List of proprietary software for Linux
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Linux is an open-source kernel and usually comes bundled with free and open-source software; however, proprietary software for Linux (software that isn't free and open-source) does exist and is available to end-users.
Networking[edit]
Web browsers[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[a] | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google Chrome | Google Inc. | Active | Yes | Partial[b] | Freeware |
Edge (Chromium) | Microsoft Inc. | Active | Yes | Partial | Freeware |
Netscape | Netscape Communications | Dropped | Yes | Yes | Freeware |
Opera | Opera Software | Active | Yes | Yes | Freeware |
Maxthon Cloud Browser | Maxthon | Active | Yes | Yes | Freeware |
Vivaldi | Vivaldi Technologies | Active | Yes | Partial[c] | Freeware |
Insight WebClient | Bynari, Inc. | — | — | — | |
IBM Notes | IBM | Active | — | Yes | $108 – 175 USD |
Yandex Browser | Yandex | Active | Yes | Yes | Freeware |
FTP clients[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IglooFTP PRO | IglooFTP.com | — | — | — | — |
SFTPPlus | Pro:Atria Ltd | Active | Yes | Yes | — |
SynchronEX+ | Xellsoft Software Services | Active | Yes | Yes | $0.00 USD |
CrossFTP Pro | CrossFTP Software | Active | Yes | Yes | $24.99 USD |
Beyond Compare (Not FTP : Diff tool) | Scooter Software | Active | Yes | Yes | $30.00 USD |
sFTP Client | sFTP App Ltd | Active | Yes | Yes | $30.00 USD |
SecureFX | VanDyke Software | Active | Yes | No | $59.95 USD |
Firewall (packet filtering)[edit]
- Opendium Web Gateway – part of a content control system targeted at schools
- Opendium UTM – part of a content control system targeted at schools
- SmoothWall Corporate – a closed fork of SmoothWall, targeted at enterprise and corporate users
Visual traceroute[edit]
P2P file sharing[edit]
- Loophole (WinMX protocol) – WinMX servers down since 09.2005
- MetaMachine eDonkey2000 – latest release from 25.07.2005 (discontinued)
- μTorrent Server
"Hotline" P2P protocol clients/servers[edit]
- GHX
Multifunction sound modem programs[edit]
- PrimaFax
Fax software[edit]
- Esker Fax
- Fax2Send
- FAXCOM
- Ictfax
- MessagePlus/Open
- U-Fax
Network maintenance[edit]
Routing[edit]
- GateD
Distributed computing[edit]
- Portable Batch System PBS Gridworks
Instant messaging[edit]
P2P file synchronisation[edit]
VoIP software[edit]
Desktop/system software[edit]
Work with files[edit]
Console archivers[edit]
Desktop search[edit]
- Google Desktop (discontinued) 1.0, released June 27, 2007
File splitters[edit]
- HJSplit for Linux – freeware, also available on other platforms
PDF viewers[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[d] | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adobe Reader | Adobe Systems | Dropped[e] | Yes | No | Freeware |
Foxit Reader | Foxit Software | Active | Yes | No | Freeware |
PDF Studio Pro | Qoppa Software | Active | No[f] | No | $129 USD |
PDF Studio Standard | Qoppa Software | Active | No[f] | No | $89 USD |
- ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
- ^ Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the Flash player is excluded.
- ^ Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the user interface is excluded.
- ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
- ^ Last Linux version is 9.5.5
- ^ a b Java
PDF authoring[edit]
- Adobe Acrobat Distiller (discontinued)
Cryptography[edit]
Scanner utilities[edit]
Antivirus[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[a] | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AntiVir Workstation PersonalEdition | Avira | Dropped | — | — | — |
- ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
- Avast! Antivirus
- AVG Anti-Virus
- Bitdefender GravityZone
- Comodo Group Anti-Virus for Linux
- Dr. Web
- F-Prot (not to be confused with F-Secure)
- Kaspersky Anti-Virus
- ESET NOD32
- RAV Antivirus (discontinued)
- Sophos Antivirus for Linux
- Trend Micro ServerProtect for Linux
- Vexira for Linux Fileserver
- Vexira for Linux Samba Server
Bootloader / Boot manager[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[a] | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acronis OS Selector | |||||
Plop Boot Manager | Elmar Hanlhofer | Active | — | No | Freeware |
- ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
Hard disk partitioning[edit]
- Acronis PartitionExpert
- Paragon Partition Manager
Backup software[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[a] | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BRU Workstation/Desktop/Server | TOLIS Group, Inc. | Active | — | — | $499 – 4,999 USD[b] |
EMC NetWorker | EMC Corporation | Active | — | — | — |
ImgBurn | Lightning UK | Active | No[c] | No | Freeware |
Microlite BackupEDGE | Microlite Corporation | Active | Yes | — | $400 – 500 USD[d] |
Nero Linux | Nero AG | Terminated | — | — | — |
SpiderOak Backup | SpiderOak, Inc. | Active | Yes | No | Freeware (paid plans available) |
Lonetar | |||||
Handy Backup | Novosoft LLC | ||||
Veeam | Veeam Software | Active | Freeware |
- ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
- ^ TOLIS Group Product Pricing
- ^ Developer officially supports running Windows binary with Wine
- ^ Microlite BackupEDGE Pricing
PIM / DB / hierarchical notebook with tree view[edit]
- TreePad Lite
File hosting service clients[edit]
Drivers[edit]
Printer drivers[edit]
Multimedia[edit]
Audio/video[edit]
Digital audio workstations[edit]
- Bitwig Studio
- Mixbus
- ocenaudio
- REAPER (experimentally)
- Renoise
- Tracktion
MP3 encoding[edit]
- L3enc (discontinued)
Score writers[edit]
Multimedia players[edit]
- Fluendo DVD Player
- LinDVD
- Moovida Pro
- Musictube
- PowerDVD for Linux (discontinued)
- JRiver Media Center
- RealPlayer (discontinued)
Music[edit]
- Dataplore
- Dataplore CMS
- energyXT
- Guitar Pro
- Loomer Aspect
- Loomer Manifold
- Loomer Resound
- Loomer Sequent
- Loomer Shift v2
- Loomer String
- MuSing
- Netease Cloud Music
- Pianoteq
- RecordPad
- Spotify
- Transcribe!
Graphics[edit]
Graphics viewers/editors[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[a] | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CompuPic | Photodex | Dropped | — | — | — |
iMeMiner | — | — | — | — | — |
Picasa | Dropped | No[b] | No | Freeware | |
Sketsa SVG Editor | KIYUT Software | Active | No[c] | No | $89 USD |
XnView MP | Pierre-Emmanuel Gougelet | Active | Yes | No | Freeware |
Xv | John Bradley | Partial[d] | Yes | Yes | $35 USD |
- ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
- ^ Publisher bundled the application with Wine
- ^ Cross-platform Java application
- ^ Application is still available, but no longer actively developed
Professional graphics editors and photography[edit]
- AfterShot Pro
- Corel Photo-Paint 9 (discontinued)
- PaintSupreme
- Pixel32
- Pixeluvo[2]
Digital imaging[edit]
2D bitmap animation and paint[edit]
Vector graphics editors[edit]
- Corel Draw 9 (discontinued)
- Edraw Max 9.4
- Xara Xtreme (discontinued)
Flash players[edit]
- Adobe Flash Player – freeware
3D graphics[edit]
- AC3D
- Chrono::R3D
- Houdini
- MASSIVE
- Maya
- Softimage
- MODO
- Substance Designer by Adobe
- Substance Painter by Adobe
- Mari by The Foundry Visionmongers
- VariCAD
Video, etc.[edit]
Simple/professional video production environments[edit]
- Autodesk/Discreet Flint/Flame/Inferno
- Autodesk/Discreet Smoke
- IFX Piranha
- ifxAnt
- Lightworks
- DaVinci Resolve
- iMira Editing (discontinued)
- MainActor (discontinued)
Creation of 2D and 3D effects[edit]
Miscellaneous[edit]
- Google Earth
- TrueCrypt – the source code is available, but the license is considered "unclear" and therefore not considered "free" by some of the major Linux distributions,[3][4][5][6][7] and even considered with "potential to be actively dangerous" by Fedora[8]
Office/business[edit]
Office suites[edit]
- ApplixWare Office (see Applixware Words)
- EIOffice
- HancomOffice
- SoftMaker Office
- ThinkFree Office
- WPS Office (previously known as Kingsoft Office)
- Yozo Office
Word processors[edit]
Spreadsheets[edit]
Presentations[edit]
Local databases[edit]
- InterBase 7
- Rekall
- StarOffice Adabas D (discontinued)
Desktop publishing[edit]
E-commerce and web business[edit]
- IBM WebSphere Application Server
- Oracle Application Server (discontinued)
- WebLogic
Personal finance managers[edit]
Financial accounting[edit]
- Hansa Business Solutions – global
- Kalculate – India and Asia
- LeftHand Mała Firma
- LeftHand Mała Ksiegowość
- LeftHand Pełna Księgowość
- LeftHand Sprzedaż i Magazyn
- LeftHand Stowarzyszenia i Fundacje
- Locbook
Enterprise automation (Russian)[edit]
- Keeper
- Oblik
Collaboration software[edit]
Project management[edit]
- Cando Projects Server
Mind mapping/diagramming software[edit]
- Xmind (Pro Edition)
- yEd
- WireframeSketcher
- EdrawMax
Communications software[edit]
- EasyIVR Call processing (IVR, CTI, ACD) – for Linux
Games[edit]
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Game distribution platforms[edit]
Action-adventure[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ark: Survival Evolved | |||||
Heretic II | |||||
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness |
Adventure[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb | |||||
Jack Keane | |||||
Machinarium |
Business simulation[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Airline Tycoon Deluxe |
Card[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric's Ultimate Solitaire |
City simulation[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mobility | last Linux version is 2.0 |
First-person shooter[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aliens versus Predator | |||||
America's Army | Dropped | ||||
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | Valve | Active | |||
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion | |||||
Descent³ | |||||
Doom 3 | |||||
Duke Nukem 3D | |||||
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | |||||
Grappling Hook | |||||
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | Unfinished beta | ||||
Postal² | |||||
Team Fortress 2[9] | Valve | Active | |||
Unreal Tournament | GT Interactive | ||||
Unreal Tournament 2003 | Infogrames | ||||
Unreal Tournament 2004 | Atari |
Graphic adventure[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ankh | |||||
Ankh: Heart of Osiris |
MMORPG[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Tale in the Desert |
Platformer[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
And Yet It Moves | |||||
Cave Story | |||||
Inner Worlds | |||||
Marble Blast Gold | |||||
Portal |
Puzzle[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bubble Shooter | |||||
Hyperspace Delivery Boy! |
Racing[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ballistics | |||||
H-Craft Championship |
Real-time tactics[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Myth II: Soulblighter |
Role-playing game (RPG)[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bastion | |||||
Cute Knight | |||||
Eschalon: Book I | |||||
Eschalon: Book II | |||||
Exile III:Ruined World | |||||
Gorky 17 | |||||
Neverwinter Nights |
Shoot 'em up[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Astro Battle | |||||
Jets'n'Guns |
Stealth[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cold War |
Strategy[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilization: Call to Power | |||||
Conquest of Elysium II | |||||
Crusader Kings II | |||||
DEFCON | |||||
Darwinia | |||||
Dominions: Priests, Prophets and Pretenders | |||||
Dominions II: The Ascension Wars | |||||
Dominions 3: The Awakening | |||||
Europa Universalis IV | |||||
Galcon | |||||
Heroes of Might and Magic III | |||||
Knights and Merchants | |||||
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns | |||||
Lux | |||||
Majesty Gold | |||||
Oil Rush |
Survival horror[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amnesia: The Dark Descent | |||||
Penumbra: Black Plague | |||||
Penumbra: Overture |
Sports simulator[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Out of the Park Baseball |
Third-person shooter[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² |
Visual novel[edit]
Game | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bionic Heart | |||||
Digital: A Love Story | |||||
Heileen 2: The Hands of Fate |
- Dwarf Fortress
- Enter the Gungeon
- Factorio
- FizzBall (discontinued)
- Garry's Mod
- Heroes of Newerth
- MindRover
- Minecraft
- Prey
- Quake (all versions)
- Railroad Tycoon II
- Raptor: Call of the Shadows (discontinued)
- Regnum Online
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- RimWorld
- Rise of the Triad
- Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
- Rune
- Savage 2
- Savage: The Battle for Newerth
- Serious Sam (all versions unfinished ports; beta)
- Shadowgrounds Survivor
- Shadowgrounds
- Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
- SimCity 3000
- SiN
- Sleepless Night
- Soldier of Fortune
- Space Combat
- Spheres of Chaos
- Stardew Valley
- Summer Session
- Tabletop Simulator
- Terminus
- Terraria
- The Labyrinth of Time
- Theocracy
- This Is Where I Want To Die
- Tibia
- Toribash
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Total War: Warhammer II
- Tribal Trouble
- Tribes II
- Ultima Online (discontinued)
- Uplink
- Vendetta Online
- World of Goo
- X-Plane
- X2: The Threat
- Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates
Programming and development[edit]
C++ IDEs[edit]
- Code Crusader
- CodeWarrior
- KDE Studio Gold
- Kylix (discontinued)
- SlickEdit
- TimeStorm
- UEStudio
- Understand for C++
- JetBrains CLion
PHP IDE[edit]
CASE[edit]
CASE-facility for UML[edit]
- Together ControlCenter
Top-level CASE system[edit]
- Rational Rose
Compilers[edit]
- Intel C++ Compiler
- Intel Fortran Compiler
- Lahey/Fujitsu Fortran Compiler
- XL C/C++ Compiler, IBM
- XL Fortran Compiler, IBM
Revision control[edit]
HTML/DHTML editors[edit]
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
- JetBrains PyCharm
InterBase/Firebird IDE[edit]
Java IDE[edit]
- JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA
- Sun ONE Studio
Memory leak tracing[edit]
- Insure
Object Pascal IDE[edit]
Perl/Python/Tcl IDE[edit]
Prolog[edit]
WYSIWYG HTML editors[edit]
- IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder
- IndexFinger
- BlueGriffon
Servers[edit]
SSH Client/Server[edit]
Web Hosting Control Panel[edit]
WWW[edit]
- Abyss Web Server – original open source version is being developed as part of xmlrpc-c project
- Adobe JRun
- CGIProxy – source available for non-commercial use
- LiteSpeed Web Server
- Zeus Web Server (discontinued)
DB engines[edit]
- IBM Db2
- Informix
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle
- Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
E-mail / personal information manager / groupware servers[edit]
- Bynari
- CommuniGate Pro
- Lotus Domino
- NetMail
- Novell GroupWise
- Open-Xchange
- Scalix (based on HP OpenMail)
- SCOoffice Mail Server
- Teamware Office
- Zarafa
- Hiri
- InScribe
Product data/product lifecycle management (PDM/PLM)[edit]
Proxy[edit]
- Opendium Web Gateway content control system targeted at schools
- Opendium UTM content control system targeted at schools
Cluster filesystems[edit]
- Matrix Server
Managed file transfer[edit]
- Serv-U File Server – managed file transfer server, supporting FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, and HTTPS file transfer methods
Streaming media servers[edit]
Miscellaneous applications[edit]
Mathematics[edit]
- Magma
- Maple
- Mathematica
- MATLAB
- Xoctave Scientific Development Environment: Octave GUI
Statistical packages[edit]
3D modelling[edit]
- CityEngine
- PhotoScan by Agisoft
- Pro/ENGINEER Linux (discontinued)
- Parasolid
- Realsoft 3D
- Siemens NX[11]
CAD/CAM/CAE[edit]
- Adina – by ADINA R&D
- ARCAD 3D
- ARES Commander
- BricsCAD – IntelliCAD-based commercial CAD solution
- CAM Expert Professional
- CATIA – by Dassault Systèmes
- CYCAS by Verlag Frese
- DraftSight – by Dassault Systèmes
- EAGLE
- MEDUSA
- Siemens NX
- QCAD – by RibbonSoft, professional is built on the QCAD opensource package
- RI-CAD
- Simcenter STAR-CCM+ by Siemens.
- Synergy by Weber Systems
- VariCAD – by VariCAD s.r.o.
Diagram and chart designing[edit]
- DataScene
- Poseidon for UML
- Visual Paradigm
Dictionaries[edit]
- Lunestar – an English-Turkish dictionary, freeware
HDD testing/benchmarking[edit]
- SPEC SFS
Game makers[edit]
- Maker3D – a 3D RPG creation software
- Tululoo Game Maker – a complex game creation system environment
Real property, Building Information Management & Asset management[edit]
- Mapjects AssetFENCE – management of assets both commercial, industrial & federal properties for leased and purchased sites
- Mapjects RADAR – management of real property commercial and federal properties for leased and purchased sites
- MapjectsIMPORT for Linux – freeware, also available on other platforms, lets users import files across QuickBooks, Archibus, AutoDesk CAD and Map them to assets in excel
SQL dataBases GUI admin tools[edit]
- Navicat – Linux version is based upon the Windows version using Wine.
Remote Desktop[edit]
Emulators[edit]
Video game console emulators[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary[a] | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BoycottAdvance[b] | • Julien Frelat • Richard Bannister • Niels Wagenaar |
Dropped[c] | Yes | No | Freeware |
ePSXe[d] | ePSXe Team | Active | Yes | No | Freeware |
Regen[e] | AamirM | Active | Yes | No | Freeware |
- ^ Refers to the existence of an ELF or a.out binary targeting the Linux ABI. Applications that use a compatibility layer such as Wine or use an interpreted language are listed as "No", with a note explaining why
- ^ Game Boy Advance emulator
- ^ Last Linux-compatible version was 0.2.6; current version is 0.2.8
- ^ Sony PlayStation emulator
- ^ Sega Genesis / Mega Drive emulator
Platform virtual machines[edit]
Application | Publisher | Support status | Native binary | Source code | Pricing |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parallels Workstation | Parallels, Inc. | Terminated[a] | — | No | No longer sold |
QuickTransit | |||||
VMware Player | |||||
VMware vCenter Converter | |||||
VMware Workstation | |||||
Oracle VM VirtualBox Enterprise | |||||
Win4Lin | Discontinued
|
- ^ Product is no longer supported on any platform
Windows compatibility layer[edit]
- Bordeaux
- Cedega – Windows games compatibility layer; based on the free compatibility layer Wine (discontinued)
- CrossOver – based on the free compatibility layer Wine.
Notes[edit]
See also[edit]
- Wine, a "compatibility layer" that allows many windows software to run on Linux (both proprietary and free)
References[edit]
- ^ ltd., tummy.com. "Solutions – tummy.com, ltd". www.tummy.com.
- ^ "Pixeluvo – Beautiful Images Made Easy". www.pixeluvo.com.
- ^ Debian Bug report logs – #364034. Accessed on: January 12, 2009.
- ^ TrueCrypt licensing concern Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- ^ Bug #109701 in Ubuntu. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- ^ non-OSI compliant packages in the openSUSE Build Service. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- ^ Gentoo bug 241650. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
- ^ "Forbidden items - Fedora Project Wiki". fedoraproject.org.
- ^ "Team Fortress 2". Valve. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ "Teamcenter 2005 Delivers Comprehensive PLM Offering". Siemens PLM Software. 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ^ "UGS Ships NX 4 and Delivers Industry's First Complete Digital Product Development Solution on Linux". 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ^ "HP Developers Portal | HP Linux Imaging and Printing".
External links[edit]
- This list is based on The Table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux, which is licensed under GNU FDL.