Open Source Release

Mozilla Firefox - Portable Edition (Firefox Portable among friends) 2.0 Beta 2 has been released. This is a package of the latest Beta of Firefox 2.0 and is a great way to test out the upcoming features of Firefox 2.0 without disrupting your local installation of Firefox (as a portable app, you can run it from anywhere you like, even your desktop). Get it from the Firefox Portable 2.0 Beta 2 page. Of course, if you're not the beta-testing type, you can always stick with standard release.

GIMP Portable 2.2.12 has been released as US English and multilingual packages. It's the handy GIMP image editor packaged as a portable app, so you can work with your graphics and pictures on the go from your USB flash drive, iPod or portable hard drive. It has all the same great features as GIMP including support for multiple file formats (PSD, PNG, BMP, JPG, GIF, etc), extensive plugin and fliter support and more. Plus, it leaves nothing behind on the PC you use it on. It even supports running from a CD. Read on for all the details...

7-Zip Portable 4.42 has been released as a multilingual package. It's the handy 7-Zip file archiver packaged as a portable app, so you can work with your compressed files on the go from your USB flash drive, iPod or portable hard drive. It has all the same great features as 7-Zip including support for multiple file formats (7z, ZIP, BZIP, RAR, etc), an easy-to-use file manager and more. Plus, it leaves nothing behind on the PC you use it on. It even supports running from a CD. Read on for all the details...

Sudoku Portable 1.1.7 has been released. For the unfamiliar, Sudoku Portable is the wildly popular puzzle game packaged as a portable app, so you can play on any PC. It has multiple difficulty levels, automatically saves your game and more. It'll even run from a CDROM. Read on for all the details...

Portable Miranda IM is now Miranda IM Portable, and version 0.5 has been released. For the unfamiliar, Miranda IM Portable is the popular Miranda IM multi-network instant messaging client packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your buddy lists with you and chat from any PC. This new release adds in several new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, WINE support in Linux/UNIX and more. Read on for all the details...

Portable VLC Media Player is now VLC Media Player Portable, and version 0.8.5 has been released as a multilingual package. For the unfamiliar, VLC Portable is the popular VLC Media Player packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with a player that can handle them all with you. This new release adds in several new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, partial WINE support and more. Read on for all the details...

Portable FileZilla is now FileZilla Portable, and version 2.2.26a has been released as a multilingual package. For the unfamiliar, FileZilla Portable is the handy FileZilla FTP client packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your FTP client and site list with you. This new release adds in several new features, including: improved CD and read-only USB support, in-place upgrades, full WINE support under UNIX/Linux and more. Read on for all the details...

Portable AbiWord is now AbiWord Portable, and version 2.4.5 has been released as a multilingual package. For the unfamiliar, AbiWord Portable is the lightweight AbiWord word processor packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your word processor and documents with you. This new release adds in several new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, full support for AbiWord plugins, Open Document support and more. Read on for all the details...

Portable ClamWin is now ClamWin Portable, and version 0.88.4 has been released. For the unfamiliar, ClamWin Portable is the handy ClamWin Free Antivirus packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your antivirus with you. This new release adds in several new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, in-place upgrades, automatic fixes for some common issues and more. It's also 30% smaller when installed. Read on for all the details...

Portable Thunderbird is now Mozilla Thunderbird - Portable Edition (Thunderbird Portable among friends), and version 1.5.0.5 has been released. It's the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client packaged with a PortableApps.com Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your email and contacts with you. This new release adds in a ton of new features, including: the ability to run from a CD, complete Thunderbird partial update support, in-place upgrades, lots of handy bug fixes, support for running within Wine on *nix and more. It's also available with Enigmail and GPG built in for secure, encrypted email. You can even get a copy of the latest Thunderbird 2.0 Alpha 1 as well. Read on for all the details...