Free Utility and Tools Collection #1
A collection of free utilities and tools that I find useful and essential. The utilities and tools listed down here are tools that I used often for different purposes, some of them are useful in development tasks.
BlueLifeHosts Editor
“Bluelife hosts editör is a Portable Freeware hosts-file editor and Allows you to easily add/delete , Block , Update domain names to your hosts file”
Homepage: http://www.sordum.org/8266/bluelifehosts-editor-v1-2/
Caffeine
Prevent PC from locking or going to sleep.
Homepage: http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/caffeine/
Stickies
Simple and features rich sticky note application for Windows.
Homepage: http://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
RapidEE (Rapid Environment Editor)
Windows environment variables editor.
Homepage: https://www.rapidee.com/en/about
Snipaste
“Snipaste is a simple but powerful snipping tool, and also allows you to pin the screenshot back onto the screen.”
Homepage: https://www.snipaste.com/
Screenpresso
“Screenpresso captures your desktop (screenshots and HD videos) for your training documents, collaborative design work, IT bug reports, and more…”
Homepage: https://www.screenpresso.com/
DNSAgent
“A powerful ‘hosts’ replacement / simple local DNS server for windows”.
GitHub Page: https://github.com/stackia/DNSAgent
DNS Jumper
Application to help you to easily and quickly change your network interfaces’ DNS Server configurations on Windows, also has feature to resolve the fastest public DNS server.
Homepage: http://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-1/
cmder
“Portable console emulator for Windows”
Homepage: http://cmder.net/
GitHub Page: https://github.com/cmderdev/cmder
Streamlink Twitch GUI
“A multi platform Twitch.tv browser for Streamlink”
https://streamlink.github.io/streamlink-twitch-gui/
Requires livestreamer, a “command-line utility that extracts streams from various services and pipes them into a video player of choice”:
Chatty
Cross-platform Twitch Chat Client written in Java.
Homepage: http://chatty.github.io/
Tablacus Explorer
“Tablacus Explorer is a tabbed file manager with Add-on support.”
Homepage: http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~gakana/tablacus/explorer_en.html
NimbleText
“NimbleText is a text manipulation and code generation tool available online or as a free download. It magnifies your ability to perform incredible feats of text and data wrangling.”
Homepage: http://nimbletext.com/
Ant Renamer
“Ant Renamer is a free (really free, i.e. the source code is available) program that makes easier the renaming of lots of files and folders by using specified settings.”
Homepage: http://www.antp.be/software/renamer
Express Profiler a.k.a SqlExpress Profiler
“ExpressProfiler (aka SqlExpress Profiler) is a simple and fast replacement for SQL Server Profiler with basic GUI and integration with Red Gate Ecosystem project.”
Old Codeplex Homepage: https://expressprofiler.codeplex.com/
GitHub Page: https://github.com/OleksiiKovalov/expressprofiler
BulkFileChanger
“BulkFileChanger is a small utility that allows you to create files list from multiple folders, and then make some action on them – Modify their created/modified/accessed time, change their file attribute (Read Only, Hidden, System), run an executable with these files as parameter, and copy/cut paste into Explorer.”
Homepage: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bulk_file_changer.html
DBeaver
“Free multi-platform database tool for developers, SQL programmers, database administrators and analysts. Supports all popular databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase, Teradata, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, etc.”
Homepage: http://dbeaver.jkiss.org/
TreeSize
“Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs”
Homepage: https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/
PicPick
“A full-featured screen capture tool, Intuitive image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel-ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more.”
Database .NET
“An Intuitive Multiple Database Manager”
Homepage: http://fishcodelib.com/database.htm
Library .NET
“An All-In-One Knowledge Manager”
Homepage: http://fishcodelib.com/CodeLib.htm
LogExpert
“Powerful logfile analysis and tail tool”
Homepage: http://www.log-expert.de/
TailBlazer
“A modern file tail utility”
GitHub Page: https://github.com/RolandPheasant/TailBlazer
Download: https://github.com/RolandPheasant/TailBlazer/releases
mRemoteNG
“mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote: an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager. mRemoteNG adds bug fixes and new features to mRemote.”
Homepage: https://mremoteng.org/
GitHub Page: https://github.com/mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG
Chocolatey
The missing package manager for Windows
Homepage: https://chocolatey.org/
WindowGird
“WindowGrid is a modern window management program for windows”
Allows you to easily resize and move windows using a grid based layout.
Homepage: http://windowgrid.net/
BitBucket Page: https://bitbucket.org/joshua_wilding/windowgrid-binaries
AltDrag
“Easily drag windows when pressing the alt key”
Note: This utility allows you to easily move any windows by pressing the alt key + left mouse click anywhere in the window, and it also allows you to resize the window by pressing the alt key + right mouse click anywhere in the window.
Homepage: https://stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/
GitHub Page: https://github.com/stefansundin/altdrag
mRemoteNG
“An open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager”
Homepage: https://mremoteng.org/
GitHub Page: https://github.com/mRemoteNG/mRemoteNG
