Free and open-source software is good for you and for the world. This is the best Windows software that we know of.
No adware, no spyware, just good software.
No adware, no spyware, just good software.
Web Browsing
Mozilla Firefox
The premier free, open-source browser. Tabs, pop-up blocking, themes, and extensions. Considered by many to be the world's best browser.Download Page
Video Player / Video Podcasting
Miro
Beautiful interface. Plays any video type (much more than windows media player). Subscribe to video RSS, download, and watch all in one. Torrent support. Search and download from YouTube and others.Download Page
IM - Instant Messaging
Pidgin
Connect to multiple IM accounts simultaneously in a single app, including: AOL IM, MSN, and Jabber.Download Page
Mozilla Thunderbird
Powerful spam filtering, solid interface, and all the features you need.Download Page
RSS
Peer-to-Peer Filesharing
Azureus
A powerful, but complicated BitTorrent client. So many features you'll lose your mind.Download Page
Video Playback
VLC
Plays more video files than most players: Quicktime, AVI, DIVX, OGG, and more. Pretty good interface.Download Page
Media Player Classic
Compact, but powerful media player. Plays anything under the sun. No install necessary.Download Page
DVD Ripping / Video Conversion
Media Coder
Great tool for ripping CDs, DVDs, etc and converting between tons of video formats.Download Page
Word Processing / Office Suites
OpenOffice.org
Big, full featured suite of tools for word processing and spreadsheets. Compatible with and a free replacement for Microsoft Word documents. Also supports OpenDocument Format.Download Page
AbiWord
A word processor. Leaner and quicker than OpenOffice. Compatible with Microsoft Word documents and OpenDocument Format.Download Page
Podcasting
DVD Ripping
Sound Recording
Graphics / Photo Editing
FTP / SFTP
IRC
Some more specialized free and open-source Microsoft Windows apps.
Note Taking
Freemind
An innovative application for note taking and outlining. Takes time to get used to, but some people swear by it.Download Page
Personal Finance
Chat Clients
aMSN
MSN Messenger client written in TCL/TK aMSN MessengerX-Chat
IRC Client X-ChatMore Web Browsing
Screensaver
More Filesharing
3D Graphics and Modeling
Also see: Kerkythea (illumination engine) - Persistence of Vision Raytracer - Quesa
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Stars and Outer Space
Celestia
Open-source 3D planetarium software. Akin to traveling through space (outer space).Download Page
Stellarium
"Renders realistic skys in realtime." See what you would see if your city wasn't so light-polluted. Used in real planetariums.Download Page
Also see: macORSA - Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation, and Analysis
Games
Marathon: Aleph One
Engine for Bungie's free FPS series Marathon. Play online, solo play with rich original story, many total conversions and thousands of maps.Download Page
Also see: Snes9X (SNES emulator), Frozen Bubble
Free File Hosting
CC Publisher
Host Creative Commons video or audio files for free on archive.org with this easy uploader.Download Page
Security Tools
ClamWin
Open Source Anti-Virus. Very good at detecting viruses. Can be plugged into hMailServer for e-mail protection LIMITATION: Real Time scanning not implemented yetDownload Page
MP3 and Audio Tools
MP3 Gain
Easy to use MP3 manipulation tool for Windows. adjusts sound levels on MP3's so they are all the sameDownload Page
MP3 Book Helper
This program provides rapid Mp3 (ID3v1, ID3v2) and Ogg/Speex/Flac Vorbis tags editing and file renaming functions. Mass Tag editing is done using special variables and Regular Expressions.Download Page
Utilities
Developer tools
SharpDevelop
Open Source IDE for the .NET Framework. Utilizes the multiple programming languages and Windows formsDownload Page
SciTE
Source code Editor for Windows and XDownload Page
Web Developer Server Suite
Very good WAMP Stack (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) Very thouroughly tested on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server (preliminary testing on Longhorn Server underway). Highly Recommended.Download Page
Mapping Tools
Nasa World Wind
Mapping tool similar to Google Earth for Windows. Must have the .NET Framework installed.Download Page
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