How To Create Your Own Portable App
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-portable-app-flash-drive/
How To Create Your Own Portable App For A Flash Drive
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PortableApps Suite (Bundled Apps)
http://portableapps.com/news/2009-03-02_-_suite_1.5
PortableApps.com Suite 1.5 Released In English and German
This new update makes the most popular portable software platform even better than before, updating to the latest PortableApps.com Platform and all the bundled apps. Browse the web, check your email, chat online, listen to music, keep your passwords secure, work on documents, check your datebook and even play a few games... all on the go. And, as always, it's all open source and completely free.
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Alarm Clock : portable alarm manager and timer
http://www.soft32.com/download_231645.html
Alarm Clock : portable alarm manager and timer
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DemoHelper Draws on Your Screen
http://tools.tortoisesvn.net/DemoHelperInfo
DemoHelper Draws on Your Screen
"DemoHelper is a tiny (76k!) portable application that creates on-the-fly screen annotations, so you can draw all over your next presentation like a hyperactive Super Bowl announcer."
Review at Lifehacker
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Run Skype from Your Thumb Drive
http://tr.im/msMV
Run Skype from Your Thumb Drive
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VLC Media Player Portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable
VLC Media Player Portable
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, WMV, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
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Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/thunderbird_portable
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition
email client
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Greenshot ... Screen Capture
http://greenshot.sourceforge.net/
Greensho is a lightweight, portable, open source, and portable screen-capture tool.
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Flash Drive Reminder
http://www.bgreco.net/reminder.php
Flash Drive Reminder Prevents Leaving Your Thumb Drive Behind
This is a small, freeware utility that pops up a reminder if you try and log off Windows
without removing your flash drive. I wrote this because I got tired of going back
to computer labs because I had left my flash drive plugged into a computer.
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Eraser Portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/eraser_portable
Eraser Portable Securely Wipes Data from Your Thumb Drive
Eraser Portable is a secure data removal tool that runs directly from your iPod, USB thumbdrive, portable hard drive or any other portable media. You can plug it right into any Windows computer and use it just like you would on your own.
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Jarte
http://www.jarte.com/
Jarte ... free word processor based on the Microsoft WordPad word
A small, portable word processor whose documents are fully compatible with Word and WordPad.
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xB Browser : portable web browser
http://xerobank.com/download/xb-browser/
xB Browser : portable web browser ... provides anonymous web surfing at startup
The main advantage compared to other anonymous web browsers is that xB Browser requires no configuration or technical knowledge in order to achieve anonymity. xB Browser is open-source so you can feel safe knowing what goes into our code. Additionally, it is even portable on a USB stick so you can take it to work, school, or on vacation.
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Thumbscrew Makes Your USB Drive Read-Only
http://tr.im/mszD
Thumbscrew Makes Your USB Drive Read-Only
Thumbscrew is my attempt at a poor man's USB write blocker. When used it allows you to quickly enable or disable writing to all USB mass storage devices on your Windows system.
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Tiny USB Office
http://www.xtort.net/office-and-productivity/floppy-office/
Tiny USB Office
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Personal Wikipedia on a USB Stick
http://tr.im/mstm
Run Your Personal Wikipedia from a USB Stick
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Track Your USB Devices with iHound
http://www.ihoundsoftware.com/
Track Your USB Devices with iHound
Now iHound Software for your iPhone and iPod Touch!
This handy app can help increase your chances of recovering a lost or stolen iPhone or iPod Touch when used in conjunction with this site and these iPhone security tips.
iHound is revolutionary software that helps protect your devices by alerting you when your USB digital device is connected to another individual's computer.
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Puppy Linux : For Thumb Drive
http://www.puppylinux.org/
Puppy Linux : For Thumb Drive
A superb, compact, super-fast and FREE operating system
Review at Lifehacker
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Portable apps for Mac OS X
http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/
Portable apps for Mac OS X
OS X FOSS portable applications are packaged so you can carry around on any portable device, USB thumb drive, iPod, portable hard drive, memory card, other portable device (or also on your internal hard disk), taking your preferences with you.
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Boot Windows from a USB drive
http://lifehacker.com/141290/boot-windows-from-a-usb-drive
Boot Windows from a USB drive
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The Portable Freeware Collection
http://www.portablefreeware.com/
The Portable Freeware Collection
-It must run without installation.
-It must run on older versions of Windows which might not have been updated.
-It must not have any coupling with Internet Explorer, audio/video codecs, DirectX etc.
-It must not write settings to the registry or local filesystem.
-It must not leave any trace on the host machine at all, even when the app crashes (hereby referred to as "stealth").
-It must run with guest access rights.
-It must be able to compensate for USB memory stick drive letter changes.
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Portable Apps .. Tagged on Delicious
http://delicious.com/tag/portable+apps
Portable Apps .. Tagged on Delicious
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Portable Windows Movie Make
http://tr.im/ms9S
Portable Windows Movie Maker
"Windows Movie Maker is a free Microsoft utility for Windows that lets you create and edit video files.
But for some reason, the most recent versions of Movie Maker for Windows Vista and 7 don't have all the features and transitions you can find on earlier builds. "
Review at Lifehacker
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CodySafe
http://www.codyssey.com/products/codysafe.html
CodySafe Manages Your Thumb Drive's Apps and Data
"CodySafe is a software tool that turns any portable drive from a simple data carrier to a computer-on-stick.
Carry your computer programs with you, manage them, launch them on any PC, and leave no footprint behind."
Review at Lifehacker
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Run the OLPC OS From a Thumb Drive
http://tr.im/ms5X
Run the OLPC OS From a Thumb Drive ... One Laptop Per Child
"If you're keen on trying out one of those clever devices from the One Laptop Per Child project, you can get halfway there by running the OLPC's operating system from a USB drive."
Review at Lifehacker
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PackageFactory
http://www.eure.ca/
PackageFactory Converts any Windows Program to Run on a U3 Drive
"Windows only: If you've been holding your breath for a portable version of one of your favorite Windows applications, it might be time to take matters into your own hands. PackageFactory helps convert your applications."
Now you too can convert applications to run on your new U3 USB Flash Drive. PackageFactory for U3 lets you convert any* application or EXE into a U3P Package File, for free!
Review at Lifehacker
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What Apps to put on your Thumb Drive?
http://tr.im/mrX6
Turn Your Spare Thumb Drives Into Feature-Packed Giveaway Drives
"I include applications based on one of two reasons: Either the application is one I use on a daily basis and love (like Firefox and Everything), or the application is good enough for me to recommend it, even though I don't use it on a daily basis (such as Thunderbird).
Every drive includes, in addition to the software listed below, a readme file with a basic explanation of the software's functionality and a link to the software's website.
Without further delay, the lists ... "
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MPlayer
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation).
It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs.
You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV and even H.264 movies.
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AccessApps
http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/accessapps/
AccessApps
AccessApps is an initiative developed by the Scottish JISC Regional Support Centres in cooperation with JISC TechDis.
It consists of over 50 open source and freeware assistive technology applications which can be entirely used from a USB stick on a Windows computer
AccessApps will run without needing to install anything on a computer and provide a range of e-learning solutions to support writing, reading and planning as well as visual and mobility difficulties.
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Getting Skype to work from your USB Drive
http://www.gruups.com/usbskype/
Getting Skype to work from your USB Drive can be a life-saver when you're on the road or on a vacation.
It's also good if you want to show it to a friend, or want to use a version that's seperate than the one installed.
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Portable Share
http://www.portableshare.com/
Portable software is a class of software that is suitable for use on portable drives such as a USB (thumb) drive , although any external hard drive could theoretically be used. [1] [2] The concept of carrying one's favored applications, utilities, and files on a portable drive for use on any computer is one which has evolved considerably in recent years.
Programs in this category (also known as portable applications) are typically 'lite' versions of their parent software, but there are many exceptions.
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mp3DirectCut Portable
http://www.portableshare.com/mp3DirectCut-Portable.html
mp3DirectCut is a very small program that helps you edit MPEG audio directly.
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Winamp Portable 5.5
http://www.portableshare.com/Winamp-Portable.html
Portable Winamp is the portable version of the Winamp audio playerWinamp is more than just a player.
It's your window to the multimedia world. From MP3s to streaming video, Winamp is the one place you go to feed your audio/video habit.
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Notepad++ Portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/development/notepadpp_portable
Take your text editor to go with Notepad++ Portable
Windows only: Previously-mentioned text editor extraordinaire Notepad++ can now run off your thumb drive thanks to the folks at PortableApps, who've released Notepad++ Portable.
It has all the same great features of Notepad++ including support for multiple languages and an extensive plugin system, but there's nothing to install.
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PortableApps Suite
http://http://portableapps.com/suite
PortableApps Suite
PortableApps Suite is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably.
Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go.
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OperaTor
http://letwist.net/operator
OperaTor
OperaTor is a software bundle that can be easily installed on a portable memory (pendrive, usb stick, hard drive) to allow anonymous surfing while at an internet cafe, library etc.
It combines the power of the Opera Browser (9.02), The Onion Router (0.1.1.23) and Privoxy.
With OperaTor no data will be stored at the computer you plugged your portable memory into.
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List of portable software at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_software
List of portable software at Wikipedia
This is a list of portable applications, software programs that do not require any kind of installation onto a computer, and can store data in the program's directory.
This makes it ideal to be stored on removable storage such as a USB flash drive and used on multiple computers.
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Moodle for Windows on a USB Memory Stick
http://tinyurl.com/gm6h2
Moodle for Windows on a USB Memory Stick
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WOS Portable : Webserver On a Stick
http://www.chsoftware.net/en/useware/wos/wos.htm
WOS Portable : Webserver On a Stick
An Apachewebserver with PHP and MySQL develops its full power now on every USB Stick on the world. Faithful to the Plug&Play motto:
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Portable Apps
http://portableapps.com/
Portable Apps
A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC.
And when you unplug, none of your personal data is left behind.
| 7-Zip Portable | AbiWord Portable | Audacity Portable | ClamWin Portable | FileZilla Portable | Firefox Portable | Gaim Portable | GIMP Portable | Miranda IM Portable | Nvu Portable | OpenOffice.org Portable | Sudoku Portable | Sunbird Portable | Thunderbird Portable | VLC Media Player Portable |
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Portable Winamp
http://www.voodoosystems.net/winamp/winamp.htm
Portable Winamp
Winamp is a multimedia player that is skinnable, multi-format freeware / shareware. It also plays streamed video content, both live and recorded
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Portable Notepad++
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Portable Notepad++
Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment.
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FileZilla Portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/filezilla_portable
FileZilla Portable
FileZilla Portable (formerly Portable FileZilla) is the popular FileZilla FTP client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your server list and settings with you. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or on a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.
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Portable Audacity
http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/audacity_portable
Portable Audacity
Audacity Portable is the popular Audacity audio editor packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio files along with everything you need to edit and record on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.
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Portable InrfanView
http://tinyurl.com/jenqd
Portable InrfanView
InrfanView is a very fast, compact and innovative FREEWARE image viewer/converter for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003. Includes all IrfanView plugins.
IrfanView is fast and small, with extremely low system resources requirements. It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.
Over 60 graphic, video and audio file formats are supported.
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PocketFlock
http://outraged-artists.com/flock/
PocketFlock : PocketFlock is a portable version of the browser you love...
Based on the official Flock releases and the Portable Firefox Launcer by John Haller, PocketFlock is just as stable as it's permanently installed parent and even includes a few extras to make your portable experience better.
Be warned though, PocketFlock is much larger than portable Firefox...
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GIMP Portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable
GIMP Portable is the popular the GIMP for Windows image editor packaged as a portable app, so you can take your images with you and do your editing on the go.
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
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Firefox Portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (formerly Portable Firefox) is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.
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Portable Open Office
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
Portable Open Office
OpenOffice.org Portable is the complete OpenOffice.org office suite -- including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database -- packaged as a portable app, so you can take all your documents and everything you need to work with them wherever you go.
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