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    CrystalDiskInfo

    CrystalDiskInfo

    A HDD/SSD utility software

    A HDD/SSD utility software which supports a part of USB, RAID and NVMe.
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    4.7 out of 5 stars 19 Reviews
    Downloads: 740,823 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-11-03
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    Ventoy

    Ventoy

    A New Bootable USB Solution

    Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. With Ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly. You can copy many files at a time and Ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. You can also browse ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disks and boot them. x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way. Most types of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/ChromeOS/Unix/VMware/Xen...) 1100+ ISO files are tested, 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported.
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    4.6 out of 5 stars 51 Reviews
    Downloads: 222,431 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-10-09
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  • 3
    ImmortalWrt

    ImmortalWrt

    An opensource OpenWrt variant for mainland China users.

    ImmortalWrt is a fork of OpenWrt, with more packages ported, more devices supported, default optimized profiles and localization modifications for mainland China users. Compared to upstream, we allow to use (non-upstreamable) modifications/hacks to provide better feature/performance/support. Default login address: http://192.168.1.1 or http://immortalwrt.lan, username: root, password: none.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars 2 Reviews
    Downloads: 240,041 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-11-05
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  • 4
    TurboVNC

    TurboVNC

    High-speed, 3D-friendly, TightVNC-compatible remote desktop software

    TurboVNC is a high-performance, enterprise-quality version of VNC based on TightVNC, TigerVNC, and X.org. It contains a variant of Tight encoding that is tuned for maximum performance and compression with 3D applications (VirtualGL), video, and other image-intensive workloads. TurboVNC, in combination with VirtualGL, provides a complete solution for remotely displaying 3D applications with interactive performance. TurboVNC's high-speed encoding methods have been adopted by TigerVNC and libvncserver, and TurboVNC is also compatible with any other TightVNC derivative. TurboVNC forked from TightVNC in 2004 and still covers all of the TightVNC 1.3.x features, but TurboVNC contains numerous feature enhancements and bug fixes relative to TightVNC, and it compresses 3D and video workloads much better than TightVNC while using generally only 5-20% of the CPU time of the latter. Using non-default settings, TurboVNC can also be made to compress 2D workloads as "tightly" as TightVNC.
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    4.9 out of 5 stars 16 Reviews
    Downloads: 118,942 This Week
    Last Update: 2024-01-13
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    Info-ZIP project

    Info-ZIP portable compression/archiver utilities

    Info-ZIP portable compression/archiver utilities (Zip, UnZip, WiZ, etc.)
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    5.0 out of 5 stars 17 Reviews
    Downloads: 106,427 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-07-31
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    CrystalDiskMark

    CrystalDiskMark

    A simple disk benchmark software

    A simple disk benchmark software.
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    4.8 out of 5 stars 13 Reviews
    Downloads: 105,924 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-06-05
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  • 7

    Ubuntuzilla: Mozilla Software Installer

    APT repository for Mozilla software releases

    An APT repository hosting the Mozilla builds of the latest official releases of Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey. Do not manually download the files - read the wiki, https://sourceforge.net/p/ubuntuzilla/wiki/ for instructions on using the repository.
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    4.9 out of 5 stars 23 Reviews
    Downloads: 92,512 This Week
    Last Update: 20 hours ago
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    Scrollout F1

    Scrollout F1

    An easy-to-use anti-spam email gateway

    • Designed for Linux and Windows email system administrators, Scrollout F1 is an easy to use, already adjusted email firewall (gateway) offering free anti-spam and anti-virus protection aiming to secure existing email servers, old or new, such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, Postfix, Exim, Sendmail, Qmail and others. • Built-in multilayer security levels make configuration effort equal to a car radio. • It combines simplicity with effective protection using powerful open source with additional set of rules & filters. • Available as 64bit: - ISO image (Internet connection required during installation) - install from scratch (Internet connection required during installation). • Minimum Requirements (for 5,000 messages/day): 1 GB of RAM 30 GB storage drive 1 Processor x86/AMD64 1 Ethernet x 1 IPv4 address UDP ports: 53 123 4500 6277 24441 TCP ports: 25 80 443 2703
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    4.8 out of 5 stars 85 Reviews
    Downloads: 87,216 This Week
    Last Update: 2018-04-08
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  • 9
    openmediavault

    openmediavault

    The open network attached storage solution

    OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. OpenMediaVault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices, but is not limited to those scenarios. It is a simple and easy to use out-of-the-box solution that will allow everyone to install and administrate a Network Attached Storage without deeper knowledge.
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    4.8 out of 5 stars 169 Reviews
    Downloads: 64,495 This Week
    Last Update: 3 days ago
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    NSIS: Nullsoft Scriptable Install System

    NSIS: Nullsoft Scriptable Install System

    Windows installer development tool

    NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution. Being a user's first experience with your product, a stable and reliable installer is an important component of succesful software. With NSIS you can create such installers that are capable of doing everything that is needed to setup your software. NSIS is script-based and allows you to create the logic to handle even the most complex installation tasks. Many plug-ins and scripts are already available: you can create web installers, communicate with Windows and other software components, install or update shared components and more.
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    4.9 out of 5 stars 80 Reviews
    Downloads: 53,469 This Week
    Last Update: 2 days ago
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  • 11
    IDM Trial Reset

    IDM Trial Reset

    Use IDM forever without cracking

    IDM Trial Reset is a lightweight utility designed to reset the trial period of Internet Download Manager (IDM), allowing users to continue using the software without immediate license enforcement. Built using AutoIt, the tool automates registry and system-level modifications required to remove or reset trial-related data. It provides a simple interface or executable that performs the reset process without requiring deep technical knowledge from the user. The project emphasizes ease of use and portability, enabling users to run the tool whenever the trial period expires. While it does not modify the core IDM software, it interacts with system configurations to extend usability, and the repository encourages users to purchase a license if possible. Its open-source nature allows users to inspect or rebuild the executable themselves, increasing transparency.
    5.0 out of 5 stars 1 Review
    Downloads: 10,390 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-03-20
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  • 12
    Clonezilla

    Clonezilla

    A partition and disk imaging/cloning program

    Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image®. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition).
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    4.6 out of 5 stars 130 Reviews
    Downloads: 37,900 This Week
    Last Update: 4 days ago
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  • 13
    GParted

    GParted

    A partition editor to graphically manage disk partitions

    GNOME Partition Editor for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions. It uses libparted from the parted project to detect and manipulate partition tables. Optional file system tools permit managing file systems not included in libparted.
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    4.7 out of 5 stars 115 Reviews
    Downloads: 35,536 This Week
    Last Update: 18 hours ago
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  • 14
    Ufficio Zero Linux OS

    Ufficio Zero Linux OS

    Linux Desktop OS for professionals

    Ufficio Zero Linux OS is a desktop operating system offered in many versions based on PCLinuxOS, Linux Mint and Devuan. We also have created Duplica, a Bare Metal Restore Solution. This distro has many packages for professional use. The project is managed by the Italian company SIITE SRLS and promoted by the Italian Association Boost Media APS. Ufficio Zero Linux OS is trademarked through the Linux Mark Institute. All rights reserved. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. website https://ufficiozero.org forum https://citiverse.it/category/211/ufficio-zero-linux-forum-di-supporto wiki https://wiki.ufficiozero.org Follow us on our socials https://littlelink.boostmedia.it/ufficiozero/ Boost Media APS https://boostmedia.it
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    4.0 out of 5 stars 4 Reviews
    Downloads: 49,249 This Week
    Last Update: 20 hours ago
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  • 15

    PINN

    PINN is an enhancement of NOOBS

    PINN is an enhancement of NOOBS for the Raspberry Pi. It allows the installation of MULTIPLE OSes on the same SD/HDD/SSD device with an OS chooser when booting. Built-in Admin tools allow you to backup & restore your OSes and fix OS problems by including basic disk checking, password changing, and a command shell.
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    4.8 out of 5 stars 16 Reviews
    Downloads: 32,225 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-10-20
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  • 16
    android-x86

    android-x86

    A project to bring Android to the x86 platform

    This is a project to port Android open source project to x86 platform, formerly known as "patch hosting for android x86 support". http://www.android-x86.org/
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    4.3 out of 5 stars 62 Reviews
    Downloads: 34,490 This Week
    Last Update: 2022-12-20
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  • 17
    antiX-Linux

    antiX-Linux

    antiX is a fast, lightweight and easy to install linux live CD distribution based on Debian Stable for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems.
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    4.6 out of 5 stars 30 Reviews
    Downloads: 29,795 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-09-28
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  • 18
    net-snmp

    net-snmp

    Net-SNMP provides tools and libraries relating to the Simple Network Management Protocol including: An extensible agent, an SNMP library, tools to request or set information from SNMP agents, tools to generate and handle SNMP traps, etc.
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    4.9 out of 5 stars 32 Reviews
    Downloads: 26,352 This Week
    Last Update: 5 days ago
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  • 19

    GPT fdisk

    GPT fdisk is a disk partitioning tool loosely modeled on Linux fdisk, but used for modifying GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks. The related FixParts utility fixes some common problems on Master Boot Record (MBR) disks.
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    4.8 out of 5 stars 17 Reviews
    Downloads: 24,685 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-06-15
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  • 20
    DeSmuME

    DeSmuME

    DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS emulator

    DeSmuME is the most seasoned open source Nintendo DS emulator. It sports tools designed for hackers, speedrunners, youtubers, and casual gamers. Homebrew programs are supported and can even be debugged through GDB. The Windows and OSX versions are both relatively feature rich, and there is a small universe of forks and mods that add even more features for casual gaming. DeSmuME is the origin of RetroArch and OpenEmu Nintendo DS support and is used by several mobile Nintendo DS emulators, with the notable exception of DraStic. DeSmuME's source code is now hosted at https://github.com/TASVideos/desmume/ win32 autobuilds @ https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zeromus/desmume/build/artifacts
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    4.6 out of 5 stars 121 Reviews
    Downloads: 22,437 This Week
    Last Update: 2021-01-13
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  • 21
    MX-Linux

    MX-Linux

    MX-Linux project

    MX Linux is a cooperative venture between the antiX and MX Linux communities. It is a family of operating systems that are designed to combine elegant and efficient desktops with high stability and solid performance. MX’s graphical tools provide an easy way to do a wide variety of tasks, while the Live USB and snapshot tools inherited from antiX add impressive portability and remastering capabilities. Extensive support is available through videos, documentation and a very friendly Forum.
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    4.5 out of 5 stars 39 Reviews
    Downloads: 24,029 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-11-01
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  • 22

    S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools

    Disk Inspection and Monitoring

    smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.
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    4.4 out of 5 stars 38 Reviews
    Downloads: 24,543 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-09-09
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  • 23
    d-apt

    d-apt

    APT repository to easily install/upgrade D binary packages

    "d-apt" is an APT repository to easily install/upgrade D binary packages on systems like Debian, Ubuntu, LinuxMint, etc.
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    Downloads: 123,222 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-11-03
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  • 24

    XZ Utils

    Library and command line tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files
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    4.0 out of 5 stars 1 Review
    Downloads: 66,568 This Week
    Last Update: 2026-09-09
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  • 25

    AutoAP

    A script to find open Wi-Fi connections and the strongest signal

    AutoAP is a script that continuously scans for open Wi-Fi connections, tests them for validity, and connects to the strongest signal. If the connection is lost, the script scans again and finds the strongest valid signal again, and maintains a continuous connection to the internet in a mobile or portable environment. The script paremeters are highly configurable, including ability to configure secure connections. AutoAP is an add on to DD-WRT that allows routers to continuously scan for and connect to open (and predefined WEP) wireless networks. Ultimately the goal is to develop an easily deployable firmware that facilitates fast and easy mesh network creation. Typically, you would use this script on your router while in Repeater Mode, Client Mode, or Client-Bridged Mode.
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    4.7 out of 5 stars 19 Reviews
    Downloads: 19,392 This Week
    Last Update: 2015-08-06
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