List of free and open-source software packages

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This is a list of free and open-source software (FOSS) 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. 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

  • OpenCog – 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.

Large language models

  • BLOOM – open multilingual language model released in 2022 with 176B parameters
  • DeepSeek – R1 and V3
  • DBRX – open source LLM released in March 2024
  • GPT-J – LLM with 6 billion parameters developed by EleutherAI
  • GPT-1 – OpenAI LLM released under the MIT License in June 2018
  • GPT-2 – OpenAI LLM released under the MIT License in November 2019
  • XLNet – Google LLM released as an open source project in June 2019 under the Apache 2.0 license
  • BERT – Google LLM released as an open source project in October 2018 under the Apache 2.0 license
  • T5 – Google LLM released as an open source project in 2019 under the Apache 2.0 license

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

  • ArduPilot
  • CoppeliaSim
  • Gazebo
  • Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit
  • OpenRTM-aist
  • Paparazzi Project
  • Player Project
  • Python Robotics
  • Robot Operating System (ROS)
  • TurtleBot
  • Webots – robot simulator

Assistive technology

Speech (synthesis and recognition)

  • 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 – general multilingual speech synthesis
  • Modular Audio Recognition Framework – voice, audio, speech NLP processing
  • NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) – screen reader, for Windows
  • Text2Speech – Text-To-Speech (TTS) Software

Other assistive technology

  • Dasher – unique text input software
  • Gnopernicus – AT suite for GNOME 2
  • Virtual Magnifying Glass – multi-platform screen magnification tool

CAD

  • Archimedes (CAD)
  • Art of Illusion
  • Blender
  • BRL-CAD – constructive solid geometry (CSG) solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD) system
  • FreeCAD – parametric 3D CAD modeler with a focus on mechanical engineering, BIM, and product design
  • LeoCAD
  • LibreCAD – 2D CAD software using AutoCAD-like interface and file format
  • MakeHuman
  • MeshLab
  • Open Cascade Technology (OCCT) – CAD kernel for 3D CAD, CAM, CAE
  • OpenSCAD – scripting-based 3D CAD software
  • QCAD
  • SolveSpace – 2D and 3D CAD, constraint-based parametric modeler with simple mechanical simulation abilities
  • Sweet Home 3D
  • Wings 3D

Computer-aided engineering (CAE)

  • Advanced Simulation Library
  • ASCEND
  • DWSIM
  • Elmer FEM solver
  • Gmsh
  • LibreCAD
  • MapleSim
  • Modelica
  • OpenSim
  • OpenFOAM
  • Project Chrono
  • Salome
  • SimScale
  • SU2 code
  • xeokit

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)

Subtractive

  • LinuxCNC
  • FreeCAD – Path Workbench

Additive Manufacturing

  • Cura
  • Slic3r
  • MeshLab
  • OctoPrint
  • Marlin
  • Klipper
  • Repetier-Host
  • AstroPrint

Electronic design automation (EDA)

  • Electric
  • FreePCB
  • Fritzing – CAD software for the design of electronics hardware to build more permanent circuits from prototypes
  • gEDA
  • GNU Circuit Analysis Package (Gnucap)
  • Icarus Verilog
  • KiCad – suite for electronic design automation (EDA) for schematic capture, PCB layout, manufacturing file viewing, SPICE simulation, and engineering calculation
  • KTechLab
  • Magic
  • Ngspice
  • pcb-rnd
  • Oregano
  • Quite Universal Circuit Simulator (QUCS)
  • Verilator
  • XCircuit

Computer simulation

  • Blender – 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, and motion graphics
  • FreeCad – equivalent of Blender, towards to mechanical engineering
  • OpenFOAM – software used for computational fluid dynamics (or CFD)
  • FlightGear - atmospheric and orbital flight simulator with a flight dynamics engine (JSBSim) that was used in a 2015 NASA benchmark to judge new simulation code to space industry standards
  • SimPy – queue-theoretic event-based simulator written in Python
  • Salome – generic platform for Pre- and Post-Processing for numerical simulation

Cypherpunk software

Cryptography and Privacy Software

  • OpenPGP – open-source version of Pretty Good Privacy
  • GNU Privacy Guard – replacement for PGP
  • OpenSSL – library for applications that provide secure communications over computer networks
  • NaCl (software) – crypto library
  • Libsodium – fork of NaCl
  • VeraCrypt – disk encryption software forked from TrueCrypt
  • LUKS – standard for disk encryption on Linux systems
  • Tor (network) – free overlay network for enabling anonymous communication
  • Tails (operating system) – security-focused Linux distro using Tor by default
  • Signal (software) – secure messaging app
  • Off-the-Record Messaging – protocol for secure instant messaging
  • GPGTools – macOS suite for GnuPG-based encryption

Hacking and Network Security Tools

  • Aircrack-ng – Wi-Fi security auditing tool
  • BackTrack – predecessor to Kali Linux
  • Burp Suite Community Edition – security assessment and penetration testing of web applications
  • Ghidra – software reverse engineering suite developed by the NSA
  • Hashcat – password recovery utility
  • Hydra (software) – login cracker supporting numerous protocols
  • John the Ripper – password cracking tool
  • Kali Linux – penetration testing Linux distribution
  • Metasploit Project – framework for developing and executing exploit code
  • Netcat – network utility for reading/writing data across networks
  • Nikto (vulnerability scanner) – web server vulnerability scanner
  • Nmap – network scanning, port scanner, and auditing tool
  • OpenSSH – implementation of the SSH protocol
  • Radare2 – reverse engineering framework
  • Snort (software) – network intrusion detection system
  • sqlmap – automated SQL injection and database takeover tool
  • Suricata (software) – network threat detection engine
  • Volatility (memory forensics) – memory forensics framework for incident response
  • Wireshark – network protocol analyzer
  • YARA – tool to identify and classify malware

Decentralized and Anonymous Communication Projects

  • Freenet – peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication
  • Bitmessage – rncrypted peer-to-peer messaging protocol
  • I2P – anonymous network layer for secure communication
  • Tor (network) – free overlay network for enabling anonymous communication

Decentralized File Sharing and Storage

  • qBittorrent – BitTorrent client
  • Transmission (BitTorrent client) – lightweight BitTorrent client
  • IPFS – InterPlanetary File System for decentralized storage and sharing
  • RetroShare – secure communication platform with file sharing

Cryptocurrencies and Anonymous Finance

  • Zerocoin – privacy-focused cryptocurrency protocol
  • Zcash – cryptocurrency based on Zerocoin using zk-SNARKs
  • Monero – privacy-focused cryptocurrency using ring signatures
  • Nym (mixnet) — Mix network

Cybersecurity

Antivirus

Data loss prevention

  • MyDLP not updated since 2014

Data recovery

  • dvdisaster
  • ddrescue
  • Foremost
  • PhotoRec
  • TestDisk

Forensics

  • The Coroner's Toolkit
  • The Sleuth Kit
Anti-forensics
  • USBKill
  • Tails
  • BusKill

Disk erasing

  • DBAN
  • srm

Encryption

  • Bouncy Castle
  • GnuPG
  • GnuTLS
  • KGPG
  • NaCl
  • OpenSSL
  • Seahorse
  • Signal
  • stunnel
  • TextSecure
  • wolfCrypt
  • 7-Zip

Disk encryption

  • dm-crypt
  • FreeOTFE and FreeOTFE Explorer
  • eCryptfs
  • VeraCrypt

Firewall

  • Firewalld
  • Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw)
  • Firestarter
  • IPFilter
  • ipfw
  • iptables
  • nftables
  • IPFire
  • LEAF Project
  • M0n0wall
  • PeerGuardian
  • PF
  • pfSense
  • OPNsense
  • Rope
  • Shorewall
  • SmoothWall
  • Vyatta
  • VyOS

Network and security monitoring

  • Snort – network intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS)
  • OpenVAS – software framework of several services and tools offering vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management

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

  • Bitwarden
  • KeePass
  • KeePassXC – multiplatform fork able to open KeePass databases
  • Password Safe
  • Mitro
  • Pass

Other cybersecurity programs

Data storage and management

Disk cleaning utilities

  • BleachBit

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 – neural network software library written in C++
  • 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 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

  • GParted
  • FIPS (computer program)
  • TestDisk

Enterprise search engines

  • ApexKB (formerly known as Jumper)
  • Lucene
  • Nutch
  • Solr
  • Xapian

ETLs (Extract Transform Load)

  • Konstanz Information Miner (KNIME)
  • Pentaho

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 – edition of LibreOffice accessible from a web browser
  • 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 – "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 – edition of LibreOffice accessible from a web browser
  • Sigil – editing software for e-books in the EPUB format

Education

E-learning, learning support

  • ATutor – web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS)
  • Canvas LMS – web-based, open, extensible learning management system
  • 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 – learning management system
  • OLAT – web-based Learning Content Management System
  • Omeka – content management system for online digital collections
  • 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

  • Vym (software)
  • Compendium (software)
  • Gnaural – brainwave entrainment software

Offline learning & Open data

  • Kiwix – 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

Engineering

File formats

2D

Raster imagery

  • .apng – Animated Portable Network Graphics
  • .avif – AV1 Image File Format
  • .bpg – Better Portable Graphics
  • .exr – OpenEXR
  • .fits – Flexible Image Transport System primarily for Astronomy
  • .flif – Free Lossless Image Format
  • .gif – Graphics Interchange Format
  • .iff / .lbm – InterLeaved BitMap
  • .jng – JPEG Network Graphics
  • .jpg or .jpeg – Joint Photographic Experts Group
  • .jxl – JPEG XL
  • .mng – Multiple-image Network Graphics
  • .miff / .mi – Magick Image File Format
  • .pam, .pbm, .pgm, .ppm, .pnm – Netpbm file formats
  • .pgf – Progressive Graphics File
  • .png – Portable Network Graphics
  • .qoi – Quite OK Image Format
  • .tiff – Tag Image File Format
  • .wbmp – Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format
  • .webp
  • .xbm – X BitMap
  • .xcf – GIMP
  • .xpm – X PixMap

Vector imagery

  • .cgm – Computer Graphics Metafile
  • .eps – Encapsulated PostScript
  • .pdf – Portable Document Format
  • .pgml – Precision Graphics Markup Language
  • .svg – Scalable Vector Graphics
  • .vml – Vector Markup Language, deprecated by SVG
  • .xar – Xar (graphics)

3D

  • .3mf – 3D Manufacturing Format
  • .amf – Additive manufacturing file format
  • .blend – Blender
  • .dae – COLLADA
  • .dxf – Drawing Exchange Format, publicly documented format, developers can work with it in open-source projects, though not fully open-source itself.
  • .fbx
  • .gltf/.glb – Graphics Library Transmission Format
  • .hdr – Radiance HDR
  • .ifc – Industry Foundation Classes
  • .iges – Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
  • .obj – developed by Wavefront Technologies
  • .off – Object File Format
  • .ply – Polygon File Format
  • .rad – Radiance
  • .step/.stp
  • .stl
  • .usd – Universal Scene Description
  • .vrml – Virtual Reality Modeling Language
  • .x3d

Video

Audio

  • .aiff – Audio Interchange File Format
  • .flac – Free Lossless Audio Codec
  • .ogg
  • .opus
  • .wav

Document & Text

  • .adoc – AsciiDoc
  • .epub – ebook format
  • .latex – LaTeX, macro package built on top of TeX for simplification
  • .md – Markdown
  • .odt – OpenDocument
  • .rtf – Rich Text Format
  • .tex – high-quality typography for mathematical notation, physics, chemistry, engineering/scientific notation
  • .texinfo

Web and Interactive Media

Database & Data Storage

  • .avro – Apache Avro
  • .cml – Chemical Markup Language
  • .csv – Comma-separated values
  • .hdf5 – Hierarchical Data Format
  • .ods – OpenDocument Spreadsheet
  • .orc – Apache ORC
  • .parquet – Apache Parquet
  • .protobuf – Protocol Buffers developed by Google
  • .shp – Shapefile
  • .sqlite – SQLite
  • .tsv – Tab-separated values
  • .xml – Extensible Markup Language

File managers

Finance

Accounting

  • 1DayLater – invoicing software
  • 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

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 charities and NGOs
  • iDempiere – business Suite, ERP and CRM
  • SuiteCRM – web-based CRM

ERP

  • Adempiere – Enterprise resource planning (ERP) business suite
  • Apache OFBiz – 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 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
  • JFire – ERP business suite written with Java and JDO
  • LedgerSMB – double entry accounting and ERP system written with Perl
  • metasfresh – ERP Software
  • Odoo – ERP, CRM and CMS
  • Openbravo – web-based ERP
  • Tryton – ERP

Human resources

  • OrangeHRM – commercial human resource management

Microfinance

Process management

  • Bonita Open Solution – Business Process Management

Games

Game engines

Physics engines

Shader languages

  • ARB assembly language
  • Cg
  • OpenGL Shading Language
  • Open Shading Language
  • Standard Portable Intermediate Representation

Action

Application layer

Chess

  • ChessV
  • Fairy-Max
  • GNU Chess
  • PyChess
  • XBoard
  • Lichess

Educational games

  • GCompris – software suite comprising educational entertainment software for children aged 2 to 10
  • Tux, of Math Command
  • Tux Paint

Video game emulation

  • MAME – multi-platform emulator for arcade game systems
  • MESS – multi-platform emulator
  • RetroArch – cross-platform front-end for emulators, game engines and video games
  • Snes9x – Super Nintendo emulator
  • Stella – Atari 2600 emulator
  • PCSX – PlayStation emulator
  • PCSX2 – PlayStation 2 emulator
  • PPSSPP – PlayStation Portable emulator
  • Project64 – Nintendo 64 emulator
  • RetroArch – emulator and media player frontend
  • RPCS3 – PlayStation 3 emulator
  • Dolphin (emulator) – GameCube and Wii emulator
  • Citra (emulator) – Nintendo 3DS and Wii emulator
  • Cemu – Wii U emulator
  • TIC-80 – virtual machine game engine that mimics the 8-bit systems of the 1980s

Music video games

  • Frets on Fire

Karaoke

  • UltraStar

Rhythm game

  • StepMania

Puzzle

  • Pingus – Lemmings alternative with penguins instead of lemmings

Sandbox

  • Luanti – voxel game engine

Snake games

  • GLtron

Simulation

  • Endless Sky – space trading and combat simulation
  • FlightGear – flight simulator
  • OpenTTD – business simulation game in which players try to earn money via transporting passengers and freight by road, rail, water and air
  • SuperTuxKart – kart racing game that features mascots of various open-source projects

Strategy

  • 0 A.D. – real-time strategy video game
  • Freeciv – turn-based strategy game inspired by proprietary Sid Meier's Civilization series
  • Glest
  • The Battle for Wesnoth – turn-based strategy video game with fantasy setting

Genealogy

  • Gramps (software) – genealogy software

Geographic information systems

Graphical user interface

Desktop environments

Window managers

Windowing system

Groupware

Content management systems

Wiki software

Healthcare 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
  • Hugin – panorama stitching
  • 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 – raster and vector graphics editor, aimed at being simpler to use than GIMP
  • LightZone – digital photo editor software application
  • Luminance HDR – high dynamic range images
  • 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
  • OsmAnd – freemium maps & navigation Android and iOS app
  • Organic Maps – offline map and navigation app for Android & iOS
  • CoMaps (Android, iOS)

Mathematics

  • ALTRAN
  • FriCAS
  • GAP (computer algebra system)
  • GiNaC
  • gnuplot
  • Maxima
  • Mathomatic
  • Normaliz
  • SageMath
  • Singular (software)
  • SymPy
  • Yacas

Computer algebra systems

  • Axiom
  • Cadabra
  • Cambridge Algebra System
  • CPMP-Tools
  • CoCoA
  • Erable
  • PARI/GP
  • Reduce
  • Xcas

Cryptography

Physics

Computational electromagnetics

  • Meep
  • Elmer FEM solver
  • Numerical Electromagnetics Code

Computational fluid dynamics

  • ADCIRC
  • Calculix
  • CGNS
  • Code_Saturne
  • Coolfluid
  • Elmer FEM solver
  • FEATool Multiphysics
  • FEniCS Project
  • Gerris
  • KIVA
  • MFEM
  • MOOSE
  • Nek5000
  • Nektar++
  • OpenFOAM
  • OpenLB
  • RELAP5-3D
  • SU2 code
  • TELEMAC

Computational particle physics

  • AIDA
  • APFEL
  • CASINO
  • CompHEP
  • CORSIKA
  • CP2K
  • EGS
  • EPICS
  • FitIt
  • Geant4
  • Java Analysis Studio
  • MPMC
  • OpenMC
  • PYTHIA
  • ROOT
  • Solarsoft
  • Spinach
  • Surface Evolver
  • TARDIS
  • UrQMD

Computational astrophysics

  • Astropy
  • CMBFAST
  • GADGET

Monte Carlo method

  • CP2K
  • EGS
  • MCSim
  • McStas
  • McXtrace
  • MPMC
  • OpenMC
  • TARDIS

symbolic manipulation systems

  • FORM (symbolic manipulation system)

Statistics

  • R – statistics software

Numerical analysis

  • Octave – numerical analysis software
  • Scilab – numerical analysis software

Geometry

  • Geogebra – geometry and algebra
  • C.a.R.
  • CaRMetal
  • DrGeo
  • Kig
  • KSEG

Plotting software

  • Chart.js
  • D3.js
  • ggplot2
  • Graphics Layout Engine
  • Gnuplot
  • Grace
  • Matplotlib
  • Plotly
  • PLplot
  • PyX
  • ROOT
  • SciDAVis
  • Vega

Charting

  • JFreeChart
  • Matplotlib
  • R

Mathematical notation software

Mathematical art software

Spreadsheet

  • Collabora Online Calc – spreadsheet component of the Collabora Online package
  • LibreOffice Calc – spreadsheet component of the LibreOffice package
  • OnlyOffice Spreadsheets – spreadsheet software of OnlyOffice suite
  • 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

Mobile software

  • Celestia (Android, iOS)
  • Calligra (Android)
  • Collabora Office (Android, ChromeOS, iOS, iPadOS)
  • CoMaps (Android, iOS)
  • Conversations (Android)
  • F-Droid (Android) – app store and software repository
  • I2P (Android) – anonymous network layer (implemented as a mix network) that allows for censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer communication
  • Kiwix – offline web browser that allows users to download the entire content of Wikipedia for offline learning purposes. (Android)
  • Krita (Android)
  • Linphone (Android, iOS)
  • Monal (iOS)
  • NetHunter App Store (Android) – fork of F-Droid for Kali NetHunter
  • OsmAnd – freemium maps & navigation Android and iOS app
  • OpenVPN (Android, iOS) – virtual private network (VPN) system that implements techniques to create secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. It implements both client and server applications
  • Orbot (Android, iOS) – free proxy app that provides anonymity on the Internet for users of the Android and iOS operating systems. It allows traffic from apps such as web browsers, email clients, map programs, and others to be routed via the Tor network
  • Organic Maps – offline map and navigation app for Android & iOS
  • Quicksy (Android)
  • Tor Browser – onion-routed browser by The Tor Project, based on Firefox ESR
  • VLC (Android, iOS)
  • Wikipedia (Android, iOS) – See also: List of Wikipedia mobile applications

Media

Audio editors, audio management

  • Audacity
  • Ardour – professional digital audio workstation
  • LMMS – digital audio workstation

CD/USB-writing software

  • Brasero (software)
  • cdrtools
  • K3b
  • X-CD-Roast

Flash animation

  • Pencil2D – for animations
  • SWFTools – for scripting

Game engines

  • Blender Game Engine – discontinued 2019
  • Godot – application for the design of cross-platform video games
  • MonoGame – C# framework
  • Open3DEngine – based on Amazon Lumberyard
  • Stride – (prev. Xenko) 2D and 3D cross-platform game engine originally developed by Silicon Studio

Chess engines

  • KnightCap
  • Leela Chess Zero – Universal Chess Interface chess engine
  • Stockfish – Universal Chess Interface chess engine

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
  • FreeCAD
  • MakeHuman
  • OpenFX – modeling and animation software with a variety of built-in post processing effects
  • Picogen – terrain generator
  • Seamless3d – node-driven 3D modeling software
  • Wings 3D – subdivision modeler inspired by Nendo and Mirai from Izware

3D rendering

  • Aqsis
  • Cycles and EEVEE – Blender rendering
  • LuxCoreRender
  • MoonRay
  • POV-Ray
  • Radiance (software)
  • Sunflow

Image galleries

Image viewers

  • Eye of GNOME
  • F-spot
  • feh
  • Geeqie
  • Gthumb
  • Gwenview
  • KPhotoAlbum
  • Opticks

Maps

Multimedia codecs, containers, splitters

Music

Subtitle

  • Aegisub
  • Gnome Subtitles
  • Subtitle Edit

Television

Video converters

  • Dr. DivX
  • FFmpeg
  • MEncoder
  • OggConvert

Video editing

  • Avidemux
  • AviSynth
  • Blender
  • Cinelerra
  • Flowblade
  • Kdenlive
  • Kino
  • LiVES
  • LosslessCut
  • Natron
  • Olive
  • OpenShot
  • Open Movie Editor
  • Pitivi
  • Shotcut
  • VirtualDub
  • VirtualDubMod
  • VideoLAN Movie Creator

DVD authoring

  • DeVeDe
  • DVD Flick
  • DVDStyler

Screencast

  • recordMyDesktop
  • Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Studio) – cross-platform streaming and recording program

Other media packages

  • Celtx – media pre-production software

Ripping

  • K9Copy
  • Thoggen

Video encoders

  • Avidemux
  • HandBrake
  • FFmpeg
  • OggConvert

Video players

  • Media Player Classic
  • VLC media player
  • mpv

Networking and Internet

Advertising

  • Revive Adserver
  • Asterisk – telephony and VoIP server
  • Ekiga – video conferencing application for GNOME and Microsoft Windows
  • ConferenceXP – video conferencing application for Windows XP or later
  • Dino – xmpp client, supporting both OMEMO encryption and Jingle Audio/Video protocol, under Windows, Linux and BSD
  • FreePBX – front-end and advanced PBX configuration for Asterisk
  • FreeSWITCH – telephony platform
  • Gajim – xmpp client
  • 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
  • Telegram
  • Twinkle – VoIP softphone
  • Tox – cross-platform, peer-to-peer instant-messaging and video-calling protocol that offers end-to-end encryption

E-mail

  • Amavis – email content filter
  • Claws Mail – email Client
  • Fetchmail – email Retrieval
  • Geary – email client based on WebKitGTK+
  • GNUMail – cross-platform email client
  • Hula – discontinued mail and calendar project
  • K-9 Mail – Android Email Client
  • MailScanner – email security system
  • MH Message Handling System – email Client
  • Modest – email Client
  • Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups – email Client that was part of the now discontinued Mozilla Application Suite
  • Mozilla Thunderbird – email, news, RSS, and chat client
  • POPFile – cross-platform mail filter
  • Roundcube – web-based IMAP email client
  • Sylpheed – email and News Client
  • Sympa – MLA software

File transfer

  • Filezilla
  • OnionShare

Grid and distributed processing

  • GNU Queue
  • HTCondor
  • pexec

Instant messaging

IRC Clients

Middleware

  • Apache Axis2 – Web service framework (implementations are available in both Java & C)
  • Apache Geronimo – application server
  • Bonita Open Solution – J2EE web application and java BPMN2 compliant engine
  • GlassFish – application server
  • Apache Tomcat – servlet container and standalone webserver
  • JBoss – application server
  • OpenRemote – IoT Middleware
  • 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

  • Akregator – platforms running KDE
  • Liferea – platforms running GNOME
  • NetNewsWire – macOS, iOS
  • RSS Bandit – Windows, using .NET framework
  • RSSOwl – Windows, macOS, Solaris, Linux using Java SWT Eclipse
  • Sage (Mozilla Firefox extension)

Peer-to-peer file sharing

See also: Category:Free BitTorrent clients
  • I2P – anonymous network layer (implemented as a mix network) that allows for censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer communication
  • OnionShare – file sharing app using Tor network
  • Popcorn Time – multi-platform media player
  • qBittorrent – BitTorrent client
  • Transmission – BitTorrent client
  • Deluge – BitTorrent client

Portal Server

  • Drupal
  • Liferay
  • Sun Java System Portal Server
  • uPortal

Remote access and management

  • FreeNX
  • OpenVPN
  • rdesktop
  • Synergy
  • VNC (RealVNC, TightVNC, UltraVNC)
  • Remmina (based on FreeRDP)
  • RustDesk

Routing software

Web browsers

Graphical

  • Chromium – web browser using the custom Blink engine from which Google Chrome draws its source code
  • Brave – privacy-focused web browser based on Chromium browser
  • Falkon – web browser based on Blink engine, a KDE project
  • Firefox – Mozilla-developed web browser using Gecko layout engine
  • Waterfox – Firefox fork supporting legacy extensions, 64-bit only
  • Pale Moon – customizable fork of Firefox
  • Tor Browser – onion-routed browser by The Tor Project, based on Firefox ESR
  • GNOME Web – WebKit-based web browser for the GNOME desktop environment
  • Midori – web browser using the WebKit layout engine
  • qutebrowser – keyboard operated Webkit-based browser with vi-like keybindings
  • SeaMonkey Navigator – the SeaMonkey internet suite's web browser
  • Surf – minimal tab-less browser by suckless.org using WebKitGTK
  • Firefox Focus – privacy-focused mobile web browser from Mozilla available for Android and iOS

Text-based

  • Lynx – text-based web browser developed since 1992
  • Links – text-based browser with a framebuffer-based graphical mode
  • ELinks – fork of Links with JavaScript support

Webcam

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

Webgrabber

  • cURL
  • HTTrack
  • Wget
  • Apache Cocoon – web application framework
  • Apache Tomcat
  • Apache – web server
  • AWStats – log file parser and analyzer
  • BookmarkSync – tool for browsers
  • Caddy – extensible, cross-platform, web server written in Go.
  • Cherokee – HTTP server
  • curl-loader – HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS loading and testing tool
  • Docker – Docker Engine is open-source for Linux only
  • FileZilla – FTP
  • H2O – supports HTTP/2, TLS, and server push
  • Hiawatha – HTTP server
  • HTTP File Server – file server software, with a drag-and-drop interface
  • lighttpd – HTTP Server
  • Lucee – CFML application server
  • Nginx – web server/reverse proxy and e-mail (IMAP/POP3) proxy
  • NetKernel – Internet application server
  • Qcodo – PHP5 framework
  • Squid – web proxy cache
  • thttpd – designed for simplicity, small memory footprint, and speed
  • Vaadin – Java-based framework for creating web applications
  • Varnish – 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

  • JXplorer – LDAP client
  • Nextcloud – fork of ownCloud
  • OpenLDAP – LDAP server
  • ownCloud – file share and sync server
  • Wireshark – network monitor

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
Notepad++ Windows .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
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 – edition of LibreOffice, web application, mobile phone, tablet, Chromebook and desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux)
  • 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 – offline edition of the Cloud

PDF editors

  • PDFsam Basic edition – platform independent software designed to split, merge, mix, extract pages and rotate PDF files for Windows, Linux, MacOS. Open-source version of their commercial offering

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.

  • BSD – FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, GhostBSD, TrueNAS, MidnightBSD, DragonFly BSD, OPNsense, pfSense, XigmaNAS, among others.
  • GrapheneOS
  • Kali NetHunter
  • Linux – Debian, Ubuntu, Manjaro, Fedora, openSUSE, antiX, NixOS, Kali, Alpine, Tails, Mageia, Slackware, Gentoo, BlackArch, among others (List of Linux distributions).
  • LineageOS – android-based operative system for tablets and mobile phones
  • GNU Hurd
  • Mobian
  • Plasma Mobile
  • PostmarketOS
  • PureOS
  • Ubuntu Touch
  • Redox OS
  • FreeDOS – OS compatible with IBM PC DOS and Microsoft's MS-DOS
  • ReactOS – OS intended to run the same software as Windows, originally designed to simulate Windows NT 4.0, later aiming at Windows 7 compatibility. It has been in the development stage since 1996.

Emulation and Virtualization

  • AppleWin
  • DOSBox – DOS programs emulator (including PC games)
  • GNOME Boxes
  • Hercules (emulator)
  • Kernel-based Virtual Machine
  • QEMU
  • VirtualBox – hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization

Personal information managers

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

Programming language support

Programming languages

Source code editors

Compilers and assemblers

Bug trackers

  • Bugzilla
  • Mantis
  • Mindquarry
  • Redmine
  • Trac

Code generators

  • Babel – JavaScript transcompiler
  • 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
  • SableCC – parser generator for Java and .NET
  • SWIG – Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator for several languages
  • 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

Configuration software

  • Autoconf
  • Automake
  • CMake

Debuggers (for testing and trouble-shooting)

  • GNU Debugger – portable debugger that runs on many Unix-like systems
  • Memtest86 – stress-tests RAM on x86 machines
  • Xnee – record and replay tests

Integrated development environments

Version control systems

Reference management software

Risk management

  • Active Agenda – operational risk management and rapid application development platform

Science

Bioinformatics

Computational chemistry

  • ABINIT
  • BigDFT
  • CP2K
  • Dalton
  • DIRAC
  • FLEUR
  • FreeON
  • MADNESS
  • Massively parallel quantum chemistry
  • MOLCAS
  • MOPAC
  • NWChem
  • Octopus
  • PARSEC
  • PLATO
  • PSI4
  • PySCF
  • Qbox
  • Quantum ESPRESSO
  • SIESTA
  • YAMBO

Molecular dynamics

  • Advanced Simulation Library
  • BALL
  • Biskit
  • Car–Parrinello molecular dynamics
  • GROMACS
  • LAMMPS
  • NAMD
  • Newton-X
  • OpenAtom
  • OpenMM
  • RMG

Molecular modeling

  • AlphaFold
  • APBS
  • AutoDock
  • Avogadro
  • BALL
  • Coot
  • CP2K
  • CS-ROSETTA
  • ECCE
  • Folding@home
  • Jmol
  • MODELLER
  • Molecular Modelling Toolkit
  • Molekel
  • NUPACK
  • QuteMol
  • RasMol
  • ShelXle
  • Chimera
  • VMD
  • VOTCA

Cheminformatics & docking

  • Avogadro
  • Biskit
  • Chemistry Development Kit
  • Gabedit
  • Ghemical
  • JOELib
  • Open Babel
  • RDKit
  • SHELX

Utilities / frameworks

  • Cantera
  • CASINO
  • CONQUEST
  • DP code
  • EXC code
  • FDMNES
  • Internal Coordinate Mechanics
  • OctaDist
  • Spinach

Data science

  • Apache Flink – stream and batch data processing framework
  • Apache Hadoop – distributed storage and processing framework
  • Apache Mahout – scalable machine learning library
  • Apache Spark – unified analytics engine
  • Dask – parallel computing for analytics in Python
  • ELKI – data analysis algorithms library
  • GNU Octave – numerical computing environment
  • JASP – GUI program for data analytics, data science, and machine learning
  • Jupyter Notebook – interactive computing
  • Keras – neural network library
  • KNIME – data analytics platform
  • Matplotlib – data visualization library
  • MLlib – machine learning library for Apache Spark
  • NumPy – numerical computing library
  • Orange – data mining tool
  • pandas – data manipulation library
  • PyTorch – machine learning and deep learning framework
  • Python
  • R – statistical computing language
  • SageMath – mathematics and data analysis environment
  • SciPy – scientific computing library
  • scikit-learn – Python machine learning library
  • TensorFlow – machine learning framework
  • WEKA – machine learning and data analysis suite

Electronic lab notebooks

  • Jupyter

Geographic information systems

Geoscience

Grid computing

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 design software

  • Ascalaph Designer
  • Winmostar

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 – wuantum chemical and molecular dynamics software

Molecule editors

  • Ascalaph Designer
  • Avogadro
  • Gabedit
  • JChemPaint
  • Kekulé Program
  • XDrawChem

Molecular graphics systems

  • Avogadro
  • BALL
  • Gabedit
  • Jmol
  • Molekel
  • PyMOL
  • RasMol

Molecular mechanics modeling

  • Avogadro
  • CP2K
  • GROMACS
  • LAMMPS
  • MDynaMix
  • ms2
  • OpenMM
  • Orac
  • NWChem
  • Q
  • Quantum ESPRESSO

Molecular structure

  • Chemfig
  • JChemPaint
  • XDrawChem
  • XyMTeX

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

Nuclear Fusion Engineering

  • OpenMC

Plotting

  • Veusz

Quantum chemistry

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

Screensavers

  • BOINC
  • Electric Sheep
  • XScreenSaver

Simulation software

  • List of free and open source simulation software

Statistics

  • R – statistics software
  • LimeSurvey – online survey system

Theology

Bible study tools

Typesetting

Web conferencing

  • Jitsi Meet
  • OpenMeetings
  • Conference XP
  • Jami
  • BigBlueButton

See also

  • Open-source software
  • Open-source license
  • Comparison of file synchronization software § Open-source
  • List of HDL simulators § Free and open-source simulators
  • List of optimization software § Free and open-source software
  • List of concept- and mind-mapping software § Free and open-source
  • List of spreadsheet software § Free and open-source software
  • Comparison of FTP client software § Free and open-source software
  • GNOME Core Applications
  • List of GNU packages
  • List of KDE applications
  • List of formerly proprietary software
  • List of Unix commands
  • List of open-source hardware projects

General directories

  • AlternativeTo
  • CodePlex
  • Free Software Directory
  • Freecode
  • Open Hub
  • SourceForge

Open-source organizations

  • AlmaLinux OS Foundation
  • Apache Software Foundation
  • Blender Foundation
  • Center for Open Science
  • Cloud Native Computing Foundation
  • Debian
  • Eclipse Foundation
  • FLISOL
  • FreeBSD Foundation
  • Free Software Foundation
  • Free Software Foundation Europe
  • GNOME Foundation
  • Jasig
  • KDE e.V.
  • Khronos Group
  • Linux Australia
  • Linux Foundation
  • Lyrasis
  • MariaDB Foundation
  • Mozilla Foundation
  • NetBSD Foundation
  • .NET Foundation
  • Open Compute Project
  • OpenForum Europe
  • OpenJS Foundation
  • Open Source Geospatial Foundation
  • Open Source Hardware Association
  • Open Source Initiative
  • OpenStack
  • OW2
  • Perl Foundation
  • Python Software Foundation
  • R Foundation
  • Red Hat
  • Rust Foundation
  • Software Freedom Conservancy
  • Software in the Public Interest
  • The Document Foundation
  • Wikimedia Foundation
  • WordPress Foundation
  • X.Org Foundation

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