[morphios]

I have noticed that quite a few people actually prefer portable applications above ones that are installed.
With the help of suggested sites and a bit of digging, I have created a list of websites where one can find, download and install portable apps.
I know this is more of a link list than a singular application, so I hope this is posted in the correct place.

• Thank you for the suggestion and contribution:
  
  • mothered
    
  • TEXMAC
    

1. Pendrive Apps
   
   • Website - pendriveapps.com
     
   • Short list of categories
     
     • Anti Spyware Malware Tools
       
     • Data Recovery
       
     • Encryption Utilities
       
     • Free Backup Software
       
     • Free Portable Antivirus Software
       
     • Internet Browsers
       
     • Password Managers
       
     • Portable Web Servers
       
     • Zip Rar Tar Exe Archivers
       
   • My personal take on the site.
     
     • The good.
       
       • The site provides links to a lot of useful applications in a lot of different categories.
         
       • I would suggest taking a look at the site if you are searching for a portable app.
         
     • The bad
       
       • The site structure and navigation looks and feels outdated.
         
       • Files seems to be linked from other websites and isn't locally hosted, opening the possibility for broken links, missing files or outdated content to exist.
         
     • Conclusion.
       
       • Not a bad site, but it won't be my first choice.
         
       • I will definitely keep it as a bookmark and visit the site in search for something, if I don't find it elsewhere.
         
2. PortableApps.com
   
   • Website - portableapps.com
     
   • Short list of categories
     
     • Development
       
     • Graphics & Pictures
       
     • Internet
       
     • Security
       
   • My personal take on the site.
     
     • The good.
       
       • Again, an extensive list of applications one can choose from.
         
       • The site provides their Application manager tool that will automatically check for updated apps and notify you if they are available.
         
       • You have the choice of downloading single applications from the site or bundle them with their app manager.
         
       • The app manager gives you the option to install to a flash drive or to the local PC as well.
         
     • The bad.
       
       • The website keeps within the borders of legal, free and open source applications. So if you are looking for a paid application that is made to be a portable version, you probably won't find it here.
         
     • Conclusion.
       
       • It is and has been my choice of portable apps for a while purely because of the app manager. I work with a vast variety of apps, and I am just way too lazy to first visit 10 sites in search of updates before I start using the apps.
         
3. FCPortables
   
   • Website - www.fcportables.com
     
   • Short list of categories
     
     • Web Design Software
       
     • Backup Software
       
     • Data Recovery
       
     • Forensics Tools
       
     • Internet Software
       
   • My personal take on the site.
     
     • The good.
       
       • Again, an extensive list of applications one can choose from.
         
       • Website has extra content that they provide, like how to make a portable app or creating a bootable USB
         
     • The bad.
       
       • Files are, as with the first website in the list, not hosted locally. They seem to be linked to a file hosting site.
         
       • Keeping the apps on a file hosting site nearly always encourages you to buy their service in order to download at full speeds, so there's ads.
         
       • Not having purchased the service will delay your download for a couple of seconds and also slow down your download speed.
         
     • Conclusion.
       
       • If you are set on getting a specific portable app, and it's not available anywhere else, the site might be an option you can consider.
         
       • I would rather go to my favourite torrent site in search of portable apps than look on the website.
         
4. PortableAppZ
   
   • Website - portableappz.blogspot.com
     
   • Short list of categories
     
     • Files
       
     • Graphic
       
     • Internet
       
     • System
       
     • Tools
       
   • My personal take on the site.
     
     • The good.
       
       • The website seems to have been built on top of a WordPress-like infrastructure, which means it's a Blog. This is beneficial if you want to search for applications according to the release date or category.
         
       • The site is nicely organized and seems to be a good choice to consider if you are looking for portable apps.
         
     • The bad.
       
       • The site defaulted my connection to http, and I had to type https in my browser navigation bar to force it to use a secure connection. This might be my internet, as it has been acting up lately. I do feel that the owner could have done the extra effort to redirect and force a https connection
         
       • The list of available apps seems underwhelming if one was to compare it to the other sites.
         
       • As with the previous site, the files are stored on a file hosting site, which as I have said slows the download and gives you ads. That is, if you don't purchase the file hosing services or already own a subscription.
         
     • Conclusion.
       
       • The content provided seems to be good quality apps, even if the apps lack proper descriptions.
         
       • It's not a bad site to check out when looking for a portable app.
         
       • I am sure there must be more apps available than what is led to believe by the initial first look.
         
       • Due to the fact that a file hosting service is used and that the site is missing enthusiasm, I would probably not use the site unless it is my last option.
         
         • Side note: I am saying enthusiasm, but only because it's the closest word I could find that almost describes what the site looks like to me. It's not bad, and the site has heart. It just lacks a little TLC, time and effort.
           
5. SyMenu
   
   • Website - https://www.ugmfree.it/
     
   • Catagories - Available apps can be searched by name or filtered by category here. SyMenuSuite
     
   • My personal take on the site/app.
     
     • The good.
       
       • As with some of the others mentioned, there is an extensive list of apps that has full descriptions of the app.
         
       • The site provides an application manager to assist in updates and ease of access.
         
       • The site provides a tool to create your own portable apps that can be added to the application manager.
         
       • SyMenu has received permission from Nirsoft to host their applications on the site and in the application manager.
         
     • The bad.
       
       • I couldn't filter the apps on the site by category unless I search for that category. This is not much of an issue, it just makes it difficult to visualize the category hierarchy.
         
       • I couldn't find a portable version of an app that was available for download from their site. Again, not an issue as they do provide a link to the apps original page where it can be downloaded from. It's just that not all portable apps are made that way by the company creating them, in which case the link provided will take you to a third party's site that could possibly be cluttered with junk (not saying they are or definitely will be, just saying there is a possibility for it).
         
       • The application manager doesn't install to your system, it is just extracted to a folder. I can understand why this is done (it's a portable app for portable apps), it just requires a little bit of technical knowledge to set it up to start with your system or to autorun from a flash when it's inserted, if that is what you require.
         
     • Conclusion.
       
       • I don't like the website as much, but I do like the application manager provided. It seems to have decent functionality and there are truly a lot of applications to choose from.
         
       • I like that the application and the site provides a description of what the application does.
         
       • I don't particularly like the sub categories of categories when browsing the applications. It might just be me, just feels like it becomes cluttered due to the amount of categories.
         
       • I really like that it includes apps from Nirsoft. I have been using their apps since as far back as I can remember. Their tools have saved countless hours worth of headache with users not knowing their passwords. This alone is enough for me to keep using the app going forward.
         

[mothered]

Here's another one to add to your list:
https://portableappz.blogspot.com/

The author has been updating It daily for well over a decade.

[morphios]

Here's another one to add to your list:
https://portableappz.blogspot.com/

The author has been updating It daily for well over a decade.

Thank you for the recommendation.
I have added it to the list and also tweaked the visual layout of the list to assist with readability.

[mothered]

Here's another one to add to your list:
https://portableappz.blogspot.com/

The author has been updating It daily for well over a decade.

Thank you for the recommendation.
I have added it to the list and also tweaked the visual layout of the list to assist with readability.

Thanks for adding It and of course, the contribution Itself.

It's very well formatted and an excellent resource.

[morphios]

Here's another one to add to your list:
https://portableappz.blogspot.com/

The author has been updating It daily for well over a decade.

Thank you for the recommendation.
I have added it to the list and also tweaked the visual layout of the list to assist with readability.

Thanks for adding It and of course, the contribution Itself.

It's very well formatted and an excellent resource.

It's the least I can do to contribute.

Thank you for the suggestion, if there are more suggestions from you or anybody else posted, I will check them out and add them to the list.

[mothered]

Thank you for the recommendation.
I have added it to the list and also tweaked the visual layout of the list to assist with readability.

Thanks for adding It and of course, the contribution Itself.

It's very well formatted and an excellent resource.

It's the least I can do to contribute.

Thank you for the suggestion, if there are more suggestions from you or anybody else posted, I will check them out and add them to the list.

I had a portable website many years ago and used a few sites that don't come to mind at the moment.

I'll check my external drives - I believe they're still referenced.

[Tamarisk]

Thanks, will be useful to get software accross all computers , what is your methodology to keep them up to date ?

[morphios]

Thanks, will be useful to get software accross all computers , what is your methodology to keep them up to date ?

As I said in the list, I have been using PortableApps.com, number two in the list, for quite some time now.
They have their own application manager that one can download and use.

With it, you can get new apps, remove apps, and it will automatically check for newer versions of the installed apps and notify you about it, giving you the option to download it.
It will automatically remove the old version and replace it with the new one if you choose to download the updated version.

You can download it here: https://portableapps.com/download

If you choose to rather have just the one app, you can just go to the app and download that app on its own without having to use their application manager.

[maulajutt]

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[morphios]

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Thanx for the share.
I do however feel that an .apk / android version of an application does not fully meet the criteria of a "portable app" because it has to be installed on the OS before it can be used, even if the OS is designed to be used primarily on portable devices.
Furthermore, personally, I won't trust it.
If the app is publicly available as a "pro" version, why is it not provided as such on Google store?
From a quick Google search you will find three domains that seem to be the same application inshot.com, inshotpro.app and inshotapk.net which is already odd.
Why would one company have three domains with three different host providers, where two of them are so heavily redacted you can barely get the name of the company that registered the domain. Two of the applications that are supposed to be the same application doesn't point to the same download or the same domain. Just doesn't make all that sense as to why structure anything like this for any reason other than it wasn't them that structured it like that.

I might be wrong here... But I won't be trying to download it either.