Free Software Directory:Free software replacements

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Replacement for / Available
Free program GNU/Linux GNU/Hurd BSD Replicant macOS iOS Windows Windows Mobile Unique category
Blender Autodesk Maya ("Maya") Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
  • Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
  • Autodesk 3ds Max
 3D computer graphics software
Claws Mail Yes Yes Apple Mail (included) Apple Mail (included)
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Windows Mail (included)
 E-mail client
Dia Yes Yes Microsoft Visio Diagramming software
Evince Adobe Reader Adobe Reader
  • Adobe Reader
  • Microsoft Reader
  • Nitro PDF Reader
 Document viewer
GIMP Yes Yes Adobe Photoshop
  • PaintShop Pro
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft Paint (included)
 Raster graphics editor
GNU IceCat (Firefox ESR fork)
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Work in progress
  • Apple Safari (included)
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Apple Safari (included)
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer (included)
 Web browser
GNUnet Yes Yes Yes DC++ Anonymous P2P
Inkscape Yes Yes Adobe Illustrator
  • CorelDraw
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
 Vector graphics editor
Iridium (Chromium fork)
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Apple Safari (included)
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Apple Safari (included)
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer (included)
 Web browser
LibreOffice Yes Yes Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Office suite
MinGW Yes Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler
ownCloud (client only) Dropbox Dropbox Dropbox Dropbox
  • Apple iCloud
  • Dropbox
 Online storage
Pidgin
  • ICQ
  • Trillian
  • Yahoo! Messenger
  • Yahoo! Messenger
  • Facebook Messenger
  • ICQ
  • Trillian
  • Yahoo! Messenger
  • Facebook Messenger
  • ICQ
  • Trillian
  • Yahoo! Messenger
  • ICQ
  • Trillian
  • Yahoo! Messenger
  • ICQ
  • Trillian
  • Yahoo! Messenger
  • Facebook Messenger
  • ICQ
 Instant messaging client
qBittorrent Yes Yes BitTorrent BitTorrent BitTorrent client
QupZilla
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Apple Safari (included)
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Apple Safari (included)
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Chromium
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer (included)
 Web browser
Scribus Yes Yes Yes
  • Adobe InDesign
  • QuarkXPress
  • Adobe InDesign
  • QuarkXPress
 Desktop publishing
Signal Yes Yes Apple iMessage Apple iMessage Yes Encrypted voice calling, video calling and instant messaging
Tribler Yes Yes BitTorrent BitTorrent BitTorrent client
UNetbootin Yes Apple Disk Utility
  • Microsoft Windows USB/DVD Download Tool
  • Windows USB Installer Maker
  • WinToFlash
 Live USB
Vim Yes Yes Yes Notes Notes Text editor
VLC media player (VLC) Yes Yes Yes Yes
  • PowerDVD
  • Windows Media Player
 Yes Media player
  • Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
    • 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"
    • Replaced "InDesign" with "Adobe InDesign"
    • Removed "PageMaker", discontinued
    • Removed Google Drive, a service not a software
    • Replaced "Reader (Windows 8)" with "Microsoft Reader"
    • Added "Apple Mail"
  • Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-ios.html and
    • Removed Rufus because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
    • Removed OnionBrowser because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
    • Removed Orfox because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
    • Removed LibreSignal because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
    • Removed VimTouch because there is no GNU/Linux version available.
    • Added Telegram (as a replacement for LibreSignal).

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