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BitComet is a manager for web, FTP and BitTorrent downloads supporting simultaneous connections, file queue, selected torrent package contents, fast-resume, chatting, disk cache, speed limits, port mapping, proxy, IP filter etc.
The download includes both 32 and 64-bit versions.
Note: Many years ago, BitComet attracted a lot of critics due to its non-compliance with several standards. While still developed in China, most issues have since been resolved.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes a few window-related settings to the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
Download the "non-installation version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BitComet.exe or BitComet_x64.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Free Download Manager, qBitTorrent |
What's new? | See: https://bitcomet.com/en/changelog |
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juverax
on 2023-04-17 10:53
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MetarWeather decodes weather reports from around the world and displays them in a simple weather report table. You can export the weather report into text, HTML or XML files. MetarWeather can decode METAR-format reports from a text file, or download the latest reports.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mweather.exe. |
What's new? |
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TP109
on 2012-04-15 00:06
Extremely fast and lightweight. Use this more than any other weather app. Makes it easy to compare weather reports from multiple areas.
IanFromBarrie
on 2017-09-10 15:51
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AVG quarantined this when I installed - triggered by AVG's "behaviour shield". |
JSONedit is a simple editor for the JavaScript Object Notation format "a text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange" (source) with available text and tree views.
Includes array generator using embedded Lua interpreter and Scintilla for text edition.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Partial |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch JSONedit.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | JSON Viewer |
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TheCommentWriter
on 2014-06-03 09:56
Nice tool. Should accept copy&pasted JSON-Data too.
jamesmalvi
on 2014-11-27 08:29
I would suggest to use online json viewer http://codebeautify.org/jsonviewer
billon
on 2017-05-04 01:56
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There is also UTF-8 branch - http://tomeko.net/software/JSONedit/testing.php |
Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client supporting most common protocols by default including Facebook, IRC, Jabber XMPP, MinecraftDynmap, Omegle, Sametime, SkypeWeb, Steam, Tox, Twitter, and more. Additional protocols are also available, as well as plugins and languages via "Main menu > Available Components list" (see online list).
Note: The program started as a code fork of Miranda IM. Though the latter is no longer maintained, a FAQ about the original differences is available, alongside a migration guide.
Alternatively, Miranda NG Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Miranda IM, Pidgin |
What's new? |
See: https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog |
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webfork
on 2014-01-05 02:55
smaragdus: My understanding is that they include all the popular plugins inside the distro. This is because plugin fragmentation and version issues were part of the reason for the Miranda NG code fork.
maxi
on 2015-04-20 21:36
new skype support in developer version. skypeweb plugin found on there board
webfork
on 2016-02-16 02:52
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I really didn't like not being able to hit "enter" and have the message send. You can configure this behavior under options - Message sessions - General tab - Sending messages - checkbox "Send message on 'Enter'" |
qBittorrent is a configurable and feature-rich file sharing client modeled as an open alternative to µTorrent. The program includes a web interface, RSS, scheduler, IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible), IPv6 compliance, support for all extensions (DHT, Peer Exchange, crypto, Magnet/BitComet etc.), and more. Uniquely, it includes a program lock to password-protect the interface.
The program includes torrent creation and even tracker capabilities for serving content. Note that the torrent search feature (if enabled) is not portable.
Clients are also available for other platforms (Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2) and in ~25 world languages. Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
Optionally, you may delete the file qbittorrent.pdb, which can take up a great deal of space and is only used for crash reports (thanks freakazoid). |
Similar/alternative apps: | µTorrent, Free Download Manager |
What's new? | See: https://www.qbittorrent.org/news.php |
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appsuser
on 2019-05-06 20:41
@thepiney: Same here. I've used magnet links no problem. The only time I've had errors is when the program loses access to the downloaded torrent files while it's still trying to share them (if you deleted or moved the downloaded files without deleting the torrent file). I moved from uTorrent because they started adding advertising, but there are settings tweaks to remove it.
JudyGarland
on 2019-12-05 06:31
Qbittorrent does not support Windows XP and Vista anymore from v.4.2.0, though 'portableapps' seems not aware of that.
liamZ
on 2019-12-19 05:46
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Hi, from the changelog of qbittorrent 4.2.1: (not the portableapps.com version) |
ShadowCopyView lists the snapshots of your hard drive created by the 'Volume Shadow Copy' service in Windows. Every snapshot contains an older versions of your files and folders from the date that the snapshot was created, you can browse the older version of your files and folders and optionally copy them into a folder on your disk.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ShadowCopyView.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PreviousFilesRecovery |
What's new? |
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XAMPP is an integrated server package with mail, Web, FTP, and WebDAV. Named for Apache + MariaDB + Filezilla + PHP + Perl (AMPP) plus Mercury and Tomcat, the program includes a open software packages combined to power the various services, including JSP Java, OpenSSL, and more.
Also available for OSX and Linux.
Notes:
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Uniform Server, Abyss Webserver X1 |
What's new? | See: https://www.apachefriends.org/blog.html |
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freakazoid
on 2012-06-02 20:22
webfork: Because it's their preferred portable build. Not everyone will need the full package. The lite / portable build should be sufficient for people building a website for testing locally and on the go.
olliebean
on 2018-10-19 14:51
Just for clarification, is the full version portable? Because the only version labelled "portable" at the download link appears to be the lite version, without FTP or Mail.
Pax
on 2019-05-17 03:49
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Note: The description should replace Oracle's MySQL with the community-based fork: MariaDB. |
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable release" RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch infekt-win32.exe or infekt-win64.exe (for 64-bit OS). |
What's new? | See: https://infekt.ws/changelog.html |
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Midas
on 2012-06-09 22:14
NFO Pad (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2164) is my preferred option for this -- it can double as a capable Notepad replacement, too...
I am Baas
on 2013-05-14 16:33
There's also iNFekt "Super Compact Version!"
smaragdus
on 2016-11-03 22:13
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iNFekt version 0.9.6 is slightly lighter (uses less RAM) than previous version 0.9.5, good job. |
HeidiSQL lets you see and edit data and structures from computers running one of the database systems MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite.
Features includes:
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. The portable version is a launcher, it loads the settings into the registry when it starts and removes them when exiting, saving them to a file. |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates an empty folder in %APPDATA% |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch heidisql.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.heidisql.com/forum.php?c=1 |
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hamasaki
on 2013-12-16 13:37
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Fabulous MySQL software. One of my favourite pieces of Windows software. Only my browser and text editor get more use. Nice and fast. |
MultiPar helps protect backups and transfers with error detection and recovery. The program looks at information from any number of files and folders to function as insurance against data loss. The program generates companion "PAR" files that are built from a percentage of the originals, using more space for greater protection (e.g. 10% of the original for already safe methods, 50% for frequent failures).
The program has a wide variety of customizations including format, processor usage, and various other tools available to the standard PAR format. For backups, it can also choose PAR size by available free space (e.g. saving a 3 gig file to a 4.7 gig DVD will mean generating a 1.7 gig PAR file).
Functional in Linux/Mac via WINE. The program supports multi-threading, multiple processors, can recurse subfolders, and functions with standard formats including PAR, PAR2, and (experimental) PAR3 formats.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder; however shell integration and filetype associations will write to the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GUI: Freeware (accepts donations). Console applications: GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | ICE ECC, RapidCRC Unicode |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/Yutaka-Sawada/MultiPar/releases |
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webfork
on 2017-01-02 01:22
@shnbwmn: the .EU site's relationship to the .JP address is discussed at length in forums.
Multiparuser
on 2017-09-03 08:58
From the author of Multipar:
webfork
on 2017-09-04 22:21
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@Multiparuser: if you go to the page we link to when you click "website" you can see what the author has posted about the .EU mirror, which is encouraging caution. He does not call it a malicious spam site. |