FREE SOFTWARE: (ALL FREE)
3D Screen Creator(~2MB)
I'm Vista!
Powerful screensaver creator that can be user to create both 2D and 3D screensavers. You can import a variety of different objects (see pic) and use the timeline feature to sort how they are viewed on screen. Supports both fog and MP3 music. Output is a ready to use screensaver or program (with optional installation wizard). No programming required.
Free for commercial and non-commercial use.
Free for commercial and non-commercial use.
Advanced Diary 1.2(2.8MB)[DIRECT DOWNLOAD]
Simple and elegant
Simple and elegant program for those who like to keep a digital diary.
(click pic)
Note:
This is the last known free version of this program.
(click pic)
Note:
This is the last known free version of this program.
Alchemy (~4MB)
Creativity in a box?
There are many paint programs out there, but this program isn't one of them. Alchemy is an artist's playground, a creative workshop where ideas can be born out of thin air. What makes Alchemy different is that while user controls the brush the results will often be something completely different and unexpected, it contains a number of unique 'brushes' that include one that draws according to the sound that is picked up by the user's microphone. Some 'brushes' draw random scribbles on the canvas and others allow you to draw 'blind'. Alchemy is magic!
"Alchemy is an open drawing project aimed at exploring how we can sketch, draw, and create on computers in new ways. Alchemy isn’t software for creating finished artwork, but rather a sketching environment that focuses on the absolute initial stage of the creation process. Experimental in nature, Alchemy lets you brainstorm visually to explore an expanded range of ideas and possibilities in a serendipitous way. " (From Developer's website)
Alchemy requires the Java Runtime Environment version 1.5 or above.
"Alchemy is an open drawing project aimed at exploring how we can sketch, draw, and create on computers in new ways. Alchemy isn’t software for creating finished artwork, but rather a sketching environment that focuses on the absolute initial stage of the creation process. Experimental in nature, Alchemy lets you brainstorm visually to explore an expanded range of ideas and possibilities in a serendipitous way. " (From Developer's website)
Alchemy requires the Java Runtime Environment version 1.5 or above.
Cash Register(aka DHPOS)(~3MB)
Ultimate DOS based cash register
Powerful yet surprisingly easy to use DOS based Point Of Sale Software. With this program you can turn virtually any windows based computer into a complete electronic cash register (minus the hardware of course). It has many features and can be used for small, medium and even large establishments! (pic from site) Also commonly called DHPOS (Dale Harris POS) after the creator of the program.
CuteHTML LE(385KB)[DIRECT DOWNLOAD]
Simple HTML editor with auto-tagging and color to hex converter.
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Note:
1.CuteHTML LE is the free version of CuteHTML created by globalscape and comes bundled with the demo of CuteFTP
2.Repacked to save space.
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Note:
1.CuteHTML LE is the free version of CuteHTML created by globalscape and comes bundled with the demo of CuteFTP
2.Repacked to save space.
DigiMakeup (5.28MB)
Megan Fox is a Vampire!
Simple yet effective program to add makeup to photos. You can add lipstick, lip gloss, eye shadow, rouge, lip pencil, and eye liner to facial images, changing hair color is also possible but more difficult. Its is also possible to remove skin problems like blemishes with a little work.
Note:
1. This program is very basic (it only has 1 brush!) and is not intended as a replacement for more powerful programs like Photoshop.
2. The accompanied documentation refers to the program as a demo. It is not and all functions are enabled (ie saving)
3. Free for non-commercial use only.
Note:
1. This program is very basic (it only has 1 brush!) and is not intended as a replacement for more powerful programs like Photoshop.
2. The accompanied documentation refers to the program as a demo. It is not and all functions are enabled (ie saving)
3. Free for non-commercial use only.
Disk Space Fan (2MB) FREE VERSION*
Elegant file management
Sooner or later your hard drive will get full which often means having to rummage through your hard drive(s) trying to find files to delete and/or backup. This is often a laborious, time consuming job that can often lead to frustration. But there's a simple solution:Disk Space Fan!. With this very easy to use tool you can see at a glance what is taking so much space! You can pick a hard drive , CD/DVD drive,folder and even a network path to scan and the results are displayed in an elegant pie chart with many options! (pic from site)
*Note The free version of Disk Space Fan has some limitations.
You can also try a similar tool to Disk Space Fan called Scanner by Steffan Gerlach
*Note The free version of Disk Space Fan has some limitations.
You can also try a similar tool to Disk Space Fan called Scanner by Steffan Gerlach
Ebook Builder(850KB)[direct download]
Simple ebook creation tool. You can create a large number of chapters and pages.
Features:
Note:
Doesn't support pictures, only text.
No built-in spellchecker.
Author's website (Blaiz Enterprises) is now more or less defunct.
Features:
- Passwords protection
- Output is a standalone program that can be edited with ebook builder.
- Change the colors of chapters, pages, etc
- Import text in both text (*.txt) and rich text format (*.rtf)
Note:
Doesn't support pictures, only text.
No built-in spellchecker.
Author's website (Blaiz Enterprises) is now more or less defunct.
ERUNT(~800KB) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR WINDOWS USERS
Essential for windows users, click pic
ERUNT is a very easy to use registry backup tool. The registry is a core component of all windows system and is updated whenever you make system wide changes like when you install a program. But the registry is also very vulnerable and can be easily corrupted if a program crashes while using the registry. ERUNT can be used to create backup copies of the whole registry which can then be restored using the provided restore program. It is so powerful that you can technically disable system restore and your computer will be fine. Tools like the regedit program (built into windows) are not very good because the backup created with it will not completely replace the windows registry but rather merges with it often creating more problems.
ERUNT creates a complete backup of the Windows registry that will completely replace the existing registry. Note that you must make backups in order to use the restore feature, and make them often. Make sure that if you make an important change to windows like installing new graphics card drivers or installing suspicious programs that you backup before with ERUNT so that you can restore later on if things go south.
You can even restore the registry if windows doesn't load (make sure to see the read me on how to do that). And if you are in the lucky (or unlucky ) situation of reinstalling(or installing) windows make sure you create a backup with ERUNT just before you install any extra software and after you install the main software you use. These will be very valuable if you computer has problems that the most recent backups made by ERUNT can't fix.
To restore using ERUNT(after you made a backup of course) just type ERDNT in the run dialog box open the most recent folder and click the ERDNT.exe program (in green) and click OK at the message and you are done, although you will have to restart your computer to make the change. Works with windows 2000 and above.
ERUNT creates a complete backup of the Windows registry that will completely replace the existing registry. Note that you must make backups in order to use the restore feature, and make them often. Make sure that if you make an important change to windows like installing new graphics card drivers or installing suspicious programs that you backup before with ERUNT so that you can restore later on if things go south.
You can even restore the registry if windows doesn't load (make sure to see the read me on how to do that). And if you are in the lucky (or unlucky ) situation of reinstalling(or installing) windows make sure you create a backup with ERUNT just before you install any extra software and after you install the main software you use. These will be very valuable if you computer has problems that the most recent backups made by ERUNT can't fix.
To restore using ERUNT(after you made a backup of course) just type ERDNT in the run dialog box open the most recent folder and click the ERDNT.exe program (in green) and click OK at the message and you are done, although you will have to restart your computer to make the change. Works with windows 2000 and above.
Giotto (8.2MB) NOW FREE[W]
Giotto is a free alternative to programs like Adobe Flash for creating 2D flash based content such as banners, animations and even games! Although focused on allowing users to create flash based animations without coding, it fully supports ActionScript 2.0. It comes variety of features like shape animation, shape morphing and more.
ImgBurn(~5MB)
Compact but feature rich CD/DVD burning software. Its easy to use for everyday work but advanced users will appreciate the extra features.
"It's a very flexible application with several advanced features that are often lacking in other tools, especially when it comes to burning DVD Video discs. It supports all the latest drives without the need for updates (including booktype / bitsetting / advanced settings on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, LG, NEC, Optiarc, Pioneer, Plextor, Samsung, Sony)." (From site, pic from site) It even plays a sound when you have finished burning a CD/DVD!
"It's a very flexible application with several advanced features that are often lacking in other tools, especially when it comes to burning DVD Video discs. It supports all the latest drives without the need for updates (including booktype / bitsetting / advanced settings on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, LG, NEC, Optiarc, Pioneer, Plextor, Samsung, Sony)." (From site, pic from site) It even plays a sound when you have finished burning a CD/DVD!
IrfanView(2MB for main program+9MB for optional plugins)
The Swiss army knife for images. Irfanview is a Thumbnail viewer, image editor, screensaver maker and supports many formats. It also supports Adobe Photoshop plug-ins (*.8bf), batch image editing,extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs, identify images with wrong extensions and burning images to cds\dvds (I'm getting tired just listing the features!)
Note:Optional Plugins (~9MB) may need to be downloaded to support the additional formats. Its free for non-commercial use.
Note:Optional Plugins (~9MB) may need to be downloaded to support the additional formats. Its free for non-commercial use.
Kingsoft Office(~37MB)
Good overall application suite. There are free alternative like the excellent Open Office suite that has everything you will probably ever need and then some. But we also have something like Kingsoft's office suite, just the basics, a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation program all compatible with Microsoft office equivalents and with a file size of around 40MB it really does look tempting, just download and see for yourself.
Note:
1.This is the free version, the commercial version has more features.
2.Kingsoft office may add a task to windows scheduled tasks, it is used to check for updates on the internet. Read more here. If you don't want to allow the program to update itself automatically then you can delete the task in Scheduled Tasks and delete the program that creates the job (wpsupdate.exe is located in the Program Files\Kingsoft\Kingsoft Office\office6 folder)
Note:
1.This is the free version, the commercial version has more features.
2.Kingsoft office may add a task to windows scheduled tasks, it is used to check for updates on the internet. Read more here. If you don't want to allow the program to update itself automatically then you can delete the task in Scheduled Tasks and delete the program that creates the job (wpsupdate.exe is located in the Program Files\Kingsoft\Kingsoft Office\office6 folder)
LMMS (aka Linux Multimedia Studio) (23MB)
Make music like a Pro!
Despite its name, LMMS will work on both windows and Mac OS X in addition to Linux. LMMS is a free alternative to commercial music creation programs like FL Studio and its features include:
- "Song-Editor for composing songs
- A Beat+Bassline-Editor for creating beats and basslines
- An easy-to-use Piano-Roll for editing patterns and melodies
- An FX mixer with 64 FX channels and arbitrary number of effects allow unlimited mixing possibilities
- Many powerful instrument and effect-plugins out of the box
- Full user-defined track-based automation and computer-controlled automation sources
- Compatible with many standards such as SoundFont2, VST(i), LADSPA, GUS Patches, and MIDI
- Import of MIDI and FLP (Fruityloops® Project) files" (From site)
Get Going Server(550KB)[DIRECT DOWNLOAD]
This program is basically a small web server which allows you to both create a website and host it on the same computer . It could probably be used in LANs for creating a news page or something like that. If you are interested in servers, website creation or just networking, this program is for you.
Note:
1. The author's website is more or less defunct
2.Program zipped to save space
3. If you want to see the web server in action you can actually go to the author's site (Blaiz Enterprises) which itself is on a get going server (seems rather ironic)
Note:
1. The author's website is more or less defunct
2.Program zipped to save space
3. If you want to see the web server in action you can actually go to the author's site (Blaiz Enterprises) which itself is on a get going server (seems rather ironic)
Magix Photo Clinic 4.5 (10MB)[Image Editor]
Magix Photo Clinic 4.5 Commercial quality freeware Image Editor
Magix Photo Clinic 4.5 is a great photo editor with lots of features including the ability to open Photoshop images as well as support Photoshop plugins (*.8BF). Just google free Photoshop plugins and you will see just how many plugins you can use in this free app. Highly recommended! (Also you don't have to register the product to start using it like other Magix free software!)
Flower photo courtesy of Infinity XGR (flickr)
Flower photo courtesy of Infinity XGR (flickr)
Openbravo POS(~21MB)Open source
Powerful windows based Point of Sale software designed to turn almost any windows based computer into an electronic cash register (again without the hardware of course). An alternative to Cash Register /DHPOS (above) for those who like a little eye-candy. (click pic)
PhotoFiltre(~2MB)
Small but powerful.
Powerful multipurpose photo editor with over 100 filters, support for photo masks, batching editing, blending and assembling of images, layers support and more. It even supports extra plugins (separate download)(click pick)
Free for non-commercial or educational use.
Note:
1 PhotoFiltre is the free version of their even more powerful program called PhotoFiltre Studio.
2. PhotoFilter's tutorial page and addons page.
3. Other great free programs created by the same company include Photo Black and Color which allows you to make a partial desaturation (keep part of a picture in color and the rest in black and white, also called color popping), Reflet which is used to create simple wave and lake reflection animations, PhotoMosaique for creating picture mosaics and Visioimg for creating themes for slideshows.
Free for non-commercial or educational use.
Note:
1 PhotoFiltre is the free version of their even more powerful program called PhotoFiltre Studio.
2. PhotoFilter's tutorial page and addons page.
3. Other great free programs created by the same company include Photo Black and Color which allows you to make a partial desaturation (keep part of a picture in color and the rest in black and white, also called color popping), Reflet which is used to create simple wave and lake reflection animations, PhotoMosaique for creating picture mosaics and Visioimg for creating themes for slideshows.
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Text effects(568KB)[Direct download]
Simple program to create '3D' text effects.
Outputs are Bitmap (.bmp), Jpeg(.jpg), and icon(.ico).
Note: This original website is now defunct(Blaiz Enterprises)
But there are ways to turn back time :)
If you need something even more powerful look for Pixel 3D in the game creation page, under Game Creation Tools and Utilities (toward the bottom of the page)
Outputs are Bitmap (.bmp), Jpeg(.jpg), and icon(.ico).
Note: This original website is now defunct(Blaiz Enterprises)
But there are ways to turn back time :)
If you need something even more powerful look for Pixel 3D in the game creation page, under Game Creation Tools and Utilities (toward the bottom of the page)
Wink by Debugmode(~3MB)
Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users. (from site)
Basically you can create a tutorial on virtually anything from the basics of how to use a program to teaching a subject. It allows you to capture screenshots that can later be arranged in the form of a slide show that users can interact with and the slideshows can be made into flash files or completely standalone form.
Note: Wink doesn't have a spellchecker.
Commercial equivalent to Wink: Adobe captivate
Basically you can create a tutorial on virtually anything from the basics of how to use a program to teaching a subject. It allows you to capture screenshots that can later be arranged in the form of a slide show that users can interact with and the slideshows can be made into flash files or completely standalone form.
Note: Wink doesn't have a spellchecker.
Commercial equivalent to Wink: Adobe captivate
WebSiteZip packer(~1.5MB)
Easy to use program for turning HTML files (webpages) into standalone programs (.exe). Great for budding authors who want to create a single ebook or for manuals for products.
Note it is only designed to convert (package) HTML files into a single program. You will need another tool (like web builder or cute HTML on this page) to create the actual content and link the related pages together.
Features include:
Note it is only designed to convert (package) HTML files into a single program. You will need another tool (like web builder or cute HTML on this page) to create the actual content and link the related pages together.
Features include:
- Convert HTML file(s) into a standalone program
- Built in web browser
- Full text search
- Prevent print, copy or save from the compiled ebook
- Password protection
- Add expiry date (so that the ebook will not open after that date)
- Fast compiler to turn thousands of pages into a single program
WYSIWYG Webbuilder 2.8(560KB)[DIRECT DOWNLOAD]
Very easy to use webpage creator
This program was designed to replace Frontpage Express as an easy to use webpage creation tool. Even if you have never heard of HTML you can create webpages with images, flash , rollovers, marquees and more as the interface is both clean and intuitive . All you have to do is drag and drop any object you want onto the blank page and double-click to edit. It comes with a good range of features for such a small program (click pic)
Note:
1.This is the last known version of this program that is freeware, it is now a commercial product with much more features.
Note:
1.This is the last known version of this program that is freeware, it is now a commercial product with much more features.
Want more?
Game Creation Page (Lists both free and commercial game creators (including some that don't need programming!)
Tools for Gamers/Power Users (Programs recommended for more experienced users)
Huge List of freeware for 2012 by Coldotz.com (Very Nice!)
Ridiculously big list of freeware (Part 2,Part 3 and Part 4) : (Note: The list is un-categorized and often lacks a description of the freeware but its big, really big!)
Game Creation Page (Lists both free and commercial game creators (including some that don't need programming!)
Tools for Gamers/Power Users (Programs recommended for more experienced users)
Huge List of freeware for 2012 by Coldotz.com (Very Nice!)
Ridiculously big list of freeware (Part 2,Part 3 and Part 4) : (Note: The list is un-categorized and often lacks a description of the freeware but its big, really big!)
