Free Software Directory:Free software replacements
Free program | GNU/Linux | GNU/Hurd | BSD | Android | macOS | iOS | Windows | Windows Mobile | Replacement for | Category |
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Dia | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Visio | Graphics and Design | ||||||
Iridium |
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GIMP | Yes | Yes | Photoshop |
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Inkscape | Yes | Yes | Adobe Illustrator |
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Graphics and Design | |||||
Claws Mail | Yes | Yes | Apple Mail (included) | Apple Mail (included) |
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Internet | ||||
GNUnet | Yes | Yes | Yes | DC++ | Internet | |||||
Pidgin |
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GNU IceCat |
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QupZilla |
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qBittorrent | Yes | Yes | BitTorrent | BitTorrent | Internet | |||||
Tribler | Yes | Yes | BitTorrent | BitTorrent | Internet | |||||
UNetbootin | Yes | Disk Utility |
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Blender | Autodesk Maya ("Maya") | Autodesk Maya ("Maya") |
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VLC media player (VLC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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LibreOffice | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Office | Office and Productivity | ||||
Evince | Yes | Yes | Adobe Reader, Reader (Windows 8), Nitro PDF Reader | Office and Productivity | ||||||
Scribus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | PageMaker, InDesign, QuarkXPress | Publishing | |||
MinGW | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Visual C++ | Programming Utilities | ||||||
Signal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | iMessage | Messaging | |||
Vim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Notes | Office and Productivity | |||
ownCloud (client only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive | Internet |
Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
- Added Iridium.
- Replaced "Blender3D" with "Blender" (see menu bar Blender -> About).
- Replaced "VideoLan Client" with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
- Replaced "Paint Shop Pro" with "PaintShop Pro".
- Replaced "Xara Xtreme" with "Xara Photo & Graphic Designer" -- The Windows version was previously sold under the names Xara Studio, Xara X and Xara Xtreme
- Removed "Adobe FreeHand" (Adobe Illustrator is already in the list) -- Since 2003 FreeHand development has been discontinued; in the Adobe Systems catalog, FreeHand has been replaced with Adobe Illustrator.
- Replaced "Napster" with DC++
- Replaced "MSN" (Windows Live Messenger, discontinued) with "Facebook Messenger"
- Replaced "Yahoo" with "Yahoo! Messenger"
- Replaced "ICQ chat clients" with "ICQ"
- Replaced "Maya" with "Autodesk Maya ("Maya")"
- Replaced "3DSMax" (formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max) with "Autodesk 3ds Max"
- Removed AIM, discontinued (December 15, 2017)
- Replaced "Outlook Express" with "Microsoft Mail"
- Added "Apple Mail"
- Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
- Removed Rufus because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed OnionBrowser because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed Orfox because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed LibreSignal because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Removed VimTouch because there are no GNU/Linux version available.
- Added Telegram (as a replacement for LibreSignal).
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