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Voidtools Everything vs Chocolatey vs VirtualBox

 vs 7-zip vs f.lux vs cmder | Console Emulator vs AutoHotkey vs Process Hacker vs ConEmu vs Greenshot vs VLC vs WinDirStat vs Directory Opus vs Windows Sysinternals vs PowerToys vs WizTree vs TeraCopy vs Sandboxie vs Wox vs Ditto vs Listary vs TreeSize vs PeaZip vs Rapid environment editor vs StartAllBack vs XYplorer vs MobaXterm vs GVim vs Nirsoft Utilities vs Keypirinha vs ManicTime Tracker vs Vim vs Resonic vs Franz vs Bulk Rename Utility vs Free Download Manager vs Inshellisense vs One commander vs Wireshark vs Seer vs Microsoft Remote Desktop vs AdvancedRun vs Docker vs Windows PowerShell vs MacType vs MSYS2 vs SharpKey vs Q-Dir (the Quad Explorer) vs arsclip vs Enso portable vs HovText vs Take Command vs CPUBalance vs AlwaysUp vs FreeFileSync vs Windows Admin Center vs Steam Mover vs NSSM vs JetBoost vs Share To QR vs Toolwiz Time Freeze vs Acelogix RegBak vs ExecTI vs Quick user manager vs PowerRun vs NVCleanstall vs Task Till Dawn vs Autorun Organizer vs PC Services Optimizer vs Andy vs Sublime Text + R-Box  vs Bundler and Minifier vs Python Active Scripting Engine vs Cortana vs Cygwin vs fman vs ClipClip vs Directory Report vs Debotnet vs Gs Richcopy 360 Standard vs Spartan vs MobaXterm

Specs

Platforms

Windows

License

Proprietary

Extra

https://github.com/srwi/EverythingToolbar

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, BSD, ReactOS

License

LGPL-2.1-or-later

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

MIT

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

C++

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, ChromeOS, AppleTV

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

Per-Machine (plus personal laptop)

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

No

32 or 64 bit

Both

Windows Requirements

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 or Windows Server 2003/2008/2012

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

MIT Licence

Extra

-

Technology

C++, C#

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

Windows 10 1803 (build 17134) or later

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

GUI

Treemap

Yes

Path exclusion

Yes

Filesystem support

NTFS

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac

License

Proprietary

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

2003-08-11

Approximate size

15 MiB

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, MacOS, Linux, BSD

License

LGPL-3.0-only

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

GUI

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows 11

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

Per User

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

Yes

32 or 64 bit

64

Windows Requirements

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11 or Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

Yes

License Included Upgrades

1-Year (Standard), Forever (Lifetime)

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

Freeware

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

http://keypirinha.com/license.html

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac, Android

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Linux, macOS, Windows, Cygwin

License

Vim License

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

0

Extension language

Vim

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (32 and 64-bit)

License

Proprietary

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

No

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

March 21, 2019

Development

Stalled

Minimum free storage

11 MB (Player), 50 MB+ recommended

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

Proprietary

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

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Integrated Shell

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Price

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Development

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OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

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Initial release

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Integrated Shell

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Windows 10 version 17763.0 or higher

Initial Release

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Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD

License

-

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-

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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-

Initial Release

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-

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Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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-

Initial Release

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Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

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Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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Platforms

Windows, Linux, Mac

License

-

Extra

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Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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-

Initial Release

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Platforms

-

License

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Extra

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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-

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32 or 64 bit

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Integrated Shell

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-

Initial Release

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Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

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Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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-

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-

License

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Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Platforms

Windows

License

-

Extra

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Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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Integrated Shell

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-

Initial Release

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Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

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Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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Integrated Shell

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-

Initial Release

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Platforms

-

License

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Extra

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Technology

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Portable

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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Platforms

Windows 7/8/10/11

License

-

Extra

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Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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OS

-

Initial Release

2004-02-24

Approximate Size

2.7MB

Newest Release

2024-02-02

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

-

Initial release

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Integrated Shell

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

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Technology

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Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

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User Interface

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Integrated Shell

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License Included Upgrades

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Price

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Release Date

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Development

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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Newest Release

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Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Initial release

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Integrated Shell

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Price

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Release Date

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Development

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OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

License

GPL-3.0-only

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

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Integrated Shell

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Price

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OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

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User Interface

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Integrated Shell

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Price

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Development

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

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User Interface

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Integrated Shell

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License Included Upgrades

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Unique License Format

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Price

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Release Date

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

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Initial release

-

Approximate size

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Integrated Shell

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Price

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

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Initial release

-

Approximate size

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User Interface

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Integrated Shell

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Price

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Platforms

-

License

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Extra

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Technology

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Portable

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32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

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Initial release

-

Approximate size

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User Interface

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Integrated Shell

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Price

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Release Date

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Development

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

Windows

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

-

Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

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User Interface

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Integrated Shell

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License Included Upgrades

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Unique License Format

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Price

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Release Date

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

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Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

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User Interface

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Integrated Shell

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License Included Upgrades

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Price

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

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Technology

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Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

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Initial release

-

Approximate size

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Integrated Shell

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Release Date

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows 7 and higher

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

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Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

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Integrated Shell

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-

Initial Release

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

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Technology

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Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

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Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

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-

Integrated Shell

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Price

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Release Date

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-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

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Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

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Unique License Format

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Price

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Release Date

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Development

-

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-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

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Extension language

-

Release Date

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Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

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Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

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Extension language

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Release Date

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Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

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Unique License Format

-

Price

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Extension language

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Release Date

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Development

-

Minimum free storage

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OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

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Release Date

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Development

-

Minimum free storage

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OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

-

Unique License Format

-

Price

-

Extension language

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Release Date

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Development

-

Minimum free storage

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OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

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Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

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Unique License Format

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Price

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Release Date

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Development

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OS

-

Initial Release

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Approximate Size

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Newest Release

-

Platforms

-

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

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Treemap

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Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

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User Interface

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Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

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Unique License Format

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Price

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Extension language

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Release Date

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Development

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Minimum free storage

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OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

-

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

License Included Upgrades

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Unique License Format

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Price

-

Extension language

-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11

License

-

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

-

Treemap

-

Path exclusion

-

Filesystem support

-

Initial release

2014-09-30

Approximate size

-

User Interface

-

Integrated Shell

-

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-

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-

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-

Release Date

-

Development

-

Minimum free storage

-

OS

-

Initial Release

-

Approximate Size

-

Newest Release

-

Platforms

Windows

License

Proprietary

Extra

-

Technology

-

Portable

-

32 or 64 bit

-

Windows Requirements

-

Required Windows build

-

Interface

GUI/CLI

Treemap

-

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Pros + Cons

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 Quick file indexing

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 Real-time updating of indexes

Everything monitors system file changes in order to maintain its searchable database up to date and keep giving out accurate, quick search results.
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 Allows complex searches

Supports boolean operators, wildcards, optionals, path matching, modifiers (including regex), file attributes...
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 Quick startup

Starts up easily within 1/4 of a second. First startup or startup after system crush (BSOD) takes several minutes.
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 Clean and simple UI

Looks like a native Windows application, and using it makes you look snazzy.
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 Database-based file searching

Upon installation, Everything creates a database of all the files and documents on your computer in order to give you instant search results for most queries, showing results even as the query is being typed.
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 Minimal resource usage

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 Small installation file

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 Quick searching

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 CLI support

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 Share files with others easily

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 Real-time updating

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 Can search file content

Content can be searched, it's just not indexed.
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Con
 Starts with UAC popup on Windows 10

There is a trick to avoid this, but initial it starts up with the UAC pop up, which is a kind of annoying.
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 Cannot search file content (by design)

It can search file content if you want but will be slow as file content is not indexed.
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  Clean and simple user interface

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 Share file with others easily

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 Large number of applications/utilities available

Chocolatey has a massive repository of installs (more than 1700 packages), and its open nature allows everyone to contribute more as needed.
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 Manages the entire software lifecycle

From install to upgrade to uninstall, Chocolatey manages the whole process.
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 No crapware

Installs silently without crapware.
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 Straightforward install process

To install Chocolatey simply copy the text from their site and paste it into either cmd.exe or powershell.
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 Easy to use

Just open powershell and type "choco install firefox" to install Firefox, or "choco install java" to install Java. That's it.
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 Scriptable

You can put Chocolatey install commands into your powershell scripts.
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 Free and open source

It's licensed under Apache License 2.0 with source code available on GitHub.
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 Downloaded files are verified by checksums

Chocolatey requires checksums by default for files downloaded over non-secure locations and highly recommends it for HTTPS/SSL locations. It is moving towards requiring checkums by default for downloading from secure locations.
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 Upgrade all software with one command

choco upgrade all is like Windows Update for all of your 3rd party software.
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 Builds on technologies you know

Unattended installation and PowerShell.
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 Integrates with almost every configuration management / infrastructure automation / RMM tool

Chocolatey integrates with almost every infrastructure automation tool out there.
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 GUI available

There's a package called ChocolateyGUI that can be installed and lets you use Chocolatey with a UI frontend.
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 Support and features available for organizations

There is a business edition available for organizations that need more support. The business edition also includes a Package Synchronizer, Package Internalizer, Package Builder, and a host of other features.
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 Can be extended with PowerShell

Chocolatey allows installing extension packages that add PowerShell functions to your package automation scripts.
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 Unable to easily change your install directory in the free version

In the free version you must know the native installer switches and pass them through with install args. In the paid versions you have a ubiquitous install directory option where Chocolatey determines how to properly pass that to the underlying native installer. Details on the differences - http://stackoverflow.com/a/19777121
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 Decentralized package sources

Packages can be installed from multiple sources, including private sources.
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 More Selection

It has programs that can't be found in scoop or ninite.
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 Complete list of available installs not easily findable

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 Newtonsoft JSON missing

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 Some package installs aren't good or polished or don't install well

Macrium downloads the online installer, 7-zip doesn't associate files, PotPlayer is outdated, etc.
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 Hard to know which package to install

The repository contains multiple packages with similar names, making it hard to know which one to install.
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 Free

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 Supports snapshots

So it is possible to go back to different previous states.
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 Free and mostly open source

VirtualBox is available for free with source code available here. A "VirtualBox Extension Pack" that includes virtual USB 2.0, VirtualBox RDP & PXE boot support is available only under a commercial license.
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 Some features require accepting a non-commercial use license

For instance USB-2 support.
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 Easy to use

It is a breeze to create virtual machines on VirtualBox.
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 Supports many formats

7-Zip supports: Packing and Unpacking for 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM and unpacking only for AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z.
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 Industry leading compression algorithms

7-Zip's website states that it has 2-10% better compression than that provided by PKZip or WinZip.
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 Has integration into right-click menu

7-Zip has context-menu integration for quickly adding files to archives, encrypting files, and other useful features of the application.
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 Totally free

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 Sleek interface

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 Lightweight

Works smoothly with all the formats.
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 Localizations for 87 languages

Most popular languages are English, Chinese, French, German, and Japanese. They most likely have whatever language is native to you.
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 7-Zip's native packaging (.7z) isn't widely openable

Many computers don't have support for opening .7z files as opposed to the much more common .zip and .rar files. Nevertheless, you can use 7-Zip to create .zip and .rar files as a way of avoiding this issue.
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 XZ/LZMA2 format inadequate for long-term archiving

LZMA2 is unsafe and less efficient than the original LZMA. Use: 7Z LZMA Non-Solid, RAR 5 LZSS/PPMd Non-Solid, or ZIP Deflate. See here.
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 Not very popular on macOS or Linux

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 Automatically adjusts the brightness to make for more comfortable viewing

f.lux automatically turns down the brightness when the sun goes down, which helps reduce eye strain at night and make it more comfortable to use late at night.
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 Eases eye strain 

Decreases color temperature at night, changing the normally fluorescent blue of an LCD monitor to a soft orange. Much easier on the eyes, especially in a low-light environment.
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 Subtle transition

The transition from daytime to nighttime color modes takes an hour by default and will detect your current timezone, meaning that it will happen in the background at sunset, often without you noticing.
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 Has a temporary off button for color-sensitive work

In the application's dock icon, you can have it turn off for a set amount of time in case you're doing art, design, or some other job that requires you to see correct colors.
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 Convenient sometimes

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 On multi-monitor setups, each monitor can have a different color result

Depending on multi-monitor setups' configurations and color options, f.lux can take a color-corrected setup and make it more orange/yellow on one monitor and less on another.
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 One must be reminded to turn it off when working/viewing visual media or dealing with theme configs to avoid white balance mistakes

The subtle transition at early mornings or late nights can make you forget to plan for correct white balance perception.
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 May be made irrelevant on Windows 10 as the functionality will be integrated directly into the OS

Windows 10 will introduce a feature on April 11 that will allow you to reduce how much blue light the screen emits.
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 Can help sleep better 

Helps provide better sleep for more energy during the day.
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 Multiple modes

Supports multiple modes for adjusting the screen.
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 The "Disable for (x) time" options can also be used as timer for productivity without being distracted by alarms, visual noise or need for extra app

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 Takes a while to get used to

After installing F.lux, the screen will look a lot more yellow. This takes about a week to fully get used to. You can ease into it by setting the color temps higher than the recommended defaults.
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 Tabs

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 Works nicely with command line applications

Such applications include CMD, Powershell, and MinTTY.
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 Extends the powerful ConEmu

Cmder builds on ConEmu console emulator, by adding enhancements from clink (such as bash-style completion in cmd.exe and PowerTab in powershell.exe) and optionally extending it with msysgit, that brings Unix tools to Windows.
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 Works with VS Code, Hyper and IDEs

Cmder can be used with popular editors such as VS Code, which delivers aliases and clink as well as its color scheme to VS Code. It can also be used without ConEmu and Hyper as an alternative terminal emulator, which makes customizing the UI through NPM plugins much easier.
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 Minimal and portable version available

There is a portable version of cmder available which is just 10 MB in size. It can be put on an external device, like a USB stick, and run off it. There's no installation required.
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 Portability

Carry it with you on USB stick or in Cloud. So your settings, aliases and history can go anywhere you go. You will not see that ugly Windows prompt ever again.
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 Multiple themes

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 Has built-in Quake style drop-down mode

This is an extremely useful mode whereby the console hides and shows on ctrl+~ similarly to a gaming console. This feature is inherited from ConEmu.
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 Highly flexible

Integrates with: cygwin mintty powershell msysgit
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 Works with WSL bash.exe

CMDer works great with the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Just change your startup task to point to the bash.exe file.
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 File explorer integration

Cmder can be added to the right-click menu, allowing the user to start a terminal session from the selected directory with a "Cmder Here" command. The functionality can be enabled by opening up a terminal with administrator privileges, navigating to the Cmder folder and executing .\cmder.exe /REGISTER ALL.
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 Slower than ConEmu

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 Not as portable as advertised

Even though cmder is advertised as a "portable terminal emulator for Windows", it's not adequately minimalistic to be considered truly portable. In fact, one of the dependencies required to use it is the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.
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 Open source

Can view source code on GitHub.
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 Can send keystrokes and mouse clicks

Can send keystrokes and mouse clicks to other Windows programs.
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 Compile to a standalone executable file

Can compile script into executable to run on other computers.
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 Automate everything

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 Fully programmable 

With a full programming language powering the hotkeys, including GUIs, it is powerful and flexible
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 Create GUI

More easily create GUIs on the Windows OS.
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 Powerful

Can interact with any Windows program / dialog / form, filling fields, submitting data, etc., without dependency on the window placement.
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 Remap keys, buttons, joysticks, mouse

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 Expand abbreviations / macros

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 Helpful forum

AutoHotkey users have greater tendency to help each other on their forums versus other comparable scripting languages.
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 Easy to learn but extremely powerful

Basic Stuff is very easy and even advanced programming is possible, as the language is now able to use objects and classes and has a ton of free libraries and one of the most helpful and friendly communities on the Internet.
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 Create hotkeys for arbitrary functions

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 Scripting of common procedures

AHK allows full scripts to be created and used. It is very flexible.
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 Python bindings available

There are a few available Python bindings, which can be found here, here, and here.
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 Allows for extremely easy remapping keys and buttons on your keyboard, joystick, and mouse

You can reprogram any key combination, including the Windows key with a syntax like this one: h::msgbox true that automatically remaps the H key to show a message box.
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 Good help documentation

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 Retrieve and change clipboard content

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 Programming language is primitive 

The base syntax, inherited from the first version of AutoIt, is primitive (a bit like an improved batch syntax). But once used to it, it remains flexible and powerful.
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 Custom scripting language

Which is a bit weird.
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 See programs with active network connections

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 Real-time information on disk access

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 Can be set as your default task manager

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 10x more detail and information about usage of PC resources and processes

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 Detailed overview of system activity with highlighting

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 Can create, edit and control services

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 Can track which processes are using a file

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 Open source

You can find the code here.
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 View detailed stack traces with kernel-mode

Supports WOW64 and .NET.
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 It might be a little intimidating for some users

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 Graphs and statistics to quickly track down resource hogs and runaway processes

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 It might be a little intimidating for some users

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 Resizeable window

ConEmu is resizeable whereas the default Windows Command Prompt isn't as smooth and clean as ConEmu is.
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 Supports tabs

Unlike the default Windows command Prompt, ConEmu can create tabs that can be dragged and dropped, as well as used for different editors, viewers, panels, and consoles.
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 Actively developed

ConEmu is under active development. Updates roll out almost daily with bugfixes and new features.
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 Can tile prompts

You can have multiple prompts on display in one tab, as seen in the first screenshot.
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 Has theming support

Theming support includes alpha transparency and 256-bit color display.
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 Can open INSIDE a Windows Explorer window

ConEmu can open up inside a Windows Explorer window, as if it was a file preview, making it unecessary to have the full application open. This tool is accessed using the right-click context menu.
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 Can run simple GUI apps

ConEmu can run simple GUI apps such as PuTTY, notepad, FAR, and others.
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 Can be quickly invoked with the print screen button 

Pressing the print screen button will allow you to select the captured area.
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 Free and open source

Greenshot is licensed under GPL with source code available on BitBucket.
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 Selecting custom rectangle is the default

Easy to use selection tool with a magnifier to select only the part of the screen that you need.
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 Classic UI design makes it easy to use

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 Allows annotating, highlighting and obfuscating screenshots 

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 Freezes screen when you capture

When you enter a capture mode, the screen content is preserved as it was when you started capturing.
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 Can capture an entire webpage

Instead of just capturing the visible portion of the page, this tool can capture all of the page in one image by scrolling through the page, taking images at set points and then stitching the images together.
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 Free and open source

Licensed under GNU Public License (some icons - under the CC-SA v3.0+ license), with source code available here.
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 Absence of personalization

VLC Player has only one basic interface in white or black, and overall personalization opportunities are quite narrow. Unfortunately, you're pretty much stuck to the default look.
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 Cross-platform

VLC is available on Windows, OSX, and Linux.
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 Simple to setup and use

VLC is an incredibly robust application but very simple on the surface. It makes playing music simple, yet still manages to give the user all the tools he/she wants in a music player.
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 Tons of advanced settings

Besides basic configurations, video player has an extensive amount of adjustable settings.
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 Doesn't require additional codecs

Everything VLC needs to play media files is contained within which means no outside codecs are needed. This makes it one of the most hassle-free music players as it can play virtually anything as soon as it's installed.
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 Can play every video format available (as of 2017)

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 Supported on Unified Remote and has VLC specific remote apps on Android

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 Large amount of extensions

VLC has a large amount of extensions.
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 Lacks libraries and advanced music player features

VLC is a media player first and foremost. There is no library management (aside from playlists), limited usage of tags, and no rating system. VLC is best at playing a file directly from a folder, but falls behind when it comes to helping you manage or find good songs in your music library.
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 Not really meant to be a music player

VLC is made to be a video player. Therefore, it won't carry out actions such as managing your music library.
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 Bad at playing 4k video and spotty x265 support

Try PotPlayer by Daum - does everything VLC does, but better and with more features (is also freeware).
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 Free, open source, and cross-platform

VLC is licensed under the CC-SA v3.0+ and available on Windows, OSX, and Linux with source code available here.
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 Classic UI

Interface is old and cluttered.
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 Lightweight

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 Free / Open Source

GNU Public License (GPLv2).
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 Color codes by file type

You can sort the list in the extension column (file type) globally or from parent folder selected. This is very helpful in case there are files of a specific type that you may not be aware of that are taking up too much space. Also, the colors correspond to the visual section.
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 Relatively slow

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 PacMan Progress Bars

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 Very limited reporting

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 Treemaps can be confusing to some 

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 Slow

There are faster programs.
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 Customizable UI 

Allows customizing toolbars and keyboard hotkeys. Has a full scripting interface that allows in-depth customization options.
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 Can be set to replace Windows Explorer 

Unique Explorer Replacement mode provides a full replacement for Windows Explorer.
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 Powerful, expandable viewer

The viewer in Directory Opus supports a huge array of file extensions (more can be added as plugins). It is even able to show webpages in the viewer, when you select .url or .html files.
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 Supports different archive formats

Supports archive formats like Zip, 7Zip and RAR.
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 Powerful image viewer

Directory Opus includes a powerful independent image viewer with configurable toolbar, menus and hotkeys.
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 Tabs

Directory Opus has tabs for each view, which are customizable in size, appearance, functionality, etc.
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 Extensive column availability

Directory Opus includes over 150 standard columns in various groups, ranging from "Name and Path" to "Metadata." In addition, users can create custom columns using a script.
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 Supports TeraCopy

Directory Opus supports TeraCopy.
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 FTP support

Directory Opus supports SFTP (Secure FTP via SSH, port 22), along with FTP via SSL (port 990), and FTP over TLS.
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 Customizable and downloadable themes

The Directory Opus community has created everything from dark themes to themes emulating other applications.
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 File Status Symbols

Directory Opus offers an extension of standard color labeling in the form of status graphics that can be shown as an additional column in the file display. Standard graphics include "Checked" and "Flagged." Users can also create and use customized status labels.
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 Relative size and date graphs

Directory Opus has an option to include relative size and date graphs. These can be displayed independently, in their own columns, or nested behind the size and date columns respectively. They can also be toggled on and off with a simple button as needed.
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 Double-click on desktop to open a new file browser window

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 Searchable preferences

Directory Opus offers thousands of user preferences. To help users find the preference they want, Directory Opus offers a search function within the Preferences dialog that identifies and highlights specific preferences associated with the user's search term.
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 Single or dual independent trees

Directory Opus allows the user to use a single tree or dual independent trees with the dual file display.
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 Allows color-coding and assigning star ratings to files and folders

This is done with Directory Opus' inbuilt label and its Status system.
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 Backup and restore configuration

Directory Opus includes a comprehensive configuration backup and restore feature. Users can backup their customized configuration at any time and restore a previous configuration as needed.
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 Tools for synchronizing files and finding duplicates

Can easily synchronize files and helps the user in finding and deleting duplicates.
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 Works with Everything

Directory Opus works with the Everything search program. A custom-built script allows users to conduct searches and view results within the Directory Opus file display.
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 Good customer support

The customer support is very good.
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 Manual sorting

Directory Opus allows users to sort files as they want in manual sorting mode.
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 Gets updated often

Directory Opus gets updates all the time -- fixes, significant improvements and often new features are released multiple times a month. Improvement and feature requests by users are taken in consideration and you can often find your bug report resolved or improvement request fulfilled in one of the beta versions that follow soon.
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 WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux Support)

Script functions can be written in WSL Script, DOS Batch Mode, VBScript, JScript or directly calling Opus or External applications. /mnt/c paths understood by path fields. WSL mode in Find As You Type (FAYT). Copy path names in WSL format or Windows format.
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 Flickr support

Directory Opus is able to sync your photos with Flickr. You can customize which file collections to sync, and the save location for each file collection.
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 Standard and customized layouts/styles

Directory Opus includes 8 standard layouts, including Commander, Dual Horizontal, Dual Vertical, Explorer, Filmstrip, Images, Metadata and Single. In addition, users can create and save their own layouts to suit specific needs and file processes.
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 Integrated image conversion

Directory Opus includes integrated image conversion functionality, allowing users to convert images to different formats, rotate and flip images, and resize images. Functionality can be used on a single image or large batch of images.
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 Stable & reliable when dealing with huge (100k+) file sets

This applies to both local and network drives.
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 Works with Listary

Directory Opus has native support for Listary, allowing users to move even more quickly between directories and perform searches.
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 Customized filters

Directory Opus allows users to create custom filters that can be saved and recalled as needed.
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 Supports high-DPI monitors

Directory Opus supports both 4K and 5K monitors.
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 Vertical folder tabs

Directory Opus users can use vertical tabs instead of horizontal tabs, if desired.
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 Customizable status bar

Directory Opus allows users to customize the status bar to display helpful information based on several different factors, including file counts, types, disk space, and others. The status bar can also be customized separately for dual displays.
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 Very powerful and easy to use batch rename dialog/feature

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 Extended scripting API

The scripting capabilities of DirectoryOpus extend from version to version. You can do a whole lot of unheard stuff with that. Custom columns, custom commands, handling events etc. just to name a few things. It even has a GUI editor to allow for custom interfaces for your file management and scripting tasks. Even though mastering it is not easy in the beginning, it's worth it in the long run.
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 Easy to sort photos

Image marking adds the images you select to a different file, making it easy to sort through a large number of them.
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 Integrates seamlessly as a launcher for other programs

You can launch via a toolbar button or user definable custom context menu items.
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 Batch-options

Allows batch renaming, viewing and editing file metadata.
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 Available for different architectures

Available in both 32 and 64 bit versions.
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 Complicated if one pursues mastery on the most advanced features

Takes a long time to become efficient with it. Mastering all the features can be rather exhausting.
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 Expensive

Compared to the other options, Directory Opus is quite expensive. Prices are $35 for the Lite version and $89for Pro (price changes based on the AUD to US exchange rate). Upgrading from light to pro costs about $30.
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 Great for scripting thanks to the command line nature for most of the apps

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 Free

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 Detailed process information

Makes it easy to find and kill processes by pid.
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 Reliable

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 Includes 60+ command line tool

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 Disk2vhd

Disk2vhd can create images of hard disks for use with Hyper-V.
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 Can be demanding

Especially Process Explorer can be demanding on older PC's and interfere when monitoring heavy applications.
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 Includes various helpful features and tools

Not just a tiling window manager, includes search box, keyboard command re-mapper, and more.
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 Get an OS level color picker

Turn it on or off, it's your choice.
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 Native and supported by Microsoft

No need to install third-party tools, and is efficiently integrated with Windows 10.
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 Create your own "Fancy Zones"

Fancy Zones are the places that application windows snap to into. You may choose a pre configured set of zones or create your own ones. You also have to use a shortcut instead of mouse to snap windows into the grid.
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 Includes Keyboard remapper

Remap your keyboard or well known shortcuts to work with other combinations. Are you used to copy paste on a Mac? Add Alt+C / Alt+V for copy and paste!
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 Actively maintained and developed

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 Always On Top mode

Use Win + Ctrl or your own defined shortcut to keep a window always on top of another window.
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 Always On mode

Prevents the disk and display from sleeping.
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 Free

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 Every feature can be enabled or disabled to your liking

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 Windows button shortcut cheat sheet

Press Windows+G to see all shortcuts that can be used with the Windows button.
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 'Wox' launcher is bundled

The popular open source launcher Wox is included in PowerToys and can be toggled on or off. It takes less resources or time at launch than the stand alone version of Wox.
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 Global Push to talk

Currently experimental.
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 Easily customizable

Menu to add/edit zones is very intuitive.
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 Free

There is no limitation to using it.
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 Works for network drives also

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 Exceptionally fast for NTFS drives

Because it reads the master file table (MFT) directly from NTFS file system.
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 Can check files for copy errors

TeraCopy can automatically check/verify the copied files for errors, by calculating their CRC or other checksum/hash value.
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 Seamless shell integration 

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 Options to replace files

And lets you decide instead of overwriting everything. Its error handling and hashing is quick.
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 Now free and open source

Continuing forward as Sandboxie-plus while still updating its classic version.
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 Windows 10 has Windows Sandbox

Only relevant if using Pro edition of Windows.
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 Windows 10/11 Home does not include Sandbox

As that is limited to Pro, this is a great alternative.
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 Not free

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 Requires additional programs

Like 'find everything' and Python.
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 Many plugins had stopped working

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 Supports plugins and themes

Wox's website has a link where you can download themes and plugins to further expand the capabilities.
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Con
 Buggy, many crashes

The application crashes often. Many plugins are not tested very well and even the default version crashes many times without knowing why and when.
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 Open-source

Wox is available open-sourced on GitHub
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 Allows for user customization

There are themes available for the app as well as plugins both of which allow the user to customize the launcher to their liking.
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 Searches web and files

Wox can search google instead of your files by prefixing a search term with "g <term>".
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 Easily search the web

There is a built in web search function in the Wox launcher that allows users to easily search sites like IMDB or Wikipedia by prefixing their searches with keywords such as "wiki".
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 Extensible with addons

Addons such as choclatey and Clipboard are some of the more popular ones, but it stands to reason that just about anything will be extensible if someone writes a plugin in order to perform that specific function.
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 Really fast

Faster than most other launchers.
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 Great community

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 Run cmd or Powershell commands directly

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 Can fully adapt Windows 10 theme and accent color

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 Now bundled with Microsoft PowerToys

See here for multiple installation methods
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 Fonts of special item are blurry

WOX allows commands like reboot or shutdown, however those icons and some fonts appear blurry.
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 Auto-deletes paste db after specified amount of days

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 It's reliable, fast and quick

It just works...always. It's fast and quick, which can save you thousands of hours.
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Con
 Copied passwords remain accessible

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 Multiple copy/paste is amazing

Being able to copy multiple items to the clipboard, and then recall them and search them is just amazing. Total time saver and one of my essential productivity tools.
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 It's also a launcher

Once you find the file you need, you can launch it or use custom actions.
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 Search as you type everywhere

You can start typing on the desktop or any folders and it'll just search for you.
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 Explorer-like view is a standard on Windows and thus is very intuitive for Win users

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 Small footprint

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 Portable version is available

You can get a postable version of this software. It doesn't require the installation process.
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 Includes 7-zip

Can open and create 7-zip archives. The 7-zip format has a good balance of speed and compression ratio, with generally better compression than the common zip format.
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 Can unpack over 150 archive types

If you need to unpack an archive in a somewhat obscure format PeaZip can probably already do it.
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 Open source

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 ZPAQ

Has one of the most powerful general-purpose compressors known to man. It's slow, but has extremely high compression ratios.
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Con
 Won't stay in the background

Will not stay minizimed when extracting/compressing. Extremely annoying when doing large batches.
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 Supports over 150 archive types

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 Warnings

Displays wrong entries in red, e.g. paths that do no longer exist.
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 Easy

Editing of Windows environment variables is easy, splits long lines.
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 Resolve variables values, make easy a refactoring of PATH by extracting different elements in their own new variable

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 Convert variables between verbatim and expandable

Windows supports referencing variables within variables, but only if they're marked in the registry as expandable, and conversion between the two types is exposed in the context menu for each variable.
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 Simple

Some may not consider it a "power" user tool.
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 Works well with Windows 11 23h2

Lots of other solutions for this purpose do not.
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 Relatively cheap

$4.99 and you can have a lot of up to date features.
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 Extremely configurable

There are literally hundreds of ways you can customize this software. All the settings can be contained in a single configuration file, so you can easily create "profiles" as well.
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 Frequent and regular updates

Bugfixes and new features are released frequently. Additionally, XYplorer can automatically check for updates and has convenient download and update functionality built-in.
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 The catalog: an all-purpose area that can be customized for all of your needs

An all-purpose area that you can customize for all your needs. It can be a list of favorite directories, run scripts, replace the directory tree, be a program launch pad, and so much more.
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 Portable

It doesn't require you to install it on your computer, allowing you to run it directly from a disk or from an USB flashdrive.
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 Exhaustive list of previewable archive formats

Works with help of 7zip, even a portable install works.
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 Safety belts

Configurable options to prevent accidental file movements or deletions.
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 Huge feature list, something for everyone.

The extensive feature list will give you plenty to work with.
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 Dark mode

Latest beta-release introduces the "dark mode" that we already know from other software. It's auto-computed based on the current colour-settings and has 51 shades of darkness. Can be activated with a simple checkbox, no further tweaking required!
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 Option to disable lazy drag-and-dropping

A good practice to improve your workflow and eliminate accidental unwanted file movings to places! Brilliant!
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 HoverBox

A no-click preview to quickly see folder contents, pictures, videos, pdf, office files, archives (zip, rar...)...
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 Can replace Windows Explorer

So that folders are automatically opened in a new tab of XYplorer rather than on Windows Explorer when called from other softwares.
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 Let's you select files by typing any word in the current directory

In windows file explorer when you want to select a file of the current directory, you have to type exactly the same name from the start of the file. In xyplorer you can type just part of it. Ex: filename "resume_work" With xyplorer you could just type work and it would show the file being marked (this is configurable).
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 Can use system, XY's custom copy routines, Fast Copy, and Teracopy interchangeably without scripting

Can save any set of command-line options with a friendly label. Switching is as easy as right-clicking on a button.
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 Branch view

Can show all files in a folder and all of its subfolders at once.
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 Extremely versatile renaming

Renaming can also be combined extremely easily in basic scripts for chaining and combining the strengths of the different types of renaming available. Can also rename based on metadata. You don't really need to "learn scripting" to chain a bunch of renaming commands. Multiscripts can even give you a menu of your chained renames - with nested menus if desired. It takes very little knowledge to be able to do this. One can even run such a script by drag and drop.
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 Supports correction of illegal file and folder names

Easily rename a folder to make it legal. Search for dangerous unicode characters. Rename all files to ASCII if you wish.
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 Preview files

From documents to audio and video. All files can be previewed from within the program and without the need to open other software packages. This is a very useful feature when working with multiple files.
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 Long path names supported brilliantly

Windows File Explorer, over time, will eventually allow you to create path lengths, usually accidentally, that are "very long" (ie too many characters based on Windows standards). And then, out of nowhere, you no longer have full functionality available to the directories and files in that long path. eg: you won't be able to open a file, or rename it, or copy it, or delete it, etc. In order to regain full functionality available to the files/ directories in that "long path", you have to go and manually shorten the "long path" length by deleting characters in filenames, directory names, etc, In other words, Microsoft will "allow" you to break the rules (.. ie in most cases without warning ), but then won't support the broken rules. This is where XYPlorer is super useful -- especially when you move big chunks of data from A to B -- you no longer have to care about long path name issues.
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 Folder sizes shown

Folder sizes and amount of files within the folders can be shown. This is very useful when trying to work out where the HDD space has gone.
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 Clean, uncluttered interface

Clean and uncluttered interface, easy to concentrate on the files and folders that you need.
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 Custom file and folder icons

Add a custom icon to a set of files or folders based on file type, location, name (or part of name) for example: all files named XYplorer to have 'icon x' or all folders that contain the word XYplorer in the name to have 'icon y', size, date, name length, path etc. You can customize an infinite number of icons for an infinite number of files and/folders or even just a single one based on what ever combination you want. No extra files are created like with other programs that place an icon in each directory. The customized icons are stored within the "Icons" folder of the XYPlorer directory while the list of customized file/folder patterns as well as which particular icon to point to are stored within XYplorer .ini file. It's set and forget as all file/folder icon associations are applied globally. Meaning that all new files or folders that match your predefined pattern or instruction if you like will automatically be displayed with your chosen icon. Customized icons are also very very flexible. It's so easy to add, remove, change and fine tune your settings to your liking. To turn the customized icons on or off is simply a matter of pressing the handy toggle button. Further flexibility comes with the ability to turn on or off individual custom icons with a simple tick box. It is a bit of a learning curve to get the pattern (instruction to select certain files/folders to be associated with a particular icon) just right. But as results are immediately visible, it makes it easy to adjust accordingly to exactly what you want. There are some examples of these patterns included within the "Customize File Icons" UI or settings box to get you started by selecting the "I" button. A more extensive list is available in the XYPlorer help file. Once you get the hang of it though, the same patterns can be applied to other customizations in XYPlorer for example color filters or Ghost filters.
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 Separate 32 and 64-bit context menus

This is very useful for accessing some context handlers or when using the portable version across several systems.
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 Faster than Windows Explorer ever thought of being

This is faster than Windows Explorer when combined this with TeraCopy. Currently, it is present in the right-click menu, but you can drag and drop it to copy with Windows File Explorer.
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 Search and virtual folders

Its search ability and functions combined with a multitude of file actions and the ease of creating virtual folders is a major time saver.
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 Quick audio preview

Can listen to audio files very easily with a single mouse click on the file icon. This includes FLAC support.
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 Developer is active in the forum as well

While other competitors only offer a "community" forum where the developers are absent, in XY's forum the developer answers questions personally, quickly, and consistenly.
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 Extensive metadata

Mark files with colored labels, tags, comments, as well as multiple columns with user-defined metadata for everything from ratings, urls, and whatnot.
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 Custom columns

Create custom columns to display all kinds of info snippets or even interactive links and buttons.
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 Thumbnail viewing for images is both fast and customizable

If you're a photographer, wannabe photographer, or you just take a lot of photos, XYplorer is a great file manager for working with images. Combined with the Mouse Down Blow Up (MDBU) feature, previewing photos is very easy.
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 Easy to use

XYPlorer, in spite of its complexity and completeness, is very easy to use. Features are obvious. And where they're not obvious they can be discovered easily. An example is the ease of "Jump to Setting" which helps you effortlessly find which of many settings you're looking for.
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 Dual pane

Manage files with two panes which can be arranged horizontally or vertically - and each can have multiple tabs to boot. You can also easily save and reload open tabs as tab sets.
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 Custom toolbar buttons

With its powerful scripting ability and the easily accessible menu identifiers, creating customized commands and toolbar buttons provides yet even further levels of usability specific to your needs.
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 Very reliable

It's small and fast, has lots of features, and helps you get your work done faster.
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 Community support

Extensive and active support forum with unusually quick, thorough, and friendly assistance.
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 Easy to organize lots of files at once

Known as Branch View in XYPlorer. Select a folder or multiple folders and select Branch View to get a flat file view of the selected folder/s with files only, folders only or both. Alternatively, select Branch View to get a flat view of the current folder. Results can then be filtered, sorted, organised, moved, copied, renamed etc accordingly. Extremely useful if you have a lot of files to organise.
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 User interface is extremely customizable

XYplorer's user interface can be customized in almost every conceivable manner, from size and placement of various frame elements, to fonts, colors, toolbar buttons, if you can think it, you can probably do it.
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 Customizable keyboard shortcuts

XYplorer is great for heavy keyboard users. Its many keyboard shortcuts are also fully configurable. Additionally, XYplorer offers multiple ways to navigate to file system using only a handful of keys. That said, one can do things with a mouse like press an icon in a custom column to run a script on the corresponding file or folder. Mousers are happy too.
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 Logs plenty of actions for undo/redo

Up to 256 actions are logged and can be looked up and undone later in case of a mistake. Undo/Redo works even across sessions (i.e. after closing and restarting the app).
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 Asynchronous copy and move operations

It's possible to queue copy and move operations so that multiple large copy/move operations don't interfere with each other (disk thrashing) and you can continue working with the program.
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 Per-user license

Just one license covers all of your computers.
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 Portable file extensions

Associate file types with other portable applications on your USB stick.
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 Lifetime license available

XYplorer probably has the best "bang for the buck". It surely has its cons but considering what one gets for a "small" one-time investment, probably no other comparable feature rich product offers a better license. The lifetime license ($63.95) includes all future updates for free, lets you install on any number of computers, and includes the portable version.
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Con
 No archive browsing

Can't view or modify the contents of zip or other archive formats within the program
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Con
 No FTP support

XY doesn't support FTP, SSH, FTPS, etc.
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Con
 Single-threaded

Doesn't do internal multitasking so often you sit there waiting and waiting and waiting for the window to come back.
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 Scriptable

Uses a very flexible scripting language that you can do many things with it. After learning it, one can get many other tools replaced in favor of a single centralized, extremely customize-able command center, plus writing one own's personal routines to fully perform finely-tuned file management. However, doing basic things like stringing together common renaming and moving tasks takes very little knowledge. Scripting is easy for beginners, is supported by the developer and the community, yet can be incredibly deep and powerful.
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 Numerous filtering, sorting, and highlighting methods for files

Create rules and configurations to quickly identify and locate specific types of file and display them in various ways.
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Con
 The free version has been discontinued

Although it has just been discontinued as of 10th January 2017, it is still available for download at https://www.xyplorer.com/free.php.
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Con
 No working high-dpi support

XYplorer will not properly scale when working in a mixed configuration consisting of both Full-HD and high-dpi screens.
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 32-Bit

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 Only available for Windows

So you have to resort back to a different solution on other systems.
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 All-in-one toolkit

Local linux commands and terminal for Windows (cf cygwin), full connectivity to remote unix boxes (including ssh, vnc, X-window, etc.), Windows servers (sftp.. - but time-limited in free version). Very low configuration requirements for all of this: evertyhting works out of the box.
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 Server tools (HTTPD, SSHD, SFTPD, TTFT)

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 Automatic SFTP

With MobaXterm, there's no fiddling with multiple apps: simply connect and everything is available.
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 Flexible

MobaXterm can connect to practically anything.
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Con
 Comes with addictive games

You have to pay to remove them: probably worth it to save your time, because these low resource games are quite good.
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 Full Linux subsystem with package manager

And you can install conda for additional package management.
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 Binds to right-click menu to open any file

The file name extension need not be txt.
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 Compatible with cmdline vim macros

There is no difference in macros and scripts for Vim and GVim. Both function almost exactly the same way, GVim just add some menus and Windows Explorer int. (on windows only, obviously).
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 Excellent performance 

Because it loads the whole file into RAM, replacing all string occurences in 100MB+ files is quick and easy. Every other editor sort of died during that.
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 Vim without a shell

When opening files from the file manager, it is still nice to have vim.
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 Tiny footprint

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 Applications are portable

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 A ton of customisation & extensibility available for those who want it

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 Great addons, plugin manager

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 Very fast

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 Whole configuration takes place in config files

This means there's a bit of a learning curve, but once you got how it works, it's great.
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Con
 If you need something to just work off the bat this won't be for you

It requires you at least install notepad++ or similar, learn what it means if '#" is displayed on a line in the config file. The developer does have a detailed guide on his site.
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 Tons of customization possible

This one gives you a lot of options/possibilities.
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 Most actions can be done with a single click

Most actions can be done without having to double-click. Things like navigating folders, playing files, seeking audio, changing volume are all done with a single-click.
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 Supports all formats

WAV, BWF, RF64, AIFF, AIFC, FLAC, APE, ALAC, WV, TTA, DSF, DFF, MP3, MP2, MP1, M4A, MP4, AAC, MPC, MP+, OGG, OPUS, SPX, WMA, WMA Pro, WMA Lossless, MP4, WMV, AVI (certain codecs), MID, RMI, KAR, IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD
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 WASAPI/ASIO support

High-end audio cards can be easily used to their full potential without any additional software due to WASAPI (Player and Pro) and ASIO (Pro) support.
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 Has a waveform seekbar and analyzers

Has a big single-click waveform seekbar and three real-time analyzer visualizations by default.
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 Pure sound

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 Portable version available

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 Clean interface

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 Fast

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 Lightweight

About 8 MB, and about 11 MB with the integrated Soundfont for its MIDI playback synthesizer. Native application, no dependencies (no .NET runtime).
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Con
 No playlists

Or not yet, at least in the forums they say they're working on it.
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Con
 Complex and poorly designed UI

Use TotalCommander.
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 Powerful

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 Can download .torrent and from torrent magnet URL

Can download .torrent and from torrent magnet URL
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Con
 N/A

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 Free

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 Simple and fast

Fast search and filter.
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 Miller columns

Like Finder from macOS.
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 Free

Free for non commercial use.
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 Protocol support

Supports almost all known protocols.
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Con
 USB monitoring

Watch out with the experimental USB monitoring, it can lock up your PC.
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 Win, Mac, Linux

Windows, Mac and Linux versions.
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Con
 Not free anymore

With the latest update, this software became a paid app. You could use an old version which is free but it would annoy you with an update popup on every restart.
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 Very good

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Con
 Hosted on sourceforge

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Pro
 Adds a layer of isolation to prevent the resource utilization from affecting other containers

This layer can be set in the manifests for a container orchestration like Kubernetes which can launch the container and place it on a VM instance that has room for it.
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 Supports a wide range of isolation tools

Docker can be used with OpenVZ, systemd-nspawn, libvirt-lxc, libvirt-sandbox, qemu/kvm, BSD Jails, Solaris Zones, and chroot.
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 Application-centric

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Con
 CON security issue. Containers must not be allowed to run as Root.

CON security issue. Containers must not be allowed to run as Root and often container orchestration systems do just that.
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Con
 Security concerns

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 Tool ecosystem

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 Low overhead

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 Works in virtualized environments

You can set up Docker within an already virtualized environment such as a virtual machine. This allows you to run Docker on Mac and Windows, among other use-cases.
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 Provides easy sharing and installation of containers through a public registry

Docker allows easily pushing and pulling containers to and from their public index.docker.io registry. Additionally, dotCloud maintains a list of official repositories of the more popular containers.
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 Automatic build

Allows automatically assembling a container from its source code.
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 Allows re-using components

Docker essentially allows creating boilerplate systems (a LAMP stack, for example) that can be used as a starting point on multiple projects. And you can find multiple such containers already created by people in their public registry.
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 Git-like capabilities

Docker tracks changes in systems. It allows for commits and rollbacks and for quick deployment due to having to deploy only the updated code.
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 Allows for portable application deployment

Docker creates a single object, containing an application with its dependencies, that can be moved between any docker-enabled machines, guaranteeing the same environment for application execution.
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Con
 Not for forms

Useless if you want to virtualize Windows Forms applications, Cameyo is a better option for this.
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 Good for server administration

Allows servers to be administrated via scripting without any GUI running on the server. Makes it more stable due to less possible bugs/patching. And a smaller footprint makes it good for running VMs/containers in the cloud.
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 Open source

Source code available on Github.
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 Easy Install

Easily install most linux command line tools.
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Con
 Complex and greedy on resources

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 Can make clips permanent

Allows you to quickly use/reuse text & objects tied to hotkeys.
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 Amazing clipboard management for text and objects

It can handle rich text, plain text, pictures, etc.
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 Python scriptable

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 Optional quasimode

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 Trusted signed executable and open source

HovText has existed for 20 years and has always been open source.
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 Fully user configurable

All hotkeys can be configured and all layout, style and screen display can be tweaked, so there is a chance you can have it setup as you want.
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 Trim whitespaces and empty new-lines on copied text

When marking text with the mouse, it often adds a whitespace at the beginning or the end of the text or there are some empty lines above or below that gets copied too, but HovText has an option to remove whitespaces at beginning and end - very useful.
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 Remove formatting from text copied

Copying text from the internet or from Office applications most often will include styles and formatting when pasting, but HovText can remove all this formatting, so only the raw unformatted cleartext will be pasted - this is a life-saver :-)
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 Intuitive, fast and modern UI for finding previous copied texts or images

When viewing the list of previous copied clipboards, then it is easy to find the relevant text or image you need.
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 Save clipboards on computer

The clipboards can be saved to local computer, so it can be reused after a computer shutdown.
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 Portable and no installation needed

Fast, light, no installation process and no registration needed - just "click and use".
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 Keeps the most used clipboard entries at top

Most recent entries copied/pasted are available from a top-down principle.
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 Text processing tools

Regular expression pattern enabled tools for text filtering, searching, substitution, and conversion.
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 Powerfull scripting language

Powerfull scripting language with a lot of commands and predefined variables.
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 File compression tools

File compression tools, e.g. bz2, gz, tar, 7zip and zip.
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 FTP Command Line Client

Command line driven FTP client.
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 Batch Debugger

It has a GUI Debugger for Batch files as well the own scripting language (BTM).
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 Free version

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 Works well, no fuss

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 It is quite performant

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 Completely free

Source code releases are provided under GPLv2.
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 Customizable

Has customizable options.
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 Free

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 Store where you want

The disadvantage of Windows restore points is that they can not be stored on other drives than the system drive.
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 Free

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Con
 Dangerous

Dangerous when used by inexperienced users.
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 Auto logon

Start Windows automatically with the selected account.
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 Move profile

Allows moving the user profile to another disk.
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Con
 No limiting of logon hours

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 Free

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 Free

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 User friendly

More user friendly than the Windows Task Scheduler.
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Con
 Not a Windows service

Does not run as a Windows service.
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 Free

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 Rescue Center

Rescue Center can undo any changes by PC Services Optimizer and other software.
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Con
 No Windows XP support

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Con
 slow and glitchy

use Nox.
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 Run Android apps on your PC

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Con
 Closed Source

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Con
 Privacy

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Con
 Functionality is limited on non-Windows devices

While Cortana is available on Android and iOS, certain features on those operating systems are either limited or non-existant. For example, there's no hands-free voice activation on iOS, and on Android it's only available on the homescreen and nowhere else, etc.
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Con
 Needs a microphone and hours of patience

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 Reminds me of playing Halo :)

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 Manage files with speed and ease

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 Saves clips for later.

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 It helps you stay more organized

You can save content and categorize it.
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 It integrates with other services

You can integrate ClipClip with Google Translate and Drive for higher productivity.
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 It's free to use

You can download and use ClipClip completely for free.
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 You can translate text and images

ClipClip allows instant translation for text between any language pair supported by Google Translate, and it even supports images through OCR text extraction.
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 Shared templates

You can save templates and share them using any cloud storage provider.
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 Offers good options for quickly dealing with duplicates

Once duplicates are found you can choose to select certain files based on criteria like when was it created, when was it last modified, size, folders they're in or if the folders they're in contain a particular string.
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 Pretty fast

It has more reporting than WinDirStat 64 bit version can scan more files than WinDirStat.
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 It can find where you disk space is going

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 Very fast when scanning huge number of files

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 Easy to drill down to huge folders which are taking all your disk space

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 Gives a clear overview of found duplicates

It shows duplicate items grouped with every second group highlighted.
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 Reasonable rules for finding both duplicate files and folders

The program can find duplicate files based on any combination of size, name, CRC. It can also compare files byte by byte. Also, it can compare folders (with or without subfolders) based on any combination of size, name, CRC as well as file count.
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 none

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 Scripting engine

Scripting engine for adding custom privacy rules.
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 Free

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 Encrypted log on system

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