All-In-One: Free Software You Can't Live Without

[jasondinner]

This is not in any particular order, but listing as they comes to my mind...

Jing (screen capture imags and videos on the fly)

Gmail

Gmail - G-Chat

Google Analytics

Google Adwords Keyword Tool

Google Webmaster Tools

Skype (i guess, it's come in handy every now and then)

YouTube for video streaming

I'll post more as they come to me.

- Jason

[koolphoto]

PsPad Text Editor - I code all my Wordpress Themes with this
Firefox and all the great plugins
Chrome for speed
Filezilla - For me this is the best FTP
Webshot - grabs a photo of a website
Audacity
Wordpress - Made me a good living. But mostly I just have lot's of fun with it.
iTunes and Winamp - Keeps me sane when I am on the computer for many hours. I love internet radio.
RocketDock - Desktop Dock for Windows. Like the Mac Doc.
Bulk Rename - renames lots of files at once. Really handy.
Avira Antivirus - Saved my butt a few times.
Windows Movie Maker - Imagine, something useful and free form Microsoft.
Windows Music Maker
Quicktime
Real Player
xampp lite - Server for your computer. Test all my Wordpress Themes with this.

[Edie47]

My favorite are:

FileZilla (FTP)
Zemanta
Google Analytics
Google Keyword Tool
Gmail
Notepad
ColorZilla (FoxFire)
Blogger - got me started when I knew absolutely nothing about blogging.

That's it for now.

[dbolton]

One of my favorites:

PDF exchange viewer. Even the free version lets you highlight, mark text, and many other things as well
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After trying Acrobat Reader, and Foxit (free versions), I then tried this one, and it easily beats the others!

Here's a download link:

Download

David Bolton

[mine1718]

xsitepro

avg

adobe

wp

[Victoria Neely]

1. Avira AntiVir - Antivirus software (offers free version)
2. NoScript Firefox Add-on - Prevents website scripts from running unless they're added to a whitelist. Helpful for avoiding viruses, if you're willing to put up with a bit of inconvenience.
3. Filezilla - Free FTP
4. WordPress - Real comfortable with this blogging platform, and there are oh-so-many themes and plugins to choose from.
5. CCleaner - Cleans the "crap" from your machine that gathers from installing and uninstalling programs over time.
6. Metapad - Like Notepad, but capable of more.

[TheJedi]

I don't want to repeat those already mentioned, so:

Pidgin - an open-source universal Instant Messenger.

Comodo Anti-Virus and Firewall - self-explanatory

Belarc Advisor - builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, Center for Internet Security benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser

Free Hide Folder - a free computer security tool to hide and password-protect your private folders.

Notepad ++ - a text-based HTML editor.

Software Informer - creates a list of programs installed on your PC, and then gives you notifications about relevant updates.

xplorer2lite - a free windows explorer replacement.

[mbphoenix]

Candy Store time... I can't wait to see what shows up in this thread.

[mbphoenix]

There are so many.. where to start.

Roboform & Goodsync
Thunderbird (with Xnotes addon)
GIMP
Pixie
Camstudio
Miro
Xmind (mindmap)
Comment kahuna
Zip995
Ccleaner
Glary Utilities
Skype
xheader
Logmein - fantastic remote control ap with iphone
Defraggler
Paint.net
SugarSync - save me several times
filezilla
Toodledo sync todo's with iphone

[freedomforall]

What a nice listing of all-in-one software. There were many here that I had not thought about. Thanks so much for this thread.

[Joe Giannetti]

Originally Posted by SusanneUK

Roboform - I do have the paid version but you can get a free version

Sue

Roborm.....I agree....Can't live livout it..

[richporr]

PolyEdit Lite (Notepad Replacement with links and images)
FastStone Capture 5.3 (the freeware version-Snagit replacement)
FastStone Photo Resizer (freeware)
Gom Player
Free Monitor for Google (rank monitor)
Microsoft Photo Editor (quick transparent GIFs)
Eyedropper (color picker)
CoreFTP Lite
Zoho (mentioned earlier)
iGoogle for browser frontpage
Lastpass.com (mentioned earlier--can't live without it)

[Gindes]

Audacity
Media Player classic
KM Player
CCleaner
Foxit reader
AbiWord
Blender
Revo Uninstaller
smart Defrag
Malwarebytes anti-malware
Avira antivirus
Format factory
Kompozer
Scribus
Easy Thumbnails
Winrar
Opera
Google Chrome

[WendyWebbe]

There is a ton of great input here, but one thing I didn't see (though I may have just overlooked it) are Open Source eCommerce Platforms such as Magento and OSCommerce. If you have the knowledge are background to work suck products then these are hands down some of the best free software systems out there.

Best Wishes,

Wendy

[Therese]

EZ Back It Up
Open site map generator
FontPage free font viewer and font examiner
Traffic Travis Free SEO tool especially the SEO analysis section.
easyHTML Use for basic html website building.
Photoscape Versatile image processing.
Glary Utilities Fixes, speeds up, maintains and protects PC.

[Katie Wang]

For me:
Notepad (comes with Windows)
Thunderbird
Skype
Lastpass
Object Dock
Wordpress and all the plugins
Firefox + plugins
FileZilla

[mjhult]

OpenOffice, Filezilla, NVU, Avira Antivira

[work]

always google products , i think it's enough.

[Nic Lynn]

TeuxDeux.com (a to-do list web app). Simply awesome!

[Shardul Doshi]

A great list here -

Here are some free once I always need :-
uTorrent
Opera Browser and Opera Mail
Alexa Toolbar
Digsby
TwitterFox (Ecofon)

[povchef]

1. Kompozer (NVU) - WYSIWYG HTML editor
2. FileZilla - FTP client
3. All of the free Google apps.
4. Firefox and addons like NoScrip, Adblock plus....
5. AVG anti virus
6. Ad-Aware

I could probably list another 100 but they are the best

[Jimian]

JING
ALL Google

[AJHunter]

microsoft.com/security_essentials/
iobit.com/ascdownload.html
link-assistant.com/seo-spyglass/

[Richard Martin]

Primo PDF...free PDF creation software

7-Zip...love this zip file handling program...fast and simple to use

Big thumbs up for FileZilla/Komposer/Roboform/MalwareBytes/CCleaner as well

[JohnMcCabe]

I was looking for a program that would let me access .rar files on my Windows machine and stumbled over this:

PeaZip download free RAR 7Z TAR ZIP extraction

There are versions available for Windows and Linux.

[SeanFromSoCal]

Firefox (free) - dozens of extensions to help development/seo work
Internet Explorer (free) - faster browser than my developer/seo'd out super extended Firefox
SyncBack (free/paid) - best synchronization program
SPB Wallet (paid) - password keeper, works on PCs and mobile phone
TrueCrypt (free) - encrypts entire drive, have to protect my precious code
JDownload (free) - best automated rapidshare/megaupload/etc downloader
Sandboxie (free) - sandbox to install/run software that keeps it seperate from other programs, easy to wipe it totally clean
Notepad++ (free) - best HTML/PHP/text editor
Filezilla (free) - best FTP client
Dropbox (free/paid) - great program to sync multiple PCs and provide online backup too

[software248]

Firefox

IE

Google Chrome

Thanks

[leschwaar]

I'm not sure if these have been mentioned yet:

Aptana studio: a free open-source FTP client, WYSIWYG and code editor comparable to ColdFusion studio

Blender: Open-source video editing and 3-d modeling software

Pinnacle: They offer a free limited version of their video editing software (I liked it so much that I bought one of their $15 extension packs, but it functions completely free I believe)

Flash editor: There may be an open-source flash editor/creator at osflash.org

Evernote: An AWESOME notes program by apple that's accessible via desktop application that saves your note database locally or by logging in at evernote.com. I have almost 1000 notes in my database. The program is often updated as well. Also, it is capable of really nice screen shots and searching text within images

Mint.com and Wasabe.com: Online-based applications for budget and bank account monitoring (comparable to Quicken)

CutePDF Writer: A print driver that allows you to print web pages directly to PDF -- I have used this many times for my swipe file

PortableApps: An application that allows you to run programs from a USB drive (I run firefox, my password manager, and thunderbird from my drive when I do work at other computers like at my school)

Great post. I practically live off open-source software and applications, including those mentioned above in addition to FileZilla, Open Office, Thunderbird, Firefox/Safari/Chrome, Audacity, Tweetdeck, and many others. Thanks.

[jcoon]

WOW!! what a list, but I did not see "ASPELL"

GNU Aspell is a free spell checker designed to be used as a library or as an independent spell checker. aspell.net

Because it is free and open source, Aspell is commonly used to implement spell checking features within a variety of applications.

and my fav antivirus program AVAST < Download Free Antivirus software with anti-spyware technology or buy avast! Internet Security with a firewall for full desktop protection. @ www.avast.com >

Not an affiliate link in this post. just a FYI

[Online Bliss]

Rocket Dock
is a cool way to add shortcuts
and access them quickly.
I have many external hard drives
and many folders and this one click software
is a life saver and free of course.

[Hyphen]

Skype
CCleaner
Firefox
Feed Notifier
Dropbox

[Ronak Shah]

I use:

http://digsby.com

http://twitterfeed.com

http://amplify.com

http://posterous.com

Xilisoft Powerpoint to Video converter free

Orbit downloader

Getright downloader

http://flock.com

[website design]

Firefox - seobook, webdeveloper
google - gmail, keyword tool, webmaster tools
netvibes
evernote
openoffice
Photoshop
notepad
CMS - Modx, Drupal, Magento
Filezilla
avg zonealarm malwarebytes ccleaner
itunes quicktime
skype

and a bunch of marketing/research software...

[Fallen_Angel]

greasemonkey
i-macro
seo book

[BenBrandes]

Ah good lists here

For me

greasemonkey - pop 3 checker (checks my gmail pop3 accounts every 8 minutes instead of 60 minutes)
skype - helps me keep in touch with IMers
audacity - audio editing
Google docs - keep training and outsourcing info here
Drop Box - free version to sync folders between my laptops
Fusion HQ - Build my online empire using it
Gmail - gotta love being able to search and check emails on any computer

[tyroneshum]

All in One Free...
Converter: Super
Screen Recording: ScreenToaster
Video Submission: TubeMogul
Analytics: Google Analytics
Teleconference Service: Skype
Password Vault: LastPass
Backup/Storage Service: ADrive

Enjoy!

[Jawshh]

1. Skype

2. Xampp

3. Format Factory

4. VLC Media Player

5. Windows Movie Maker

6. Mozilla Thunder Bird

7. uTorrent

8. Adobe PDF Reader

9. Firefox(Duh)

10. FileZilla FTP Client

11. CCleaner

12. Free Mind Mind Mapping

[Janice Sperry]

RoboForm

I am in and out of 50+ sites throughout a typical day. If I had to delete every free software program except one I would keep RoboForm.

Great thread - lots of good suggestions and a few programs I had forgot about.

[Oscar D]

For me its Thunderbird, I tried Outlook and hated it.

Thunderbird is amazing

[BriannaZachary]

online free storage,25 GB skydrive.live.com

[Danny_C]

Great tool to organize desktop: Stardock.com - Your Edge In Software

My favorite site for installing freeware apps: Ninite Easy PC Setup - Silent Unattended Install Multiple Programs At Once (This one link covers most everything you could need)

I also use ActionComplete - ActionComplete | Gain Control of Your Life and Feel Accomplished

[schu31]

1. google toolbar.com : easy to search
2. budurl.com: great for tracking
3. Gmail.com: great for mail comes straight to inbox

[Fl_Broker]

I've tried different password programs but I personally used and not sure what I would do without it is Roboform and it's Free unless you need to upgrade.

[tourdogg]

I can't live without ROBO! Have to many websits to visit and its the perfect thing for it!

Why didn't i think of that!

[steve883]

Thanks for the great lists and suggestion. It's amazing

[ipwperia]

Firefox
Microsoft Word
Notepad
Photoshop
Product of Adobe
...
let me think the others.. Haha

[Rob Perks]

Google Maps Tool - Locates listings for specific KWDs. Not an affiliate link or anything.

Thanks for sharing.

[alniches]

MSNotePad
Filezilla
Wordpress
MSWordPad
Firefox

[jaratvit]

Blogger,
Avast (free antivirus, home edition),
Zedge.net free software for mobile.

[wantoo]

thanks, excellent,bob