January 5, 2010
Free Portable Apps for Students On-The-Go
What’s a portable app? A portable app is lightweight software that you can take with you on a portable device such as a USB flash drive or an iPod and use them on any computer. Portable apps can include: web browsers (so you can take your bookmarks with you), e-mail, instant messengers, anti-virus utilities, word processors, calendars, to-do lists, and more. Portable apps can also be useful to help you keep your personal information secure. The following is a list of some free useful portable apps. Clicking on the links below will take you to where you can download these portable applications onto your USB flash drive, iPod or other portable device for free.
Portable “All-in-one” Suites
PortableApps.com Suite – web browser, e-mail, calendar, tasks, antivirus, IM, word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, database utility, drawing, as well as other useful applications.
LiberKey – multimedia, file management, web browser, e-mail, networking, secuirty, system utility applications, etc.
Portable Office Apps
Abiword Portable – word processor
OpenOffice.org Portable – word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, draw, database utility
Softmaker Office 2006 – word processor, spreadsheet
DIA portable – diagrams, flowcharts
Sumatra PDF Portable – PDF viewer
Foxit PDF Reader – PDF viewer
Notepad++ – text editor
Web Browsers
Chrome Portable – Google Chrome browser
Firefox Portable – Mozilla Firefox browser
Opera Portable – Opera browser
Multimedia/Web Design
VLC Portable – media player
Audacity – audio editor
Photoscape – image editor
GIMP Portable – image editor
ArtWeaver – image editor
Web Design Toy – web design
Anim8or – 3D creation, animation
XBlender – 3D creation, animation
RSS Readers
FeedReader – RSS feed aggregator
Great News – RSS feed aggregator
Communication
Seamonkey – browser, e-mail, newsgroups, instant messenger
Thunderbird – e-mail, address book
Skype – phone, video calling, audio conferencing, instant messenger
Utilities
7-Zip – zip compression
Real VNC – remote PC access
gDisk – turns Gmail into a portable hard drive
Convert – unit of measurement conversion
ClamWin Portable – antivirus
Dr. WebCureIt – antivirus
SpeQ Mathematics – calculator
KeePass Password Safe Portable – password manager
Screen Clipper – screenshot capture
Lightscreen Portable – screenshot capture
Organization
Ditto – clipboard manager
Pnotes Portable – sticky notes
Cinta Notes – note manager
Sunbird – calendar, task manager
ToDoList – task manager
Finance
RQ Money – personal finance manager
Gnu Cash Portable – personal finance manager
Money Manager Ex – personal finance manager
Are there other helpful portable applications that you’ve used that you didn’t see on the list? Feel free to list them in the comments so others can discover and use them.
Note: These applications were not developed by HigherEdUtah. They were developed by private entities. If you are experiencing problems or have any questions about the applications, please contact the software developer directly.
Posted by: kpage
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