Beta Testing

Application: POD (Portable, Open Desktop)
Category: Utilities
Description: POD (previously called PotableEnv) is a tool that allows you to take your desktop with you. You can make shortcuts to portable programs, and start this up to have your own desktop.

Please note, this is still highly experimental! As a result, it has not been packaged into a .paf.exe, and is not recommended for use in public places. If you want to pack it into a .paf.exe, go ahead. I can host the file and provide a link here.

Application: Photofiltre
Category: Graphics & Pictures
Description: PhotoFiltre is a complete image editing and effects package. It comes with many features that rival some commercial packages, as well as additional add-ons that can be downloaded from the web site.

This is an outdated version of the PortableApps.com Launcher. The next release is available here.

Here is a development release of the official PortableApps.com Launcher (a continuation of my earlier project). For those interested, development is taking place in our Mercurial repositories.

Application: MWSnap
Category: Graphics & Pictures
Description: MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen.

Download MWSnap Portable 3.0.0.74 Development Test 7 online [853 KB download / 1.3 MB + 601 KB installed]

THANKS FOR TESTING, THIS HAS BEEN RELEASED:
https://portableapps.com/news/2010-01-28_-_portableapps.com_platform_and...

Yes, you read that right. This is a quick 1.6 Beta 12 test.

Due to the work still being done on 2.0, we're going to do a quick 1.6 release with many of the features from the 2.0 Beta 3 release. This gets a new, stable, more full-featured version of the platform out there while we finish up the remaining features.

So, what are the changes from 2.0 Beta 3? Well, we had to disable a couple things:

Application: Convert
Category: Utilities
Description: Convert is a free and easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions!

Download Convert Portable 4.10 Development Test 2 [772KB + 548KB download / 1.46MB installed]

This version is out of date, please search for a newer version. At the time of writing the newest version is available from the front page.

Application: Google Chrome
Category: Internet
Description: "Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed." - Google

Application: GNU IceCat
Category: Internet
Description: GNUzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. Unlike Firefox, IceCat only recommends free software plug-ins and add-ons..

Download GNU IceCat 3.6 Development Test 1 [8.38MB download / 16MB installed]
(MD5: ab571e47c85a2d17154248ba919a1725)

Release Notes:

Application: XML Copy Editor
Category: Development
Description: XML Copy Editor is a fast, free, validating XML editor.

Download XML Copy Editor Portable Beta [4.8 MB Download / 19MB installed]
(MD5: 766a8de71cf5b733a2cff4c033dd8009)

[Admin Note (JTH): Please be aware that KidSafe is currently early testing software. You should read the readme.txt within KidSafePortable\App\KidSafe *BEFORE* you run this app. In some instances, it can lock a computer or be flagged by antivirus as malware.]

Application: KidSafe
Category: Utilities
Description: KidSafe is a computer-locking application designed to keep young children from messing anything up.