Notes on Installed Apps

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Apps Installed via Scoop

7zip

A multi-format file archiver with high compression ratios.

adb

Android SDK platform-tools includes tools that interface with the Android platform, such as adb and fastboot.

anki

Powerful and intelligent flash cards

another-redis-desktop-manager

A faster, better and more stable Redis desktop manager.

bleachbit

Disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer.

bulk-crap-uninstaller

Bulk program uninstaller with advanced automation.

calibre

Powerful and easy to use e-book manager.

CascadiaCode-NF

Nerd Fonts patched 'CascadiaCode' Font family.

crystaldiskinfo

A HDD/SSD utility software which supports a part of USB, RAID and NVMe.

crystaldiskmark

A simple disk benchmark software.

cygwin

A large collection of GNU and Open Source tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows.

dark

WiX (Windows Installer XML) Toolset Decompiler

devtoys-np

A Swiss Army knife for developers.

dismplusplus

A gatis Windows utility similar to DISM, but with a GUI and based on CBS.

docker

Docker CLI & Docker Engine for Windows containers. Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications.

docker-compose

Define and run multi-container applications with Docker.

dotnet-sdk

.NET is a free, cross-platform, open source developer platform for building many different types of applications.

eraser

Remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

f.lux

Makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

ffmpeg

A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.

ffmpeg-batch

An ffmpeg gui with batch processing, video downloading, and more.

FiraCode-NF

Nerd Fonts patched 'FiraCode' Font family.

firefox

Popular open source web browser.

git

Distributed version control system.

git-lfs

Git extension for versioning large files.

go

An open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

googlechrome

Fast, secure, and free web browser, built for the modern web.

graphviz

Open source graph visualization software.

hibit-system-information

Show detailed information about the configuration of your computer.

jellyfin

A fast, compact and innovative graphic viewer (with PlugIns).

JetBrainsMono-NF

Nerd Fonts patched 'JetBrainsMono' Font family.

keepassxc

Community fork of KeePass. Password manager.

lazygit

A simple terminal UI for git commands.

losslesscut

Lossless trimming tool for video and audio files.

lunarvim

Lunarvim is a community-driven framework for neovim, written in lua.

mc

Native GNU Midnight Commander for Win32.

microsoft-teams

Office 365’s chats, meetings, files and apps together in one place

miktex

MikTeX, an up-to-date implementation of TeX/LaTeX and related programs.

msiafterburner

Overclocking utility for graphics cards. Main features include GPU/Shader/Memory clock adjustment, advanced fan speed and GPU voltage control.

msys2

A software distro and building platform for Windows.

mullvadvpn-np

The official desktop client for Mullvad VPN, a privacy-respecting VPN service.

neovim

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability.

nodejs-lts

As an asynchronous event driven JavaScript runtime, Node is designed to build scalable network applications. (Long Term Support)

notepadplusplus

A free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages.

nssm

The Non-Sucking Service Manager.

nvcleanstall

Extends customization of NVIDIA GeForce Driver packages; can also decouple automatic updates from NVIDIA’s servers.

obs-studio

Video recording and live streaming software.

obsidian

Powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

office-365-apps-minimal-np

Family of client software, server software and services developed by Microsoft. This package only includes Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

oh-my-posh

A prompt theme engine for any shell.

perfview

PerfView is a CPU and memory performance-analysis tool.

pgadmin4-np

PostgreSQL administration and development platform.

picotorrent

A tiny, hackable BitTorrent client with low memory usage, high performance and a native user interface.

plantuml

A tool to draw UML diagrams, using a simple and human readable text description.

powertoys

A set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.

pwsh

Cross-platform automation and configuration tool/framework, known as Powershell Core, that works well with existing tools and is optimized for dealing with structured data.

Since Scoop uses pwsh.exe internally, to update PowerShell Core itself, run scoop update pwsh from Windows PowerShell, i.e. powershell.exe. Add PowerShell Core as a explorer context menu by running: '$dir\install-explorer-context.reg' For file context menu, run '$dir\install-file-context.reg'.

python

A programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively. Python 3.

restic

Fast, secure and simple backup program.

rssguard

A simple, light and easy-to-use RSS/ATOM feed aggregator

shutup10

Free antispy tool for Windows 10

skype

Communication tool for free calls and chat.

sql-server-management-studio-np

Integrated environment for SQL Server infrastructure administration and T-SQL development.

sumatrapdf

PDF and eBook reader.

teracopy-np

Utility for copying files.

texstudio

An integrated writing environment for creating LaTeX documents.

thunderbird

A free email application that’s easy to set up and customize.

unetbootin

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions without burning a CD.

vcredist

Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables bundle for all major versions

You can now remove all vcredist installers with 'scoop uninstall vcredist2005 vcredist2008 vcredist2010 vcredist2012 vcredist2013 vcredist'

vlc

A free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

vscode

Lightweight but powerful source code editor.

Add Visual Studio Code as a context menu option by running: 'reg import "$dir\install-context.reg"' For file associations, run: 'reg import "$dir\install-associations.reg"'

win32-disk-imager

Tool for writing images to USB sticks or SD/CF cards.

windows-terminal

The new Windows Terminal, and the original Windows console host - all in the same place!

windowsdesktop-runtime

Microsoft .NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime.

winget

Windows Package Manager CLI (aka winget).

winmerge

Differencing and merging tool, that compares both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.

winsetupfromusb

Create multi-boot USB for Windows/Linux installations.

wixtoolset

Set of tools for windows installer creation.

wiztree

A hard drive disk space analyser that finds the files and folders using the most space.

yt-dlp

A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes.

zig

General-purpose programming language designed for robustness, optimality, and maintainability.

zotero

Open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials.

Scoop commands to remember

List installed apps

scoop list

Cleanup

scoop cleanup *

Update all apps

scoop update *

Update powershell

Run scoop update pwsh from Windows PowerShell, i.e. powershell.exe. Add PowerShell Core as a explorer context menu by running: '$dir\install-explorer-context.reg' For file context menu, run '$dir\install-file-context.reg'.

Export installed scoop apps list

scoop export > scoopfile.json

Import installed scoop apps list

scoop import 'C:\scoopfile.json'

Apps Installed via Winget

Visual Studio Community 2022

IDE for .Net development

Winget commands to remember

List installed apps

winget list

Update all apps

winget upgrade --all

Export installed winget apps list

winget export --output winget-export.json

Import installed winget apps list

winget import --import-file winget-export.json