Freeware List of Antivirus, Firewall, Media, Compression, Audio Video Image Editing, Utilities, PDF, Office Suites, Backup n Restore, Browsers and More

Free software are competing to gain market share against shareware on all boundaries. They have proven it on all occasions of being same or more valuable and trustworthy than shareware software. Free software in fact goodness for home users specially for those who cannot afford costly shareware. Below is a massive list of freely available software. This is not a complete list because the number of free software is in many thousands. I do not think if there is anybody (physical and virtual) who know the exact number, not even big brother Google.

For a long time, I was trying to build free software list. While I was searching for different software, I found a page on Tom’s Hardware listing many useful freewares. I thought to share it with you. All credits goes to SR-71 Blackbird on Tom’s Hardware for compiling such a huge list. I have updated the list from time to time but still a lot of work is needed to be done.

re-re-re-Updated: Mar 04, 2022: The list is being updated. Once it is updated, this text will change. Meanwhile, you can help me to updated it by recommending a free/freeware which is not in the list or mentioning the free which is not free anymore.

re-re-Updated: Dec 14, 2018

re-Updated: Oct 28, 2018. 

Updated: April 29, 2017.

All-Rounder

• FileOptimizer: Optimizes more than 250 file types. 
•  Antivirus & Antispyware for Windows

Security Suite for Android Systems

Best Android Security Apps 2022 Comparison

Security Suite for Windows

List of Best Free Antivirus for Windows 11 in 2022

Free Firewalls for Windows

CLICK HERE to read the article about free firewalls for Windows 10.

CLICK HERE to read the article about free firewalls for Windows 11.

Media Players

• VLC
• Media Player Classic
• KMPlayer
• GomPlayer

Compression Software

• 7 ZIP
• IZArc
• PeaZip
• WinRAR

Image Editing

• GIMP
• Picasa
• IrfanView
• FastStone Image Viewer
• PhotoScape
• Picturenaut 3 HDR Imaging Tool
• Zoner Photo Studio Free Edition
• XnView
• Pixlr

Windows Cleaner

• CCleaner
• Advanced SystemCare Free
• Glary Utilities
• JetClean
• Ashampoo WinOptimizer Free

Audio Editing

• Audacity

PDF

• Adobe Reader
• Foxit Reader
• PDF to WORD
• doPDF
• Nitro PDF Reader
• Primo PDF
• Sumatra PDF

System Information

• CPU-Z
• HWMonitor
• PC-Wizard
• Speccy
• GPU-Z
• System Explorer
• Autoruns for Windows
• CrystalDiskInfo
• HDDScan
• Sisoft Sandra Lite
• Core Temp
• Real Temp
• Process Explorer
• StartUpLite
• HWiNFO/32/64 Tools
• AS SSD Benchmark
• ATTO Benchmark

Defrag

• Auslogics Disk Defrag
• Defraggler
• MyDefrag
• Smart Defrag

Audio Players

• MediaMonkey: http://www.mediamonkey.com/download/
• Foobar2000: http://www.foobar2000.org/
• VLC Media Player: https://www.videolan.org/

All In One Audio and Video Encoder

* Super
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Dnload

Mp3 Tag Editor

* Mp3tag
http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

* Tagscanner
http://www.xdlab.ru/en/download.htm

Registry Cleaner

* Wise Registry Cleaner Free
http://www.wisecleaner.com/wiseregistrycleanerfree.html

* Eusing Free Registry Cleaner
http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cl…

Office Suites

12 Best Free Office Software in 2022 for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS

Burning Suites

* ImgBurn
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

* Nero Kwik Media
http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-nbl-free.php

* CDBurnerXP
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/download

* BurnAware Free
https://www.burnaware.com/download.html

* Deep Burner
http://www.filehippo.com/download_deepburner/

* Infrarecoder
http://infrarecorder.org/

Uninstaller

* Revo Uninstaller Free
http://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-1…

* IObit Uninstaller
http://www.freenew.net/windows/iobit-uninstaller-1-1/13…

* Comodo Programs Manager
http://programs-manager.comodo.com/

Video Chat

*Skype
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/

Zoom

Undelete\Recover

* Recuva
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

File Encryption for Windows

* AxCrypt File Encryption for Windows
http://www.axantum.com/AxCrypt/

* TrueCrypt
http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads

Bandwidth Monitoring and Usage Reporting

* NetWorx
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

System Backup

* EASEUS Todo Backup Free
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-so…

* Clonezilla
http://www.clonezilla.org/downloads.php

* Backup & Recovery 2012 Advanced Free Edition
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/download.h…

* DriveImage XML
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

Boot Management Software

* EasyBCD
http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1

Secure Erase Utility

* Eraser
http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php

Windows Driver Backup

* DriverMax
http://download.cnet.com/DriverMax/3000-18513_4-1057260…

* Double Driver
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Double-…

* Driver Backup
http://www.pendriveapps.com/driver-backup-save-drivers-…

Online Internet Safety

* Online Link Scan
http://onlinelinkscan.com/

* LinkScanner Online
http://linkscanner.explabs.com/linkscanner/default.aspx

* WOT
http://www.mywot.com/en/download

* AVG Link Scanner
http://linkscanner.explabs.com/linkscanner/avg/

* Norton Safe Web Link Scanner
http://safeweb.norton.com/

* Jotti
http://virusscan.jotti.org/en

USB Operating System Installation

* WinToFlash
http://wintoflash.com/home/en/

Partition Managers

* EaseUS Partition Master Home Edition
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

* Paragon Partition Manager FREE Edition
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-express/

* MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
http://partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Browsers

* Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/

* Google Chrome
http://www.google.com/chrome

* Maxthon
http://www.maxthon.com/

* Opera
http://www.opera.com/

* Palemoon
http://www.palemoon.org/

Delete Locked Files and Folders

* Unlocker
http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/#download

* FileASSASSIN
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/fileassassin

Memory Testing Utility

* MemTest86+
http://www.memtest.org/

Folder Synchronization Utility

* PureSync
https://www.puresync.de/download

Determine the size of folders and sub-folders

* GetFoldersize
http://www.getfoldersize.com/

Desktop Sharing

* TeamViewer
http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx

Analyze Disk Space

* Better Directory Analyzer
http://www.analyzediskspace.com/download-2/

Online Alarm Clock

* Kuku Klock
http://kukuklok.com/

Free Online URL Expander

* URL X-Ray
http://urlxray.com/

Virtualization

* VirtualBox
https://www.virtualbox.org/

Online Speed Test

* Bandwith Meter
http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/?tag=rb_con…;main

* Speedtest.Net
http://speedtest.net/

Video Editor

* Avidemux
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/download.html

MP3 Converter

* FreeRIP
http://www.freerip.com/

* CDex
http://download.cnet.com/CDex/3000-2140_4-10055262.html

Open Any File For FREE

* Open Freely
http://openfreely.com/

Block Website Tracking

*uBlock Origin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin

* Do Not Track Plus
http://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php?

* Ghostery
http://www.ghostery.com/download

* Adblock Plus
http://adblockplus.org/en/