Best Windows Apps and Services

Handpicked collection of the most popular and highly-rated Windows applications

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elasticsearch

elasticsearch

Open Source

Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine designed for horizontal scalability, reliability, and easy management. It efficiently stores, searches, and analyzes large volumes of data in near real time.

Excellent full-text search capabilities.
Java
Development
PDF Studio

PDF Studio

Commercial

PDF Studio is a powerful, all-in-one PDF editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It provides comprehensive tools for viewing, creating, editing, securing, and reviewing PDF documents, serving professionals and individuals alike with robust features for managing their digital documents efficiently.

Comprehensive feature set rivals more expensive options.
Batch processing
Backup & Sync File Management Office & Productivity
Mark Text

Mark Text

Open Source

Mark Text is an open-source, simple, and elegant Markdown editor. It provides a unique writing experience by combining the benefits of both Markdown's plain text format and a live preview, making it a powerful yet user-friendly tool for writers, developers, and anyone who needs to write in Markdown.

Real-time visual Markdown preview (WYSIWYG).
Built-in themes
Aseprite

Aseprite

Freemium

Aseprite is a dedicated pixel art and animated sprite editor, offering a comprehensive suite of tools for creating illustrations, animations, and game graphics with a retro aesthetic. It's favored by artists and game developers for its intuitive workflow tailored specifically for pixel-based art.

Excellent dedicated feature set for pixel art and animation.
Support for Layers
Photos & Graphics
SmartSHOW 3D

SmartSHOW 3D

Commercial

SmartSHOW 3D is a powerful slideshow maker that allows users to create stunning photo and video presentations with professional 3D effects, animations, and titles. It offers a wide range of tools for both beginners and experienced creators.

Extensive 3D effects and animation capabilities.
3d animation
Audio & Music
Sunbird

Sunbird

Open Source

Sunbird was a standalone calendar application and also a Firefox extension developed by Mozilla, designed for managing events, tasks, and calendar synchronization. It aimed to provide a free and open-source solution for personal and professional scheduling needs.

Free and Open Source
CalDAV
Office & Productivity
Proxifier

Proxifier

Commercial

Proxifier is a powerful network tool that allows applications not natively supporting proxy servers to route their network connections through HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS v4, v4A, and v5 proxies. It's essential for enhancing privacy, bypassing firewalls, or accessing geo-restricted content.

Forces any application to use a proxy.
Network Tools
Network & Admin Security & Privacy
Circuit Simulator

Circuit Simulator

Open Source

Circuit Simulator is a free, browser-based electron circuit simulator ideal for education and quick prototyping.

Highly accessible via web browser
Browser based
Education & Reference
PPSSPP

PPSSPP

Open Source

PPSSPP is a powerful, open-source emulator allowing users to play their favorite Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) games on a wide variety of devices. It focuses on providing a high-quality gaming experience with enhanced graphics and performance.

Excellent game compatibility with the PSP library.
Jailbreak required
Gaming Software
Olive Video Editor

Olive Video Editor

Open Source

Olive Video Editor is a powerful, open-source, non-linear video editor designed for professionals and enthusiasts alike. It offers a robust set of tools for cutting, merging, color grading, and applying effects, all within a intuitive interface. Being cross-platform and ad-free makes it a compelling alternative to commercial software.

Free and Open-Source
Audio Editing
Audio & Music Video & Movies
Best Free Keylogger

Monitor computer activity with Best Free Keylogger, a robust, no-cost software solution for tracking keystrokes, application usage, and taking screenshots. Ideal for supervising children's online behavior or monitoring employee productivity on company-owned devices, offering essential monitoring capabilities without a price tag.

Completely free to use with no hidden costs.
Keylogger
Station

Station

Freemium

Station is a powerful, open-source application aggregator and web browser designed to streamline access to all your web services in one unified interface. It provides a dedicated workspace for productivity, integrating messaging, project management, email, and other web apps.

Consolidates multiple web applications into one interface.
Ad-free
OS & Utilities Social & Communications Web Browsers
Tabs Outliner

Tabs Outliner

Freemium

Tabs Outliner is a powerful Chrome extension designed to manage and organize your browser tabs and windows in a hierarchical, tree-like structure. It acts as a comprehensive session manager, allowing you to save, restore, and organize your browsing sessions efficiently. This tool is ideal for users who frequently have many tabs open and need a better way to keep track of them, reduce clutter, and improve productivity.

Excellent visual organization with tree structure
Automatic Backup
Office & Productivity OS & Utilities
MobaXterm

MobaXterm

Freemium

MobaXterm is a versatile, portable terminal for Windows, packing an enhanced X server and a suite of network tools like SSH, RDP, VNC, and Telnet into a single executable. It offers a tabbed interface and includes built-in Unix commands, file transfer capabilities, and session management.

All-in-one tool reducing need for multiple applications.
Windows Explorer integration
Network & Admin OS & Utilities
MediaMonkey

MediaMonkey

Freemium

MediaMonkey is a comprehensive music manager and audio player designed for serious music collectors. It organizes extensive music libraries, plays various audio formats, syncs with devices, converts audio and video, manages tags, and includes tools for ripping and burning CDs and DVDs. It is ideal for users with large and diverse media collections.

Excellent for managing large music and video libraries.
Automatic file renaming
Audio & Music CD/DVD Tools Video & Movies
Miro

Miro

Commercial

Miro is a leading online collaborative whiteboard platform designed for cross-functional teams to brainstorm, plan, and visualize ideas together in a flexible and infinite digital workspace. It offers a vast array of templates and tools to support various workflows, from agile planning to design thinking.

Infinite canvas provides unlimited space for ideas.
Brainstorming
Business & Commerce Development Office & Productivity Remote Work & Education
wxSVG

wxSVG

Open Source

wxSVG is a powerful C++ library designed to enable developers to create, manipulate, and render Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. Leveraging the robust wxWidgets toolkit, it provides a clean and comprehensive API for integrating high-quality SVG support into cross-platform desktop applications. Ideal for projects requiring vector graphics capabilities without relying on external rendering engines.

Tight integration with wxWidgets for seamless development.
SVG Support
Development Education & Reference Photos & Graphics
Liquid Music

Liquid Music

Commercial

Liquid Music by WaveDNA is an innovative software plugin designed to revolutionize music composition. Utilizing advanced algorithms and creative tools, it assists musicians, producers, and composers in generating fresh musical ideas, chord progressions, melodies, and basslines.

Excellent for generating new musical ideas and overcoming creative blocks.
Music Composer
Audio & Music
1by1

1by1

Free

1by1 is a remarkably small and fast audio player designed for direct folder playback. It's portable, requires no installation, and efficiently manages large music collections without needing a dedicated library database. Ideal for users seeking performance and simplicity.

Extremely fast startup and low resource usage.
Lightweight
Audio & Music
Virtual PC

Virtual PC

Free

Virtual PC is a discontinued free virtualization software developed by Microsoft, allowing users to create and run virtual machines on their Windows operating systems. It primarily supported running older versions of Windows and some Linux distributions within a virtual environment.

Free to use during its active lifecycle.
Operating system
Network & Admin OS & Utilities
NordVPN

NordVPN

Commercial

NordVPN is a leading Virtual Private Network (VPN) service that provides robust online security and privacy. It encrypts your internet connection, allowing you to browse the web anonymously and securely, protecting your data from snoopers, ISPs, and cyber threats.

Strong encryption and security features including Double VPN and Obfuscated Serv...
Anonymity
File Sharing Security & Privacy
RaiDrive

RaiDrive

Freemium

RaiDrive is a robust cloud storage management solution for Windows, allowing users to mount cloud drives like Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and more as network drives. This integration offers seamless access to cloud files directly from File Explorer, simplifying file management, streaming, and synchronization without occupying local disk space.

Mounts multiple cloud services as network drives for easy access.
Android Sync
Backup & Sync File Sharing Video & Movies
Polar

Polar

Open Source

Polar is a powerful desktop application designed to serve as an integrated reading environment. It allows users to actively read, annotate PDFs and web pages, create flashcards for spaced repetition learning, organize their digital library, and track their reading and learning progress. It's built for focused and deep engagement with digital content.

Excellent features for active reading and annotation on PDFs and captured web pa...
Capture web pages
News & Books Web Browsers
AVS Video Editor

AVS Video Editor

Commercial

AVS Video Editor is a user-friendly video editing software designed for a wide range of users, from beginners to experienced creators. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for editing, enhancing, and producing high-quality videos, supporting various video formats and providing numerous creative effects and transitions.

User-friendly interface suitable for all skill levels.
Add image
CD/DVD Tools Video & Movies
VSCodium

VSCodium

Open Source

VSCodium is a community-driven, freely licensed distribution of Microsoft's VS Code editor. It removes proprietary telemetry and tracking, providing a truly open-source alternative for developers who prioritize privacy and freedom.

Completely free and open source
Automatic Indentation
Development
RankHacker.com

RankHacker.com

Commercial

RankHacker.com is a comprehensive online SEO platform designed to automate and streamline vital search engine optimization tasks. It offers tools for competitive analysis, detailed keyword research, content optimization, and performance tracking, empowering businesses and marketers to improve their search engine rankings and organic traffic.

Consolidates multiple SEO tools into a single platform.
Competitive Analysis
Jellyfin

Jellyfin

Open Source

Jellyfin is a free and open-source media server that allows you to manage and stream your personal media library (movies, TV shows, music, photos) to any device in your home or remotely. It provides a powerful and flexible platform for accessing your content.

Completely free and open source with no hidden costs.
Ad-free
... Audio & Music Video & Movies
Awes.io

Awes.io

Open Source

Awes.io is an open-source web ecosystem built on modern technologies like Nuxt/Vue and Laravel. It provides a robust foundation for rapidly developing Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) and scaling them into comprehensive web applications, including admin panels, CMS, and CRM systems.

Accelerates development with pre-built components and structure.
Based on Laravel
Business & Commerce
Radmin VPN

Radmin VPN

Free

Radmin VPN is a free and user-friendly software solution that creates a virtual private network (VPN) allowing users to securely connect computers over the internet, effectively simulating a local area network (LAN). It is particularly popular among gamers for easy multiplayer setup and for remote access to shared resources.

Free and easy to use.
Built-in VPN
File Sharing Gaming Software Network & Admin Remote Work & Education Security & Privacy
Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Writer is a feature-rich, discontinued desktop blog editor from Microsoft, designed to streamline the process of creating and publishing blog posts across various platforms with a WYSIWYG interface.

Provides a rich, desktop-based writing and editing environment.
Blog editor
Development Social & Communications
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Recently Added Windows Apps and Services

Latest additions to our Windows software collection

elasticsearch

elasticsearch

Open Source

Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine designed for horizontal scalability, reliability, and easy management. It efficiently stores, searches, and analyzes large volumes of data in near real time.

Excellent full-text search capabilities.
Java
Development
PDF Studio

PDF Studio

Commercial

PDF Studio is a powerful, all-in-one PDF editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It provides comprehensive tools for viewing, creating, editing, securing, and reviewing PDF documents, serving professionals and individuals alike with robust features for managing their digital documents efficiently.

Comprehensive feature set rivals more expensive options.
Batch processing
Backup & Sync File Management Office & Productivity
Mark Text

Mark Text

Open Source

Mark Text is an open-source, simple, and elegant Markdown editor. It provides a unique writing experience by combining the benefits of both Markdown's plain text format and a live preview, making it a powerful yet user-friendly tool for writers, developers, and anyone who needs to write in Markdown.

Real-time visual Markdown preview (WYSIWYG).
Built-in themes
Aseprite

Aseprite

Freemium

Aseprite is a dedicated pixel art and animated sprite editor, offering a comprehensive suite of tools for creating illustrations, animations, and game graphics with a retro aesthetic. It's favored by artists and game developers for its intuitive workflow tailored specifically for pixel-based art.

Excellent dedicated feature set for pixel art and animation.
Support for Layers
Photos & Graphics
SmartSHOW 3D

SmartSHOW 3D

Commercial

SmartSHOW 3D is a powerful slideshow maker that allows users to create stunning photo and video presentations with professional 3D effects, animations, and titles. It offers a wide range of tools for both beginners and experienced creators.

Extensive 3D effects and animation capabilities.
3d animation
Audio & Music
Sunbird

Sunbird

Open Source

Sunbird was a standalone calendar application and also a Firefox extension developed by Mozilla, designed for managing events, tasks, and calendar synchronization. It aimed to provide a free and open-source solution for personal and professional scheduling needs.

Free and Open Source
CalDAV
Office & Productivity
Proxifier

Proxifier

Commercial

Proxifier is a powerful network tool that allows applications not natively supporting proxy servers to route their network connections through HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS v4, v4A, and v5 proxies. It's essential for enhancing privacy, bypassing firewalls, or accessing geo-restricted content.

Forces any application to use a proxy.
Network Tools
Network & Admin Security & Privacy
Circuit Simulator

Circuit Simulator

Open Source

Circuit Simulator is a free, browser-based electron circuit simulator ideal for education and quick prototyping.

Highly accessible via web browser
Browser based
Education & Reference
PPSSPP

PPSSPP

Open Source

PPSSPP is a powerful, open-source emulator allowing users to play their favorite Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) games on a wide variety of devices. It focuses on providing a high-quality gaming experience with enhanced graphics and performance.

Excellent game compatibility with the PSP library.
Jailbreak required
Gaming Software
Olive Video Editor

Olive Video Editor

Open Source

Olive Video Editor is a powerful, open-source, non-linear video editor designed for professionals and enthusiasts alike. It offers a robust set of tools for cutting, merging, color grading, and applying effects, all within a intuitive interface. Being cross-platform and ad-free makes it a compelling alternative to commercial software.