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Scribus Portable 1.7.2 Test (desktop publishing) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 27, 2026 - 12:24pm

A new version of Scribus Portable Test has been released. Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layout to your desktop with a combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design. This release allows users to test the new features being tested in the Scribus test release branch without impacting their standard local or portable Scribus install. 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.

Scribus Portable 1.6.5 (desktop publishing) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 11:37pm

logoA new version of Scribus Portable has been released. Scribus Portable is a desktop publishing app that brings professional page layout to your desktop with a combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design. Ghostscript Portable, which Scribus uses for postscript and PDF handling, is also available. 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.

gMKVExtractGUI Portable 2.12.0 (Extract chapters and more from MKV files) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 7:45pm

logoA new version of gMKVExtractGUI Portable has been released. gMKVExtractGUI is small GUI utility to use mkvinfo and mkvextract cli tools from MKVToolnix pack, in order to extract tracks, chapters and CUE sheets from mkv files. 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.

LibreCAD Portable 2.2.1.3 (2D computer-aided design (CAD) tool) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 7:44pm

A new version of LibreCAD Portable has been released. LibreCAD is a 2 dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) tool. 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.

KiCad Portable 9.0.7 (Electronics Design Automation Suite) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 7:42pm

logoKiCad Portable has been released. KiCad is a cross platform and open source Electronics Design Automation Suite (EDA). 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.

gVim Portable 9.1.1825 (advanced text editor) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 6:41pm

logoA new version of gVim Portable has been released by PortableApps.com. gVim Portable is a feature-rich and not-too-hard-to-use text editor packaged as a portable app, and a very feature rich one at that. With gVim you can code, highlight syntax, and do everything else you would expect of a text editor worth its weight in megabytes. 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.

PDF Arranger Portable 1.12.1 (Merge, split, and re-arrange PDF files) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 6:39pm

PDFTK Builder logoA new version of PDF Arranger Portable has been released. PDF Arranger merges or splits PDF documents and rotates, crops and rearranges their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface. 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.

Money Manager Ex Portable 1.9.2 (personal finance) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 6:38pm

A new version of Money Manager Ex Portable has been released. Money Manager Ex is an easy-to-use personal finance software designed to organize one's finances and keep track of where, when and how the money goes. 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.

NAPS2 Portable 8.2.1 (Scan to PDF with OCR) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 4:41pm

A new version of NAPS2 Portable has been released. NAPS2 is a scan to PDF tool with OCR support for over 100 languages. 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.

Notepad++ Portable 8.9.1 (developer's text editor) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on January 26, 2026 - 4:40pm

A new version of Notepad++ Portable has been released. It's the handy Notepad++ text editor packaged as a portable app so you can do your development on the go. It has all the same great features of Notepad++ including support for multiple languages and an extensive plugin system, but there's nothing to install. 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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