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Browsers:
- Chrome (download page)
- Chromium .zip (download page) (download link)
- Edge Chromium (download page)
- Firefox (download page)
- Opera (download page) (download link)
- Brave (download page) (download link)
- Vivaldi (download link) - The new Vivaldi browser protects you from trackers, blocks unwanted ads, and puts you in control with unique built-in features.
- Nessie - an extremely simple web browser for Windows, best used as a secondary browser. no extensions, no tabs, and no toolbars. On the surface, it could be described as just a "web-view with an address bar"
- brow.sh - a fully-modern text-based browser. It renders anything that a modern browser can; HTML5, CSS3, JS, video, and even WebGL
Browser Add-ins:
- DownThemAll (chrome) (firefox) (opera) - DownThemAll lets you download all the links or images on a website and much more
- Shut Up: Comment Blocker (chrome) - Toggles comments on many popular websites
- Reader Mode (chrome) - a feature-packed Chrome reading extension and web app that removes clutter, ads, and distractions, while also includes dyslexia support, bookmarking, annotating, highlighting, text-to-speech and many other features all in one tool
- Video Speed Controller (chrome) - allows you to control the playback speed on any site. Set the default pace to 1.10x and you'll go through videos 10% faster without even noticing
- The Great Suspender (chrome) - Makes Chrome use fewer resources by suspending tabs you're not using
- Tab Snooze (chrome) - Ran into an interesting rabbit hole or website that you'd really like to check out, but don't have the time right now? Use Tab Snooze, and it'll magically reopen the tabs later
- Google Keep Chrome Extension (chrome) - Save to Google Keep in a single click
- Notion Web Clipper (chrome) - Use our Web Clipper to save any website into Notion
- News Feed Eradicator for Facebook (chrome) - News Feed Eradicator removes your news feed (and live ticker) and replaces it instead with an inspirational quote
- Minimal Twitter (chrome) - Extends Twitter UI functionality by adding CSS to make the UI cleaner. No big labels, cluttered elements, and distracting text
- View Image (chrome) - Re-implements the Google Images' "View Image" and "Search by Image" buttons
- Simplify Gmail (chrome) - Simplifies Gmail interface to the bare minimum
- Babelshelf (chrome) - Highlight to save books from anywhere on the web
- Rumin Web Clipper (chrome) - Browser extension for Rumin which allows you to save learnings from online resources. (Chrome Web Store link, Firefox Add-on link)
- Vimium - a Google Chrome extension which provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of the Vim editor
Search Engines:
- myTech.Today - TL;UL of all sorts of internet investigative tools. Perhaps thousands of government, NSO, military, educational, professional databases, search engines, investigation techniques, data-tracking software, and other material focused primarily on tracking human trafficking, the drug trade, political corruption, money laundering, and corruption worldwide.
- myTech.Today - Bitcoin (BTC) Blog - musing on BTC, blogroll of authoritative BTC vlogs
- myTech.Today - Boom! The ~13K yr. cyclical, magnetic excursion of the Milky Way, our Solar System & our Earth Blog - scientific papers on natural phenomena that supports the theory of cyclical disaster cycles on Earth.
- wiby - A search engine for the classic web
- Google's site search template - https://www.google.com/search?q=%22search_term%22+AND+site%3A
- Google Search Operators: The Complete List (42 Advanced Operators)
- All duckduckgo bang operators on one page (metasearch tool)
- Archive.is - Archived webpages at a point in time
- Internet Archive: Wayback Machine - Searchable index of websites at points in history - not on page with javascript tech. such as Facebook
- Apse.io - A Personal Search Engine, APSE for short. OCRs screenshots and stores the text in a search index, so you can query by keyword, date, boolean operators, the whole shebang. It's all local ($15/mnth - Personal, $30/mnth/user - Business) (download page) (download trial)
- Stackoverflow.com - Answers to programming problems
- BigMatch - a tool to find open-source libraries in binaries only using their strings
- Muzi - Search by color, keyword, or style
- Google Image Search - Seach all of the images of the publicly available internet
- Reverse Google Image Search - Search where an image you have is from on the internet
- duckduckgo - Privacy, simplified
- Ahmia - searches hidden services on the Tor network
- grep.app - Search across a half-million git repos
- Runnaroo.com - it will pull traditional organic results from Google, but it will also directly query Stack Overflow for a deeper search
- infinitysearch.co - open-source search engine
- hndex.org - a search engine for finding articles posted to hacker news
- symptoma.com - Symptom Checker & Medical Search Engine - Differential diagnoses
- Advangle - a simple and convenient builder of complex web-search queries through Google or Bing search engines. You can save your queries in a free Advangle account to refer to later
- Bing vs Google - A tool that provides a side-by-side list and comparison of search results delivered through Bing vs. Google search engines.
- iSeek - A targeted discovery tool that allows an investigator to enhance, analyze, and organize searches, and see how collected information on a topic is distributed. iSeek uses natural language queries that understand the meaning and concepts embedded in the search and delivers relevant information.
- asone.ai - Reddit but for research only (asone.ai)
- Yippy (formerly Clusty) - a metasearch engine that allows investigators to index and federate documents and data sources to provide relevant big picture insights.
- Weboas.is - eclectic collection of resources: search engines, databases, chat directories, torrent sites, Reddit forums, forum directories, file sharing tools - All-in-One Web Portal For Internet & Tech Enthusiasts Who Love Exploring & Learning About The Digital Underground
- NerdyData - With NerdyData investigators can search for source code. The platform allows investigators to search for web technologies, advertising tags, meta descriptions, and any pattern that they want to identify on a website’s code.
- 100% free, quality CC audio - A curation of CC-licensed music from various artists and genres for you to use, however you like with correct attribution, in your creative projects
- mugle.io - The most used free music on Youtube during current [Year] [Month] with mp3 download link
- Discover Classical Art - Browse and download high-resolution, public domain artworks
- Smithsonian open-access Image Collection - search 120M Smithsonian images
- SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) - digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant.
- PublicWWW - Allows investigators to search the source code and find related websites through the unique HTML codes they share such as widgets and publisher IDs.
- The WWW Virtual Library - the oldest catalog on the web. It was started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, back in 1991
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) - a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals - directory of US Federal Government Services
- elephind - search all the world’s online historic newspapers from one place. We aren’t there yet, but we are adding more newspapers every day.
- Awesome Health - Curated list of awesome open-source healthcare software, libraries, tools, and resources. Each link has been vetted to ensure the project is active and provides value to healthcare facilities, providers, developers, policy experts, and/or research scientists.
- ForumSearch.io - monitor conversations across professional networks HackerNews, Reddit*, IndieHacker, DEV.to, Lobste.rs
- Instant Search 2 Million Recipes
- judyrecords - 439 million United States Court Cases
Web Tools:
- http://pdfmyurl.com - Convert Any Web Page to PDF!
- compress-pdf - Adobe Acrobat Online PDF minified and compressor
- visualping.io - we monitor webpages… so you don't have to! Select an area and relax: We’ll send you an email alert when something changes
- webrecorder.io - Webrecorder.io is a web archiving service to collect and revisit web pages
- watch2gether.com - Enjoy the internet in sync with your friends. Watch videos, listen to music or go shopping on Watch2Gether
- comeover.io - Stream videos to anyone, unlimitedly, for free
- speed.cloudflare.com - your internet speed now
Replacement Apps:
- NotePad: Notepad++ (download page) (download link)
- Compression: 7z (download page) (download link - 32 bit) (download link - 64 bit)
- PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader (download page) (download link)
- Recommended: JAVA (download page)
- Color Picker: Instant Eyedropper (download page) (download link)
- HOSTS Blacklist: someonewhocares.org (download link)
- Visual Desktop Ruler:
- Pixel Rule - transparent ruler - (download page gone) - ***Better Version***
- A Ruler - wood-like looking ruler (download page) (download link)
Productivity Apps:
- Microsoft Office Subscription Aggregate Install Script for Retail and Volume Licenses (must have lic)
- Open Office Productivity Software free (download page) (download link)
- Libre Office Productivity Software free (download page) (download link)
- Gmail free or $6/month
- Thunderbird - email software free (download page) (download link)
- Simpdf.com - online edit pdf like a word doc while preserving structure and format
- whiteboard.com - shared whiteboard app
- perfectwiki.xyz (paid) - Feature-Rich Wiki for Microsoft Teams
Additional Productivity Apps:
- Filemail - send very large attachments for free (download page) (Win10 x64 Desktop) (Outlook Plugin)
- Grammarly - grammar and spell checking for free or $140/yr (download page) (download link)
- Evernote private cloud file system for $8/mnth (download page) (download link)
- Obsidian (free) - a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files (download x64 macOS, Linux (AppImage), and Linux (Snap))
- Sizle.io (freemium/paid) - pdf & ppt tracking and analytics
- gofile.io - File sharing platform, anonymous and free
- mega.nz - the leading end-to-end encrypted cloud collaboration platform
- QuillBot's summarizer can condense articles, papers, or documents in a short paragraph
- Standalone Address Book - enables you to add your own Address Book fields and remove unused fields from Address Book, you can also change their size, location, and tab order of all the fields of Address Book in the input form. Searching on all the fields(with the custom field) simultaneously
Audio:
- iTunes (download page)
- Spotify (download page)
- Pandora (signup page)
Video Players:
- vlc (download page) (download link)
- MPC (download page) (download link)
Video Transcoding:
- handbrake x64 handbrake macOS (download page) (download link x64)
- FFmpeg - (download x64 macOS Linux source) Fmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.
Video Streaming:
Online Group Viewing Apps:
- Netflix Party Player - Watch Netflix remotely with friends with Chrome (download page)
- watch2gether.com - Enjoy the internet in sync with your friends. Watch videos, listen to music or go shopping on Watch2Gether
Video Codecs:
- K-Lite - robust package of codecs for video decoding (download page) (download link)
- LAV Filters - robust package of codecs for video decoding (download page) (download link)
Screen Capture:
- Amolto - Free Skype Recorder (download page) (download link)
- ScreenRequest - Simple screen recording with no installs on any browser except Safari. Receive screen recordings from customers. Send screen recording request URLs
Media Server:
- Plex - Organize, beautify, stream, and share your favorite movies, TV, music, web shows, podcasts, and more, all streamed to your favorite screens
Chat Software:
- Slack Gen X Chat App (download page) (download link)
- Discord - Gen Z Chat App (download page) (download link)
- Jitsi.org - free, open-source, end-to-end encryption, video conferencing app
- Keybase.io - open-source, end-to-end encryption, chat and file sharing software (download page) (download link)
- Pidgin.im - Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log into accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously (download page) (download link)
Image Editing:
- Gimp - Image Editor (download page) (download link)
- ImageMagick - (download page) (download x64 mac OS Linux) - Use ImageMagick® to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats (over 200) including PNG, JPEG, GIF, HEIC, TIFF, DPX, EXR, WebP, Postscript, PDF, and SVG. Use ImageMagick to resize, flip, mirror, rotate, distort, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.
Financial Software:
- Quickbooks (quickbooks online) (download page)
- TD Ameriotrade ThinkOrSwimx32 ThinkOrSwimx64 (download page) (download link x64)
- tradingview.com - Real-time data and browser-based charts, no installations or complex setups
- marketspy.net - effective and highly reliable trend analysis package that can be used to trade any markets
- FRED Add-In for Microsoft® Excel® (zip) (download page) (installation instructions) (update instructions)
Safety Software:
- Sandboxie - Sandbox environment for software and browser
Web Tools:
- Visualping.io - sends you an email when a web page changes
Remote Control Software:
- tightvnc (download page) (download link x32) (download link x64)
- TeamViewer (download page) (download link)
- Remote Assistant MSP360 Remote Assistant MSP360 - macOS (download page)
- Connect (Managed) (unattended remote access)
Malware Software:
- Avira - robust anti-virus software for freemium or $84/year (download page) (download link)
- JRT - One-shot kill
- RKill - Free One-shot kill (download page) (download link)
- TronScript 600MB - large complex anti-malware, anti-ransomware software script
(download page) (download link) - Untrusted Font Blocking - Local Policy Change - prevents attacks through malicious fonts - super restrictive - for highest security
Cleaning Software:
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Backup Software: Cloud Storage: Connectivity: Networking: Remote Control Software: File Transmission:
FTP:
Windows Tools: Hard Drives: Application Corruption and Removal: Maximum Memory Allocation Scan: Upgrades: Virtualization: Resources: Power Tools: Windows:
Web Tools: Web Development Tools: Miscellaneous Web Tools: Web-Based Accessibility checkers: Mockups/WireFrames CSS Tools: Browser Extensions for Web Developers: Analytics: Authentication: Web Frameworks: JavaScript Libraries & Frameworks: CSS Frameworks: References:
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on your WordPress website
7GUIs - by Brad Woods
Programming Tools: IDE Tools: Miscellaneous Tools: Coding Tools: Video Game Development: Video Game Miscellaneous Tools: 3D Modeling and Printing: CAD:
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
Resources: AWS - services explained in one line each
Media Tools:
- Defeating a Laptop's BIOS Password
https://github.com/skysafe/reblog/blob/master/0000-defeating-a-laptops-bios-password/README.md
Tools:
mobile-number@message.Alltel.com; mobile-number@text.wireless.alltel.com; number@mms.alltel.net (MMS); mobile-number@txt.att.net (SMS); mobile-number@mms.att.net (MMS); mobile-number@cingularme.com; mobile-number@mobile.mycingular.com; mobile-number@myboostmobile.com; mobile-number@sms.mycricket.com (SMS); mobile-number@mms.mycricket.com (MMS); mobile-number@mymetropcs.com; mobile-number@messaging.sprintpcs.com SMS); mobile-number@pm.sprint.com (MMS); mobile-number@page.nextel.com (SMS); mobile-number@messaging.nextel.com (Rich Messaging); mobile-number@VTEXT.COM (SMS); mobile-number@mypixmessages.com (MMS); mobile-number@tmomail.net (MMS); mobile-number@email.uscc.net (SMS); mobile-number@mms.uscc.net (MMS); mobile-number@vtext.com (SMS); mobile-number@vzwpix.com (MMS); mobile-number@vmobl.com (SMS); mobile-number@vmpix.com (MMS)
Communications:
macOS & iPhone Tools: OS & Hardware:
- Mono Framework - Cross-platform, open-source .NET framework
- supertag - a tag-based file system, written in Rust, that provides a unique view of your files by removing the hierarchy constraints typically imposed on files and folders. In other words, it allows you to think about your files not as objects stored in folders, but as objects that can be filtered by folders.
Anti-Virus: Apps: Virtualization: Maestro Scripts: Power Tools: Cloud Storage: iOS: Apps: Linux Tools: OS & Hardware: Virtualization: Resources: Scripts: Cloud Storage: Tweaks: Data Recovery: Marketing Virility & Business: Hackables: Paid Subscriptions:scanimage
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