List of notable software meeting the definition of freeware
Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost or for an optional fee,[ 1] but usually (although not necessarily) closed source with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software , which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the aim to expand the marketshare of a "premium" product. Popular examples of closed-source freeware include Adobe Reader , Free Studio and Skype . This is a list of notable software packages that meet the freeware definition.
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^ "Anim8or 0.95 Download" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (September 8, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Daz Studio" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
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^ "CPU-Z" . TechRadar . Retrieved May 13, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Mactracker" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (April 9, 2010). "Process Explorer" . CNET . Retrieved May 13, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (August 21, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Process Monitor" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Samurize" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (May 19, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Tweak UI" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "RivaTuner" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "Jeskola Buzz 1.2 Download" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Dembart, Lee (May 13, 2002). "the end user / A voice for the consumer : Freeware:Get it before it's gone" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (August 24, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Mp3tag" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (August 22, 2008). "Featured Freeware: CDBurnerXP" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (August 10, 2008). "Featured Freeware: ooVoo" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "XFire" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (September 29, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Yahoo Messenger" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Disc2Phone" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Russell, Dan (April 17, 2013). "B1 Free Archiver" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "FilZip" . CNET . February 27, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Byrd, Mike (December 11, 1990). "Data Compression: Is It All It Claims?" . PC Magazine .
^ "Archive: ZIP & RAR codieren" . Chip.de . April 3, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "How To Easily Unzip Files With ZipGenius" . Guiding Tech . February 4, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2014 – via Business Insider .
^ Humpa, Michael. "StuffIt Expander 2011 für Mac OS" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "Zipeg" . CNET . January 7, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ "Free Data Recovery Software" . TheWindowsClub . 9 September 2020.
^ Humpa, Michael. "AveDesk" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Kapsules" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (July 2, 2008). "Featured Freeware: RocketDock" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (September 22, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Core FTP Lite" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (September 6, 2008). "Featured Freeware: FlashGet" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ "Free Studio" . CNET . May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "WinMX" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Cohen, Joyce (September 5, 2002). "With a Single Click, a Vast E-Mail Harvest" . The New York Times . Retrieved June 5, 2009 .
^ "Top 20: Die beste Freeware für E-Mail-Schreiber" . Chip.de . October 6, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (June 23, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Xplorer2 Lite" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ "Solutions: Graphics ... Networking" . PC Magazine : 412. November 23, 1993.
^ Humpa, Michael. "Artweaver Free" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Cho, Eddie (March 7, 2013). "Pixia" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (April 19, 2008). "Featured Freeware: FastStone Image Viewer" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "IrfanView" . TechRadar . Retrieved May 13, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "JAlbum" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "XnView Komplett" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "GrabIt" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Lingoes" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (May 29, 2008). "Featured Freeware: FeedDemon and NetNewsWire" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "ProgDVB (32 Bit)" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "Xnews" . CNET . February 26, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Russell, Dan (July 11, 2013). "Should I Remove It" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ "UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition" . CNET . CBS Interactive. May 22, 2008. Retrieved June 15, 2011 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "UpdateStar" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (July 26, 2008). "Featured Freeware: ZSoft Uninstaller" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Ilascu, Ionut (February 7, 2009). "Any Video Converter" . Softpedia . Retrieved February 27, 2012 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Audiograbber" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Metz, Cade (May 4, 2005). "CD & DVD Burning" . PC Magazine . Retrieved May 5, 2010 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (July 25, 2008). "Featured Freeware: FormatFactory" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "Free Studio" . CNET . May 23, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "GSpot" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "AIMP" . CNET . Retrieved December 29, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "ALLPlayer" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "foobar2000" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Sonique" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (July 6, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Winamp" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Russell, Dan (October 4, 2012). "doPDF Free PDF Converter" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (April 14, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Foxit Reader" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (May 2, 2008). "Featured Freeware: PrimoPDF" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "Windows Essentials 16.4.3508 Download" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Nawrocki, Matthew (June 12, 2013). "Five apps for task automation" . Tech Republic . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Russell, Dan (May 11, 2014). "HxD Hex Editor" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Visual Studio Express 2013 für Windows" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (April 18, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Comodo Firewall Pro" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Jacobi, Jon L. (Jan 10, 2014). "HDDerase.exe review: Freeware utility securely erases drives the old-fashioned way" . PC World . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Dolcourt, Jessica (May 21, 2009). "Root out hidden infections with HijackThis" . CNET . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (May 13, 2008). "Featured Freeware: K9 Web Blocker" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Schofield, Jack (November 21, 2005). "SysInternals publishes Rootkit Revealer" . The Guardian . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ " 'Citizen Cop' reaches students - Times of India" . Archived from the original on 2014-01-09.
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (May 9, 2008). "Featured Freeware: Avast" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (April 28, 2008). "Featured Freeware: AVG Free 8.0" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "Hallo Northern Sky (HNSKY)" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "10 Best Free Physics Simulation Software for Windows" . Retrieved 2020-04-05 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "VMware Player" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "AIDA32" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Cohen, Peter (May 31, 2001). "BBEdit Lite 6.1 released; freeware text editor for OS X" . Mac World . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Jitaru, Cristina (June 8, 2015). "Codelobster PHP Edition 5.6 released; freeware text editor for Windows" . Softpedia . Retrieved June 9, 2015 .
^ Wolking, Gregory A. (December 15, 1998). "RoboType 2: Say More, Type Less" . PC Magazine . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Humpa, Michael. "PSPad" . Chip.de . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "TED Notepad" . CNET . August 13, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ Ivan, Iulia (March 5, 2014). "TextWrangler 4.5.8 Build 3380" . Softpedia . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "Featured Freeware: Maxthon" . CNET . September 21, 2008. Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (April 5, 2008). "Featured Freeware: The Opera browser" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .
^ Rosenblatt, Seth (October 16, 2008). "Featured Freeware: SlimBrowser" . CNET . Retrieved May 14, 2014 .