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Jan 22, 2021 · Tucows Downloads, a freeware and shareware downloads website, is shutting down after over two decades of service. The site was an early app store for the internet in the 1990s and early 2000s, but now faces competition from Apple, Google, and domain registrars.
Tucows, the shareware site that started in 1993, has decided to retire its downloads service. You can visit the Internet Archive to access the entire download library of software and other content from Tucows' history.
Dec 31, 2014 · The Tucows Sofware Library is the largest freeware/shareware library on the Internet. It provides users with over 40,000 software titles that have been tested, rated and reviewed by Tucows inc. This archive includes the latest versions of Tucows software, as well as older versions not...
May 11, 2016 · For big freeware download sites, FossHub, Ninite, SourceForge, and Tucows seem to be the ones that aren't out to get you. We'd love to see more download sites follow SourceForge and Tucows, but they'll need business models that allow them to make money without "potentially unwanted programs."
- Former Editor-In-Chief
Tucows, the domain name registrar and mobile services provider, has shut down its software downloads site that started in 1993. The site, which offered free software for millions of users, has been archived by the Internet Archive.
The Tucows Sofware Library is the largest freeware/shareware library on the Internet. It provides users with over 40,000 software titles that have been tested, rated and reviewed by Tucows inc. This archive includes the latest versions of Tucows software, as well as older versions not available...
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Tucows Downloads was one of many repositories to download freeware and shareware in their heyday in the 2000s and the early portion of the 2010s, alongside competitors like CNET 's Download.com. Before the advent of the worldwide web, it started off as a BBS in 1993.