25 free portable software to turn your USB into a Swiss Army knife

Portable apps are loved by everyone these days, but what exactly is a portable application. An application is said to be portable if it does not require any installation and does not change any settings or leave any trace on the computer on which it is run. Now, this is a boon for people concerned with privacy and people who are afraid of installing anything on their computer because they are afraid of viruses and bundled crapware.

Advantages of portable apps

• No installation required at all.

• This program folder contains everything you need to run the application. No files needed to be downloaded or installed further on the host computer.

• The app settings are saved in the app program folder. Therefore, if this folder is moved, the settings also come with you.

• The application does not alter anything on the host PC, including the Windows registry.

The best portable apps you should always keep in your Pen Drive

1. Mozilla Portable - No presentation required
2. Thunderbird Portable Email Client
3. uTorrent - For download needs
4. 7 zip - To extract all types of files
5. Java - Use the java runtime environment on the go without installing
6. VLC - Godlike Open source multimedia software
7. Audacity - Audio Editor Tool
8. tencoder - Video conversion tool
9. Gimp - Image editing tool
10. 2048 - Obviously how you will spend your time on your friend's boring PC
11. Filezilla - For transferring files between servers and PCs
12. Free download manager
13. Portable iron browser - Portable alternative to chrome and based on the same chromium source code that chrome is based on.
14. eraser - Erase your data securely and permanently
15. Notepad ++ - A Kickass notepad for web developers and programmers
16. Open Office - The largest MS Office alternative on earth
17. Kaspersky TDSSKiller - Portable anti virus
18. AbiWord - Free open source word processor
19. MetaPad - Portable Notepad
20. Foxit - LightWeight Pdf Reader
21. Irfan View - View, scan and convert images
22. angry ipscanner - Lightning fast network scanner
23. Putty – Client SSH
24. WinScp - A safer alternative to Filezilla
25. rufus - Create bootable USB device