(Really just a list for myself when I reinstall a new computer.)
Productivity
- Office 365
- Google Earth Pro - for, well, uh, flying really
- Brother B-Pac Printer Software - for labels
- Evernote
- X-Mind Zen - mindmap editor
Communication
Development
- Visual Studio Community - C#
- JetBrains Resharper - for making Visual Studio great
- JetBrains PhpStorm - I will never touch PHP again without it
- Android Studio - because Flutter needs it
- Flutter - for mobile development
- Beyond Compare - best compare/merge tool available
- HeidiSQL - great for MySQL
- SQLite DB Browser
- Notepad++ - notepad of choice, very capable
- HxD - hex editor
- ILSpy - inspect and view source of .NET assemblies
- SourceTree - awesome git visual client
- Docker - container platform
- Webpack - JS bundler (see here)
- Git - source code revisioning system
Tools & Utilities
- cygwin - Linux command line tools on windows
- 7zip - zip file manager
- MonoSnap - free screencast software
- Baretail - log viewer
- Core Temp
- GPU Temp
- Nmap/Zenmap - port mapping tool
- SysInternals - awesome Windows inspection tools, especially Process Explorer
- Recuva - undelete files on NTFS
- TreeSizeFree - to find what's taking up so much space on your hard drives
- Total Commander - powerful file manager
- QuickGamma - setting monitor calibration defaults
- TrueLaunchBar - because I need to improve on the Windows start menu
- qpdf - PDF toolchain
Internet
- Google Chrome - web browser
- Firefox - also a good web browser, and more adaptible
- Thunderbird - best IMAP email client
- Dropbox - file sync/backup that just works
- PuTTY - ssh client
- SuperPuTTY - awesome ssh client manager
- RDCMan - Remote Desktop Connection Manager
- FileZilla - ftp client
- NZBGet
- OpenVPN
- AnyDesk - remote desktop control
- WireShark - network traffic analyzer
Security
- KeePass 2 - storing passwords securely
- VeraCrypt - encrypted disk volumes
- F-Secure SAFE - antivirus protection for desktop and mobile
- mkcert - generate local certificates with a local CA
Audio
- Audacity - audio editor
- Fairstars CD Ripper
- Harmony Assistant - reasonable music score editor
- loopMIDI - virtual midi devices
- Propellerheads Reason - digital audio workstation
- Spotify - meh, mostly for discovering music
- WinAmp - still the best mp3 player
Graphics
- Inkscape - SVG editor
- Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 - pretty good image editor, fast, lightweight, but only version 9
- NAPS 2 - scanner utility
Video
- DVD Decrypter - for ripping DVDs
- MakeMKV - for handling tough DVDs
- Handbrake - easily converting DVDs to m4v
- ffmpeg - awesome media toolchain
- Plex Media Player
- VLC Media Player
Servers
- Apache/PHP - web server (links to Windows downloads)
- MySQL - still my favorite database
- Zabbix - server monitoring, takes a while to set up right but when it works, it's nice
- OpenHAB 2 - IoT automation and monitoring (a real pain to set up right, but powerful when it works)
- Bitvise SSH Server - free Windows ssh server
- RabbitMQ - messaging platform