When Chrome starts eating memory, Microsoft Edge is the Chromium browser most people already have. What it costs you now that Copilot ships inside it.
Cryptomator adds client-side encryption to any cloud folder you already sync. Free and complete on desktop, read-only on phones until you pay once.
Windows Search makes you wait; Everything answers as you type. A free file search utility from voidtools that reads names, not contents.
Notepad++ is the free, open-source text editor most Windows users install the day plain Notepad stops being enough. Fast, tiny, and endlessly extendable.
7-Zip is a free, open-source file archiver that opens almost everything and compresses tighter than most paid rivals. A plain interface is the only real cost.
LibreOffice is a completely free, open source Office & Productivity suite covering six apps, though heavily formatted Word and Excel files don't always translate perfectly.
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