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| DC++
 
| DC++
 
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! BitTorrent client
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| [[Tribler]], [[qBittorrent]]
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| [[Tribler]]
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| BitTorrent
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! Compiler
 
! Compiler
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| Microsoft Visual C++
 
| Microsoft Visual C++
 
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! Desktop publishing
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| [[Scribus]]
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| Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress
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| Adobe InDesign
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| QuarkXPress
 
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! Diagramming software
 
! Diagramming software
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| Microsoft Visio
 
| Microsoft Visio
 
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! Document viewer
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| [[Evince]]
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| Adobe Reader, Microsoft Reader, Nitro PDF Reader
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| Adobe Reader
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| Microsoft Reader
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| Nitro PDF Reader
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! rowspan="2" | Email client, news aggregator
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| rowspan="2" | [[Claws Mail]], [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
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| Microsoft Outlook
 
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! Email client, news client, feed reader
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| Windows Mail[4]
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| [[Claws Mail]], [[Mozilla Thunderbird]]
 
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| Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail (included)
 
 
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! Multimedia communication
 
! Multimedia communication
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| Skype, Signal
 
| Skype, Signal
 
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! Instant messaging client
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| [[Pidgin]], [[Telegram]]
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| ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger
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| ICQ
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| Trillian
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| Yahoo! Messenger
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! rowspan="2" | Live USB
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| rowspan="2" | [[Etcher]]
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| UNetbootin
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| Windows To Go[4]
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| PowerDVD
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| Windows Media Player
 
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! Live USB
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| Apple QuickTime
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| [[Etcher]]
 
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| UNetbootin, Windows To Go (included)
 
 
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! Media player
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| RealPlayer Basic
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| [[VLC media player|VLC media player]] (VLC)
 
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| PowerDVD, Windows Media Player, Apple QuickTime, RealPlayer Basic
 
 
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! Office suite
 
! Office suite
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| [[LibreOffice]] (OpenOffice.org fork)
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| [[LibreOffice]]
 
| Microsoft Office
 
| Microsoft Office
 
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| [[ownCloud]] (client only)
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| Apple iCloud, Dropbox
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| Apple iCloud
 
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| Dropbox
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| [[GIMP]]
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| PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint (included)
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| PaintShop Pro
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| Adobe Photoshop
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| Microsoft Paint[4]
 
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! Text editor
 
! Text editor
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| [[Inkscape]], [[Xfig]]
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| CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
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| CorelDraw
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| Adobe Illustrator
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| Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
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| rowspan="4" | [[Midori]]
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| Chromium
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| Google Chrome
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| Internet Explorer[4]
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| Mozilla Firefox
 
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! Web browser[2][3]
 
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| [[Midori]]
 
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| Chromium, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer (included), Mozilla Firefox
 
 
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#  Why not recommend Firefox? As explained in our [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software Definition], all four freedoms must be available on both a commercial and non-commercial basis. Mozilla's trademark policy serves to limit Freedom 2 to gratis distribution only, making the software nonfree.
 
#  Why not recommend Firefox? As explained in our [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software Definition], all four freedoms must be available on both a commercial and non-commercial basis. Mozilla's trademark policy serves to limit Freedom 2 to gratis distribution only, making the software nonfree.
 
#  [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) dropped Windows support after version [https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/icecat/38.8.0/ 38.8.0].
 
#  [[GNU IceCat]] (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) dropped Windows support after version [https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/icecat/38.8.0/ 38.8.0].
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# Included in the operating system and usually not possible to remove.
  
 
==Log==
 
==Log==

Revision as of 17:35, 3 February 2018

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⋔ This project is (partial) forked from gnu.org

The lead and the Windows section is fork of https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html that I had to ask the GNU Webmasters to update all the time (which led to limited improvement). See the Log section for changes. I didn't start this page to propose changes to the Windows pages on gnu.org I rather want us to continue the work on the Free Software Directory. -- David Hedlund

Microsoft's software is malware, we urge all Windows users to switch to a free GNU/Linux distribution as soon as possible.

Here is a list of popular free software applications that run on Microsoft Windows — along with the proprietary applications they replace. If you are still a Windows user, you can take a first step towards free software by installing these applications.

When we say these application programs are free software, we're talking about freedom, not price. It means that you are free to use these programs constructively, either alone or in a community, while respecting the freedom of others. The source code is available, so that you can study the software, adapt it to your needs, fix bugs, and release versions with new features. You can also convince or pay others to do these things for you. You are also free to give away and free to sell copies, under the terms of the applicable free software license. These programs are free software because you have freedom in using them. Free software develops under the control of its users.

Microsoft Windows is a clear and instructive example of nonfree software. Its source code is a secret, so programmers cannot learn from it, fix it, adapt it to their clients (your) needs, or even verify what it really does. If you share copies with your neighbors, you will be called a “pirate”, and users have been threatened with imprisonment for this. Nonfree software is completely controlled by its developer, who also has power over the users. We started the free software movement because this power is unjust.

Using free software on Microsoft Windows (or any nonfree operating system) is the first step towards freedom, but it does not get you all the way there. You're still under Microsoft's power as long as you use Windows.

However, on this page we're concerned with the first step.

Type Free program[1] Replacement for
3D computer graphics software Blender Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
Autodesk 3ds Max
Anonymous P2P GNUnet DC++
BitTorrent client Tribler BitTorrent
qBittorrent
Compiler Mingw-w64 Microsoft Visual C++
Desktop publishing Scribus Adobe InDesign
QuarkXPress
Diagramming software Dia Microsoft Visio
Document viewer Evince Adobe Reader
Microsoft Reader
Nitro PDF Reader
Email client, news aggregator Claws Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird Microsoft Outlook
Windows Mail[4]
Multimedia communication GNU Ring, Linphone Skype, Signal
Instant messaging client Pidgin, Telegram ICQ
Trillian
Yahoo! Messenger
Live USB Etcher UNetbootin
Windows To Go[4]
Media player VLC media player (VLC) PowerDVD
Windows Media Player
Apple QuickTime
RealPlayer Basic
Office suite LibreOffice Microsoft Office
Online storage ownCloud (client only) Apple iCloud
Dropbox
Raster graphics editor GIMP PaintShop Pro
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Paint[4]
Text editor Gedit, Vim
Vector graphics editor Inkscape, Xfig CorelDraw
Adobe Illustrator
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
Web browser[2][3] Midori Chromium
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer[4]
Mozilla Firefox
  1. This is a selection of the more common free software applications available for the Microsoft Windows platform, and is nothing like a comprehensive list. You may want to check the Runs-on/Windows category for more software.
  2. Why not recommend Firefox? As explained in our Free Software Definition, all four freedoms must be available on both a commercial and non-commercial basis. Mozilla's trademark policy serves to limit Freedom 2 to gratis distribution only, making the software nonfree.
  3. GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) dropped Windows support after version 38.8.0.
  4. Included in the operating system and usually not possible to remove.

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