System Tools
System Tools, Hardware Tools, Windows ISOs, Customization
System Tools
WARNING
It's not recommended to use debloaters unless you know what you're doing. Always research first, never just "Apply All" randomly.
- Awesome Windows 11 - Windows 11 Resources
- PC-Optimization-Hub - System Optimization Resources
- ️ Gaming Optimization
- PowerToys - System Tools / Search / Plugins /
- Sysinternals - Advanced System Tools
- SuperF4 / or FKill - Process Killers
- CPU-Z, winfetch, CPU Fetch, Glow or GPU-Z - System Info Tools
- Bulk Crap Uninstaller / , Revo Uninstaller or GeekUninstaller - Bulk Uninstallation Tools
- NanaRun - System Admin Tools
- BleachBit - Clean System Storage /
- PolicyPlus - Local Group Policy Editor
- GhostBuster or Device Cleanup Tool - Remove Non-Present Devices
- Should I Remove It? - Program Removal Guide
- CoreTemp - Process Monitor
- Why Is This Running? - Process Tracing / Debugging
- nyrna - Suspend Apps / Games /
- ThrottleStop - Laptop CPU Monitor / Optimizer
- RegExp, RegScanner, ripgrep-all or Registry-Finder - Registry Explorers / Scanners
- Winbindex - Windows System Files / Binaries /
- OfflineInsiderEnroll, 2, 3 - Enable Windows Insider without Account
- Rhasspy - Voice Assistant
- OpenRecall or Windrecorder - Memory Search App / System Recorders
- Time.is - Check Accuracy of System Clock
- LenovoLegionToolkit - Lenovo Vantage + Hotkeys Replacement for Lenovo Legion Laptops
- ASUS G-Helper - Armoury Crate Replacement for ASUS Laptops
- PreySense - Armoury Crate Replacement for Acer Predator Laptops
System Tweaks
- Windhawk / / , MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks or Winaero / 2 - System Tweaking Tools /
- StartAllBack - Tweaked Start Menu & Taskbar / Windows 11 / Fix
- EverythingToolbar - Everything Search in Taskbar
- Open Shell / Customizable Skin or StartIsBack / Fix - Classic Start Menus
- EarTrumpet / , Volumey or Volume2 - Tweaked Volume Mixer
- AltSnap - Tweaked Windows Dragging
- Edge-Uninstall - Microsoft Edge Removal Script
- BatUtil / 2 / 3 or TechNet-Gallery - System Scripts
- Wintoys - System App Tweaking
- Wox, Listary, Raycast / FMHY Search, Flow Launcher / FMHY Search, Ueli / - Keystroke / App Launchers
- Kando - App Launcher / Pie Menu / /
- Cerebro App - Tweaked System Navigation / Github
- SmartSystemMenu - Tweaked System Menu
- Shell / or RCWM - Tweaked / Custom Context Menus
- Explorer Tab Utility - Improved / Tweaked File Explorers
- Quick Access Popup - File Manager
- Spencer - Classic Start Menu
- yasb - Tweaked Taskbar
- Taskbar Tweaker - Taskbar Advanced Features / Win 10 /
- AppGroup - Create Taskbar App Groups / Folders
- RBTray - Minimize any App to Tray
- Taskbar Hide - Easily Hide / Show Taskbar
- QuickLook - macOS Quick Look for Windows / Scan Note
- MSEdgeRedirect - Redirect Microsoft Edge
- TopNotify - Move Windows Notifications
Package Managers
- WinGet - CLI Package Manager / Browse / Manifest Creator / Auto Update /
- UniGetUI - GUI for Popular Package Managers /
- Scoop - Portable Package Manager /
- sfsu or hok - Fast Scoop Utilities
- Chocolatey - Package Manager / GUI /
- RuckZuck - Package Manager
- RepoHub - Package Manager / Web-Based
- Topgrade - CLI Package Manager
- Silent Install - Build Multi-Program Installers
- 0Install - Decentralized Cross-Platform Package Manager
- portableapps - Package Manager for Portable Apps
- Baulk - Minimalist Package Manager
- NirLauncher - Portable Package Manager for NirSoft Utilities
- bin - Binary Manager
Task Automation
- AutoHotkey / Resources / /
- Scheduler, FluentTaskScheduler or TaskRunner - System Task Scheduler
- AutoIt / Resources
- Tinytask
- sikulix
- ChoEazyCopy
- MacroRecorder
- Organize - Automated File Manager /
Terminal / CLI
- Awesome TUI - TUI App Index /
- Awesome Terminals - Terminal Emulator List
- terminals-are-sexy - Terminal Resources
- Awesome CLI Apps or Command Line Tools - Command Line Resources
- ss64 - Command Line Reference Index
- Windows Terminal / 2, Tabby / , MobaXterm or WezTerm / - Windows Terminal Emulators
- psmux (Windows Tmux) / or Zellij / - Terminal Multiplexers
- PowerShell - Microsoft PowerShell / , macOS
- BusyBox - Unix Commands for Windows / /
- Clink - Command Line Editing
- Nushell - Alt Shell /
- procs - ps (Process Status) Replacement
- Tiny Care Terminal or WTF / - Terminal Dashboards
- Command Challenge - Command Line Learning
- Mintty - Cygwin Terminal Emulator
- GetDNote - Command Line Notebook
- LeanandMean - Powershell Snippets / Use with Caution
- PowerShell Scripts, PowershellGallery or WindowsPowerShell - Shell Scripts
Remote Desktop
- Parsec / , macOS / / / Note
- RustDesk / , macOS / / /
- Aspia / , macOS / /
- Sunshine or Apollo - Remote Server for Moonlight / , macOS / /
- Moonlight or Artemis (android) - Gaming Remote Desktop Client / , macOS / /
- Kasm - Container Streaming Platform / Resource Intensive / /
- HopToDesk / , macOS /
- CoScreen / , macOS
- DWS / , macOS
- Remote Desktop Connection - Built Into Windows / / Note
- Remotly /
- Bananas / , macOS / /
- ChromeRemoteDesktop - Browser
- InputDirector - Multi-Computer Client /
- Mouse Without Borders - Multi-Computer Client /
- Screensy - Web-Based /
- Screego - Web-Based /
- Screen-Sharing - Web-Based /
- TigerVNC - VNC Client / /
- TightVNC - VNC Client
- noVNC - JavaScript VNC Client /
Clipboard Managers
- Ditto / /
- PasteBar / , macOS /
- CrossPaste / , macOS /
- UniClipboard - Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS /
- ArsClip /
- ClipAngel /
- CopyQ / , macOS / - Clipboard Manager with Editing and Scripting Features
- MultiClipBoardSlots - Extend Clipboard by 10 Memory Slots /
Window Managers
- GlazeWM - Tiling Window Manager
- Komorebi - Tiling Window Manager
- WorkSpacer - Tiling Window Manager /
- Seelen UI - Tiling Window Manager /
- Whim - Pluggable Dynamic Window Manager
- DWM - Port of X11 dwm to Windows
Virtual Machines
- Awesome Web Desktops or Simone's Computer - Browser Operating Systems / VMs
- Virtual OS Museum - Multi Virtual Machine Compilation (1700+)
- ️ Emulators on Android
- VMware Workstation - Virtual Machine / macOS VM
- QEMU - Virtual Machine / Use w/ Virt-Manager or Vagrantup / Docker Container /
- VirtualBox - Virtual Machine /
- Virt-Manager / or Vagrantup / - Virtual Machine Managers
- Looking Glass - Kernel-Based Virtual Machine for VGA PCI Pass-Through /
- Hyper-V - Virtual Machine
- Denodo Test - Virtual Machine
- OSBoxes - Preinstalled Virtual Machine
- JSLinux - Online Linux Virtual Machines
- QuickEmu or Dexpot - Virtual Machine Creator
- WSL - Run Linux on Windows / Resources / Startup Launcher / Wayland / X Server /
- Dockur - Run Windows / macOS in Docker Containers
- Virtual x86 - x86-compatible OS Emulators
- PCjs Machines - Classic Computer Emulators
- InfiniteMac - Apple OS Emulators
- winevdm - 16-bit Windows on 64-bit Systems
- Blink - Linux Emulator for Windows
- Dockerholics - Docker Apps
Hackintosh
TIP
Generating a unique SMBIOS is crucial for Apple services like iMessage and iCloud to function properly. Keep in mind macOS Tahoe 27 will be the last working version on x86_64 hardware.
- Hackintosh / / - Hackintosh Building Guides
- Dortania - Hackintosh Installation Guide
- Hackmate - Hackintosh Bootable USB Automation
- OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher - macOS on Unsupported Hardware
- OneClick-macOS - macOS VM with QEMU
- Emaculation - Virtual macOS Environments
- Hackintosh Tools
Hardware Tools
- ️ PC Building / Shopping
- PSU Calculator - Find Compatible Power Supplies
- DeviceTests - Multiple Device Tests
- NotCPUCores, BES, ParkControl, QuickCPU or Process Lasso - CPU Optimizer
- Ozone3D, UNIGINE Benchmarks or OCCT - System Benchmarking
- Testmem5 - Memory Benchmarking
- SilverBench - In-Browser CPU Stress Test
- MemTest or RAMMap - Memory Diagnostic Tools / Usage Trackers
- SDIO, Drivers Collection, Driverscape or DriverStoreExplorer - Update / Install Missing Drivers /
- VOGONS Drivers - Vintage Computer Hardware Forum / Forums
- PCI Lookup - PCI Vendor ID Lookup
Hardware Monitors
- HWiNFO - System Info & Monitoring /
- Traffic Monitor - Network & Hardware Monitor / Use Lite Version /
- HWMonitor - Hardware Monitor /
- BatteryMode - System Tray Battery Percentage / Managers / /
- fastfetch - Command Line System Info & Monitoring / , macOS
- btop4win - System Info & Monitoring /
- NeoHtop or NeoHtop-cli - Task Manager Alt / , macOS
- Task Manager DeLuxe, TaskSlinger, AppControl / or System Informer / - Task Manager Alts /
- Libre Hardware Monitor - Updated Fork of Open Hardware Monitor /
- FanControl / or FanCtrl - PC Fan Controllers /
- bottom / or Glances / - Terminal Hardware Monitors / , macOS
GPU Tools
- NVTOP - GPU / Accelerator Process Monitor
- NVCleanstall or NVSlimmer - NVIDIA Driver Packages
- Display Driver Uninstaller, 2 - Display Driver Removal Tool /
- TinyNvidiaUpdateChecker - NVIDIA GPU Update Checker
- nvidiaProfileInspector or NvidiaProfileInspectorRevamped - Modify / View Hidden NVIDIA Settings / Guide
- RadeonSoftwareSlimmer - Debloat AMD Drivers
- R.ID - AMD 3rd Party Drivers /
- PresentMon - GPU Benchmarking
- Universal x86 Tuning Utility - Laptop GPU Controller /
- RyzenAdj - Ryzen Laptop GPU Controller
Disk Tools
- Awesome Storage - File Storage Resources
- Awesome DataHoarding - Data Hoarding Resources
- WizTree, TreeSize or WinDirStat / - Disk Usage Analyzers
- CrystalDiskMark or CCISOBench - Disk Benchmarking Tools
- GParted / , MiniTool Partition Wizard (Search) or AOMEI Partition Assistant / Features (search) - Partition Managers
- Validrive - Check True Storage Size of USB Devices
- TrueNAS - Storage System
- QDirStat - Directory Statistics
- CrystalDiskInfo / , Scrutiny, GSmartControl / or smartmontools - Drive Diagnostics
- Macrorit Partition Expert - Disk Usage Analyzer
- Diskovery - Disk Usage Analyzer
- Gdu or dua - Disk Usage Analyzer with Parallel Processing
- Erdtree - Cross-Platform Disk Usage Analyzer
- PC Manager - Disk Managers / Cleanup
- Air Live Drive - Mount Cloud Drives as Local Disks
- SFTPDrive - Mount SFTP Servers as Local Disks
Monitor Tools
- DisplayFusion or Dual Monitor Tool - Dual Monitor Tools
- f.lux, LightBulb or ScreenTemperature - Auto-Adjust Display Color / Temperature
- Monitorian, Twinkle Tray / or Dimmer - Adjust Monitor Brightness
- EIZO, Monitor or LCDTech - Monitor Performance Tests
- TestUFO - Monitor Framerate Test
- LittleBigMouse - DPI Test
- Scalizer - Auto DPI Scaling / YouTube
- Display Calc - Display Distance / Dimension Calculator
- Multi-Monitor Calculator - Dual-Monitor Setup Planning / Tests
- Wide Gamut - Color Compatibility Test
- ICC Profiles Guide - Guide for Finding ICC Profiles
- novideo_srgb - Restrict NVIDIA GPUs to sRGB / Prevent Oversaturation
- Dead.Pixel - Dead Pixel Test
- JScreenFix - Repair Stuck Pixels
- CenterOfMyScreen - Find Center of Monitor
- ShowDesktopOneMonitor - Show Desktop for Only One Monitor
- Virtual Display Driver - Virtual Display Driver
- Deskreen / or SpaceDesk - Use Mobile Device as Monitor
- ShaderGlass - Custom Screen Shaders
- DaltonLens or Toptal - Color Blindness Filters
- NVDA - Screen Reader for Blind Users /
Mouse / Keyboard
- r/MechanicalKeyboards Wiki - Mechanical Keyboard Resources
- Keebfolio - Mechanical Keyboard Project Index /
- KeyCombiner or Use The Keyboard - Hotkey Cheatsheets
- VIA / , SharpKeys, Kanata, keymapper, Mahou - Custom Keyboard Layouts / Remapping
- geekhack or KeebTalk - Keyboard Forums
- Ergogen - Design / Make Ergonomic Keyboards
- Keyboard Tester or Key Test - Keyboard Testers
- HotkeyP or CheatKeys - Hotkey Remapping
- Mouse Tester - Mouse Testing Tools
- X-Mouse Button Control - Re-Map Mouse Buttons / Scroll Wheel
- MoveMouse or MouseJiggler - Simulate User Activity
- Raw Accel - Mouse Acceleration Tool
- StrokeIt - Mouse Gestures
- Espanso - Typing Shortcuts /
- win-vind - Vim Style Keybindings for Windows
- Vial - Custom Keyboard Config Tool
- KeyViz - Keystroke Visualizer
- WhatPulse - Mouse / Keyboard Usage Analyzer
- Kmonad - Keyboard Manager
- Deskhop - Quickly Switch Devices between Computers
- Deskflow - Mouse + Keyboard Sharing
- Is this good? - Custom Keyboard Guides
- DreyMaR's - Keyboard Tips and Resources
- KDB - Mechanical Keyboard Building Guides
- Cosmos - Create Custom Keyboards
- Keyboard Simulator - Design & Test Virtual Keyboards
System Audio
- Equalizer APO, 2 / GUI / 7.1 Surround / Dolby Access / or FXSound - Audio Equalizers
- AutoEQ or PEQdB - Create Custom Equalizer Presets /
- AudioRelay / Mobile (search), SnapCast or SonoBus - Sync Audio Input/Output between Devices
- IEM EQ Guide - In-Ear Monitor Equalizer Guide
- VoiceMeeter - Audio Mixers / Multi-Device Playback / Banana
- SteelSeries Sonar or noise-suppression-for-voice - Noise Cancelling Software
- SoundSwitch - Switch Audio Device with Hotkey /
- Audiocheck - Audio Tests
- SonyHeadphonesClient - Sony Headphones Clone
- VB-Audio - Virtual Audio Cable / Select Download on Homepage / Donation is Optional
- LowAudioLatency - Reduce Audio Latency
- DigitalFeed - Lossless Audio Sound System Test
- Online Mic Test or Check Mic - Mic Test
- Sound Meter or REW - Measure Surrounding Sound Level
- AirPods Dirty Secret - AirPods Repair Directory
Windows ISOs
- Windows Install / Debloat Guide
- Genuine Installation Media - Windows ISOs / Clean Install Guide /
- files.rg-adguard or MVS dump - Verify ISO Legitimacy
- OS.click - Windows ISOs
- MyDigitalLife - Windows ISOs / Forums
- Microsoft SD - Windows ISOs / Official Site
- Old School OS, OS Vault, VETUSWARE or WinWorldPC - Oldschool ISOs
- Fido - ISO Powershell Script
- NetBoot - iPXE Network Boot
- MrChromebox, Chrultrabook or CoolStar - Install Windows / Linux on Chromebook
USB / Bootloaders
- Rufus - Create Bootable USB Drives /
- MediaCreationTool - Windows Deployment Automation
- USBTreeView - USB Device Tree Viewer
- CloverBootloader - Bootloaders / Config
- EtchDroid / or Ventoid - Create Bootable USB Drives via Android
- Grub2Win - Windows > Linux Dual-Booting Tool
Windows Activation
- MAS - Windows & Office Activation /
- OfficeRTool - Office Activation / Offline
Windows Updates
- Windows 10 After EOL - Receive Windows Updates After Win10's End-Of-Life /
- ChangeWindows - Latest Windows Update Info
- VCRedist, 2, 3 - AIO Repack for Microsoft Visual C++ Redists
- LegacyUpdate - Fix Windows Updates for Legacy Editions / /
- WURefresh - Reset Windows Update Components
- UUP Dump or Microsoft Update Catalog - Download Previous Windows Updates
- PC Health Check or WhyNotWin11 - Identify why your PC isn't Ready for Windows 11
- FlashMyBoard - Receive Motherboard Update Notifications
Windows Repair
- MagNumDB, ErrorLookup or Microsoft Error Lookup - Windows Debugging Tools
- Troubleshooting Flowcharts - PC Troubleshooting Flowcharts
- Medicat / , SergeiStrelec, PhoenixPE or Hiren's BootCD PE - WinPE / Recovery Toolkits
- r/TechSupport / Wiki - Tech Support Subreddit /
- Hardforum, TechGuy, Eleven Forums or Ten Forums - Tech Support Forums
Customization
- Windows-Ricing, Frutiger Aero Archive or Heliohost Guide - Windows Customization Resources
- Rainmeter / or Seelen UI / - Desktop Customization Environments
- OpenRGB, WLED, Aurora, LiquidCTL, Artemis or FireLight - RGB Lighting Control
- VSThemes, WindowsCustomization or 7Themes - Theme Indexes
- Styled Themes - Anime / Modern Style / macOS Style / Old School Style, 2
- VirtualCustoms, WinClassic or winthemers - Customization Communities
- Desktops - Customization Showcases
- ExplorerPatcher - Win 10 Style Customization App for Win 11
- SecureUxTheme or UltraUXThemePatcher - UX Patcher
- MechvibesDX or MechaKeys - Keyboard Sound Effects
- ElectricSheep or After Dark CSS - Screensavers
- Wallpapers Clan, FolderMarker, Flaired Folder or CustomFolder - Custom Folder Icons
- Recycle Bin Themes - Custom Recycle Bin Icons
- msstyleEditor - Visual Style Editor
- Taskbar Tweaker, TranslucentTB / , NiceTaskbar - Taskbar Customization / Old School Style
- Sweezy Cursors - Custom Animated Cursors / Requires no Extension
- AccentColorizer - Accent Color Customization
- BeautySearch - Search Customization
- ElevenClock - Clock Customization
- HackBGRT - Boot Logo Changer
- ExplorerBlurMica - File Explorer Effects
- QTTabBar - Windows File Explorer Enhancement
- WinSetView - Globally Set Explorer Folder Views /
- MicaForEveryone - Title Bar Effects
- FluentFlyout / (use github) or ModernFlyouts - Modernized Flyout Menus
- Alternative Windows Shells Wiki - Alt Windows Shells
- Aerial - Apple TV Screensaver
- ExcelDarkThemeFix - Fix Excel on Themed Windows
- MacType - Use Mac Fonts on Windows /
App Themes
- Catppuccin - Custom App Theme /
- Dracula - Custom App Theme /
- Rosé Pine - Custom App Theme /
- Aura Theme - Custom App Theme
- theme.park - Custom App Theme
- Solarized - Custom App Theme /
- gruvbox - Custom App Theme /
- Flexoki - Custom App Theme /
- Totally Awesome List - Old School App Themes
- Pokemon Terminal - Pokémon Terminal Themes
- Traffic Monitor - System Monitor Themes
- terminal.sexy, TerminalSplash or WindowsTerminalThemes - Terminal Themes
Wallpapers
- WallSync, 2 - Wallpaper Site Index /
- wallhaven.cc - Search Wallpapers / Some NSFW / Downloader
- Wallpaper Abyss - Search Wallpapers
- WallWidgy / , Simple Desktops or Minimalistic Wallpaper - Minimalist Wallpapers
- Studio Ghibli Wallpapers - Studio Ghibli Wallpapers
- LWP, DesktopHut / , r/LivingBackgrounds, WALLegend or MoeWalls - Live Wallpapers
- WallpaperCave - Search Wallpapers
- WallsCloud - Search Wallpapers
- WallpapersCraft - Search Wallpapers
- WallBrowser - Search Wallpapers
- VSThemes - Search Wallpapers
- Wallpapers Clan - Search Wallpapers
- r/Wallpaper - Wallpapers Subreddit
- r/WallpaperRequests - Wallpaper Request Subreddit
- Frutiger Aero Archive - 2000s Style Wallpapers
- Basic Apple Guy / 2 - Apple Wallpaper Interpretations
- Kawaii Hoshi - Cute Wallpapers
- DualMonitorBackgrounds - Dual Monitor Wallpapers
- CoolBackgrounds - Customizable Wallpapers
- Aesthetic Wallpapers - Aesthetic Wallpapers
- Xbox Wallpapers - Xbox Wallpapers
- Anime Pictures, WallpaperWaifu or MyLiveWallpapers - Anime Wallpapers
- WallsPic, WallpaperFlare, HDQwalls or UHD Wallpaper - Misc Wallpapers
- G_Walls - Telegram Wallpaper Channels
- Engine Workshop File - Wallpaper Engine Wallpapers
Wallpaper Tools
- Wallpaper Engine / 2 (search) - Wallpaper / Live Wallpaper Manager
- Wallpaper Engine Tools - PKG to Zip / Collections, 2
- Lively / or ScreenPlay - Live Wallpaper Manager
- backiee - Wallpaper Manager
- wallhaven-desktop - Wallhaven Wallpaper Manager
- SuperPaper - Cross-Platform Multi-Monitor Wallpaper Manager
- Background Switcher, WinDynamicDesktop or Dynamic Theme - Auto Change Wallpaper
- AutoWall - Turn Videos / GIFs to Live Wallpapers
- Awesome Wallpaper - Show System Information on Wallpaper
- GoWall - Wallpaper Color Scheme Converter