Neowin News Feed for: Software

Sandboxie Plus 1.18.6 / Classic 5.73.6

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:58:01 +0000

Sandboxie allows you to run your browser, or any other program, so that all changes that result from the usage are kept in a sandbox environment, which can then be deleted later. Read more...

PaintFE 1.4.4

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:50:01 +0000

PaintFE is a lightweight Windows image editor with layers, GPU-accelerated filters, mesh warp, advanced selection tools, brushes, gradients, animated GIF/APNG support, and built-in scripting. Read more...

Imagine 2.7.2

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:00:02 +0000

Imagine is a lightweight freeware image and animation viewer for Windows, supporting many formats, batch processing, plugins, and slideshows, ideal for fast, versatile viewing. Read more...

Core Temp 1.21.0

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:04 +0000

Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint, yet powerful program to monitor processor temperature and other vital information. Read more...

MusicBrainz Picard 3.0.2

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:01 +0000

MusicBrainz Picard is a powerful music tagger that organizes audio files, edits metadata, renames tracks, finds album art, and supports plugins and many formats. Read more...

Firefox 158.0

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:28:01 +0000

Firefox is the most customizable web browser available and the one with the best tools and features to protect your data and privacy. Read more...

Photoflare 1.7.5

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:43:09 +0000

PhotoFlare offers fast, open source image editing with filters, colour adjustments, brushes, text tools, and batch processing, ideal for simple and efficient graphic design tasks. Read more...

Phiola 2.11.1

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:02 +0000

Phiola is a fast, low-CPU audio player, recorder, converter, and streaming server for Windows, Linux, and Android devices. Read more...

NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner 2) 8.5.1

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:50:02 +0000

NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner 2) is a simple yet powerful solution for creating great quality PDF documents from TWAIN-compatible scanners. Read more...

XnConvert 1.118

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:46:01 +0000

Cross-platform batch image-converter and resizer. All common graphics formats are supported (Camera RAW, JPEG2000, WebP, OpenEXR....) as well as supporting over 500 other image formats. Read more...

WinDirStat 2.9.3

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:00:01 +0000

WinDirStat is a free Windows disk usage analyzer that visualizes storage with a treemap, helping users quickly identify large files and free up disk space efficiently. Read more...

Fan Control V283

Razvan Serea — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:42:01 +0000

Fan Control will enable you to have control over nearly every aspect of the fans in your machine. Read more...

Cjam 2.7.4.0

Razvan Serea — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:00:01 +0000

Cjam is a lightweight Windows tool to cut, join, and edit MP3 files without re-encoding. It supports batch processing, scripting, and delivers fast, lossless audio editing with a simple interface. Read more...

CrystalDiskInfo 9.9.3

Razvan Serea — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:40:01 +0000

HDD/SSD utility. Get HDD information, monitor S.M.A.R.T. values and disk temperature. Displays the S.M.A.R.T data as a list so you can see the specific issue that a hard drive may have. Read more...

AB Download Manager 1.11.0

Razvan Serea — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:24:01 +0000

AB Download Manager is a lightweight yet powerful tool for managing downloads efficiently while ensuring speed, organization, and reliability. Read more...

QuickInstaller 1.0.5

Razvan Serea — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:26:01 +0000

QuickInstaller updates and installs over 700 Windows applications, including portable software, with silent updates, automatic version checks, and easy app list import and export. Read more...

UniGetUI 2026.3.1

Razvan Serea — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:26:01 +0000

User-friendly graphical interface for the Windows Package Manager (winget). It simplifies app installation on Windows 10/11 and enables users to browse and install apps from a visual interface. Read more...

Zen Browser 1.23.2b

Razvan Serea — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:26:01 +0000

Zen Browser is a privacy-focused, open-source browser built on Firefox. It offers customization via Zen Mods, split views, vertical tabs, and prioritizes user experience over data collection. Read more...

Password Safe 3.73.0

Razvan Serea — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:00:05 +0000

Password Safe is a password database utility. Users can keep their passwords securely encrypted on their computers. A single Safe Combination unlocks them all. Read more...

BleachBit 6.0.5 Beta brings faster scans and new cleaners

Razvan Serea — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:28:01 +0000

BleachBit quickly frees disk space and tirelessly guards your privacy. Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk. Read more...

Hasleo Backup Suite Free 5.9.2.4

Razvan Serea — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:02 +0000

Free backup and restore software that lets you save, restore, and copy your data. Works on both Windows PCs and Servers. Read more...

Calibre 9.16.0

Razvan Serea — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:00:02 +0000

Open source e-book library management application that enables you to manage your e-book collection, convert e-books between different formats, synchronize with e-book reader devices Read more...

NetLimiter 5.3.28.0

Razvan Serea — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:00:02 +0000

NetLimiter gives you full network control over your computer. You will decide where your applications are allowed to connect and how fast these connections should be. Read more...

eM Client 11.0.1054.0

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:00:01 +0000

eM Client is the best equipped email client on the market, thanks to its support of virtually all conceivable email technologies (POP3, SMTP, IMAP, Exchange, Office365). Read more...

Greenshot 1.3.323

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:00:01 +0000

Greenshot is a screenshot tool optimized for productivity. Save a screenshot or a part of the screen to a file within a second. Apply text and shapes to the screenshot. Read more...

Hydra Download Manager (HDM) 1.1.0

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:00:01 +0000

Hydra Download Manager is an open source accelerator that uses parallel connections and mirror sources, with dynamic range stealing and stall recovery for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Read more...

Helium Browser 0.19.2.1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:36:01 +0000

Helium is a private, fast, and honest Chromium-based browser built for people. It offers best-in-class privacy, unbiased ad-blocking, and a clean, open-source experience with no bloat or noise. Read more...

foobar2000 2.26.1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:04:01 +0000

foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform. It features the simplest, most minimalistic interface you'll ever see in this kind of program. Read more...

PaintFE 1.4.2

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:00:01 +0000

Brave Browser 1.97.56

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:01 +0000

Privacy-focused web browser that prioritizes speed and security. With built-in HTTPS Everywhere and rewards for viewing ads, Brave is the perfect choice for those who value their privacy online. Read more...

NanoTorrent 0.4.4

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:00:01 +0000

NanoTorrent is a lightweight BitTorrent client with DHT, encryption, remote management, plugins, torrent streaming, file priorities, labels, filters and advanced network controls. Read more...

LibreWolf 157.0.1-1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:00:01 +0000

LibreWolf is a Firefox-based browser focused on privacy, security, and user freedom. It removes telemetry, includes uBlock Origin by default, and offers hardened settings for a tracker-free experience Read more...

Ventoy 1.1.18

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:58:01 +0000

Ventoy is a versatile USB tool letting you boot multiple ISO files without formatting. Easy, fast, and open-source—ideal for Windows, Linux, and multiboot setups. Read more...

draw.io Desktop 32.4.1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:00:02 +0000

draw.io Desktop is a free, offline diagramming tool for creating flowcharts, org charts, network diagrams, and more. It supports multiple formats and integrates with cloud storage for syncing. Read more...

Floorp Browser 12.20.1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:35:31 +0000

A browser build for keeping the open, private and sustainable web alive. Based on Mozilla Firefox. Made in Japan. Read more...

Rayburst 4.0.1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:01 +0000

Rayburst is a fast open-source cross-platform download manager supporting HTTP HTTPS FTP torrents ED2K and magnet links with lightweight performance and modern interface design experience. Read more...

MPC-HC 2.8.3 gets a fresh Windows 11 look

Razvan Serea — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:10:01 +0000

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema is a free audio and video player for Windows. Media Player Classic - Home Cinema project is based on the original "Media Player Classic" SourceForge project. Read more...

Affinity by Canva 3.3.1.4940

Razvan Serea — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:04:01 +0000

Affinity is a free, all-in-one app for photo editing, vector graphics, and layout. Enjoy pro tools, endless customization, AI features (via Canva), and constant updates—no subscriptions required. Read more...

TeraCopy 4.0.5

Razvan Serea — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:56:02 +0000

TeraCopy is designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed. TeraCopy integrates with Windows Explorer's right-click menu and can be set as the default copy handler. Read more...

Videomass 6.1.22

Razvan Serea — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:10:08 +0000

Videomass is a cross‑platform GUI front‑end for FFmpeg, offering batch conversions, customizable presets, video/audio filters, trimming, downloads, normalization, stream‑copy, multi‑format. Read more...