Free Software

Why are you paying for software that you could be getting for free. Here is a list of some of bigBrains favorite free software.

Category Link Description bB Fav
3D 3DelightFree 3D renderer
3D Blender3D 3D renderer
3D Maya Learning Edition 3D modeling
3D SketchUp 3D modeling
Archive 7-Zip Winzip type program
Archive CabPack compression program
Archive IZArc compression program
Archive TugZIP compression program
Archive Universal Extractor extract files from any type of archive
Audio 1by1 audio player
Audio Apollo audio player
Audio Audacity Record/Editing Sounds bB Fav
Audio Audiograbber CD ripper
Audio CDex CD ripper
Audio dBpowerAMP audio converter
Audio EncSpot Basic analyse mp3 files
Audio Exact Audio Copy CD ripper
Audio Foobar2000 audio player
Audio JetAudio audio player
Audio Kristal Audio Engine audio editor
Audio MediaCoder Universal
audio/video transcoder
Audio MediaMonkey music organizer bB Fav
Audio Mixxx DJ Software
Audio Monkey’s Audio APE compressor/decompressor
Audio Mp3 Tag Tools tag editor
Audio Mp3tag tag editor
Audio mpTrim mp3 editor
Audio Taggin’ MP3 tag editor
Audio The GodFather music organizer
Audio VLC Multimedia Player
Audio WAMP Apache, PHP5 and MySQL server
Audio WavePad audio converter
Audio WavTrim wave editor
Audio WinAmp audio player bB Fav
Audio Xion audio player
Audio XMPlay audio player
CD/DVD BurnAtOnce CD/DVD burner
CD/DVD CDBurner XP Pro CD/DVD burner
CD/DVD Daemontools virtual CD/DVD
CD/DVD DeepBurner CD/DVD burner
CD/DVD DVD Decrypter DVD ripper bB Fav
CD/DVD DVD Shrink DVD ripper bB Fav
CD/DVD DVDFlick DVD
Authoring		 bB Fav
CD/DVD Expressurn CD/DVD burner
CD/DVD ImgBurn ISO, BIN burner
CD/DVD ISO Recorder Copy CD/DVD
to disk		 bB Fav
CD/DVD Nero CD-DVD Speed CD/DVD info and quality test
CD/DVD Zilla CD-DVD
Rip’n’Burn		 CD/DVD burner
Chat Gaim chat client
Chat Gizmo Internet Telephony
Chat Google Talk VOIP client
Chat HydraIRC IRC client
Chat IceChat IRC client
Chat JAJC chat client
Chat Miranda chat client
Chat MSN Messenger chat client bB Fav
Chat QIP chat client
Chat Skype Internet Telephony bB Fav
Chat Talkative IRC IRC client
Chat VoipStunt VOIP client
Chat Wengo VOIP client
Chat Yahoo Messenger chat client
Codecs AC3Filter audio codec
Codecs GSpot codec information
Codecs K-Lite Codec Pack all codecs bB Fav
Codecs QuickTime
Alternative		 video codec
Codecs Real Alternative video codec
Codecs Xvid video codec bB Fav
Developers Alleycode HTML editor
Developers AutoHotkey task automation
Developers AutoIt “BASIC-like”scripting language for automating Windows GUI and more.
Developers BlockNote web page editor
Developers ConTEXT Editor text editor
Developers Crimson
Editor		 source code editor
Developers eCleaner Strips HTML
symbols, formatting codes, and so on.
Developers Elfima
Notepad		 text editor
Developers FireBug Web
debugging tool. “… absolutely outstanding…nothing beats the DOM information
and JavaScript debugging…”
Developers FoxEditor text editor
Developers Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 bB Fav
Developers Notepad++ text editor bB Fav
Developers Notepad2 text editor
Developers Nvu HTML editor
Developers PHP Designer PHP editor
Developers PowerBASIC A Windows
compiler. “…small, fast, no dependencies…”
Developers PSPad text editor
Developers Ruby “One of the
most popular scripting languages.”
Developers SciTE4AutoIt3 text editor for AutoIt
Developers Virt-Dimension Multi-Desktop software
Developers Virtual PC Create and
run virtual machines on a single computer.
Developers VirtuaWin Multi-Desktop software
Developers Visual Studio Express Software
Development
Developers Weaverslave web page editor
Developers XML Notepad 2007 Browse and
edit XML documents.
Education Celestia explore the space
Education Dia diagram creation program
Education Google Earth explore the world
Education NASA
World Wind		 3D virtual globe
Education SpeQ
Mathematics		 mathematics program
Education Stellarium planetarium
Games 123
Free Solitaire		 solitaire games collection
Games America’s Army 1st Person Shooter Game
Games Arcade Pack classic arcade games
Games Celestia Space Simulation
Games Enigma puzzle game
Games FlightGear Flight Simulation Game
Games Freeciv multiplayer strategy game
Games Little
Fighter		 Cute fighing game
Games Live For
Speed		 online racing simulator
Games Stellarium Planetarium
Games StepMania DDR Dancing Game
Games Tux
Racer		 race down steep, snow-covered mountains
Hardware 3Dmark 06 3D game performance benchmark bB Fav
Hardware Aquamark performance benchmark
Hardware ATI Tray Tools Radeon tweaker
Hardware ATiTool video overclock
Hardware aTuner GeForce and Radeontweaker
Hardware Central Brain Identifier cpu information
Hardware Core Temp cpu temperature
Hardware CPU
Rightmark		 cpu overclock
Hardware CPU-Z Quickly
review information about system’s devices.		 bB Fav
Hardware CrystalCPUID cpu information
Hardware Everest system information
Hardware Fraps 3D benchmark, fps viewer and screen recorder
Hardware Memtest86 memory test
Hardware Nokia Monitor Test monitor adjustmets
Hardware PowerMax HDD test
Hardware Prime 95 cpu benchmarking
Hardware RivaTuner video overclock
Hardware rthdribl 3D benchmark
Hardware SiSoft Sandra system information
Hardware SpeedFan hardware monitor
Hardware SuperPI cpu benchmarking
Hardware UDPixel fix dead pixels
Image 3D
Box Shot Maker		 design quality box shot
Image ArtRage image editor
Image Artweaver image editor
Image Blender 3D Drawing Program
Image ColorPic “Superb”
pop-up color picker control for Web pages.
Image Easy
Thumbnails		 create thumbnails from images
Image FastStone Capture screen capture
Image FastStone Image Viewer image viewer
Image FuturixImager image viewer
Image Gimp Photoshop type program bB Fav
Image GIMPshop Photoshop
like tool
Image Inkscape Illustrator type program
Image Irfanview Fast graphic
viewer/conversion tool for Windows.
Image iWebAlbum create web photo albums
Image JAlbum create web photo albums
Image JoJoThumb create thumbnails from images
Image Paint.NET Image and
photo editing software.		 bB Fav
Image PhotoFiltre image editor
Image Picasa Google’s Photo Organizer Software bB Fav
Image WinSnap screen capture
Image XnView image viewer
Internet Avant
Browser		 web browser
Internet Download
Master		 download manager
Internet Firefox Internet Browser program
Internet FlashGet download manager
Internet Foxit Reader “Fast” PDF
reader with “neat” capabilities. Getting bloated.
Internet Free Download Manager download manager
Internet Google Chrome Windows
browser that’s getting a lot of good reviews.		 bB Fav
Internet GreatNews RSS reader
Internet HTTrack offline browser
Internet Internet Explorer- web browser bB Fav
Internet Maxthon web browser
Internet Opera web browser
Internet PopTray check for emails
Internet RoboForm Pro and Portable Password
manager, form filler, and password management.
Internet RSSOwl RSS reader
Internet Thunderbird Email Software
Internet WebReaper offline browser
Internet WellGet download manager
Internet WGET commandline download manager
Internet Yeah Reader RSS reader
Misc FreeMind midn mapping software bB Fav
Misc grabMotion webcam capture
Misc iDailyDiary simple page-for-a-day diary
Misc nLite Build your own custom Windows disk.
Misc Pivot Stickfigure Animator create stick-figure animations
Misc Scribus professional page layout
Misc VirtualPC create virtual machines
Misc Windows Live Writer WYSIWYG blog authoring
Misc Wink create presentations
Network Angry
IP Scanner		 IP scanner
Network Bandwidth Monitor Daily, weekly, and monthly information logs *
Compatible with all versions of windows * Options and graphs for capped users
* Multiple users and selectable adapters * Network and dial-up connections *
English, Italian, German, and Russian
Network CoreFTP Free,
user-friendly, secure FTP application for Windows.		 bB Fav
Network DNS source script Creates DSNs
from code. “…moving computers and new users requires much less maintenance.”
Network Ethereal local area network administration
Network FileZilla Open source
FTP client and server.
Network FireFTP FTP client
plug for Firefox.
Network Free Port Scanner IP scanner
Network FREEping – Server Pinging will ping all your IP addresses in free-definable
intervals.
Network Hamachi VPN client
Network IP-Tools IP scanner
Network Lan Monitor Displays
information about every network adapter on your computer.
Network LogMeIn Hamachi VPN service.
Network NetMeter network bandwidth monitoring
Network RealVNC remote control
Network The
Dude		 network administration
Network UltraVNC remote control
Network Wireshark network administration
Office AbiWord Word Processor
Office Adobe Reader pdf reader. Now perfered by me over FoxIt. FoxIt is getting a bit spammy. bB Fav
Office Atlantis
Nova		 text editor
Office ATnotes create notes on the desktop
Office Converber unit convertor
Office Convert unit convertor
Office CSVed Manipulate
Excel files (.xls). “…great tool for anyone who hates Excel.”
Office Doc
Convertor		 document convertor
Office EssentialPIM
Free		 calendar/organizer
Office Evernote Note Taking Software
Office Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer power point files viewer
Office Open Office Microsoft Office compatible program bB Fav
Office PC
Suite 602		 office suite
Office PDFCreator create pdf documents
Office PhraseExpress speed up your writing
Office Sunbird calendar/organizer
Office ToDoList NET-based
to-do list.
P2P µTorrent torrent client bB Fav
P2P ABC torrent client
P2P Azureus torrent client
P2P BitComet torrent client
P2P BitTornado torrent client
P2P DC++ Direct Connect network client
P2P eMule p2p client
P2P PeerGuardian IP blocker
P2P Shareaza p2p client
P2P SoulSeek p2p client
Security Ad Aware The original
anti-spyware company, so LavaSoft says.
Security Ad-aware anti-spyware
Security AntiVir PersonalEdition antivirus
Security Avast Anti-Virus Antivirus
and Internet security.		 bB Fav
Security AVG Here, you can get your free copy of the AVG 7.0
Anti-Virus System – AVG 7.0 Free Edition and you will be able to use it
without any limitations for life of the product.
Security AxCrypt file encryption
Security BitDefender Free antivirus
Security Clamwin Anti-Virus Software
Security CyberDifender Internet Security Suite
Security File Buddy Be safe, the encryption used by File Buddy has no
known successful attacks against it – so you can feel at ease knowing your
data is truly protected
Security HighJackThis hijackers detector and remover
Security HiJack
Free		 system protection
Security KeePass Password
manager.
Security Kerio Personal Firewall firewall
Security LockNote password manager
Security Microsoft Anti-Spyware Anti-Spyware
Security nPassword password manager
Security PGP Freeware It is a tradition at PGP to offer a limited
capability version of PGP Mail for individual, non-commercial use. PGP
Freeware offers basic PGP encryption capability for messages and files, but
does not include many features available in other PGP products. There are
versions available for both Windows and Mac environments
Security PuTTy SSH client
Security Simple File Shredder securely delete files
Security Spybot-S&D Detects and
removes spyware.
Security Spyware
Terminator		 anti-spyware
Security SpywareBlaster anti-spyware
Security Sygate Personal Firewall firewall
Security Tootkit Reveaker rootkit detection utility
Security Trojan
Hunter		 Protects
system from Trojans.
Security Windows Defender anti-spyware bB Fav
Security Winpooch system protection
Security ZoneAlarm A suite of
security products.
Servers EFTP FTP client/server
Servers FileZilla FTP client
Servers FileZilla
Server		 FTP server
Servers XAMPP integrated server package of Apache, mySQL, PHP and
Perl
Spam K9 K9 is an email filtering application that works in
conjunction with your regular POP3 email program and automatically classifies
incoming emails as spam
Spam SpamBayes The SpamBayes project is working on developing a
Bayesian anti-spam filter, initially based on the work of Paul Graham. The
major difference between this and other, similar projects is the emphasis on
testing newer approaches to scoring messages.
spam SpamPal Anti-Spam
Ulilities allSnap make all windows snap
Ulilities Ant
Movie Catalog		 movie organizer
Ulilities Ant Renamer file renaming
Ulilities Atomic Cock Sync syncronize your clock
Ulilities Auslogics Disk Defrag Hard drive
defragmenting software.
Ulilities Auslogics Registry Defrag Registry
defragmenting software.		 bB Fav
Ulilities Auto FE Updater Updates
front-end applications in a multi-user environment. “It’s a lifesaver!”
Ulilities Autoruns
Startup process manager		 shows
programs configured to run during system bootup or login.
Ulilities Belarc Advisor Profile
system — installed software, hardware, missing hotfixes, antivirus status,
security benchmarks, and more.		 bB Fav
Ulilities CCleaner File system
and registry cleaner.		 bB Fav
Ulilities Chaos MD5 MD5 generator
Ulilities Citrus
Alarm Clock		 alarm clock
Ulilities Dexpot virtual desktops
Ulilities Disclib CD organizer
Ulilities Disktective Disk-space
reporting.
Ulilities DriveImage XML create partition images
Ulilities DumpEvt SomarSoft’s DumpEvt is a Windows NT program to dump
the event log in a format suitable for importing into a database.
Ulilities DumpReg SomarSoft’s DumpReg is a program for Windows NT and
Windows 95 that dumps the registry, making it easy to find keys and values
containing a string.
Ulilities DumpSec SomarSoft’s DumpSec is a security auditing program
for Microsoft Windows® NT/2000. It
Ulilities Duplicate
File Finder		 find all duplicate files
Ulilities Eraser secure file eraser
Ulilities ExplorerXP file manager
Ulilities FileMon and Process Monitor Monitor
Windows.
Ulilities Find & Replace Add-in for
Microsoft Access that lets you quickly rename design objects.
Ulilities freeCommander file manager
Ulilities HashTab MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32 file hashes
Ulilities Icons
From File		 icos extractor
Ulilities Java Runtime Environment java for Windows
Ulilities jv16 Powertools system utilities
Ulilities Launchy application launcher
Ulilities MozBackup backup and restore bookmarks, etc.
Ulilities Net
Profiles		 create profiles of your network settings
Ulilities Polestar Virtual Printer Virtual PDF
and image printer.
Ulilities Process Explorer Lets you see
which handles and DLL processes are open. “Excellent and detailed
information…”
Ulilities Rainlendar
Lite		 desktop calendar
Ulilities Registrar
Lite		 registry editor
Ulilities ReNamer file renaming bB Fav
Ulilities ResourceHacker view, modify, rename, add, delete
Ulilities RootkitRevealer Rootkit
detection utility.
Ulilities SpinRite Data
recovery.		 bB Fav
Ulilities Startup Control Panel A simple
user interface that lets you choose which programs launch when you start your
computer.
Ulilities StrokeIt mouse gestures
Ulilities Subtitle
Workshop		 subtitles editor
Ulilities SyncBack system backup
Ulilities Synergy/DE Suite of
advanced cross-platform software tools for Windows, UNIX, and OpenVMS.
(Camden consults for Synergex, the vendor.)
Ulilities Sysinternals Tools various system tools
Ulilities TaskSwitchXP Alt-Tab replacement
Ulilities TightVNC Remote PC Control
Ulilities Undelete
Plus		 file recovery
Ulilities Unlocker file eraser
Ulilities Weather
Watcher		 weather firecast
Ulilities What’s
Running		 process guard
Ulilities Windows
Grep		 Graphical
text search and replace tool.
Ulilities WinIPConfig replacement for “ipconfig.exe” and “route.exe”
Ulilities WinPatrol Improve
system performance.
Ulilities XP SysPad system monitoring utility
Ulilities xp-AntiSpy OS setup
Ulilities xPlorer2 Trouble-free
desktop file management. “…fabulous for copying data between directories or
hard disk or memory stick.”
Ulilities ZTree “The best
file/directory manager out there.”
UI AutoHotKey Automate
keystrokes and mouse clicks. “…full-featured for recording mouse movements
and keystrokes.”
UI AveDesk desktop enhancer
UI Badges put badges on any folder or file
UI BricoPacks shell packs
UI Copernic
Desktop Search		 Windows
Desktop Search tool.
UI CursorXP Free change mouse cursors
UI Folder
Marker		 mark your folders
UI Folder2MyPC add favourite locations to My Computer
UI Folderico change icons of the folders
UI HardCopy Screen
capture utility. “…relaxed shareware license…” [UPDATE Edited with new link]
UI IconPhile customize windows’s system icons
UI LClock Windows Longhorn clock
UI MacSound volume control
UI Microsoft TweakUI system settings bB Fav
UI MoveWindows Custom
application that captures all of the open windows on your machine. “Handy for
multiple monitor issues when an application gets lost.”
UI Really Slick Screensavers Screensaver
UI Rocket Dock Application Launcher bB Fav
UI Royale Theme visual style
UI SendToAny Extends the
Windows Send To menu to include anything on your Programs menu.		 bB Fav
UI ShellPacks shell packs
UI Tango Shell Patcher shell patcher
UI Taskbar Shuffle rearrange the programs on the taskbar by
dragging
UI Vista Sound Scheme Windows Vista sound scheme
UI Vista Transformation Pack complete visual style
UI Visual
Task Tips		 thumbnail preview image for each task in the
taskbar
UI XPize GUI enhancer
UI Y’z Dock application launcher
UI Y’z Shadow shadow effect to the windows
UI Y’z Toolbar change the toolbar icons in Explorer and Internet
Explorer
Video AviSplit Avi splitter
Video CamStudio video screen recording
Video CrystalPlayer
1.95		 video player
Video DSPlayer video player
Video Free
iPod Converter		 convert all popular video formats to iPod video
Video GOM Player video player
Video Media Player Classic video player
Video MediaPortal turning your PCinto a Media Center
Video MV2Player video player
Video The
FilmMachine
Video Video mp3 Extractor rip audio from video files
Video viPlay video player
Video VirtualDub video editor
Video VLC video player
Video Windows Media Player audio/video player
Video Zoom Player video player
Wallpapers Michael Swanson 1920 x 1200; 1600 x 1200; amazing wallpapers
Wallpapers Mikhail Arkhipov 1920 x 1200; 1600 x 1200; amazing wallpapers
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