Portable Apps
Friday, January 4, 2008
Free Portable Applications List
All of the following applications can be run from your USB flash drive.
All-in-one Applications
AccessApps - over 50 assistive technology applications
FSuite - useful free open source software applications packaged for Mac OSX
LiberKey - groups 264 applications
PortableApps Suite - complete collection of portable apps
WinPenPack - free software, modified to run from a USB drive
Antivirus
ClamWin Portable - antivirus software
MWAV - antivirus software and network monitor
Audio
Audacity Portable - audio editor/recorder
Balabolka - Text to speech program
BonkEnc Portable - extract, convert, and encode audio
CoolPlayer+ Portable - lightweight audio player
Screamer Radio - free Internet radio
Wavosaur - sound/audio/wav recorder & editor
Browsers
Avant Browser - web browser
Chrome Portable - chrome web browser
Mozilla Firefox - web browser
Opera USB - surf the web, write emails, use IRC
Qt Web Browser - compact, portable and secure web browser
Sleipnir Portable - highly customizable browser
Clipboard Managers
Ditto - clipboard manager stores items for later use
CD/DVD Burners
CDBurnerXP - burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs
DeepBurner - powerful CD and DVD burning package
InfraRecorder - CD/DVD burning program
Desk Top Publilshing
Scribus - professional desk top publishing program
Games
Jooleem Portable - addictive marble puzzle game
Mines-Perfect Portable - mines game with all features
Sudoku Portable - the wildly popular and addictive puzzle game
Graphics/Image Editing
AndreaMosaic - mosaic creator
GimPhoto - image editor similar to photoshop
GIMP Portable - photo/image editor
Hornil StylePix - image editing
Inkscape OSX - scalable vector graphics editor
Irfanview - very fast, small, compact, innovative graphics viewer
Lightscreen Portable - screencapture application
Picture Resizer - resize JPG images
Photophant - batch image resizer
unFREEz - animated gif creator
Xnview Portable - crop, view & convert graphic files
Internet
FileZilla Portable - full-featured FTP client
Free Portable Virtual Privacy Machine - complete portable virtual Linux machine with privacy-enabled Open Source Internet applications
Miranda IM Portable - chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users
Mozilla Sunbird - calendar application
Mozilla Thunderbird - desktop based email client
NFReader - feed reader (RSS, Atom and RDF feeds)
Pidgin Portable - instant messaging client (formerly Gaim)
PuTTY Portable - lightweight telnet and SSH client
Skype Portable - use skype from your USB drive
Webaroo - download web sites and access them from any USB drive
WinSCP Portable - SFTP, FTP and SCP client
Xampp Portable - integrated server package of Apache, mySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin
Learning
Anki - portable intellegent flashcards
Converber - converts everything from length and force to flow and temperature
eCalc - portable calculator
ESBCalc - scientific calculator
ESBUnitConv - unit converter
Lingoes - dictionary and translation
RedCrab Calculator - scientific calculator
tinySpell - spellchecker for windows applications
Media Players
VLC Media Player Portable - media player that plays most audio and video formats
Winamp Lite - media player
Notes and Sticky Notes Managers
CintaNotes - personal notes manager
Hott Notes - sticky notes application
PNotes - sticky notes manager
StoneNotes - personal notes manager & wiki
Tiddly Backpack - a portable personal wiki that looks great
TiddlyWiki - a reusable non-linear personal web notebook
Office
AbiWord - lightweight word processor
dotReader - eBook reader
GnuCash Portable - accounting and financial management
Gnumeric Portable - spreadsheet program
Jarte - simple word processor
OpenOffice - complete office suite
SSuite Portable - fully portable Office Suite - 13 MB download
VirtuaWin - organize applications over several virtual desktops
Operating Systems
Mac-on-Stick - portable version of Mac OS Classic 7
Puppy Linux - a small, fast operating system
Server2Go - webserver that runs without any installation
Slax - portable, modern, small and fast Linux operating system
Sugar on a Stick - learning platform for children 5-12yrs
Password Manager
Flying Bit Password Keeper - secure password manager
KeePass Password Safe Portable - secure password manager
StickyPassword - password manager and form filler
PDF Readers/Applications
Foxit PDF Viewer - a small and fast PDF viewer
PDFTK Builder Portable - split, collate, watermark and password protect PDFs
PDF-XChange - feature rich PDF reader
Sumatra PDF Portable - a lightweight PDF viewer
Personal Information Managers
EssentialPIM - personal organiser
Treepad Lite - personal organiser
Text Editors
MoonEdit - multiuser text editor
Notepad++ Portable - text editor
Q10 - text editor
Typing Tutorials
RapidTyping - touch typing tutor
Utilities/Applications
7-Zip Portable - file archiver/compressor
Appetizer - application launcher/dock
CCleaner - removes unused files and cleans traces of online activities such as Internet history
Defraggler - defrag individual files
Eraser Portable - delete files/data securely
FCleaner - all-in-one Windows disk and registry cleaning and optimization tool
GSplit Portable - split large files into smaller pieces
HJSplit - File splitter and joiner
IObit Toolkit - monitor & manage computer problems
MojoPac Freedom - desktop virtualization
muCommander - lightweight file manager
On-Screen Keyboard - bring your settings for Windows' built-in On-Screen Keyboard with you
PeaZip - archiving utility
Picofactory - assorted utilities
PMeter - colour picker and desktop ruler
RarZilla Free Unrar Portable - decompression tool for RAR-archives
SyncToy 2.0 Beta - helps you copy, move, rename, delete files between folders & computers
System and Security Tools - security utilities
Toucan - backup, sync and encrypt - advanced users
TrueCrypt - disk encryption software
USB Flash Drive Manager - backup and restore data from your USB drive
USB Safeguard - data encryption for removable pen drives
Virtual Magnifying Glass - a screen magnifier
WinMerge - visual text file differencing and merging tool
Video
MPlayer Portable - movie player supporting many video formats
VirtualDub Portable - video processing/capture utility
Web Authoring
KompoZer Portable - webpage editor
NoteTab Lite - text and code-based HTML editor.
Nvu Portable Portable - webpage editor (no longer being updated)
Zoundry Raven - WYSIWYG blog editor
Web Conference
Mikogo - create meetings and share screens
