Windows 11 Developer Setup

Contains various scripting languages, installations, configurations, checklists, processes, and notes regarding setting up and provisioning a new Windows 11 machine optimized for development work.

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  1. OneGet icon
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    OneGet is a unified interface to package management systems and aims to make Software Discovery, Installation and Inventory (SDII) work via a common set of cmdlets (and eventually a set of APIs). Regardless of the installation technology underneath, users can use these common...

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    • Windows
  2. Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).

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  3. Open source community and software directory offering code hosting, analytics, version control, project management, and access to over 50,000 business titles.

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  4. Python icon
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    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported.

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    QTTabBar is an extension for Windows Explorer that brings tabbed browsing to Microsoft's file browser. It comes with a number of nifty features including a favorites function for launching folders and applications, groupings of folders that can be opened together, tooltip...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Tabbed Explorer
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  6. Ruby icon
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    Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was initially developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.

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  7. The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools like the BSOD Screen Saver or NotMyFault.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. grep icon
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    grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression.

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    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Linux Mobile
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  9. The Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) is a host application for Windows PowerShell. In Windows PowerShell ISE, you can run commands and write, test, and debug scripts in a single Windows-based graphic user interface with multiline editing, tab completion...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Viewing command help
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  10. Use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to accelerate and automate deployments of Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Office 2010, and Windows Server 2008 R2. It can be used to deploy OS and applications, sysprep and capture images as WIM or VHD files, and then deploy...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Task Sequences
    Editing Task Sequence
    Lite Touch Installation
  11. The .NET Framework is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and provides language interoperability (each language can use code written in other languages) across several programming languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  12. NuGet icon
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    NuGet is a Visual Studio extension that makes it easy to install and update open source libraries and tools in Visual Studio.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  13. Tweaking.com - Windows Repair is a tool designed help fix a large majority of known Windows problems including; registry errors, file permissions, issues with Internet Explorer, Windows Updates, Windows Firewall and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Main Window
    Repaires Window
    Backup Tools
  14. Rufus icon
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    Formats USB drives to various file systems and creates bootable USBs from ISOs. Supports MS-DOS/FreeDOS bootable sticks and offers BIOS or UEFI options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  15. Node.js icon
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    Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  16. The Azure cloud platform is more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help you bring new solutions to life—to solve today’s challenges and create the future. Build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with the tools and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  17. Microsoft Hyper-V Server is a free product that delivers enterprise-class virtualization for your datacenter and hybrid cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    sconfig
  18. Command-line tool for managing Windows applications with no registration, centralized audits, automatic package creation, offline support, disk space optimization, and synchronization.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Chocolatey
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    Command Line Interface
  19. The tool allows to easily install multiple programs at once. It creates a setup package that contains multiple application installers. Simply run the package. Programs will be installed automatically in background mode (silently).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
  20. Google Cloud platform enables you to build and host web apps on the same systems that power Google applications. App Engine offers fast development and deployment; simple administration, with no need to worry about the underlying infrastructure and systems, patches or backups...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place. This is particularly useful for keeping track of system-wide and per-user...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    sed (stream editor) is a Unix utility that parses text and implements a programming language which can apply transformations to such text. It reads input line by line (sequentially), applying the operation which has been specified via the command line (or a sed script), and then...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
  23. npm icon
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    npm is a package manager for Node.js that is run through the command line and manages dependencies for an application. It is the predominant package manager for Node.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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    RubyGems.org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Instantly publish your gems and install them. Use the API to interact and find out more information about available gems.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
  25. Open-source programming language with C-style syntax, Google-backed. Features concurrency, automatic memory management, and a robust library for web and CLI apps.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
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  26. Safely & Quickly Transfer Everything To New PC.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • TrueNAS
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  28. Homebrew icon
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    Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  29. Perl icon
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    Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language with over 22 years of development.

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    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
  30. Gist is a simple way to share snippets and pastes with others. All gists are git repositories, so they are automatically versioned, forkable and usable as a git repository.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  31. WUD allows you to download all of the current Windows Updates using a simple interface. All of the updates are contained in Update Lists (ULs) which allows you to choose which updates you want for which version of Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Windows Updates Downloader screenshot 1
  32. This is a little program that can automatically determine which silent switches can be used with a setup file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    USSF 1.5.0.0
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    GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign your data and communication, features a versatile key management system as well as access modules for all kinds of public key directories. GnuPG, also known as GPG, is a command line tool with features for easy integration with other applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Xfce
    • OpenPGP
    GnuPG Shell running GnuPG on Windows
  34. Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE, WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows used for the deployment of PCs, workstations, and servers, or install, deploy, and repair Windows while it is offline.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  35. RStudio icon
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    RStudio™ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. RStudio combines an intuitive user interface with powerful coding tools to help you get the most out of R.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  36. PowerShell script for automation of routine tasks done after fresh installations of Windows 10 / Server 2016 / Server 2019.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  37. The MSIX Packaging SDK project is an effort to enable developers on a variety of platforms to pack and unpack packages for the purposes of distribution from either the Microsoft Store, or their own content distribution networks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
  38. Alt-Tab Terminator is a powerful task management utility for Windows. It replaces the Alt-Tab with a box that shows a list of all tasks, their names and preview snapshots, and enables to take actions on them. It is the successor to VistaSwitcher.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  39. GitHub icon
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    Web-based Git hosting service facilitating collaboration, with features like issue tracking, social networking, and wikis for project management.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Homepage
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    Repository Homepage
    +6
    Issues
  40.  Like

    The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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  41. Autoruns icon
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    Autoruns shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  42. Comprehensive file manager with built-in FTP, file compare, archive navigation, multi-rename tool with regular expression support, and side-by-side windows.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  43. aria2 icon
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    Multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Xfce
    • Linux Mobile
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  44. cURL icon
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    cURL is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols with URL syntax: supporting FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS and FILE.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
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  45. Chromium-based browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, offering extension support, privacy features, smart security, and cloud sync across devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • Xbox
    • Chocolatey
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    +1
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  46. Take GitHub to the command line. Create pull requests and issues without leaving the command line. See the status of open issues and pull requests, and see what’s waiting for review. Filter issues and pull requests, and open them in your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    GitHub CLI screenshot 1
  47. Make your Computer Work Faster Now by using Uninstall Tool! Its a fast, secure and convenient way to remove unneeded applications and system components. Great, powerful and reliable alternative to standard Windows Add/Remove program.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window
    Uninstall Wizard
    Filter Application List
    +2
    Track changes
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