Share your greatest free tools

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mRemoteNG

mRemoteNG mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote: an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager for Windows. Mremoteng adds bug fixes and new features to mRemote and allows you to view all of your remote connections in a simple yet powerful tabbed interface.

#Remote Desktop #SSH #Remote PC Access 21 social mentions

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WinDirStat

WinDirStat (Windows) or Disk Inventory X (Mac) - These are similar to Space Sniffer. Helpful for getting a visual overview of your disk usage, and cleaning up the disk.

#Disk Analyzer #Hard Disk Usage #Hard Drive Tools 332 social mentions

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WinSCP

WinSCP - Great tool for file transfers. I use this all the time at work and even in my homelabs to send files to VMs on my computer. You can also just use scp in linux.

#FTP Client #SSH #File Transfer 62 social mentions

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Nmap

NMap - Basically a swiss army knife network discovery tool. Works great as a port scanner to test firewall rules, and for other device discovery reasons.

#Security #Security Monitoring #Monitoring Tools 187 social mentions

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ShareX

ShareX, a multi-purpose file/image/text/anything sharing program which supports loads of upload/storage sites, or your own site via FTP.

#Screenshots #Screenshot Annotation #Image Annotation 271 social mentions

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bitwarden

Well, for personal use I prefer bitwarden to keepass, but that's just me.

#Password Managers #Password Management #Security & Privacy 604 social mentions

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The Dude

“The Dude” is what the tool is called (yeah I don’t know why they called it that either). It’s a client-server application and the server nowadays only runs on a Mikrotik router as a separate package. You could use any Mikrotik router but since it’s heavy on logging I use a Mikrotik CHR as a VM just to host the dude. The free CHR license gives you 1Mbps throughput which for SNMP monitoring is plenty.

#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management 6 social mentions

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Guacamole

Apache Guacamole : A self hosted central place to access RDP, VNC, and SSH from one web interface. Can have multiple people interact with one endpoint or one interact with others watching. Can record all sessions for later review. SSO and AD are supported. 2FA supported, TOTP, Duo, etc.

#Remote Desktop #Remote PC Access #Remote Control 137 social mentions

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WinMerge

WinMerge: File compare with an easy way to just open a blank compare to drop in clipboards. Easy to do file and folder compare.

#File Management #Merge Tools #Comparison 28 social mentions

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KeePass

Keepass : You password manager. Very easy to use, but also features very powerful overrides and teamwork capabilities. Create shotcuts to instantly open the right protocol / software / webpage to remotely connect anything and send your crendentials.

#Security & Privacy #Password Management #Password Managers 206 social mentions

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FreeFileSync

FreeFile Sync : Synchronize data, create batch jobs locally and on networks.

#Backup And Disaster Recovery #File Sharing And Backup #Backup & Restore 203 social mentions

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sshuttle

#VPN #Security #Cloud VPN 24 social mentions

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Visual Studio Code

VSCode - If you use PowerShell, you should use VSCode for writing your modules and scripts. Especially since PowerShell ISE will be going away at some point in the near future.

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1008 social mentions

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Syncthing

I can't believe Syncthing isn't somewhere at the top here....

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #File Sharing And Backup 826 social mentions

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Snipe-IT

Snipe-IT. https://snipeitapp.com/ say goodbye to spreadsheets and hello to simple easy ITS management you will love.

#Asset Management #IT Asset Management #Asset Tracking 96 social mentions

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NetBox

Netbox. https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ Your “Source of Truth” for your network. NetBox is an infrastructure resource modeling (IRM) application designed to empower network automation. Initially conceived by the network engineering team at DigitalOcean, NetBox was developed specifically to address the needs of network and infrastructure engineers. NetBox is made available as open source under the Apache 2 license. It encompasses the following aspects of network management:.

#Monitoring Tools #Network Security #Virtualization 21 social mentions

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glogg

#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Realtime Analytics 7 social mentions

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Zenmap

I'll have to give Advanced IP Scanner a look to compare, but I like Zenmap so there's another option if you need one!

#Security #Monitoring Tools #Web Application Security 11 social mentions

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Ninite

Does Ninite count? Get one installer for any selection of free apps available. Re-use the same installer to automatically update any of your selections. All bloatware and extra non-essential options are disabled for all of them.

#Windows Tools #Package Manager #SSH 447 social mentions

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OPNsense

OPNSense - If you need a powerful Linux-based Firewall, VPN server, and/or UTM.

#Operating Systems #Linux #Perimeter Security And Firewalls 94 social mentions

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Disk Inventory X

WinDirStat (Windows) or Disk Inventory X (Mac) - These are similar to Space Sniffer. Helpful for getting a visual overview of your disk usage, and cleaning up the disk.

#Hard Disk Management #Disk Analyzer #Hard Disk Usage 7 social mentions

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MxToolBox

#Diagnostics Software #Domains #DNS Lookup 198 social mentions

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Locate32

Locate32 : The windows version of updatedb and locate commands from linux. I've never needed the contents indexed, just the name.

#File Manager #Clipboard Manager #App Launcher 12 social mentions

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Node-RED

NodeRed - This what I spend all my saved time on. Trying to fix broken automations.

#DevOps Tools #Automation #API Tools 120 social mentions

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Bashtop

Bashtop - Seriously, I my brain can't follow columns without some kind of order to the madness. Ty bashtop.

#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 22 social mentions

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Meld

Meld best diff / merge tool I've found - though I do have a soft spot for winmerge.

#File Management #Merge Tools #Diff And Merge Tools 42 social mentions

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LockHunter

LockHunter - an absolute must-have tool for dealing with fie locks on a client level.

#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Error Tracking 35 social mentions

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Superputty

There is always SuperPutty. It is putty with a wrapper that allows for tabbed sessions as well as other features. There are a ton of Putty add-ons too that you can download to get Putty to where you want it.

#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 1 social mentions

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MobaXterm

#Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 39 social mentions

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PrivateBin

PrivateBin - Requires hosting on something, but free open source paste bin for sharing secure credentials, one-time burn after reading links, etc.

#Design Playground #JavaScript #Links 32 social mentions

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CrystalDiskInfo

CrystalDiskInfo - One of the most dependable SMART utility tools I've used and easily portable.

#Hard Drive Tools #Utilities #Web Service Automation 418 social mentions

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tmuxinator

Add tmuxinator to the list. Without it, tmux is pretty much the same as screen for me.

#SSH #Uptime Monitoring #Text Editors 32 social mentions

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Remmina

#Remote Desktop #Remote PC Access #Remote Control 28 social mentions

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OBS Studio

OBS/KDENLive: Screen recorder, free and easy to use. Sometimes dumb user needs video showing them the "do my work" button, or to record that webinar for them they they are supposed to attend live but not doing that is more important for some reason. I have licenses for TechSmith Camtasia, but I'll use OBS like 99% of the time instead.

#Video Recording #Screen Recording #Live Streaming 1061 social mentions

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Notepad++

Notepad++ Windows text editor that actually support unix eols. There is a spellcheck plugin. I pretty much tread it like an IDE since I jump between so many languages.

#IDEs And Text Editors #Text Editors #IDE 169 social mentions

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Kdenlive

OBS/KDENLive: Screen recorder, free and easy to use. Sometimes dumb user needs video showing them the "do my work" button, or to record that webinar for them they they are supposed to attend live but not doing that is more important for some reason. I have licenses for TechSmith Camtasia, but I'll use OBS like 99% of the time instead.

#Video #Video Editors #Video Editor 119 social mentions

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Barrier

Barrier KVM: FOSS version of Synergy (which I do have a lifetime pro lic for), but I find it easier and less troublsome to install and setup than Synergy (mostly around the Mac version actually working stably as a server or client).

#Remote Desktop #Remote PC Access #Mouse Tools 347 social mentions

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Darik's Boot and Nuke

DBAN: Lets you look completely busy for weeks while disposing of old HDDs when all you're doing is hiding in your office watching Youtube. Meanwhile a hammer would be a lot faster and just as effective.

#Monitoring Tools #File Management #CRM 143 social mentions

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Scoop

Scoop.sh Package Manager for 'portable' apps & apps which auto-update in a user-context (install via. 1-line script on their site).

#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 155 social mentions

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Chrome Remote Desktop

Chrome Remote Desktop free always-on remote connection.I use a different Gmail account for each user and switch between Chrome Profiles so that there is no chance of crossover (install direct).

#Remote Desktop #Remote PC Access #Remote Control 94 social mentions

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Chocolatey

Chocolatey Package Manager for installable apps (install via. 1-line script on their website).

#Windows Tools #Package Manager #Front End Package Manager 252 social mentions

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Tabby.sh

Also a new one I have been playing around with. Tabby Https://tabby.sh/.

#Terminal Tools #Command Line Tools #DevOps Tools 17 social mentions

PerigeeCopy - Great copy / paste utility. Allows you to automatically rename files if you're copying or moving files.

#File Management #File Sharing #File Sharing And Backup 1 social mentions

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Autoruns

Autoruns - Shows you what applications are set to run during system boot.

#OS & Utilities #Utilities #Windows Tools 302 social mentions

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vscode.dev

Or if you want a nifty, quick web version of vscode, here is vscode web version.

#Open Source #Text Editors #Developer Tools 264 social mentions

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GParted

#Hard Drive Tools #Hard Disk Management #Disk Partition 121 social mentions

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Text Blaze

Pretty fantastic list but two key tools that are missing imo are Sublime Text and Text Blaze.

#Chrome Extensions #Productivity #Customer Communications 49 social mentions

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klogg

Glogg is a great tool, but unfortunately it is not developed anymore. I maintain a fork -- klogg (https://klogg.filimonov.dev). It is generally faster for both opening a file and performing searches. Current dev builds that use hyperscan regular expression engine can open a file and do a search while glogg would still be indexing that file.

#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Realtime Analytics 3 social mentions

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monday.com

I do double work on IPAM. My go to is Netbox, but I also use monday.com for other tasks, and I have an IPAM board on it as well - its my back up.

#Project Management #Task Management #Work Management 335 social mentions