Freeware Sites (Oct 2022)

[wasbit]

Freeware - Sites (Oct 2022)

Links extracted from text file with Easy Link Extractor
-
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Other-Internet-Related/Easy-Link-Extractor.shtml
Links checked with AM-Deadlink
- https://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
with grateful thanks to both authors

* = Hosts both commercial & freewares (list not complete)

#######################
The Main Download sites

Afterdawn* - https://www.afterdawn.com/software/
CHIP - https://www.chip.de/download/ (German but often have items not
found elsewhere)
Cnet (Download.com) - https://download.cnet.com/
Completely Free Software - http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/
Download.com = Cnet
File Hippo - https://filehippo.com/
FileHorse - https://www.filehorse.com/
File Puma - https://www.filepuma.com/
Free Downloads Centre - www.freedownloadscenter.com
Gizmo's Best - https://www.techsupportalert.com/
Major Geeks* - https://www.majorgeeks.com/
Microsoft - https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/
Nirsoft - https://www.nirsoft.net/
Older Geeks - https://www.oldergeeks.com/
Only Freewares - http://www.onlyfreewares.com/
OSSwin (Open Source) - https://bartvandewoestyne.github.io/osswin/
OStatic* - http://ostatic.com/
PortableApps - https://portableapps.com/
Snapfiles - https://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/
Softpedia* - http://www.softpedia.com/
Sourceforge - https://sourceforge.net/
The Windows Club (W10/11) -
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/free-windows-software-download
Tucows (software library) - https://archive.org/details/tucows

-----
Old Versions

Disappeared sites - http://www.searchlores.org/fu_speci.htm#disapp
Internet Archive - http://www.archive.org/index.php
Last Freeware Version -
https://web.archive.org/web/20150423163442/http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/alphabetically.html
Old Version.com - http://www.oldversion.com/
Software Library - https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary
Vetusware - http://vetusware.com/
Wayback Machine - http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
Winworld (check legality) - https://winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems

###################################
1-4a - http://www.1-4a.com/
100 Downloads - http://100-downloads.com/
2-software - http://www.2-software.net/
450+ common problems solved -
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/
46 Best freeware -
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm

AbsolutelyFreeware - http://www.absolutelyfreeware.com/
Axcel216 (now MDGx) - http://www.mdgx.com/
ACF wiki (Hard-to-find list) - http://acfwiki.pbwiki.com/FileArchives
ACF wiki (No-install list) - http://acfwiki.pbwiki.com/NoInstallFreeware
ADRAS - http://www.adras.com/Freeware.s81.html
AfterDawn* - http://www.afterdawn.com/software/
AnalogX - http://www.analogx.com/
Apnee - https://appnee.com/
AumHa Freeware Portal - http://aumha.org/freeware/freeware.php#restore

BA Roberson - http://brian.arthur.robertson.googlepages.com/freesoftware
Benchmark HQ - http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html
Best Freeware (vbmark) - http://www.vbmark.com/
Best Freeware Download - http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/

Caiman free games - http://www.caiman.us/
Canadian Content - http://www.canadiancontent.net/tech/freeware/
Centralsoftware - http://freeware79.googlepages.com/
Completely Free Software (CFS) - http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/
Cute Apps* - http://www.cuteapps.com/
Cylog - http://www.cylog.org/index.asp

Dave's Computer Tips -
https://davescomputertips.com/dct-recommended-software/
DigitalArena - http://www.digitalarena.co.uk/
Digital Digest* - http://www.digital-digest.com/software/listall.php
Dirfile - http://www.dirfile.com/
Dirk Loss (Windows Tools on CD/USB)-
https://github.com/dloss/windows-tools-on-cdrom
Donation Coder - http://www.donationcoder.com/
Don't Crack (audio freeware) - http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/
Download.com* - http://www.download.com/
Download AtoZ* - http://www.downloadatoz.com/
Downloads 3k* - http://www.download3k.com/
Dubber's Computer Resources - http://dubber6.tripod.com/whereisit/index.html

File CroCro - https://www.filecroco.com/
FileEagle - https://www.fileeagle.com/
FileForum - http://fileforum.com/
File Hippo - http://www.filehippo.com/
Filehorse - https://www.filehorse.com/
Filepuma - https://www.filepuma.com/
FilesRiver - http://www.filesriver.com/
Filetransit* - http://www.filetransit.com/
Free Country - see TheFreeCountry
FreeDownloadCentre* - www.freedownloadscenter.com
Free Downloads* - www.free-downloads.net/
Free email software -
http://www.thefreesite.com/Email_Freebies/Free_E_mail_software/
Free Network Tools - http://www.nsauditor.com/freeware/index.html
Free Stuff - http://www.refdesk.com/free.html
Freebyte - http://www.freebyte.com/
Freeware 79 (German) - https://www.freeware-base.de/
Freeware Catalog - http://freeware.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Freeware Directory - http://www.freewaredirectory.net/
Freeware Home - http://www.freewarehome.com/
Freeware Java - http://www.freewarejava.com/
Freeware Stop - http://www.freewarestop.com/
Freeware sites (old) -
http://web.archive.org/web/20050303015118/home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/indexfreewaresites.html
Fresh Devices* - http://freshdevices.com/files.php
FromAtoZdownloads* -
http://www.azdownloads.info/Utilities/Password-Recovery/
FSF/UNESCO - http://directory.fsf.org/all/
FTP Site Boneyard - https://archive.org/details/ftpsites
FutureQuest - http://service.futurequest.net/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=view

GameHippo - http://gamehippo.com/
Gary Beene - http://www.garybeene.com/
Gizmo's Freeware - Closed July 2021
Golden's Webwatchers - http://freehomepages1.tripod.com/freewaremain.html
Gratilog (Ninou,French) - http://www.gratilog.net/xoops/
GRC - http://www.grc.com/freepopular.htm

Hiren & Pankaj - http://www.hiren.info/
- http://www.hiren.info/downloads/freeware-tools/1

Iobit (stole Malwarebyte's Database) - http://iobit.com/

Just Download - http://just-download.com/

Karen's PowerTools - http://www.karenware.com/

List of OS software -
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ListOfOpenSourcePrograms

Mad-Monkey - http://www.mad-monkey.co.uk/cgi-bin/default.pl?03,home,
Magicube - https://magicu.be/
MajorGeeks* - http://www.majorgeeks.com/
Making Music (3 part freeware blog)
-
http://making-music.blogspot.com/2006/01/big-list-of-free-music-making-software.html
MDGx (was Axcel216) - http://www.mdgx.com/
Mercury - http://www.mercury.org.uk/interind.htm
Microsoft Powertoys - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/
Mighty Joe's - http://mightyjoesfree.blogspot.com/
MiTeC (f+s) - http://www.mitec.cz/
Music freeware - http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/freeware/XP/
- Hitsquad - http://www.hitsquad.com/prevhitsquadfront/

Netbook Files.com - http://www.netbookfiles.com/
Netfarm Open Source Software - https://oss.netfarm.it/
Network DLS - http://networkdls.com/
New Freeware - http://www.nfreeware.com/
NirSoft - http://www.nirsoft.net/

Offline Freeware - https://offlinefreewarefiles.com/platform/windows/
OldVersion - http://www.oldversion.com/
Only Freewares - http://www.onlyfreewares.com/
Opensource Freeware -
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-open-source-software/index.html
Open Source God - http://mashable.com/2007/09/23/open-source/
OpenSource Windows - http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
Osswin - https://bartvandewoestyne.github.io/osswin/
Otter Dad - http://www.nettally.com/waldoe/freeware/

Paehl - https://www.paehld.de/down/
Pc-tools (Jim Berkes 95 - XP) - http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/
Pcwin* - http://pcwin.com/
Photo-Freeware - http://www.photo-freeware.net/
Portable Apps - http://portableapps.com/
Portable freeware - http://portablefreeware.com/
Prospector (Word Processing) - http://www.prospector.cz/Freeware/

Qweas* - http://www.qweas.com/os/freeware/

Radified - http://radified.com/Articles/freeware.htm
ReallyEffective - http://www.reallyeffective.co.uk/index.php
Reboot Pro -
http://reboot.pro/index.php?s=4cad2c163b5cb39e94c13f6bde2effcc&app=downloads

Select freeware - http://www.selectfreeware.com/
Serif free software - available from main download sites
Shell Extension City - https://shellcity.net/
Slovak Antivirus Centre* - http://www.sac.sk/
Snapfiles* - http://www.snapfiles.com/
Snapfiles Freeware - http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/freeware.html
Soft32 - www.soft32.com
Softpedia* - http://www.softpedia.com/
Software4free - http://www.software4free.nl/
Software & Games* - http://www.softwareandgames.com/
Software Archive* - http://www.archive.org/details/software
Software Villa - https://softwarevilla.com/
SourceForge - https://sourceforge.net/
Statistical freeware - http://statistiksoftware.com/free_software.html
Sysinternals (now MS) - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/


TechSpot - http://www.techspot.com/downloads.html
TeraByte (boot/image) -
https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-free-software/
TheCaveFreeware - http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/bat/
TheFreeCountry - http://www.thefreecountry.com/
TheFreeSite - http://www.thefreesite.com/
The Software Patch -
https://www.softwarepatch.com/category/patches/software-patches/
The Windows Club -
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/list-freeware-releases-from-the-windows-club
Tiny apps - http://www.tinyapps.org/
TJFree - https://tjfree.com/freesoftware/
Top Freeware (tf76) - http://www.topfreeware.net/
TTCS Osswin Cd - https://www.ttcs.tt/osswin/

UBCD - http://www.ubcd4win.com/index.htm
Ur I.T. Mate Group (Steven Burn) - http://www.it-mate.co.uk/

Vetusware (abandonware) - http://vetusware.com/

Vicky's Cool Softwares - http://www.vcsoftwares.com/
VicMan Software - https://www.vicman.net/index.html

WebAttack (now Snapfiles) - www.snapfiles.com/
Wikipedia list -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_software_packages
Windows 10 Free Software - https://www.win10freesoftware.com/
WinSite - http://www.winsite.com/
WinTotal(German) - http://www.wintotal.de/Software/

Zhorn (Tom Revell) - http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/index.html

-----
Lists

Ubuntu Looplist (ok for Windows) -
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ListOfOpenSourcePrograms

--

[John C.]

Thanks for posting this, wasbit, but how recently have you verified the
list?

--
John C. BS206. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, pirated,
share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares for me please. I filter out
posts made from Google Groups and cross-posted (sent to more than one
newsgroup at a time) messages. I recommend you do likewise.

[Shadow]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:50:27 -0800, "John C." <r9j...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>wasbit wrote:
>> Freeware - Sites (Oct 2022)
>>
>> Links extracted from text file with Easy Link Extractor
>>  -
>> https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Other-Internet-Related/Easy-Link-Extractor.shtml
>> Links checked with AM-Deadlink
>>  - https://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
>> with grateful thanks to both authors
>>
>> * = Hosts both commercial & freewares (list not complete)
>>

<slight snip>

>>
>
>Thanks for posting this, wasbit, but how recently have you verified the
>list?

He said he checked it with AM-Deadlink. The problem is that if
the site is purchased by another outfit, for sale or just a blank page
AM-Deadlink will still flag it as "valid". It only marks "404" as bad.
Plus, there's the problem of sites that were freeware but
became payware, or worse, malware.
Someone(takes a step backwards) has to check the sites one by
one.
[]'s
--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012
Google Fuchsia - 2021

[MikeS]

A more practicable approach: anyone finding a problem site posts here to
inform wasbit and others using the list.

[wasbit]

On 10/11/2022 12:50, John C. wrote:
> wasbit wrote:
>> Freeware - Sites (Oct 2022)
>>

>> Snip <<

>
> Thanks for posting this, wasbit, but how recently have you verified the
> list?
>

October 2022

--
Regards
wasbit

[wasbit]

On 10/11/2022 14:54, Shadow wrote:

That's what I did. Took me over a week.
Only another 200+ lists to go!

--
Regards
wasbit

[Shadow]

LOL
Thank you for that.

[John C.]

Shadow wrote:

> John C. wrote:
>> wasbit wrote:
>>>
>>> Freeware - Sites (Oct 2022)

How could I have missed that?

>>> Links extracted from text file with Easy Link Extractor
>>>  -
>>> https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Other-Internet-Related/Easy-Link-Extractor.shtml
>>> Links checked with AM-Deadlink

How could I have missed that?

Senior CSS (Can't See Shit, it's related to CRS) I guess.

>>>  - https://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
>>> with grateful thanks to both authors
>>>
>>> * = Hosts both commercial & freewares (list not complete)
>
> <slight snip>

Yeah, I should have done that too.

>> Thanks for posting this, wasbit, but how recently have you verified the
>> list?
>
> He said he checked it with AM-Deadlink. The problem is that if
> the site is purchased by another outfit, for sale or just a blank page
> AM-Deadlink will still flag it as "valid". It only marks "404" as bad.
> Plus, there's the problem of sites that were freeware but
> became payware, or worse, malware.
> Someone(takes a step backwards) has to check the sites one by
> one.

Well, after my faux pas I guess I'll step forward (or at least be left
standing in the same place with a confused look on my face.) It might
take a while though.

[John C.]

+1. Guess I'm off the hook then. 80)>

[John C.]

wasbit wrote:
> John C. wrote:
>> wasbit wrote:
>>>
>>> Freeware - Sites (Oct 2022)
>>>
>>> Snip <<
>>
>> Thanks for posting this, wasbit, but how recently have you verified the
>> list?
>
> October 2022

Sorry about that, wasbit. I'd just finished scanning 164 multiple sized
documents and then shredding the hard copies. I should have waited until
my brain was functioning normally (for me at least) again.

And thanks for doing that too. I'm going to enjoy visiting the sites to
see what they offer.

[wasbit]

On 10/11/2022 17:59, MikeS wrote:
> On 10/11/2022 14:54, Shadow wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:50:27 -0800, "John C." <r9j...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> wasbit wrote:
>>>> Freeware - Sites (Oct 2022)
>>>>
>>>> Links extracted from text file with Easy Link Extractor
>>>>   -
>>>> https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Other-Internet-Related/Easy-Link-Extractor.shtml
>>>>
>>>> Links checked with AM-Deadlink
>>>>   - https://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
>>>> with grateful thanks to both authors
>>>>
>>>> * = Hosts both commercial & freewares (list not complete)
>>>>
>>
>> <slight snip>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for posting this, wasbit, but how recently have you verified the
>>> list?
>>
>>     He said he checked it with AM-Deadlink. The problem is that if
>> the site is purchased by another outfit, for sale or just a blank page
>> AM-Deadlink will still flag it as "valid". It only marks "404" as bad.
>>     Plus, there's the problem of sites that were freeware but
>> became payware, or worse, malware.
>>

> A more practicable approach: anyone finding a problem site posts here to
> inform wasbit and others using the list.
>

Agreed on both the above.
Does anyone know of a better freeware programme for checking dead links.

--
Regards
wasbit

[Nic]

There is an addon for FF called


Bookmarks Organizerby Sören Hentzschel
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/1351101/>

With the Bookmarks Organizer it's easy to put order in your bookmarks.
The Bookmarks Organizer finds no longer working bookmarks, redirects,
duplicates and more!

About this extension

With the Bookmarks Organizer, it's easy to put order in your bookmarks.
The Bookmarks Organizer finds no longer working bookmarks, redirects,
duplicates and more!

*Bookmarks Organizer is a WebExtension and compatible with Firefox
Quantum (Firefox 60 and later).*

*Features*

* Finds no longer working bookmarks
* Finds duplicate bookmarks
* Finds bookmarks without name
* Broken bookmarks can be edited or deleted
* Detects redirects and offers the automatic correction of individual
or all redirects
* Whitelist feature to exclude bookmarks from future broken bookmark
checks
* Internal skip list for domains that are known as not validatable for
technical reasons


*Shortcuts*

The interface can also be accessed via the keyboard. For this purpose
the combination *Shift + F11* is reserved. Or you can open the interface
via a menu entry in the tools menu.

It is also possible to start individual tests directly via the address bar:

* *bookmarks organizer*: opens the interface
* *bookmarks duplicates*: search for duplicates
* *bookmarks empty-names*: search for bookmarks without name
* *bookmarks errors*: search for broken bookmarks
* *bookmarks redirects*: search for redirects

[wasbit]

On 09/11/2022 10:48, wasbit wrote:
> Freeware - Sites (Oct 2022)
>

> snip <
>

A few more.

Download82 - https://www.download82.com/
FilesMint - https://filesmint.com/windows/
FindmySoft - http://www.findmysoft.com/win/
Maddownload - https://maddownload.com/programs/
Neowin - https://www.neowin.net/software/
Softlay - https://www.softlay.com/downloads

--
Regards
wasbit