Software

Windows-specific software

Command-line tools

• robocopy
• PowerShell Core can be installed via MS store.
• Windows terminal can be installed via MS store.
• starship : a cross-shell prompt.
• Oh My Posh : a cross-shell prompt.

Compression tools

• 7-Zip-zstd : 7-Zip with additional support for Brotli, Fast-LZMA2, Lizard, LZ4, LZ5 and Zstandard (zstd).
• NanaZip : The 7-Zip derivative with Win 11 menu integration. It also has support for Zstandard format. It can be installed via MS store.
• Peazip : Cross-platform file and archive manager.
• Bandizip: Bandizip is a powerful archiver which provides an ultrafast processing speed and convenient features. It can be installed via MS store.

Development tools

• GitHub Desktop: an open source Electron-based GitHub app. It is written in TypeScript and uses React.
• Visual Studio Code: a lightweight but powerful source code editor available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

Internet apps

• Brave browser
• Firefox browser
• Vivaldi browser
• qBittorrent
• Telegram messenger

System tools

• Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility
• Dism++ : Dism Windows image (wim) manipulator and system cleaner.
• Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) : cleanly uninstall NVIDIA/AMD GPU drivers.
• ExplorerPatcher : enhance the working environment on Windows 11.
• Open Shell Menu : Classic Shell and startup menu for Windows 10/11.
• WinSetView : an easy way to set Windows File Explorer default folder views and disabling annoying groups.

System information

• CPU-Z
• GPU-Z
• CrystalDiskInfo

Benchmark

• CrystalDiskMark for HDDs/SSDs.
• Furmark for GPUs.

Package manager

• chocolatey : A Windows package manager.
• winget : Windows Package Manager CLI (aka winget). The package repo.

USB flash drive

• Rufus : Create a bootable USB drive.
• Ventoy : Create a bootable USB drive by loading ISO files in the partition.
• validrive : Validate real/fake USB drives. Youtube video

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