The best free software download sites

In this post I’ve rounded up the very best sites on the internet to download free apps giving you access to over a 1000 free applications.  These download sites for free software contain really good lists of tried and tested applications.  The download sites below have links to the very best free applications, utilities, system tools and online apps. If you can’t download the free app you need from these lists, it probably doesn’t exist.

The Best Free Software of 2010

Legendary PCMag already boasts the very best software of 2010 to download.  Covering a whole ranges of free downloads  including media management, search, video, graphics and just about every category you can think of.   All free applications are organised into 30 different categories.

Best Free Online Applications and Services

A huge page and collection of the very best free online applications and services.  Since they’re all online you don’t need to download anything to your machine.  Neatly organised into 11 categories covering home, office, image viewing, disk tools, internet, email, programming, security and many more.

99 of the best Windows freeware programs you may not know of

The title says it all here.   99 of the greatest free Windows downloads which you may have overlooked.  It isn’t categorised,  but well worth looking down the page for some golden free software.  This list focuses on the little-league of software developers who usually don’t get the headlines.

TopFreeware.net

This is an extensive and well categorised list of free downloads. It’s got virtually every category you can think of including screen capture tools, education, multimedia, security, games, backup and loads more.

The 70 coolest free applications in existence

This is Stephen York’s list of the coolest free downloads around for those people who are more fortunate to spend less time on the internet. Applications are neatly organised into 12 categories including video playback, web development, operating systems, remote access and many more.

I want a Freeware Utility to … 450+ common problems solved.

This self-claimed list of  “Extremely useful free utilities that do specific jobs really well and save time and money.” does what it says on the tin.  This no-frills web page contains over 450 direct links to some great downloads,  all neatly categorised and easy to find.  Download categories include notepad replacements, files and folders freeware, graphics, imaging, internet tools, keyboard utils, recovery solutions and many many more.

Lifehacker Pack 2009: Essential Free Windows Downloads

This is lifehacker’s bundling all the best free downloads for new computer owners, re-installers, would-be geeks, or anyone who wants to save time installing the best stuff out there. It’s all a bit common, but useful all the same.

The Best Applications.com

The Best Free Applications for Windows and Mac. Sporting a user interface which would’t be out of place at a Las Vegas casino,  this web site gives access to dozens of free applications to download.  Hover over each of the Icons to find the name of the free software, or change to List View to give you a scrolling list of free apps to download.

Free Fun Files

FreeFunFiles has a good selection of free software to download for Windows.   It has a good choice of hobby tools, children games, video games and  pda software. The is also quite a bit of paid for software too download also.