55 Most Useful FREE SOFTWARE Everyone Should Know!

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025

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  • @BrettInTech
    @BrettInTech  Год назад +169

    ALL SOFTWARE MENTIONED IS LISTED IN THE “RECAP” NEAR THE END OF THE VIDEO. Because this is a compilation, the appearance of some of the programs may look different now… Thanks for watching and have FUN!

    • @light9581
      @light9581 Год назад +1

      hello, are there app for translating doc or txt mac or windows that can translating around 20 mb file, I only know discord bot, please share if you know

    • @Bateman0983
      @Bateman0983 Год назад +4

      I would argue a few of your options here are not the best. Kodi is a bit heavy as just a media player, which makes sense as it was designed for htpc's. Emby, plex, or jellyfin are better if you need to play elsewhere like smart tv's, otherwise vlc or mpc are better for local files. Also, irfanview works better for photo viewing (and minor edits like crops).

    • @stephen.jenkins
      @stephen.jenkins Год назад +2

      The time marks in the description only list the categories or type of software in each section of the video. It does not lists the actual names of each individual piece of software covered here. We need that. Bummer

    • @nevemlaci
      @nevemlaci Год назад

      ​@@light9581google translate can import docx files:)

    • @davidwbrown66
      @davidwbrown66 Год назад +1

      Great service you're doing, greatly appreciated. Just discovered, just subscribed.
      As one of the other responses to this post asks, I also would have really appreciated an actual text list of all the apps with the links.
      For some of your shorter playlists of 5-10 apps, typing in each on isn't a bother, but for a longer list like this it would be really helpful.
      As an example, for this I copied & pasted the time list or chapter list into excel so I could save it and peruse later,then spent a coupl minutes removing the times at the beginning, any residual leading spaces, etc, then and actually read the list to realize the text was a list of the apps at all, general descriptions.
      But, still definitely appreciated.

  • @rltidd27
    @rltidd27 Год назад +35

    Once again, great video! I never miss one of your releases. You have provided me lots of help over the years. Keep up the great work!

  • @Reliableman1
    @Reliableman1 Год назад +68

    I just like to take a moment to thank you so much for this software information. You have made my life a whole lot easier! Love you guys keep up the great work!

  • @HonestWatchReviewsHWR
    @HonestWatchReviewsHWR Год назад +13

    Having all of these in one place/video is so useful, thanks. I'll be saving this one for future reference and to help family and friends. I already use a lot of these, but didn't know about 'Everthing' that's SO much better than Microsoft's search as you said. I've just installed and tried it out now. It saves SO much time.

  • @KeithBoehler
    @KeithBoehler Год назад +9

    I am more of a Linux guy, but it is neat that you mention some FOSS that is also for Windows and macOS. FOSS really is for everyone.

  • @TheAnimeist
    @TheAnimeist Год назад +14

    Missing:
    MuseScore - Edit music using musical notation, midi output
    WinMerge - A directory/file comparator
    Maybe belongs in another category:
    Lazarus - Cross platform development tool - great for Windows applications
    GNU Octave - Math Works clone
    LT Spice - Analog simulator
    OpenRocket - Model rocket design

    • @jayyh_01
      @jayyh_01 Год назад +1

      there are many better free options than musescore.. havent touched musescore since i was 16

    • @TheAnimeist
      @TheAnimeist Год назад

      @@jayyh_01 Do you have any examples of what is better than MuseScore? And what does your age have to do with it?

    • @jayyh_01
      @jayyh_01 Год назад +1

      @@TheAnimeist well most daws come WITH piano roll and notarion literally included. lmms is the best option youll get. and the facr i havent found any usecase for musescore since SCHOOL, says something.

    • @OLIV3R_YT
      @OLIV3R_YT Год назад +3

      WinMerge 👍

  • @jimholloman4457
    @jimholloman4457 Год назад +6

    Very useful video that is of excellent quality and detail. The dialog is very clear. No annoying background noise or music. GOOD JOB!

    • @trublutotal10
      @trublutotal10 5 месяцев назад

      Webador are thieves. Dont get scammed

  • @realkoko-loco
    @realkoko-loco Год назад +44

    "Everything" is the most useful piece of Windows software I've encountered in 30 years. I could not do my job without it.

    • @TheTastefulThickness
      @TheTastefulThickness Год назад +6

      Shows how bad windows is lol

    • @Albert_206
      @Albert_206 Год назад +3

      Could not agree more, First application I install after a fresh Win install :-)

    • @Eggon
      @Eggon Год назад +2

      Me too!

    • @Equality7-2521
      @Equality7-2521 11 месяцев назад +2

      30 Years of MS Windows! I admire your persistence, I stop using it 29 years ago.

    • @trublutotal10
      @trublutotal10 5 месяцев назад +1

      Webador are thieves. Dont get scammed

  • @stuartwaldrip9280
    @stuartwaldrip9280 Год назад +26

    Great information, as always. This channel has been invaluable to my pc learning journey.

    • @trublutotal10
      @trublutotal10 5 месяцев назад

      Webador are thieves. Dont get scammed

  • @gordoncottrell4036
    @gordoncottrell4036 Год назад +45

    I second the mention of Faststone image viewer / editor. I use its editing functions most of the time instead of Photoshop due to its simplicity. It will also make stand alone executable slide shows. Very powerful and FREE!

    • @tonybarfridge4369
      @tonybarfridge4369 Год назад

      I always used Irfanview which does have limits and doesn't work properly anymore, and I now use Faststone by default which is great and also shows folder thumbnail views plus some editing features. Won't remove watermarks that I know of. Don't know if it can do screen captures and saving images from PDF, but I still use IV for that.

    • @JC-XL
      @JC-XL 10 месяцев назад +1

      I've been using it for many years too - it's fast, simple, and has some important for me features like hold left mouse button to zoom the image at 100% and pan around it to see all the detail.

  • @KingOMiami
    @KingOMiami Год назад +5

    EPIC list! Thank you very much! I have been several of the programs for years and looking to try out several more thanks to this video!

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve Год назад +5

    👍👍Terrific video TG & another one to send to friends & bookmark! 👍👍

  • @richh650
    @richh650 Год назад +2

    I had to jump on to say thank you for this video. I use some of these programs already, but you had a great lineup of programs I will want to try. I would think this video should be a, must watch, for all users. Thank you!

  • @nycrsny3406
    @nycrsny3406 Год назад +6

    Great video!! Found some useful apps I didn't know about. Thanks for this, can't begin to imagine the crazy amount of work that must've gone into making this video.

  • @amazingbollweevil
    @amazingbollweevil Год назад +106

    You REALLY need to include Faststone Image Viewer. It's an outstanding image viewer with lots of features. My favorite is the ability to create photo proof sheets in PDF format.

    • @reevus01
      @reevus01 Год назад

      photo proof sheets ?
      wtf

    • @amazingbollweevil
      @amazingbollweevil Год назад +7

      @@reevus01 Yup, just like the olden days. A lot of older clients preferred that so they could quickly scan through a lot of images and identify the ones that stood out. Faststone also does image strips.

    • @dommarteo727
      @dommarteo727 Год назад +8

      irfan view sent memories...

    • @delinquense
      @delinquense Год назад +2

      Agreed. It is amazingly useful and a great time saver.

    • @markmanning8832
      @markmanning8832 Год назад +1

      I own the FastStone Image Viewer and the FastStone Screen Capture program. I have sent in several enhancement requests and almost all of them were honored. He really does listen to what people have to say and has produced the best Screen Capture program that I know. If you left-single-click in the upper left corner of the FastStone toolbar where the small image is located, you can see a drop-down menu which includes the Preferences. If you then look at what all FastStone Screen Capture comes with you will see about twenty different selections that you can put onto the taskbar that comes up when you use it. This also incudes being able to do screen recordings which are great. FastStone is the ONLY Screen Capture program I use. A company I was working for used it and I looked at it and just went "Wow!" and THAT was quite a while ago. :-)

  • @uservns-ys3py
    @uservns-ys3py Год назад +2

    PDF Sam basic is also a FOSS for splitting, joining pdf files with option for retaining or creating pdf bookmarks. No bookmarks, no usage limits.

  • @jamestallman1825
    @jamestallman1825 11 дней назад +1

    Excellent work. Thank you!!

  • @DavidFraser007
    @DavidFraser007 Год назад +3

    That was a large extensive list with lots of detail. Thanks for uploading.

  • @infocyde2024
    @infocyde2024 Год назад +4

    Great resource, a few I hadn't heard of and a few I needed to be reminded of. Thanks.

  • @redstone51
    @redstone51 Год назад +3

    I believe this is the best video on YT yet!!!🙏👌

  • @nakedeye44
    @nakedeye44 Год назад +4

    I appreciate the effort, and I'll definitely be trying some of these.

  • @ranua9327
    @ranua9327 Год назад +2

    Very interesting video... and comments!
    Thank you everybody!

  • @Here4TheHeckOfIt
    @Here4TheHeckOfIt 23 дня назад +1

    Not bad! Thanks for the list.

  • @guysabol8743
    @guysabol8743 Год назад +2

    I worked for America on Line, not AOL. 1995~~96. They had listing of all free DLs available at that time. It was Ok, good. Your new type listing is one giant step forward. many thanks

  • @londoeblack
    @londoeblack Год назад +2

    Three thumbs up! Great video. Thanks!

  • @faraalrafi2130
    @faraalrafi2130 Год назад +5

    Love your useful video. Good job man. These types of videos are very useful. 🙂

  • @thurm101
    @thurm101 Год назад +1

    This video was amazing. Ive been away from the computer scene for awhile. This video has brought me back. Thank you

  • @sauletto1
    @sauletto1 Год назад +4

    This is a very useful video that covers a wide array of key software . Thank you for this !

  • @JustinConnolly
    @JustinConnolly Год назад +5

    Thanks for making this. While this lists several software that I know and love, you introduced me to big handful of new ones, and options to other software that I use now. Love open source.

  • @LarryKarene
    @LarryKarene Месяц назад +1

    Excellent work - thanks so very much - us old guys can always use your advice!!!!

  • @Daithai96
    @Daithai96 Год назад +9

    Fantastic video. You've saved me months of trial & error. Already using a number of the apps, but a fair few I've never heard of that look excellent.

    • @trublutotal10
      @trublutotal10 5 месяцев назад +1

      Webador are thieves. Dont get scammed

    • @Daithai96
      @Daithai96 5 месяцев назад

      @@trublutotal10 Ok, thanks, I'll do a bit more research on them.

  • @jasontrofern
    @jasontrofern Год назад +4

    I have watched several free program videos and this is the best so far.

    • @amisanthrope247
      @amisanthrope247 5 месяцев назад

      This dude & HowToMen are my favorite YT channels for new software.

  • @azonicin
    @azonicin Год назад +1

    Thanks a lot for providing such useful software names and their details. I have tested Everything now and it's really wonderful.

  • @bobhakes1247
    @bobhakes1247 Год назад +1

    Geat information here as always!! Thx👏👏👏😀😀

  • @mygisable
    @mygisable Год назад +5

    Thanks a lot, a very useful video. Short and sweet descriptions. My quest will be over though when I will find a really good open source pdf editor that can really edit the documents. Thanks again.

    • @paulclayton9160
      @paulclayton9160 Год назад +2

      I know your pain, am also seeking. Open Office Draw does an average job. Inkscape can do some editing but also problematic.

  • @antonnym214
    @antonnym214 Год назад +2

    Excellent reporting. Thank you! I rely mainly on the built-in Windows Defender for my antivirus, but whenever I get suspicious or want to double-check my system, I really like TrendMicro Housecall. Bitdefender looks good, and I'll definitely give that a try. You are correct about Everything! It's a must-have. Also, I highly, highly recommend Lockhunter. Sometimes Windows won't let go of a file and you have to force it. Lockhunter is free and integrates to your file system so it appears on the context menus in file manager.

  • @ebubechiibegbula5968
    @ebubechiibegbula5968 Год назад +2

    Thank you so much , this goes a long way helping us developing countries

  • @Mally56ytube
    @Mally56ytube 11 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent Video Thanks for taking the time and effort to put it together

  • @uservns-ys3py
    @uservns-ys3py Год назад +1

    Calibre is a great FOSS for reading, converting, indexing epub, pdf, kindle etc format books on your PC for use on any of your other devices.

  • @bellissimo4520
    @bellissimo4520 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great video, thanks a lot!

  • @markmanning8832
    @markmanning8832 Год назад +4

    @26:10 - 7-zip. May I suggest using "Add to archive" FIRST, and create a TAR file. THEN select 7-zip again and then select either the 7z or ZIP file format. Why? Because the way both the 7z and ZIP file formats work is they build a table of each file separately thus, this table is being rebuilt for every-single-file. BUT! If you combine all files into a TAR file (A Tape Archive File) and then 7z/ZIP the TAR file - you get just one of those tables which reduces the resulting file size even more. (A TAR file is just like if you put everything onto a tape drive. So it is one file followed by another through the entire TAR file but the result is one big file.) Just a FYI for everyone. Great video by the way. I've already downloaded and tried most of the video and audio programs however MIXXX has been trying to load two music files for over an hour. Not looking good for MIXXX. (Rinsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Mr. Magoo's 'All Alone in the World' BTW)

  • @vemacrinnon1286
    @vemacrinnon1286 8 месяцев назад +1

    What a brilliant video. Thank you so much! I liked and subbed. :)

  • @geoffphil
    @geoffphil Год назад +9

    Thanks again for your research and excellent video. With regard to video players, I like to use spacebar to pause/play (like RUclips). This was very fiddly with VLC, requiring an addon, which no longer works. Pot player allowed this customisation, but the first 2 seconds of audio is muted on all videos! So, I now use SM Player, which is neat and simple and allows custom keyboard shortcuts.

    • @ericmollison2760
      @ericmollison2760 Год назад +1

      Yeah you have to click the empty black space to control it with the keyboard (vlc i mean). Maybe you haven't learned that. Never heard of an addon for that. As long as the black space is selected (or video if it's a video), you can use cursor keys to go back and forth and adjust volume and spacebar to pause. But you don't always know if it's selected so it's finicky as you say.

    • @geoffphil
      @geoffphil Год назад +1

      @@ericmollison2760 Thanks for that!

  • @erniemiller1953
    @erniemiller1953 Год назад +111

    Also, Bleachbit, and a hammer, can keep you from being indicted for treason.

  • @marcdraco2189
    @marcdraco2189 Год назад +9

    Blender doesn't so much have a learning curve more of a Sisyphean cliff edge. It's great when you get it though and the UI is way. better than it used to be.

    • @ericmollison2760
      @ericmollison2760 Год назад +2

      I am only a little familiar with it because I learned besides animations, actual cool games were made with it so I started watching tutorials. I feel like that feature (a physics engine that can be programmed to make a game) deserves more attention. It occurs to me I still know basically nothing about blender.

  • @Video-Tutoriales
    @Video-Tutoriales 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you so much. There are programs that I didn't know about

  • @zenderiangaming259
    @zenderiangaming259 Год назад +13

    Also include easy2boot as alternative for rufus.
    It allows you to create a bootable usb with multiple ISOs (as many as you like) and creates 2 partitions, 1 for legacy boot and 1 for uefi boot. It also loads current activity into the system RAM so that when a process is busy like cloning or benchmarking ect the usb can be removed and used elsware until the process is done.
    I have a easy2boot drive loaded with a Strelec WinPE boot environment loaded with usefull tools, different windows install ISOs and just general tools that can be used on a customsers boot installation, all on 1 usb drive

    • @adispenser
      @adispenser Год назад +8

      i would recommend ventoy instead

    • @mar-tin702
      @mar-tin702 Год назад

      Ventoy left the universe

    • @ROCKVIDEOMONTHLY
      @ROCKVIDEOMONTHLY Год назад +3

      Ventoy is still showing for me; last version update was on 04/05/2023

  • @AmazingPhilippines1
    @AmazingPhilippines1 Год назад +1

    i always look forward to your informative videos and now use several of these programs recommended in previous videos. Thanks.

  • @pupstudio
    @pupstudio 11 месяцев назад +1

    1 helluva fantastic helpful video!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!

  • @billj5645
    @billj5645 Год назад +4

    this is an amazing list-
    Here are some programs I like: fast stone viewer, coretemp, tree size free, and I like to use a tree-based information manager.
    Questions- is there a good free calculator? is there a good free duplicate file cleaner? is there a free pdf editor?

    • @BrassMedic
      @BrassMedic Год назад

      Check out CC Cleaner Free

    • @11ahab
      @11ahab 9 месяцев назад

      Have you tried Google Docs

  • @madcat2891
    @madcat2891 Год назад +1

    Thanks for a great list of free software.

  • @lion-vaiber
    @lion-vaiber Год назад +1

    What a great video , thank you for the great efforts

  • @ChiliToday-HotTomale
    @ChiliToday-HotTomale 11 месяцев назад +1

    AWESOME!! Many Thanks!

  • @avejst
    @avejst Год назад +2

    Great overview
    Thanks for sharing your big work :-)

  • @leadlearner6391
    @leadlearner6391 Год назад +1

    awesome video, with a fantastic collection of software :-)

  • @DrinkingStar
    @DrinkingStar Год назад +1

    Fantastic video....Thanks and a BIG THUMBS UP

  • @jamiethomas3122
    @jamiethomas3122 Год назад +1

    good list! I had about 40 of these already, but the OBS screen recorder was golden. Thanks!

  • @Sohailali1
    @Sohailali1 Год назад +9

    I remember using audacity a long long long time ago. I thought it looked so remedial but man it did the job

    • @dlukton
      @dlukton Год назад +2

      Yeah, I like to download audio files from RUclips, and then use Audacity to extract out the sections that I particularly want to listen to.

  • @wm973
    @wm973 Год назад +4

    Thank you.
    I've started using Brave and it is outstanding!

  • @garrycation
    @garrycation Год назад +1

    Awesome stuff man. Thank you!

  • @luckyone1413
    @luckyone1413 Год назад +1

    Good video. I know a lot of the classics but many thanks for mixxx and nomacs.

  • @VenkatachalamRavindran
    @VenkatachalamRavindran Год назад +1

    Wonderful compilation of free software. Thank you

  • @busterj11776
    @busterj11776 Год назад +1

    excellent work, as usual, thanks for the hard work

  • @HarryLove-b2e
    @HarryLove-b2e 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great infomation!

  • @nianuraini3988
    @nianuraini3988 5 месяцев назад +1

    Nice work bro hitting the subscribe button

  • @bitronicc1887
    @bitronicc1887 Год назад +3

    Software engineer here. For a free digital audio workstation, I'd actually recommend Cakewalk over LMMS, unless you're exclusively running on Linux.
    And you want to be weary of any "converter" software out there that can accomplish the same thing as a simple python script, even if it's open source (attack vectors can be easily obfuscated from public visibility). Example here would be 14:36, this can be done with VLC without use of a random external tool.
    Also, don't trust free VPNs.

  • @amirhumza
    @amirhumza Год назад +1

    very informative and useful video. thank you very much for your hard work and fabulous precise and brief presentation. Love from Pakistan

  • @ardeladimwit
    @ardeladimwit Год назад +1

    this was very useful--thanks

  • @Im1CrazyCow
    @Im1CrazyCow Год назад +1

    Awesome Job Young Man !!!

  • @MrSwan4us
    @MrSwan4us Год назад +1

    I am just plain Happy I ran across this video. Truly well done and informative. Thank You !

  • @Ridethebomb777
    @Ridethebomb777 Год назад +1

    A real time saver ..... many thanks !

  • @michaeltodd2012
    @michaeltodd2012 Год назад +1

    Great compilation, thanks!

  • @212-3
    @212-3 Год назад +4

    DNS Benchmark was very useful, made me switch to Cloudfare because I found out it's much faster than the DNS my ISP was providing

  • @AG_before
    @AG_before Год назад +2

    I feel like I should be paying for this! Thank you so much. 💯

  • @RealUKUndergroundHipHop
    @RealUKUndergroundHipHop Год назад +2

    AMAZING VIDEO! You gave so many amazing apps that I thought that would never be free! Thanks

  • @ShriSanjay
    @ShriSanjay Год назад +2

    Well format factory is the one of the best media converter since last 10 years and is still good and provide a feature that no one other software do

  • @curbyourshi1056
    @curbyourshi1056 Год назад +1

    Excellent video!

  • @MargueriteFairProductions
    @MargueriteFairProductions Год назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this, you rock.

  • @pmtaby11
    @pmtaby11 Год назад +1

    great video,thanks a lot

  • @greenypops
    @greenypops Год назад +1

    Thank you for a really useful video. 👍

  • @randallmacdonald4851
    @randallmacdonald4851 Год назад +1

    Thanks Brett. Excellent video.

    • @randallmacdonald4851
      @randallmacdonald4851 Год назад +1

      OMG, OMG, OMG. This is the first I've heard of Stellarium. I just downloaded it and installed. Yeah: OMG.

  • @gs1987100
    @gs1987100 5 месяцев назад +1

    WOW, genius thaks for this knowledge.

  • @rogerskinene404
    @rogerskinene404 Год назад +2

    I like your English. Makes it simpler

  • @andymouse
    @andymouse Год назад +2

    Invaluable...cheers.

  • @alteans
    @alteans Год назад +1

    Most excellent collection😁

  • @yogicentralyt
    @yogicentralyt Год назад +2

    Great video

  • @AmenProletar
    @AmenProletar Год назад +1

    As someone who uses Libre Office, It works well for me. It doesn't lag or cause any issues.

  • @telenikros
    @telenikros Год назад +2

    the Handbrake Video Codec, if you have a Nvidia GPU you shold change that from h.264 to h.264(nvidia) it uses the GPU a lot more

  • @fahimrafi9853
    @fahimrafi9853 10 месяцев назад +1

    What is the best free alternative for adobe illustrator? Any advice?

  • @jps99
    @jps99 Год назад +1

    Great suggestions!

  • @gregmckay666
    @gregmckay666 Год назад +2

    DSyncronize is a great, free lightweight program to real-time sync files across multiple drives or computer-to-computer.

  • @wrathchildmateus2167
    @wrathchildmateus2167 Год назад +2

    Amazing work as always. You could do one about really free apps on Android.

  • @B_r_u_c_e
    @B_r_u_c_e 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you. Something for managing contacts?

  • @Proditae
    @Proditae Год назад +1

    Thank you, pretty useful!

  • @chi-hsianghsu8723
    @chi-hsianghsu8723 Год назад +3

    Can you introduce open source statistical analysis software and project management software next time?

  • @ScienceBenhind
    @ScienceBenhind Год назад +1

    Amazing bro thank for the efforts

  • @TamsosPadaras
    @TamsosPadaras Год назад +1

    I just improved my collection of software :) Thank you for this video

  • @microsoftsarker
    @microsoftsarker Год назад +1

    This is nice!

  • @DCJNewsMedia
    @DCJNewsMedia Год назад +2

    New sub.
    Great job.
    I ❤️ it
    God bless you and your family

  • @michaelheely
    @michaelheely Год назад +1

    Thx you for the suggestions. May I introduce screenpresso as screenshot tool ?