List of open-source software packages
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This is a list of open-source software packages: Computer software licensed under an open source license. Software that fits the Free software definition are more appropriately called free software. For more information about the philosophical background for open source software, see open source movement and free software movement.

See also: freeware, shareware, public domain, proprietary software, Freshmeat, SourceForge

CD Writers

• CDRDAO
• CD Record
• Freeburn

Content management systems

• Drupal
• Envolution
• myPHPNuke
• PHP-Nuke
• phpWebSite
• Postnuke
• Scoop
• Slashcode
• Xaraya
• Plone

Databases

• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• FirebirdSQL

Desktop environments

• KDE
• GNOME
• XFCE

Document Editing

Graphics

• Crystal Space - graphics engine
• The GIMP - a graphics program
• Simple DirectMedia Layer - a platform independent graphics library, primarily intended for game development
• Sodipodi - Vector Graphics editor

Office software suites

• OpenOffice.org (similar functionality to Microsoft Office, including file compatibility)
• KOffice
• Gnome Office

Text editors

• GNU/Emacs
• VIM
• Kedit
• nano
• FreeDOS edlin

Firewall

• Coyote Linux
• floppyfw

FTP

• FileZilla
• NcFTP

Games

• Angband
• Circus Linux
• FlightGear
• Freeciv
• Hack
• Maelstrom
• Moria
• NetHack
• Netrek
• Penguin Command
• Pingus
• Tux Racer
• Xconq
• XPilot

Groupware

• Kolab
• Kroupware

Internet

E-mail

• KMail
• Mahogany Mail
• Mozilla
• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Phoenix Mail
• Ximian Evolution

Instant Messaging

• Adium - AOL Instant Messenger client for Mac OS X
• Exodus
• Gaim
• Jabberzilla
• Miranda ICQ
• Psi
• Simple Instant Messenger
• WinJab

P2P File Sharing

• giFT
• Gnucleus
• Lime Wire

Remote Access

• RealVNC
• TightVNC

SSH

• OpenSSH
• PuTTY

Web browsers

• Epiphany
• Galeon
• K-Meleon
• Konqueror
• Lynx
• Mozilla
• Mozilla Firefox

Webcam

• Dorgem
• Fwink

Webgrabber

• cURL
• HTTrack
• Wget

Other Internet Programs

• Apache - A web server
• Jakarta Tomcat - a servlet container and standalone webserver
• JBidWatcher - Java based auction bid watching program
• Samba - an implementation of the Microsoft-compatible SMB network protocols
• Slrn - a newsreader
• Speak Freely - internet voice chat
• Zope - a web application server

Learning Support

• Whiteboard http://whiteboard.sourceforge.net/
• ILAIS http://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ios/index-e.html
• Moodle http://moodle.org/

Maths

• GAP - computational discrete algebra package.
• LaTeX - mathematical typesetting system.
• MAXIMA - a computer algebra system, based on the original MACSYMA
• NTL - number theory library
• Octave - Matlab style language.
• PARI/GP - computer algebra system.
• R - Computational statistic package.
• Yacas - computer algebra system.

Media

Audio editors

• Audacity
• CD-DA X-Tractor
• CDex
• LAME
• Streamripper

Media Players

• CoolPlayer
• VideoLan
• Zinf

Video editing

• DScaler
• GNU VCDImager
• VirtualDub

Operating systems

• FreeBSD
• Linux
• NetBSD
• OpenBSD
• FreeDOS

Programming language support

• Eclipse IDE - an extensible integrated development environment
• GCC - a set of compilers for multiple programming languages and platforms, including
  • C
  • C++
  • Ada
  • Java
  • Pascal
  • Fortran
• Perl - a programming language strong on text processing
• PHP - a scripting language designed for web site applications
• Python - A programming language
• CLISP - a Common Lisp interpreter and bytecode-compiler
• Objective CAML - a practical and fast functional OO language

Other

• Active2
• Autopackage - a package management system for Linux
• BibleTime - Study Bible software
• Link Checker - checks HTML documents for broken links
• Open Scene Graph
• TeX - a document formatting system
• XFree86 - a windowing system

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