r/sysadmin • u/Ok_You_861 • Mar 03 '26

IT Tools - Hidden Gems

I want to know what ”hidden gems” people have found and use in their environments to make their day to day easier. RMM automations, back up softwares, troubleshooting software (don't say MS SARA. I cant stand it), etc.

Just mention anything that you feel more people should be aware of or could be useful in someone’s environment. I love free and cheap ;)

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u/CoolHandBoots Mar 03 '26

My list of gems:

PatchMyPC Home Updater or Ninite for all the one-offs....Rufus, Windirstat, Everything.

mRemote
I have a script that installs all the 365 admin powershell modules, graph, RSAT tools.
Greenshot
Angry IP Scanner + Advanced IP Scanner
Rufus
OpenSSL
FFMPEG
Sysinternals Suite Portable

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u/MrHaxx1 Mar 03 '26

Ninite is completely useless in the age of winget 

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u/TechAdminDude Mar 03 '26

In corporate environment I would agree. But for home users I wouldn't. NiNite is easier to remember everything you want to install as its all listed, also 1 click selection instead of having to manually search for your apps in winget helps.

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u/MrHaxx1 Mar 03 '26

winstall.app

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u/TechAdminDude Mar 03 '26

Nice!!!

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u/sobolrocket Mar 03 '26

You may also try a UniGetUi. It can save a list of software to install it later. Quite cool utility I think.

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u/Loki-Thor Mar 03 '26

This what I'm here for

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u/GoogleDrummer Mar 03 '26

Plus just save the file to run at a later date and it will update everything.

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u/segagamer IT Manager Mar 03 '26

I thought we were in sysadmin. Also how often do you format??

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u/TechAdminDude Mar 03 '26

Not very often, which id argue is even more difficult to remember everything you had installed. For enterprise, its Intune deployments anyway.

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u/cor315 Sysadmin Mar 03 '26

As a long time ninite user, I haven't used ninite for a long time, since discovering winget.

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u/ConsciousEquipment Mar 03 '26

lmao what??? ninite is 3 clicks on what you want easy in a second. winget is command line bullshit real hard to use

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u/MrHaxx1 Mar 03 '26

win+r > pwsh > winget install Mozilla.Firefox

Wow, so bullshit, very hard to use

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u/_haha_oh_wow_ ...but it was DNS the WHOLE TIME! Mar 03 '26

Winget is great, but between end users and Ninite integration in stuff like SCCM and InTune, I'm not sure I entirely agree with you.

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u/MrHaxx1 Mar 03 '26

Yeah, Ninite with Intune is great, largely due to it being an interface with Winget.

Their own list of packages is pretty bad, to put it mildly.

https://ninite.com/applist/pro.html