Cool website of downloads called Ninite.com

I just stumbled onto a website called www.ninite.com. I have not tried it yet but it looks pretty cool. IF it works as it claims, this is a really neat site. I can not presently vouch for its integrity since I just found out about it, but, from the research I have done so far it seems to be legit.

The front page of this site has popular apps of all kinds. You pick the ones you want, download the installer, and the site downloads and installs all the software you selected by itself.

ninite.com

This is the list of available apps:

Web Browsers
Chrome Fast Browser by Google 108.0.5359.125
Opera Alternative Browser 94.0.4606.54
Firefox Extensible Browser 108.0.2
Edge Microsoft Edge Browser 108.0.1462.76

Messaging
Zoom Video Conference 5.13.3.11494
Discord Voice and Text Chat 1.0.9005
Skype Internet Telephone 8.92.0.401
Pidgin Multi-IM Client 2.14.12
Thunderbird Email Reader by Mozilla 102.6.1
Trillian Trillian IM 6.5.0.18

Media
iTunes Music/Media Manager 12.12.7.1
VLC Great Video Player 3.0.18
AIMP Music Player 5.10.2418
foobar2000 Music Player 1.6.14
Winamp Music Player 5.90.0.9999
MusicBee Music Manager & Player 3.4.8033.18564
Audacity Audio Editor 3.2.3
K-Lite Codecs Video decoders plus Media Player Classic 17.3.5
GOM Video Player 2.3.14.5270
Spotify Online Music Service 1.2.0.1165
CCCP Video decoders plus MPC 2015.10.19
MediaMonkey Music Organizer 4.1.31.1919
HandBrake Convert Videos 1.6.0 (requires .NET 5)

Runtimes
Java (AdoptOpenJDK) x64 8 64-bit Java Runtime (JRE) 8u352-b08
Java (AdoptOpenJDK) 8 32-bit Java Runtime (JRE) 8u352-b08
Java (AdoptOpenJDK) x64 11 6 4-bit Java Runtime (JRE) 11.0.17
Java (AdoptOpenJDK) x64 17 64-bit Java Runtime (JRE) 17.0.5
.NET 4.8 Microsoft .NET 4.8.04084
.NET Desktop Runtime x64 5 .NET Desktop Runtime (x64) 5.0.17.31219
.NET Desktop Runtime 5 .NET Desktop Runtime (x86) 5.0.17.31219
.NET Desktop Runtime x64 6 .NET Desktop Runtime (x64) 6.0.12.31928
.NET Desktop Runtime 6 .NET Desktop Runtime (x86) 6.0.12.31928
.NET Desktop Runtime x64 7 .NET Desktop Runtime (x64) 7.0.1.31929
.NET Desktop Runtime 7 .NET Desktop Runtime (x86) 7.0.1.31929

Imaging
Krita P ainting Program 5.1.5.100
Blender 3D Creation Suite 3.4.1
Paint.NET Image Editor 4.312.8267.29064 (requires .NET 4.5)
GIMP Open Source Image Editor 2.10.32
IrfanView Image Viewer 4.62
XnView Image Viewer 2.51.1
Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor 1.2.2
FastStone FastStone Image Viewer 7.7
Greenshot Screenshot Tool 1.2.10.6
ShareX Screenshot Uploader

Documents
Foxit Reader Alternative PDF Reader 12.1.0.15250
LibreOffice Free Office Suite 7.4.3 (JRE recommended)
SumatraPDF Lightweight PDF Reader 3.4.6
CutePDF Print Documents as PDF Files 4.0
OpenOffice Free Office Suite 4.1.13 (JRE recommended)

Security
Essentials Great Antivirus by Microsoft 4.10.209
Malwarebytes Malware Remover 4.5.19.229
Avast Avast Free Antivirus 22.12.7758
AVG AVG Free Antivirus 22.12.3264
Spybot 2 Spyware Remover 2.7.64
Avira Avira Free Antivirus 15.0.2201.2134
SUPERAntiSpyware SUPERAntiSpyware Free 10.0.1246

File Sharing
qBittorrent Free Bittorrent Client 4.5.0

Online Storage
Dropbox Great Online Backup/File Sync 164.4.7914
Google Drive for Desktop Online File Sync 68.0.2.0
OneDrive Online File Sync by Microsoft 22.151.0717.0001
SugarSync Online Backup/File Sync 4.1.3.2

Other
Evernote Online Notes 6.25.1.9091
Google Earth Online Atlas by Google 7.3.6.9345
Steam App Store for Games
KeePass 2 Password Manager 2.52
Everything Local File Search Engine 1.4.1.1022
NV Access Screen Reader 2022.4

Utilities
TeamViewer 15 Remote Access Tool 15.37.3
ImgBurn Disc Burner 2.5.8.0
RealVNC Server RealVNC Remote Access 6.11.0.47988
RealVNC Viewer RealVNC Remote Access 6.22.826.47988
TeraCopy Better File Copy 3.9.7
CDBurnerXP Disc Burner 4.5.8.7128 (requires .NET)
Revo App Uninstaller/Reverse Ninite 2.4.2
Launchy Hotkey Launcher 2.5
WinDirStat Directory Statistics 1.1.2.80
Glary System Utilities 5.199.0.228
InfraRecorder Disc Burner 0.53.0
Classic Start Classic Shell Win8 Start Menu 4.3.1

Compression
7-Zip Great Compression App 22.01
PeaZip File Compression Tool 8.5.0
WinRAR Another Compression Tool 6.11 (Trial)

Developer Tools
Python x64 3 Programming Language 3.11.1
Python 3 Programming Language 3.11.1
Python Great Programming Language 2.7.18
FileZilla FTP Client 3.62.2
Notepad++ Programmer's Editor 8.4.8
JDK (AdoptOpenJDK) x64 8 64-bit Java Development Kit 8u352-b08
JDK (AdoptOpenJDK) 8 Java Development Kit 8u352-b08
JDK (AdoptOpenJDK) x64 11 64-bit Java Development Kit 11.0.17
JDK (AdoptOpenJDK) x64 17 64-bit Java Development Kit 17.0.5
JDK (Amazon Corretto) x64 8 64-bit Java Development Kit 8u352-b08
JDK (Amazon Corretto) 8 Java Development Kit 8u352-b08
JDK (Amazon Corretto) x64 11 64-bit Java Development Kit 11.0.17
JDK (Amazon Corretto) x64 17 64-bit Java Development Kit 17.0.5
WinSCP SCP Client 5.21.6
PuTTY SSH client 0.78
WinMerge Compare and Merge Files 2.16.24
Eclipse IDE for Java 4.26.0 (requires Java)
Visual Studio Code

Once downloaded the installer will:
start working as soon as you run it
not bother you with any choices or options
install apps in their default location
say no to toolbars or extra junk
install 64-bit apps on 64-bit machines
install apps in your PC's language or one you choose
do all its work in the background
install the latest stable version of an app
skip up-to-date apps
skip any reboot requests from installers
use your proxy settings from Internet Explorer
download apps from each publisher's official site
verify digital signatures or hashes before running anything
work best if you turn off any web filters or firewalls
save you a lot of time!

Note: As with any software downloader, I recommend due diligence in its use. My research thus far has indicated this site is legit and safe. I still recommend doing your own investigation prior to use.

a reply to: Vroomfondel

I can vouch for it's integrity.
Used it for years.

a reply to: Vroomfondel

TL;DR just kidding

quote]originally posted by: Cymru
a reply to: Vroomfondel


Excellent! Thanks.

a reply to: Vroomfondel

Used it for years and still do

a reply to: Vroomfondel




Thanks it looks super easy to use

Took a look at it, seems useful! Thank you for posting.

Is there a method to integrate all these into Windows installer already? I once had such a windows DVD where I just put in the DVD and select to boot from it, then select the hard drive to install and it did everything else. That was my go-to solution whenever my laptop acted up, without having to bother family about it.

All the settings, even installed programs. That was very convenient.

Nice. But how certain can we be that there is no malware involved.

Please, somebody, convince me.

a reply to: Vroomfondel

I used to use it years ago to keep installed software up to date, but stopped because there were more comprehensive options around. Also, at the time, different vendors were changing their download security and Ninite just wasn't keeping up, so it would constantly fail.

Perhaps I will revisit and check things out.

Thanks

a reply to: incoserv

That is a concern with any download.

This site says it only downloads from the publishers official site and checks all the digital signatures and hashes before running anything. If that is true, its about as safe as it can get.

a reply to: Vroomfondel

Probably a lot safer than manually downloading it. Because, frankly, almost no home-player is checking hashes for a downloaded file.

I know I don't and the only time I did was in my old workplace setting up VPN profiles and transfering them via SSH&SFTP onto clients/routers. Even there it was looked at as being "overly cautious".

originally posted by: TDDAgain
Took a look at it, seems useful! Thank you for posting.

Is there a method to integrate all these into Windows installer already? I once had such a windows DVD where I just put in the DVD and select to boot from it, then select the hard drive to install and it did everything else. That was my go-to solution whenever my laptop acted up, without having to bother family about it.

All the settings, even installed programs. That was very convenient.

Scripted installs and slipstreaming .

a reply to: TDDAgain

With this kind of security there is no such thing as overly cautious!