# Windows Programs We Love and Use (2025-05-18)

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**Created:** [May 18, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/windows-programs-we-love-and-use-2025-05-18/272 "2025-05-18T07:00:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/windows-programs-we-love-and-use-2025-05-18/272/1 "2025-05-18T07:00:00Z")

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Favorite Windows programs - In no particular order:

- [TortoiseSVN download | SourceForge.net](https://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisesvn/)
- [https://www.farmanager.com/](https://www.farmanager.com/)
- [https://winscp.net/](https://winscp.net/)
- [https://www.foobar2000.org/](https://www.foobar2000.org/)
- Firefox of course!
- Editors
  - [https://notepad-plus-plus.org/](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
  - [Emacs… for Windows](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html)
  - [https://www.kedit.com/](https://www.kedit.com/)

- [7-Zip download | SourceForge.net](https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/)
- [WinMerge download | SourceForge.net](https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge/)
- [VLC media player download | SourceForge.net](https://sourceforge.net/projects/vlc/)
- So many great email clients
  - [https://www.pmail.com/](https://www.pmail.com/)
  - [The Bat! - Secure Desktop Email Client for Windows 10](https://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/)
  - [https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/](https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/)

- [GitHub - directvt/vtm: Text-based desktop environment](https://github.com/directvt/vtm) ()
- [PuTTY](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html)
- [https://gophie.org/](https://gophie.org/)
- [Free PDF Reader - Sumatra PDF](https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader)
- [Microsoft PowerToys | Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/)
- [Lagrange](https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/) (Lagrange is a cross-platform client for browsing Gopher and Geminispace. It offers modern conveniences familiar from web browsers, such as smooth scrolling, inline image viewing, multiple tabs, visual themes, Unicode fonts, bookmarks, history, and page outlines.