List of software products

This is a list of software by genre, operating system, and type of licensing.

Office

Office suites

Main article: Office suite

Word processors

See also: Comparison of word processors

Name	License	Linux	Mac OS	Windows
AbiWord	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
AppleWorks	Proprietary	?	?	?
Applix Word	Proprietary	?	?	?
Atlantis Nova	Proprietary	?	?	?
Atlantis Word Processor	Proprietary	?	?	?
Bean	GPL License	?	?	?
CopyDesk	Proprietary	?	?	?
EZ Word	BSD license	?	?	?
FrameMaker	Proprietary	?	?	?
Gobe Productive	Proprietary	?	?	?
Han/Gul(HWP)	Proprietary	?	?	?
Ichitaro	Proprietary	?	?	?
InCopy	Proprietary	?	?	?
Jarte	Proprietary	?	?	?
KWord	LGPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
LibreOffice Writer	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lotus Symphony	Proprietary	?	?	?
Lotus Word Pro	Proprietary	?	?	?
LyX	GPL	Yes	?	Yes
Mariner Write	Proprietary	?	Yes	?
Mellel	Proprietary	?	Yes	?
Microsoft Word	Proprietary	?	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Works	Proprietary	?	?	Yes
NeoOffice Writer	GPL	?	Yes	?
Nisus Writer	Proprietary	?	?	?
OpenOffice.org Writer	LGPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pages	Proprietary	?	?	?
PolyEdit	Proprietary	?	?	?
StarOffice	Proprietary	Yes	?	Yes
Ted	GPL	?	?	?
TextEdit	Proprietary	?	Yes	?
TextMaker	Proprietary	?	?	?
WordFile4ME	Proprietary	?	?	?
WordPad	Proprietary	?	?	Yes
WordPerfect	Proprietary	?	?	Yes

Database management systems

See also: Comparison of relational database management systems

Name	License	Linux	Mac OS	Windows
4th Dimension	Proprietary	?	?	?
ADABAS	Proprietary	?	?	?
Adaptive Server Enterprise	Proprietary	?	?	?
Advantage Database Server (ADS)	Proprietary	?	?	?
Altibase	Proprietary	?	?	?
Apache Derby	Apache License	?	?	?
Datacom	Proprietary	?	?	?
DB2	Proprietary	?	?	?
Drizzle	BSD, GPLv2	?	?	?
FileMaker	Proprietary	?	?	?
Firebird	IPL and IDPL	?	?	?
HSQLDB	BSD	?	?	?
H2	EPL, and modified MPL	?	?	?
Informix	Proprietary	?	?	?
Ingres	GPL, proprietary	?	?	?
Linter SQL RDBMS	Proprietary	?	?	?
LucidDB	GPLv2	Yes	Yes	Yes
MaxDB	proprietary	?	?	?
Microsoft Access	Proprietary	?	?	Yes
Microsoft Visual Foxpro	Proprietary	?	?	Yes
Microsoft SQL Server	Proprietary	?	?	Yes
MonetDB	MonetDB Public License v1.1	?	?	?
mSQL	proprietary	?	?	?
MySQL	GPL or proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nexusdb	Proprietary	?	?	?
HP NonStop SQL	Proprietary	?	?	?
Omnis Studio	Proprietary	?	?	?
OpenBase SQL	Proprietary	?	?	?
Oracle	Proprietary	Yes	?	?
Oracle Rdb	Proprietary	?	?	?
OpenEdge	Proprietary	?	?	?
OpenLink Virtuoso	GPL or proprietary	?	?	?
Pervasive PSQL	Proprietary	?	?	?
Polyhedra DBMS	Proprietary	?	?	?
PostgreSQL	BSD	?	?	?
Postgres Plus Standard Server	?	?	?	BSD
Postgres Plus Advanced Server	?	?	?	?
R:Base	Proprietary	?	?	?
RDM Embedded	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
RDM Server	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
ScimoreDB	Proprietary	?	?	?
SmallSQL	LGPL	?	?	?
SQL Anywhere	Proprietary	?	?	?
SQLBase	Proprietary	?	?	?
SQLite	Public domain	?	?	Yes
Superbase	Proprietary	?	?	?
Teradata	Proprietary	?	?	?

Accounting software

See also: Comparison of accounting software

Name	License	Linux	Mac OS	Windows
24SevenOffice	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes
Access Accounting	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
ACCPAC	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Adempiere	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
AME Accounting Software	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Baan	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
CGram Software	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
COA Solutions	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes
CODA	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes
Compiere	GPL2, other Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cougar Mountain Software	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Dolibarr	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
FirstOffice	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
FlexAccount	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Fortora Fresh Finance	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes
FrontAccounting	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
GNU Enterprise	GPL, Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
GnuCash	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Grisbi	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
HomeBank	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
iBank	Proprietary	No	Yes	No
IRIS Exchequer	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes
JFire	GPL	Yes	No	Yes
JGnash	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
KMyMoney	GPL	Yes	Yes	No
Lawson Software	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
LedgerSMB	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
LOCbook	Proprietary	Yes	No	No
Mamut Software Limited	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Dynamics AX	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Dynamics GP	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Dynamics NAV	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Dynamics SL	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Money	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Office Accounting	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Moneydance	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
MYOB	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes
NOSA XP	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
NetSuite	Software as a Service	Yes	Yes	Yes
NolaPro	Software as a Service or Freeware	Yes	Yes	Yes
Openbravo	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Openda QX	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
OpenERP	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oracle E-Business Suite	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Peachtree by Sage	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Pegasus SoftwareOpera II	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
PhreeBooks	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
POS Solutions	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Postbooks	CPAL	Yes	Yes	Yes
QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes
Quicken	Proprietary	No	Yes	Yes
Sage	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Sage Line 50	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Sage Pastel Evolution	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Sage PFW ERP	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
SAP Business One	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
SAP ERP	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Simply Accounting	Proprietary	Yes	No	Yes
SQL-Ledger	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tally	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
Tryton	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
TurboCASH	GPL	No	No	Yes
WebERP	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
You Need a Budget (YNAB)	Proprietary	No	No	Yes

Other

Functionality	Proprietary software	Free software
		Linux	Mac OS	Windows
Spreadsheet	Lotus 1-2-3 Microsoft Excel Numbers Corel Quattro Pro	Gnumeric KSpread OOo Calc	Gnumeric KSpread OOo Calc	Gnumeric OOo Calc
Creation of diagrams	Microsoft Office Visio OmniGraffle	Dia Kivio OOo Draw	Dia Kivio OOo Draw	Dia OOo Draw
Presentation program	Lotus Freelance Graphics Keynote Microsoft PowerPoint Corel Presentations	KPresenter OOo Impress Beamer (LaTeX)	KPresenter OOo Impress Beamer (LaTeX)	OOo Impress
Project management	Microsoft Project Primavera DynaRoad Artemis MicroPlanner X-Pert	Dotproject GanttProject EGroupWare OpenProj LibrePlan	Dotproject GanttProject EGroupWare OpenProj LibrePlan	Dotproject GanttProject Open Workbench EGroupWare OpenProj LibrePlan
Groupware	Microsoft Entourage Lotus Organiser Microsoft Outlook	Balsa Kontact Novell Evolution Open-Xchange OpenGroupware Citadel SOGo	Kontact Novell Evolution Open-Xchange OpenGroupware	Open-Xchange OpenGroupware Novell Evolution

Graphism

Functionality	Proprietary software	Free software
		Linux	Mac OS	Windows
Computer-aided design	AutoCAD CATIA Qcad	BRL-CAD Qcad SALOME Xfig	BRL-CAD	BRL-CAD Google Sketchup
Vector graphics	Adobe Illustrator CorelDraw Macromedia Flash	Aviary (free software?) OOo Draw Inkscape Sodipodi Xfig	Aviary (free software?) OOo Draw Inkscape Sodipodi Xfig	Aviary (free software?) OOo Draw Inkscape Sodipodi
3D computer graphics, Ray tracing (graphics)	3D Studio Max Maya SketchUp Softimage	Art of Illusion Blender K-3D POV-Ray Wings 3D YafRay	Art of Illusion Blender K-3D POV-Ray Wings 3D YafRay	Art of Illusion Blender K-3D OpenFX POV-Ray Wings 3D YafRay
Image organizer	ACDSee Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Apple Aperture iPhoto Picasa Zoner Photo Studio	Digikam JBrout KPhotoAlbum Gthumb Gwenview F-Spot GQView		JBrout
Photo manipulation, Raster graphics	Adobe Photoshop Corel Photo-Paint Open Canvas Paint Shop Pro	Aviary Krita The GIMP	Aviary Krita The GIMP	Aviary Paint.NET The GIMP
Image viewer	IrfanView Xnview	Eye of GNOME Gwenview GQView	GQView

Internet

Functionality	Proprietary software	Free software
		Linux	Mac OS	Windows
Internet browser	Internet Explorer Opera Safari Google Chrome	Chromium Dillo Epiphany Firefox Flock Galeon GNU IceCat IceWeasel Konqueror Links Midori SeaMonkey w3m	Camino Chromium Dillo Epiphany Firefox Flock Galeon Konqueror SeaMonkey Shiira	Chromium Firefox Flock K-Meleon SeaMonkey
E-mail client	Mail (Apple) Outlook Express	Balsa GNUMail KMail Libremail Mutt Novell Evolution Sylpheed Thunderbird Zimbra	GNUMail KMail Mutt Novell Evolution Sylpheed Thunderbird Zimbra	Sylpheed Thunderbird Zimbra
Instant messaging	AOL Instant Messenger Google Talk ICQ iChat MSN Messenger Yahoo! Messenger	aMSN Ayttm Centericq Emesene Empathy Gajim Kopete Pidgin PSI	Adium aMSN Centericq Kopete Pidgin PSI	aMSN Centericq Emesene Gajim Miranda IM Pidgin PSI
Videoconferencing	iChat MSN Messenger NetMeeting	aMSN (video only) Ekiga Empathy	aMSN (video only) Ekiga	aMSN (video only)
FTPclient	CuteFTP	FileZilla FireFTP (Firefox extension) gFTP	Cyberduck gFTP FileZilla FireFTP (Firefox extension)	FileZilla FireFTP (Firefox extension)
IRC client	mIRC	BitchX irssi Empathy Konversation Pidgin XChat	BitchX Colloquy Pidgin XChat	Pidgin
XMPP client	Google Talk iChat	Empathy Gajim Pidgin Psi	Adium Pidgin Psi	Gajim Pidgin Psi
Voice over IP	Gizmo5 Skype	Ekiga Empathy KPhone Linphone QuteCom	Ekiga QuteCom Linphone	QuteCom Linphone
Download manager	FlashGet GetRight	CURL DownThemAll! (Firefox extension) Kget Wget wxDownload Fast	CURL DownThemAll! (Firefox extension) wxDownload Fast	CURL DownThemAll! (Firefox extension) Free Download Manager Wget wxDownload Fast
In-line Media player (audio and video)	Flash Player	Cortado Gnash Lightspark	Cortado Gnash	Cortado Gnash Lightspark

Genealogy software

Name	License	Linux	Mac OS	Windows
GeneWeb	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
GRAMPS	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes
Legacy Family Tree	Proprietary	No	No	Yes
PhpGedView	GPL	Yes	Yes	Yes

Multimedia

Functionality	Proprietary software	Free software
		Linux	Mac OS	Windows
Media player	Windows Media Player TotalMedia Theatre PowerDVD QuickTime Player RealPlayer	Kaffeine MPlayer Totem Dragon Player VLC Xine	MPlayer Totem VLC Xine	Gplay MPlayer VLC Media Player Classic
Audio player	iTunes Sonique Winamp	AmaroK aTunes Exaile juK Rhythmbox XMMS Zinf Muine Banshee Audacious Songbird Quod Libet	AmaroK aTunes Rhythmbox XMMS Songbird	aTunes Foobar2000 Musikcube Zinf Songbird
Film editor	Adobe Premiere Avid Final Cut Studio iMovie HD VideoPad Windows Movie Maker	Openshot Avidemux Cinelerra Cinepaint Kdenlive Kino PiTiVi	Avidemux Cinepaint	Avidemux VirtualDub
Digital audio editor	Cubase Logic Pro REAPER	Audacity Ardour Jokosher Rosegarden	Audacity Ardour	Audacity
CD ripper		aTunes Grip Sound Juicer	aTunes	aTunes BonkEnc CDex
MIDImusic sequencer	Cakewalk GarageBand	Hydrogen		-

Business software

Functionality	Proprietary software	Free software
		Linux	Mac OS	Windows
Enterprise resource planning (ERP)	CGram Software SAP Peoplesoft Enterprise Microsoft Navision	Compiere Dolibarr Openbravo OpenERP Tryton	Tryton	Compiere Openbravo OpenERP Tryton
Business Process Management Suites	Bizagi Lombardi Tibco BPM	Bonita Open Solution	Bonita Open Solution	Bizagi Bonita Open Solution

Publishing

Functionality	Proprietary software	Free software
		Linux	Mac OS	Windows
HTML editors	Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft FrontPage Netscape Composer	Bluefish BlueGriffon KompoZer Nvu Quanta Plus Kate	Bluefish BlueGriffon KompoZer Nvu Quanta Plus	BlueGriffon KompoZer Nvu
Desktop publishing	Adobe FrameMaker Microsoft Publisher QuarkXPress	OOo Draw Scribus	OOo Draw Scribus	OOo Draw Scribus
PDFreaders	Adobe Reader Foxit Reader	Evince Okular Ghostscript/Ghostview GPdf Xpdf KPDF	Evince Ghostscript/MacGSView GPdf Xpdf	Evince Ghostscript/Ghostview Xpdf SumatraPDF STDU Viewer
PDFcreation	Adobe Acrobat StarOffice	OpenOffice pdftk	OpenOffice pdftk	OpenOffice PDFCreator pdftk
PDFediting	Adobe Acrobat	Evince Ghostscript/Ghostview	Evince Ghostscript/MacGSView	Ghostscript/Ghostview

Servers

Functionality	Proprietary software	Free software
		Linux	Mac OS	Windows
HTTPserver	IIS	Apache lighttpd Hiawatha Cherokee nginx	Apache	Apache
File server	Microsoft Windows Server 2003	Samba NFS Openfiler (Linux based) FreeNAS (FreeBSD based)	Samba NFS	Samba NFS
FTP server software	Sambar	FileZilla Server
emailserver	Microsoft Exchange Server	Citadel Sendmail Postfix RoundCube Exim Qmail	Citadel Sendmail Postfix	hMailServer Apache James
Logs analyzer	Webtrends Urchin (software)	AWStats Analog Webalizer	AWStats Analog Webalizer	AWStats Analog Webalizer
Distributed resource management	Platform LSF (LSF)	Sun Grid Engine Portable Batch System Condor	Sun Grid Engine Portable Batch System Condor	Sun Grid Engine Portable Batch System Condor

Geographic information system (GIS)

Name	License	Linux	Mac OS	Windows
ArcGIS	Proprietary	?	?	Yes
GRASS GIS	Open source	Yes	Yes	Yes
gvSIG	Open source	Yes	Yes	Yes
JUMP GIS	Open source	Yes	Yes	Yes
LandSerf	Open source	Yes	Yes	Yes
MapServer	Open source	Yes	Yes	Yes
QGis|	Open source	Yes	Yes	Yes

Automatic translation

Name	License	Linux	Mac OS	Windows
Apertium	GPL	Yes	?	?
Linguaphile	GPL	Yes	?	Yes
Reverso	Proprietary	?	?	?
Systran	Proprietary	?	?	?

Accessories

Functionality	Proprietary software	Free software
		Linux	Mac OS	Windows
Data compression and digital preservation	Winrar Winzip	P7zip Ark File Roller Xarchiver gzip bzip2 Info-ZIP	P7zip gzip bzip2 Info-ZIP	7-Zip gzip bzip2 Info-ZIP
Text editor	Notepad TextEdit SubEthaEdit UltraEdit XMLSpy	Emacs, XEmacs Gedit jEdit Joe KWrite nano SciTE Vi, Vim, nvi, gvim	Emacs, XEmacs Gedit jEdit Kate Smultron Vi, Vim, nvi, gvim	Emacs, XEmacs jEdit Notepad++ Notepad2 SciTE TED Notepad gvim
File manager	Windows Explorer Finder	Konqueror Dolphin Krusader Midnight Commander Nautilus muCommander Xfe xFce4 Thunar	Konqueror Krusader Midnight Commander Nautilus muCommander	Midnight Commander FAR Manager muCommander
CD/DVD recording	Alcohol 120% Nero Burning ROM Disk Utility	cdrtools K3b Serpentine X-CD-Roast Brasero	cdrtools X-CD-Roast	InfraRecorder cdrtools
Antivirus	Avast! antivirus BitDefender Kaspersky Antivirus Norton Antivirus AVG Free Avast! Free Avira Anti-Vir Personal Comodo Internet Security	ClamAV	ClamXav	ClamWin AntiVirus
Firewall	Zone Alarm	NuFW Iptables	ipfw
Disk cloning	Acronis True Image Disk Utility Norton Ghost VirtualDrive Pro	Mondo Rescue Bacula Clonezilla	RsyncX	Clonezilla

Mathematics

Numerical analysis

Main article: Comparison of numerical analysis software

Statistical analysis

Main article: Comparison of statistical packages

XML editors

Main article: List of XML editors

See also

• Comparison of open source and closed source
• List of free software
• Software licensing
• Free software
• Proprietary software
• Freeware

External links

Open source software directories

• Free Software Directory - The Free Software Directory of the Free Software Foundation.
• Open Source Software Directory - Provides a list of open source software organized by categories.
• Ohloh - Ohloh is an open source directory that anyone can edit.