List of portable software

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Example of a 4GB USB flash drive

For the purposes of this list, a portable application is software that can be used from portable storage devices such as USB flash drives, digital audio players, PDAs[1] or external hard drives. To be considered for inclusion, an application must be executable on multiple computers from removable storage without installation, and without writing settings or data onto a computer's non-removable storage. This includes modified portable versions of non-portable applications.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

Bundles[]

Launchers[]

See also: Comparison of application launchers

Development[]

Scripting languages[]

  • Portable Python
  • Portable NSIS Version
  • Portable AutoIt
  • Portable AutoHotkey (zip file)
  • Portable Perl (Strawberry Perl Portable Version)

Compilers[]

IDEs[]

Setup creators[]

Visual mapping/productivity tools[]

  • XMIND

Graphics[]

3D modeling and rendering[]

  • Anim8or – Free 3D modeling and animating software.
  • Blender:
    • BlenderPortable
    • Blender Pocket
    • XBlender[2]

Animation[]

  • Anim8or
  • Blender
  • Pivot Stickfigure Animator

Graphic editors[]

  • ArtRage
  • Artweaver
  • Dia
  • EVE
  • Fotografix
  • GIMP:
    • GIMP Portable VS 2008 is the Gimp portable version of Gimp on Windows platforms (Windows XP, Vista, NT Server 2003, NT Server 2008)
    • Portable Gimp – for Mac OS X
    • X-Gimp
    • X-GimpShop
  • Inkscape:
    • X-Inkscape
    • Portable Inkscape – for Mac OS X
  • IrfanView
  • Pixia
  • Tux Paint

Icon editors[]

Viewers[]

  • FastStone Image Viewer: supports screen capture, multiple pix into a single PDF
  • Irfanview
  • XnView

Document-based[]

Office and publishing[]

Editors[]

Personal notes[]

Educational[]

Games[]

Emulators[]

Plug-in emulators[]

Internet[]

Web browsers[]

Email clients[]

Instant messaging[]

  • Adium – for Mac OS X
  • aMSN
  • Google Talk
  • Portable iChat – for Mac OS X
  • Miranda IM
  • Pidgin Portable (formerly Gaim Portable)
  • Psi Portable
  • Skype
  • Trillian Anywhere
  • Yahoo! Messenger

FTP clients[]

Download managers[]

P2P file sharing[]

IRC[]

  • ChatZilla Note: Requires a Mozilla based browser, e.g. SeaMonkey, or Firefox.
  • Miranda IM
  • mIRC Note: There is a U3 version of mIRC that can be installed on U3 drives. The original application is portable, leaving behind only the license key in the registry. (This may not be true with the newer versions that are Vista-compatible, as their default user data area was changed to the user's application data folder.) Since v3.1, it can be started from a command line using the -portable switch to use settings, DLLs, and license keys that are stored in the same folder as mirc.exe.
  • Nettalk
  • Pidgin (formerly Gaim)
  • Opera (Integrated Irc client)
  • HexChat
  • Portable X-Chat Aqua – for Mac OS X

RSS, Atom readers[]

  • RSSOwl (needs Java runtime environment)
  • Opera (Integrated RSS/Atom client)

Telnet, SSH clients[]

  • portaPuTTY
  • WinSCP Portable Edition – SFTP/SCP/FTP client, remote file manager, GUI

Podcast managers[]

Anonymity/Anti-censorship[]

  • Tor Browser Bundle

Local wikis[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Ahnenblatt multilingual Genealogy software
  • Moka5 LivePC Engine (Portable VMware). Dynamically loads and unloads network drivers and requires administrator rights.
  • Mojopac portable chopped down copy of windows. Requires administrator rights.

Multimedia[]

File converters[]

CD/DVD burning[]

Editors[]

Audio/MIDI sequencer[]

  • Reaper has a .bat file for a USB stick installation

Players[]

Recorders[]

Video capture[]

Video repair[]

  • Stellar Phoenix Video Repair

Networking[]

HTTP servers[]

Miscellaneous[]

Remote desktop[]

Other tools[]

Web editors[]

  • Portable Nvu and KompoZer – for Mac OS X and Windows.
  • OpenOffice.org Portable – Complete office suite, which includes HTML editor.
  • SeaMonkey

Calendar management[]

  • Portable Sunbird – for Mac OS X, and Windows
  • Portable iCal – for Mac OS X

File management[]

File archivers/extractors[]

  • 7-Zip
  • Filzip
  • PeaZip, for Linux and Windows
  • WinRAR, Portable version for Windows, still requires having a license for a regular version of WinRAR. The version number for WinRAR Unplugged is 3.8.0.1, while the latest WinRAR for Windows version is 4.11

PDF tools[]

See also: List of PDF software

Readers[]

Writers[]

  • Portable OpenOffice.org – for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X

Security and encryption[]

Password management[]

Anti-spyware/malware[]

Antivirus[]

Steganography[]

Real-time disk/volume Encryption[]

System maintenance[]

Optimization and cleaning[]

  • CCleaner

Storage management[]

Visual maps of free space and biggest files and folders on hard drive.

System information[]

  • CPU-Z – CPU and memory hardware details – clock and FSB speeds, SPD, OS version.
  • AIDA32 – freeware system information, diagnostics, and auditing program
  • Speccy – System information tool.

Partition/file recovery[]

  • Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery
  • PhotoRec
  • Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery
  • Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery
  • TestDisk
  • Recuva – has U3 variant.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ makeuseof.com. "100 Portable Apps for your USB Stick". Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  2. ^ Older Version of BLender
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