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List of free and open-source software packages

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This article is about software free to be modified and distributed. For examples of software free in the monetary sense, see List of freeware.

This is a list of free and open-source software packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits the Free Software Definition may be more appropriately called free software; the GNU project in particular objects to their works being referred to as open-source.^[1] For more information about the philosophical background for open-source software, see free software movement and Open Source Initiative. However, nearly all software meeting the Free Software Definition also meets the Open Source Definition and vice versa. A small fraction of the software that meets either definition is listed here.

Some of the open-source applications are also the basis of commercial products, shown in the List of commercial open-source applications and services.

Contents

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• 1Applied fields
  • 1.1Artificial intelligence
  • 1.2CAD
    • 1.2.1Electronic design automation (EDA)
  • 1.3Computer simulation
  • 1.4Finance
  • 1.5Integrated Library Management Software
  • 1.6Image editor
  • 1.7Mathematics
  • 1.8Reference management software
  • 1.9Science
    • 1.9.1Bioinformatics
    • 1.9.2Cheminformatics
    • 1.9.3Geographic Information Systems
    • 1.9.4Grid computing
    • 1.9.5Microscope image processing
    • 1.9.6Molecular dynamics
    • 1.9.7Molecule viewer
    • 1.9.8Nanotechnology
    • 1.9.9Plotting
  • 1.10Risk Management
  • 1.11Statistics
  • 1.12Surveys
  • 1.13Quantum chemistry
• 2Assistive technology
  • 2.1Speech (synthesis and recognition)
  • 2.2Other assistive technology
• 3Data storage and management
  • 3.1Backup software
  • 3.2Database management systems (including administration)
  • 3.3Data mining
  • 3.4Data Visualization Components
  • 3.5Digital Asset Management software system
  • 3.6Disk partitioning software
  • 3.7Enterprise search engines
  • 3.8ETLs (Extract Transform Load)
  • 3.9File archivers
  • 3.10File Systems
• 4Networking and Internet
  • 4.1Advertising
  • 4.2Communication-related
  • 4.3E-mail
  • 4.4File transfer
  • 4.5Grid and distributed processing
  • 4.6Instant messaging
  • 4.7IRC Clients
  • 4.8Middleware
  • 4.9RSS/Atom readers/aggregators
  • 4.10Peer-to-peer file sharing
  • 4.11Portal Server
  • 4.12Remote access and management
  • 4.13Routing software
  • 4.14Web browsers
  • 4.15Webcam
  • 4.16Webgrabber
  • 4.17Web-related
  • 4.18Other networking programs
• 5Educational
  • 5.1Educational suites
  • 5.2Geography
  • 5.3Learning support
  • 5.4Language
  • 5.5Typing
  • 5.6Other educational programs
• 6File managers
• 7Games
  • 7.1Application layer
• 8Genealogy
• 9Graphical user interface
  • 9.1Desktop environments
  • 9.2Window managers
  • 9.3Windowing system
• 10Groupware
  • 10.1Content management systems
  • 10.2Wiki software
• 11Healthcare software
• 12Hobby software
  • 12.1Homebrewing
• 13Media
  • 13.12D animation
  • 13.23D animation
  • 13.3Audio editors, audio management
  • 13.4CD/USB-writing software
  • 13.5Flash animation
  • 13.6Graphics
  • 13.7Image galleries
  • 13.8Image viewers
  • 13.9Multimedia codecs, containers, splitters
  • 13.10Television
  • 13.11Video converters
  • 13.12Video editing
  • 13.13Video encoders
  • 13.14Video players
  • 13.15Other media packages
• 14Operating systems
  • 14.1Emulation and Virtualisation
• 15Password management
• 16Personal information managers
• 17Programming language support
  • 17.1Bug trackers
  • 17.2Code generators
  • 17.3Documentation generators
  • 17.4Configuration software
  • 17.5Debuggers (for testing and trouble-shooting)
  • 17.6Integrated development environments
  • 17.7Version control systems
• 18Screensavers
• 19Security
  • 19.1Anti-virus
  • 19.2Data loss prevention
  • 19.3Data recovery
    • 19.3.1Forensics
      • 19.3.1.1Anti-forensics
  • 19.4Disk erasing
  • 19.5Encryption
    • 19.5.1Database encryption
    • 19.5.2Disk encryption
  • 19.6Firewall
  • 19.7Network and security monitoring
  • 19.8Secure Shell (ssh)
  • 19.9Other security programs
• 20Theology
  • 20.1Bible study tools
• 21Typesetting
• 22See also
  • 22.1General directories
• 23References
• 24External links
  • 24.1General Directories
  • 24.2Open-source for Windows

Applied fields[edit]

Artificial intelligence[edit]

• General
  • OpenCog A project that aims to build an artificial general intelligence (AGI) framework. OpenCog Prime is a specific set of interacting components designed to give rise to human-equivalent artificial general intelligence.
• Computer Vision
  • AForge.NET Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics library for the .NET Framework
  • OpenCV Computer Vision Library in C++
• Machine Learning
  • See List of open-source machine learning software
  • See Data Mining below
  • See R programming language—packages of statistical learning and analysis tools
• Planning
  • TREX Reactive planning
• Robotics
  • ROS Robot Operating System

CAD[edit]

Main category: Free computer-aided design software

• FreeCAD
• LibreCAD

Electronic design automation (EDA)[edit]

Main category: Free electronic design automation software

Computer simulation[edit]

Main article: List of free and open-source computer simulation software

• Blender; 3D modeling software written in C, C++ and Python containing cloth, hair, fluid and rigid body simulation techniques
• SimPy; queue-theoretic event-based simulator written in Python
• flightgear is an open-source flight simulator written for Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux.

Finance[edit]

• Adempiere — Enterprise resource planning(ERP) business suite
• Bitcoin Core — Peer-to-peer decentralised digital currency.
• Bonita Open Solution — Business Process Management
• CiviCRM – Constituent Relationship Management software aimed at NGOs
• Compiere — ERP solution automates accounting, supply chain, inventory, and sales orders
• Cyclos — Software for microfinance institutions, complementary currency systems and timebanks
• Dolibarr — Web-based ERP system.
• GnuCash — Double-entry book-keeping
• HomeBank — for personal use
• Ino erp — Dynamic Pull Based System ERP
• jFin
• JFire — An ERP Business Suite written with Java and JDO
• KMyMoney — Double-entry book-keeping
• LedgerSMB — Double-entry book-keeping
• Mifos — Microfinance Institution management software
• Openbravo
• OrangeHRM — Commercial Human Resource Management
• Postbooks — Integrated Accounting and ERP Business Suite
• QuickFIX — FIX protocol engine written in C++ with additional C#, Ruby, and Python wrappers
• QuickFIX/J — FIX protocol engine written in Java
• SQL Ledger — Double-entry book-keeping
• SugarCRM — Commercial Customer Relationship Management
• Tryton
• TurboCASH — Double-entry book-keeping for Windows
• vtiger CRM — Customer Relationship Management(CRM) software with Sales force automation, marketing management,Customer Service/Support,Inventory Management

See also: Comparison of accounting software

Integrated Library Management Software[edit]

• Evergreen
• Koha
• NewGenLib
• OpenBiblio
• PMB
• refbase — Web-based institutional repository and reference management software

Image editor[edit]

• Darktable — Digital image workflow management, including RAW processing
• digiKam — Integrated photography toolkit including editing capabilities
• GIMP — GNU Image Manipulation Program
• Inkscape — An open-source vector graphics editor
• Krita — Digital painting and sketching application
• RawTherapee — Digital image workflow management, including RAW processing

Mathematics[edit]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of open-source software for mathematics.

Reference management software[edit]

• See Comparison of reference management software.

Science[edit]

Main category: Free science software

Bioinformatics[edit]

• See List of open source bioinformatics software.

Cheminformatics[edit]

• Chemistry Development Kit
• JOELib
• OpenBabel

Geographic Information Systems[edit]

Main category: Free GIS software

Grid computing[edit]

• P-GRADE Portal — Grid portal software enabling the creation, execution and monitoring of workflows through high-level Web interfaces

Microscope image processing[edit]

• CellProfiler
• Endrov
• FIJI (software)
• Ilastik
• ImageJ
• IMOD
• ITK
• KNIME
• OsiriX
• VTK
• 3DSlicer

Molecular dynamics[edit]

• Abalone
• Ascalaph Designer
• GROMACS
• LAMMPS
• MDynaMix
• NAMD
• NWChem

Molecule viewer[edit]

• Avogadro
• BALLView
• Jmol
• Molekel
• MeshLab, able to import PDB dataset and build up surfaces from them
• PyMOL
• QuteMol
• RasMol

Nanotechnology[edit]

• Ninithi — visualize and analyze the carbon allotropes such as Carbon nanotube, Fullerene, Graphene nanoribbons

Plotting[edit]

Main category: Free plotting software

Risk Management[edit]

• Active Agenda — Operational risk management and Rapid application development platform

Statistics[edit]

Main category: Free statistical software

Surveys[edit]

• LimeSurvey — Online survey system

Quantum chemistry[edit]

• CP2K
• GAMESS (US)

Assistive technology[edit]

Speech (synthesis and recognition)[edit]

• CMU Sphinx — Speech recognition software from Carnegie Mellon University
• Emacspeak — Audio desktop
• ESpeak — compact software speech synthesizer for English and other languages
• Festival Speech Synthesis System
• Modular Audio Recognition Framework — voice, audio, speech NLP processing
• NonVisual Desktop Access — (NVDA) Screen reader for Windows
• Text2Speech — Lightweight and easy to use Text-To-Speech (TTS) Software

Other assistive technology[edit]

• Dasher — Unique text input software
• Gnopernicus — AT suite for GNOME 2
• Virtual Magnifying Glass — a multi-platform screen magnification tool.

Data storage and management[edit]

Backup software[edit]

Main category: Free backup software

Database management systems (including administration)[edit]

Main category: Free database management systems

Data mining[edit]

• Environment for DeveLoping KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures (ELKI) — data mining software framework written in Java with a focus on clustering and outlier detection methods.
• SCaViS — Java-based data analysis framework
• Konstanz Information Miner (KNIME)
• OpenNN — Open-source neural networks software library written in the C++ programming language.
• Orange (software) — data visualization and data mining for novice and experts, through visual programming or Python scripting. Extensions for bioinformatics and text mining.
• RapidMiner — data mining software written in Java, fully integrating Weka, featuring 350+ operators for preprocessing, machine learning, visualization, etc. – the previous version is available as open source.
• Scriptella ETL — ETL (Extract-Transform-Load) and script execution tool. Supports integration with J2EE and Spring. Provides connectors to CSV, LDAP, XML, JDBC/ODBC, and other data sources.
• Weka — data mining software written in Java featuring machine learning operators for classification, regression, and clustering.
• JasperSoft — data mining with programmable abstraction layer.

Data Visualization Components[edit]

• ParaView plotting and visualization functions developed by Sandia National Laboratory, capable of massively parallel flow visualization utilizing multiple computer processors
• VTK is a toolkit for 3D computer graphics, image processing and visualization.

Digital Asset Management software system[edit]

• ResourceSpace - Widely used system with roots in the NGO sector

Disk partitioning software[edit]

Main category: Free partitioning software

Enterprise search engines[edit]

• ApexKB, formerly known as Jumper
• Lucene
• Nutch
• Solr
• Xapian

ETLs (Extract Transform Load)[edit]

• Konstanz Information Miner (KNIME)
• Pentaho
• SpagoBI
• Talend

File archivers[edit]

Main category: Free data compression software

File Systems[edit]

• OpenAFS — a distributed file system supporting a very wide variety of operating systems
• Tahoe-LAFS — a distributed file system/cloud storage system with integrated privacy and security features
• CephFS — a distributed file system included in the Ceph storage platform.

Networking and Internet[edit]

Advertising[edit]

• OpenX

Communication-related[edit]

• Asterisk — Telephony and VoIP server
• Ekiga — Video conferencing application for GNOME and Microsoft Windows
• FreePBX — Front-end and advanced PBX configuration for Asterisk
• FreeSWITCH — Telephony platform
• Jitsi — Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client
• QuteCom — Voice, video, and IM client application
• Enterprise Communications System sipXecs — SIP Communications Server
• Slrn — a newsreader
• Twinkle — VoIP softphone

E-mail[edit]

Main category: Free email software

• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Inky
• Geary (software)
• Opera Mail

File transfer[edit]

Main category: Free file transfer software

Grid and distributed processing[edit]

• GNU Queue
• HTCondor
• OpenLava
• pexec

Instant messaging[edit]

Main category: Free instant messaging clients

IRC Clients[edit]

Main category: Free Internet Relay Chat clients

Middleware[edit]

• Apache Axis2 — Web service framework (implementations are available in both Java & C)
• Apache Geronimo
• Bonita Open Solution(software) — a J2EE web application and java BPMN2 compliant engine
• GlassFish Application Server
• Jakarta Tomcat — a servlet container and standalone webserver
• JBoss Application Server an application server
• ObjectWeb JOnAS — Java Open Application Server, a J2EE application server
• TAO (software) — C++ implementation of the OMG's CORBA standard
• Enduro/X – C/C++ middleware platform based on X/Open group's XATMI and XA standards

RSS/Atom readers/aggregators[edit]

• Akregator — Platforms running KDE
• Liferea — Platforms running GNOME
• RSS Bandit — Windows – .NET Framework
• RSSOwl — Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, Linux – Java SWT Eclipse
• Sage (Mozilla Firefox extension)

Peer-to-peer file sharing[edit]

Main category: Free file sharing software

See also: Category:Free BitTorrent clients.

• Popcorn Time — multi-platform, free and open source media player

Portal Server[edit]

• Drupal
• eXo Platform
• Liferay
• Oxwall — Community site software
• Sun Java System Portal Server
• uPortal

Remote access and management[edit]

• FreeNX
• OpenVPN
• rdesktop
• Synergy
• VNC (RealVNC, TightVNC, UltraVNC)
• Remmina

Routing software[edit]

Main category: Free routing software

Web browsers[edit]

Main category: Free web browsers

• Chromium
• Firefox
• Midori

Webcam[edit]

• Cheese
• Guvcview

Webgrabber[edit]

• cURL
• HTTrack
• Wget

Web-related[edit]

• Apache Cocoon — a web application framework
• Apache — the most popular web server
• AWStats — a log file parser and analyzer
• BookmarkSync — a tool for browsers
• Cherokee — Speedy, feature rich HTTP Server
• curl-loader — a powerful HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS loading and testing open-source tool
• Hiawatha — Secure, high performance and easy-to-configure HTTP server
• HTTP File Server — a user friendly file server software with a drag and drop interface
• lighttpd — Resource sparing but also fast and full featured HTTP Server
• Lucee — CFML Application Server
• nginx — lightweight, high performance web server/reverse proxy and e-mail (IMAP/POP3) proxy
• NetKernel — an internet application server
• Piwik — a web analytics system
• Qcodo — a PHP5 framework
• Squid (software) — web proxy cache
• Vaadin — a fast to use java based framework for creating web applications
• Varnish (software) — high-performance web application accelerator/reverse proxy and load balancer/HTTP router
• XAMPP — a package of web applications including Apache and MySQL
• Zope — a web application server

Other networking programs[edit]

• JXplorer — a LDAP client
• OpenLDAP — a LDAP server
• openVXI — a VoiceXML interpreter
• YaCy — P2P-based search engine
• ownCloud – a file share and sync server
• Wireshark - A Network Monitor

Educational[edit]

Educational suites[edit]

• ATutor — a web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS)
• Chamilo — a web-based e-learning and content management system
• Claroline — a collaborative Learning Management System
• DoceboLMS
• eFront — an icon-based learning management system
• FlightPath — academic advising software for universities
• GCompris
• Gnaural — Brainwave entrainment software
• IUP Portfolio
• ILIAS — a web-based learning management system (LMS)
• Moodle — a free and open-source learning management system
• OLAT — a web-based Learning Content Management System
• Omeka
• openSIS — a web-based Student Information and School Management system
• Sakai Project — a web-based learning management system
• SWAD – a web-based learning management system
• Tux Paint — a paint application for 3–12 year olds

Geography[edit]

• KGeography

Learning support[edit]

Main category: Free learning support software

Language[edit]

• Kiten
• KVerbos

Typing[edit]

• KTouch
• Tux Typing

Other educational programs[edit]

• KEduca

File managers[edit]

Main category: Free file managers

Games[edit]

Main article: List of open-source video games

Application layer[edit]

• WINE

Genealogy[edit]

Main category: Free genealogy software

Graphical user interface[edit]

Desktop environments[edit]

Main category: Free desktop environments

Window managers[edit]

Main category: Free X window managers

Windowing system[edit]

Main category: Free windowing systems

Groupware[edit]

Main category: Free groupware

Content management systems[edit]

Main category: Free content management systems

Wiki software[edit]

Main category: Free wiki software

Healthcare software[edit]

Main articles: List of open-source health software and List of open-source bioinformatics software

Hobby software[edit]

Homebrewing[edit]

• CyberBrau

Media[edit]

2D animation[edit]

• Pencil2D
• Pivot Animator
• Synfig
• Tupi (formerly KTooN)
• OpenToonz

3D animation[edit]

• Blender
• K-3D
• OpenFX
• Seamless3d

Audio editors, audio management[edit]

Main article: Comparison of free software for audio

CD/USB-writing software[edit]

Main category: Free optical disc authoring software

Flash animation[edit]

• Pencil2D (for animations)
• SWFTools (for scripting)

Graphics[edit]

Main category: Free graphics software

Image galleries[edit]

Main category: Free image galleries

Image viewers[edit]

• Eye of GNOME
• F-spot
• Geeqie
• Gthumb
• Gwenview
• Kphotoalbum
• Opticks

Multimedia codecs, containers, splitters[edit]

Main category: Free multimedia codecs, containers, and splitters

Television[edit]

Main article: List of free television software

Main category: Free television software

See also: Comparison of PVR software packages

Video converters[edit]

Main category: Free video conversion software

• Dr. DivX
• FFmpeg
• MEncoder
• OggConvert
• Transcode

Video editing[edit]

See also: List of video editing software § Free_and_open-source

• Avidemux
• AviSynth
• Blender
• Cinelerra
• DScaler
• DVD Flick
• Kaltura
• Kdenlive
• Kino
• LiVES
• Natron
• OpenShot Video Editor
• Pitivi
• Shotcut
• VirtualDub
• VirtualDubMod
• VideoLAN Movie Creator

Video encoders[edit]

Main article: Comparison of video encoders

• Avidemux
• HandBrake

Video players[edit]

Main article: Comparison of video player software

• VLC
• Media Player Classic

Other media packages[edit]

• Celtx — Media Pre-production Software

Operating systems[edit]

Be advised that available distributions of these systems can contain, or offer to build and install, added software that is neither free software nor open-source.

Main category: Free software operating systems

Emulation and Virtualisation[edit]

Main category: Free emulation software

Main category: Free virtualization software

• VirtualBox

Password management[edit]

• KeePass
• Password Safe
• Mitro

Personal information managers[edit]

• Chandler — developed by the OSAF.
• KAddressBook
• Kontact
• KOrganizer
• Mozilla Calendar — A Mozilla-based, multi-platform calendar program.
• Novell Evolution
• OpenSync (software)
• Project.net — Commercial Project Management
• TeamLab — Platform for project management and collaboration

Programming language support[edit]

Main article: List of open-source programming languages

Bug trackers[edit]

• Bugzilla
• Mantis
• Mindquarry
• Redmine
• Trac

Code generators[edit]

• Bison
• CodeSynthesis XSD — XML Data Binding compiler for C++
• CodeSynthesis XSD/e — Validating XML parser/serializer and C++ XML Data Binding generator for mobile and embedded systems
• Flex lexical analyser— generates lexical analyzers
• Kodos
• Open Scene Graph — 3D graphics application programming interface
• OpenSCDP — Open Smart Card Development Platform
• phpCodeGenie
• SableCC — parser generator for Java and .NET
• SWIG — Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator for several languages
• ^txt2regex$
• xmlbeansxx — XML Data Binding code generator for C++
• YAKINDU Statechart Tools — Statechart code generator for C++ and Java

Documentation generators[edit]

• Doxygen : a tool for writing software reference documentation. The documentation is written within code.
• Mkd : The software documentation is extracted from the sources files, from pseudocode or comments.
• Natural Docs : claims to use a more natural language as input from the comments, hence its name.

Configuration software[edit]

• Autoconf
• Automake
• BuildAMation
• CMake

Debuggers (for testing and trouble-shooting)[edit]

• GNU Debugger — "works for many programming languages [...]"
• Memtest86 — Stress-tests RAM on x86 machines
• Xnee — Record and replay tests

Integrated development environments[edit]

Main category: Free integrated development environments

Version control systems[edit]

Main category: Free version control software

Screensavers[edit]

• BOINC
• Electric Sheep
• XScreenSaver

Security[edit]

Anti-virus[edit]

• ClamAV
• ClamWin
• Gateway Anti-Virus
• Lynis

Data loss prevention[edit]

• MyDLP

Data recovery[edit]

• dvdisaster
• Foremost
• PhotoRec
• TestDisk

See also: List of data recovery software

Forensics[edit]

• The Coroner's Toolkit
• The Sleuth Kit

Anti-forensics[edit]

• USBKill

Disk erasing[edit]

• DBAN
• srm

Encryption[edit]

• GnuPG
• GnuTLS
• KGPG
• OpenSSL
• Seahorse
• Signal
• TextSecure
• wolfCrypt

Database encryption[edit]

• MyDiamo

Disk encryption[edit]

• CrossCrypt
• FreeOTFE and FreeOTFE Explorer
• eCryptfs

Firewall[edit]

• Coyote Linux
• Firestarter
• IPCop
• IPFilter
• IPFire
• ipfw
• iptables
• M0n0wall
• PeerGuardian
• PF
• pfSense
• Rope
• Shorewall
• SmoothWall
• Untangle
• Vyatta

Network and security monitoring[edit]

Main category: Free network management software

Secure Shell (ssh)[edit]

• Cyberduck — Mac OS X and Windows client (since version 4.0)
• Lsh — server and client (supporting SRP and Kerberos authentication)
• OpenSSH — client/server
• PuTTY — client only

Other security programs[edit]

Main category: Free security software

Theology[edit]

Bible study tools[edit]

• BibleDesktop — For Cross-platform
• BibleTime — For Linux using KDE
• Go Bible — For Java Mobile Phones
• jSword — For Java
• MacSword — For Mac OS X
• Marcion — For Linux and Windows, using Qt UI Framework and embedded MySQL server
• openlp.org — Worship presentation software for churches to display songs, bibles, movies etc.
• SwordBible — For Windows
• The SWORD Project for Windows — For Windows
• Xiphos The_SWORD_Project — For Linux using GNOME

Typesetting[edit]

Main category: Free typesetting software