The best portable applications that do not require any installation

Portable applications do not need to be installed. You can even run them from a USB flash drive. See the best portable applications for each genre.

portable apps

Portable (or in Greek "portable") applications do not need to be installed. All you have to do is download, decompress the file to its own folder and then just run the executable program file to get started.

This means you can put multiple portable applications on a USB flash drive, and run them from any Windows computer.

That is, you can use them on your friend's computer, at work, at school, in the Internet cafe. As a portable application it is more secure than applications already installed on public or friendly machines.

And there are MANY portable applications. More than you think. Many of them are already in use with a regular installation. Which ones are worth using? The following is the main list of the best portable applications by type of software.

Types of software: Contact | Games | Image processors | Image Viewers | Media processors | media Player | Miscellaneous | Productivity | Security and Privacy | System tools | Word processors | Web tools

Contact

Pidgin

pidgin

Pidgin is a fully open source – cross-platform messaging client using the XMPP protocol. XMPP lets you connect to accounts like Slack, IRC, Google, Yahoo Messenger, etc, all in one program, if you're an old camper on the internet.

Download: Pidgin Portable for Windows (free). See the point that says "If you're looking for a portable version that doesn't need installation, we also have that available". Alternatively you can download from here.

Telegram

telegram

Telegram is one of the most well-known, alternative communication solutions. After the suicide of Whatsapp, Telegram, Viber, Signal, got a big chunk of the pie from it. Of the three programs, only Telegram works as a portable application.

Overall, it is an excellent and secure alternative to a chaotic marketplace with questionable messaging applications. However, while the Telegram application is open source, the servers that handle Telegram data are not open source.

Download: Telegram Portable for Windows (free)

Games

Brutal Chess

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If you are a fan of chess, then you will find many portable chess games. One of them is Brutal Chess. This is a 3-D game, open source, that will keep you glued to your computer for several hours.

Download: Brutal Chess for Windows (free)

Patience

patience

Patience is basically the Windows 95 version of Solitaire. It has music, animation and many other features that make it the first standalone version of Solitaire on the internet. It has 200 built-in card games.

The Portable version has a small bug. You need to use Universal Extractor to extract the files as portable, then go to the folder and run it. Everything is explained in download.

Download: Patience for Windows (free)

Sudoku

portable sudoku

Sudoku Portable is an addictive puzzle game originally created in France 100 years ago.

It has a 9 × 9 grid that contains 9 3 × 3 grids. In it you arrange the numbers 1 to 9. However, each number can only appear once in each of the 9 3 × 3 grids. And it can only appear once in each row and in each column.

It's a simple idea, but it can quickly become addictive. The program is open source and of course free.

Download: Sudoku Portable for Windows (free)

Image processors

GIMP

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Who does not know GIMP? "Poor Photoshop" because GIMP mimics many of Photoshop's capabilities, except that you do not pay a single euro.

In addition, like Photoshop, GIMP has many features and many tutorials.

Download: GIMP for Windows (free)

Image Viewers (photo viewers)

XnView

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A nice simple application that can scan your hard drive and show you the images in easy view. In addition to the view, you can also view the properties of the images, including EXIF ​​data.

You can import 400 different file formats and export your photos to one of 50 file formats. Plus slide shows, print support, resize and parallel comparison.

Download: XnView for Windows (free)

Media processors

OpenShot Video Editor

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Η free open source OpenShot Video Editor application offers you a very powerful video editor designed to be easy to use and very fast to learn.

The application is constantly evolving and utilizing the codecs that are already installed on your system.

Download: OpenShot Video Editor Portable for Windows (free)

Audacity

 

Audaciaudacity coverty is a cross-platform audio for recording and editing audio files. The application is cross-platform so it is released for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD.

Audacity was created by Dominic Mazzoni when he was a student at Carnegie Mellon University. Mazzoni is now working on Google but remains the main project maintainer with the help of many people around the world.

The application can, among other things, record live audio via microphone or mixer, and digitize recordings from other media. With some sound cards and any recent version of Windows, Audacity can also record audio.

Download: Audacity for Windows (free)

Media players

VLC Player

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VLC Player no introduction required. The program handles almost any media file format you want. Plays DVDs, video streams and music.

It's free, open source, and most people just install it for all their media needs. But it also exists in a portable version. Just download the zip format from the official website.

Download: VLC Player Portable for Windows (free)

Miscellaneous

Rufus

Rufus

Rufus is a popular, lightweight tool for creating bootable Flash drives, e.g. to install Windows or Linux on another computer system.

Despite the small size of the application, Rufus provides everything you need and is quite fast.

Download: Rufus for Windows (free)

Clear Disk Info

Clear Disk Info

Clear Disk Info is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices that provides a clear picture of the health of connected storage devices.

Monitoring storage devices is essential when working with computer systems. Failure of a storage device could result in data loss or damage to system files. You just run it from flash usb and it tells you what condition your disks are in.

Download: Clear Disk Info for Windows (free)

7-zip

7-zip

7-Zip is an open source program that can compress and decompress files. It supports a number of formats including 7z, ZIP, Gzip, bzip2, xz, tar and WIM.

The application also supports decompression of APM, ARJ, CHM, cpio, DEB, FLV, JAR, LHA / LZH, LZMA, MSLZ, Office Open XML, onepkg, RAR, RPM, smzip, SWF, XAR and Z, CramFS, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, MBR, NTFS, SquashFS, UDF, VHD disk images.

Download: 7-zip for Windows (free)

Productivity

LibreOffice

free office

LibreOffice is available as a portable application. I recommend you install it if you have storage space. However, if you do not have storage space, LibreOffice is an amazing portable application and one of the best free Microsoft Office alternatives.

Download: LibreOffice for Windows (free)

PDF-XChange Editor

pdf xchange editor

PDF-XChange Editor is a lightweight PDF editor and pdf viewer that lets you create, view, edit, annotate, edit OCR, and digitally sign PDF files.

While most features are free, some features require payment and are clearly indicated. They will place a watermark on your exit. These features can be hidden by selecting File> Preferences> Record - select "Hide all features from toolbars and menus".

Download: PDF-XChange Editor for Windows (Free)

Security and Privacy

KeePass

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Never a day goes by without some kind of news password. It is important not to reuse your same passwords for different accounts. Also, make each password a little harder than PASSWORD or 12345.

Something like Fh?% Rft # 12fd # | I + ^ gH8 \ S ~ 5Te is ok. But how do you remember that? Use just one password manager, such as KeePass.

KeePass Password Safe is a free, open source, lightweight and easy-to-use password manager for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, with ports for Android, iPhone / iPad and other mobile devices. And it is only portable.

Download: KeePass (free)

Cyber ​​Shredder

cybershredder

If you are selling your computer or are concerned about your security, then CyberShredder should be on your USB stick. The reason you need a secure deletion method is that Windows files can be recovered even after you clean the Windows Recycle Bin.

The Windows Recycle Bin just removes the file and gives you back up disk space, but the file is still there. Anyone who has the right software (directly and easily available on the internet) could bring the file back. CyberShredder is a fast, secure, and easy-to-use utility that allows you to permanently delete secret files from your computer. CyberShredder replaces the space occupied by a file (even if it was deleted with the classic method) with random data and then deletes the file, so that a recovery utility will never be able to recover it.

Download: CyberShredder for Windows (free)

ClamWin

clamwin free antivirus

ClamWin is an antivirus program that provides features such as virus detection (obviously) as well as regular virus engine updates. But keep in mind that due to its portable nature, it is not a real-time scanner. This means that it will only detect a virus if you manually pass it a file for testing.

Additionally, scheduled scans and updates are also not possible, so you need to update it manually.

Download: ClamWin for Windows (free)

System Tools

WinDirStat

WinDirStat

WinDirStat allows users to create a visual representation of what is stored on disks. The resulting visual representation represents each file type using different colors (orange for text files, for example) and sizes (larger blocks mean larger amounts of data).

WinDirStat is the best tool for those who want to lighten a hard drive. Just avoid deleting any programs or files in the Windows directory.

Download: WinDirStat Portable for Windows (free)

CCleaner

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We were big fans of CCleaner, until the company got involved with ads. However, you may want to try the portable version.

You definitely need to clean your computer from time to time, from the files that block your system and much more. This is something you need to plan on a regular basis. The downside is that the portable version takes time to start.

Download: CCleaner for Windows (free)

PhotoRec

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PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files, including videos, documents, images, compressed, and many more. Although its name refers to photos it can retrieve at least 400 types of files. It's really free, with no traps designed to make you money.

PhotoRec ignores the file system and follows the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media file system is severely damaged or has been reformatted.

It is a basic program for a usb flash because if you want to recover your data you can not perform any installation or write to the disk that has a problem.

Download: PhotoRec for Windows (free)

Word processors

Notepad + +

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It is our favorite application for the Windows environment, as it can replace the default Notepad word processor of the Microsoft operating system, offering more features useful for developers.

Notepad ++ or Notepad PlusPlus is a powerful word processor that offers much more features than Windows Notepad.

Download: Notepad ++ for Windows (free)

Web tools

Tor Browser

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Tor Project combines many features in a single package: a Virtual Proxy Network (VPN), a secure browser, and a few other security features. While Tor does not fully protect against unauthorized surveillance, it helps prevent unwanted eavesdropping on your personal business.

While the downloaded package will install itself if you run it, Tor Browser can simply be decompressed and run, which means you do not need to install it.

a. Download the installer, put it in a folder of your choice and unzip it
b. Launch the Tor Browser
c. When prompted, clear the option to add items to the desktop or Start menu, and then answer a few quick questions about your connection.

Download: Tor Browser (free)

Google Chrome

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Opinions differ on which is the best browser, but apparently the battle is between Firefox and Chrome. Chrome is the winner in terms of popularity, due to its superior synchronization capabilities, fast network connectivity and interaction with a host of other Google services.

Download: Google Chrome for Windows (free)

qBittorrent

qbittorrent

QBittorrent is open source and in active development. Not only is it free, but it is also quite safe. I recommend QBittorrent over other BitTorrent clients (especially uTorrent).

There is also DelugePortable, which is the portable version of the (also) open source BitTorrent Deluge.

Download: qBittorrent Portable for Windows (Free)

These are some of the portable applications we recommend

This is a standard list of portable applications that a sticker should have. Of course each user depending on what job he does or what hobby he has, can develop or completely change the list.

What is certain is that portable applications are not just that, but many more. We suggest you visit the site portableapps.com from here, as well as the website portablefreeware.com from here.

In these two sites you will find over 500 portable applications that will satisfy all tastes. Not only do they contain applications that have a portable version on their own, but they have taken care to convert many others into portable, always with the permission of the manufacturer. The only issue is that the built-in ones only run on Windows. Linux owners will be left complaining.

What is certain, however, is that you will never leave the flash usb you make.

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Written by Dimitris

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  1. Dimitris, interesting article about protables. Check out what you write about sudoku. Neither French nor old :) American creator, loved by the Japanese who gave him the name sudoku.

    • Thanks for the comment.
      Sudoku does not have a real creator, but everyone, more or less, put a little stone for this game.
      See what Wikipedia says about it .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku . To be precise, we could not attribute it 100% to an American or a Frenchman.

      Ok, all well and good, and we like the punctuation. Let's just say that if someone likes it, they can download it and play.

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