All programs
110 programs listed. Open any name to see what it does, what it can do, and how its licence works.
Browsers
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Brave Open source Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers by default -
Google Chrome Free The most widely used web browser -
Microsoft Edge Free Chromium browser built into Windows -
Mozilla Firefox Open source Open-source browser focused on privacy -
Naver Whale Free Korean browser built around Naver services -
Opera Free Chromium browser with a free VPN and a built-in sidebar -
Opera GX Free Opera for gamers — you set hard caps on its RAM and CPU use -
Tor Browser Open source Routes your connection through several relays to hide who you are -
Vivaldi Free Chromium browser you can rearrange down to the last shortcut -
Zen Browser Open source Firefox-based browser with vertical tabs and a stripped-back window
Archivers
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Messengers
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Discord Partly paid Voice and text chat for gaming and communities -
KakaoTalk Free Desktop client for Korea’s most used messenger -
LINE Free Messenger widely used in Japan and Southeast Asia -
Microsoft Teams Partly paid Microsoft’s meeting and collaboration tool for work and school -
NateOn Free Korean messenger still used at work -
Slack Partly paid Team messenger for work -
Telegram Desktop Open source Desktop client for the security-focused messenger -
Thunderbird Open source Open-source email client that gathers several accounts in one window -
WeChat Free Desktop client for the messenger that is effectively mandatory in China -
Zoom Workplace Partly paid The video meeting tool used widely for classes and calls
Documents & PDF
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Adobe Acrobat Reader Partly paid The standard PDF reader -
ALPDF Personal use only Korean PDF viewer, editor and converter -
CubePDF Free Japanese tool that turns anything printable into a PDF -
DeepL Translate Partly paid Translation app with unusually natural output, callable from anywhere by shortcut -
Foxit PDF Reader Free PDF reader that opens faster than Acrobat -
Hancom Office (Hangul) Paid Opens and edits HWP, the format used by Korean government and schools -
Hancom Office Viewer Free Free viewer for Korean HWP documents — reading only -
LibreOffice Open source Free office suite that opens Word, Excel and PowerPoint files -
Microsoft 365 Paid Genuine Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Needs a subscription or a licence key -
Notepad++ Open source Lightweight text and code editor -
Notion Partly paid Notes, coursework and schedules in one place — part document, part database -
Obsidian Free Notes stored on your own PC as plain markdown files -
ONLYOFFICE Open source The free office suite that looks closest to Microsoft Office -
PDF24 Creator Free Merge, split, compress and convert PDFs — all on your own PC -
SumatraPDF Open source Very light PDF and e-book viewer that opens instantly
Video
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1Gram Player Free Lightweight Korean video player aimed at older PCs -
Bandicam Trial Korean screen recorder widely used for games and lectures -
Bandicut Trial Korean tool for cutting, joining and splitting video -
GOM Player Free Korean video player with strong subtitle handling -
KMPlayer 64X Free Long-running Korean video player -
OBS Studio Open source The standard tool for screen recording and live streaming -
oCam Personal use only Korean screen recorder that captures and records in one program -
PotPlayer Free Lightweight video player popular in Korea -
PowerDirector Partly paid Video editor with a gentle on-ramp for first-time editors -
Starcodec Free Codec pack that installs video playback codecs in one go -
VLC media player Open source Open-source player that handles almost any codec
Music & audio
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Images
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ALCapture Personal use only Korean screen capture tool -
GIMP Open source Free image editing program -
Honeyview Free Korean image viewer that opens images inside archives directly -
IrfanView Personal use only Fast, lightweight image viewer -
Krita Open source Open-source painting program built for digital drawing -
paint.net Free Heavier than Paint, lighter than Photoshop -
PhotoScape Free Korean photo editor that makes retouching and collages easy -
ShareX Open source Open-source tool for capturing, recording and sharing your screen
Development
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Figma Partly paid Interface design tool built for several people working at once -
Git for Windows Open source Version control system -
Java (Temurin JDK) Open source Free Java development kit with no licence strings attached (LTS 21) -
Node.js LTS Open source JavaScript runtime (LTS) -
Python Open source Programming language widely used for data work and automation -
SAKURA Editor Open source Light Japanese text editor that handles Japanese character encodings well -
Tera Term Open source Terminal for connecting to servers — effectively the standard in Japanese IT -
Visual Studio Code Free The most widely used code editor -
Windows Terminal Open source Command prompt replacement with tabs and panes -
WinMerge Open source Compares two files or folders side by side and shows what differs
AI tools
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ChatGPT Partly paid OpenAI’s desktop app, with Codex built in -
Claude Partly paid Anthropic’s desktop app — Claude Code runs inside it -
Cursor Partly paid VS Code–based editor where AI edits the code directly -
Google Antigravity Free Google’s desktop app for handing work to several AI agents and watching them run -
LM Studio Free Download and run AI models on your PC — through a window, not a command line -
Ollama Open source Run AI models on your own PC, offline
Games
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Battle.net Free Blizzard’s launcher for Overwatch, Diablo and StarCraft -
Epic Games Launcher Free Game store that gives away a free game every week -
League of Legends Free The 5v5 MOBA that has topped Korean PC-bang charts for years -
Minecraft Launcher Partly paid Official launcher for the build-and-explore sandbox game -
NCSOFT PURPLE Free Launcher for NCSOFT games such as Lineage and Aion -
Nexon Plug Free Launcher for Nexon games such as MapleStory and Dungeon Fighter -
Roblox Free A platform of user-made games, popular with younger players -
Steam Free PC gaming platform -
VALORANT Free Riot’s 5v5 tactical shooter
System tools
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3DP Chip Free Korean tool that identifies your hardware and finds matching drivers -
CPU-Z Free Checks CPU, motherboard and memory specifications -
CrystalDiskInfo Open source Checks SSD and HDD health and remaining life -
Everything Free Instant filename search -
GoClean Free Korean tool that cleans up startup programs and unused services -
Google Japanese Input Free Input method for typing Japanese, with conversion accurate enough to be the default choice in Japan -
Microsoft PowerToys Open source Windows utilities for window layout, bulk renaming and more -
PhotoRec / TestDisk Open source Open-source recovery for deleted files and broken partitions -
Recuva Personal use only Recovers deleted files and photos from USB sticks and memory cards -
Rufus Open source Creates bootable Windows install USB drives
Remote & VPN
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Backup & Cloud
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Dropbox Partly paid Cloud storage that syncs a folder as-is -
FileZilla Client Open source FTP client for uploading and downloading files -
Google Drive Partly paid Mounts Google cloud storage as a drive in Explorer -
qBittorrent Open source Open-source torrent client with no ads -
µTorrent Partly paid Long-standing BitTorrent client. The free build carries ads
Security
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