List of free Windows apps that I consider to be best in terms of cost, ease of use and visual appearance. They may not be the best in terms of how many features they have, but how convenient they are for daily use.
Internet
Security
- Antivirus: Kaspersky Cloud Antivirus Free
Office
- Compression/archiving tool: 7-Zip | PeaZip
- Office documents editor: LibreOffice | OnlyOffice
- Portable applications (platform+many apps): PortableApps
General multimedia
- Lossless file size optimization tool: FileOptimizer
- Multimedia converter: Format Factory
- Icon editor: IcoFX 1.6.4 (Last freeware)
- CD/DVD burning software: BurnAware Free
Images
- Image editor: Paint.NET | GIMP
- HDR image maker: AutoHDR
- Show differences between two images: DiffImg
- Find duplicate images based on image content: DupDetector
- Search for images based on content/rough sketch: ImgSeek
Music/Audio
- Music player: MusicBee
- Audio converter: TEncoder Audio Converter
- MP3 Tag Editor: MP3 Tag
- Lossless MP3 volume/gain adjustment: MP3 Gain
- Lossless MP3 cutting/editing: mp3DirectCut
- Audio cutting/editing: Audacity
Video
- Video player: MPC-HC
- Video converter: TEncoder Video Converter
- Video editor: Shotcut | OpenShot
- MKV/Matroska video editor: MKV Toolnix
System
- Driver updater: Snappy Driver Installer (SDI)
- Safest disk/registry cleaner: CCleaner
- Disk Cleaner: Wise Disk Cleaner
- Registry Cleaner: Wise Registry Cleaner
- Registry finder (and cleaner): Auslogics Registry Cleaner
- HDD/SSD health monitoring tool: Crystal Disk Info
- Partition manager: MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Portable (No installation)
Misc
- Bittorrent P2P: qBittorent
- Emulate automatic mouse clicking: Free Mouse Clicker | AutoClicker
- Schedule system shutdowns/restarts: Simple Shutdown | Airytec Switch Off
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