Software:List of free and open-source software packages

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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.

Artificial intelligence

General AI

Computer vision

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

Assistive technology

Speech (synthesis and recognition)

Other assistive technology

CAD

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

  • Gmsh - A three-dimensional finite element mesh generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities.

Electronic design automation (EDA)

  • Fritzing - a CAD software for the design of electronics hardware to build more permanent circuits from prototypes
  • KiCad - a suite for electronic design automation (EDA) for schematic capture, PCB layout, manufacturing file viewing, SPICE simulation, and engineering calculation

Computer simulation

Cybersecurity

Antivirus

Data loss prevention

Data recovery

Forensics

Anti-forensics

Disk erasing

Encryption

Disk encryption

Firewall

Network and security monitoring

Secure Shell (SSH)

  • Cyberduck – macOS and Windows client (since version 4.0)
  • Lsh – Server and client, with support for SRP and Kerberos authentication
  • OpenSSH – Client and server
  • PuTTY – Client-only

Password management

Other cybersecurity programs

Data storage and management

Backup software

Database management systems (including administration)

Data mining

  • 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
  • FrontlineSMS – Information distribution and collecting via text messaging (SMS)
  • Konstanz Information Miner (KNIME)
  • OpenNN – Open-source neural networks software library written in C++
  • Orange – 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 prior 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

  • ParaView – Plotting and visualization functions developed by Sandia National Laboratory; capable of massively parallel flow visualization utilizing multiple computer processors
  • VTK – Toolkit for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualisation.

Digital Asset Management software system

Disk partitioning software

Enterprise search engines

ETLs (Extract Transform Load)

File archivers

File systems

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

Desktop publishing

  • Collabora Online Draw and Writer - Enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice accessible from a web browser. The Draw application is for flyers, newsletters, brochures and more, Writer has most of the functionality too.[3]
  • Scribus – Designed for layout, typesetting, and preparation of files for professional-quality image-setting equipment. It can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms.
  • LyX – A "What You See Is What You Mean" document creation system, LyX makes use of the LaTeX markup macro system for TeX, allowing the elegant creation of documents which match up with the layouts in it for various document classes.

E-book management and editing

  • Calibre – Cross-platform suite of ebook software
  • Collabora Online Writer - Enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice accessible from a web browser. Allows exporting in the EPUB format.[4]
  • Sigil – Editing software for e-books in the EPUB format

Education

E-learning, learning support

  • ATutor – Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS)
  • Chamilo – Web-based e-learning and content management system
  • Claroline – Collaborative Learning Management System
  • DoceboLMS – SAAS/cloud platform for learning
  • eFront – Icon-based learning management system
  • H5P – Framework for creating and sharing interactive HTML5 content
  • IUP Portfolio – Educational platform for Swedish schools
  • ILIAS – Web-based learning management system (LMS)
  • Moodle – Free and open-source learning management system
  • OLAT – Web-based Learning Content Management System
  • Omeka – Content management system for online digital collections
  • openSIS – Web-based Student Information and School Management system
  • Sakai Project – Web-based learning management system
  • SWAD – Web-based learning management system

Academic advising

  • FlightPath – Academic advising software for universities

Educational suites for children

  • Tux Paint – Painting application for 3–12 year olds
  • GCompris – Educational entertainment, aimed at children aged 2–10

Language

Operating systems

Mind mapping & others

Offline learning & Open data

Main pages: Offline learning and Open data
  • Kiwix: A free and open-source offline web browser that allows users download Wikipedia entire content and use for offline learning, later was expanded with repositories for Wikimedia Foundation, public domain texts from Project Gutenberg, many of the Stack Exchange sites, and other resources.
  • OpenStreetMap: OpenStreetMap was developed in 2004, it uses Open data and users data input through Crowdsourcing and Web mapping to create a complete and downloadable alternative to other online maps, this allow users to enter data when there is no data available due to lack of governance and economic interest or due lower population of the places mapped

Typing

  • KTouch – Touch typing lessons with a variety of keyboard layouts
  • Tux Typing – Typing tutor for children, featuring two games to improve typing speed

File managers

Finance

Accounting

  • GnuCash – Double-entry book-keeping
  • HomeBank – Personal accounting software
  • KMyMoney – Double-entry book-keeping
  • LedgerSMB – Double-entry book-keeping
  • RCA open-source application – management accounting application
  • SQL Ledger – Double-entry book-keeping
  • TurboCASH – Double-entry book-keeping for Windows
  • Wave Accounting – Double-entry book-keeping

Cryptocurrency

  • Bitcoin – Blockchain platform, peer-to-peer decentralised digital currency
  • Ethereum – Blockchain platform with smart contract functionality

CRM

  • CiviCRM – Constituent Relationship Management software aimed at NGOs
  • iDempiere – Business Suite, ERP and CRM
  • SuiteCRM – Web-based CRM

ERP

  • Adempiere – Enterprise resource planning (ERP) business suite
  • Apache OFBiz - A suite of enterprise applications from Apache Software Foundation
  • Compiere – ERP solution automates accounting, supply chain, inventory, and sales orders
  • Dolibarr – Web-based ERP system
  • ERPNext – Web-based open-source ERP system for managing accounting and finance
  • ERP5 - Single Unified Business Model based system written with Python and Zope
  • iDempiere - Fully navigable on PCs, tablets and smartphones driven only by a community of supporters
  • Ino erp – Dynamic pull based system ERP
  • JFire – An ERP business suite written with Java and JDO
  • LedgerSMB - A double entry accounting and ERP system written with Perl
  • metasfresh – ERP Software
  • Odoo – Open-source ERP, CRM and CMS
  • Openbravo – Web-based ERP
  • Tryton – Open-source ERP

Human resources

  • OrangeHRM – Commercial human resource management

Microfinance

Process management

  • Bonita Open Solution – Business Process Management

Trading

  • QuickFIX – FIX protocol engine written in C++ with additional C#, Ruby, and Python wrappers
  • QuickFIX/J – FIX protocol engine written in Java

Games

Main page: Software:List of open-source video games

Action

Application layer

Chess

Educational games

Video game emulation

Music video games

Karaoke

Rhythm game

Puzzle

Sandbox

  • Minetest – An open source voxel game engine.

Snake games

Simulation

Strategy

Genealogy

  • Gramps – a free and open source genealogy software

Geographic information systems

Graphical user interface

Desktop environments

Window managers

Windowing system

Groupware

Content management systems

Wiki software

Healthcare software

Main pages: Software:List of open-source health software and Software:List of open-source bioinformatics software

Integrated library management software

  • Evergreen – Integrated Library System initially developed for the Georgia Public Library Service's PINES catalog
  • Koha – SQL-based library management
  • NewGenLib
  • OpenBiblio
  • PMB
  • refbase – Web-based institutional repository and reference management software

Image editor

  • Darktable – Digital image workflow management, including RAW photo processing
  • digiKam – Integrated photography toolkit including editing abilities
  • GIMP – Raster graphics editor aimed at image retouching/editing
  • Inkscape – Vector graphics editor
  • Karbon – Scalable vector drawing application in KDE
  • Krita – Digital painting, sketching and 2D animation application, with a variety of brush engines
  • LazPaint – Lightweight raster and vector graphics editor, aimed at being simpler to use than GIMP
  • LightZone – Free, open-source digital photo editor software application.
  • RawTherapee – Digital image workflow management aimed at RAW photo processing

Maps & Navigation

  • OpenStreetMap - open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration.

Mathematics

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

Computer algebra systems

symbolic manipulation systems

Mobile software

Statistics

  • R – Statistics software

Numerical analysis

  • Octave - Numerical analysis software
  • Scilab - Numerical analysis software

Geometry

  • Geogebra – Geometry and algebra

Spreadsheet

  • LibreOffice Calc – spreadsheet component of the LibreOffice package
  • Gnumeric - spreadsheet program of the GNOME Project
  • Calligra Sheets – spreadsheet component of the Calligra Suite in KDE
  • Pyspread – spreadsheet which uses Python for macro programming, and allows each cell to contain data, the results of a calculation, a Python program, or the results of a Python program.

Media

Audio editors, audio management

Main page: Software:Comparison of free software for audio

CD/USB-writing software

Flash animation

Game engines

Main page: Software:List of game engines

Chess engines

Graphics

2D

  • Pencil2D – Simple 2D graphics and animation program
  • Synfig – 2D vector graphics and timeline based animation
  • TupiTube (formerly KTooN) – Application for the design and creation of animation
  • OpenToonz – Part of a family of 2D animation software
  • Krita – Digital painting, sketching and 2D animation application, with a variety of brush engines
  • Blender – Computer graphics software, Blender's Grease Pencil tools allow for 2D animation within a full 3D pipeline.
  • mtPaint – raster graphics editor for creating icons, pixel art

3D

  • Blender – Computer graphics software featuring modeling, sculpting, texturing, rigging, simulation, rendering, camera tracking, video editing, and compositing
  • MakeHuman
  • OpenFX – Modeling and animation software with a variety of built-in post processing effects
  • Seamless3d – Node-driven 3D modeling software
  • Wings 3D – subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware.

Image galleries

Image viewers

Multimedia codecs, containers, splitters

Subtitle

Television

Main page: Software:List of free television software

Video converters

Video editing

DVD authoring

Other media packages

Ripping

Video encoders

Main page: Comparison of video codecs

Video players

Main page: Software:Comparison of video player software

Networking and Internet

Advertising

  • Revive Adserver

Communication-related

  • Asterisk – Telephony and VoIP server
  • Ekiga – Video conferencing application for GNOME and Microsoft Windows
  • ConferenceXP – video conferencing application for Windows XP or later
  • FreePBX – Front-end and advanced PBX configuration for Asterisk
  • FreeSWITCH – Telephony platform
  • Jami – Cross-platform, peer to peer instant-messaging and video-calling protocol that offers end-to-end encryption and SIP client
  • Jitsi – Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client
  • QuteCom – Voice, video, and IM client application
  • Enterprise Communications System sipXecs – SIP Communications Server
  • Slrn – Newsreader
  • Telegram
  • Twinkle – VoIP softphone
  • Tox – Cross-platform, peer-to-peer instant-messaging and video-calling protocol that offers end-to-end encryption

E-mail

File transfer

Grid and distributed processing

Instant messaging

IRC Clients

Middleware

  • Apache Axis2 – Web service framework (implementations are available in both Java & C)
  • Apache Geronimo – Application server
  • Bonita Open Solution – a J2EE web application and java BPMN2 compliant engine
  • GlassFish – Application server
  • Jakarta Tomcat – Servlet container and standalone webserver
  • JBoss – Application server
  • ObjectWeb JOnAS – Java Open Application Server, a J2EE application server
  • OpenRemote – IoT Middleware
  • TAO – 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

Peer-to-peer file sharing

See also: Category:Free BitTorrent clients

Portal Server

Remote access and management

Routing software

Web browsers

Graphical

Text-based

Webcam

  • Cheese – GNOME webcam application
  • Guvcview – Linux webcam application

Webgrabber

Web-related

  • Apache Cocoon – A web application framework
  • Apache – The most popular web server
  • AWStats – Log file parser and analyzer
  • BookmarkSync – Tool for browsers
  • Cherokee – Fast, feature-rich HTTP server
  • curl-loader – Powerful HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS loading and testing tool
  • FileZilla – FTP
  • Hiawatha – Secure, high performance, and easy-to-configure HTTP server
  • HTTP File Server – 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 – Internet application server
  • Qcodo – PHP5 framework
  • Squid – Web proxy cache
  • Vaadin – Fast, Java-based framework for creating web applications
  • Varnish – High-performance web application accelerator/reverse proxy and load balancer/HTTP router
  • XAMPP – Package of web applications including Apache and MariaDB
  • Zope – Web application server

Web search engines

Other networking programs

Office software

Text editors

Software Platform Formats
AbiWord Linux, Windows .txt
Atom (text editor) macOS 10.9 or later, Windows 7 and later, and Linux .txt
gedit Linux, MacOS .txt
GNOME Text Editor Linux .txt
Kate (text editor) 25 Linux distributions, Microsoft Windows, macOS .txt
Leafpad Linux, BSD, Maemo .txt
Metapad Windows .txt
Mousepad Linux, BSD, Maemo .txt
PyRoom Unix-like (Linux included) .txt
Visual Studio Code Linux, Windows, MacOS .txt

Spreadsheet software

Software Operating system Format
Gnumeric Unix-like (Linux included) .gnm, .gnumeric
GNU Oleo Linux .oleo[5]
Pyspread Unix-like, Windows .CSV, .XLS, .SVG, .PDF
Sheetster Cross-platform JSON, XML, .XLS, .CSV, xlsx/.ooxml, .exml, .zip

Office suites

  • Apache OpenOffice - The cross platform office productivity suite from Apache Software Foundation (ASF) consists of programs for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, diagrams and drawings, databases, etc.
  • Calligra Suite – The office productivity suite from KDE consists of programs for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, databases, vector graphics, and digital painting
  • Collabora Online - Enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice, web application, mobile phone, tablet, Chromebook and desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux)[6]
  • LibreOffice – The cross platform office productivity suite from The Document Foundation (TDF) consists of programs for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, diagrams and drawings, databases, etc.
  • OnlyOffice Desktop Editors – An open-source offline edition of the Cloud

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.

Emulation and Virtualization

Personal information managers

  • Chandler – Developed by the Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF)
  • KAddressBook
  • Kontact
  • KOrganizer
  • Mozilla Calendar – Mozilla-based, multi-platform calendar program
  • Novell Evolution
  • Perkeep – Personal data store for pictures
  • Project.net – Commercial project management
  • TeamLab – Platform for project management and collaboration

Programming language support

Main page: Comparison of open-source programming language licensing

Bug trackers

Code generators

  • 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
  • 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

  • Doxygen – Tool for writing software reference documentation. The documentation is written within code
  • Mkd – Extracts software documentation from source code files, pseudocode, or comments
  • Natural Docs – Claims to use a more natural language as input from the comments, hence its name

Configuration software

Debuggers (for testing and trouble-shooting)

Integrated development environments

Version control systems

Reference management software

Risk Management

Science

Bioinformatics

Cheminformatics

Electronic lab notebooks

Geographic information systems

Geoscience

Grid computing

  • P-GRADE Portal – Grid portal software to create, execute, and monitor workflows through high-level Web interfaces

Microscope image processing

  • CellProfiler – Automatic microscopic analysis, aimed at individuals lacking training in computer vision
  • Endrov – Java-based plugin architecture designed to analyse complex spatio-temporal image data
  • Fiji – ImageJ-based image processing
  • Ilastik – Image-classification and segmentation software
  • ImageJ – Image processing application developed at the National Institutes of Health
  • IMOD – 2D and 3D analysis of electron microscopy data
  • ITK – Development framework used for creation of image segmentation and registration programs
  • KNIME – Data analytics, reporting, and integration platform
  • VTK – C++ toolkit for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualisation
  • 3DSlicer – Medical image analysis and visualisation

Molecular dynamics

  • GROMACS – Protein, lipid, and nucleic acid simulation
  • LAMMPS – Molecular dynamics software
  • MDynaMix – General-purpose molecular dynamics, simulating mixtures of molecules
  • ms2 - molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation package to predict thermophysical properties of fluids
  • NWChem – Quantum chemical and molecular dynamics software

Molecule viewer

  • Avogadro – Plugin-extensible molecule visualisation
  • BALLView – Molecular modeling and visualisation
  • Jmol – 3D representation of molecules in many formats, for teaching use
  • Molekel – Molecule viewing software
  • MeshLab – Able to import PDB dataset and build up surfaces from them
  • PyMOL – High-quality representations of small molecules and biological macromolecules
  • QuteMol – Interactive molecule representations offering an array of innovative OpenGL visual effects
  • RasMol – Visualizes biological macromolecules

Nanotechnology

Plotting

Quantum chemistry

  • CP2K – Atomistic and molecular simulation of solid-state, liquid, molecular, and biological systems

Screencast

Screensavers

Statistics

Main category: Software:Free statistical software
  • R – Statistics software
  • LimeSurvey – Online survey system

Theology

Bible study tools

Typesetting

See also

General directories

References

  1. ↑ Richard Stallman (July 13, 2011). "Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software". https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html. 
  2. ↑ "Further Development of Verification Check-casesforSix-Degree-of-Freedom Flight Vehicle Simulations". 2015. https://nescacademy.nasa.gov/src/flightsim/Reports/aiaa-15-1810-EOM_chkcases-II.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "Create great flyers, newsletters, brochures and more with open source software". https://opensource.com/alternatives/microsoft-publisher. 
  4. ↑ Bärwaldt, Eric (2020). "Collaborative online office solutions". Admin Network & Security 60/2020. https://www.admin-magazine.com/Articles/Collaborative-online-office-solutions. "...users can also convert text files to the ePub format for displaying appear on ebook readers or with desktop software for reading ePub files.". 
  5. ↑ "File Formats". https://help.gnome.org/users/gnumeric/stable/sect-file-formats.html.en. 
  6. ↑ Bärwaldt, Eric (2020-09-01). "Working Together Tools for collaborative office work". Linux Magazine (238/2020). https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2020/238/Collabora-and-OnlyOffice/(language)/eng-US. "For cross-platform use, the suite not only supports the Open Document Format (ODF) but also all newer Microsoft formats, which makes interaction with other office suites easier.". 

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