Open Source Release

PortableApps.com is proud to announce the latest release of our Platform (codename: Leo). Pre-Release 4.2 of the 'Next' platform is available for immediate download. This 'Next' release has automated and customizable folders (aka categories) in the menu, our new theming engine with multiple chrome styles, the Portable App Directory app store for automatic download and installation of portable apps, find-as-you-type search to easily find apps in your ever-growing collection, an improved updater with better support for proxies, an improved options selection window, more-complete translations into more languages and lots more. Pre-Release 4 adds portable fonts, the ability to include/exclude freeware and advanced apps from the app store, fixes several bugs and improves localizations. 4.2 adds additional bug fixes, locale improvements and more. So, let's get to it... (permalink)

Existing 2.0/Next users can automatically update by clicking Manage Apps - Check for Updates

DVDStyler Portable 2.0 has been released. DVDStyler Portable is the popular DVDStyler program packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your DVD creation tool settings with you. This release updates DVDStyler 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.

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Explorer++ Portable 1.3.2 has been released. Explorer++ is a free multi-tab file manager that features the same familiar interface as Windows Explorer, while introducing several enhancements and improvements for a much richer file browsing experience. This release updates Explorer++ to the latest version and adds multilingual support. 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.

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CrystalDiskInfo Portable 4.1.3 has been released. CrystalDiskInfo monitors HDD/SSD health status and temperature, and does all the usual monitoring/graphing of S.M.A.R.T. information. It also tells you how many times the hard disk has been turned on and how many hours it's been on for. 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.

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Blender Portable 2.60a has been released. Blender Portable is the popular Blender open source software for 3D modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback packaged as a portable app, so you can do your rendering on the go. This release updates to the latest version of Blender. 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.

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Task Coach Portable 1.2.30 has been released. Task Coach Portable is the popular Task Coach packaged as a portable app so you bring your to-do list and task manager with you so you always stay on top of things. This new release updates Task Coach to the latest release. 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.

Task Coach is packaged for portable use by the Task Coach developers.

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XAMPP Launcher 1.5 has been released. It's a simple launcher utility that lets you easily add a link to the PortableApps.com Menu for XAMPP, the portable Apache, mySQL, PHP and more package. This release adds Unicode support for the launcher, the latest PortableApps.com Format and corrects an issue with upgrades removing XAMPP when used with an internal directory rather than the drive root. XAMPP itself was also updated to 1.7.7, so users should manually upgrade their XAMPP setup as well. It's all open source and completely free.

XAMPP Launcher can be updated automatically or installed from the app store in the PortableApps.com Platform. XAMPP itself must be manually installed following the instructions on the XAMPP Portable homepage.

Miranda IM Portable 0.9.32 has been released. Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client for Windows which uses very little memory and supports ICQ, AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, IRC and more. This new release updates Miranda IM 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.

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PeaZip Portable 4.1 has been released. PeaZip Portable is the easy to use PeaZip file archiver packaged as a portable app, so you can take your file archiver with you and work with your compressed 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR files and more on the go. This release updates the included PeaZip to the latest release. 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.

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FocusWriter Portable 1.3.4.1 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. This release updates the app 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 app store in the PortableApps.com Platform Pre-Release.