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]

    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]

    Network maintenance[edit]

    Routing[edit]

    • GateD

    Distributed computing[edit]

    Instant messaging[edit]

    P2P file synchronisation[edit]

    VoIP software[edit]

    Desktop/system software[edit]

    Work with files[edit]

    Console archivers[edit]

    Desktop search[edit]

    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
    1. ^ 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
    2. ^ Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the Flash player is excluded.
    3. ^ Most of the source code is provided by the Chromium project. The source code for the user interface is excluded.
    4. ^ 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
    5. ^ Last Linux version is 9.5.5
    6. ^ a b Java

    PDF authoring[edit]

    Cryptography[edit]

    Scanner utilities[edit]

    Antivirus[edit]

    Application Publisher Support status Native binary[a] Source code Pricing
    AntiVir Workstation PersonalEdition Avira Dropped — — —
    1. ^ 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

    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
    1. ^ 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
    1. ^ 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
    2. ^ TOLIS Group Product Pricing
    3. ^ Developer officially supports running Windows binary with Wine
    4. ^ 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]

    MP3 encoding[edit]

    Score writers[edit]

    Multimedia players[edit]

    Music[edit]

    Graphics[edit]

    Graphics viewers/editors[edit]

    Application Publisher Support status Native binary[a] Source code Pricing
    CompuPic Photodex Dropped — — —
    iMeMiner — — — — —
    Picasa Google 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
    1. ^ 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
    2. ^ Publisher bundled the application with Wine
    3. ^ Cross-platform Java application
    4. ^ Application is still available, but no longer actively developed

    Professional graphics editors and photography[edit]

    Digital imaging[edit]

    2D bitmap animation and paint[edit]

    Vector graphics editors[edit]

    Flash players[edit]

    3D graphics[edit]

    Video, etc.[edit]

    Simple/professional video production environments[edit]

    Creation of 2D and 3D effects[edit]

    • Fusion – Linux version is based upon the Windows version using wine.
    • Nuke
    • Shake (discontinued)

    Miscellaneous[edit]

    Office/business[edit]

    Office suites[edit]

    Word processors[edit]

    Spreadsheets[edit]

    Presentations[edit]

    Local databases[edit]

    Desktop publishing[edit]

    E-commerce and web business[edit]

    Personal finance managers[edit]

    Financial accounting[edit]

    Enterprise automation (Russian)[edit]

    • Keeper
    • Oblik

    Collaboration software[edit]

    Project management[edit]

    Mind mapping/diagramming software[edit]

    Communications software[edit]

    • EasyIVR Call processing (IVR, CTI, ACD) – for Linux

    Games[edit]

    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

    Programming and development[edit]

    C++ IDEs[edit]

    PHP IDE[edit]

    CASE[edit]

    CASE-facility for UML[edit]

    • Together ControlCenter

    Top-level CASE system[edit]

    • Rational Rose

    Compilers[edit]

    Revision control[edit]

    HTML/DHTML editors[edit]

    InterBase/Firebird IDE[edit]

    Java IDE[edit]

    Memory leak tracing[edit]

    • Insure

    Object Pascal IDE[edit]

    Perl/Python/Tcl IDE[edit]

    Prolog[edit]

    WYSIWYG HTML editors[edit]

    Servers[edit]

    SSH Client/Server[edit]

    Web Hosting Control Panel[edit]

    WWW[edit]

    DB engines[edit]

    E-mail / personal information manager / groupware servers[edit]

    Product data/product lifecycle management (PDM/PLM)[edit]

    Proxy[edit]

    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]

    Statistical packages[edit]

    3D modelling[edit]

    CAD/CAM/CAE[edit]

    Diagram and chart designing[edit]

    Dictionaries[edit]

    • Lunestar – an English-Turkish dictionary, freeware

    HDD testing/benchmarking[edit]

    Game makers[edit]

    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
    1. ^ 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
    2. ^ Game Boy Advance emulator
    3. ^ Last Linux-compatible version was 0.2.6; current version is 0.2.8
    4. ^ Sony PlayStation emulator
    5. ^ 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
    1. ^ Product is no longer supported on any platform

    Windows compatibility layer[edit]

    Notes[edit]

    A.^A Open-source drivers are available through HP Linux Imaging and Printing [12]

    See also[edit]

    • Wine, a "compatibility layer" that allows many windows software to run on Linux (both proprietary and free)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ ltd., tummy.com. "Solutions – tummy.com, ltd". www.tummy.com.
    2. ^ "Pixeluvo – Beautiful Images Made Easy". www.pixeluvo.com.
    3. ^ Debian Bug report logs – #364034. Accessed on: January 12, 2009.
    4. ^ TrueCrypt licensing concern Accessed on: April 20, 2009
    5. ^ Bug #109701 in Ubuntu. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
    6. ^ non-OSI compliant packages in the openSUSE Build Service. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
    7. ^ Gentoo bug 241650. Accessed on: April 20, 2009
    8. ^ "Forbidden items - Fedora Project Wiki". fedoraproject.org.
    9. ^ "Team Fortress 2". Valve. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
    10. ^ "Teamcenter 2005 Delivers Comprehensive PLM Offering". Siemens PLM Software. 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
    11. ^ "UGS Ships NX 4 and Delivers Industry's First Complete Digital Product Development Solution on Linux". 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
    12. ^ "HP Developers Portal | HP Linux Imaging and Printing".

    External links[edit]

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