List of freeware

Not to be confused with List of free and open source software packages.

Freeware is computer software which is given to use without restriction and without monetary charge.

3D artistry

• Anim8or

Audio tools

• FractMus (software)
• Jeskola Buzz
• Rapid Evolution
• Scala (program)
• SoundApp

Authoring (CD/DVD writing)

• ImgBurn

Communications/Messengers

• Microsoft V-Chat
• OfficeSIP Messenger
• Boljoo
• Xfire
• X-Lite

Bulletin board

• Renegade (BBS)
• YaBB

Mobile phone

• Disc2Phone
• MyPhoneExplorer

Compression

• GCA (file format)
• Filzip
• LHA (file format)
• TUGZip
• ZipGenius

Decompression

• StuffIt Expander

Data recovery

• Recuva

Defragmentation systems

• Quicksys Disk Defrag
• UltimateDefrag multi-functional defragmenter with graphical interface and various applications for maintaining the file system

Download software

• Orbit Downloader
• WinMX
• μTorrent

Email

• ePrompter
• Pegasus Mail
• Pine (e-mail client)

Discontinued

• Microsoft Internet Mail and News

Emulators

• AmiKit
• Hoxs64
• NO$GBA
• nullDC

See also

• List of MSX emulators

Fractal generators

• Fractint

Games

See List of freeware games, List of freeware first-person shooters, and List of commercial games released as freeware.

Game creation

• Adventure Game Studio
• AGAST
• Arena (chess)
• dim3
• M.U.G.E.N

Image manipulation

• Artweaver
• LiveSwif
• Paint.NET
• Pixia
• PNGOUT
• Raw Therapee
• Sqirlz Morph
• Wintopo

Image viewers

• IrfanView
• Jalbum

Information

• AntConc
• Bible Analyzer
• GrabIt
• Legacy Family Tree
• Lexcycle Stanza
• Lingoes (program)
• Ltrack
• NetNewsWire
• ProgDVB
• SmartGenealogy
• Xnews

Internet browsers

• Avant Browser
• Enigma Browser
• Maxthon
• Steel (web browser)

Maintenance

• CCleaner
• Windows Powertools

Media manipulation/Recording

• Audiograbber
• DVD Shrink
• FormatFactory
• GSpot
• MediaCoder
• MPEG Streamclip
• Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel

Media players/Media center

• ALLPlayer
• Boxee
• foobar2000
• GOM Player
• Sonique (media player)
• Winamp
• Yahoo! Music Jukebox

Online

• Screamer Radio

Remote access

• Orb (software)

Medical

See List of freeware health software

Operating system/Plug-in

• AveDesk
• Derrick Operating System
• Kapsules
• Nimi Visuals

Mobile/Phone

• JOCA

Parsers/Software monitoring

• GOLD (parser)

PDF/Printing

• doPDF
• PrimoPDF

Programming

• AutoIt
• CodeLobster
• Database Programmer's Toolkit
• Excelsior Installer
• HxD
• HyperNext
• JavaScript OSA
• JDeveloper
• Microsoft Visual Studio Express
• Mp3tag
• WinShell

Hacking

• Winzapper

Non-PC/Related to non-PC

• Pelles C

Security

• Billeo
• Core Force
• HDDerase
• HijackThis
• LastPass
• PC Tools Firewall Plus
• RootkitRevealer

Firewall

• ProtoWall

Server

• Server2Go

Simulators

• Evolve 4.0
• Framsticks
• HighGrow
• HNSKY
• Mirek's Cellebration
• MOPy fish
• Orbiter (simulator)
• Simufarm
• YS Flight Simulation System 2000

Virtual machine

• VMware Player

System monitoring/Benchmarking

• CPU-Z
• Mactracker
• Process Explorer
• Runscanner
• Samurize

Discontinued

• AIDA32

Text editors

• BBEdit Lite
• Crimson Editor
• NoteTab
• Programmer's File Editor
• PSPad
• Q10 (text editor)
• TED Notepad
• TextWrangler

Toolbars

• Advanced Searchbar

Typeface software

See List of freeware type designers

Update management

• GameShadow
• UpdateStar

Video and audio manipulation

• AVSnap

Video card utility

• RivaTuner

Website

Email

• Mercury Mail Transport System

Forum

• Simple Machines Forum

Other

• nLite and vLite
• SPRING
• Windows Live Essentials

Non-PC/Related to non-PC

• Homebrew Channel
• PointUI Home