Examples of free and open-source software

Some major free and open source software projects 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. 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. Ubuntu is an easy to use operating system based on and made possible by the Debian  project. Google Chrome OS  - Lightweight operating system based around the web browser Android smart-phone operating system  - by Google / Open Handset Alliance Symbian smart-phone operating system  - by Nokia MeeGo smart-phone operating system  - joint venture between Intel and Nokia 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 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) Internet related software Apache webserver  - web server BitTorrent  - distributed file-sharing Mozilla Foundation  Mozilla Firefox - web browser Mozilla Thunderbird - mail client WebKit  - HTML rendering engine developed by KDE, Apple and Google. Core of Safari, Google Chrome and Konqueror browsers Google Chrome  - Google's web browser Sendmail  - email transfer agent Pidgin (software)  - multiple-protocol instant messaging Diaspora  - distributed social software 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 Plone  - python-based CMS 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 Programming related 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  - versatile, clean and powerful programming language used for cross-platform desktop applications, server-side scripting for websites, and scripting within java and .net environments GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)  MySQL  - Database management system Java  - Programming language Mono  - Free and open-source crossplatform .NET implementation OpenCV - Real-time computer vision function library More comprehensive list of open-source software List of open source software packages on Wikipedia  </div>   Screenshots These are some examples of open-source software that anyone can freely download and use, or even modify, without restriction Click to enlarge a thumbnail image. Click a second time to get a full resolution image OpenOffice.org Writer (word processor) OpenOffice.org Calc (spreadsheet) OpenOffice.org Impress (presentation) OpenOffice.org Draw (vector drawing) Celestia 3D space simulator KDE desktop environment for Linux (and Unix) Gnome desktop environment for Linux (and Unix) Inkscape 2D vector drawing GIMP bitmap editor Miro video player with RSS feeds Blender 3D modelling FreeMind mind-mapping software Audacity digital audio editing Kivio flowchart drawing (Linux only Mozilla Thunderbird email client Evolution mail Evolution calendar Eclipse software development framework Xara Xtreme 2D vector drawing (Linux only) Nvu HTML editing VNC cross-platform remote control screenshot showing a windows PC controlling a Mac and Linux desktop in separate windows KDevelop integrated development environment (Linux only) Firefox web browser Songbird web-surfing music player K3b CD and DVD burning (Linux only) Art of illusion 3D modelling Scribus desktop publishing FlightGear flight simulator Xfce desktop environment for Linux (and Unix) Ardour digital audio workstation F-Spot photo manager (Linux only) Second life virtual world screenshot Stellarium - accurate representations of the night's sky Beryl - hardware accelerated 3D window manager for Linux Vega Strike  - Space flight simulator and trading game NeoOffice - Version of OpenOffice.org for Apple's Mac OS X Freemat - free environment for rapid engineering and scientific prototyping and data processing Click to enlarge a thumbnail image. 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