| App |
Short Desc |
URL |
Suggested Replacement |
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| Browsers: |
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| FireFox |
main |
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/ |
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| Chrome |
dev test |
https://www.google.com/chrome/ |
FireFox |
| Edge |
dev test |
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/ |
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| Vivaldi |
backup dev test |
https://vivaldi.com/ |
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Hardware: |
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| Headset Software: |
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| Corsair Icue |
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https://www.corsair.com/us/en/s/icue |
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| Steelseries Sonar |
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https://steelseries.com/gg/sonar |
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| Turtlebeach Swarm II |
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https://support.turtlebeach.com/s/downloads?language=en_US#/319/Swarm-II |
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| Logitech GHub |
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https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/software/ghub |
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Mouse/Keyboard Software: |
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| Logi Options+ |
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https://www.logitech.com/en-us/software/logi-options-plus |
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| Steelseries Sonar |
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https://steelseries.com/gg/sonar |
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Cam Software: |
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| OBSBot Center |
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https://www.obsbot.com/download/obsbot-meet-se |
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Printer Software: |
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| Canon Generic Plus UFR II |
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https://my.canon/en/support/0101227001 |
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VPN: |
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| CiscoAnyConnect VPN |
oec vpn |
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/anyconnect-secure-mobility-client/series.html |
| Azure VPN |
oec vpn |
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9np355qt2sqb?hl=en-US&gl=US |
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Docker: |
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| WSL2 |
container manager |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install |
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| Docker Desktop |
for wsl, ddev |
https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/ |
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| DDEV |
container tooling |
https://ddev.com/ |
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| LMStudio |
local AI when out of credits |
https://lmstudio.ai/ |
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| Podman |
container manager |
https://podman.io/ |
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| Rancher Desktop |
container manager |
https://rancherdesktop.io/ |
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IDEs |
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| JetBrains: |
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| JetBrians Toolbox |
updater, launcher |
https://www.jetbrains.com/toolbox-app/ |
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| PhpStorm |
php ide |
https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/ |
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| WebStorm |
nodejs ide |
https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/ |
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| Rider |
dotnet c# ide |
https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/ |
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| DataGrip |
mariabd, postgres, sqlsrv manager |
https://www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/ |
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| PyCharm |
python ide |
https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/ |
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Office 365: |
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| MS Teams |
chats, meetings |
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software |
Slack, Proton Meet |
| Outlook |
email |
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365 |
ThunderBird |
| Excel |
xlsx |
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365 |
LibreOffice |
| Word |
docx |
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365 |
LibreOffice |
| PowerPoint |
pptx |
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365 |
LibreOffice |
| OneDrive |
oec shared files |
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onedrive/online-cloud-storage |
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| LibreOffice |
when office fails |
https://www.libreoffice.org/ |
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| PDF-XChange Editor |
pdf viewer, editor |
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor |
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Database: |
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| NaviCat |
main db manager; mariabd, postgres, sqlsrv manager |
https://www.navicat.com/en/ |
DBeaver |
| SSMS |
sqlsrv manager |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ssms/ |
NaviCat |
| DBeaver |
mariabd, postgres, sqlsrv manager |
https://dbeaver.io/ |
NaviCat |
| HeidiSQL |
mariadb manager |
https://www.heidisql.com/ |
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| PgAdmin |
postgres manager |
https://www.pgadmin.org/ |
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Languages: |
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| PHP5.6 |
php |
https://www.php.net/ |
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| PHP7.2 |
php |
https://www.php.net/ |
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| PHP8.1 |
php |
https://www.php.net/ |
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| PVM |
manage php versions |
https://github.com/hjbdev/pvm |
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| NodeJS 14 |
node |
https://nodejs.org/en |
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| NodeJS 18 |
node |
https://nodejs.org/en |
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| NodeJS 20 |
node |
https://nodejs.org/en |
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| NodeJS 22 |
node |
https://nodejs.org/en |
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| NodeJS 24 |
node |
https://nodejs.org/en |
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| NVM |
manage node versions |
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm |
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| Dotnet 8 |
dotnet, c# |
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0 |
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| Dotnet 10 |
dotnet, c# |
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/10.0 |
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| Python 3.14 |
python |
https://www.python.org/downloads/ |
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| PyManager |
manage python versions |
https://www.python.org/downloads/release/pymanager-261/ |
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Utils: |
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| File: |
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| 7Zip |
compress, encrypt |
https://www.7-zip.org/ |
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| Everything |
quick search windows |
https://www.voidtools.com/ |
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| FreeFileSync |
backup files |
https://freefilesync.org/ |
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| grepWin |
grep code across repos, files |
https://tools.stefankueng.com/grepWin.html |
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| PeaZip |
compress, encrypt |
https://peazip.github.io/ |
7zip |
| WinDirStat |
find large files |
https://github.com/windirstat/windirstat |
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| WinMerge |
diff files external to ide |
https://winmerge.org/downloads/?lang=en |
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| wiztree |
find large files |
https://www.diskanalyzer.com/ |
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Multimedia: |
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| Audacity |
audio recorder, test microphone |
https://www.audacityteam.org/ |
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| AviDemux |
simple video frame editor |
https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/ |
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| foobar2000 |
audio player |
https://www.foobar2000.org/ |
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| HandBrake |
reduce video sizes |
https://handbrake.fr/ |
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| Image Glass |
image viewer |
https://imageglass.org/ |
IrfanView |
| IrfanView |
image viewer |
https://www.irfanview.com/ |
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| Krita |
graphics editor |
https://krita.org/en/ |
paint.net |
| OBStudio |
record screen |
https://obsproject.com/ |
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| paint.net |
graphics editor |
https://www.getpaint.net/ |
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| VLC |
video player |
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ |
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Dev: |
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| Git for Windows |
git |
https://git-scm.com/about |
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| insomnia |
api testing |
https://github.com/Kong/insomnia |
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| KeePass2 |
local password manager |
https://keepass.info/index.html |
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| mRemoteNG |
tabbed ssh putty |
https://github.com/mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG |
tabby |
| NetBeans |
edit large gigabyte files |
https://netbeans.apache.org/front/main/index.html |
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| Notepad++ |
light text editor |
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ |
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| Postman |
api testing |
https://www.postman.com/ |
insomnia |
| putty |
generate ssh keys,manage putty sessions, so can update mRemoteNG putty |
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html |
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| Remmina |
tabbed connection manager |
https://remmina.org/ |
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| ShareX |
screen captures |
https://getsharex.com/ |
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| tabby |
tabbed ssh |
https://tabby.sh/ |
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| Windows Terminal |
windows term |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/ |
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| WinSCP |
sftp files |
https://winscp.net/eng/index.php |
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Utility: |
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| CCleaner |
remove temp, cache files; manage startup programs |
https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner |
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| CurrPorts |
ports running/blocked |
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html |
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| EarTrumpet |
manage audio sources, mixer |
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh516xp?hl=en-US&gl=US |
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| MalwareBytes |
scan for adware |
https://www.malwarebytes.com/ |
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| OOAPB |
uninstall mstore apps |
https://www.oo-software.com/en/ooappbuster |
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| OOSU10 |
increase privacy, reduce telemetry |
https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 |
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| PowerToys |
windows usability |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ |
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| Process Explorer |
process viewer |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer |
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| Process Monitor |
file/process monitor |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmon |
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| simplewall |
firewall |
https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall |
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| SoundSwitch |
manage audio sources |
https://github.com/Belphemur/SoundSwitch |
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| SpeedCrunch |
calculator |
https://heldercorreia.bitbucket.io/speedcrunch/ |
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| SystemTrayMenu |
simpler menu launcher |
https://github.com/Hofknecht/SystemTrayMenu |
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| UniGet |
update apps |
https://github.com/Devolutions/UniGetUI |
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| VSCode |
code editor, backup |
https://code.visualstudio.com/ |
JetBrains |
| VSCodium |
open source vscode, backup |
https://vscodium.com/ |
JetBrains |
| Winaero Tweaker |
customize windows |
https://winaerotweaker.com/ |
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