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File:Heckert GNU white.svg|'''[[GNU head]]''', the logo of '''[[GNU]]'''.
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File:Golang.png|'''[[Gopher]]''', the mascot of '''[[Golang]]'''
File:Golang.png|'''[[Gopher]]''', the mascot of '''[[Go (programming language)|Go]]'''
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This is a list of computing mascots. A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity. In case of computing mascots, they either represent software, hardware, or any project or collective entity behind them.

A

  • Adiumy, a cartoon duck, is the mascot of Adium, a free and open-source instant messaging client for macOS.[1]
  • Amanda the Panda, a cartoon panda, is the mascot of Window Maker, a free and open-source window manager for the X Window System.[2]

B

  • Blinky, a cartoon fish, is the mascot of FreeDOS, a free and open-source DOS implementation for IBM PC compatible computers.[3]
  • BSD Daemon, a cartoon demon, is the mascot of BSD, a free and open-source Unix operating system derivative that also has many derivations out of itself.[4]
  • Buggie, a cartoon anthropomorphic bug, is the mascot of Bugzilla, a free and open-source web-based general-purpose bugtracker and testing tool.[5]

C

  • CowDuck, a cartoon hybrid with the head of a cow and the body of a duck is the mascot of TerminusDB.[7]
  • CowDuck
    CowDuck

D

  • DotNet Bot (typically stylized as "dotnet bot" or "dotnet-bot") is the official community mascot of the .NET free and open source software framework.
  • Duke, a stylized, unspecified creature, is the mascot of Java, a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment.[8]

E

  • elePHPant, a cartoon elephant, is the mascot of PHP, a server-side scripting language designed primarily for web development.[9]
  • eMule, a cartoon mule, is the mascot of eMule, a free and open-source peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows.[10]

F

  • Freedo, a cartoon anthropomorphic penguin, is the mascot of Linux-libre, a free and open-source operating system kernel derived from Linux kernel, packaged by GNU to have all the proprietary components removed.[11]
  • Ferris, a crab, who is the unofficial mascot of the Rust language.

G

  • Gavroche, a cartoon goblin, is the mascot of GNU MediaGoblin, a free and open-source decentralized server software for hosting and sharing digital media.[12]
  • Geeko, a stylized chameleon, is the mascot of SUSE Linux, a Linux-based free and open-source computer operating system family.[13]
  • Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny, a cartoon rabbit, is the mascot of Plan 9 from Bell Labs, a free and open-source distributed operating system that manages all computing resources through its file system rather than specialized interfaces.[14]
  • GNU -- or just the drawing "GNU head", an anthropomorphic wildebeest head—is the mascot—or just the logo—of GNU, a free and open-source operating system and an extensive collection of computer software; it is also the mascot of GNU Project, a free-software, mass-collaboration project.[15]
  • Gooey, a cartoon octopus, is the mascot of WebGUI, a free and open-source content management system.[16]
  • Gopher, a cartoon gopher, is the mascot of Go, a free and open-source programming language.

H

K

  • Kandalf, a cartoon wizard, is the former mascot of KDE. Replaced by Konqi.
  • Kate the Cyber Woodpecker, a cartoon robotic woodpecker, is the mascot of Kate, a free and open-source advanced text editor for software developers, features syntax highlighting, code folding, layout customization, regular expression support, and extensibility.[17]
  • Kiki the Cyber Squirrel, a cartoon anthropomorphic robotic squirrel, is the mascot of Krita, a free and open-source raster graphics editor designed for digital painting and animation.[18]
  • Kitty, a cartoon anthropomorphic cat, created by Eric W. Schwartz, is the mascot of AROS Research Operating System, a free and open-source multimedia centric implementation of the AmigaOS 3.1 APIs.[19]
  • Konqi, Katie and friends, a community of cartoon dragons, are the mascots of KDE, an international community that develops free and open-source software; the dragons are also the mascots of KDE Projects, software they have developed, including KDE Plasma workspace, KDE Frameworks, the software foundation of other KDE Applications.[20]

L

  • Lenny, a penguin with blue hair, who is the mascot for Lubuntu.
  • Larry, a hand-drawn cow, who is the mascot for Gentoo.
  • The Lisp mascot is an quadruped alien with more than four eyes and a single arm extending from the nose[21]
  • Lenny, the Lubuntu mascot
    Lenny, the Lubuntu mascot
  • Larry the cow, the unofficial Gentoo mascot.
    Larry the cow, the unofficial Gentoo mascot.
  • The Lisp alien
    The Lisp alien

M

  • The Mastodon mascot is a sitting Proboscidean using a tablet or smartphone; however, the distribution of fur is more suggestive of a woolly mammoth than the mastodon.
  • Moby Dock, a cartoon whale that hauls shipping containers on its back, is the mascot of Docker, a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products.[22]
  • Mozilla, a cartoon anthropomorphic lizard and later a stylized tyrannosaurus rex, is the retired mascot of Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and leads Mozilla, a free-software community that developed Firefox, a free and open-source web browser and many related projects.[23]

O

P

  • The Apache Pig, an anthropomorphic pig, is the mascot of Apache Pig.[26]
  • Puffy, a cartoon pufferfish, is the mascot of OpenBSD, a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from BSD, dedicated to security and stability features.[27]
  • Purple Pidgin, a cartoon pigeon, is the mascot of Pidgin, a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client.[28]

R

  • The Raft consensus algorithm mascot, a log raft with a face. Created by Andrea Ruygt, and made a vector by Diego Ongaro[29]
  • Rocky Raccoon, a cartoon raccoon, is the mascot of MINIX 3, a free and open-source project to create a small, high availability, high functioning Unix-like operating system.[30]

S

Sayches (mascot), a hybrid animal; a fish that has an elephant's trunk, with a mysterious smile.[31]

T

  • Tux, a cartoon anthropomorphic penguin, is the mascot of Linux kernel, a free and open-source monolithic Unix-like computer operating system kernel that has been included in many OS distributions.[32]

W

  • Wilber is the mascot of GIMP, a free and open-source raster graphics editor designed for image editing, drawing, image format conversion and others.[33]
  • Wombat imbedded in DATATRIEVE. The wombat was adopted as the mascot of product group for DATATRIEVE. References where included in the help system for the product, and a graphic demonstration using the "PLOT WOMBAT" command.

X

  • Xenia, a transgender anthropomorphic fox, is an unofficial mascot for Linux. Xenia was originally designed by Alan Mackey as an alternative to the official Linux mascot, Tux. Her character and design has undergone additional iterations between Mackey and other artists and developers in the community.[34][35]
  • Xue, a stylized mouse, is the mascot of Xfce, a free and open-source desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems that aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use.[36]

Z

See also

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  3. ^ "Images | The FreeDOS Project". www.freedos.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  4. ^ "History of BSD T-shirts". www.mckusick.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  5. ^ "Home :: Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org". www.bugzilla.org. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
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