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Welcome to thefreecountry.com's collection of free programming resources, free webmasters' resources and free security resources.

Free Programmers' Resources

Free Programming Language Compilers
Comprehensive list of compilers for numerous programming languages (Ada, Algol, APL, Assemblers, BASIC, C, C++, C#, COBOL, D, Delphi, Forth, Fortran, Java, LISP, LOGO, Modula-2, Modula-3, Pascal, Prolog, Perl, Python, Smalltalk, Compiler Construction Tools, Programming Language Grammars, etc) Full List...

Free Source Code and Programming Libraries
Source code and libraries that you can use in your own programs (eg, Audio, Sound, Music, Digitized Voice, Compression and Archiving, C/C++, Database, SQL, ODBC, Debugging, Memory/Resource Leak, Encryption, Games Programming, Graphics, 3D/2D Engines, GUI, Java, Numerical, Statistical, Mathematical, Pascal / Delphi, Programming Language Grammars, Sockets, Winsock, Internet, Spell Checkers, etc) Full List...

Free Programming Tools and Utilities
Tools to make your programming job easier (eg, Programmers' Editors and IDEs, Debuggers, Static Source Code Analysis (Lint), Compiler Construction Tools, Programming Language Grammars, Disassemblers, DOS Extenders, File Comparison (Diff/Merge), Search and Replace, Help Authoring, Java Tools, Setup / Installers, Resource Editors / Compilers / Hackers, Icon Editors, Version Control, etc) Full List...

Programming Documentation
Online tutorials (free), online references (free) and frequently recommended books (not-free) (eg, Online C/C++, Online SQL, Online Pascal, Online Programming, C/C++ Books, Programming Books, Windows Programming Books, Unix Programming Books, Sockets / Internet Programming Books, Online Sound/Audio Programming, Webmaster Books, etc) Full List...

Free Emulators and Virtual Machines
Run multiple OSes simultaneously, run a Mac OS on a PC (and vice versa), etc (eg, Free PC / x86 Emulators and Virtual Machines, Free 68k and PowerPC Macintosh Emulators etc) Full List...

Free Webmasters' Resources

Free Webmaster Resources
Free resources for webmasters, eg, Free web hosting, free Perl CGI scripts, free PHP Scripts, free remote script hosting, free remotely hosted forums, free JavaScripts, DHTML, web design, free log analyzers, HTML editors, HTML validators, free DNS, FTP, SSH (Secure Shell) & Telnet, webmaster documentation, URL redirection, etc (too long to list here) Full List....

Free Webmaster Tutorials and Articles
Tutorials on running your own website, eg, earning income from your site, writing your own PHP scripts, starting a newsletter, website promotion, search engine positioning, Full List....

Free Security Resources

Free Security, Privacy and Anonymity Tools and Resources
(eg, Free Anonymous Surfing, Free Encrypted Email, Encrypted Chat, Free Encryption Software, Steganography, Public Key Encryption, On the Fly Encryption, Free Secure Disk / File Deletion, Destructive Data Erasing, Disk Wipe, Free Personal Firewalls, Free Antivirus Software / Online Virus Scans, Free Spyware / Adware / Trojans / Hijackers Removal, Detection and Prevention Tools, Free HIPS (Host Intrusion Prevention System), Application and System Monitoring Software, Full List...)

Free Software

Free Utilities, Software Tools and Applications
(eg, Free Defragmentation Tools / Free Defrag / Defraggers, Free Partition Editors / Managers - Resize, Convert, Copy, Move, Undelete Partitions, Free Digital Audio Editors / Free Digital Sound Editing Software, Free CD and DVD Burning and Copying Software, Free File Archivers and File Compression Utilities, Free Hard Disk Backup and Restore, Hard Disk Image and Cloning Utilities, Free Utilities to Delete Currently Used, Locked, Undeletable, Busy Files, Free Word Processors and Office Suites, Free Image and Photo Editing Software, Free Drawing and Painting Programs, Full List...)

Logtime: Free Online Internet Timer
Track your ISP online time and costs with this free online timer! No nags, no ads!

Tofrodos: Unix to Windows/DOS Conversion Utility
Convert text files to/from Unix and MSDOS/Windows file formats. Free with source code.

NetSyndic
Syndicate your articles on your web, with this free article syndication wizard.

Miscellaneous

Free POP3, IMAP, SMTP, Web Email, Email Forwarding
List of free email providers.

Free Translation Software and Services
Translate that foreign language web page or email.

News

Topical Articles and News
Ramblings and juicy gossip. For example, there's that tidbit about the return of thefreecountry.com.

New Pages

Featured Pages

what's new on this site

• Added another free forum host to the Free Forum Hosts, Free Message Board Hosting page.

• New page: Free Utilities to Delete Currently Used, Locked, Undeletable, Busy Files. Ever had those pesky situations where you tried to delete a file but Windows refused to let you? Well, now you can.

• New page: Free File Archivers and File Compression Utilities

• New page: Free SSH (Secure Shell) and Telnet Clients.
• If you're looking to tighten the security on your computer from malware, another free system monitoring utility has been added to the Free Host Intrusion Prevention System, Application and System Monitoring Software page.

• New page: Free Digital Audio Editors / Free Digital Sound Editing Software.
• Another cheap web host has been added to the Budget Web Hosts page.

• New page: Free Python Compilers, Interpreters and Implementations.

• New page: Free Drawing and Painting Software, Free Image and Photo Editing Programs.

• New page: Free Text Search and Replace Utilities.

• New page: Free HIPS (Host Intrusion Prevention System), Application and System Monitoring Software. Complement your personal firewall, antivirus and anti-spyware software with software that can detect rootkits, code injection, hidden processes, etc.

• The Perl interpreters and compilers have been moved to their own page: Free Perl Implementations, Binaries, Ports and Source Code. They were originally in the Miscellaneous Free Compilers and Interpreters for Programming Language page.

• New page: Free AJAX Source Code, Libraries, Frameworks, Tools and Resources.

• New page: Free File Storage, Free Image Hosting and Free File Sharing Hosts.

• New article: How to Upload a File to Your Website using the FileZilla FTP client.
• The final chapter of the Nvu tutorial is now available: Nvu Tutorial 5: How to Add a Feedback Form to Your Website. If you have not been following the Nvu tutorials, you may wish to start with Nvu Tutorial 1: How to Design and Publish Your Website with Nvu.

• New page: Free Word Processors and Free Office Suites.

• The third chapter of the Nvu tutorial is now available: Nvu Tutorial 3: How to Create Data Tables. Nvu is a free WYSIWYG web editor based on Mozilla Composer. You can start with chapter 1 of the Nvu tutorial if you have not already done so.

• New article: Review of Nvu, a Free WYSIWYG Web Editor
• The second instalment of the Nvu tutorial is also available: Nvu Tutorial 2: Adding Images, Changing Fonts, Colours, Creating Links, and Writing Your Content

• New article: How to Design and Publish Your Website with Nvu (free WYSIWYG web editor).
• A new version of Tofrodos has been released. Tofrodos is a command line Unix/DOS/Windows text file converter that runs under Windows, Linux, MSDOS and other Unix-type systems.

• thefreecountry.com has moved to FutureQuest. My thanks to David Lynch for hosting us for the last two years.
• Two new game engines has been added to the Free Game Programming Libraries and Source Code page.

• The Budget Web Hosts page has been updated with an additional commercial web host.

• If you're looking for ways to make sure your web page does not have errors, check out the latest addition (or any of the other entries for that matter) to the Free HTML and XHTML Validators, Broken Link Checkers, Browser Compatibility Checkers page.

• New pages: Free CD and DVD Burners and Copying Software, Free Hard Disk Backup and Restore, Hard Disk Image and Cloning Utilities and Free Partitioning Software - Copy, Create, Move, Resize, Convert, Undelete Partitions.

• Two new BASIC compilers/interpreters have been added to the Free BASIC Compilers and Interpreters page.
• Create your Windows help files the easy way with the latest free addition to the Free Help Authoring and Documentation Writing Tools page.

• Another IDE has been added to the Free Programmer's Editors and IDEs page.

• The free databases from Sybase, IBM and Computer Associates have now been added to the Free Database Libraries, SQL Servers, ODBC Drivers and SQL Tools page.

• Two disk wipe utilities have been added to the Free Secure Delete Utilities / Free Wipe Disk/File Software page.