Welcome to the Portable applications page!
Here you will find applications that do not take an install, as well as ones that were specifically designed to run on removeable media, such as from USB flash drives, cd etc.
The programs listed here are free for personal use, unless otherwise noted. as with any, “freeware”, if you find that a program works for you, consider donating to the author. this will help inspire them to continue to develop more software, which may prove beneficial to the blind community.
A utility for unzipping zip archives.
This is a portable version of the original program.
For more Information, see the Documentation section below.
Download 7-zip_portable_4.42_r2.paf.exe 1.14mb
Free audio editor and recorder.
This is a portable version of the original program.
For more information, see the Documentation section below.
Download audacity_portable_1.2.6_r2.paf.exe 2.29mb
Free application for extracting audio tracks from cd’s.
This application does not take an install.
For more information, visit:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/
Download cdex_140_enu.exe 1.33mb
FTP Client.
Portable version of the original program.
For more information, see the Documentation section below.
Download file_zilla_portable_2.2.31.paf.exe 2.32mb
Free web browser.
Portable version of the popular web browser.
For more information, see the Documentation section below.
Download firefox_portable_2.0.0.3_en-us.paf.exe 5.73mb
KeePass Portable is the popular KeePass Password Safe packaged as a portable app. For more information, see the Documentation section below.
Download kee_pass_portable_1.07.paf.exe 1.1mb
Free instant messengeing client for use with other instant messengers.
This is a portable version of the original program.
For more information, see the Documentation section below.
Download miranda_portable_0.6.8_ansi.paf.exe 1.18mb
Aportable version of the Open Office suite.
For more information, see the documentation section below.
Download OpenOffice_Portable_2.0.4_en-us.paf.exe 65.1mb
A stand-alone Password manager
This application does not take an install.
For more information, see the documentation section below.
Download Password_Agent_234.exe 1.28mb
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Aportable stand-alone e-mail client.
Note: Last version, released in August 2006.
This product is now free with no restrictions, but is no longer being developed, or supported.
This program does not take an install.
For more information, visit:
http://www.ultrafunk.com/products/popcorn/
Backup utility for the portable apps suite.
For more information, see the documentation section below.
Download portable_apps_backup_1.0.paf.exe 441kb
This is a stripped down package with just the PortableApps Menu, PortableApps Backup utility and custom folders, icons and autorun.
For more information, see the documentation section below.
Download PortableApps_Suite_Base_1.0.exe 744kb
Bundled Portable Apps.
For more information, see the documentation section below.
Download PortableApps_Suite_Standard_1.0.exe89.5mb
For more information, see the documentation section below.
Download PortableApps_Suite_1.0_to_1.0.1_Patch.exe 416kb
Free cd burning application for burning data on cd’s and dvd’s.
This program does not take an install.
For more information, see the documentation section below.:
Portable version of the PDF document reader.
For more information, see the documentation below.
Download Sumatra_PDF_Portable_0.5.paf.exe 1.12mb
For more information, see the Documentation section below.
Download Sunbird_Portable_0.3.1_r2_en-us.paf.exe 5.60mb
Free e-mail client.
This is a portable version of the original program.
For more information, see the Documentation section below.
Download Thunderbird_Portable_2.0_RC1_en-us.paf.exe 6.58mb
Portable version of the audio player.
An easy to use media player that plays most audio and video formats
For more information, see the documentation section below.
Download VLC_Portable_0.8.6a.paf.exe 9.29mb
file_zilla_portable.txt 6.08kb
OpenOffice_Portable_2.0.4_en-us.paf.txt 16.0kb
A walk-thru of the Popcorn E-mail client by David Ferrin.
portable_apps_suite.txt 4.46kb
PortableApps_Suite_Base_1.0.txt 4.0kb
A walk-thru of the Singe program by David Ferrin.
sumatra_pdf_portable_0.5.paf.txt 3.81kb
sunbird_portable_0.3.1_r2_en-us.paf.txt 7.60kb
thunderbird_portable.txt 8.66kb
VLC_Portable_0.8.6a.paf.txt 5.33kb
Last reviewed: January 10, 2008