This stuff can be installed on any portable drive, i.e. USB thumbdrive, PDA or an iPod. You can use them at work, school, or any other place where you can plugin your device. Check them out, you can either scroll-down for relevant category, i.e office software, email tools, messengers, games, etc. or get a ‘all-in-one’ package (all essential tools) . While there are more apps for windows users, I tried to include a mac version for each essential tool. All free. Enjoy!
What is a portable program ? : A portable program is a piece of software that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any other computer. It can be your email program, your browser, system recovery tools or even an operating system. The coolest part about it, is that all of your data and settings are always stored on a thumbdrive so when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind.
Applications
Accessibility
Firefox Accessibility Extension – Jadikan Firefox lebih mudah dikendalikan
On-Screen Keyboard Portable – Paparan keyboard maya di skrin
Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable – Pembesar skrin pelbagai fungsi
Development
Notepad++ Portable – Penyunting teks
Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable – KompoZer penyunting laman web
XAMPP – Apache, mySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, etc in one package
Education
BPBible Portable – bible study tool
Celestia Portable – portable space simulator
Stellarium Portable – portable planetarium
Games
DOSBox Portable – classic DOS games to go
Frets on Fire Portable – Guitar Hero™-style game
Jooleem Portable – simple and addictive puzzle game
LBreakout2 Portable – breakout-style arcade game
Mines-Perfect Portable – a classic hunt-for-mines game
PokerTH Portable – classic Texas Hold Em style poker at its best
Sudoku Portable – the wildly popular and addictive puzzle game
Graphics & Pictures
Cornice Portable – image viewer with slideshow
GIMP Portable – Photo and Image Editor
Internet
aMSN Portable – chat and video chat on MSN/Windows Live
DownThemAll! Extension – download the files and images you want
FileZilla Portable – the full-featured FTP client
FireFTP Extension (for Firefox) – a lightweight extension
Miranda IM Portable – chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users
Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition – the web browser that’s safe and secure
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition – the handy email client- Nvu Portable & KompoZer Portable – the easy-to-use webpage editor
Pidgin Portable – chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo users
PuTTY Portable – lightweight telnet and SSH client
Sage Extension (for Firefox) – A full-featured RSS extension
WinSCP Portable – SFTP, FTP and SCP client
WinWGet Portable – take and manage your downloads on the go
Music & Video
Audacity Portable – A simple audio editor and recorder
BonkEnc Portable – extract, convert, and encode audio
CoolPlayer+ Portable – Lightweight, fast, easy-to-use audio player
DVDStyler Portable – DVD menu authoring tool
MPlayer Portable – Full-featured movie player
VirtualDub Portable – video processing and capture utility
VLC Media Player Portable – An easy to use media player
Office
AbiWord Portable – a lightweight compatible word processor
GnuCash Portable – accounting, expenses and financial management- Lightning Extension – A lightweight extension for your calendar and tasks
Mozilla Sunbird, Portable Edition – Calendar and task management- Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition – Email client’s functions
OpenOffice.org Portable – word processor, spreadsheet, presentations
PDFTK Builder Portable – split, collate, watermark protect PDF documents
PNotes Portable – stick notes to go
SpeedCrunch Portable – an intuitive algebraic calculator
Sumatra PDF Portable – a lightweight PDF viewer
Task Coach Portable – to do list and task manager
Operating Systems
Mac-on-Stick – Run Mac OS Classic 7 portably
Utilities
7-Zip Portable – File archiver and compressor
ClamWin Portable – Antivirus on the go
Command Prompt Portable – Simple link to a command prompt
ConvertAll Portable – convert units of measurement
Eraser Portable – securely delete files and data
InfraRecorder Portable – full-featured CD and DVD burner
JkDefrag Portable – Disk defragmentation and optimization
KeePass Password Safe Portable – Secure, password manager
Lightscreen Portable – easy to use screenshot tool
PeaZip Portable – Easy to use file archiver and compressor
PortableApps.com AppCompactor – shrink apps
PortableApps.com Backup – integrated backup utility- PortableApps.com Menu – integrated start menu
Toucan – backup, sync and encrypt for advanced users
WinDirStat Portable – disk usage analyzer and cleanup tool
winMd5Sum Portable – check md5 sums to verify files on the go
WinMerge Portable – file comparison and merging
Xenon File Manager Portable – portable file browser
