What is Ninite?
Ninite is a free tool that batch-installs all of your favorite PC apps in one go. On the Ninite site, you create your own custom installer by picking all of the apps you want included, then download it. Run that custom installer whenever you want and it’ll install the latest versions of all the apps you picked. How convenient is that?
You can pick and choose from major web browsers (e.g., Chrome, Firefox), image editors (e.g., GIMP, Blender, ShareX), messaging apps (e.g., Zoom, Discord), cloud storage (e.g., Dropbox, Google Drive), media players (e.g., VLC, Spotify), security apps (e.g., Malwarebytes, Avast), and other utilities (e.g., 7-Zip, Steam, Everything, etc.).
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Build the installer once and store it somewhere, perhaps on a flash drive. Then, whenever you reset Windows, you just have it run it to get all these apps back on your system. The best part? It installs everything without prompting you with choices or options—it’s fully set-it-and-forget-it and everything gets installed to their default locations without any disruptive reboots, which drastically speeds up the process.
In short, Ninite feels like how a new Windows install should work. Fast, seamless, and automated. It’s one of my favorite Windows hidden gem apps, and it’s totally free!
