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System Tools

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• Awesome Windows 11 - Windows 11 Resources
• PC-Optimization-Hub - System Optimization Resources
• ️ Gaming Optimization
• PowerToys - System Tools / Search / Plugins /
• Sysinternals - Advanced System Tools
• SuperF4 / or FKill - Process Killers
• CPU-Z, CPU Fetch, Glow or GPU-Z - System Info Tools
• Bulk Crap Uninstaller / , Revo Uninstaller or GeekUninstaller - Bulk Uninstallation Tools
• NanaRun - System Admin Tools
• BleachBit - Clean System Storage /
• PolicyPlus - Local Group Policy Editor
• GhostBuster or Device Cleanup Tool - Remove Non-Present Devices
• CoreTemp - Process Monitor
• Why Is This Running? - Process Tracing / Debugging
• nyrna - Suspend Apps / Games /
• ThrottleStop - Laptop CPU Monitor / Optimizer
• RegExp, RegScanner, ripgrep-all or Registry-Finder - Registry Explorers / Scanners
• Winbindex - Windows System Files / Binaries /
• OfflineInsiderEnroll, 2, 3 - Enable Windows Insider without Account
• Rhasspy - Voice Assistant
• OpenRecall or Windrecorder - Memory Search App / System Recorders
• Time.is - Check Accuracy of System Clock
• ⁠LenovoLegionToolkit - Lenovo Vantage + Hotkeys Replacement for Lenovo Legion Laptops
• ASUS G-Helper - Armoury Crate Replacement for ASUS Laptops
• ⁠PreySense - Armoury Crate Replacement for Acer Predator Laptops

System Tweaks

• Windhawk / / , MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks or Winaero / 2 - System Tweaking Tools /
• StartAllBack - Tweaked Start Menu & Taskbar / Windows 11 / Fix
• EverythingToolbar - Everything Search in Taskbar
• Open Shell or StartIsBack / Fix - Classic Start Menus
• EarTrumpet / , BetterTrumpet / / or Volume2 - Tweaked Volume Mixer
• AltSnap - Tweaked Windows Dragging
• Edge-Uninstall - Microsoft Edge Removal Script
• BatUtil / 2 / 3 or TechNet-Gallery - System Scripts
• Wintoys - System App Tweaking
• Wox, Listary, Raycast / FMHY Search, Flow Launcher / FMHY Search, Asyar / , Ueli / - Keystroke / App Launchers
• Kando - App Launcher / Pie Menu / /
• Cerebro App - Tweaked System Navigation /
• SmartSystemMenu - Tweaked System Menu
• Shell / or RCWM - Tweaked / Custom Context Menus
• Explorer Tab Utility - Improved / Tweaked File Explorers
• Quick Access Popup - File Manager
• Spencer - Classic Start Menu
• yasb - Tweaked Taskbar
• Taskbar Tweaker - Taskbar Advanced Features / Win 10 /
• ⁠AppGroup - Create Taskbar App Groups / Folders
• RBTray - Minimize any App to Tray
• Taskbar Hide - Easily Hide / Show Taskbar
• QuickLook - macOS Quick Look for Windows / Scan Note
• MSEdgeRedirect - Redirect Microsoft Edge
• TopNotify - Move Windows Notifications

Package Managers

• WinGet - CLI Package Manager / Browse / Manifest Creator / Auto Update /
• UniGetUI - GUI for Popular Package Managers /
• Scoop - Portable Package Manager /
• sfsu or hok - Fast Scoop Utilities
• Chocolatey - Package Manager / GUI /
• RuckZuck - Package Manager
• RepoHub - Package Manager / Web-Based
• Topgrade - CLI Package Manager
• Silent Install - Build Multi-Program Installers
• 0Install - Decentralized Cross-Platform Package Manager
• portableapps - Package Manager for Portable Apps
• Baulk - Minimalist Package Manager
• NirLauncher - Portable Package Manager for NirSoft Utilities
• ⁠bin - Binary Manager

Task Automation

• AutoHotkey / Resources / / /
• Scheduler, ⁠FluentTaskScheduler or TaskRunner - System Task Scheduler /
• AutoIt /
• Tinytask /
• ⁠CrossMacro /
• OculiX /
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• ChoEazyCopy /
• MacroRecorder /
• Organize - Automated File Manager /
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Terminal / CLI

• Awesome TUI - TUI App Index
• ⁠Awesome Terminals - Terminal Emulator List
• Awesome CLI Apps or Command Line Tools - Command Line Resources
• ss64 - Command Line Reference Index
• Windows Terminal / , Tabby / , MobaXterm or WezTerm / Plugins / - Terminal Emulators /
• psmux - Windows Tmux / /
• Zellij - Terminal Multiplexer /
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• PowerShell - Microsoft PowerShell /
• BusyBox - Unix Commands for Windows / / /
• Clink - Command Line Editing /
• Nushell - Alt Shell /
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• ⁠procs - ps (Process Status) Replacement /
• ⁠WTF - Terminal Dashboard /
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• Command Challenge - Command Line Learning /
• Mintty - Cygwin Terminal Emulator /
• GetDNote - Command Line Notebook /
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• LeanandMean - Powershell Snippets / Use with Caution
• PowerShell Scripts, PowershellGallery or WindowsPowerShell - Shell Scripts

Remote Desktop

• Parsec /
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• RustDesk /
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• Aspia /
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• Sunshine or Apollo - Remote Server for Moonlight /
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• Moonlight or Artemis (android) - Gaming Remote Desktop Client /
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• Kasm - Container Streaming Platform / Resource Intensive / /
• HopToDesk /
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• CoScreen /
• p2p.kiwi /
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• ⁠DWS /
• Remote Desktop Connection - Built Into Windows / /
• Remotly /
• ChromeRemoteDesktop - Browser
• InputDirector - Multi-Computer Client /
• Mouse Without Borders - Multi-Computer Client /
• Screensy - Web-Based /
• Screego - Web-Based /
• Screen-Sharing - Web-Based /
• TigerVNC - VNC Client / /
• TightVNC - VNC Client
• noVNC - JavaScript VNC Client /

Clipboard Managers

• Ditto / /
• PasteBar /
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• CrossPaste /
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• UniClipboard /
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• ArsClip /
• ClipAngel /
• CopyQ /
  / - Clipboard Manager with Editing and Scripting Features
• MultiClipBoardSlots - Extend Clipboard by 10 Memory Slots /

Window Managers

• GlazeWM - Tiling Window Manager
• Komorebi - Tiling Window Manager
• WorkSpacer - Tiling Window Manager /
• ⁠Seelen UI - Tiling Window Manager /
• Whim - Pluggable Dynamic Window Manager
• DWM - Port of X11 dwm to Windows

Virtual Machines

• Awesome Web Desktops or Simone's Computer - Browser Operating Systems / VMs
• Virtual OS Museum - Multi Virtual Machine Compilation (1700+)
• ️ Emulators on Android
• VMware Workstation - Virtual Machine / macOS VM
• QEMU - Virtual Machine / Use w/ Virt-Manager or Vagrantup / Docker Container /
• VirtualBox - Virtual Machine /
• Virt-Manager / , Dexpot or Vagrantup / - Virtual Machine Managers
• Looking Glass - Kernel-Based Virtual Machine for VGA PCI Pass-Through /
• Hyper-V - Virtual Machine
• OSBoxes - Preinstalled Virtual Machine
• JSLinux - Online Linux Virtual Machines
• QuickEmu - Virtual Machine Creator
• WSL - Run Linux on Windows / Resources / Wayland / X Server /
• ⁠Dockur - Run Windows / macOS in Docker Containers
• Virtual x86 - x86-compatible OS Emulators
• PCjs Machines - Classic Computer Emulators
• InfiniteMac - Apple OS Emulators
• winevdm - 16-bit Windows on 64-bit Systems
• Blink - Linux Emulator for Windows
• Dockerholics - Docker Apps

Hackintosh

TIP

Generating a unique SMBIOS is crucial for Apple services like iMessage and iCloud to function properly. Keep in mind macOS Tahoe 26 will be the last working version on x86_64 hardware.

• Hackintosh / / - Hackintosh Building Guides
• Dortania - Hackintosh Installation Guide
• ⁠Hackmate - Hackintosh Bootable USB Automation
• OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher - macOS on Unsupported Hardware
• OneClick-macOS - macOS VM with QEMU
• Emaculation - Virtual macOS Environments
• Hackintosh Tools

Hardware Tools

• ️ PC Hardware / Building
• PSU Calculator - Find Compatible Power Supplies
• DeviceTests - Multiple Device Tests
• BES or Process Lasso - CPU Optimizer
• Ozone3D, UNIGINE Benchmarks or OCCT - System Benchmarking
• Testmem5 - Memory Benchmarking
• ⁠SilverBench - In-Browser CPU Stress Test
• MemTest or ⁠RAMMap - Memory Diagnostic Tools / Usage Trackers
• SDIO, Drivers Collection, Driverscape or DriverStoreExplorer - Update / Install Missing Drivers /
• VOGONS Drivers - Vintage Computer Hardware Forum / Forums
• ⁠PCI Lookup - PCI Vendor ID Lookup

Hardware Monitors

• HWiNFO - System Info & Monitoring /
• Traffic Monitor - Network & Hardware Monitor / Use Lite Version /
• HWMonitor - Hardware Monitor /
• BatteryMode - System Tray Battery Percentage / Managers / /
• fastfetch - Command Line System Info & Monitoring /
• ⁠btop4win - System Info & Monitoring /
• ⁠NeoHtop or NeoHtop-cli - Task Manager Alt /
• Task Manager DeLuxe, ⁠TaskSlinger, ⁠AppControl / or System Informer / - Task Manager Alts /
• Libre Hardware Monitor - Updated Fork of Open Hardware Monitor /
• FanControl / or FanCtrl - PC Fan Controllers /
• bottom / or Glances / - Terminal Hardware Monitors /

GPU Tools

• NVTOP - GPU / Accelerator Process Monitor
• NVCleanstall or NVSlimmer - NVIDIA Driver Packages
• Display Driver Uninstaller, 2 - Display Driver Removal Tool /
• TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker - NVIDIA GPU Update Checker
• nvidiaProfileInspector or NvidiaProfileInspectorRevamped - Modify / View Hidden NVIDIA Settings / Guide
• RadeonSoftwareSlimmer - Debloat AMD Drivers
• R.ID - AMD 3rd Party Drivers /
• PresentMon - GPU Benchmarking
• Universal x86 Tuning Utility - Laptop GPU Controller /
• RyzenAdj - Ryzen Laptop GPU Controller

Disk Tools

• Awesome Storage - File Storage Resources
• WizTree, TreeSize or WinDirStat / - Disk Usage Analyzers
• CrystalDiskMark or CCISOBench - Disk Benchmarking Tools
• GParted / , MiniTool Partition Wizard (Search) or AOMEI Partition Assistant / Features (search) - Partition Managers
• Validrive - Check True Storage Size of USB Devices
• TrueNAS - Storage System
• QDirStat - Directory Statistics
• CrystalDiskInfo /
  , Scrutiny, GSmartControl / or smartmontools - Drive Diagnostics
• Macrorit Partition Expert - Disk Usage Analyzer
• Diskovery - Disk Usage Analyzer
• Gdu or dua - Disk Usage Analyzer with Parallel Processing
• Erdtree - Cross-Platform Disk Usage Analyzer
• PC Manager - Disk Managers / Cleanup
• Air Live Drive - Mount Cloud Drives as Local Disks
• SFTPDrive - Mount SFTP Servers as Local Disks

Monitor Tools

• ️ Monitor Comparisons
• DisplayFusion or Dual Monitor Tool - Dual Monitor Tools
• f.lux, LightBulb or ScreenTemperature - Auto-Adjust Display Color / Temperature
• Monitorian, Twinkle Tray / or Dimmer - Adjust Monitor Brightness
• EIZO, Monitor or LCDTech - Monitor Performance Tests
• TestUFO - Monitor Framerate Test
• LittleBigMouse - DPI Test
• Scalizer - Auto DPI Scaling / YouTube
• Display Calc - Display Distance / Dimension Calculator
• Multi-Monitor Calculator - Dual-Monitor Setup Planning / Tests
• Wide Gamut - Color Compatibility Test
• ⁠ICC Profiles Guide - Guide for Finding ICC Profiles
• Dead.Pixel - Dead Pixel Test
• JScreenFix - Repair Stuck Pixels
• CenterOfMyScreen - Find Center of Monitor
• ShowDesktopOneMonitor - Show Desktop for Only One Monitor
• ⁠Virtual Display Driver - Virtual Display Driver
• Deskreen / or SpaceDesk - Use Mobile Device as Monitor
• ShaderGlass - Custom Screen Shaders
• DaltonLens or Toptal - Color Blindness Filters
• NVDA - Screen Reader for Blind Users /

Mouse / Keyboard

• ️ Mouse / Keyboard Comparisons
• r/MechanicalKeyboards Wiki - Mechanical Keyboard Resources
• ⁠Keebfolio - Mechanical Keyboard Project Index /
• KeyCombiner or Use The Keyboard - Hotkey Cheatsheets
• VIA / , SharpKeys, Kanata, keymapper, Mahou - Custom Keyboard Layouts / Remapping
• geekhack or KeebTalk - Keyboard Forums
• Ergogen - Design / Make Ergonomic Keyboards
• ⁠Keyboard Tester or Key Test - Keyboard Testers
• HotkeyP or CheatKeys - Hotkey Remapping
• OpenMouse / / or Piper - Mouse Config Tools
• ⁠Onboard Memory Manager - Modify Logitech G Mouse Memory
• ⁠Mouse Tester - Mouse Testing Tools
• X-Mouse Button Control - Re-Map Mouse Buttons / Scroll Wheel
• MoveMouse or MouseJiggler - Simulate User Activity
• Raw Accel - Mouse Acceleration Tool
• StrokeIt - Mouse Gestures
• Espanso - Typing Shortcuts /
• win-vind - Vim Style Keybindings for Windows
• Vial - Custom Keyboard Config Tool
• KeyViz - Keystroke Visualizer
• Plover - Stenography Engine / /
• WhatPulse - Mouse / Keyboard Usage Analyzer
• Kmonad - Keyboard Manager
• Deskhop - Quickly Switch Devices between Computers
• ⁠Deskflow - Mouse + Keyboard Sharing
• Is this good? - Custom Keyboard Guides
• DreyMaR's - Keyboard Tips and Resources
• KDB - Mechanical Keyboard Building Guides
• Cosmos - Create Custom Keyboards
• Keyboard Simulator - Design & Test Virtual Keyboards

System Audio

• ️ Audio Equipment Comparisons
• Equalizer APO, 2 / GUI / 7.1 Surround / Dolby Access /
  or FXSound - Audio Equalizers
• VoiceMeeter - Audio Mixers / Multi-Device Playback / Banana
• AutoEQ or ⁠PEQdB - Create Custom Equalizer Presets /
• AudioRelay / Mobile (search), SnapCast or SonoBus - Sync Audio Input/Output between Devices
• ⁠IEM EQ Guide - In-Ear Monitor Equalizer Guide
• SteelSeries Sonar or noise-suppression-for-voice - Noise Cancelling Software
• SoundSwitch - Switch Audio Device with Hotkey /
• Audiocheck - Audio Tests
• SonyHeadphonesClient - Sony Headphones Clone
• VB-Audio - Virtual Audio Cable / Select Download on Homepage / Donation is Optional
• LowAudioLatency - Reduce Audio Latency
• DigitalFeed - Lossless Audio Sound System Test
• Online Mic Test or Check Mic - Mic Test
• Sound Meter or REW - Measure Surrounding Sound Level
• AirPods Dirty Secret - AirPods Repair Directory

Windows ISOs

• Windows Install / Debloat Guide
• Genuine Installation Media - Windows ISOs / Clean Install Guide /
• files.rg-adguard or MVS dump - Verify ISO Legitimacy
• OS.click - Windows ISOs
• MyDigitalLife - Windows ISOs / Forums
• Microsoft SD - Windows ISOs / Official Site
• Old School OS, OS Vault, VETUSWARE or WinWorldPC - Oldschool ISOs
• Fido - ISO Powershell Script
• NetBoot - iPXE Network Boot
• ⁠MrChromebox, Chrultrabook or CoolStar - Install Windows / Linux on Chromebook

USB / Bootloaders

• Rufus - Create Bootable USB Drives /
• MediaCreationTool - Windows Deployment Automation
• USBTreeView - USB Device Tree Viewer
• CloverBootloader - Bootloaders / Config
• EtchDroid / or ⁠Ventoid - Create Bootable USB Drives via Android
• ⁠Grub2Win - Windows > Linux Dual-Booting Tool

Windows Activation

• MAS - Windows & Office Activation / / / , 2 /
• Office Tool Plus - Office Activation / Version Manager / Deployment / Offline
• OfficeRTool - Office Activation / Offline

Windows Updates

• Windows 10 After EOL - Receive Windows Updates After Win10's End-Of-Life /
• ChangeWindows - Latest Windows Update Info
• VCRedist, 2, 3 - AIO Repack for Microsoft Visual C++ Redists
• LegacyUpdate - Fix Windows Updates for Legacy Editions / /
• WURefresh - Reset Windows Update Components
• UUP Dump or Microsoft Update Catalog - Download Previous Windows Updates
• PC Health Check or WhyNotWin11 - Identify why your PC isn't Ready for Windows 11
• FlashMyBoard - Receive Motherboard Update Notifications

Windows Repair

• MagNumDB, ErrorLookup or Microsoft Error Lookup - Windows Debugging Tools
• Troubleshooting Flowcharts - PC Troubleshooting Flowcharts
• Medicat / , ⁠SergeiStrelec or Hiren's BootCD PE - WinPE / Recovery Toolkits
• PhoenixPE - WinPE Builder Tool
• r/TechSupport / Wiki - Tech Support Subreddit /
• PC Help Hub - Tech Support Discord
• Hardforum, TechGuy, Eleven Forums or Ten Forums - Tech Support Forums

Customization

• Frutiger Aero Archive or Heliohost Guide - Windows Customization Resources
• Rainmeter / or ⁠Seelen UI / - Desktop Customization Environments
• OpenRGB, WLED, Aurora, LiquidCTL, Artemis or FireLight - RGB Lighting Control
• VSThemes, WindowsCustomization or 7Themes - Theme Collections
• Styled Themes - Anime / Modern Style / macOS Style / Old School Style, 2
• VirtualCustoms, ⁠WinClassic or winthemers - Customization Communities
• Desktops - Customization Showcases
• ⁠ExplorerPatcher - Win 10 Style Customization App for Win 11
• SecureUxTheme or UltraUXThemePatcher - UX Patcher
• MechvibesDX or MechaKeys - Keyboard Sound Effects
• ElectricSheep or After Dark CSS - Screensavers
• ⁠Wallpapers Clan, FolderMarker, Flaired Folder or CustomFolder - Custom Folder Icons
• Recycle Bin Themes - Custom Recycle Bin Icons
• msstyleEditor - Visual Style Editor
• Taskbar Tweaker, TranslucentTB / , NiceTaskbar - Taskbar Customization / Old School Style
• ⁠Sweezy Cursors - Custom Animated Cursors / Requires no Extension
• AccentColorizer - Accent Color Customization
• BeautySearch - Search Customization
• ElevenClock - Clock Customization
• HackBGRT - Boot Logo Changer
• ExplorerBlurMica - File Explorer Effects
• QTTabBar - Windows File Explorer Enhancement
• WinSetView - Globally Set Explorer Folder Views /
• MicaForEveryone - Title Bar Effects
• FluentFlyout / (use github) or ModernFlyouts - Modernized Flyout Menus
• Alternative Windows Shells Wiki - Alt Windows Shells
• Aerial - Apple TV Screensaver
• ExcelDarkThemeFix - Fix Excel on Themed Windows
• MacType - Use Mac Fonts on Windows /

App Themes

• Catppuccin - Custom App Theme /
• Dracula - Custom App Theme /
• Rosé Pine - Custom App Theme /
• Aura Theme - Custom App Theme
• theme.park - Custom App Theme
• ⁠Tokyo Night - Custom App Theme
• gruvbox - Custom App Theme /
• ⁠Flexoki - Custom App Theme /
• Totally Awesome List - Old School App Themes
• Pokemon Terminal - Pokémon Terminal Themes
• Traffic Monitor - System Monitor Themes
• terminal.sexy, TerminalSplash or WindowsTerminalThemes - Terminal Themes

Wallpapers

• WallSync, 2 - Wallpaper Site Index /
• wallhaven.cc - Search Wallpapers / Some NSFW / Downloader
• Wallpaper Abyss - Search Wallpapers
• ⁠WallWidgy / , Simple Desktops or Minimalistic Wallpaper - Minimalist Wallpapers
• Studio Ghibli Wallpapers - Studio Ghibli Wallpapers
• LWP, DesktopHut / , r/LivingBackgrounds, WALLegend or MoeWalls - Live Wallpapers
• WallpaperCave - Search Wallpapers
• ⁠WallsCloud - Search Wallpapers
• WallpapersCraft - Search Wallpapers
• ⁠WallBrowser - Search Wallpapers
• VSThemes - Search Wallpapers
• ⁠Wallpapers Clan - Search Wallpapers
• r/Wallpaper - Wallpapers Subreddit
• r/WallpaperRequests - Wallpaper Request Subreddit
• Frutiger Aero Archive - 2000s Style Wallpapers
• Basic Apple Guy / 2 - Apple Wallpaper Interpretations
• ⁠WSupercars - Car Wallpapers
• ⁠Kawaii Hoshi - Cute Wallpapers
• DualMonitorBackgrounds - Dual Monitor Wallpapers
• CoolBackgrounds - Customizable Wallpapers
• Aesthetic Wallpapers - Aesthetic Wallpapers
• Xbox Wallpapers - Xbox Wallpapers
• Anime Pictures, WallpaperWaifu or MyLiveWallpapers - Anime Wallpapers
• WallsPic, WallpaperFlare, HDQwalls or UHD Wallpaper - Misc Wallpapers
• G_Walls - Telegram Wallpaper Channels
• Engine Workshop File - Wallpaper Engine Wallpapers

Wallpaper Tools

• Wallpaper Engine / 2 (search) - Wallpaper / Live Wallpaper Manager
• Wallpaper Engine Tools - PKG to Zip / Collections, 2
• Lively / or ScreenPlay - Live Wallpaper Manager
• backiee - Wallpaper Manager
• SuperPaper - Cross-Platform Multi-Monitor Wallpaper Manager
• Background Switcher, WinDynamicDesktop or Dynamic Theme - Auto Change Wallpaper
• AutoWall - Turn Videos / GIFs to Live Wallpapers
• Awesome Wallpaper - Show System Information on Wallpaper
• GoWall - Wallpaper Color Scheme Converter