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This page lists good quality [[free and open-source software]] that anyone can download at no cost and use or modify freely. Plenty more quality open-source software exists {{en}} this is just an introductory sample. Most of these programs are cross-platform, meaning they can be installed on MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. | This page lists good quality [[free and open-source software]] that anyone can download at no cost and use or modify freely. Plenty more quality open-source software exists {{en}} this is just an introductory sample. Most of these programs are cross-platform, meaning they can be installed on MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. | ||
''The software below is not {{dotted|freeware|Has no cost but is proprietary and the software can not be altered }} or {{dotted|shareware|Usually free for a limited period then you have to pay}}, which are both significantly different to [[free and open-source software|open source]].'' | ''The software below is not {{dotted|freeware|Has no cost but is proprietary and the software can not be altered }} or {{dotted|shareware|Usually free for a limited period then you have to pay}}, which are both significantly different to [[free and open-source software|open source]].'' | ||
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Revision as of 00:46, 26 January 2008
Main Page > Open collaborative design > Free and open-source software > Examples of free and open-source software
This page lists good quality free and open-source software that anyone can download at no cost and use or modify freely. Plenty more quality open-source software exists – this is just an introductory sample. Most of these programs are cross-platform, meaning they can be installed on MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
The software below is not freeware or shareware, which are both significantly different to open source.
Contents
Operating systems and Desktop environments
- Linux - Operating system kernel
- Ubuntu - Linux distribution with full compliment of software for everyday use. See also Kubuntu that runs the KDE desktop which some people find this easier if they previously used MS Windows
- BSD - Operating system
- Darwin - The core of Apple's Mac OS X operating system
- GNOME desktop environment for Linux (and Unix)
- KDE desktop environment for Linux (and Unix)
- Xfce lightweight desktop environment for Linux (and Unix)
Graphics and multimedia
- GIMP - Bitmap graphics editor, similar to Adobe Photoshop
- Inkscape - Vector graphics editor
- Xara Xtreme - Vector graphics editor
- VNC - cross-platform remote desktop utility. For example it enables a Mac to control a Windows or a Linux PC (or vice-versa)
- Blender - Advanced 3D modelling and rendering application. Gallery
- Art of Illusion - Java-based 3D modelling and rendering application with an intuitive user interface. Gallery
- VideoLAN - cross-platform media player capable of playing most video filetypes
- Miro video player - cross-platform media player that can automatically download videos from RSS-based "channels" and play videos sequentially from a playlist
- Songbird - similar to iTunes with built-in browser. Screencast
- Audacity - digital audio editor
- Ardour - digital audio workstation
- Scribus - Desktop Publishing (DTP)
- F-Spot - Photo manager
Office software
- OpenOffice.org - office productivity software. Comparable to Microsoft Office. As well as having using an open file format it can read and write Microsoft Office files
- NeoOffice - Mac OS X version of OpenOffice
- KOffice - office suite for KDE desktop (Unix / Linux)
- AbiWord - word processor
- Evolution - personal information manager
- PDFCreator - creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer (Windows only)
- Apache webserver - web server
- BitTorrent - distributed file-sharing
- Mozilla Foundation
- Mozilla Firefox - web browser
- Mozilla Thunderbird - mail client
- NVU - HTML composer
- Sendmail - email transfer agent
- Pidgin (software) - multiple-protocol instant messaging
Content management systems
- Joomla! - CMS
- Alfresco - CMS
- MediaWiki - wiki content management software. AdCiv.org is powered by MediaWiki
- Drupal - modular content management framework and blogging engine
See more open-source CMS software here
Other
- Celestia 3D space simulation software. For a tour of its capabilities, select 'Run demo' from the 'Help' menu. Gallery and addons
- NASA worldwind - virtual Earth / Moon / Mars software
- FlightGear - flight simulator
- Second life - virtual world viewer (as in a virtual reality, rather than a virtual Earth model)
- FreeMind - mind mapping software
- Stellarium - planetarium software for accurate representations of the night's sky from any location or time
- K3b - CD and DVD authoring application for Linux
- phpMyAdmin - web front-end for MySQL database management system
- Vega Strike - Space flight simulator and trading game
- Wine - a compatibility layer for computers running Linux that enables them to run many applications that were originally written for MS Windows
- Freemat - environment for rapid engineering and scientific prototyping and data processing
- Eclipse - software framework and Java IDE
- GTK - Popular widget toolkit for the X Window System, for creating graphical user interfaces
- QT toolkit - cross-platform application development framework
- KDevelop - Programming IDE for Linux / Unix
- PHP - server-side programming language
- PERL - Dynamic programming language
- Python - programming language
- GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
- MySQL - Database management system
- Java - Programming language
- Mono - Free and open-source crossplatform .NET implementation
More comprehensive list of open-source software
- Wikipedia - List of open source software packages]