What Are Open Source Software

SourceForge is an Open Source community resource dedicated to helping open source projects be as successful as possible. We thrive on community collaboration to help us create a premiere resource for open source software development and distribution. /kotor-save-game-editor.html. The term 'open source' refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible. The term originated in the context of software development to designate a specific approach to creating computer programs.

The open-source software movement was created to focus on more pragmatic reasons for choosing this type of software. Open-source advocates wanted to focus on the practical benefits of using open-source software that would appeal more to businesses, rather than ethics and morals. For over 20 years the Open Source Initiative (OSI) has worked to raise awareness and adoption of open source software, and build bridges between open source communities of practice. As a global non-profit, the OSI champions software freedom in society through education, collaboration, and infrastructure, stewarding the Open Source Definition (OSD), and preventing abuse of the ideals and ethos. This is a list of free and open-source software 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. Open-source software feels like an anomaly in today’s corporate tech world. The idea that a community of developers are happy to work on a piece of software – usually for no money – for literally years seems ludicrous, and speaks to the passion that people have for making technology for the. With so much to learn about open-source software, it can be hard to know where to start and decide which programs are worth your time. To help cut straight to the chase, we did some research and put together a useful list of the best open-source software programs to download right now.

This is a list of free and open-source softwarepackages, 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.

  • 1Applied fields
    • 1.2CAD
    • 1.10Science
  • 2Assistive technology
  • 3Data storage and management
  • 4Networking and Internet
  • 5Educational
  • 7Games
  • 9Graphical user interface
  • 10Groupware
  • 12Hobby software
  • 13Media
  • 15Operating systems
  • 17Programming language support
  • 19Security
    • 19.3Data recovery
      • 19.3.1Forensics
    • 19.5Encryption
  • 20Theology
  • 22See also

Applied fields[edit]

Artificial intelligence[edit]

  • General:
    • OpenCog – A 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.
  • Computer Vision:
    • AForge.NET – Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics library for the .NET Framework
    • OpenCV – Computer Vision Library in C++
  • 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
    • ROS – Robot Operating System
    • YARP – Yet Another Robot Platform

CAD[edit]

  • FreeCAD – Parametric 3D CAD modeler with a focus on mechanical engineering, BIM, and product design
  • LibreCAD – 2D CAD software using AutoCAD-like interface and file format

Electronic design automation (EDA)[edit]

Computer simulation[edit]

  • Blender – 3D modeling software written in C, C++, and Python containing cloth, hair, fluid, particle, and rigid body simulation techniques
  • flightgear – Flight simulator written for Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux
  • SimPy – Queue-theoretic event-based simulator written in Python

Desktop publishing[edit]

  • 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.

Finance[edit]

  • Adempiere – Enterprise resource planning (ERP) business suite
  • Bitcoin Core – Peer-to-peer decentralised digital currency
  • Bonita Open Solution – Business Process Management
  • CiviCRM – Constituent Relationship Management software aimed at NGOs
  • Compiere – ERP solution automates accounting, supply chain, inventory, and sales orders
  • Cyclos – Software for microfinance institutions, complementary currency systems and timebanks
  • Dolibarr – Web-based ERP system
  • EOS.IO – Blockchain platform, peer-to-peer decentralised digital currency
  • ERPNext – Web-based open-source ERP system for managing accounting and finance
  • GnuCash – Double-entry book-keeping
  • HomeBank – Personal accounting software
  • iDempiere – Business Suite, ERP and CRM
  • Ino erp – Dynamic pull based system ERP
  • jFin – Java-based trade-processing program
  • JFire – An ERP business suite written with Java and JDO
  • KMyMoney – Double-entry book-keeping
  • LedgerSMB – Double-entry book-keeping
  • metasfresh – ERP Software
  • Mifos – Microfinance Institution management software
  • Odoo – Open-source ERP, CRM and CMS
  • Openbravo - Web-based ERP
  • OrangeHRM – Commercial human resource management
  • Postbooks – Integrated accounting and ERP business suite
  • QuickFIX – FIX protocol engine written in C++ with additional C#, Ruby, and Python wrappers
  • QuickFIX/J – FIX protocol engine written in Java
  • SQL Ledger – Double-entry book-keeping
  • SugarCRM – Commercial Customer Relationship Management
  • Tryton - Open-source ERP
  • TurboCASH – Double-entry book-keeping for Windows
  • Wave Accounting – Double-entry book-keeping

Integrated Library Management Software[edit]

  • Evergreen – Integrated Library System initially developed for the Georgia Public Library Service's PINES catalog
  • Koha – SQL-based library management
  • refbase – Web-based institutional repository and reference management software

Image editor[edit]

  • Darktable – Digital image workflow management, including RAW photo processing
  • digiKam – Integrated photography toolkit including editing capabilities
  • GIMP – Raster graphics editor aimed at image retouching/editing
  • Inkscape – Vector graphics editor
  • Krita – Digital painting and sketching application, with a variety of brush engines
  • LightZone - Free, open-source digital photo editor software application.
  • RawTherapee – Digital image workflow management aimed at RAW photo processing

Mathematics[edit]

Reference management software[edit]

Science[edit]

Bioinformatics[edit]

Cheminformatics[edit]

Geographic Information Systems[edit]

Grid computing[edit]

  • P-GRADE Portal – Grid portal software enabling the creation, execution and monitoring of workflows through high-level Web interfaces

Microscope image processing[edit]

  • 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 (software) – 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 dynamics[edit]

  • GROMACS – Protein, lipid, and nucleic acid simulation
  • LAMMPS – Molecular dynamics software
  • MDynaMix – General-purpose molecular dynamics, simulating mixtures of molecules
  • NAMD – Parallel efficient simulation of large systems involving millions of atoms
  • NWChem – Quantum chemical and molecular dynamics software

Molecule viewer[edit]

  • Avogadro – Plugin-extensible molecule visualisation
  • BALLView – Molecular modeling and visualisation
  • Jmol – 3D representation of molecules in a variety of formats, for use as a teaching tool
  • Molekel – Molecule viewing software
  • MeshLab – Able to import PDB dataset and build up surfaces from them
  • PyMOL – High-quality representations of small molecules as well as biological macromolecules
  • QuteMol – Interactive molecule representations offering an array of innovative OpenGL visual effects
  • RasMol – Visualisation of biological macromolecules

Nanotechnology[edit]

  • Ninithi – Visualise and analyse carbon allotropes, such as Carbon nanotube, Fullerene, Graphene nanoribbons

Plotting[edit]

Quantum chemistry[edit]

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

Risk Management[edit]

  • Active Agenda – Operational risk management and Rapid application development platform

Statistics[edit]

Surveys[edit]

  • LimeSurvey – Online survey system

Assistive technology[edit]

Speech (synthesis and recognition)[edit]

  • 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 – Lightweight, easy-to-use Text-To-Speech (TTS) Software

Other assistive technology[edit]

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

Data storage and management[edit]

Backup software[edit]

Database management systems (including administration)[edit]

Data mining[edit]

  • 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)
  • OpenNN – Open-sourceneural networkssoftware library written in the C++programming language
  • 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 previous 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Disk partitioning software[edit]

Enterprise search engines[edit]

  • ApexKB, formerly known as Jumper

ETLs (Extract Transform Load)[edit]

File archivers[edit]

File Systems[edit]

  • FSPath - licensed under the GNU General Public License.
  • 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.

Networking and Internet[edit]

Advertising[edit]

Communication-related[edit]

  • Asterisk – Telephony and VoIP server
  • Ekiga – Video conferencing application for GNOME and Microsoft Windows
  • FreePBX – Front-end and advanced PBX configuration for Asterisk
  • FreeSWITCH – Telephony platform
  • Jitsi – Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client
  • QuteCom – Voice, video, and IM client application
  • Enterprise Communications System sipXecs – SIP Communications Server
  • Slrn – Newsreader
  • Twinkle – VoIP softphone
  • Ring – Cross-platform, peer to peer instant-messaging and video-calling protocol that offers end-to-end encryption and SIP client
  • Tox – Cross-platform, peer-to-peer instant-messaging and video-calling protocol that offers end-to-end encryption

E-mail[edit]

  • Geary (software) – Email client based on WebKitGTK+
  • Mozilla Thunderbird – Email, news, RSS, and chat client

File transfer[edit]

Grid and distributed processing[edit]

Instant messaging[edit]

IRC Clients[edit]

Middleware[edit]

  • Apache Axis2 – Web service framework (implementations are available in both Java & C)
  • Apache Geronimo – Application server
  • Bonita Open Solution – a J2EE web application and java BPMN2 compliant engine
  • GlassFish – Application server
  • Jakarta Tomcat – Servlet container and standalone webserver
  • JBoss Application Server – Application server
  • ObjectWeb JOnAS – Java Open Application Server, a J2EE application server
  • 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[edit]

  • Akregator – Platforms running KDE
  • Liferea – Platforms running GNOME
  • RSS Bandit – Windows, using .NET Framework
  • RSSOwl – Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, Linux using Java SWT Eclipse

Peer-to-peer file sharing[edit]

  • Popcorn Time – Multi-platform, free, and open-source media player
  • qBittorrent – Alternative to popular clients such as μTorrent

Portal Server[edit]

Remote access and management[edit]

  • VNC (RealVNC, TightVNC, UltraVNC)

Routing software[edit]

Web browsers[edit]

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  • Brave – web browser based on the Blink engine
  • Chromium – Minimalist web browser from which Google Chrome draws its source code
  • Falkon – web browser based on the Blink (web engine) Blink engine
  • Firefox – Mozilla-developed web browser using the Gecko layout engine
  • Midori – Lightweight web browser using the WebKit layout engine
  • Tor Browser – Modified Mozilla Firefox ESR web browser
  • Waterfox – Alternative to Firefox (64-bit only)
  • SeaMonkey – Internet suite

Webcam[edit]

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

Webgrabber[edit]

Web-related[edit]

  • Apache Cocoon – A web application framework
  • Apache – The most popular web server
  • AWStats – Log file parser and analyzer
  • BookmarkSync – Tool for browsers
  • Cherokee – Fast, feature-rich HTTP server
  • curl-loader – Powerful HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/FTPS loading and testing tool
  • FileZilla - FTP
  • Hiawatha – Secure, high performance, and easy-to-configure HTTP server
  • HTTP File Server – User-friendly file server software, with a drag-and-drop interface
  • lighttpd – Resource-sparing, but also fast and full-featured, HTTP Server
  • Lucee – CFML application server
  • Nginx – Lightweight, high performance web server/reverse proxy and e-mail (IMAP/POP3) proxy
  • NetKernel – Internet application server
  • Qcodo – PHP5 framework
  • Squid (software) – Web proxy cache
  • Vaadin – Fast, Java-based framework for creating web applications
  • Varnish (software) – High-performance 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[edit]

  • Searx – Self-hostable metasearch engine
  • YaCy – P2P-based search engine

Other networking programs[edit]

  • JXplorer – LDAP client
  • Nextcloud – A fork of ownCloud
  • OpenLDAP – LDAP server
  • ownCloud – File share and sync server
  • Wireshark – Network monitor

Educational[edit]

Educational suites[edit]

  • ATutor – Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS)
  • 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
  • FlightPath – Academic advising software for universities
  • GCompris – Educational entertainment, aimed at children aged 2–10
  • Gnaural – Brainwave entrainment software
  • H5P – Framework for creating and sharing interactive HTML5 content
  • IUP Portfolio – Educational platform for Swedish schools
  • ILIAS – Web-based learning management system (LMS)
  • Moodle – Free and open-source learning management system
  • OLAT – Web-based Learning Content Management System
  • Omeka – Content management system for online digital collections
  • openSIS – Web-based Student Information and School Management system
  • Sakai Project – Web-based learning management system
  • SWAD – Web-based learning management system
  • Tux Paint – Painting application for 3–12 year olds
  • UberStudent – Linux based operating system and software suite for academic studies

Geography[edit]

  • KGeography – Educational game teaching geography

Learning support[edit]

Language[edit]

Typing[edit]

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

File managers[edit]

Games[edit]

Application layer[edit]

  • WINE – Allows Windows applications to be run on Unix-like operating systems

Genealogy[edit]

Graphical user interface[edit]

Desktop environments[edit]

Window managers[edit]

Windowing system[edit]

Groupware[edit]

Content management systems[edit]

Wiki software[edit]

Healthcare software[edit]

Hobby software[edit]

Homebrewing[edit]

Media[edit]

2D animation[edit]

  • Pencil2D – Simple 2D graphics and animation program
  • Pivot Animator – Application used to create stick figure and sprite animations
  • 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

3D animation[edit]

  • Blender – Professional computer graphics software featuring modeling, sculpting, texturing, rigging, simulation, rendering, camera tracking, video editing, and compositing
  • OpenFX – Modeling and animation software with a variety of built-in post processing effects
  • Seamless3d – Node-driven 3D modeling software

Audio editors, audio management[edit]

CD/USB-writing software[edit]

Flash animation[edit]

  • Pencil2D – For animations
  • SWFTools – For scripting

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Game Engines[edit]

  • Godot – Application for the design of cross-platform videogames

Graphics[edit]

Image galleries[edit]

Image viewers[edit]

Multimedia codecs, containers, splitters[edit]

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Television[edit]

Video converters[edit]

Video editing[edit]

Video encoders[edit]

Video players[edit]

Other media packages[edit]

  • Celtx – Media pre-production software

Office suites[edit]

  • Apache OpenOffice (formerly known as OpenOffice.org)
  • Calligra Suite – The continuation of KOffice under a new name
  • LibreOffice – Independent Work of OpenOffice.org with a number of enhancements
  • ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors – An open-source offline edition of the Cloud

Operating systems[edit]

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Emulation and Virtualisation[edit]

Personal information managers[edit]

  • Chandler – Developed by the OSAF
  • Mozilla Calendar – Mozilla-based, multi-platform calendar program
  • Project.net – Commercial Project Management
  • TeamLab – Platform for project management and collaboration

Programming language support[edit]

Bug trackers[edit]

Code generators[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • Doxygen – Tool for writing software reference documentation. The documentation is written within code.
  • Mkd – The software documentation is extracted from the sources files, from pseudocode or comments.
  • Natural Docs – Claims to use a more natural language as input from the comments, hence its name.

Configuration software[edit]

Debuggers (for testing and trouble-shooting)[edit]

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

Integrated development environments[edit]

Version control systems[edit]

Screensavers[edit]

Security[edit]

Antivirus[edit]

Data loss prevention[edit]

Data recovery[edit]

Forensics[edit]

Anti-forensics[edit]

Disk erasing[edit]

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Encryption[edit]

Disk encryption[edit]

  • FreeOTFE and FreeOTFE Explorer

Database encryption[edit]

Firewall[edit]

Network and security monitoring[edit]

Secure Shell (SSH)[edit]

  • Cyberduck – Mac OS X 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[edit]

Other security programs[edit]

Theology[edit]

Bible study tools[edit]

  • Go Bible – A free Bible viewer application for Javamobile phones
  • Marcion – Coptic–English/Czechdictionary
  • OpenLP – A worship presentation program licensed under the GNU General Public License
  • The SWORD Project – The CrossWire Bible Society's free software project

Typesetting[edit]

See also[edit]

General directories[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Richard Stallman (July 13, 2011). 'Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software'. Retrieved August 24, 2011.

External links[edit]

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  • Open Source Software Directory (OSSD), a collection of FOSS organized by target audience.
  • Open Source Living, a community-driven archive of open-source software (OSS).
  • OpenDisc, a pre-assembled ISO image of OSS for Windows
  • List of open-source programs (LOOP) for Windows, maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Project.
  • The OSSwin Project, a list of free and open-source software for Windows
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