List of free and open source software packages

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.

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Applied fields

Global

CAD

Electronic design automation (EDA)

Finance

Integrated Library System

Reference management software

Mathematics

Computer simulation

Science

Geographic Information Systems

Plotting

Microscope image processing

Molecule viewer

Molecular dynamics

Bioinformatics

Cheminformatics

Nanotechnology

Grid Computing

Statistics

Artificial intelligence

Assistive technology

Speech (synthesis and recognition)

Other assistive technology

Data storage and management

Backup software

File archivers

File Systems

Database management systems (including administration)

Data Visualization Components

Data mining

Enterprise search engines

ETLs (Extract Transform Load)

Networking and Internet

Advertising

E-mail

Instant messaging

IRC Clients

RSS/Atom readers/aggregators

Communication-related

File transfer

Peer-to-peer file sharing

Remote access and management

Routing software

Web browsers

Webcam

Webgrabber

Web-related

Portal Server

Middleware

Other networking programs

Educational

Educational suites

Learning support

Language

Typing

Geography

Other educational programs

File managers

Theology

Bible study tools

Games

Genealogy

Graphical user interface

Windowing system

Desktop environments

Window managers

Groupware

Content management systems

Wiki software

Healthcare software

Media

Multimedia codecs / containers / splitters

Audio editors / audio management

Graphics

Image galleries

Image viewers

Radio

Television

2D animation

3D animation

Flash animation

Video editing

Video players

CD-writing software

Other media packages

Operating systems

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.

Password management

Personal information managers

Programming language support

Bug trackers

Code generators

Configuration software

Debuggers (for testing and trouble-shooting)

Integrated development environments

Version control systems

Typesetting

Screensavers

Security

Anti-virus

Data loss prevention

Encryption

Disk encryption

Firewall

Network and security monitoring

Secure Shell (ssh)

Other security programs

compilations of open-source software

See also

General directories

References

External links

General Directories

Open source for Windows

Other directories