Linux Softwares to Portable

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Can be run from a USB drive or other portable media without installation.

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AdiIRC

AdiIRC

Free

AdiIRC is a feature-rich and highly customizable free IRC client designed for both casual users and power users. It offers a portable experience, extensive customization options, and support for various IRC networks and protocols.

Highly customizable interface and themes.
Chat
Social & Communications
YACReader

YACReader

Open Source

YACReader is a comprehensive and user-friendly comic book and manga reader and manager for various platforms. It supports popular comic file formats like CBR, CBZ, ZIP, and RAR, offering a seamless reading experience and robust library organization tools.

Excellent support for major comic file formats.
Cross-platform
News & Books Photos & Graphics
Visual Paradigm

Visual Paradigm

Commercial

Visual Paradigm is a comprehensive modeling and design tool for software development, enterprise architecture, and business process analysis. It supports a wide range of diagramming notations including UML, BPMN, ERD, and more, facilitating code generation, reverse engineering, and team collaboration.

Extensive support for a wide range of modeling notations (UML, BPMN, ERD, etc.)
BPMN2 animation
Development
Mcomix

Mcomix

Open Source

MComix is a robust and highly customizable image viewer, specifically optimized for reading comic books and manga. It offers exceptional performance with large files while maintaining a user-friendly interface. Its feature set extends beyond basic image viewing, providing tools for organization and enhanced reading.

Excellent performance with large image files and comic archives.
Lightweight
News & Books Photos & Graphics
Valgrind

Valgrind

Open Source

Valgrind is a powerful, open-source instrumentation framework that allows developers to create dynamic analysis tools. It's most widely known and used for its collection of tools for debugging memory errors, detecting memory leaks, and profiling program performance.

Excellent at finding complex memory errors like use-after-free and uninitialized...
Memory analysis
Development OS & Utilities
BoxCryptor Classic

Boxcryptor Classic is a legacy client-side encryption tool designed specifically to secure data stored in cloud services like Dropbox. It provides a virtual drive that encrypts files before they are uploaded, ensuring sensitive data remains private even if the cloud provider is compromised.

Provides strong client-side encryption for Dropbox.
Dropbox integration
Security & Privacy
MilkyTracker

MilkyTracker

Open Source

MilkyTracker is a free, cross-platform music tracker inspired by FastTracker 2, designed for composing music in MOD and XM module formats. It's a powerful tool for creating chiptune, demoscene, and electronic music, offering precise control over sound and sequencing.

Excellent recreation of the FastTracker 2 workflow, ideal for veterans.
Mod-tracker
Audio & Music
Slax

Slax

Open Source

Slax is a remarkably lightweight and modular Live Linux distribution designed for portability. It runs directly from a USB drive or CD without requiring installation, making it ideal for rescue tasks, temporary workstations, or running on older hardware. Its building block approach allows users to easily customize its features.

Extremely portable, runs from USB/CD without installation.
Lightweight
OS & Utilities
WeeChat

WeeChat

Open Source

WeeChat is a highly customizable, free and open-source command-line based chat client. Designed for efficiency and portability, it supports multiple protocols including IRC and XMPP, making it a versatile tool for connecting to various networks.

Extremely lightweight and fast performance.
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Social & Communications
Textadept

Textadept

Open Source

Textadept is a powerful, free, and open-source text editor designed for programmers. Focusing on speed and extensibility, it offers a minimalist interface while providing robust features like syntax highlighting, code formatting, and a built-in terminal, all heavily customizable through Lua scripting.

Extremely lightweight and fast performance.
Command line interface
Development OS & Utilities
Groovesquid

Groovesquid

Open Source

Groovesquid was a Java-based application designed for discovering, streaming, and downloading music, primarily from Grooveshark, with additional media management capabilities.

Integrated multiple music services into one application.
Music downloader
Audio & Music
Nexuiz Classic

Nexuiz Classic

Open Source

Nexuiz Classic is a fast-paced, free and open-source arena first-person shooter that delivers intense multiplayer combat with a focus on classic deathmatch gameplay and a wide array of futuristic weaponry.

Free and Open Source
Collaborative
Games
Red Eclipse

Red Eclipse

Open Source

Red Eclipse is a fast-paced, free and open-source arena first-person shooter built on the Cube Engine 2. It emphasizes parkour-style movement and mutiplayer action across various game modes, offering a refreshing take on the genre with a sci-fi aesthetic.

Fast and fluid parkour-based movement system adds tactical depth.
First Person Shooter (FPS)
Games
Nestopia

Nestopia

Open Source

Nestopia is a highly accurate open-source emulator for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Famicom. Known for its stringent emulation standards, it provides a faithful recreation of the original hardware experience for classic gaming enthusiasts.

Highly accurate NES/Famicom hardware emulation.
Portable
Games
Ultimate Boot CD

Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) is a free bootable recovery CD/USB that consolidates numerous diagnostic, repair, and system maintenance tools into a single, easy-to-use interface. It's essential for troubleshooting, repairing, and restoring functionality to desktop and server systems facing various hardware and software issues.

Comprehensive collection of free diagnostic and repair tools.
Recover deleted files
OS & Utilities Security & Privacy
TextMaker

TextMaker

Freemium

TextMaker is a powerful and versatile word processor from SoftMaker, offered as part of the SoftMaker Office suite. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for creating and editing documents, with strong compatibility with Microsoft Word file formats. Ideal for users seeking a robust alternative to traditional word processors.

Excellent compatibility with Microsoft Word file formats (DOC/DOCX).
Compatible with Microsoft Office
Office & Productivity
K-3D

K-3D

Open Source

K-3D is a powerful and free 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software. It offers a flexible plugin-oriented architecture for creating complex 3D scenes and animations.

Free and open-source
Animation
Photos & Graphics
FreeArc

FreeArc

Open Source

FreeArc is a powerful, free, and open-source file archiver known for its high compression ratios and speed. It supports a wide range of formats and features strong encryption options. Despite being discontinued, it remains a viable choice for users prioritizing performance and open-source principles.

Achieves very high compression ratios.
File compression
File Management
SliTaz

SliTaz

Open Source

SliTaz GNU/Linux is an extraordinarily compact and fast GNU/Linux distribution, ideal for low-resource machines, older computers, and embedded systems. It's known for its tiny footprint, rapid boot times, and ability to run entirely from RAM, making it a superb Live CD/USB option.

Extremely fast booting and performance, even on older hardware.
Lightweight
OS & Utilities
Taskwarrior

Taskwarrior

Open Source

Taskwarrior is a powerful, open-source command-line task management tool designed for serious productivity enthusiasts. It provides a highly configurable and efficient way to track, prioritize, and manage your tasks directly from the terminal, supporting complex workflows like GTD.

Extremely fast task entry and manipulation via command line.
Command line interface
Office & Productivity OS & Utilities
VFront

VFront

Open Source

VFront is a powerful and open-source web-based front-end for managing various relational databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and MariaDB. It provides a user-friendly interface for performing database operations without needing command-line access.

Supports multiple popular databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB).
Database
Development
Hedgewars

Hedgewars

Open Source

Hedgewars is a free and open-source, turn-based artillery game featuring cute, pink hedgehogs battling with a variety of wacky weapons. It offers intense strategic combat, extensive customization, and multiplayer fun across diverse landscapes.

Completely free and open-source.
Multiplayer
Games
Instantbird

Instantbird

Open Source

Instantbird is a powerful, cross-platform instant messaging client built on Mozilla's XULRunner, leveraging the robust libpurple library from Pidgin. It supports a wide array of instant messaging protocols, offering a unified chat experience.

Supports a wide range of instant messaging protocols.
Multiple languages
Online Services Social & Communications
pandoc

pandoc

Open Source

Pandoc is a powerful command-line tool for converting documents between numerous markup formats, enabling seamless content transformation for writers, developers, and publishers. It's essential for workflows involving diverse document types, from markdown to PDF, HTML, LaTeX, and more.

Supports a massive number of document formats for both input and output.
Command line interface
Office & Productivity OS & Utilities
Oracle SQL Developer

Oracle SQL Developer is a free integrated development environment (IDE) that simplifies the development and management of Oracle databases. It provides a graphical user interface for working with SQL, PL/SQL, database administration, data modeling, reporting, and migration tasks.

Free to use with Oracle databases.
Database Management
Development Office & Productivity
JonDoFox

JonDoFox

Open Source

JonDoFox is a portable, preconfigured version of Firefox designed for anonymous web browsing. It integrates with the JonDonym anonymity network, offering enhanced privacy and security features to prevent tracking and fingerprinting.

Pre-configured for strong privacy and anonymity.
Anonymity
Security & Privacy
yWriter

yWriter

Free

yWriter is a free word processor designed specifically for novelists. It breaks down your manuscript into manageable chapters and scenes, providing tools for tracking characters, locations, items, and plot points, allowing you to focus on the creative process.

Specifically designed for novel writing workflow
Lightweight
News & Books Office & Productivity
TreeSheets

TreeSheets

Open Source

TreeSheets is a hierarchical data organizer and note-taking application that utilizes a unique tree-like grid structure to manage information in a highly visual and flexible manner. It supports various data types and offers features for brainstorming, list management, and spreadsheet-like organization within a unified interface.

Unique and flexible hierarchical grid structure.
Database
Office & Productivity
SuperCopier

SuperCopier

Open Source

SuperCopier is a robust file copy utility designed to replace the default Windows Explorer copy function, offering enhanced control, flexibility, and speed for managing file transfers.

Enhanced control over file copy operations (pause, resume, speed).
Copy & paste actions
File Management
Polycode

Polycode

Open Source

Polycode is a versatile, open-source framework for developing interactive applications, primarily focusing on 2D and 3D graphics. It provides a powerful feature set built on C++ with Lua scripting support, making it suitable for game development, simulations, and other creative coding projects across multiple platforms.

Powerful C++ core for performance.
OPENGL
Development Games
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