Sefirah

Sefirah is a free utility to allow clipboard and notification sharing between a Windows PC and Android device.

https://github.com/shrimqy/Sefirah

https://www.androidpolice.com/forget-phone-link-this-ad-free-open-source-app-beats-it-in-every-category/

Multipass

Multipass is a free application from Canonical.  It’s basically a lightweight virtual machine manager: it downloads an official Ubuntu image, spins up a VM using your computer's built-in virtualization technology, and drops you into a working Linux environment with a single command.

https://canonical.com/multipass

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-company-behind-ubuntu-also-builds-these-surprisingly-useful-developer-tools/

WUView

Windows Update Viewer (WUView) is an application that displays Windows Update history. It is meant to be a lightweight application that is easy to use.

https://github.com/Timthreetwelve/WUView

Speedtest command-line option

 An option is available to perform a speed test within Windows without a web browser.  Use the command below to install the CLI Speedtest application.

winget install speedtest-cli

Once installed, use the command below to execute a test.

speedtest

https://www.howtogeek.com/dont-use-your-browser-for-these-tasks-the-terminal-is-better/

Sites to check for a residential proxy

Below are some sites that will check an IP address for past residential proxy traffic.

https://check.labs.greynoise.io/

https://synthient.com/check

https://spur.us/context/me

https://whatismylocation.org/proxy-check

umbrelOS

umbrelOS is a home server distro that offers a free version that can support a Raspberry Pi.

https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel

https://umbrel.com/umbrelos

https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-umbrelos-and-its-the-easiest-option-for-a-growing-homelab/

YTubic

YTubic is a free YouTube Music desktop client for Windows.

https://github.com/NUber-dev/YTubic

https://www.androidauthority.com/ytubic-youtube-music-desktop-client-3684440/

Bulk Crap Uninstaller

Bulk Crap Uninstaller (in short BCUninstaller or BCU) is a free bulk program uninstaller with advanced automation. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal to no user input.

https://www.bcuninstaller.com/

https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-uninstall-apps-in-bulk-bcu/

Dusseldorf

Dusseldorf is an open source application from Microsoft.  Dusseldorf is an out-of-band application security testing platform. It captures inbound network traffic across several protocols and lets an operator craft automated responses for validation workflows.

https://github.com/microsoft/dusseldorf

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/20/microsoft-dusseldorf-out-of-band-application-security-testing-oast-platform/

GSmartControl

GSmartControl is an utility that is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on hard disk and solid-state drives.

https://gsmartcontrol.shaduri.dev/