/windows-apps

List of useful apps for windows

Windows apps

I tried to use scoop first, then microsoft store, if application is not available in scoop, then provide just a link or command, if application is not available in either application providers.

Scoop installation

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser; irm get.scoop.sh | iex; scoop install git

Buckets

scoop bucket add main; scoop bucket add extras; scoop bucket add versions; scoop bucket add games; scoop bucket add nonportable; scoop bucket add nerd-fonts;

Apps

Gaming

The Epic Games Store is a digital video game storefront.

scoop install games/epic-games-launcher

Discord is an American VoIP and instant messaging social platform.

scoop install extras/discord

Minecraft Launcher.

Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront from Valve.

Xbox 360 Controller Emulator allows your controller (gamepad, joystick, steering wheel, pedals, etc.) to function on your PC as an Xbox 360 controller.

Programming

pgAdmin is the most popular and feature rich Open Source administration and development platform for PostgreSQL, the most advanced Open Source database in the world.

scoop install nonportable/pgadmin4-np

DevToys is a Swiss Army knife for developers for Windows. DevToys helps in daily tasks like formatting JSON, comparing text, testing RegExp.

scoop install nonportable/devtoys-np

Symfony is a free and open-source PHP web application framework and a set of reusable PHP component libraries.

scoop install main/symfony-cli

Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language.

scoop install main/python

PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development.

scoop install main/php

An asynchronous event driven JavaScript runtime designed to build scalable network applications.

scoop install main/nodejs

MySQL Workbench is a visual database design tool that integrates SQL development, administration, database design, creation and maintenance into a single integrated development environment for the MySQL database system.

scoop install main/mysql-workbench

GNU Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

scoop install main/make

Git is a distributed version control system that tracks changes in any set of computer files, usually used for coordinating work among programmers collaboratively developing source code during software development.

scoop install git

Postman is an API platform for developers.

scoop install extras/postman

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

scoop install extras/notepadplusplus

HeidiSQL is a free and open-source administration tool for MariaDB, MySQL, as well as Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and SQLite.

scoop install extras/heidisql

draw.io is free online diagram software for making flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts, UML, ER and network diagrams.

scoop install extras/draw.io

Code::Blocks is a free, open-source cross-platform IDE that supports multiple compilers including GCC, Clang and Visual C++.

scoop install extras/codeblocks

Docker is a set of platform as a service products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.

MSYS2 is a collection of tools and libraries providing you with an easy-to-use environment for building, installing and running native Windows software.

A sophisticated software modeler for agile and concise modeling.

Visual Studio is an integrated development environment from Microsoft.

Visual Studio Code, also commonly referred to as VS Code, is a source-code editor made by Microsoft with the Electron Framework.

Network

ngrok is the fastest way to put your app on the internet.

scoop install main/ngrok

qBittorrent is a cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client written in native C++.

scoop install extras/qbittorrent

Opera GX is a special version of the Opera browser built specifically for gamers.

scoop install extras/opera-gx

Opera is a multi-platform web browser developed by its namesake company Opera.

scoop install extras/opera

Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google.

scoop install extras/googlechrome

Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.

scoop install extras/firefox

Social Media

Telegram lets you access your chats from multiple devices. Fast. Telegram delivers messages faster than any other application.

scoop install extras/telegram

Slack is a new way to communicate with your team. It's faster, better organized, and more secure than email.

scoop install extras/slack

Drivers

NVCleanstall lets you customize the NVIDIA GeForce Driver package by removing components that you don't need (or want).

scoop install extras/nvcleanstall

Display Calibration and Characterization software.

scoop install extras/displaycal

Ashampoo Driver Updater provides updates for a wide variety of components and devices from professional to lesser known brands. As soon as new drivers become available, the instantly get added to Ashampoo Driver Updater's huge database and therefore become available to you.

The .NET Framework is a proprietary software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows.

Software for AMD GPUs and CPUs.

RGB Controls for Asus devives.

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with "Direct", such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth.

Software for Nvidia GPUs.

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with "Direct", such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth.

Software for Logitech devices.

Software for Anne 2 Pro keyboard.

RGB Controls for Gigabyte devives.

Every AMD Ryzen processor is multiplier-unlocked from the factory, so you can personalize performance to your taste. AMD provides the AMD Ryzen Master utility to access this powerful advantage.

This archive contains the latest version (May 2023) of all VCRedist Visual Studio C++ runtimes, installable with a single click.

Optimizers / Tweakers

ThisIsWin11 lets you customize Windows 11 all in one place.

scoop install extras/thisiswin11

Rainmeter allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers.

scoop install extras/rainmeter

Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.

scoop install extras/powertoys

Lightweight real-time memory management application to monitor and clean system memory on your computer.

scoop install extras/memreduct

BleachBit is a free and open-source disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer.

scoop install extras/bleachbit

Is your Windows PC slow? Ashampoo WinOptimizer speeds up your PC, removes junk files, and fixes common Windows issues.

StartAllBack restores taskbar, start menu, context menus, explorer, sanity, style and order!

Easy Context Menu (ECM) lets you add a variety of useful commands and tweaks to the Desktop, My Computer, Drives, File and Folder right-click context menus.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker is like a TweakUI for Windows 10.

Media

scoop install nonportable/k-lite-codec-pack-full-np

Metadata editor for audio files.

scoop install extras/mp3tag

Music Player.

scoop install extras/aimp

CLI software

yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.

scoop install main/yt-dlp

ImageMagick is a free, open-source software suite, used for editing and manipulating digital images.

scoop install main/imagemagick

A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

scoop install main/ffmpeg

Other software

WireGuard securely encapsulates IP packets over UDP.

scoop install nonportable/wireguard-np

TeraCopy is a free utility designed to copy files faster and more secure.

scoop install nonportable/teracopy-np

Resilio Sync by Resilio, Inc. is a proprietary peer-to-peer file synchronization tool.

scoop install nonportable/resilio-sync-np

7-Zip is a free and open-source file archiver, a utility used to place groups of files within compressed containers known as "archives".

scoop install main/7zip

WizTree is the fastest disk space analyzer available for Windows

scoop install extras/wiztree

Powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

scoop install extras/obsidian

VMware Workstation is a hosted hypervisor that runs on x64 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems; it enables users to set up virtual machines on a single physical machine and use them simultaneously along with the host machine.

Clipdiary is a powerful clipboard manager, which records every piece of data that goes to the Windows clipboard, meaning that you can easily retrieve any information that was once copied to the clipboard.

NVIDIA NVFlash is used to flash the graphics card BIOS on Ampere, Turing, Pascal and all older NVIDIA cards.

RoboForm is a password manager, a class of software that allows users to have secure, unique passwords for every website accessed.

Powershell modules

A prompt theme engine for any shell.

scoop install main/oh-my-posh

Terminal-Icons is a PowerShell module that adds file and folder icons when displaying items in the terminal.

scoop install extras/terminal-icons

This module replaces the command line editing experience of PowerShell for versions 3 and up.

scoop install extras/psreadline

posh-git is a PowerShell module that integrates Git and PowerShell by providing Git status summary information that can be displayed in the PowerShell prompt.

scoop install extras/posh-git

DockerCompletion for PowerShell.

scoop install extras/dockercompletion

Autocomplete for Powershell

Install-Module PowerType -AllowPrerelease

JetBrains Mono

scoop install nerd-fonts/JetBrainsMono-NF-Mono

FiraCode Mono

scoop install nerd-fonts/FiraCode-NF-Mono

Cursors