Software

Below are links to various software I use. Software is free / open-source unless otherwise noted.

Unclassified

• draw.io - diagram / flow charting
• PlantUML plugin for Visual Studio Code (jebbs) - building sequence diagrams
• SimpleMind - Mind Mapping - $$$
• WinMerge - an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. Use for comparing both folders and files.

Cygwin - Additional components to install

• aria2 - Download utility for HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, BitTorrent and Metalink
• autossh
• openssh
• unzip
• vim
• zip

File Encryption

•  AES Crypt

File Management

• 7-Zip
• grepWin

File Sync

• SyncFolders - Synchronize or backup your files and folders

• Cyberduck - libre server and cloud storage browser

Database Clients

• HeidiSQL - client for MariaDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite

Disk Usage Utilities

• JDiskReport
• Filelight
• Space Sniffer
• WinDirStat

Graphics Editing

• paint.net
• the gimp

Network tools - clients

• MobaXterm - RDP/SSH/Telnet client - free / $$$
• NTRadPing - radius client
• PuTTY - SSH/Telnet client
• TightVNC - VNC client/server
• UltraVNC - VNC client/server
• WinSCP

Network tools - configuration

• Simple IP Config - Windows network interface configuration tool - eases changing interface IP address configurations

Network tools - packet capture

• Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 (archive)
• Wireshark - Packet capture software

Network tools - scanning

• Advanced IP Scanner
• Angry IP Scanner
• Nmap

Screen Capture / Annotation

• Greenshot
• ShareX - Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool

Text / Code Editors

• neovim - hyperextensible Vim-based text editor
  
• notepad++
  • notepadqq is a notepad++ like editor for the Linux desktop. 
• vim - a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient
• visidata - VisiData is an interactive multitool for tabular data (CSV included) written in Python
• Visual Studio Code
  

Markdown Editors

• Editor.md - Open source online Markdown editor for use in embedded JS applications
• Obsidian - Open source Evernote replacement you sync yourself
  • Better than Evernote without the syncing, not as good as Notion.so, but free
• Typora - Not FOSS, but inexpensive and really nice Markdown editor

Programming / Scripting

• Node.js
• Python
• rust

Video Capture and Editing

• DaVinci Resolve
• OBS
• OpenShot

VPN Clients

• OpenVPN Connect - Windows / macOS / Linux
• WireGuard

Windows Registry Tools

• Nirsoft RegistryChangesView

Windows Shell Add-Ons

• Nilesoft Shell - I've stopped using this due to certain issues.