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Ghostscript Portable 9.21 (postscript and PDF interpreter) Released

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Submitted by Gord Caswell on June 1, 2017 - 7:41pm

Ghostscript Portable 9.21 has been released. Ghostscript is a high quality, high performance Postscript and PDF interpreter and rendering engine. It is an add-on used by other portable apps like Scribus Portable. This release updates Ghostscript to the latest version. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

PortableApps.com Installer 3.5 (portable app packaging) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on June 1, 2017 - 7:38pm

PortableApps.com is proud to announce that PortableApps.com Installer 3.5 has been released. The PortableApps.com Installer allows you to quickly package your portable apps in an easy-to-use installer without having to write or compile any code. This release adds indicators for live downloads to cache files with PortableApps.com, installer logging on creation and execution, and fixes an issue with plugin installers creating a blank appinfo.ini. The PortableApps.com Format Specification has been updated to 3.5 with the mentioned changes. No changes are needed for existing apps. The PortableApps.com Format Specification and installer are available for outside developers to use and can be used freely with free open source and freeware applications. Commercial use is available by contacting PortableApps.com.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition 54.0 Beta 2 (email client) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on June 1, 2017 - 4:54pm

Mozilla Thunderbird®, Portable Edition 54.0 Beta 2 has been released. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app. This package allows you to test the upcoming version without impacting your standard portable or local install of Thunderbird. Note that the current beta is English only. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, Thunderbird® and the Thunderbird logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store (advanced apps enabled) in the PortableApps.com Platform.

SMPlayer Portable 17.6.0 (media player) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 31, 2017 - 4:43pm

logoSMPlayer Portable 17.6.0 has been released by PortableApps.com. SMPlayer Portable is the popular SMPlayer packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your video player with you. It has all the same great features as SMPlayer including remembering the settings of all the files you play, configurable subtitles, audio track switching, seeking by mouse wheel, video equalizer, multiple speed playback, playlists and more, so you can take your favourite video player with you wherever you go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

FocusWriter Portable 1.6.5 (distraction-free word processor) Released

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Submitted by Gord Caswell on May 31, 2017 - 4:41pm

FocusWriter Portable 1.6.5 has been released. FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work. The program autosaves your progress, and reloads the last files you had open to make it easy to jump back in during your next writing session, and has many other features that make it such that only one thing matters: your writing. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

gPodder Portable 3.9.3 Rev 2 (podcast receiver) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 29, 2017 - 4:27pm

gPodder Portable 3.9.3 Rev 2 has been released. gPodder is an easy to use podcast receiver that will download and manage your podcast subscriptions. This release updates the bundled version of Python and improves the side by side DLL configuration. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

LibreOffice Portable Still 5.2.7 (complete office suite) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 27, 2017 - 5:15pm

PortableApps.com and The Document Foundation are proud to announce the release of LibreOffice Portable Still 5.2.7. LibreOffice Portable is a full-featured office suite -- including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database -- packaged as a portable app, so you can take all your documents and office suite wherever you go. The Still version is the older branch of LibreOffice maintained with bug fixes. It's recommended that most users use LibreOffice Portable. And it's open source and completely free. This release updates to the latest version and removes the fonts from the base install to work around a slowdown bug in Windows 10 Anniversary's dynamic font loading.

LibreOffice is packaged for portable use with permission and assistance from The Document Foundation

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform with 'Advanced Apps' enabled.

KiTTY Portable 0.69.0.1 (telnet and SSH with added features) Released

Submitted by depp.jones on May 24, 2017 - 10:02pm

KiTTY Portable 0.69.0.1 has been released. KiTTY is a fork of the popular PuTTY telnet and SSH client with additional features packaged as a portable app, so you can connect in to your systems on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Rufus Portable 2.15 (format and create bootable USB drives) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 24, 2017 - 9:06pm

Rufus Portable 2.15 has been released. Rufus Portable is a USB formatting utility which also can create a bootable USB drive using a bootable ISO image. This release updates to the latest version and improves portability but may require re-selecting your preferred language. This app requires admin rights. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

Stellarium Portable 0.15.2 (planetarium) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 24, 2017 - 9:04pm

Stellarium Portable 0.15.2 has been released. It's the popular Stellarium astronomy program packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app so you can view the stars on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.

Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.

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