# Applications and utilities

|Component (Wikipedia)|Description|Open Replacement|
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
|[Alarms & Clock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Alarms_%26_Clock)|App that allows Windows users to set alarms, stopwatches, timers, and view a world clock|[Digital Clock 4](https://sourceforge.net/projects/digitalclock4/)|
|[Camera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Camera)|Image and video capture utility|[videoInput](http://www.muonics.net/school/spring05/videoInput/)|
|[Calculator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Calculator)|Calculation application|[SpeedCrunch](https://speedcrunch.org/)|
|[Calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_(Windows))|Calendaring application|[qOrganizer](http://qorganizer.sourceforge.net/)|
|[Contacts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Contacts)|Keeps a single list of contacts that can be shared by multiple apps|[contacts-manager](https://github.com/ArcTLK/contacts-manager#readme)|
|[Character Map](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_Map_(Windows))|Utility to view and search characters in a font, copy them to the clipboard and view their Windows Alt keycodes and Unicode names|[SymbSearch](https://leun4m.github.io/symbsearch/)|
|[Cortana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortana_(virtual_assistant))|Digital personal assistant|[Kara](https://github.com/emileclarkb/Kara#readme)|
|[Easy Transfer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Easy_Transfer)|Used to transfer many files at once from one computer to another|[User Data Transfer](https://github.com/andrew-metallinos/User-Data-Transfer-Windows-10-and-11#readme)|
|[Edge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Edge)|Web browser|[Mypal](https://mypal-browser.org/)|
|[Groove Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groove_Music)|Digital media player and media library application that is used for playing audio|[Dopamine](https://www.digimezzo.com/software/dopamine/)|
|[Movies & TV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Movies_%26_TV)|Digital media player and media library application that is used for playing video. In addition to being a media player, Movies & TV lets users purchase or rent movies and TV episodes from the Windows Store|[Kodi](https://kodi.tv/)|
|[OneDrive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneDrive)|Freemium cloud storage folder and sync service|[Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/)|
|[OneNote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_OneNote)|Integrated note-taking app, based on the Microsoft Office product of the same name|[Standard Notes](https://standardnotes.com/)|
|[On-Screen Keyboard]()|Virtual keyboard|[ReplaceOSK](https://github.com/Lulech23/ReplaceOSK#readme)|
|[Paint 3D]()|Simple graphics painting app|[MyPaint](https://mypaint.app/)|
|[Photos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Photos)|Simple image viewer|[PicView](https://picview.org/)|
|[Steps Recorder]()|Utility that allows the user to capture steps they took to reproduce a problem||
|[Windows To Go]()|Utility to create bootable versions of Windows|[Windows To Go Assistant](https://github.com/nkc3g4/wtg-assistant#readme)|
|[Notepad]()|Simple text editor|[NotepadEx](https://github.com/Air16/NotepadEx#readme)|
|[Narrator]()|Screen reader utility that reads dialog boxes and window controls in a number of the more basic applications|[NVDA](https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda#readme)|
|[Sound Recorder]()|Simple audio recording app|[HarddiskOgg](https://sourceforge.net/projects/harddiskogg/)|
|[Skype]()|Messaging and calling service|[Jami](https://jami.net/)|
|[Sticky Notes]()|Tool for jotting notes on the desktop|[Standard Notes](https://standardnotes.com/)|
|[WordPad]()|Simple word processor|[WordPad-](https://github.com/blaze6950/WordPad-#readme)|
|[Private Character Editor]()|Utility to create private use characters as defined under Unicode and various East Asian encoding schemes|[BIRDFONT](https://birdfont.org/)|
|[Remote Desktop Connection]()|Allows a user to securely connect to a computer running Terminal Services and interact with a full desktop environment on that machine, including support for remoting of printers, audio, and drives|[mRemoteNG](https://mremoteng.org/)|
|[Remote Assistance]()|Allows a user to temporarily take over a remote computer over a network or the internet to offer help with and resolve issues|[Aspia](https://aspia.org/)|
|[Mobility Center]()|Allows a user to adjust settings related to mobile computing||
|[Speech Recognition]()|Allows a user to input voice commands|[CMUSphinx](https://cmusphinx.github.io/)|
|[IExpress]()|Allows users to create self-extracting, self-installing INF installation-based packages||
|[Magnifier]()|Screen enlargement app|[Virtual Magnifying Glass](https://magnifier.sourceforge.net/)|
|[Fax and Scan]()|Integrated faxing and image scanning application|[Scanner](https://simon-knuth.github.io/scanner/)|
|[Photo Viewer]()|Simple image viewer that can play a simple slideshow|[nomacs](https://nomacs.org/)|
|[Mail]()|Email aggregator|[Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/)|
|[Maps]()|Map viewer that allows users to look for locations, plan routes, and store offline maps|[NAVIT](https://www.navit-project.org/)|
|[Media Center]()|Designed to serve as a home-entertainment hub. Lets users browse and view pictures, videos, and music|[Kodi](https://kodi.tv/)|
|[Task Manager]()|Provides information about computer performance and displays details about running applications, processes, network activity, logged-in users, and system services|[TaskExplorer](https://github.com/DavidXanatos/TaskExplorer)|
|[Disk Cleanup]()|Utility for compacting rarely used files and removing files that are no longer required|[BleachBit](https://www.bleachbit.org/)|
|[Snipping Tool]()|Screen-capture tool that allows for taking screenshots (called snips)|[Snipping Tool++](https://github.com/SnippingToolPlusPlus/SnippingToolPlusPlus#readme)|
|[Windows Security]()|Used to transfer many files at once from one computer to another||
|[Solitaire Collection]()|Set of solitaire card games|[PySolFC](https://pysolfc.sourceforge.io/)|