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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.[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

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Agentic AI

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General AI

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Large language models

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Computer vision

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Machine learning

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Planning

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  • TREX – reactive planning

Robotics

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Assistive technology

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Speech (synthesis and recognition)

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Other assistive technology

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CAD

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Computer-aided engineering (CAE)

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Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)

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Electronic design automation (EDA)

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Computer simulation

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Cypherpunk software

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Cryptography and Privacy Software

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Hacking and Network Security Tools

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Decentralized and Anonymous Communication Projects

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Decentralized File Sharing and Storage

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Cryptocurrencies and Anonymous Finance

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Cybersecurity

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Antivirus

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Data loss prevention

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  • MyDLP not updated since 2014

Data recovery

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Disk erasing

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Encryption

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Firewall

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Network and security monitoring

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Secure Shell (SSH)

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Password management

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Other cybersecurity programs

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Data storage and management

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Disk cleaning utilities

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Backup software

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Database management systems (including administration)

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Data mining

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Data Visualization Components

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  • 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

Data interchange and markup libraries

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Disk partitioning software

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Enterprise search engines

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ETLs (Extract Transform Load)

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File archivers

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File systems

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Desktop publishing

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  • 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

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  • 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

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E-learning, learning support

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  • 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

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  • FlightPath – academic advising software for universities

Educational suites for children

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

Language

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Operating systems

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Mind mapping & others

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Offline learning & Open data

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  • Kiwix – offline web browser that allows users to download Wikipedia's entire content and use it for offline learning. Later it 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 to lower population of the places mapped

Typing

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

Engineering

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File formats

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2D

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Raster imagery

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Vector imagery

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3D

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Video

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Document & Text

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Web and Interactive Media

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Database & Data Storage

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File managers

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Finance

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Accounting

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Cryptocurrency

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

CRM

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  • CiviCRM – Constituent Relationship Management software aimed at charities and NGOs
  • iDempiere – business Suite, ERP and CRM
  • SuiteCRM – web-based CRM

ERP

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Human resources

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  • OrangeHRM – commercial human resource management

Microfinance

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Process management

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Games

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Game engines

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Physics engines

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Shader languages

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Action

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Application layer

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Chess

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Educational games

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Video game emulation

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Music video games

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Puzzle

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Sandbox

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Snake games

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Simulation

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Strategy

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Genealogy

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Geographic information systems

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Graphical user interface

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Desktop environments

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Window managers

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Windowing system

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Groupware

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Content management systems

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Wiki software

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Healthcare software

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Integrated library management software

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  • Evergreen – integrated Library System initially developed for the Georgia Public Library Service's PINES catalog
  • FOLIO - Modular, open-source library services platform
  • Koha – SQL-based library management
  • NewGenLib
  • OpenBiblio
  • PMB
  • refbase – web-based institutional repository and reference management software

Image editor

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Calculators

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Computer algebra systems

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Cryptography

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Physics

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Computational electromagnetics

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Computational fluid dynamics

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Computational particle physics

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Computational astrophysics

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Monte Carlo method

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Symbolic manipulation systems

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Statistics

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Numerical analysis

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Mathematical libraries

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Geometry

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Plotting software

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Charting

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Mathematical biology

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Mathematical chemistry

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Mathematical notation software

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Mathematical art software

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Spreadsheet

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Mobile software

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Media

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Audio editors, audio management

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

CD/USB-writing software

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Flash animation

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Game engines

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Chess engines

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Graphics

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2D

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  • 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

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3D rendering

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Image galleries

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Image viewers

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Maps

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Multimedia codecs, containers, splitters

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Music

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Subtitle

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Television

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Video converters

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Video editing

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Screencast

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Other media packages

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  • Celtx – media pre-production software

Ripping

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Video players

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Networking and Internet

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Advertising

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E-mail

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File transfer

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Grid and distributed processing

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Cloud computing platforms

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Instant messaging

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IRC Clients

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Middleware

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RSS, Atom readers, aggregators

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Social network

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Peer-to-peer file sharing

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Portal Server

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Remote access and management

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Monitoring and observability

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Routing software

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Web browsers

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Graphical

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Text-based

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Webcam

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

Webgrabber

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Web search engines

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Other networking programs

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Office software

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Text editors

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SoftwarePlatform
AbiWordLinux, Windows
Atom (text editor)macOS 10.9 or later, Windows 7 and later, and Linux
geditLinux, MacOS
GNOME Text EditorLinux
Kate (text editor)25 Linux distributions, Microsoft Windows, macOS
LeafpadLinux, BSD, Maemo
MetapadWindows
MousepadLinux, BSD, Maemo
Notepad++Windows
Proton DocLinux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS
Visual Studio CodeLinux, Windows, macOS

Spreadsheet software

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SoftwareOperating systemFormat
GnumericUnix-like (Linux included).gnm, .gnumeric
GNU OleoLinux.oleo[12]
PyspreadUnix-like, Windows.CSV, .XLS, .SVG, .PDF
SheetsterCross-platformJSON, XML, .XLS, .CSV, xlsx/.ooxml, .exml, .zip

Office suites

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  • 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)[13]
  • 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

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  • 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

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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

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Personal information managers

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Programming language support

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Programming languages

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Integrated development environments

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Source code editors

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Compilers and assemblers

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Bug trackers

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Debuggers (for testing and trouble-shooting)

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Code generators

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Build automation, configuration, and dependency management

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Software testing

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Static analysis and linting tools

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Containers and orchestration

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Documentation generators

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Version control systems

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Configuration management and deployment

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Reference management software

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Risk management

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Science

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Bioinformatics

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Biology

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Computational chemistry

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Molecular dynamics

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Molecular modeling

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Cheminformatics & docking

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Utilities / frameworks

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Data science

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  • 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

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Geographic information systems

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Geoscience

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Grid computing

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Microscope image processing

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  • 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
  • Gwyddion – scanning probe microscopy data visualization and 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

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Molecular dynamics

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  • 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

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Molecular graphics systems

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Molecular mechanics modeling

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Molecular structure

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Molecule viewer

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  • 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

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Nuclear Fusion Engineering

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Plotting

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Quantum chemistry

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

Screensavers

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Simulation software

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Statistics

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  • R – statistics software
  • LimeSurvey – online survey system

Theology

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Bible study tools

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Typesetting

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Web conferencing

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See also

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General directories

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Open-source organizations

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References

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  1. ↑ Richard Stallman (July 13, 2011). "Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software". Retrieved August 24, 2011.
  2. ↑ Allen, Matthew (2025-09-02). "Switzerland launches transparent ChatGPT alternative". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2026-01-21. Apertus (from the Latin word meaning "open") leaves nothing to the imagination in this respect. It promises that every nut and bolt is open for public scrutiny along with its design manual and recipe formula.
  3. ↑ model weights only
  4. ↑ "google/gemma-4-31B-it · Hugging Face". huggingface.co. 2026-04-02. Retrieved 2026-04-07.
  5. ↑ Cheng, Evelyn (28 July 2025). "China's latest AI model claims to be even cheaper to use than DeepSeek". CNBC. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Heath, Alex (2025-08-05). "OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run on your laptop". The Verge. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  7. ↑ "Models Overview | Mistral AI Large Language Models". docs.mistral.ai. Archived from the original on 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2026-03-07.
  8. ↑ Mo, Liam; Hall, Casey (19 September 2024). "Alibaba accelerates AI push by releasing new open-source models, text-to-video". Reuters.
  9. ↑ "UBTECH-Robot/Thinker". June 2, 2026 – via GitHub.
  10. ↑ "Further Development of Verification Check-casesforSix-Degree-of-Freedom Flight Vehicle Simulations" (PDF). NASA Engineering and Safety Center Academy. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 10, 2021.
  11. ↑ nostr - Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays, nostr-protocol, 2024-01-06, retrieved 2024-01-06
  12. ↑ "File Formats".
  13. ↑ Bärwaldt, Eric (2020-09-01). "Working Together Tools for collaborative office work". Linux Magazine (238/2020). 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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