Advice Request Best Free Softwares for Windows

[Zero Knowledge]

Whats the best free macrium reflect alternatives these days?

Hasleo is by far the best get it here Best Free Windows Backup Software for PCs and Servers in 2025 - Hasleo Backup Suite

 

[sophiakaile]

Easeus Todo Backup Free is a good choice.

 

[jackuars]

Whats the best free macrium reflect alternatives these days?

For Disk Backup - fully free solutions for creating images/cloning - Hasleo Backup Suite/ CloneZilla/ DiskCopy / Packer
Limited free softwares - AOMEI Backupper/EaseUS Todo Backup/Minitool Shadowmaker.

 

[lokamoka820]

YouTube Music Desktop App (Unofficial)

YouTube Music Unofficial Desktop App with built-in ad blocker and downloader

th-ch.github.io

 

[sophiakaile]

I like OBS Studio. It is really a good tool in free

 

[Sunshine-boy]

Readest — Where You Read, Digest and Get Insight

Readest brings your entire library to your fingertips. Read seamlessly across all your devices with our cross-platform ebook reader.

readest.com

 

[Sunshine-boy]

RyTuneX

Official Website for RyTuneX, Windows 10 and 11 Optimizer.

rayenghanmi.me

 

[Parkinsond]

PhoXoSee - The Fastest Image Viewer for Windows

A blazing-fast and lightweight image viewer for Windows (5 MB). Instantly open images with smooth performance and low memory usage. Free for personal and commercial use.

phoxo.com

 

[Sorrento]

A great thread where I have found several useful programs!

 

[Neno]

GitHub - sylikc/jpegview: Fork of JPEGView by David Kleiner - fast and highly configurable viewer/editor for JPEG, BMP, PNG, WEBP, TGA, GIF and TIFF images with a minimal GUI. Basic on-the-fly image processing is provided - allowing adjusting typica

Fork of JPEGView by David Kleiner - fast and highly configurable viewer/editor for JPEG, BMP, PNG, WEBP, TGA, GIF and TIFF images with a minimal GUI. Basic on-the-fly image processing is provided ...

github.com

 

[lokamoka820]

GitHub - LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor: Libre Hardware Monitor is free software that can monitor the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.

Libre Hardware Monitor is free software that can monitor the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer. - LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor

github.com

What makes it different from other hardware monitor tools is the ability to add the measures to your system tray or gadget on the desktop:

 

[MWTSenior]

Very useful thread. I also want to share one interesting freeware 'run editor'. I use it frequently in new machines. This freeware allows us to open any program using any word from run box. Quite useful.

Run Editor 3.0: Launch a Program Using Custom Name from RUN Box in Windows

UPDATE: New version 3.0 of Run Editor is available which comes with many new features, improvements and redesigned UI as mentioned below in the article. Long ti

www.askvg.com

 

[lokamoka820]

Winhance - Windows Enhancement Toolkit

Enhance your Windows experience by effortlessly debloating, optimizing and customizing your system, giving you more control over how Windows performs.

winhance.net

 

[Zero Knowledge]

MPC-BE

Download MPC-BE for free. Media Player Classic - BE. Media Player Classic - BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows. Media Player Classic - BE is based on the original "Media Player Classic" project (Gabest) and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project (Casimir666)...

sourceforge.net

UCheck Software Updater | Patch your Programs • Adlice Software

UCheck Software Updater detects installed software, and updates them automatically for free. Stay updated, stay safe and have always the latest features.

www.adlice.com

GitHub - undergroundwires/privacy.sexy: Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux, because privacy is sexy

Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux, because privacy is sexy - undergroundwires/privacy.sexy

github.com

3 more to add to the list!

 

[Parkinsond]

MPC-BE

Download MPC-BE for free. Media Player Classic - BE. Media Player Classic - BE is a free and open source audio and video player for Windows. Media Player Classic - BE is based on the original "Media Player Classic" project (Gabest) and "Media Player Classic Home Cinema" project (Casimir666)...

sourceforge.net

UCheck Software Updater | Patch your Programs • Adlice Software

UCheck Software Updater detects installed software, and updates them automatically for free. Stay updated, stay safe and have always the latest features.

www.adlice.com

GitHub - undergroundwires/privacy.sexy: Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux, because privacy is sexy

Open-source tool to enforce privacy & security best-practices on Windows, macOS and Linux, because privacy is sexy - undergroundwires/privacy.sexy

github.com

3 more to add to the list!

MPC-BE is my favorite media player; it consumes 50% less CPU load compared to MPC-HC.

 

[lokamoka820]

Sniptool - Screen Capture

Sniptool is a powerful Screenshot tool & Snipping Tool alternative for Windows ! Download Sniptool for Win (7,8,10) [Free]

www.reasyze.com

 

[Parkinsond]

TrafficMonitor

Download TrafficMonitor for free. Floating window used to display current network speed, CPU & memory. TrafficMonitor is a network monitoring software with floating window feature for Windows. It displays the current internet speed and CPU and RAM usage.

sourceforge.net

 

[brambedkar59]

ezshare

A simple file server that lets you easily share many big files like photos and videos with friends (or between your devices) over a local network without requiring an internet connection. It starts an HTTP server that lists all files and directories in the directory where it is started from. Then anyone can then connect to the server and download files or automatically generated ZIP of whole directories, kind of like a self hosted Google Drive. The client can also upload files to the server via their browser, and clipboard card be shared both ways. A QR code is generated for convenience.

GitHub - mifi/ezshare: Easily share files, folders and clipboard over LAN - Like Google Drive but without internet

Easily share files, folders and clipboard over LAN - Like Google Drive but without internet - mifi/ezshare

github.com

 

[lostpass]

After fresh Windows installation:
Stremio
Foobar2000
Daum PotPlayer
HWiNFO64
MSI Afterburner
RTSS
Ace Engine
QBittorrent
Firerfox + UBO
Steam
7Zip

 

[Tiamati]

@jackuars you could check HASLEO backup suite. It has all features in the free version (unlike aomei and others.