Free Software for DOS.

Grouped by Function
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| Archive Utilities | Comm | Compress-Encode-Encrypt | Directory |
| Disk | File Managers, Finders | File Utilities | Graphics | Html |
| Menu | Misc.| PIM's-Calculators-Calendars | Screen |
| Text View-Edit | Text S/R-Misc-Reference | Text Format-Filter |
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Programs grouped by function . . .

  • Archive Utilities
      1. Aview (NCAV)- Archive front end for PKZIP, LHA, ARJ, etc.
      2. AinView- Archive shell supports numerous archive formats.
      3. JUP- Command line archive identifier, file lister, unpacker.
      4. Shaid (Archid)- Command line archive identifier.
      5. PKzoom- Menu driven file finder and ZIP file extractor.
  • Communication Utilities
      1. FreeComm- Full featured Delrina term with script support.
      2. Conex- Small terminal program with Zmodem-TCP/IP support.
      3. Texas Z-modem- A small terminal emulator with Z-modem file transfer support.
      4. FreeTalk- oldish comm program with Zmodem support.
      5. NFX- Offline Qwk and Soup Mail Reader.
      6. Renegade BBS- A free and relatively easy-to-use BBS.
  • Compression, Encoding, Encryption Utilities
      1. InfoZip- PKZip compatible archiver.
      2. UC2- Archiver compresses files tighter than PKZIP.
      3. UCEXE -Tight executable compressor.
      4. LzExe -Compresses many executables (*.exe) into smaller, functional prorgams.
      5. Diet -Compresses executables (including overlays) and com files.
      6. UNP -Unpacks compressed executables.
      7. ComToExe -Converts com files to exe.
      8. Mpack- Robust MIME encoder and decoder.
      9. UUdeview- UUE, XX, Base 64 (MIME), encoder, decoder.
      10. Z-Crypt- Fast, small, "anonymous" file encryption program.
      11. Tiny IDEA- secure file encryptor and decryptor.
  • Directory Navigation Utilities.
      1. DL- A DIR replacement with scrolling.
      2. WDIR- DIR clone with file type color-coding and archive/ image description capabilities.
      3. IMD- Directory lister also displays properties and descriptions of images
      4. LSI- LS-like directory lister.
      5. CmdEdit- Full featured command line editor with file name completion.
      6. DosEd- Edit command line, command history, filename completion.
      7. ACD- Quickly change to any directory.
      8. PICK- Pick files from pop up list to pass to command line programs.
      9. EXEC- Run programs not in path.
  • Disk Utilities.
      1. 2mf- Formats floppies to higher capacities.
      2. Fdformat- Format floppies to higher capacities.
      3. Floppy Tool Kit- Floppy drive analyzer, tuner, cleaner utilities.
      4. QKopy- Copies floppies in one pass using extended memory.
      5. Defrag- Defragments FAT Disks (for DOS 5.0).
  • File Management Utilities
      1. HFM- Powerful file manager for DOS, with many features- now free.
      2. DOS Controller- FAST file manager/menu for DOS, Norton Commander clone.
      3. Pinco- NC clone with good archive navigation.
      4. Byte Manager- NC clone with loads of unique features.
      5. PC Valet- Small file manager with hex editor and more.
      6. Tutordo- Promising file manager/shell with mouse support.
      7. Bobby - Big graphics mode FM with image viewing capabilites.
      8. Locate- Small, fast file finder.
      9. Target- Comprehensive file finder can search inside archives.
      10. Filex- File identification based on extensions.
      11. Analyzer- File identification based on signature.
  • File Utilities (Special)
      1. TDEL- Sophisticated file deletion.
      2. Wipe- Prevents recovery of deleted files
      3. Wipevk- Wipes files and scrambles deleted filenames.
      4. Shred- Overwrites free disk space.
      5. UnWanted- Delete temp, bak, zero-size files and directories. Configurable.
      6. ELIM- Delete files that DEL can't (contain illegal or space filename characters).
      7. RME - Delete files/directories that DEL can't.
      8. Donames- Flexible file renamer.
      9. Ren2Date - Rename last 4 places of filename to month and day.
      10. Fdate- Flexible file renamer using date.
      11. Zcopy- Copy or move files. With date filters and fill floppy option.
      12. DO- Small "all-in-one" batch utility for file management.
      13. Dirtotal- Output summary of drive structure.
  • Graphics Utilities
      1. PictView- Fast graphics file viewer AND converter in a small package.
      2. ShowJPG- fastest and smallest DOS-based JPEG-viewer.
      3. PixView- Fast, mouse driven JPEG, GIF, and BMP image viewer.
      4. Display- Image viewer and converter.
      5. JPEG- Command line JPEG file converter/ manipulator.
      6. POV-Ray- Professional ray tracing package.
      7. FractInt- Fractal generator.
  • HTML Utilities
      1. HTMLStrip- Intelligent conversion of HTML to plain text.
      2. ViewHtml- View (text-mode) and navigate HTML documents offline.
      3. NBMC -Convert Netscape 2.x+ bookmark file into nicely formatted html page.
      4. IMGTAB -Catalogs images into a single HTML document for easy viewing.
      5. GifTrans -Produce transparent GIF files for web pages.
      6. Tagcase -Simple HTML tag case converter.
  • Menu Utilities
      1. RVMS- Simple, effective keyboard-only menu.
      2. AuMenu- Keyboard-only menu handles large number of menu items.
      3. DougMenu- Rock-solid, mouse and keyboard-driven DOS command menu.
      4. Paradigm - DOS menu with easy configuration.
      5. X-Starter- Mouse compatible menu system with on-line configuration.
  • Miscellaneous Utilities
      1. ASQ- System analysis tool from QUALITAS
      2. Sched and Run- Run a Windows (3.1) app from windowed DOS prompt.
      3. Roots Master- Genealogy database with GEDCOM import/export.
      4. OpenDos- Replacement for MS-DOS -free for individual use.
      5. F-Prot- Anti-virus scanner and disinfectant.
      6. Argus- Logs file and sytsem activity (DOS only).
      7. Nanobase- xBASE, DBF compatible database.
      8. InMagic- Database program for textual information.
      9. Hexv- small hex editor handles big files.
  • PIM's, Calculators, Calendars.
      1. Dtime- Simple time-date stamping program.
      2. Journal- Appointment calendar and expense account program with TSR option.
      3. Schedule- Appointment calendar with TSR option.
      4. DirTel- Address book.
      5. CAL- Mouse compatible calender with holidays
      6. Cal (UNIX)- Displays months to standard output.
      7. VpCalc- Expression calculator with many options.
      8. Addit- TSR addition-only calculator.
      9. ScrCalc- TSR calculator.
  • Screen Utilities.
      1. PERUSE- TSR allows scrolling of screen output.
      2. NNANSI- Fast ANSI.SYS driver replacement.
      3. Mousebuf-Copy and paste screen text with mouse.
      4. Xpcmouse-Copy and paste screen text with mouse, or keys.
      5. Dosclip-Copy and paste screen text with keys.
      6. CtrlAlt- TSR that pops-up ASCII charts, Hex table, ANSI codes, mark/paste, more.
      7. Metamorf- Screen saver displays rotating 3D objects.
  • Text Utilities 1- Editors, Viewers, Search/Replace.
      1. NE- Editor with multiple windows, spell checker.
      2. Pedit- DOS Edit clone with many added features and a spell checker.
      3. VDE- Text editor designed for word processing.
      4. Multi-Edit DEMO- Functional power editor demo. Mouse/menu driven. Large files.
      5. Medit- Graphics mode editor with multiple undo and large file support.
      6. EzEdit -Tiny text editor
      7. Terse -Tiny text editor
      8. LIST- View text files.
      9. ViewS- Text file viewer with automatic smooth scrolling.
      10. READ- Another text file viewer.
      11. LESS- MORE replacement and file viewer.
      12. Page- File viewer and MORE replacement.
      13. STV- Smooth Text Viewer. Small (3K) text viewer supports mouse.
  • Text Utilities 2- text search and replace (grep), spell checkers, reference, word counters, misc.
      1. MiniTrue- Search/replace text across multiple files.
      2. Fgrep386- Finds files with given text.
      3. Xgrep- Tiny text finder with regular expression support.
      4. GrepFV- Search for text in compressed files.
      5. WCNT- Count and analyze words in plain or html text documents.
      6. GDSpell- Easy to use stand-alone spell checker can handle big files.
      7. Acrobat Reader for DOS- AcroDos may print better than the Win version.
      8. Jorj- "Small" dictionary for DOS.
      9. Penc- Text-only encyclopedia.
  • Text formatters, filters.
      1. LM- Power user text file formatter, search-replace, and more.
      2. Fixtext- Character translation, DOS/MAC/UNIX conversion, more.
      3. Paginate- Format ASCII documents (tables/ headers/ footers/ indent/ wrap).
      4. Xsort- Sort text files by column- handles large files.
      5. Remove- Remove carriage returns in ASCII documents.
      6. TS Filters- Special purpose text filters.
      7. Just- ASCII text justifying filter.
      8. Xray- Extract plain text from binary files.
      9. PSX- convert postscript documents to plain text.
      10. Wrap- Word-wrap long lines in standard output.


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