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Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition Legacy 115.36.0 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 19, 2026 - 6:17pm

A new version of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition Legacy 115 has been released. It's a more-extended-than-usual Extended Support Release of the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser designed for Windows 7/8/8.1 users with support continuing through February 2026. It's bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app. It is intended for web developers and extension developers to test against. Individual users not using Windows 7/8/8.1 should use standard Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition for everyday use. 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®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

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

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition Nightly 153 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 19, 2026 - 6:12pm

Firefox logoA new version of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition Nightly has been released. It's the Nightly channel of the popular Firefox web browser so you can test upcoming features without impacting your local or other portable installs. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And, as always, it's open source and completely free.

Mozilla®, Firefox® and the Firefox 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.

Mozilla Firefox ESR, Portable Edition 140.11.0 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 19, 2026 - 6:08pm

A new version of Mozilla Firefox® ESR, Portable Edition has been released. It's the Extended Support Release of the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser bundled with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app It is intended for groups who deploy and maintain the desktop environment in large organizations such as universities and other schools, county or city governments and businesses, as well as the web developers that support them. Individual users should use standard Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition for everyday use. It's a great way to test your sites and extensions in multiple versions of Firefox. 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®, Firefox® and the Firefox logo are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation and are used under license.

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

Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition Stable 151.0 (web browser) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 19, 2026 - 6:06pm

A new version of Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition has been released. It's the Mozilla Firefox browser bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your browser, bookmarks, settings and extensions on the go. And it's open source and completely free. Firefox Portable is a dual-architecture 64-bit and 32-bit (optional) app, ensuring Firefox runs as fast as possible on every PC.

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

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

gVim Portable 9.2.0500 (advanced text editor) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 19, 2026 - 4:39pm

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.

QOwnNotes Portable 26.5.13 (markdown note taker) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 19, 2026 - 4:37pm

A new version of QOwnNotes Portable has been released. It's a handy markdown note taking app packaged as a portable app so you can take notes 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.

Krita Portable 5.3.1 (sketching and painting) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 15, 2026 - 3:23pm

A new version of Krita Portable has been released. Krita is a free sketching and painting program that's great for things like concept art, texture or matte painting, illustrations and comics, and more. 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.

Blender Portable LTS 4.5.9 (3D modeling, animation, rendering) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 15, 2026 - 3:20pm

A new version of Blender Portable LTS has been released. Blender LTS is the Long Term Support branch of 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. 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.

Blender Portable 5.1.1 (3D modeling, animation, rendering) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 15, 2026 - 3:15pm

A new version of Blender Portable 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. 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.

balenaEtcher Portable 2.1.6 (Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives) Released

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 15, 2026 - 1:46pm

logoA new version of balenaEtcher Portable has been released. balenaEtcher allows you to flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily. And it's packaged as a portable app so you can use it 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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