Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost or for an optional fee,"Freeware" (2010). Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Accessed January 13, 2010. but usually (although not necessarily) closed source with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the aim to expand the marketshare of a "premium" product. Popular examples of closed-source freeware include Adobe Reader, Free Studio and Skype. This is a list of notable software packages that meet the freeware definition.
3D artistry Anim8or Daz Studio
Administration
Remote access TeamViewer
System monitoring and benchmarking
CPU-Z Mactracker Process Explorer Process Monitor
Tweaking and configuration Tweak UI RivaTuner
Audio tools Jeskola Buzz SoundApp Mp3tag UTAU Audacity
Authoring (CD and DVD writing) CDBurnerXP ImgBurn
Communications and messengers
Discord Fluxer Line ooVoo Skype Telegram Trillian WeChat WhatsApp Windows Live Messenger Xfire Yahoo! Messenger
Mobile phone Disc2Phone
Compression
B1 Free Archiver Filzip LHA TUGZip ZipGenius
Decompression StuffIt Expander Zipeg
Concept- and mind-mapping software
Data recovery Recuva Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery
Defragmentation software
Desktop plug-ins RocketDock
Download software
CoreFTP FlashGet Free Studio WinMX μTorrent
Email ePrompter Foxmail Pegasus Mail
Emulators
File management Xplorer² Lite
Fractal generators Fractint
Games
Image manipulation
Artweaver GIMP Paint.NET Pixia
Image viewers
FastStone Image Viewer IrfanView Jalbum XnView
Information
GrabIt Lingoes NetNewsWire ProgDVB Xnews
Maintenance
CCleaner Revo Uninstaller Should I Remove It? UltimateDefrag UpdateStar ZSoft Uninstaller
Media manipulation and creation
Any Video Converter Audiograbber DVD Shrink Free Studio GSpot VirtualDub
Media players and media centers
AIMP ALLPlayer foobar2000 GOM Player Groove Music Microsoft Movies & TV Sonique Winamp XMPlay
Medical
Navigation Navigational Algorithms
Office suite
Optical disk authoring software
Optimization software
PDF and printing
doPDF Foxit Reader PrimoPDF Sumatra PDF PrimoPDF
Productivity Evernote Windows Live Essentials
Programming AutoIt HxD Microsoft Visual Studio Express Atom
Security
Comodo Internet Security HDDerase HijackThis K9 Web Protection Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware RootkitRevealer ZoneAlarm Citizen COP
Antivirus Panda Cloud Antivirus Avast! AVG
Simulators
HNSKY
Physics
Algodoo
Virtual machine VMware Player VirtualBox QEMU
Discontinued AIDA32
Statistical packages
Text editors
BBEdit Lite Codelobster Programmer's File Editor PSPad TED Notepad TextWrangler
Typeface software
Video transcoding software
Web browsers
Maxthon Opera QQ browser SlimBrowser
Word processors
Virtual printer software
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