Software Endorsements

[the_tepes]

I'm just here to endorse "TestDisk" - I am currently recovering almost 5tb data because I took an external HDD, connected it to my motherboard directly (making it intern) and then for some reason, the HDD didn't have any data on it or couldn't be read. Instead of being NTFS it was RAW and I couldn't access anything on it. TestDisk is free and pretty easy to use.

 

[BrieLarsonFan2004]

yt-dlp - Fork of yt-download. Command line program that will download video on almost any site absurdly well. I used to have to use websites like keepvid.to or savemedia.website to download video, but this is far fucking better. Once you are in the folder where the yt-dlp program is located (I keep mine in "Downloads," type the command 'yt-dlp <link> -f "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best" .' This will work on almost any fucking site you can think of with absurd accuracy, very very reliable and I'm pretty sure it will not even download duplicates of something if you've already downloaded it. Only one time this hasn't worked for me on a very obscure porn site (don't ask how I know).

ShareX - Best screenshot software I have ever used by far. Captures in what seems to be perfect quality. Zooms in and allows you to set the border at the exact pixel you want captured. Surprisingly fast, even on my 4k monitors. Very very reliable.

Handbrake - Video compression software. You can enter massive queues of videos and just run it overnight. Compresses videos very very fucking well by making the memory much smaller without any real loss in quality. What I do is I got to the video tab, I make the framerate constant and set it to "same as source," I make the encoder present slider "slow," and I set the quality to 24-22 depending on how much I care about the quality of the clip.

Irfanview - Very good Media player, pretty sure it works on Linux also. Absurdly customizable. Hard to explain, it's just really really fucking good and will work with almost any file type unlike the piece of fucking shit windows media player. Absolute must if you are a fellow winnigger because it is absurdly easy to use and customizable. Only downside I can think of is that webps don't work (I think), and webms will not have sound enabled. Made with the power of sheer concentrated German autism.

Imageye - Browser extension that allows you to download every image on a webpage. I've used it many time to save all the full-size images from entire 4chan threads in seconds. Extremely fast and very reliable. You can filter out different sizes and other things that you don't want downloaded, and if you're downloading 4chan threads then you have to set the size filter to exclude thumbnails. Very good for archival purposes, I'm sure. Link is for the chrome extension that is also used on Brave. You'll have to get the Firefox version if you use Firefox or Librewolf.

GoFullPage - Another browser extension that will screencap an entire webpage from top to bottom and turn it into a png or pdf. Will separate large pages into different sections, and if you're downloading a fucking massive page it might not work. Can be kind of slow and take up a lot of space on your computer. Link is for the chrome extension that is also used on Brave. You'll have to get the Firefox version if you use Firefox or Librewolf.

OBS - Best I've used for screen recording. Also seems to capture perfect quality on my 4k monitors, but if you have it set to settings as high as me then it will use a shitload of memory. Definitely compress the video with handbrake after.

VLC - Basically perfect video player. Only gripe I have is that you can't go frame-by-frame very easily, like you can in Media Player Classic. I think you can press "e" and go a frame forward but there is no way to go a frame back. Also works on Linux.

Notepad++ - It's Notepad++, come on.

qbittorrent - Very good torrent software. I've used it for years and never had any reason to complain.

WebMConverter - Perfect for making 4chan webms that fit below size limit, if you even bother using the site anymore.

AutoClicker - Makes your cursor click at specified intervals or in an endless loop. Downloaded it when I was younger so I could spam in Roblox. If you want to delete your YouTube history, YouTube tries to make it so you can only delete one thing at a time, but if you use this autoclicker to click at 3-second intervals you can run that shit overnight and delete everything despite the Jewish obstacles.

 

[Flatline]

ShareX - Best screenshot software I have ever used by far. Captures in what seems to be perfect quality. Zooms in and allows you to set the border at the exact pixel you want captured. Surprisingly fast, even on my 4k monitors. Very very reliable.

Flameshot is a good, cross-platform alternative.

GoFullPage - Another browser extension that will screencap an entire webpage from top to bottom and turn it into a png or pdf. Will separate large pages into different sections, and if you're downloading a fucking massive page it might not work. Can be kind of slow and take up a lot of space on your computer. Link is for the chrome extension that is also used on Brave. You'll have to get the Firefox version if you use Firefox or Librewolf.

Save Page is the Firefox alternative and doesn't have any premium bullshit.

 

[Snacker2]

With respect to the above, if all you need is browser screenshots then you can just press Ctrl + Shift + S to take partial or full page screenshots natively in Firefox.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole 2]

Irfanview - Very good Media player[NOOOO!], ... Only downside I can think of is that webps don't work (I think), and webms will not have sound enabled. Made with the power of sheer concentrated German autism.

Webp works with the plugin pack that is available on IV homepage.

What makes Irfanview great is that it can batch convert all those webp images into something else at the click of a button(the button is "B" on the keyboard). Among other things. It is a fantastic program.

 

[Premium Dog Food]

I am in need of a password manager recommendation.
Some retard IRL recommended me LastPass, and it took me 5 seconds to find out they have been breached so it's out of the question.
The alternatives I've found are Keepass (XC?) or Bitwarden, but I have no knowledge of their reputation.
My needs are: absolutely no cloud syncing or any cloud related bullshit. Shit has to stay local. Bonus points if I can back it up on another drive automatically.
I do not need nor want browser or other program integration, no automatic password fill or bullshit like that. It does not need to be convenient.
No registration required. I see that Bitwarden asks me to register, at least on the website.
The possibility to use something more than just a master password to access the password database. I have no idea how to set something like this on a local database.

 

[Lone Wandering Courier]

I use keepassxc and works pretty well. No cloud bullshit, it's all local.

 

[GreenTips]

I use keepassxc and works pretty well. No cloud bullshit, it's all local.

I use it as well with Syncthing to keep my database up to date across my phones, tablet, and PC. KePassDX on Android and KeePassXC on Windows.

 

[notafederalagent]

I use keepassxc and works pretty well. No cloud bullshit, it's all local.

It can also handle 2FA TOTP codes, which I didn't realize until way later than I should have.

 

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It can also handle 2FA TOTP codes, which I didn't realize until way later than I should have.

Regular KeePass can with several plugins, one of which supports Steam keys and shit as well.

https://github.com/Rookiestyle/KeePassOTP

 

[Miller]

yt-dlp - Fork of yt-download. Command line program that will download video on almost any site absurdly well. I used to have to use websites like keepvid.to or savemedia.website to download video, but this is far fucking better. Once you are in the folder where the yt-dlp program is located (I keep mine in "Downloads," type the command 'yt-dlp <link> -f "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best" .' This will work on almost any fucking site you can think of with absurd accuracy, very very reliable and I'm pretty sure it will not even download duplicates of something if you've already downloaded it. Only one time this hasn't worked for me on a very obscure porn site (don't ask how I know).

I think I just type "yt-dlp url" and it downloads with the best setting by default. As for the obscure websites, I know one that had to change its url for legal reasons and now you can't download with yt-dlp anymore.

VLC - Basically perfect video player. Only gripe I have is that you can't go frame-by-frame very easily, like you can in Media Player Classic. I think you can press "e" and go a frame forward but there is no way to go a frame back. Also works on Linux.

or MPV if you want a clean window with just the video. It is also quite customizable, there are a lot of guides out there including on their website.

 

[Flatline]

Ctrl + Shift + S to take partial or full page screenshots natively in Firefox

This is great. Native is always better than an extension.

 

[Druveer]

I'm getting a new pc for the first time since 2012 or so I'll be going from Windows 7 to 10 pro. Does anybody have any advice on stuff to put on my machine (or remove) to make it more secure or whatnot? And I know linux would be more secure but I'm not looking to learn a whole new os, I just want to be able to sure the web and play games/watch videos.

The pc is coming from NZXT if that helps any.

 

[Banana Hammock]

I'm getting a new pc for the first time since 2012 or so I'll be going from Windows 7 to 10 pro. Does anybody have any advice on stuff to put on my machine (or remove) to make it more secure or whatnot? And I know linux would be more secure but I'm not looking to learn a whole new os, I just want to be able to sure the web and play games/watch videos.

The pc is coming from NZXT if that helps any.

O&O ShutUp10++ – Free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

With the freeware O&O ShutUp10++, unwanted Windows 10 and 11 features can be disabled and the transfer of sensitive personal data onto Microsoft prevented.

www.oo-software.com

Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

Reborn of Classic Shell. Contribute to Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Also, assuming you haven't already bought it, I'd suggest just buying the parts (make sure everything is compatible; I'm sure someone on the site would be willing to help you with a parts list if you gave your budget) and paying someone from a PC repair shop to put it together for you (I'm assuming you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, which is why you're buying from NZXT).

 

[Druveer]

O&O ShutUp10++ – Free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11

With the freeware O&O ShutUp10++, unwanted Windows 10 and 11 features can be disabled and the transfer of sensitive personal data onto Microsoft prevented.

www.oo-software.com

Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

Reborn of Classic Shell. Contribute to Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Also, assuming you haven't already bought it, I'd suggest just buying the parts (make sure everything is compatible; I'm sure someone on the site would be willing to help you with a parts list if you gave your budget) and paying someone from a PC repair shop to put it together for you (I'm assuming you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, which is why you're buying from NZXT).

It'll be here tomorrow. Yeah I've replaced parts before, hell if I can I'll probably move one of my hdd from my old pc to the new one but building the whole thing myself is more than I'm looking to take on and well, doesn't come with a warranty. Thank you very much for the software!

 

[Flaming Dumpster]

GoFullPage - Another browser extension that will screencap an entire webpage from top to bottom and turn it into a png or pdf. Will separate large pages into different sections, and if you're downloading a fucking massive page it might not work. Can be kind of slow and take up a lot of space on your computer. Link is for the chrome extension that is also used on Brave. You'll have to get the Firefox version if you use Firefox or Librewolf.

This is actually a native feature in Firefox. If it doesn't show up in the context menu, check "extensions.screenshots.disabled" isn't set to true in about:config.

@JackoVerde made a retarded post about Firefox extensions and was directed here so here's my list based on the shit I run everyday:

• Auto Tab Discard - Really handy if you have shit loads of tabs as it basically auto sleeps them so they don't use shit loads of RAM or hog the CPU randomly
• Bitwarden - If you aren't using a password manager, just kill yourself
• Channel Blocker - You can use it to prevent channels from showing up in recommendations, search, etc. on YouTube. Pretty good for removing absolute garbage YouTubers that I'll never watch like Mr. Beast
• Container Proxy - This is a little esoteric but it basically lets you assign a SOCKS5 proxy to a container tab. This is super handy if you use Mullvad since you can reach any of their SOCKS5 proxies in any location once you have a tunnel established. This way I can conveniently hop to whatever country I want without even having to open another browser or fuck around reconnecting to the VPN.
• Cookie AutoDelete - Mops up cookies once you completely close out of a site. Pretty handy for automatically exercising some cookie hygiene and you can configure a whitelist or temporarily disable it whenever needed
• LibRedirect - This is a maintained fork of Privacy Redirect (after that author stopped giving a shit) and can redirect over a dozen different services to alternative frontends
• Return YouTube Dislike
• SoundFixer - This is a little widget that lets you boost the volume of videos up to 500%, pan audio left/right and down mix to mono. Really handy if you're a headphone user.
• SponsorBlock - Crowdsourced sponsor segments on videos so you can automatically skip the Raid: Shadow Legends sponsorships
• YCS - YouTube Comment Search - It's a pretty helpful widget that basically crawls the comments, transcript and chat replay on videos. It makes it possible to search across all 3 very quickly and would be a proper super weapon in the hands of some forum users. I would recommend disabling auto loading though as it is a CPU hog when downloading comments.
• Youtube-shorts block - Simple extension that redirects you from the cancerous YouTube shorts page back to a regular watch page

 

[BrieLarsonFan2004]

yt-dlp - Fork of yt-download. Command line program that will download video on almost any site absurdly well.

I've just found out that yt-dlp works for downloading SoundCloud tracks as well.
Seems like it can be used for downloading a lot of different types of media, not just video.

 

[gleeknar]

• OpenTabletDriver - Exactly what the name says. It's an open source driver that supports most tablets and allows you to customise the area and other such things. Used a lot by osu! players but is also for drawfags.
• Tabliss - Browser extension that allows you to customise your new tab page a lot and make it look pretty nice. Works on Firefox and Chromium-based browsers.
• Godot - FOSS game engine. Uses its own language called GDScript, which is very similar to Python.
• PyCharm - Speaking of, this is an IDE made specifically for Python development. Community edition is FOSS.
• OnlyOffice - Free (& open source) office suite. I'd recommend this one to anyone switching from MS Office, because it looks very similar and supports .docx files. You can also run it in a web browser.

Linux software​

• Wine - I think most Linux users know what this is. Basically a tool that lets you run some Windows applications. I think this also works on macOS.
• ckb-next - This is an alternative to Corsair's iCUE application, which only runs on Windows. Lets you change the RGB lights and macros and such on a Corsair keyboard.
• Proton (Valve) - Not to be confused with the other Proton (Mail). This is a tool made for the Steam Deck to run Windows games but you can run it normally on Linux by enabling it in the Steam Play settings, assuming you have Steam installed. ProtonDB shows a list of games that can run using this tool.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

PyCharm - Speaking of, this is an IDE made specifically for Python development. Community edition is FOSS.

I would add VS Codium as well which is the un-microsofted version of VS Code for a language agnostic IDE.

For those in industry, Continuum Anaconda changed their licensing so people in industry or commercial use have to pay a hefty annual license. A good alternative with no such restriction is Poetry for managing your python virtual environments and taking care of package dependencies.

 

[Quote Cursor]

• OpenTabletDriver - Exactly what the name says. It's an open source driver that supports most tablets and allows you to customise the area and other such things. Used a lot by osu! players but is also for drawfags.
• Tabliss - Browser extension that allows you to customise your new tab page a lot and make it look pretty nice. Works on Firefox and Chromium-based browsers.
• Godot - FOSS game engine. Uses its own language called GDScript, which is very similar to Python.
• PyCharm - Speaking of, this is an IDE made specifically for Python development. Community edition is FOSS.
• OnlyOffice - Free (& open source) office suite. I'd recommend this one to anyone switching from MS Office, because it looks very similar and supports .docx files. You can also run it in a web browser.

Linux software​

• Wine - I think most Linux users know what this is. Basically a tool that lets you run some Windows applications. I think this also works on macOS.
• ckb-next - This is an alternative to Corsair's iCUE application, which only runs on Windows. Lets you change the RGB lights and macros and such on a Corsair keyboard.
• Proton (Valve) - Not to be confused with the other Proton (Mail). This is a tool made for the Steam Deck to run Windows games but you can run it normally on Linux by enabling it in the Steam Play settings, assuming you have Steam installed. ProtonDB shows a list of games that can run using this tool.

There is also ProtonGE and WineGE, that has additional patches on-top of Proton (or Wine) that would allow for more features to play additional games that have problems with normal proton/wine versions. You can manage your Wine/Proton (and others) updates by using a tool like ProtonUp-Qt, that'll install any versions of the tools, for not only Steam, but also for Lutris, Bottles and Heroic.