Update: Nov 28, 2006... Alan in the comments tells me of Pstart, "a simple tray tool to start user defined applications. Designed to run portable applications (like portable Firefox & Thunderbird), you can start anything runnable from USB key devices or removable disks."
Please keep the suggestions coming, either via the comments or by emailing me directly (link on the left). Comments will be trawled and suggestions added.
Here’s a directory of applications designed to run on USB drives, flash drives, key fobs, thumb drives, whatever you want to call them, a subject I wrote about in the AWSJ and WSJ.com (subscription required; sorry). This doesn't claim to be an exhaustive list, but I've tried to keep it as up to date as possible.
Editors/Readers
- Editor: Papyrus, EditPad, Atlantis,
- Office: AbiWord, OpenOffice (instructions in a PDF here)
- Outliner/note taker: TexNotes Pro
- PDF reader: FoxIt PDF Reader
- Web Authoring: NVU
- Wikis: MediaWiki
Web
- Browsers: Portable Firefox, OperaUSB, Portable Safari
- Offline browser: HtTrack, Webaroo (for U3)
- Chat/instant messaging: ICQ (not yet available), Miranda, Trillian Anywhere, Easy Message, AltMe
- Email: JBMail, Portable Thunderbird, EmailVoyager, PocoMail PE, FoxMail, i.Scribe / InScribe, Email Segway, Email Commander, Reach-a-Mail, a 'complete portable email system',
- FTP clients: FileZilla
- Bookmark manager: Bookmark Base
Utilities/OS
- Alternative Windows shell: BBLean
- File manager: Total Commander
- Network diagnostics: PingPlotter
- Operating Systems: Linux, Windows CE, VPM (Linux), Damn Small Linux
- Servers: The Uniform Server, MiniServer
- Start menus/launchers: Absolute Startup manager, Startup Control Panel, PStart,
- System information tool: SIW
- Anti malware: Ad-Aware
- Encryption: CryptoAnywhere, Cryptainer, Portable Vault, TrueCrypt, useful guide on encrypting a drive from dekart, CryptoStick,
- Password manager/logon: Roboform Portable, DigiSAFE PassVault, Password Agent, Keepass, CyberScrub KeyChain (also files in forms), Arovax TraySafe, Proteg (from Inflexpoint), Password Manager, Blue Micro USB Flash Drive Logon, PasswordVault
- Animation: Anim8or, PePaKuRa
- Calculator: Calc98
- PIMs/organisers: EssentialPIM, Sunbird , AZZ Cardfile
- Sticky notes: ATNotes
- Task Organisers: ToDoList
- Lotus Notes on a Stick
Leisure
- Games: Beneath A Steel Sky, Flight of the Amazon Queen
- Music: Zoom Player, XMPlay, Coolplayer, MPUI (frontend for MPlayer), foobar2000,
- Video player: Media Player Classic
- Medical: Angel Mobile Medical Profile, personal medical history (Med-a-Drive)
Hardware/packages
- Tax software: TaxCut
- A USB drive for the blind: Serotek's FreedomBox is a USB drive containing a text-to-speech and speech-to-text software as well as mainstream applications like Word, Firefox and Skype. This enables blind people to use any Windows computer just by plugging in their drive. Prices at $129 (or £69). (via isolani)
- Portable VoIP Phone: "Skype 2.5 has been built into the Virtual CD-Rom, no need to download Skype software to your computer, you only need to plug the Flash Drive Phone into any internet connected PC or laptop, the Skype 2.5 will pop-up automatically... [also] compatible with all kinds of softphones, including VoipBuster, VoipCheap, Voipstunt, Firefly, X-pro, Net2phone, Eyebeam, etc."
- One touch USB hard drive backup: Pexagon Store-It
- Lighting control
software : Martin Lightjockey 512 USB,
Other directories/resources/blogs:
- kikizas.net
- TinyApps
- NoInstall
- USBspace.com
- USB Flash Drive Freak
- USBApps
- Portable Freeware
- Stand Alone
- What’s On My Pen Drive?
- Haxial (actually
software written by them for XP and Macs: All work on USB drives) - Engadget posting + comments
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