Here are my favorite apps at the moment, I highly recommend all of them:

• Directory Opus - file manager
• Beyond Compare - file comparison
• Sandboxie-Plus - app sandbox
• Portmaster - firewall
• KeePass - password manager
• Vivaldi - browser
• VMware Workstation - virtual machine hypervisor
• Houdini - 3D modelling, animation and tool development
• Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher) - photo editing etc.
• Visual Studio Code - coding
• Joplin - note taking
• PowerShell - command-line shell and scripting language
• PowerToys - various utilities

What are your favorite apps? Let me know in the comments! :)

Directory Opus by GPSoftware is an extremely good file manager for Windows and one of my favorite applications. It's fast, has a clean, logical and customizable UI and allows scripting. One nice feature is "Find Duplicate Files" which comes in handy when you need to do some cleanup. It also supports connecting to SFTP servers. It can be configured to replace File Explorer so that when you press Win+E it will open Directory Opus instead.

Another great file manager is XYplorer which is in some ways similar to Directory Opus.

Feel free to post about any kind of software, both free and commercial, for any operating system. Post about new releases, give recommendations on great software that you use, post tips and tricks etc.