🛠️ Tools

Here are some of the essential tools I use regularly

Inspired by Scott Hanselman's 2021 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

⌨️ AutoHotKey

The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows.

🎥 OBS Studio

Video recording and live streaming software.

📖 Sumatra PDF

A lightweight PDF and eBook reader.

📦 7-Zip

A free and open-source file archiver.

🖼️ Bing Wallpaper

Daily changing wallpapers for your desktop.

🖥️ Visual Studio Code

A powerful and lightweight source code editor.

🐙 Git

A distributed version control system.

🔑 KeePass

A free open-source password manager.

🎼 foobar2000

An advanced audio player for Windows.

⌨️ carnac

A keyboard utility for all your Windows presentation needs.

📊 draw.io

It has everything you expect from a professional diagramming tool.

🔄 FreeFileSync

A folder comparison and synchronisation software that creates and manages backup copies of all your important files.

💻 Node.js

An asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime.

📝 Notepad++

A free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

📄 PDFsam Basic

Split, merge, rotate, mix and extract pages from PDF files.

PowerToys

Windows system utilities to maximise productivity.

🎮 Steam

The ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.

📺 VLC

A free and open-source cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

🧠 XMind 8

Popular and classic mind mapping tool for over a decade.

🔍 ZoomIt

A screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations.

💿 Daemon Tools Lite

The most personal application for disc imaging yet.

🛠️ GParted

A free partition manager that enables you to resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss.

📸 ShareX

Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool.

📢 RevealJS

An open-source HTML presentation framework.

🖥️ VMWare Workstation Player

It allows you to run a second, isolated operating system on a single PC.

💻🎧 Gadgets I use