Audio
 | CoolPlayer A tiny, super-fast audio player. |  | Audacity An open-source, simple and powerful audio editor. |  | CDex Extract audio from CDs reliably. |
 | SharePod Manage an iPod with no iTunes from any Windows computer. Download |
Communication
 | Email Stripper A free application that cleans up long email threads. |  | Pidgin A multi-protocol IM client. Packaged by PortableApps.com. |  | Miranda IM Another multi-protocol IM client, with a ton of plugins. |
 | Skype Not an official installer, but from PortableApps.com. |
Image Editors and Viewers
 | Easy Image Modifier A tool for resizing, flipping, converting, watermarking and renaming images. |  | InkScape An open-source vector editor. Think “Illustrator” or “CorelDRAW” — not as powerful, but free. |  | GIMP Think “free Photoshop” with a cluttered interface. Powerful, but an acquired taste. Packaged by PortableApps.com. |
 | AndreaMosaic A free application for creating photomosaics (pictures made up of tiled pictures). |  | Fotografix A tiny image editr aimed at photograpers and designers. |
Productivity
 | WriteMonkey A fantastic full-screen text editor for distraction-free editing. I use it all the time. |  | Abiword A free, open-source word processor. Packaged by PortableApps.com. |  | Notepad2 A text editor with programmer-friendly features. |
 | FocusWriter Another full-screen editor for a Zen-like writing experience. Download |  | OpenOffice Not as slick as MS Office, but it will do in a pinch. Packaged by PortableApps.com. |  | Programmer’s Notepad 2.2 A powerful text editor for developers. |
 | XAMPP The Apache Web server, MySQL, PHP, and Perl, all bundled together in one portable ZIP. |  | TreePad Lite A personal information manager for notes and other information. |  | Stickies A fantastic sticky-note application, packaged by PortableApps.com. |
Security and Privacy
 | ClamWin A portable, powerful and free antivirus. Packaged by PortableApps.com. |  | LicenseCrawler Crawls a computer for software serial licenses. |  | TrueCrypt Create encrypted virtual hard drives. Link leads to portable mode documentation. |
 | KeePass The golden standard when it comes to securely managing passwords and logins. |
Suites
 | PortableApps.com Suite A launcher interface for all portable apps from PortableApps.com. |  | SysInternals Suite For administrators and technicians: All SysInternals troubleshooting utilities rolled into one ZIP file. |  | NirLauncher A collection of over 100 portable freeware Windows system tools, all by NirSoft. |
System Tools
 | 7-Zip A file archiver supporting ZIP, as well as the powerful 7z format and more. Packaged by PortableApps.com. |  | Zscreen A screenshot application with numerous file handling options. No portable download, see link for instructions. |  | Zip2Fix A tool for extracting undamaged files from a corrupted ZIP file. |
 | Recuva A tool for undeleting files, from makes of Ccleaner. |  | SpaceSniffer A tool for visualizing disk usage. Find out what’s hogging all that space! |  | Everything An ultra-fast search utility — searches filenames only, does not index content. |
 | CCleaner Cleans up any system by getting rid of unneeded files and other junk. |  | TeamViewer The golden standard for remote control. |  | Portable Keyboard Layout Use an alternative keyboard layout (Colemak, Dvorak)? Take it with you! |
 | GetFolderSize Used for determining the size of folders and subfolders on a drive. |  | Process Explorer Windows Task Manager, on steroids. Made by Sysinternals, now a part of Microsoft. |  | Camstudio Screen-recording software, packaged by PortableApps.com. |
 | Snaptimer A keyboard-friendly countdown timer. |  | Clipcube A tiny clipboard history monitor. |
Video
 | VLC Player A “do-it-all” free, open-source video player. Can also play audio. |  | VirtualDub A tool for editing and encoding videos, with support for batch-processing. |  | Splayer A visually striking, multi-format video player, with subtitle auto-download. Tiny link for portable version. |
 | Avidemux A video editor designed for simple tasks such as cutting, filtering, and encoding. |
Web and FTP
 | Filezilla A powerful, open-source FTP client. |  | Opera portable An awesome browser that gets too little love. Official installer supports portable option. |  | Google Chrome Google’s Web browser, packaged by PortableApps.com. |
 | Firefox If you don’t use Chrome, you are probably using Firefox. Packaged by PortableApps.com. |
