What is Ramen Software?

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Ramen Software is a small software studio that publishes a focused collection of utilities for Windows, developed and maintained by Michael Maltsev. Its catalog is aimed at people who want to customize, inspect, or extend Windows behavior rather than at general productivity or office use. The tools are distributed individually, each with its own homepage, discussion thread, download link, and source code. Older programs that are no longer maintained or no longer relevant have been moved to an Archive page.

What Ramen Software offers

The current lineup covers customization, UI inspection, text extraction, and low-level debugging support:

Tool What it does Platform focus
Windhawk A customization marketplace for Windows programs; apply available code snippets (mods) or write your own Windows programs
7+ Taskbar Tweaker Tweaks the taskbar, including options like disabling grouping and middle-click to close Windows 7, 8, 10
Textify Copies text from dialogs and controls that don't normally allow it Windows
UWPSpy Inspection tool for UWP and WinUI 3 apps; view and manipulate UI elements and properties in real time UWP, WinUI 3
Multiline Ultimate Assembler A multiline assembler/disassembler plugin for x64dbg and OllyDbg Debugging tools
7+ Taskbar Numberer Adds numbers to taskbar buttons; useful for speech recognition users and Win+# shortcuts Windows
winapiexec Runs WinAPI functions through command-line parameters Windows
RAR Unlocker Views RAR archive attributes and sets/removes the archive lock attribute RAR archives

How the projects are organized

Each utility has a consistent set of entry points: a homepage, a discussion page, a download, and code. That structure makes it straightforward to check what a tool does, ask questions, and inspect or build from source before committing to it.

Windhawk is the most actively developed item in the collection. Recent posts cover mods such as taskbar reordering within and between groups, a multirow taskbar for Windows 11, and a classic context menu for the taskbar, alongside version updates like v1.7 (pre-compiled mods) and v1.6 (ARM64 support and better compatibility). If you're arriving at the site looking for current activity, Windhawk is where most of it is.

Who it's for

  • Windows power users who want to change taskbar behavior or extract text from stubborn dialogs.
  • Developers and reverse engineers who need an assembler plugin for x64dbg/OllyDbg, a UWP/WinUI inspection tool, or a way to call WinAPI functions from the command line.
  • Users of assistive or shortcut-driven workflows, such as speech recognition users who benefit from numbered taskbar buttons.

What to check before downloading

  • Windows version matters. 7+ Taskbar Tweaker is explicitly for Windows 7, 8, and 10, so it isn't a fit for Windows 11 taskbar customization — Windhawk mods are the relevant path there.
  • Maintenance status varies. The site states that old software which is no longer maintained or relevant lives on the Archive page, so check whether a tool is current before relying on it.
  • Pricing and licensing aren't stated on the homepage. The page includes a Donate link but no pricing details, so don't assume a tool is free or paid without checking its individual page.

Where to start

If you want to customize Windows programs, start with Windhawk. If you need a specific taskbar tweak on Windows 7–10, look at 7+ Taskbar Tweaker. For copying text out of a dialog, use Textify. For debugging or inspection work, Multiline Ultimate Assembler and UWPSpy are the relevant entries. Anything not listed as current is worth checking on the Archive page first.