"You get what you pay for" is true in most circumstances, but not necessarily with software. There are hundreds of excellent apps what cost exactly nothing. Let's see the best free apps for Windows, ranging from the best free Antivirus software suites to the best free VPN clients.
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This guide isn't a roundup. We will not be comparing these apps to one another, to single out the best-of-the-best-no-questions-asked on every category.
Our goal is to gather a couple of hundred great programs, for every job on our Windows computer. This will help you discover apps you might not know about, and maybe alternatives to applications you have been using for years.
Of course, it won't end with this index. We will be creating detailed guides for every different category, where we will test the category's best free apps, with their pros and cons.
Until then, though, you can give them a try yourselves. After all, it's free.
The best free Antivirus / Windows Security Applications 121h6n
Antivirus 2n4i3v
Firewall 6h1i1y
- AVS Firewall
- Comodo Firewall
- Outpost Firewall Free
- PrivateFirewall
- TinyWall
- Windows Firewall control
- ZoneAlarm Free Firewall
Malware Scanner u303n
- ComboFix
- Emsisoft Anti-Malware
- Emsisoft Emergency Kit
- Malwarebytes
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- SUPERAntiSpyware
- Trend Micro HouseCall
The best free Audio / Video Utilities 6h1q6f
Audio Editing 4u1u6n
- Acoustica Basic Edition
- Audacity
- Audio er
- AudioTool
- MP3 Cutter
- MP3Gain
- Power Sound Editor Free
- Reaper
- WavePad
- WaveShop
- Wavosaur
Codec Pack 5v5c5f
Media Center 1f5k5k
- Kodi (ex XBMC)
- MediaPortal
- Plex
Movie / Video Player m204d
- BSPlayer
- Daum PotPlayer
- DivX Player
- GOM Media Player
- JetAudio Basic
- Kantaris
- KMPlayer
- Media Player Classic Home Cinema
- MPCStar
- SMPlayer
- Snow Player
- VLC Player
- Zoom Player Free
Music / Audio Player 531g26
Tags Manager z324e
Video Converter 4p6v5p
- Any Video Converter
- Extensoft Video Converter
- Format Factory
- FreeMake Free Video Converter
- Hamster Free Video Converter
- Handbrake
- Miro Video Converter
- Prism
Video Editing 1ox5d
- Avidemux
- Free Video Dub
- Kate's Video Toolkit
- Lightworks
- MPEG Streamclip
- VirtualDub
- VSDC Free Video Editor
The best free Backup Applications 3j82l
Cloud Backup Clients 1jh71
- Amazon Cloud Drive
- Box Sync
- Copy
- CloudMe
- Cubby
- Dropbox
- Dump Truck
- Google Drive
- hubiC
- JottaCloud
- Jumpshare
- MediaFire Desktop
- Mega Sync Client
- OziBox
- pCloud
- tresorit
- Yandex Disk
File Backup / Folder Synchronizer 444w
- AllwaySync
- Comodo Backup
- DirSync Pro
- Duplicati
- FreeFileSync
- Karaosoft File Synchronizer
- SyncToy
- SyncBackFree
- SyncFolders
- Syncless
- Syncredible
- Synkron
System Backup / Image Software 3x1p4q
- AOMEI Backupper
- Clonezilla
- Drive Image XML
- EaseUS Todo Backup Home
- Macrium Reflect
- Paragon Backup and Recovery
- PING (PartImage Is Not Ghost)
The best free Browsers x5z4x
- Avant Browser
- Google Chrome
- Kylo
- Maxthon Browser
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera
- Palemoon
- RockMelt
- SlimBrowser
- SRWare Iron
The best free Code / Text Editors 3e1w1g
- AutoIt
- Code::Blocks
- ConTEXT
- Crimson Editor
- GetDiz
- HxD
- jGRASP
- Notepad++
- Programmer's Notepad
- SharpDevelop
- WinS
The best free Communication Apps 1u2f6a
The best free Diagnostic Utilities 3m1m2b
Diagnostic Multitools f25g
System Diagnostics 1e1h4
- CoreTemp
- UZ
- CrystalDiskInfo
- Disk Benchmark
- GPU-Z
- HDDScan
- HWiNFO/32/64 Tools
- HWMonitor
- Memtest86
- OCCT
- RealTemp
The best free Disk Utilities 654370
Disk Cleaning 6x1y51
Disk Data Recovery 26o55
- EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard
- MiniTool Power Data Recovery
- PC Inspector
- TestDisk & PhotoRec
- Recuva
- Restoration
Disk Defragmenter 2c646
Disk Erase 5w6e5v
Disk Partitioning 3x4117
- AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition
- EaseUS Partition Master
- GParted
- MiniTool Partition Wizard
Disk Space Analysis k819
Duplicate File Finder 54545y
- AllDup
- Anti-Twin
- Auslogics Duplicate File Finder
- Double Killer
- DupeGuru
- CloneSpy
- Duplicate Cleaner Free
- Exact Duplicate Finder
- Fast Duplicate File Finder
- SearchMyFiles
The best free ing Applications 1k4z4
Music 1w6024
Torrent Client 5r1f6b
Video / YouTube 4n3s6a
- Ashampoo ClipFinder HD
- DVDVideoSoft Free YouTube
- Freemake Video er
- Free Youtube er
- Orbit er
- SaveFrom.net
- StreamTransport
- YTD Video er
The best free DVD / CD Utilities 595p1u
DVD / CD Burner 1tu5u
DVD Rip 1v4l59
- bitRipper
- DVD43
- DVDShrink
- DVDFab HD
- Format Factory
- HandBrake
- MakeMKV
- MediaCoder
- VidCoder
- WinX DVD Ripper
The best free Email Clients 1gz3u
The best free File Utilities 665y2w
File Compression 611b3g
File Encryption 1w3i63
File Split / 5h4i50
Hash / CRC Check l3p5r
- Febooti fileTweak Hash & CRC
- HashTab
- HashMyFiles
- HashCheck Shell Extension
- Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier
- MD5 Checker
- WinMD5Free
The best free FTP Clients 55168
The best free ISO Mount Applications 39c4r
- Alchohol 52% Free Edition
- Daemon Tools
- DVDFab Virtual Drive
- Gizmo Drive
- MagicDisk
- Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control
- Virtual CloneDrive
- WinArchiver Virtual Drive
- WinCDEmu
The best free Network Analysis 5o6a5l
The best free OCR sj4u
The best free Office Suites 4g2j14
The best free Management Applications 251l1s
The best free PDF Utilities 3rq5
PDF Creator 145z5m
PDF Reader 1jv53
- Cool PDF Reader
- Evince
- Expert PDF Reader
- Foxit PDF reader
- Javelin PDF Reader
- MuPDF
- Nitro PDF Reader
- Sorax Reader
- Sumatra PDF
- PDF-XChange Viewer
The best free Photo / Picture / Image Utilities 5fg28
Image Viewer 693831
- FastStone Image Viewer
- Hornil Photo Viewer
- IrfanView
- Nomacs - Image Lounge
- Picasa
- WildBit Viewer
- Xlideit Image Viewer
- XnView
- Zoner Photo Studio
Photo Editor 717052
- Artweaver
- Chasys Draw IES
- GIMP
- Inkscape-vector graphics editor
- Paint.NET
- PhoXo
- Photo Pos Pro
- PhotoFiltre
- PhotoScape
- PhotoWipe - (magic eraser)
- PixBuilder Studio
Vector Graphics 1d343o
The best free Process Management Applications 4b6cz
The best free Remote Control / istration / Applications z4h61
The best free Screen Utilities 1q2t71
Screen Capture 5p376d
- Capture View
- CaptureIt Plus
- Cropper
- DuckCapture
- EasyCapture
- FoxArc Screen Capture
- Gadwin PrintScreen
- Greenshot
- Horizon33
- Jing
- LightScreen
- LightShot
- MWSnap
- PrintKey 2000
- PrtScr
- Puush
- Screen Capturer
- Screen Grab Pro
- ScreenHunter Free
- Screenpresso
- Screenshot Captor
- Shotty
- SnapDraw
- SnapShot
- VVCap
- ZScreen
Screen Recording 31e6h
- ActivePresenter Free Edition
- Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder
- BB FlashBack Express
- CamStudio
- DVDVideoSoft Free Screen Video Recorder
- IceCream Screen Recorder
- Krut Computer Recorder
- Loilo Game Recorder
- oCam
- Rylstim Screen Recorder
- TinyTake
- Webinaria
The best free Shut Down Applications 4w5oi
- Auto Shutdown Genius
- Drivermagician Auto Shutdown
- Konradp Auto Shutdown
- Shutdown Monster
- Simple Shutdown Timer
- WinMend Auto Shutdown
- Wise Auto Shutdown
The best free Startup App Managers 1k5gs
The best free System Information Utilities 663e4
The best free Uninstallers k3o5v
The best free Virtual Machines 194872
The best free VPN 3834s
Got any additions to the best free apps list? 4p2p12
If we left an important app or even an important category, let us know in the comment's section. We'll add the app or the category next time we update the "Best Free Apps" guide.
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