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Freeware is copyrighted software that is given away for free by its author. When using this freeware, it's important to remember that although it is available for free, the author retains the copyright. This means that you cannot do anything with it unless expressly allowed by the author. Usually this means the author allows people to use the software, but they cannot sell it.
This is a listing of the more well-known sites that are offering either the freeware programs themselves, or provide links to the sites with the freeware. You will finds hundreds of freeware programs on these sites. These are not the only sites that provide freeware, but only a sampling of the more popular ones. You can find more sites by doing a search using the keywords freeware or free software.
Tucows Downloads
Download freeware and shareware from one of the largest software download site. Some of the areas where you will find freeware, shareware and demos are:
- Windows
- Macintosh
- Linux
- PDAs
- Mobile/cellular devices. Download the following types of freeware:
- screen savers
- desktop themes
- utilities
- browsers
- games
Freeware Home
Collection of free software and Internet services. Some of the categories where you can download freeware:
- Business
- Desktop
- Education
- Games
- Graphics
- Hobby
- Internet
- Programming
- Utilities
Kids Freeware
Free software for kids. Freeware is grouped into the following categories:
- Fun
- Computers and web
- School
- A section for parents
SnapFiles
Hundreds software programs from possibly the largest collection of free software. Categories of freeware includes the following:
- Browser tools
- Communication tools
- Download tools
- E-mail tools graphics tools
- Multimedia tools
- Security-privacy tools
- Web authoring tools
- System utilities
About.com - Freeware
You will find freeware in the following categories:
- Business
- Finance tools
- Mac business tools
- Pims
- Presentation programs
- Utility programs
- Computers
- File Tools
- Graphics Tools
- Peformance Tools
- Games
- Action
- Arcade
- Board Card
- Puzzles
- Simulation
- Sports
- Strategy
- Internet Utilities
- Browser Tools
- Chat and communications tools
- Email
This is a list of a few of the more popular types of freeware. This is not an all-inclusive list, and if you have any suggestions of freeware you think should be added to this list, contact me, and I'll guess them out.
HTML Editors / Web Page Creation
- 1st Page (HTML Editor)
A full featured HTML editor with many of the standard features that come in the ones you pay for.
- Cool Page (Web Authoring)
Here's a slick editor with many powerful features (Version 2.0 is actually freeware not a trial as the site indicates.)
- WebEdit
More than most free applications, WebEdit is a full HTML and Text Editor with great features like built in FTP, table creator, spell checker and more.
Graphic Tools
- ImageForge (Basic)
This one acts like one of the more powerful graphics programs: painting tools, special effects filters.
- btnMaker
A small and simple program that will have you making stunning buttons in no time.
- Buttonz & Tilez
Making web page buttons and fractal images is a snap with this package.
Games
- Arcade
Arcade Games like BlasterBall, Chompsters, Gem Master, Marble Crazy, Wario Land and many more.
- Board
Board Games include Chess, Othello, Monopoly, Backgammon, Yahtzee and many more.
- Card
Card Games include different types of solitaire such as Klondike, Freecell and others, spades, hearts, and NetRummy.
- Puzzle and Logic
These games include CubeMaster, The Big Memory Game, MatchIt, Shuffle Pot and many more.