Are you a mobile person? you might need portable apps then.
Portable software is a class of software that is suitable for use on portable drives such as a USB (thumb), although any external hard drive could theoretically be used. The concept of carrying one’s favored applications, utilities, and files on a portable drive for use on any computer is one which has evolved considerably in recent years.
Below are the softwares offered by Portableapps:
Accessibility
- Firefox Accessibility Extension – Makes Firefox more accessible
- On-Screen Keyboard Portable – Easily access an on-screen keyboard
- Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable – A full-featured screen magnifier
Development
- Notepad++ Portable – A full-featured text editor with syntax highlighting
- Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable – An easy-to-use web page editor
- XAMPP – Apache, mySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin and more in an integrated package
- XAMPP Launcher – a launcher for XAMPP, so it can be used from PAM.
Games
- DOSBox Portable – classic DOS games to go
- Mines-Perfect Portable – A Minesweeper-clone with a couple extra boards to play on.
- PokerTH Portable – Texas hold’em that can be played you vs. up to 6 computer players or a network game with up to six of your friends.
- Sudoku Portable – The wildly popular and addictive puzzle game
Graphics & Pictures
- GIMP Portable – Photo and Image Editor
Internet
- FileZilla Portable – A full-featured FTP client
- FireFTP Extension (for Firefox) – A lightweight FTP extension
- Mozilla Firefox Portable – The award-winning web browser that’s safe and secure
- Miranda IM Portable – Chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in a customizable interface
- Sage Extension (for Firefox) – A full-featured RSS extension
- Mozilla Thunderbird Portable – The handy email client
- Pidgin Portable – Chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users in an easy-to-use interface
- PuTTY Portable – A lightweight TELNET and SSH client
- Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable – The easy-to-use web page editor
- WinSCP Portable – SFTP, FTP and SCP client
Audio & Video
- Audacity Portable – A simple audio editor and recorder
- MPlayer Portable – Full-featured movie player with support for most video formats
- VirtualDub Portable – video processing and capture utility
- VLC Media Player Portable – An easy to use media player that plays most audio and video formats
Office
- AbiWord Portable – A lightweight word processor compatible with Microsoft Word files
- Lightning Extension (for Thunderbird) – A lightweight extension for your calendar and tasks
- OpenOffice.org Portable – A word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with Microsoft compatibility
- Mozilla Sunbird Portable – Calendar and task management with a familiar interface
- Mozilla Thunderbird Portable (Address Book) – Email client’s built-in address book with import/export functions
- Sumatra PDF Portable – A lightweight PDF viewer to view PDFs on the go
Operating Systems
- Mac-on-Stick – Run Mac OS Classic 7 portably
Utilities
- 7-Zip Portable – File archiver and compressor
- ClamWin Portable – Antivirus on the go
- Command Prompt Portable – Simple link to a customizable command prompt
- Eraser Portable – securely delete files and data
- KeePass Password Safe Portable – Secure, easy-to-use password manager
- PortableApps.com Backup – Integrated backup utility bundled with the platform
- PortableApps.com Menu – Integrated start menu bundled with the platform
- Toucan – backup, sync and encrypt for advanced users
- winMD5Sum Portable – check md5 sums to verify files on the go
