Useful Apps
7-Zip | WinRAR | NanaZip - File archivers, can pack and unpack many archive types such as 7z, rar, zip. NanaZip is a fork of 7-Zip with added functionality and better support for Windows 11.
Everything - Easily find files on your drives.
WizTree | SpaceSniffer - See exactly what’s taking up space on your drives.
Process Hacker - Helps monitor system resources, debug software and detect Malware, advanced version of Task Manager.
plugins-extra - Incomplete and potentially buggy plugins that are not included with Process Hacker by default.
pe-studio - Spots artifacts of executables in order to aid in Malware Analysis.
Cuckoo Sandbox - An advanced, extremely modular, and 100% FOSS automated Malware Analysis system.
GoodByeDPI & GoodByeDPI GUI | PowerTunnel & PowerTunnel for Android - Simple, scalable, cross-platform and effective solutions on Government blocked Websites. An alternative to using VPNs to unblock sites.
For GoodByeDPI GUI to work you will have to disable “Settings > Software Settings > Auto Check Updates” and relaunch the app.
qBittorrent | Deluge | Transmission - Free, Lightweight and open source Torrent Clients.
We do not recommend using µTorrent or BitTorrent, as it came bundled with Adware, Spyware, and Crypto-Miners in the past [1]^. In its current state, it’s Adware and Bloatware. We don’t recommend using µTorrent v2.2.1 either due to confirmed Security Exploits.
qBittorrent Enhanced Edition - A qBittorrent fork with enhanced privacy (IP filtering, auto-ban bots and copyright trolls, auto-update public trackers).
qBittorrent Guide - A guide for configuring qBittorrent.
IDM | JD2 | XDM | Motrix | FDM - Download Managers that can boost Download speeds. Motrix and FDM support Torrenting, XDM is best for capturing downloads from your Browser, and JD2 is best for downloading multiple files simultaneously.
Elephant - Adds YT-DLP support to FDM, meaning it can download from all these sites.
JDownloader 2 Guide - A guide for setting up JDownloader 2.
YT-DLP - Can download from over 1500 sites including: Crunchyroll, Funimation, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, PornHub and more. Link to all supported sites.
Maintained fork of the popular YouTube Downloader youtube-dl with more functionality.
Stacher - A modern YouTube Downloader, front-end/GUI for youtube-dl.
cobalt - Downloader that supports Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and more.
TubeDigger - Advanced Media Downloader, has wider support for capturing and downloading media.
Streamlink - Allows video streams from various services such as Twitch and Youtube into a video player, like VLC.
Actively maintained fork of the now inactive Livestreamer.
CompactGUI | Compactor - Transparently compresses games, programs and other folders with virtually no performance loss.
MegaKeep - Log into multiple mega.nz accounts to keep files from being deleted.
simplewall - Simple tool to configure the Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure Network Activity on your PC.
Text-Grab (Windows) | Frog (Linux) - Use OCR to grab and read text from images or unselectable text.
HashCheck | OpenHashTab & RapidCRC Unicode - Convenient and Efficient File Hash checkers and verifiers, they also integrate into Windows Shell.
KDE Connect - Powerful application to integrate your phone with your computer and vice-versa allowing sharing files and more.
Kdenlive - Open source free video editor.
OBS Studio - Open source application for streaming and recording.
Ventoy | Rufus - Tools to create bootable USB drives.