Smallest applications
Smallest applications
Hi, first post.
So far I found these applications which are tiny but do the job.
Web Browser -> OffByOne
Messenger -> PixaMSN
E-Mail -> nPOP
IRC -> TinyIRC
The biggest app there is OffByOne with a little over 2MB.
Basically I want to put together a suite of tiny portable applications for use on slower computers and such. I've spent some time looking on the site but so far these are the best smallest ones I found. Any suggestions?
So far I found these applications which are tiny but do the job.
Web Browser -> OffByOne
Messenger -> PixaMSN
E-Mail -> nPOP
IRC -> TinyIRC
The biggest app there is OffByOne with a little over 2MB.
Basically I want to put together a suite of tiny portable applications for use on slower computers and such. I've spent some time looking on the site but so far these are the best smallest ones I found. Any suggestions?
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Torrent Downloader:
uTorrent at 259KB
ISO Burner:
Active ISO Burn at 139KB
File Recovery
Restoration at 230KB
ISO Creator:
LCISOCreator at 30KB
Office Suite:
Tiny USB Office at 2.5MB
PDF Viewer:
Foxit Reader at 2.1MB
Money Manager:
iMoney Lite at 4MB
Video Cropping:
VidSplitter at 8MB
Email Notification:
NT Email Notifier at 380K
Video Player:
Total Video Player at 2MB
Telnet Client:
PuTTY at 372k
IRC Client:
X-Chat at 633K
Spreadsheet:
Spread32 at 292K
Image Viewer:
InfranView at 822K
Registry Changes:
RegShot at 28K
Secure Deletion:
Pocket Killbox at 92K
Startup Manager:
A-Spy at 318K
System Info:
System Spec - 2MB
uTorrent at 259KB
ISO Burner:
Active ISO Burn at 139KB
File Recovery
Restoration at 230KB
ISO Creator:
LCISOCreator at 30KB
Office Suite:
Tiny USB Office at 2.5MB
PDF Viewer:
Foxit Reader at 2.1MB
Money Manager:
iMoney Lite at 4MB
Video Cropping:
VidSplitter at 8MB
Email Notification:
NT Email Notifier at 380K
Video Player:
Total Video Player at 2MB
Telnet Client:
PuTTY at 372k
IRC Client:
X-Chat at 633K
Spreadsheet:
Spread32 at 292K
Image Viewer:
InfranView at 822K
Registry Changes:
RegShot at 28K
Secure Deletion:
Pocket Killbox at 92K
Startup Manager:
A-Spy at 318K
System Info:
System Spec - 2MB
Last edited by spaztastic on Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:10 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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ditto on tinyapps.
i've been collecting these for awhile for use on my everun. 600mhz AMD geode proc.
i think i had a thread on this here awhile back. look for microapps or here http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/newbb ... 92&forum=2
all of these are under 200k(i think)
mempad (structured notes)
locknote (encrypted notepad)
1by1 (mp3 player)
also check out this guy's site. http://www.sinnercomputing.com/
he codes cool little apps in assembly.. makes them super tiny but most are shareware.
i've been collecting these for awhile for use on my everun. 600mhz AMD geode proc.
i think i had a thread on this here awhile back. look for microapps or here http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/newbb ... 92&forum=2
all of these are under 200k(i think)
mempad (structured notes)
locknote (encrypted notepad)
1by1 (mp3 player)
also check out this guy's site. http://www.sinnercomputing.com/
he codes cool little apps in assembly.. makes them super tiny but most are shareware.
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Here is a fav tiny app
TinyPDF (http://TinyPDF.com) a 48k Print to PDF driver that works well, and opens the resulting PDF in the default viewer.Free with no watermarks.
It does not qualify as portable, but I keep in on my USB with rmprn.exe (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Sys ... mPrn.shtml) a command line (therefore also not TPFC) to remove it when I am done if on another person's computer.
My other favs, Eve, Spread32, TedNPad, and MemPad, are already listed in Tiny USB Office (http://www.xtort.net/office-and-product ... py-office/)
TinyPDF (http://TinyPDF.com) a 48k Print to PDF driver that works well, and opens the resulting PDF in the default viewer.Free with no watermarks.
It does not qualify as portable, but I keep in on my USB with rmprn.exe (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Sys ... mPrn.shtml) a command line (therefore also not TPFC) to remove it when I am done if on another person's computer.
My other favs, Eve, Spread32, TedNPad, and MemPad, are already listed in Tiny USB Office (http://www.xtort.net/office-and-product ... py-office/)
System info:
SIW, 1.2 MB
Screen grabber:
CamStudio, 95KB after hand optimizations
Email client:
Putty is 575 KB and doesn't depend on Outlook engine.
Virtual desktops:
BossKey, 5.5 KB hand optimized
Antivirus:
AVZ, 3.5 MB
SIW, 1.2 MB
Screen grabber:
CamStudio, 95KB after hand optimizations
Email client:
Putty is 575 KB and doesn't depend on Outlook engine.
Virtual desktops:
BossKey, 5.5 KB hand optimized
Antivirus:
AVZ, 3.5 MB
IMO it's useless w/out own pdf rendering engine. What is it for if you have a pdf viewer installed on the host machine?Cornflower wrote:TinyPDF (http://TinyPDF.com) a 48k Print to PDF driver that works well, and opens the resulting PDF in the default viewer.Free with no watermarks.
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[quote="m^(2)"]System info:
[quote="Cornflower"]TinyPDF (http://TinyPDF.com) a 48k Print to PDF driver that works well, and opens the resulting PDF in the default viewer.Free with no watermarks.[/quote]
IMO it's useless w/out own pdf rendering engine. What is it for if you have a pdf viewer installed on the host machine?[/quote]
I use TinyPDF to create PDF files. It is the smallest one that I have found that is stable, does not generate watermarks, and which uninstalls nicely using the method I mentioned. The Viewer aspect (using the default viewer) is nice because if I need to print the output, I get a preview, and, due to the flakiness of some of the programs I have had to use at the office, this IS a nice feature.
As for What is it for, every time I do banking or bill-paying via internet, make a purchase or a registration, I can keep an electronic record, even including any serial numbers or passwords that I otherwise would have to write down. Also, at work, I open documents with very many programs, depending on who creates them with what--for my own records, or when it is time to Publish (i.e. make read-only) the documents, PDF conversion is very useful.
3 years ago I used a TinyPDF precursor with the GREAT PDFTKBuilder (http://portablefreeware.com/?id=1066) for all my wedding announcements, cards, etc. I am not saying PDF is for everyone, but hey, it works for me.
[quote="Cornflower"]TinyPDF (http://TinyPDF.com) a 48k Print to PDF driver that works well, and opens the resulting PDF in the default viewer.Free with no watermarks.[/quote]
IMO it's useless w/out own pdf rendering engine. What is it for if you have a pdf viewer installed on the host machine?[/quote]
I use TinyPDF to create PDF files. It is the smallest one that I have found that is stable, does not generate watermarks, and which uninstalls nicely using the method I mentioned. The Viewer aspect (using the default viewer) is nice because if I need to print the output, I get a preview, and, due to the flakiness of some of the programs I have had to use at the office, this IS a nice feature.
As for What is it for, every time I do banking or bill-paying via internet, make a purchase or a registration, I can keep an electronic record, even including any serial numbers or passwords that I otherwise would have to write down. Also, at work, I open documents with very many programs, depending on who creates them with what--for my own records, or when it is time to Publish (i.e. make read-only) the documents, PDF conversion is very useful.
3 years ago I used a TinyPDF precursor with the GREAT PDFTKBuilder (http://portablefreeware.com/?id=1066) for all my wedding announcements, cards, etc. I am not saying PDF is for everyone, but hey, it works for me.
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There are many of us weird and wonderful folk around, each with their won tastes. This is why I went through the weird learning curve to figure out EVE, the Incredible Shrinking Embedded Vector Editor (http://portablefreeware.com/?id=618), and use it for just about everything (including printing to PDF), but have never gotten past the look and feel of Gimp (http://portablefreeware.com/?id=644), despite it being vastly superior as an image editor, to all accounts.
I enjoy your posts by and large, m^(2).
(btw--is this moniker translated to m, tentatively squared? <grin>)
I enjoy your posts by and large, m^(2).
(btw--is this moniker translated to m, tentatively squared? <grin>)
Re: TinyPDF
Very old topic update: TinyPDF is still available; latest release is 3.00.3200, dated 2015-09-10 (no changelog, download at http://tinypdf.com/downloads.html).
Sadly, TinyPDF isn't 64-bit compatible (see http://tinypdf.com/support.html#Does TinyPDF work on Windows 64-bit).
The same developer also supplies freeware PDF viewers: PDF Viewer for Windows 7 (v1.0 build 220: http://www.win7pdf.com/pdf-viewer.html), PDF Viewer for Windows 8 (v1.02 build 530: http://www.win8pdf.com/pdf-viewer.html), and PDF Viewer for Windows 10 (v1.02 build 568: http://www.win10pdf.com/pdf-viewer.html). They might be just different versions of the same program -- I haven't tested them, so I don't know...
Sadly, TinyPDF isn't 64-bit compatible (see http://tinypdf.com/support.html#Does TinyPDF work on Windows 64-bit).
The same developer also supplies freeware PDF viewers: PDF Viewer for Windows 7 (v1.0 build 220: http://www.win7pdf.com/pdf-viewer.html), PDF Viewer for Windows 8 (v1.02 build 530: http://www.win8pdf.com/pdf-viewer.html), and PDF Viewer for Windows 10 (v1.02 build 568: http://www.win10pdf.com/pdf-viewer.html). They might be just different versions of the same program -- I haven't tested them, so I don't know...