User:Lawrence Cohen/software

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Portable software is a class of software that is suitable for use on portable drives such as a USB (thumb) drive or iPod or Palm PDA with "drive mode", although any external hard drive could theoretically be used. The concept of carrying one's favored applications, utilities, and files on a portable drive for use on any computer is one which has evolved considerably in recent years.

Programs in this category (also known as portable applications) are typically 'lite' versions of their parent software, but there are many exceptions.

To be considered truly portable, a software program must:

  1. Not require any form of formal installation to be carried out on any computer before it can be used, with the release package only needing to be decompressed directly to removable media before use (if it has to be installed first, and requires its files to be manually copied to removable media, it is clearly not designed to be portable!)
    For example, software which is supplied as an InstallShield package should not be considered portable, though a ZIP archive containing an executable would be.
  2. Settings are stored with, and can be carried around with, the software (i.e., they are written to the USB drive)
    If the registry is used to store settings, the application's configuration isn't portable, and must be set up on every PC it is used on
  3. Leaves a zero (or near-zero) "footprint" on any PC it's run on after being used
    i.e., All temporary files/registry settings should be removed once the program has exited, and files created by the user can be saved directly to the same removable media as the application is stored on.

Generally, smaller utility/toolkit software is inherently fairly portable; though larger applications are sometimes changed in order to allow a portable versions to be released (e.g., OperaUSB)

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Contents

[edit] Internet

[edit] Web browsers

[edit] Email clients

  • hosted-gmail-client
  • OmniMix
  • Mobility Email
  • e-Capsule Private Mail USB-U3
  • eMailaya [1]
  • Eudora
  • i.Scribe/InScribe
  • IMAPSize
  • JBMail
  • KomaMail
  • Mail Commander
  • MailReactor
  • Mozilla Thunderbird Portable
  • X-Thunderbird
  • Lotus Notes 7.0.2
  • nPOP
  • nPOPuk
  • Opera@USB
  • Outlook Express Tweaker
  • Pegasus Mail
  • Phoenix Mail
  • Pimmy
  • Pine
  • Popcorn
  • PopMan
  • POP Peeper
  • PopTray
  • QM
  • Qmail
  • si.Mail
  • The Bat! Voyager
  • Vallen POP3 Mail Checker
  • yMail
  • DreamMail
  • Portable Mail - for Mac OS X
  • Mulberry - USB key instructions
  • VaultletSuite 2 Go
  • SmarThumb my.mail

[edit] Instant messaging

[edit] FTP clients

[edit] Download managers

  • HTTP Get
  • Offline Downloader
  • Moyea FLV Downloader
  • OperaUSB
  • SpiderZilla
  • Speedy
  • WackGet
  • Web Downloader
  • Wget
  • HTTrack
  • MetaProducts Portable Offline Browser
  • gftp (site)
  • Flashget
  • Free Download Manager 2.5

[edit] P2P file sharing

[edit] IRC

[edit] RSS, Atom readers

[edit] Telnet, SSH clients

[edit] Bookmark managers

[edit] Search engines

[edit] Podcast managers

  • Original Podcatcher on a stick
  • Current Podcatcher on a stick
  • myPodder
  • OperaUSB
  • Ziepod
  • Doppler
  • Juice
  • YamiPod

[edit] Proxy server/clients and Routing Networks

[edit] Wikis

[edit] Wiki-like (Note: These are not web-based)

[edit] Filesystem

[edit] Undelete Tools

See Partition/File Recovery

[edit] Defragmentation

  • JkDefrag
  • PowerDefragmenter
  • Power Quest Partition Magic 8.0

[edit] File Manager

  • FreeCommander
  • Gpsoftware Directory Opus 9
  • mtExplorer
  • XYplorer
  • Xplorer 2 Lite Portable
  • Total Commander

[edit] Networking

[edit] HTTP servers

[edit] FTP servers

  • Baby FTP Server
  • BulletProof FTP Server (not free but portable)
  • Quick 'n Easy FTP Server
  • TYPSoft FTP Server
  • wzdftpd

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • CurrPorts
  • miniRelay - SMTP Relaying Server
  • Netcat
  • Performance Pinging
  • Proxifier Portable Edition
  • Proxomitron - Filtering Web Proxy
  • SoftPerfect Network Scanner
  • TCP Optimizer
  • Xming
  • Winips
  • WinDump: Tcpdump for Windows
  • Wireshark
  • VNC: RealVNC Viewer for Windows
  • Webfoglio - a free web address database
  • Durable Copy - portable a program for copy files using unstable network (for example, WiFi) connections and for recover most part of data from scratched multimedia disks

[edit] Application launchers

  • 8start Launcher
  • AutoStart
  • ASuite
  • winPenPack Launcher
  • Ceedo
  • Colibri
  • Hidden Menu
  • Launcher
  • Launchy
  • Mayk
  • MyPendrive
  • OneButton
  • Portable Apps Menu
  • PStart
  • Remora USB Quick Launch
  • Rocket Dock
  • Run! (Software)
  • Macro Toolworks
  • MojoPac
  • START
  • T-Launch
  • Tab BarLaunch
  • ubSpawn
  • WinInizio Starter
  • XP Syspad

[edit] Multimedia

[edit] File converters

  • 3GP Converter - converts video (AVI, Divx, DV, MPG, and Xvid) to 3GP or MP4 format (used the Sony PSP and Apple iPod). It is a Japanese tool but with English language settings also.
  • Online FLV Converter - Directly convert online flv youtube to 3gp/mp3/avi/wmv/mp4/mov
  • Audiograbber is a CD audio extractor (digitally).
  • BonkEnc
  • Flash Video MX - converts video(AVI, WMV, RM, RMVB, DV, MPG, MP4, 3GP, ASF) to flash video flv with personalizing the outlook of the control bar
  • CDex
  • lamedropXPd - converts OggVorbis files to MP3.
  • MediaCoder
  • mp4UI - a simple editor of MP4 streams and properties.
  • oggdropXPd - converts lossless audio files (Monkeys Audio, LPAC, FLAC, WAVPACK and OptimFROG) to OggVorbis.
  • SUPER (software) - (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer) is a program that easily encapsulates the capabilities of ffmpeg, MEncoder, mplayer, x264, mppenc, ffmpeg2theora, and the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn. Has problems with portability.
  • r8brain - can re-sample WAV files.
  • Riva FLV Encoder - converts several (AVI, MPEG, Quicktime, WMV) video files to the Flash Video (FLV) format.
  • Stoik Video Converter - converts several (AVI, DivX, MPG, WMV, XviD) video format files to other (AVI, DV, WMV) as well as being able to change the fps and frame size in the process.
  • TMPGEnc - a video encoder that supports HDV import/output along with DivX 6 AVI, MPEG-1/2/4, QuickTime (MOV), and Window Media (WMV/WMV-HD/WMA) input/output.
  • winLAMEPE - based on winLAME which can encode and decode of many audio formats, including wave, mp3, ogg, aac.

[edit] CD/DVD burning

  • BurnCDCC - burns an ISO file to a CD/DVD/BD disc.
  • Burning Kit Portable - burns data discs (CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, HD DVDs), audio CDs (from MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, WAV), video DVDs, discs from disc images.
  • CDmage - can view and extract files of almost any CD image file.
  • DeepBurner Portable Edition
  • Folder2ISO - based on mkisofs, creates an ISO from any folder (including its subfolders).
  • Nero 6.0 Lite
  • LC ISO Creator
  • SilentNight Micro CD Burner - copies CD/DVDs, burns audio CDs, creates Data CD/DVDs, backs up discs.
  • Small CD-Writer
  • HT Fireman CD/DVD Burner - burns data & audio CDs, creates CD ISO images, burns ISO images to CDs
  • Ultimate CD/DVD Burner - burns any data, copies any disc, makes backups, creates photo CD albums, and makes ISO CDs.

[edit] Codecs

  • GSpot - Identifies codecs required to play a .avi file

[edit] Editors

[edit] Audio/Midi Sequencer

  • Reaper has a .bat file for a usb stick installation

[edit] Players

[edit] Recorders

[edit] Slideshow Applications

  • Slide Show Movie Maker
  • Easy SlideShow
  • SmarThumb my.album

[edit] Video Authoring

  • JPGVideo

[edit] Video Capture

  • AMCap
  • Moyea FLV Downloader
  • WinDV
  • STOIK Capturer
  • VirtualDub

[edit] Screen Capture

  • Capture
  • FastStone Capture
  • Gadwin Printscreen
  • MWSnap
  • Onthefly in French
  • Snippy
  • Srip32

[edit] Screen Casting

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • YamiPod
  • DVDStylerPE

[edit] Productivity

[edit] Personal Information Organizers

  • Pigeonhole Organizer

[edit] Activity Management

  • Accomplice (free standard version, upgradeable)

[edit] Clipboard Management

  • Spartan Multi Clipboard

[edit] Document Based

[edit] Office and Publishing

[edit] Editors

  • CopyWriter
  • EditPad
  • edxor
  • GreenPad
  • gVim - for advanced users
  • Meditor
  • Notepad++ (supports VERTICAL BLOCKS)
  • Notepad2
  • NoteTab Light
  • PSPad - for portable using choose CAB archive (supports VERTICAL BLOCKS)
  • Rainbow Text Editor
  • SciTE
  • Subpad
  • TED Notepad - for portability, create a tednpad.ini file
  • UltraEdit (UE3)
  • Yadabyte Notes
  • yWriter
  • Xint
  • Textpad for text documents of every sort. even programmers

[edit] Sticky Notes Programs

  • Notezilla Portable

[edit] Viewers

  • DocReader
  • eTextReader
  • Large Text File Viewer
  • yBook

[edit] PDF Tools

[edit] Readers

  • SumatraPDFPortable
  • Foxit Reader
  • Foxit Portable Edition Launcher - Requires actual FoxitReader.exe file

[edit] Editors

  • GUI for PDFTK 100KB GPL multi-platform pdf toolkit
  • Scan2PDF
  • Tomahawk PDF+ - versions 2.5.0.2 and below - free version is crippled
  • OpenOffice.org for U3
  • Portable OpenOffice - for Microsoft Windows
  • Portable OpenOffice - for Mac OS X
  • X-OpenOffice

[edit] Web Editors

  • NVU Portable
  • Portable Nvu - for Mac OS X
  • OpenOffice.org Portable - Complete office suite, which includes HTML editor.
  • KompoZer Portable

[edit] Calendar management

  • Sunbird Portable
  • Portable Sunbird - for Mac OS X
  • Rainlendar
  • Advanced Diary 1.3 or Lower (Version 2.0 not tested as a portable app.)
  • EssentialPIM Portable Editions
  • Portable iCal - for Mac OS X
  • Total Organizer
  • MSD Organizer
  • Lightning (Thunderbird Extension, based on Sunbird)
  • Exstora

[edit] File management

[edit] File Archivers and Extractors

  • 7-Zip Portable
  • ABC Backup
  • Freebyte Zip
  • HJ-Zip
  • MyZippa
  • Simplyzip
  • Universal Extractor
  • UPX Tool
  • Vallen Zipper
  • Filzip
  • PeaZip, for Linux and Windows
  • IZArc2Go
  • WinRar
  • WinZip
  • SmarThumb my.zip

[edit] System Maintenance

[edit] Storage Management

Visual maps of free space and biggest files and folders on hard drive.

[edit] System Information

  • CPU-Z - CPU and memory hardware details - clock and FSB speeds, SPD, OS version.
  • WinAudit - PC audit and inventory of software, licenses, security configuration, hardware, network settings...
  • System Information for Windows (SIW) - computer configuration analysis and diagnostics. It gives detailed information about your computer properties and settings, detailed specs for CPU, motherboard, chipset, BIOS, CPU, PCI/AGP, USB and ISA/PnP devices, memory, monitor, video card, disk drives, CD/DVD devices, SCSI devices, ###.A.R.T., ports, network cards, printers, operating system, installed programs and hotfixes, processes, services, serial numbers (CD keys), users, open files, system uptime, network, network shares, as well as real-time monitors for CPU, memory, page file usage and network traffic. It displays currently active network connections, passwords hidden behind asterisks, installed codecs, and more.
  • Everest (software) - system diagnostics and benchmarking application for PC users, created by Lavalys. It is similar in functionality to SiSoftware Sandra.

[edit] Partition/File Recovery

[edit] Windows Registry Recovery

  • Erunt - The Emergency Recovery Utility NT

[edit] Benchmark/Diagnostic

  • Bart's Stuff Test bst5 - small Win app for quick or full speed (MB/s) tests of hard drive and other storage devices

[edit] Security and Encryption

[edit] System Audit Applications

  • Integrity Checker checks the integrity of files to ensure they have not been tampered with. Files protected will have their "known good" size stored together with either a hash or HMAC generated from the contents of each file. By comparing this information with what is actually stored later, any changes will be flagged up for attention.

[edit] Password Management

  • Acerose Password Vault
  • Any Password Pro
  • Defygo
  • Dekart
  • KeePass Portable
  • n-Pass Pro
  • RoboForm2Go
  • Password Safe
  • PINs
  • Yadabyte Passwords
  • PassReminder Windows and Linux
  • Password Gorilla - OSS; Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, *BSD
  • NeoMem
  • VaultletSuite 2 Go
  • Sticky Password

[edit] Anti-Spyware/Malware

  • Ad-aware
  • CWShredder
  • Doctor Alex
  • EliteToolbar Remover
  • HijackThis Powerful tool for listing all startup programs and other hidden system modifications.
  • Killsgrunt
  • Look2MeRemover
  • Spybot - Search & Destroy Note - Requires power user or administrator privileges for Windows XP

[edit] AntiVirus

[edit] Firewalls

  • FirewallPApi
  • ISafer

[edit] Real-Time Disk/Volume Encryption

Note: All of the software in this section requires administrator privileges to start their respective drivers.

[edit] File Encryption

  • Axcrypt2go
  • Blowfish Advanced CS
  • Carry it Easy +Plus
  • Cryptnote
  • CryptoStick Software
  • Cypditor
  • dsCrypt
  • e-Capsule Private Safe USB-U3
  • fSekrit
  • Libertà PUSS
  • OMZiff
  • PrivyCrypt
  • Remora USB File Guard
  • SmarThumb my.encoder
  • Steganos LockNote
  • Top Secret Crypto Gold
  • VaultletSuite 2 Go
  • Yadabyte Disk
  • Yadabyte Shhh!!!
  • WildCrypt

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • addressbook-Agenda-New 1.1 version- Italian-English interface
  • IE Privacy Keeper (TakeAlong version) Clears IE and Firefox cache, cookies, histories and temporary files.

[edit] Development

[edit] Debuggers

  • OllyDbg Requires free registration for permanent use.

[edit] Hex Editors

  • Hexplorer
  • Tiny Hexer
  • UltraEdit
  • XVI32

[edit] IDEs

  • Portable Dev-C++
  • JCreator Not entirely portable, because it leaves some settings on the host computer.
  • Eclipse WST Web Standard Tools and JSP & Java abilities.

[edit] Resource Tools

  • Resource Hacker
  • XNResourceEditorPE

[edit] Scripting Languages

  • AutoIt 3
  • Portable NSIS Version
  • AutoHotkey
  • Movable Python - A version of the Python programming language designed to run from a USB stick. Includes IDE and program launcher.
  • Portable Python - A free version of the Python programming language designed to run from a USB stick. Includes IDE and program launcher.

[edit] Graphics

[edit] 3D Modeling

  • Blender:
    • BlenderPortable
    • Blender Pocket
    • XBlender
  • CadStd Lite

[edit] Editors

[edit] Processing

  • Cas
  • EasyThumb
  • FastStone Photo Resizer
  • Free Digital Camera Enhancer
  • HTML Image Page Builder
  • Image Analyzer - can combine (composite) images: AND OR XOR add/subtract etc.
  • Imagicon
  • JPEGCrops - batch-oriented lossless cropping and rotation of JPEGs.
  • JPEG & PNG Stripper
  • jpgQ
  • Noiseware Community Edition
  • Photo Resize Magic
  • RedEye
  • SharpControl
  • TweakPNG - low-level editing of the elements constituting a PNG.
  • UnFREEz
  • zphoto

[edit] Viewers

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • CatchColor
  • DeKnop
  • HoverSnap
  • Icon Sucker 2 (Standard Edition)
  • UnFREEz

[edit] Games

See List of portable computer games

[edit] Database Management

  • MyKeyDb from Jans Freeware
  • Visual Foxpro from Microsoft - needs vfp9.Exe and VFP9ENU.dll to run
  • Ultra Recall
  • SQLite

[edit] Educational

  • Converber - Unit Converter
  • DreamKana
  • Learn Kana
  • Maxima
  • Periodic Table
  • Solar System Information
  • Stellarium
  • Tux Typing
  • Suite Portable Hist-Geo - USB key for history and geography teacher (in french)proposes a selection of 80 essential, free software and freewares, classified by topics and functioning on a key USB. Many history-geography-cartography tools are included. Together free in free remote loading. No installation: the software is ready to go.
  • WINFOSS - Collection of free and open source portable software for Windows, to be run from a USB key. The selection of applications targets educational and government/public organizations.
  • TheSage's English Dictionary and Thesaurus
  • Gcompris

[edit] Operating Systems

See List of LiveDistros and Live USB

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • ExamDiff - Visual file comparison tool.
  • Instant Rails - A one-stop Rails runtime solution containing Ruby.
  • Money Manager Ex - Free personal budgeting and financial management application.
  • MonexPE - Personal financial management application.
  • NadaTrace - Customizable computing environment for USB flash drives that runs portable applications in any internet café, library, or friends home.
  • Ocean Research Library - A free collection of the World's Religious literature managed by a unique book-centered research engine.
  • Sveglia - Simple alarm clock with program launcher and computer shutdown or restart.
  • TimeSentry - TimeSentry is a small multi-purpose calendar and time application with a customizable calendar, a date/time calculator to calculate the difference between two dates and times to the millisecond, and also an atomic time synchronizer.
  • Weather Watcher
  • u3-autorun - u3-autorun is a small application designed to be flashed to the CD partition on U3 drives to allow for user-defined autorun functionality.
  • OneManBand - OneManBand is a contact and call management program that uses portable Skype or SIP or Asterisk to make phone calls.
  • Moka5 LivePC Engine (Portable VMWare). Note: Dynamically loads and unloads network drivers and requires administrator rights.
  • Webfoglio pen drive web site store