10 Free Software That Are Actually Great!

[@BrettInTech]

What are your favorite free programs? Due to viewer feedback, in addition to open source, we're now including other types of software including freeware, freemium and others as long as the essential features are included free of cost... Thanks for watching :)

[@YoungMensch]

Why don't you make a video with every software and add-on you use all at once?

[@MaxProgramming]

My favourite is vs code and material theme in it.

[@MailsonWei]

I like obs

[@harrymonk5880]

Sordum Power Run - www.sordum.org/9416/powerrun-v1-3-run-with-highest-privileges/ Drag Everything.exe to Power Run UI, you can open cmd windows, run regedit, drag bat/cmd/reg files to the UI and everything gets Elevated permissions. Very Powerful :). Sordum and Nirsoft are real goldmines for free and very useful programs, i have no financial or otherwise stake in either, im just a home power user :)

[@writerpatrick]

I use NextPVR all the time. It's best if you have a TV card. I use it all the time with a Hauppage card and a remote, although the remote needs a little programming to control the program. It's a media player, but also works as a PVR. It can also be used as a backend for a TV card in programs like Kodi. It's greatest strength is as a PVR. It current runs in Windows but they're developing a Linux version.

[@dtadeo2006]

You sir are a HERO! This takes me back to the days of PC mags with free CDs that have super cool free apps!

[@InsanityPrevails]

I'd never heard of Everything but it's the most useful thing I've ever heard of! Instead of waiting for my hard drive to find what I need after 2 minutes of searching it literally takes no time at all to find what I want to find. Thank you so so much for that one.

[@trygvij1604]

I don't know if Listary is intense but I love it soo much! Way cleaner search functionality!

[@Mario583a]

I mean, doesn't Open-Shell's search feature kinda sorta do the same function? "The start menu can search for programs, settings, files, email, and other documents. In the Classic style you can also register custom search programs (like Agent Ransack of Everything) that let you search for files anywhere on your computer. Also you can register search tools like Google and Bing to search the Internet. Read the documentation for instructions and examples."

[@leroycasterline1122]

I've been using Everything for years. This is a program that has evolved into an incredibly powerful tool. I literally use it every day in one way or another - the more you learn about it the more useful it becomes. If you use it often, please don't forget to send a few bucks to the author - he's more than earned it.

[@RkoRohan]

I've been using it for years, you can also change the theme to dark mode manually, such a nice app to have.

[@lesbsocal9107]

Yeah, it even finds things in the trash.

[@ronnie6008]

Brother I paused this video at every item and downloaded it. I'm always looking for ways to improve productivity. Thanks!

[@7rich79]

A few I like : 1) ScreenPresso - for capturing screenshots and doing various annotations and edits on those 2) KeePass 2 - offline password manager with autotype functionality 3) WinSCP - file transfer program (FTP, SFTP etc) 4) Notepad++ - great text file editor 5) OpenVPN - good VPN client 6) Bitvise - very good telnet/SSH alternative to putty 7) MusicBee - pretty good music player

[@adda6000]

To be honest, this video was actually probably one of the best "free programs" videos I have ever seen. Quite a few interesting apps, some even new to me. Thank you for your work :-)

[@BillSawyerPlus]

I would agree. Most of them are garbage, but this one is actually useful.

[@NZRic001]

Nailed it!

[@DaedalEVE]

Process Explorer, Auslogics Disk Defrag, Autoruns, WinDirStat, CPUZ, GPUZ, HWMonitor, InSpectre, DesktopOK, CCleaner, Notepad++, 7-Zip, Exact Audio Copy, Ultimate Windows Tweaker, DriveStore Explorer, VLC, LAV Filters, PuTTY, NetLimiter, Wireshark, iPerf3,

[@zeniktorres4320]

Good selection. Some more you must include in your next list to let others know: 1: VLC 2: Handbrake 3: LibreOffice 4: Notepad++ 5: KeyPass 2 6: Thunderbird 7: Subtitle Edit 8: Bulk rename Utility (renaming multiple files and folders) 9: BlueGriffon (WYSIWYG html editor) 10: Musescore (music notation) 11: Blender 12: Scribus 13: LMMS (digital audio workstation)

[@Dash199t]

Zenik Torres for a more multiplattform Software, Exchange KeePass2 with KeePassXC :)

[@ReeceDodds]

Heck - just go to Ninite.com and tick the boxes you want.

[@JoshuaWilkesR]

Vlc all the way 👍

[@asimghatak2155]

@@JoshuaWilkesR VLC was not able to play a HEVC2 AAC file. It just showed a green screen with audio. Had to download MPC-HC to play the video.

[@AnonYmous-xw1jn]

I've been using Pot Player for the past few years and like it more than VLC, I'd recommend people check it out it looks real slick great UI and has great themeing options

[@Alex_Sander_Br]

I love FastStone image viewer. The default mode is full-screen and the toolbars appear as you hover the mouse near the edges of the screen, so they don't take up screen space when you don't need them. And it has batch convert/rename, resize/resample, editing tools, etc., etc.

[@sharifmd.jobayed-ul-islam4419]

This channel is Awesome! Thank you makers.. .

[@TwstedTV]

Thanks - ive been using half of the softwares mentioned, for a couple of years. But a few are new to me, really glad to see what else is out there. thanks

[@NELSONG12]

Thank you for hooking us up!

[@aaronmathewson5522]

Some free software I use that is imo the best, and has consistently been reared as the best or among the best are: 1) OBS It’s not just great for streaming, but also recording your PC to make videos. Lots of customization but is t the easiest to learn. There are variants of this that try to dumb it down, the only drawback being they often loose some advanced functionality. 2) DaVinci Resolve This has been consistently rated as the best free video editing program, and in several rankings even beat out programs that cost as much as $200 US. Very powerful, and actually not terribly difficult to learn. A nice U.I. that makes navigating it easy, and the workflow is easy to understand. 3) Libre office and Open Office Imo the best free alternatives to Microsoft Office. A little dated in the U.I. But very powerful overall. Both work well and are quite powerful in what they are designed to do.

[@silversolver7809]

Good ones. I'd prefer Libre to Open office though, Open Office was discontinued nearly a decade ago.

[@Dongzzzzzz]

Libre means free in my country

[@rural_nerd]

@Tone. It's always complicated, and the newer versions with newer features will be more complicated But that's the nature of all NLEs and super complex software like that Learning it isn't any harder than learning say premiere or olive or final cut, it's just different You just have to pick it up and commit to learning it like you committed to learning your current NLE and youll naturally get good at it

[@riadussalehin--]

Gosh! it's so good, everything on point. Best possible and most required descriptions about every app are presented so amazingly.

[@khankhattak.]

For those wondering Visual Studio Code is not an IDE like Microsoft Visual Studio, it is just a streamlined codeeditor with support for development operations like debugging, task running, and version control. It aims to provide just the tools a developer needs for a quick code-build-debug cycle and leaves more complex workflows to fuller featured IDEs, such asVisual Studio IDE.

[@marceelino]

It's amazing tool for support. Easy to read the logs, configs. Creating powershell scripts. Running SQL queries etc. Makes life easier.

[@lesbsocal9107]

Since Sketch Pad will save in .bmp, you can use the app to design your own desktop icons. Windows will use a .bmp file for an icon as well as the standard .ico icon file.

[@omikapasandul8737]

These are the videos that I watched during lockdown to improve my PC. Best channel for Windows 10 users!

[@RonaldModesitt]

Good information and very well done as usual. But then we expect nothing less from TechGumbo!

[@QDSGames]

VSCode is my favourite program I use daily. It's great on its own but it gets even more powerful with extensions. Same with Thunderbird. I can tweak those programs to a crazy extend and customise everything. The quality of the extensions for VSCode is excellent, not always for Thunderbird though.

[@MuttleyGames]

EarTrumpet should be on the list. It should become the default way of handling audio and sources on Windows.

[@bothanspy4305]

Very good video TechGumbo. Thank you very much.

[@gianfrancosilvestri2155]

Bravo Gumbo! Great review!

[@randomleagueoflegendsthres1034]

These videos are insanely underrated.

[@calthemann]

My faves (Windows only): Comodo Firewall Comodo Programs Manager Listary (much like Everything) Faststone Image Viewer Speccy (Quick & easy Hardware Info) Classic Shell (Customise windows & Start Menu) Microsoft SyncToy (Backup & Sync folders)

[@Aximili55]

Open Shell is the updated Classic Shell

[@calthemann]

@@Aximili55 Thanks. I'll give it a go.

[@obasaar68]

I'm grateful for all of your hard work and research to my browsing experience much better!

[@eurossocial]

Wow! That was really interesting. Thank you very much for sharing this helpful information! 👍

[@sagharvey4642]

Great stuff! All of these are worth a download. Thanks.

[@m3rl1on]

If youre looking for a free alternative to FL Studio or GarageBand, LMMS is great and open source too

[@RodrigoVelizGTR]

Does Reaper meet the criteria for this video?

[@shitocodone8940]

Rodrigo Veliz reaper is technically not free. It’s kinda like FL demo except you can save. I’m pretty sure you have to pay for full version to use it for commercial use.

[@101AOK]

nothing beats Cakewalk by bandlab unlimited racks and free plugins!

[@101AOK]

I meant tracks! Sorry

[@manpetepetrop8034]

Wow Everything was... Everything i ever wanted but didn't know until i installed it ! Since my laptop is quite old and i have 2 external HDs (one is FAT32, which at first didn't show, but adding it in the folders in options it worked!!) this is super fast search!! You are right this should have been installed in Windows 10. It's a lifesaver ! Thnx !! 🤗👍

[@KouroshFarrokhzad]

Excellent video, excellent selection. Thanks for taking the time to explain the programs and as a windows and linux user, I appreciate your choice of software that works on the Linux platform. Thanks for your hard work on this!

[@Wuozlinga]

Dude after like 3 different weird videos from click farm channels with stupid programs and a computer generated voice, I finally found someone that actually cares about the helpfulness of his content. Thank you!

[@guyschneider7176]

Thanks it's good to find a channel that helps people as I'm the tech in the family I can now point people here as I'll soon be unable to help them anymore. So yea it's a rare find for a helpful group without their hands out I thought I was alone lol

[@oscarp5636]

Great video! As usual... Thanks dude!

[@vishalkumar040393]

Nice selection 👍

[@nb3140]

This is one great list. Thanks for taking time to put this together.

[@st8kout961]

Belarc should be on this list. Tells you everything about your computer's hardware, (extremely useful if you buy a prebuilt system), about your motherboard, (model #, serial #, Firmware version and date). How much RAM, lists all your drives and manufacturer. Shows if your Windows Update security and Antivirus is up to date. Downloads the newest Windows Defender definitions. Tells you about your what's on your home network, your IP address, etc. Way more info about your computer than you'll ever need, lol.

[@emmanuelsamuellloyd9885]

Hi TechGumbo, I'm so grateful for all the tutorial you been uploading it has helped me a lot, and I want to say a very big thank you, your teaching has helped my young youtube channel a lot, hope to be in torch will you one day. God bless you and have a nice day.

[@hemidemisemipresent]

Blender. The founder is awesome.

[@supernova5763]

Founder doesn't work for money 💰

[@oXyacePtylene]

The fact that Blender is NOT on this list is borderline criminal...

[@undead504]

@@oXyacePtylene Blender does not need to be on a list everyone knows all about blender and its awesomeness

[@advancedstudy0]

Nice arcane spike picture

[@ad-skyobsidion4267]

@@undead504 blender kills my laptop

[@KernelDataRecovery]

Excellent Video

[@megapangolin1093]

Cracking Video, really clear, pertinent and useful. Great watching, thank you.

[@PhillyStyle1026]

Blender and Krita. Both really good. Blender especially. It's knocking on the door of the professional space. Oh, and don't forget chocolatey. There may be a bit of a learning curve with chocolatey, since it is command line based, but it makes it super easy to manage your software and keep it up to date.

[@dlwatib]

All of my software is free. I am reluctant to mess up my Windows registry with another program install when there is a portable version available. For that reason most of my software comes via portableapps.com . As a bonus, they provide a downloader and launcher program and it also can update any of the software it downloaded. Very handy! LibreOffice, Notepad++, Password Safe and BabelMap are the portableapps programs I use most. I do use a few programs from other sources: Palemoon browser and AutoHotKey are the most notable. Oh, and I've used ClassicShell ever since Windows 8. I forget that it's not the native start menu.

[@Thalanox]

I suggest looking into CherryTree. It's a great notebook program. It's fantastic for tracking and organizing projects that need hierarchical organization of text files (which you can add rich text formatting, images, and hypertext links to, since they can be seen as HTML), and it's also great for journaling.

[@degski1344]

> I am reluctant to mess up my Windows registry with another program install when there is a portable version available. Most portable programs temporarily write to register, if you're lucky they unwrite after closing.

[@nonebiz2132]

Thanks for the awesome list! Two I didn't see and definitely recommend: 1) Notepad++ 2) 7-zip.

[@dashdashdash_]

Please tell me this is a joke if so my sides

[@vcokltfre]

A real joke: WinRar trying to make you pay

[@raik1766]

* 2) WinRAR

[@dashdashdash_]

@@vcokltfre They never tried.

[@nonebiz2132]

@@raik1766 nOOO!! 7Zip is better and free!!!

[@jsking306]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@cttv866]

I just installed Everything & it's 1000 times better than the W10 search function & I agree, it should be Windows default search tool! Sometimes the W10 search won't search my external haed drives, but everything was so quick & gave me multiple locations! Thanks for sharing!

[@rldb]

Try Listary.

[@smithmtodd]

great list, thank you!

[@arielf4269]

I think that: 1) VLC 2) 7-zip 3) GIMP 4) Shotcut Should be on your list

[@osumunbro]

WinRAR > 7zip paint.net > gimp

[@omeomahardad4858]

@@osumunbro Fully Agree.

[@GaryUSMC79]

@@osumunbro No way.

[@alex-w8p2e]

@@osumunbro 7zip is better

[@alex-w8p2e]

@@osumunbro winrar is annoying it always reminds you that its not free

[@unstable_gamers]

Super helpful video. Found two programs I desperately needed. Thank you!

[@hicktown1969]

Here in Colombia we can get all software programs between 5 and 20 dollars and runs forever I mean don´t expire every year, you don´t need a license, we don´t need to buy a license that is too expensive for colombians that don´t make dollars or euros the minimum wage for colombians is around 300 dollars per month.

[@Mr13Woot]

Excellent video, a ten best free were the software is actually free and unrestricted. awesome

[@sheer64]

Thanks, Everyting is now on my computer and loving it. :-)

[@ilandvash6746]

Try Listary. It's much simpler and quicker.

[@sheer64]

@@ilandvash6746 Not for me, Everything so far is the best I have tried

[@afrifauzi2871]

Nice, thanks

[@BenRangel]

Thanks for mentioning more than just those who have been around forever and everyone already knows about (like vlc for video and gimp as a photoshop replacement)

[@iftikhar_hussain]

very Helpful softwares. Thanks

[@prashantprem1]

I am using Foxit, Audacity and some other softwares mentioned here since ages and I agree whole heartedly with the prescribed softwares here. Very good video.

[@Lafgr81]

Great video! Thanks!

[@rdog77]

Awesome list and recommendation. Thank you for doing this

[@gregzeng]

Windows and Linux: Qbittorrent for finding, downloads. Gkrellm for real-time system monitors. Windows only: Advanced System Care. Q-dir file manager. 7z file compression. Double killer, to locate & remove duplicates. Windows "Gadgets" for real time monitor of the computer. GoScreen for multiple display windows. Many others also used, but not easily remembered right now.

[@GeorgeGiann]

👌👏👏👏 Thank you! I should be installing some of these!

[@aminrafiq132]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@kennethlapointesongwriter3330]

Listary brings up instant search box anytime, anywhere with Ctrl 2x. Love Diffactor for just an image viewer. 1Cipboard has simple shortcut, saves everything even on reboot. DocFetcher for searching content IN files. QuickAccessPopup is great. Iobit Uninstaller (better than Revo imo). All free.

[@velociraptor8984]

"Everything" is a must have !!!! real instant access to EVERYTHING !...

[@Juliodax]

Is superfast!!!

[@rldb]

How it is better than Listary?

[@dropshoo]

It is so much all at once. I'm trying to figure out what the heck all the stuff is when i type what i want to search. Shocking how much is downloaded on the drive.

[@francis2k488]

I use Audacity for my church recording. It's lovely

[@aggreybuhungiro7878]

Videoder is the best video downloader from any video site and it’s completely free

[@dadgamer6717]

Da Vinci Resolve and Losslesscut ! Great video editing / merging programs

[@sutapamazumdar1338]

👏 your videos always helpful. Thank you for consistently maintaining your quality.

[@BasementMinions]

Spectacular video! Great programs I can use, links and time codes in the description, and a to the point video style. Thanks!

[@DhavalShukla]

A lot of these softwares I have tried and quite some I still use it even today.

[@mrdev9843]

Good Job 👍👍

[@Viper1171]

Excellent video, I have some but not all of these, now that I know about other free good software I will look into them. Thank you for informing us ....greatly appreciated! = )

[@mahanteshmanu8278]

Awesome sir

[@lesthermiranda1794]

I have been using Foxit for years now and it has been the most convenient PDf reader

[@rianalotha7951]

Me too, but I stopped upgrading when they dropped the menu bar. So, I still use the latest supporting menu. I hate the ribbon.

[@kupowiec]

Sumatra PDF is much better

[@superbrighteye]

gom player (good horizontal flip/mirror mode for your fav movies so your brain pics up new details )and easy zoom in steps use simply the + key zoom player (there is a free version)also has variable zoom you can set mousewheel to zoom in and out but gomplayer does it too and is simpler any video converter Bitser (file unpacking) MusicBee Music center for pc (sony) has DSEE but no mp4 playback only does audio) wasapi mode also stream to device (its predecessor Media Go 3.2 does also mp4 but has no DSEE) Serviio (server (lets you stream mkv pc files etc. in your home network and to a home network blu ray player)

[@WolvenSpectre]

ArsClip Clipboard Manager FreeFileSync A File and Folder Sync application that not only can automatically and manually create multiple syncing relationships but can create executable batch files that can be called or scheduled by the OS or other programs. Playnite A very nice and regularly updated universal launcher for game store launchers and game emulators with a pseudo Steam-Like interface. Much further along than GOG Galaxy 2.0 and completely independant of any store so there are no worries about issues of features an integrations being cut off due to worries about the launcher being put out by a competing storefront. ConEmu An Open Source project to unify as much of the command line windows with more features in a tabbed UI that is highly customizable including my favourite feature, a Quake-like drop down Terminal Window. It can't grab as many windows in Windows 8 and 10 that it could before, but hopefully it is on the roadmap as I would love to use it to manage some of the game servers I admin. FileListCreator This makes a text list of files or a filtered subset of files based on what you want output, and boy is it fast and good at what it does. For example I admin several servers that are modded of the game ARK:Survival Evolved. In that game as you advance you get points to spend on the ability to learn how to make new things, like a rifle or a set of SCUBA flippers. These are called "Engrams" and some mods add or modify them. Also they may require you have one or several other previous "Engrams" before you can take it. As an admin you may have to remove or alter one of these engrams, and the game uses the Unreal Engine so every separate is a file, and it name always starts with "EngramEntry". Looking for them using Windows Search, Windows Exploerer, or Everything is a pain. With FileListCreator I simply drag the folder that I know it is in, then tell it to filter by "EngramEntry" and it will show every one in that folder. I then can put them in whatever order I want, tell it to add or remove info on those files, save those settings and any time I have those settings on, any folder I drag onto it will instantly make the list. I then can save that list as a file for later use or cut and paste info straight from the interface.

[@reedmarkowitz]

Favorite free software is DaVinci Resolve. Best free movie editor. And I say "movie" because it can do more than just edit video; full audio toolbox, color grading, compiling/rendering effects, etc.

[@lawrencebergeron6164]

Great job good video right to the point no fluff thank you

[@zpepe]

I absolutely love this resource thank you these videos I absolutely love them! Very professionally done, to the point and above all, awesome, useful info... Much appreciated

[@yaritzairizarry]

Awesome! Thanks for the video opensource and free in 2020 godsent....

[@thewizzard3150]

very useful! I immediately installed a lot of these programs. The revo uninstaller even tells you you which of your 64 bit programs are only 32 bit , even though you downloaded the '64 bit' version.

[@axjmd]

Absolutely EVERYTHING I've been using this program for a long time and agree with you it's the BOMB for searching and yes it should be Windows primary search function. The reason why I love it so much is it's lightning fast. Question: In the beginning of this video you mentioned a PDF viewer that you claim does everything, does it edit and can you add content to a pdf with this program? SUPER IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE HERE, WHAT ARE WE ALL GOING TO DO WHEN FLASH TOTALLY DISAPPEARS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR?

[@DrMoorehen]

Thank you very much for this

[@DevilbyMoonlight]

I wasexpecting Blender & Design Spark Mechanical to appear in this list :)

[@ADEL16111]

Just want to highlight a program named Ditto, it's a clipboard manger to keep a history of all the things you copy with many other useful features, I've been using it for years now and it's a really time saver.

[@thedarkestsideoflife]

WinDirStat is a must have, if you haven't checked it out do it now. Don't browse your hard drives visualize them.

[@BudhyHeru]

Really usefull info, bro.

[@fulldnbboy]

Idk about foxit reader but very good alternative to foxit is sumatra pdf reader. It is very very light, damn its so snapy and fast on my 10 year old pc that am still amazed to this day after using it extensively for half a year. Its not 100% alternative for adobe and its wholesome functions but for average joe it is awesome.

[@QDSGames]

Foxit used to be my favourite but now it is too bloated. Sumatra is indeed great and light weight = my standard now.

[@Bisinski]

I watched ads on this vid cause this was amazing, thanks for the upload!!

[@ominoeditz6530]

Thank you very much I was just looking for a software for quick file search thanx man 👍 your video never disappoint me

[@Electrowave]

Great choices and a couple I haven't heard of, now going to give them a try. Thanks!

[@peshawaaaa]

Thank you for your amazing reviews much appreciated

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

VS Code is the absolute killer! Love it!

[@jordan8995]

Some more I've not seen recommended in the comments - WizTree, visual representation of the space each folder is using. Can scan your entire drive in a few seconds. - Odio, free radio streaming program for Windows, macOS & Linux. Looks great & uses the community Radio-Browser.info with 25,000+ stations in total.

[@silversolver7809]

I agree with 9 of these 10, good stuff. The 10th is Foxit, which I used for a few years before they started loading crapware with the install-if that's been fixed, then yes it's good. My list of other good ones: FastStone Image Viewer IrfanView image viewer and editor Blender-3D graphics Greenshot-Screen capture ShareX-Screen capture, screen cast PotPlayer-Video player VLC-Video player 4K Video Downloader Expression Web-HTML & CSS editor DNS Jumper-select fastest DNS EULAlyzer-check software EULAs Macrium Reflect-disk imager ShupUp10-Control Win10's privacy Ninite-setup free software Belarc Advisor-check software updates SUMo-Software Update Monitor Winaero Tweaker-Customize Windows Rainmeter-Customize Windows WinDirStat-Graphical Disk usage map Folder Marker-highlight some folders EpicGames-1-2 free commercial games every week GOG Galaxy-Unify major game managers Opera GX-Browser for Gamers Adobe Digital Editions-Ebook reader Calibre-Comprehensive Ebook software PDF Xchange Editor-Reader & Editor Textify-copy text from dialog boxes

[@TeckLeong]

you are the best TQ!

[@ZiadHb]

Useful video

[@jakeduggan3854]

When I was a Windoze user, Geek uninstaller was a fantastic uninstaller application. These days * sudo apt get remove --purge "application name"* on Debian based GNU Linux operating systems is all that I need.

[@radstorm]

I like a program called "the file splitter" 1.31.. it's been around a long time but works great if you want to break down bigger files and store on a data dvd, etc.. then when you want use them again, the program puts them back together to original large file.. It don't do folders, but if you convert them with 7zip first it will :o)

[@mrfaffley4479]

Thank you for this very informative video. I have just grabbed Foxit Reader for annotating PDFs (SumatraPDF is a good reader but limited), Everything and Revo Uninstaller Free. Really useful stuff :).

[@GrzegorzSkoczylas]

I would definitely add LibreOffice to this list.

[@shaunaymos7673]

thks. . also for some useful Windows features, google Folderchanger

[@lavernapearl5917]

k