61 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For

As we prepare to stuff our faces with a bountiful Thanksgiving feast, we turn our Thanksgiving spirit to the gobs of free software we love to say thank you to the developers, and to give our computers a feast of their own.


Earlier this week we asked you to share the free apps you're most thankful for, and after rounding up thousands of your suggestions, considering our own favorites, and performing a little spreadsheet magic, we've cooked up our own cornucopia of excellent free software and webapps we're extremely thankful for. So whether you're an American celebrating the season or not, the selection of apps below is like gravy-drenched turkey and mashed potatoes for your computer. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
61 Free Desktop Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For

1. Firefox
2. VLC
3. CCleaner
4. Dropbox
5. 7-Zip
6. OpenOffice.org
7. Google Chrome
8. µTorrent
9. Notepad++
10. Gmail
11. GIMP
12. Paint.NET
13. Microsoft Security Essentials
14. Revo Uninstaller
15. Evernote
16. Thunderbird
17. Audacity
18. ImgBurn
19. Picasa
20. Skype
21. Pidgin
22. Ubuntu
23. iTunes
24. foobar2000
25. Foxit Reader
26. FileZilla
27. VirtualBox
28. TrueCrypt
29. Avast!
30. Defraggler
31. KeePass
32. Opera
33. AVG
34. Digsby
35. Google Reader
36. Winamp
37. Google Earth
38. TeraCopy
39. Launchy
40. Transmission
41. Eclipse IDE
42. SpyBot Search & Destroy
43. Adium
44. PuTTY
45. Songbird
46. Sumatra PDF
47. XBMC
48. Blender
49. CDBurnerXP
50. Everything
51. HandBrake
52. Rainmeter
53. AutoHotkey
54. Google Calendar
55. MediaMonkey
56. Quicksilver
57. WinSCP
58. Google Voice
59. Boxee
60. AdBlock Plus
61. Media Player Classic

In case you're curious, here's a broad look at how your votes broke down among the 10 most popular:



The list above represents every application that garnered roughly ten votes or above. The highest vote-earner, Firefox, pulled in a couple hundred. If you're interested in how the full count went down, you can check out a Google Spreadsheet of the results here. Happy Thanksputering!

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