alex-zhang/awesome-windows

A curated list of awesome software for Windows.

Awesome Soft for Windows

A curated list of awesome software for Windows.

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• Awesome Soft for Windows - Toc
  • IDE & Editor
  • Markdown
  • Terminal
  • Note
  • ToDo
  • DB Management
  • Network Analysis
  • Office
  • Browser
  • Design
  • UML
  • Email
  • FTP
  • PDF
  • Virtualization
  • SCM
  • Api Managemant
  • Productivity
  • Security
  • Proxy & VPN
  • Downloader
  • Fun
  • Others

IDE & Editor

• Sublime Text - A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose
• Notepad++ - A source code editor which supports several programming languages.
• Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor.
• Eclipse - Eclipse is a platform that has been designed from the ground up for building integrated web and application development tooling.
• PyCharm - Python IDE for Professional Developers by JetBrains.
• PhpStorm - Lightning-Smart IDE for PHP Programming by JetBrains.
• IntelliJ IDEA - The Java IDE for Professional Developers by JetBrains.
• GoLand - A Clever IDE to Go by JetBrains.
• CLion - A Cross-Platform IDE for C and C++ by JetBrains.
• WebStorm - The Smartest JavaScript IDE by JetBrains.
• LiteIDE - LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.
• Atom - Atom is a free and open-source text and source code editor for MacOS, Linux, and Windows with support for plug-ins written in Node.js, and embedded Git Control, developed by GitHub.
• Android Studio - The official IDE for Android, based on Intellij IDEA.
• NetBeans IDE - Free and open-source IDE, mainly used for Java development, but supports many other languages and frameworks.
• Visual Studio - Ultimate Microsoft Developer Tool.

Markdown

• Typora - A markdown editor, markdown reader.

Terminal

• Putty - A free SSH and telnet client for Windows.
• SecureCRT - Provides rock-solid terminal emulation for computing professionals, raising productivity with advanced session management.
• Xshell - Xshell is a powerful SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN and SERIAL terminal emulator for Windows platforms.
• Cmder - Portable console emulator for Windows.

Note

• Evernote - Evernote helps you capture and prioritize ideas, projects, and to-do lists, so nothing falls through the cracks.
• YouDao Cloud Note - A great note-taking app.
• Microsoft Clode oneNote - Your digital notebook.

ToDo

• 2Do - Nice todo app.

DB Management

• SQLyog - The Most Complete and Easy to Use MySQL GUI & Admin.
• Navicat - Powerful database management & design tool for Win, macOS & Linux. With intuitive GUI, user manages MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, SQL Server, Oracle & SQLite DB easily.
• MySQL Workbench - The official MySQL GUI.
• Mongotron - Cross platform MongoDB management, Open Source, built using Electron and Angular JS.
• Redis Manager - Redis Desktop Manager.

Network Analysis

• Wireshark - Wireshark is the world’s foremost and widely-used network protocol analyzer.
• Charles - Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP and SSL / HTTPS traffic between their machine and the Internet.

Office

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• WPS Office - The perfect free office software.
• FreeOffice - FreeOffice is a complete office suite with a word processor, a spreadsheet application and a presentation program – all compatible with their counterparts in Microsoft Office. Freeware
• LibreOffice - Open source office suite.

Browser

• Chrome - One fast, simple and secure browser for all your devices.
• Firefox - A free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla.
• Chromium - Open-source, free web browser project by Google, to provide the source code for Google Chrome.

Design

• Sketch - Sketch is a design toolkit built to help you create your best work — from your earliest ideas, through to final artwork.
• Photoshop - Adobe Photoshop software is the industry standard in digital imaging and is used worldwide for design, photography, video editing and more.
• FontForge - Free, open-source font editor.
• Axure RP 8 - Prototypes, specifications and diagrams in one tool.

UML

• XMind - XMind is designed to generate ideas, inspire creativity, make your thoughts from disorder to order, bring you efficiency both in work and life.
• Gliffy Diagrams - Gliffy online tools power visual communication and collaboration.
• Process On - Free online mapping, real-time collaboration.
• StarUML - Powerful UML app.

Email

• Foxmail - Foxmail is a freeware e-mail client developed by Tencent.

FTP

• FileZilla - The free FTP solution.
• WinSCP - Free open source SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client.
• CuteFTP - Simple, Powerful, Secure File Transfers for All.

PDF

• Foxit Reader - Free PDF Reader & PDF Viewer.

Virtualization

• VirtualBox - VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
• VMware Workstation Pro - Run multiple operating systems as virtual machines (including Linux or Windows VMs) on a single PC with VMware Workstation Pro.
• Vagrant - Tool for building and distributing development environments.
• Docker - Docker Desktop is the easiest way to run Docker.

SCM

• Sourcetree - Simplicity and power in a beautiful Git GUI.
• TortoiseGit - Git client with full shell integration.
• TortoiseSVN - Subversion client with full shell integration.
• Gitlab - GitLab is a web-based Git-repository manager with wiki, issue-tracking and CI/CD pipeline features, using an open-source license, developed by GitLab Inc.
• Gogs - A painless self-hosted Git service.

Api Managemant

• Postman - Postman Makes API Development Simple.

Productivity

• Writer Pro - iA Writer creates a clean, simple and distraction-free writing environment for when you really need to focus on your words.

Security

• 1Password - A password manager, digital vault, form filler and secure digital wallet.
• Authy - Two-factor authentication token manager that backs up and syncs across your devices.

Proxy & VPN

• ShadowsocksX - Secure socks5 proxy, designed to protect your internet traffic.
• ShadowsocksX-NG - Next Generation of ShadowsocksX.

Downloader

• Internet Download Manager - (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 5 times, resume and schedule downloads.

Fun

• Steam - Gaming store, which opens the gates to many games.
• Foobar2000 - View more screenshots foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.
• PotPlayer - PotPlayer is a multimedia software player developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system by South Korean Internet company Kakao (formerly Daum Communications).

Others

• Beyond Compare - Beyond Compare is a data comparison utility.
• Cygwin - Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows.
• BestTrace - Route tracking tool by IPIP.net.