Here's a list of my most favorite freeware. Some of them are really good. Take a look!!

[Mcky]

Here's a list of the best freeware programs in my humble opinion.
All of them are freeware/open-source. Feel free to continue to this
list.

AD-Aware - Find spyware on your computer http://www.lavasoftusa.com
2XExplorer - Best explorer replacement http://www.netez.com/2xExplorer
Anmanie SMP - Best image morpher program
http://tiry73.free.fr/anm/anmanie.htm
Audacity - WAV/MP3 sound editor http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Avant Browser - Best browser http://www.avantbrowser.com
Avast! - Antivirus http://www.avast.com
BMP 2 ASCII - Convert BMP 2 ascii,very good.
http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk
CDEX - CD Ripper http://cdex.n3.net/
CD-RUN - Best lightweight CD player http://www.amberror.lt/
CDSpeed - CD benchmark tool http://www.cdspeed2000.com
Cheetah - Help file creator http://www.jansfreeware.com
dBPowerAMP - music files converter http://www.dbpoweramp.com
DupeLocator - Best duplicate search tool http://www.midnightblue.com
EasyCleaner - Best system cleaner
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts
EDXOR - Versatile text utility
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/index.html
Filemon/Regmon/Procexp - Useful system tools
http://www.sysinternals.com
FontMagic - Best 3D text animator - http://www.mattcawley.com
FontPage - Good font manager http://bluefive.pair.com/
FTPWanderer/Webbuilder - RECOMMENDED!! Good freeware such as FTP tool
and WYSIWYG HTML builder http://www.pablovandermeer.nl
Gamemaker - Makes 2D games http://www.gamemaker.nl
GIF2SWF - Convert GIF 2 SWF http://www.segon.com
ICEOWS - Best ZIP file extractor http://www.iceows.com
Iconedit/RTF editor - http://www.ranfo.com
IconShop - create icon libraries http://www.ping.be/liontech
Irfanview - Best image viewer http://www.irfanview.com
Kerio Firewall - Good firewall. The limited edition is free.
http://www.kerio.com
LiquidXP - Good icon editor http://www.x2studios.com
LS - Best directory lister
http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/
LupasRename - Best rename tool http://rename.lupasfreeware.org/
HorstTools - Very good DOS and windows tools,small website
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/
Metapad - Good text editor http://liquidninja.com/metapad/
MODPlug/Tracker - Play/Create tracked music http://www.modplug.com
MW-Snap - Best screen capture utility http://www.mirekw.com
NKMapMaker - Good HTML map tool
http://users.otenet.gr/~nkourkou/index.html
Notepad++ - Very good text editor with syntax highlite
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/
PhotoFiltre - Best photo/image editor http://www.photofiltre.com
Powerbullet - Best flash animator http://www.powerbullet.com
Pixia - Best image editor http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
Purrint - Auto screen capture tool http://bcheck.arsware.org/
QJOT - Best RTF editor http://www.xtort.net/xtort/xtort.php
REGShot - Registry snapshot tool http://regshot.yeah.net/
Restoration - Restore deleted files
Scrollbar Skinner - Makes HTML pages scrollbar colorful
http://www.survivorx.com
SmartMorph - Morph images http://meesoft.logicnet.dk
Siren - Another file renaming tool http://www.scarabee-software.net/
SR98 - text replace tool on all files http://www.htmlworkshop.com/
SOX - Sound utility http://sox.sourceforge.net/
SSRC - Another sound utility http://shibatch.sourceforge.net/
SSMM - Best slideshow creator www.joern-thiemann.de/tools
STILE - Best texture creating tool http://www.harmware.com
Toolbar paint - Best image editor for toolbar graphics
http://donkey.visualassembler.com/
TextView - Best text viewer http://www.flos-freeware.ch
VanBasco Karoke - MIDI player/Karaoke compatible
http://www.vanbasco.com
Unfreez - String single GIF into animated GIF file
http://www.whitsoftdev.com
UPX - Compress EXE http://upx.sourceforge.net/
VisualIRC - Best IRC chat program http://www.visualirc.net
Winamp - MP3 player http://www.winamp.com
XMPlay - Best MOD/S3M/IT/XM player http://www.un4seen.com/
ZPaint - Best 3D button/texture creator
http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware

 

[Father Merrin]

Nice list I learned a few new ones myself, thanks for sharing, here is
where we differ:

Spybot - Find spyware http://www.spybot.info/
MyIE2 - Best browser http://www.myie2.com/
AVG - Antivirus http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
dBpowerAMP w/File Selector - CD Ripper http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm
CloneSpy - Best duplicate search tool http://www.clonespy.com/
DoubleKiller - Next best duplicate search tool
http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/
RegSeeker - Best system cleaner http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
PSPad - Versatile text editor & utility http://www.pspad.com/
SnIco Edit - Icon Editor http://snidesoft.cjb.net/
Directory Lister - Best directory lister http://freeware.prv.pl/
Renamer - Best rename tool http://www.albert.nu/Programs/Renamer/
HoverSnap - Best screen capture utility
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
QCD Player - MP3 player http://quinnware.com/
Starter - Startup tracking http://codestuff.mirrorz.com/
SpaceMonger - HD space tracking
http://www.werkema.com/software/spacemonger.html
Registrar Lite - Registry Editor http://www.resplendence.com/reglite
IzARC - Ultimate archive utility http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/izarc.htm

Enjoy!
FM

 

[El Gee]

Here's a list of the best freeware programs in my humble opinion.
All of them are freeware/open-source. Feel free to continue to this
list.

AD-Aware - Find spyware on your computer http://www.lavasoftusa.com
2XExplorer - Best explorer replacement http://www.netez.com/2xExplorer
Anmanie SMP - Best image morpher program
http://tiry73.free.fr/anm/anmanie.htm
Audacity - WAV/MP3 sound editor http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Avant Browser - Best browser http://www.avantbrowser.com
Avast! - Antivirus http://www.avast.com
BMP 2 ASCII - Convert BMP 2 ascii,very good.
http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk
CDEX - CD Ripper http://cdex.n3.net/
CD-RUN - Best lightweight CD player http://www.amberror.lt/
CDSpeed - CD benchmark tool http://www.cdspeed2000.com
Cheetah - Help file creator http://www.jansfreeware.com
dBPowerAMP - music files converter http://www.dbpoweramp.com
DupeLocator - Best duplicate search tool http://www.midnightblue.com
EasyCleaner - Best system cleaner
http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts
EDXOR - Versatile text utility
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/index.html
Filemon/Regmon/Procexp - Useful system tools
http://www.sysinternals.com
FontMagic - Best 3D text animator - http://www.mattcawley.com
FontPage - Good font manager http://bluefive.pair.com/
FTPWanderer/Webbuilder - RECOMMENDED!! Good freeware such as FTP tool
and WYSIWYG HTML builder http://www.pablovandermeer.nl
Gamemaker - Makes 2D games http://www.gamemaker.nl
GIF2SWF - Convert GIF 2 SWF http://www.segon.com
ICEOWS - Best ZIP file extractor http://www.iceows.com
Iconedit/RTF editor - http://www.ranfo.com
IconShop - create icon libraries http://www.ping.be/liontech
Irfanview - Best image viewer http://www.irfanview.com
Kerio Firewall - Good firewall. The limited edition is free.
http://www.kerio.com
LiquidXP - Good icon editor http://www.x2studios.com
LS - Best directory lister
http://home.a03.itscom.net/tsuzu/programing/en/
LupasRename - Best rename tool http://rename.lupasfreeware.org/
HorstTools - Very good DOS and windows tools,small website
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/
Metapad - Good text editor http://liquidninja.com/metapad/
MODPlug/Tracker - Play/Create tracked music http://www.modplug.com
MW-Snap - Best screen capture utility http://www.mirekw.com
NKMapMaker - Good HTML map tool
http://users.otenet.gr/~nkourkou/index.html
Notepad++ - Very good text editor with syntax highlite
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/
PhotoFiltre - Best photo/image editor http://www.photofiltre.com
Powerbullet - Best flash animator http://www.powerbullet.com
Pixia - Best image editor http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
Purrint - Auto screen capture tool http://bcheck.arsware.org/
QJOT - Best RTF editor http://www.xtort.net/xtort/xtort.php
REGShot - Registry snapshot tool http://regshot.yeah.net/
Restoration - Restore deleted files
Scrollbar Skinner - Makes HTML pages scrollbar colorful
http://www.survivorx.com
SmartMorph - Morph images http://meesoft.logicnet.dk
Siren - Another file renaming tool http://www.scarabee-software.net/
SR98 - text replace tool on all files http://www.htmlworkshop.com/
SOX - Sound utility http://sox.sourceforge.net/
SSRC - Another sound utility http://shibatch.sourceforge.net/
SSMM - Best slideshow creator www.joern-thiemann.de/tools
STILE - Best texture creating tool http://www.harmware.com
Toolbar paint - Best image editor for toolbar graphics
http://donkey.visualassembler.com/
TextView - Best text viewer http://www.flos-freeware.ch
VanBasco Karoke - MIDI player/Karaoke compatible
http://www.vanbasco.com
Unfreez - String single GIF into animated GIF file
http://www.whitsoftdev.com
UPX - Compress EXE http://upx.sourceforge.net/
VisualIRC - Best IRC chat program http://www.visualirc.net
Winamp - MP3 player http://www.winamp.com
XMPlay - Best MOD/S3M/IT/XM player http://www.un4seen.com/
ZPaint - Best 3D button/texture creator
http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware

You can see mine choices (needs updating) at
http://www.mistergeek.com/toolsof.htm


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El Gee

Remove yourhat to reply ... but it may take a while.
Best to go to www.mistergeek.com and reply from there.
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[Mcky]

Some more freeware I forgot to add to the list:

AnvilStudio The best MIDI composer http://www.anvilstudio.com
Deknop - Make web buttons,my fave button maker
http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/deknop/deknop.htm
Mass - My fave. Create scripts for Microsoft Agent
http://www.abhisoft.net/mass
ZoomPlayer - Video player http://www.inmatrix.com
PV2K - The best process terminator http://www.blehq.org

 

[John Corliss]

Some more freeware I forgot to add to the list:

AnvilStudio The best MIDI composer http://www.anvilstudio.com

"With the free version, you can create an unlimited number of MIDI
tracks, and a one-minute audio track"

I would consider that program to be crippleware.

 

[Michael Forsythe]

"With the free version, you can create an unlimited number of MIDI
tracks, and a one-minute audio track"

I would consider that program to be crippleware.

I believe the same applies to http://www.lockfolder.net/

 

[John Corliss]

I believe the same applies to http://www.lockfolder.net/

I might tend to agree with that. Only being able to lock four folders
is not very much.

 

[Mcky]

Here are some more freeware:

Patcher - Patch files http://www.lucersoft.com
AUTOIT - Best system automator http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3

 

[Peter]

Hi, Mcky. Hi, All!

Here's a list of the best freeware programs in my humble opinion.
All of them are freeware/open-source. Feel free to continue to this
list.

Nice stuff, thank you! I tried Notepad++, it's a really great text
editor.
Here are some of my favorites, which are not so well-known
as Winamp or Irfanview:

Shalom Help Maker, http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/shelpm/, 805 Kb
It's easier to use than Cheetah and it's free too.

Biew, http://biew.sourceforge.net, 310 Kb. Free hex editor
with built-in disassemler (opcodes from 8086 to Pentium IV,
branch jumping and returning).

File Analyzer, www.softpedia.com/public/cat/5/6/5-6-1.shtml, 245 Kb
This program can identify file format, compilers, packers,
encryptors etc. For hackers and programmers.
Similar tool: PHaX's GT2: http://philip.helger.com/gt/.

Wise Calculator, http://www.wisecalculator.euro.ru/, 830 Kb
(this server expects technical problems now,
hope it will be available in some days)
Cool scientific calculator. Features: drawing plots, solving
equations, finding numeric derivatives, dividing polynomials,
working with matrices and complex numbers.

CAB compression tool from Microsoft - 462 Kb
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/cab/2.0/w98nt42kmexp/en-us/Cabsdk.exe
CAB archives can be opened in pure Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.
You don't need WinZip or similar tools to unpack your files. And this
tool
provides better compression than ZIP.

7Zip compression tool http://www.7-zip.org/dl/7z313.exe - 1.1 Mb
It has the best compression ratio (but so slooow!)
Also supports zip, gzip, tar and some other formats.

NSIS installer http://nsis.sourceforge.net/, 1.5 Mb
This one is not so easy to use as Inno Setup,
but it provides better compression and much
more features. Version 2.0 uses LZMA compression
algorithm from 7Zip.

See detailed description, direct download links for this apps
and some others at my site:
http://kankowski.nm.ru/soft.htm

Peter.

 

[Arjan]

My complete list of favorite freeware can be found here:

http://www.arjan.org


Kind regards,

Arjan

Arjan.org's Absolute Freeware Links 2004 (http://www.arjan.org)

 

[Larry Sabo]

My complete list of favorite freeware can be found here:

http://www.arjan.org

Excellent!!!

 

[Matt]

My complete list of favorite freeware can be found here:

http://www.arjan.org

Good collection, but a little hard on the eyes.

A little whitespace between items, or perhaps making the item names
larger or bolder in your link styles, would make it easier on the
eyes.

 

[Arjan]

Good collection, but a little hard on the eyes.

A little whitespace between items, or perhaps making the item names
larger or bolder in your link styles, would make it easier on the
eyes.

Matt,

Just now I've made some slight modifications in the CSS-stylesheet.

Better now?


Regards,

Arjan
Arjan.org's Absolute Freeware Links 2004 (http://www.arjan.org)

 

[John H.]

Arjan wrote:
Better,
Bookmarked.

Cool!

John H.
Best of Freeware
www.jhoodsoft.org