org
- IcoFX http://icofx.ro
- IrfanView http://www.irfanview.net/
- PhotoFiltre http://www.photofiltre.com
- Picasa 2 http://picasa.google.com/download_picasa.html
- Xnview http://www.xnview.com
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Internet
- 40tude Dialog http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
- Adblock Plus http://adblockplus.org/en
- AM-Deadlink http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
- FeedDemon http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx
- FileZilla http://filezilla-project.org/
- Hamster http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl
- HostsMan http://www.abelhadigital.com
- HTTrack Website Copier http://www.httrack.com
- K9 http://keir.net/k9.html
- Mailwasher http://www.mailwasher.net/home
- Miranda IM http://www.miranda-im.org
- MozBackup http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
- Mozilla Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
- Mozilla Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird
- Opera http://www.opera.com
- POP Peeper http://www.poppeeper.com/
- PuTTY http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
- SeaMonkey http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
- Skype http://c.skype.com/newtoskype
- TCP Optimizer (TCP/IP Optimizer) http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php
- µTorrent http://www.utorrent.com
- UltraVNC http://www.uvnc.com
- Winsock XP Fix
- Xnews http://xnews.newsguy.com/
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Multimedia
- 1by1 http://mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1.html
- Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net
- CDex http://cdexos.sourceforge.net
- DVD Flick http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick
- EAC (Exact Audio Copy) http://www.exactaudiocopy.de
- Foobar2000 http://www.foobar2000.org
- Media Player Classic http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli
- MP3Gain http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net
- mpTrim http://www.mptrim.com
- VLC media player http://www.videolan.org
- Winamp Classic http://www.winampheaven.net/
- XMedia Recode http://www.xmedia-recode.de
- XMPlay http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
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Office and Productivity
- AbiWord http://www.abisource.com/
- AMP Font Viewer http://www.ampsoft.net
- Calendar Magic http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
- Convert http://joshmadison.com/article/convert-for-windows
- CSVed http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/index.html
- dBworx http://www.plworx-software.com/index.html#iddbworx
- EclipseCrossword http://www.eclipsecrossword.com
- EssentialPIM (EPIM) http://www.essentialpim.com/?r=products&pr=essentialpim
- Foxit Reader http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
- Ghostscript http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost
- OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org/
- PDFCreator http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator
- PDF-XChange Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer/
- Scribus http://www.scribus.net/
- TinySpell http://tinyspell.m6.net
- TreePad Lite and TreePad Asia http://www.treepad.com/
- WordWeb http://wordweb.info/
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Security
- Avast! http://www.avast.com
- HijackThis http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/overview
- KeePass Password Safe http://keepass.info/index.html
- Kerio Personal Firewall [v2.1.5]
- Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal
- SoftPerfect Network Scanner http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner
- SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
- TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org
- Wireshark http://www.wireshark.org
- Zone Alarm http://www.zonelabs.com
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System Utilities
- Autoruns http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
- Bart's PE Builder http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
- Belarc Advisor http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
- CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) http://www.ccleaner.com
- CPU-Z http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
- CrystalDiskMark http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
- Cygwin http://cygwin.com
- Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT) http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
- Filemon http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx
- ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com
- Memtest86+ http://www.memtest.org/
- Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184924.aspx
- Microsoft Virtual PC (VPC) http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78095
- Neutron http://keir.net/neutron.html
- nLite http://www.nliteos.com
- Process Explorer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
- RegMon http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896652.aspx
- Revo Uninstaller http://www.revouninstaller.com
- SpeedFan http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
- System Information for Windows (SIW) http://www.gtopala.com/
- Take Command Console LE (light edition) http://jpsoft.com/tccledes.htm
- Tweak UI http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
- Ultimate Boot CD for Windows (UBCD4Win) http://www.ubcd4win.com
- USBDeview http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
- USBDLM http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html
- VirtualBox http://virtualbox.org
- WinDriversBackup Personal Edition http://www.jermar.com
- WinPatrol http://www.winpatrol.com
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Text Utilities
- ExamDiff http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
- metapad http://liquidninja.com/metapad
- Notepad++ http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net
- NoteTab Light http://www.notetab.com
- TED Notepad http://jsimlo.sk/notepad
- UnxUtils http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils
- WinMerge http://winmerge.org
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