Hello friends! Every month new programs are released on the market, as well as new updates for well-known applications, and unless you are up to date, it is likely that many of these new features will go unnoticed before your eyes.
Below, we collect 15 free applications for PCs that have just been published or have received a recent update in recent days. I’m sure you already know some of these tools, although I hope to surprise you with some hidden gems.
15 new or updated freeware programs for Windows
Chromium
Open source browser on which Chrome and many other web browsers such as Edge or Brave are based. Normally Chromium is usually a couple of versions ahead of Chrome, and it is also lighter, although it does not offer as much stability.
VPN Gate Client
VPN Gate Academic Experiment Project is an online service that is part of academic research at the Graduate School of the University of Tsukuba, Japan. The VPN Gate application works as a complement to the SoftEther VPN client that allows you to hide your IP when browsing the Internet and accessing content blocked in your country.
Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool
Free Kaspersky tool to detect and eliminate viruses, malware, and other types of infections on our PC, with different scanning modes.
Water for
Web browser created from the Firefox source code, aimed at offering good performance and with several configurable privacy levels.
Thunderbird
One of the most used alternative email clients to Outlook, it allows you to chat with other people, compatible with the use of extensions, multiple tabs, and various security functions such as the use of certificates or message encryption.
Sweet Home 3D
Free and open-source interior design software with which you can place the furniture in your house on a 2D plan with the possibility of seeing a 3D preview. The program includes ‘drag-and-drop elements such as doors, windows, tables, beds, etc.
NxFilter
DNS filtering server that allows you to filter Internet output using domain names and different content type categories.
AIMP
Popular music player for PC compatible with most audio formats, also allows you to record and listen to Internet radio.
Plex Media Server
Application with which you can send streaming content (videos, audio, and images) from your PC to another PC, mobile device, Smart TV or hardware compatible with DLNA. Something like setting up your own ‘homemade Netflix’ using your PC as a server.
MAME
Arcade machine emulator for PC with which you can play old arcade games. Of course, the application does not include games, only the framework necessary to run them.
Avidemux
A video editor designed to convert files to different formats, with the ability to crop, resize and choose the desired output codecs. It has a fairly complex menu, although it also offers many possibilities.
Disk Drill
Popular freeware program for recovering deleted files, available for both Windows and macOS. In its free version, it allows you to recover a maximum of 500MB of data.
GetWindowText
Really practical utility with which you can extract the text that appears in application windows, directory folders, drop-down menus, and in short, from all those places where normally the function of copying text is not available.
Wireshark
Free software aimed at system administrators and security experts. WireShark allows you to see what is happening on your network at a microscopic level and analyze data traffic in real-time. A widely used tool to solve network problems.
ZoomIt
A tool with which you can zoom in on any area of the screen in Windows as if it were a magnifying glass or magnifying lens. It also allows you to make annotations and screen recordings.