• ↪️ File Scanners (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/adblock-vpn-privacy#wiki_.25B7_file_scanners)

• ⭐ Krokiet (https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/blob/master/krokiet/README.md), czkawka (https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka) or dupeGuru (https://dupeguru.voltaicideas.net/) - Duplicate File Finders

• UnLock IT (https://emcosoftware.com/unlock-it/download) or Lock Hunter (https://lockhunter.com/) - File Unlocker / Deleter

• Icaros (https://github.com/Xanashi/Icaros) - Add Explorer Thumbnails to any Video Format

• HTTPDirfs (https://github.com/fangfufu/httpdirfs) or hfs (https://rejetto.com/hfs/) / 2 (https://github.com/rejetto/hfs) - HTTP File Systems

• WinBtrfs (https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs) - Btrfs File System

• mergerfs (https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs) - Union File System

• ExampleFile (https://www.examplefile.com/), ⁠Dummyfiles (https://dummyfiles.dev/) or File-Examples (https://file-examples.com/) - Dummy Example Files

• Note - For more info on the benefits of Download Managers, see The Piracy Glossary (https://fluffle.cc/piracyglossary).

• ⭐ AB Download Manager (https://abdownloadmanager.com/) - Download Manager / Windows, macOS, Linux, Android / Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ab-download-manager/) / Chrome (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ab-download-manager-brows/bbobopahenonfdgjgaleledndnnfhooj) / Telegram (https://t.me/abdownloadmanager_discussion) / GitHub (https://github.com/amir1376/ab-download-manager)

• ⭐ JDownloader (https://jdownloader.org/) - Download Manager / Windows, macOS, Linux

• ⭐ JDownloader Tools - Apps (https://my.jdownloader.org/apps/) / Dark Theme (https://github.com/moktavizen/material-darker-jdownloader), 2 (https://redd.it/q3xrgj) / Dracula Theme (https://draculatheme.com/jdownloader2) / Debloat Guide (https://clarasguide.valeena.workers.dev/Guides/jdownloader2/)

• ⭐ IDM (https://rentry.co/FMHYB64#idm), 2 (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/download#wiki_.25BA_software_sites), 3 (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/games#wiki_.25BA_download_games) (search) - Download Manager / Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tonec-idm-integration-module/) / Chrome (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/idm-integration-module/ngpampappnmepgilojfohadhhmbhlaek) / Windows

• Go Speed (https://gopeed.com/) - Download Manager / All Platforms / Extension (https://github.com/GopeedLab/browser-extension) / Plugins (https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Agopeed-extension&type=repositories) / GitHub (https://github.com/GopeedLab/gopeed)

• Rayburst (https://rayburst.pages.dev) - Download Manager / GitHub (https://github.com/AnInsomniacy/rayburst)

• FDM (https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/) - Download Manager / YTDL Addon (https://github.com/meowcateatrat/elephant) / Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/free-download-manager-addon/) / Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/free-download-manager-chr/ahmpjcflkgiildlgicmcieglgoilbfdp/RK%3D2/RS%3DfQzscgKGm9aMezJJ7Gf2Fcc.JSo-) / Windows, macOS, Linux, Android

• imFile (https://imfile.org/) / Windows, macOS, Linux / GitHub (https://github.com/imfile-io/imfile-desktop)

• ⁠Aria2 Next (https://github.com/AnInsomniacy/aria2-next) or aria2 (https://aria2.github.io/) / GitHub (https://github.com/aria2/aria2) - Terminal Download Manager / Download Bot (https://github.com/gaowanliang/DownloadBot) / WebUI (https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2), 2 (https://ariang.mayswind.net/) / Windows, macOS, Android

• Persepolis (https://persepolisdm.github.io/) - Download Manager / Windows, macOS, Linux / GitHub (https://github.com/persepolisdm/persepolis)

• pyLoad (https://pyload.net/) - Lightweight Download Manager / Windows, macOS, Linux / GitHub (https://github.com/pyload/pyload)

• ArrowDL (https://www.arrow-dl.com/) - Download Manager / Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/arrow-dl/) / Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/arrow-dl/modofbhnhlagjmejdbalnijgncppjeio) / Windows, macOS, Linux / GitHub (https://github.com/setvisible/ArrowDL)

• Varia (https://github.com/giantpinkrobots/varia) - Download Manager / Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/varia-integrator/) / Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dacakhfljjhgdfdlgjpabkkjhbpcmiff) / Windows, macOS, Linux

• ⁠Surge (https://github.com/surge-downloader/surge) - TUI Download Manager / Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/surge/) / Windows, macOS, Linux

• DownThemAll (https://www.downthemall.org/) - Download Management Extension / Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/downthemall/) / Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/downthemall/nljkibfhlpcnanjgbnlnbjecgicbjkge) / GitHub (https://github.com/downthemall/downthemall)

• HTTP Downloader (https://erickutcher.github.io/) - Download Manager for HTTP / FTP / SFTP / Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/http-downloader/) / Chrome (https://github.com/erickutcher/httpdownloader/releases/download/CE_v1.0.2.8/HTTP_Downloader_Chrome_Extension.crx) / Windows / GitHub (https://github.com/erickutcher/httpdownloader)

• 🌐 SuperCompression (https://supercompression.org/) - File Compression Resources

• ⭐ NanaZip (https://nanazip.org/) / GitHub (https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip) or 7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org/) / GitHub (https://github.com/ip7z/7zip) - File Archiver

• ⭐ PeaZip (https://peazip.github.io/) - Cross-Platform File Archiver / GitHub (https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/)

• ⭐ CompactGUI (https://github.com/IridiumIO/CompactGUI) - Transparent Compression

• Fileforums (https://fileforums.com/) or Encode (https://encode.su/) - Data Compression Forums

• TurboBench (https://github.com/powturbo/TurboBench) - Compression Benchmark

• Efficient Compression Tool (https://github.com/fhanau/Efficient-Compression-Tool) or Minuimus (https://birds-are-nice.me/software/minuimus.html) - File Archivers / Optimizers

• ezyZip (https://www.ezyzip.com/) - Zip Files Online

• unzip-online (https://unzip-online.com/en) - Unzip Files Online

• Unrar online (https://unrar.online/) - Unrar Files Online

• WinRAR (https://www.win-rar.com/), 2 (https://www.rarlab.com) - File Archiver / Remove Popups (https://rentry.co/FMHYB64#winrar) / Update (Important) (https://github.com/fmhy/edit/blob/main/docs/.vitepress/notes/winrar.md)

• ouch (https://crates.io/crates/ouch) - Archiving / Compression CLI / GitHub (https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch)

• UPX (https://upx.github.io/) - Executable File Compressor / GitHub (https://github.com/upx/upx)

• ⭐ File Converter (https://file-converter.io/) - Offline / Convert & Compress Files / Windows / GitHub (https://github.com/Tichau/FileConverter) / Warning (https://github.com/fmhy/edit/blob/main/docs/.vitepress/notes/file-converter-note.md)

• ⭐ VERT (https://vert.sh/) - Online for Videos / Offline for Other Formats / Web / Discord (https://discord.gg/8XXZ7TFFrK) / GitHub (https://github.com/VERT-sh/VERT)

• ⭐ Convert to it! (https://p2r3.github.io/convert/) - Offline / File Converter / Web / GitHub (https://github.com/p2r3/convert)

• ⭐ Aconvert (https://www.aconvert.com/) - Online / Various Converters / 40MB / Web

• ⁠Docling (https://docling-project.github.io/docling/) / GitHub (https://github.com/docling-project/docling) or Pandoc (https://pandoc.org/) / GitHub (https://github.com/jgm/pandoc) - PDF / Documents CLI Converters

• ConvertCSV (https://www.convertcsv.com/) - Online CSV Data Conversion / Web

• Encoding Converter (https://encoding-converter.netlify.app/) - Online File Encoding Converter / Web

• Deark (https://entropymine.com/deark/) - Decode and Convert Files / Windows, macOS, Linux / GitHub (https://github.com/jsummers/deark)

• text2img (https://master.ayra.ch/text2img/) - Local NFO Files to Image Converter / Web / GitHub (https://github.com/AyrA/text2img)

• Xconvert (https://www.xconvert.com) - Online / File Converter / 400MB / Web

• FreeConvert (https://www.freeconvert.com/) - Online / Unlimited / Clear Cookies / Web

• Convertio (https://convertio.co/) - Online / File Converter / 100MB / Web

• AnyConvert (https://anyconv.com/) - Online / File Converter / 100MB / Web

• MiConv (https://miconv.com/) - Online / File Converter / 75MB / Web

• ⁠Docpose (https://docpose.cloud/convert) - Online / File Converter / 25MB / Web

• videoutils (https://www.videoutils.com/) - Online / File Converter / 500MB / Web

• ConvertFiles (https://www.convertfiles.com/) - Online / File Converter / 250MB / Web

• ⁠ConvertX (https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX) or Transmute (https://transmute.sh/) / GitHub (https://github.com/transmute-app/transmute) - Self-Hosted File Converters

• ⭐ Directory Opus (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/download#wiki_.25BA_software_sites) (search) - Windows File Manager

• DoubleCMD (https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/) / GitHub (https://github.com/doublecmd/doublecmd) or muCommander (https://www.mucommander.com/) / GitHub (https://github.com/mucommander/mucommander) - Cross-Platform File Managers

• Sigma (https://sigma-file-manager.vercel.app) - Modern File Manager / GitHub (https://github.com/aleksey-hoffman/sigma-file-manager)

• ChromaFiler (https://chroma.zone/chromafiler/) - Column-Based File Manager / GitHub (https://github.com/vanjac/chromafiler)

• Yazi (https://yazi-rs.github.io/) / GitHub (https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi) or superfile (https://superfile.dev/) / GitHub (https://github.com/yorukot/superfile) - Terminal File Managers

• OneCommander (https://www.onecommander.com/) - File Manager

• FreeCommander (https://freecommander.com/) - File Manager

• Q-Dir (https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir) - File Manager

• Files (https://files.community/) - Customizable File Manager / Use Classic Installer / Discord (https://discord.gg/files) / GitHub (https://github.com/files-community/Files)

• Explorer++ (https://explorerplusplus.com/) - Lightweight Windows File Manager / GitHub (https://github.com/derceg/explorerplusplus)

• Far Manager (https://www.farmanager.com/) - File / Archive Manager / GitHub (https://github.com/FarGroup/FarManager)

• Total Commander (https://www.ghisler.com/) - Shareware File Manager

• Tablacus Explorer (https://tablacus.github.io/explorer_en.html) / GitHub (https://github.com/tablacus/TablacusExplorer) or Multi Commander (https://multicommander.com/) - Tab File Managers

• Vifm (https://vifm.info/) - Vim-Based File Manager / GitHub (https://github.com/vifm/vifm)

• eza (https://eza.rocks/) / GitHub (https://github.com/eza-community/eza) or lsd (https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd) - Modern ls Replacements

• FileBrowser Quantum (https://filebrowserquantum.com/) / GitHub (https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser) or ⁠copyparty (https://github.com/9001/copyparty/) - Self-Hosted Web File Managers

• ⭐ Everything (https://voidtools.com/) - File Search Engine / Alpha (https://www.voidtools.com/everything-1.5a/) / Date Searching (https://rentry.co/etfd)

• Recoll (https://www.recoll.org/) / Addon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/recoll-we/), DocFetcher (https://docfetcher.sourceforge.io/) or Orange (https://0-range.github.io/) - Cross-Platform Search Engines

• AnyTXT (https://anytxt.net/) or WizFile (https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/) - Windows Search Engines

• AstroGrep (https://sourceforge.net/projects/astrogrep/), grepWin (https://github.com/stefankueng/grepWin) or dnGrep (https://dngrep.github.io/) - Windows GUI Grep Utilities

• fselect (https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect) - SQL-like Search Engine

• fd (https://github.com/sharkdp/fd) - User Friendly "find" Alternative

• sist2 (https://github.com/simon987/sist2) - Simple Incremental Search Tool

• ⭐ Cryptomator (https://cryptomator.org/) / GitHub (https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator) or Tahoe-LAFS (https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs) / GitHub (https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs) - Cloud File Encryption

• ⭐ VeraCrypt (https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html) - Disk Encryptor / Use w/ External Drives / GitHub (https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt)

• age (https://github.com/FiloSottile/age) or ⁠rage (https://github.com/str4d/rage) - File Encryptor

• REM (https://rem.liriliri.io/) - File Encryptor / Rclone GUI / GitHub (https://github.com/liriliri/rem)

• Picocrypt-NG (https://github.com/Picocrypt-NG/Picocrypt-NG) - File Encryptor

• gocryptfs (https://github.com/bailey27/cppcryptfs) - File Encryptor

• Kryptor (https://www.kryptor.co.uk/) - File Encryptor

• ⁠VERNAM (https://vernam.app/) - File Encryptor / Web / GitHub (https://github.com/LifetimeLabsDev/VERNAM)

• ⁠AES-256-GCM (https://d9.codeberg.page/aes-256-gcm-file-encryption.html) - AES-256-GCM File Encryptor / Web

• ⭐ SyncThing (https://syncthing.net/) - Cross-Platform File Sync / Android (https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android), 2 (https://github.com/chenxiaolong/BasicSync) / Tray Support (https://martchus.github.io/syncthingtray/) / GitHub (https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing)

• ⭐ FreeFileSync (https://freefilesync.org/) - Open-Source File Sync

• MyPhoneExplorer (https://www.fjsoft.at/) or SyncFolder (https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nc73mjwhsww?rtc=1&hl=en-us&gl=US) - Phone and Desktop Sync

• allwaysync (https://allwaysync.com/) - File Sync Utility

• Resilio (https://www.resilio.com/individuals/) - P2P File Sync

• ⁠TangoShare (https://tangoshare.com/) - P2P File Sync

• ⁠SpaceDrop (https://spacedrop.app/) - P2P File Sync

• ⁠SpectrShare (https://spectrshare.com/) - P2P File Sync

• SmartFTP (https://www.smartftp.com/) - FTP File Sync

• rsync (https://rsync.samba.org) - Command-line File Sync / GitHub (https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync)

• Unison (https://github.com/bcpierce00/unison) - Bidirectional File Sync

• ⭐ restic (https://restic.net/) - Secure File Backup / GitHub (https://github.com/restic/restic)

• ⭐ Kopia (https://kopia.io/) - Encrypted File Backup / GitHub (https://github.com/kopia/kopia/)

• ⭐ Rescuezilla (https://rescuezilla.com/) / GitHub (https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla) or CloneZilla (https://clonezilla.org/) - Disk Image Backup

• FolderClone (https://www.folderclone.com/) or Echosync (https://www.luminescence-software.org/en/echosync/about/) - Folder Clone / Backup

• BackupPC (https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/) - Networked File Backup

• TeraCopy (https://www.codesector.com/teracopy) - Copy Files Quickly / More Securely

• UrBackup (https://www.urbackup.org/) - Client / Server File Backup

• duplicity (https://duplicity.gitlab.io/) - File Backup

• Duplicati (https://www.duplicati.com/) - File Backup

• AOMEI Backupper (https://www.ubackup.com/) - File Backup

• Borg (https://www.borgbackup.org/) - De-duplicating File Backup / WebUI (https://github.com/karanhudia/borg-ui) / GitHub (https://github.com/borgbackup/borg)

• USBImager (https://bztsrc.gitlab.io/usbimager/) - USB Image Backup

• ⭐ TestDisk (https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk) - File Recovery / Source Code (https://git.cgsecurity.org/cgit/testdisk/tree/)

• DMDE (https://dmde.com/) - File Recovery

• PhotoRec (https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) - File Recovery

• CleverFiles (https://www.cleverfiles.com/) - File Recovery

• Windows File Recovery (https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9n26s50ln705) - File Recovery

• MultiPar (https://github.com/Yutaka-Sawada/MultiPar) - Prevent File Corruption / Guide (https://youtu.be/5TsExiAsCXA)

• ShadowExplorer (https://www.shadowexplorer.com/) or ShadowCopyView (https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shadow_copy_view.html/) - Shadow Copy Explorers

• ↪️ Image Metadata Tools (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/image-tools#wiki_.25B7_photo_forensics_.2F_metadata)

• ↪️ Audio Metadata Tools (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/audio#wiki_.25B7_audio_metadata)

• ⭐ Fileinfo (https://fileinfo.com/), Filext (https://filext.com/) or OpenMyFiles (https://www.openmyfiles.com/) - File Extension Libraries

• ⭐ Phockup (https://github.com/ivandokov/phockup) - Organize Photos / Videos by EXIF Date

• ⁠HashCheck (https://github.com/idrassi/HashCheck), HashGuard (https://github.com/MarchTheDev/HashGuard), ⁠HashMyFiles (https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html) or RapidCRC Unicode (https://github.com/OV2/RapidCRC-Unicode) - Checksum / Hash Verifier

• MediaInfo (https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo) - Media File Analysis / Metadata Viewer / Online (https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline)

• MediaPeek (https://mediapeek.plnk.workers.dev/) - Online Media File Analysis / Metadata Viewer / GitHub (https://github.com/luminalreason/mediapeek)

• ExtractMetadata (https://www.extractmetadata.com/), ⁠FilesMD (https://www.filesmd.com/) or Metadata2Go (https://www.metadata2go.com/) - Metadata Viewers / Editors

• ⁠PrivMeta (https://www.privmeta.com/) / GitHub (https://github.com/DScaife/privmeta/), MetaStrip (https://metastrip.app/) / GitHub (https://github.com/lars-1987/metastrip), Metadata Remover (https://ianonymous3000.github.io/metadata-remover/) / GitHub (https://github.com/iAnonymous3000/metadata-remover) or mat2 (https://github.com/jvoisin/mat2) / Web Version (https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2-web) - Remove Metadata from Files

• Attribute Changer (https://www.petges.lu/) - Edit File & Folder Properties

• WhatsLink (https://whatslink.info/) - View File Download Web Metadata

• Magika (https://github.com/google/magika) or TridUI (https://github.com/JMcrafter26/TridUI) - File Type Detection Tools

• TagSpaces (https://www.tagspaces.org/) or Tagging for Windows (https://www.taggingforwindows.com/) - Tag-Based File Systems

• SKTimeStamp (https://tools.stefankueng.com/SKTimeStamp.html) - Change File Created / Modified Time

• ⭐ SDelete (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete) - File Deletion CLI

• Eraser (https://eraser.heidi.ie/), File Shredder (https://fileshredder.org/), Alternate File Shredder (https://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c_fileshredder.php?lang=ENG) or Delapp (https://github.com/differentrain/Delapp) - File Shredding

• Parted Magic (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/download#wiki_.25BA_software_sites) (search) - Disk Partitioning / Data Recovery

• SSuite File Shredder and Burner (https://www.ssuiteoffice.com/software/ssuitefileshredder.htm) - File Shredder with Disk Burning

• Low Level Format (https://www.lowlevelformat.info/), nwipe (https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe) or ShredOS (https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64) - Complete Hard Drive Erasers

• RED (https://www.jonasjohn.de/red.htm) - Remove Empty Directories

• ⭐ Advanced Renamer (https://www.advancedrenamer.com/), PowerRename (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/powerrename), Szyszka (https://github.com/qarmin/szyszka), F2 (https://github.com/ayoisaiah/f2), Ant Renamer (https://www.antp.be/software/renamer), Flut Renamer (https://github.com/sun-jiao/flut-renamer) or Bulk Rename Utility (https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/) - Bulk Renamers

• FoliCon (https://dineshsolanki.github.io/FoliCon/) - Automatic Custom Media Icons / Folders / GitHub (https://github.com/DineshSolanki/FoliCon)

• MediaMonkey (https://www.mediamonkey.com/) - Media Organizer

• tinyMediaManager (https://www.tinymediamanager.org/) or MediaElch (https://www.kvibes.de/mediaelch/) - Media Collection Managers

• FileBot (https://www.filebot.net/) - Media File Renaming

• TVRename (https://www.tvrename.com/) or ⁠Rename My TV Series (https://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/rename-my-tv-series-v2/) - TV File Data Automation

• Shoko (https://github.com/shokoanime) - Anime File Data Automation

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